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1944

“With the Colors” is a digitized documentary collection of newspapers clippings originally clipped and pasted into seven scrapbooks during the World War II era. The collection, derived largely from The Newton Press-Mentor, documents the remarkable wartime experiences of men from one small county in mid-central Illinois. Some 13,437 people resided in Jasper County in 1940 (roughly 2,350 lived in Newton, the county seat and largest town), the vast majority working in the agricultural sector. The county’s population fell to 10,878 three years later, as residents joined the military or relocated in an economy rapidly transformed by the war. Hundreds of Jasper County men served in all branches overseas during World War II—both in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. They saw some of the most brutal fighting and conditions the war offered. Several ended up in prison camps, scores suffered serious injury, and 42 gave their lives.

The clipping collection later became part of the Newton, Illinois Public Library’s permanent collection. In 2014, the Library Board launched a project through Eastern Illinois University to digitize the clipping collection, with the aim of preserving and making it available to a wider audience. EIU History graduate student Tyler Custer undertook the painstaking job of scanning hundreds of delicate newspaper clippings. The scans then were collated into text searchable format and uploaded onto an EIU server—and are now available to researchers both in Jasper County and around the world.

Our thanks to Tyler Custer, Lori Henderson, Alex Stromberg, and the Newton Library Board for making this project possible.

Researchers may search the database by date, name, or key words. Results appear in the form of pdf copies of the original clippings.

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  • Three Men Are Wounded in Action, One Seriously (William "Billy" Reed, Bernard A. Romack, Woodrow Jourdan) 12-29-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Three Men Are Wounded in Action, One Seriously (William "Billy" Reed, Bernard A. Romack, Woodrow Jourdan) 12-29-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • With the Colors 12-29-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    With the Colors 12-29-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Billy Reed Receives Wounds In French Battle 12-28-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Billy Reed Receives Wounds In French Battle 12-28-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Corp. Brinson On Way Home After Three Years 12-28-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Corp. Brinson On Way Home After Three Years 12-28-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Major Girhard Home For Holiday Furlough 12-28-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Major Girhard Home For Holiday Furlough 12-28-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Memorial Services for Lt. Meinhart 12-28-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Memorial Services for Lt. Meinhart 12-28-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Newton Solider Wounded In Battle In France (Woodrow Jourdan) 12-28-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Newton Solider Wounded In Battle In France (Woodrow Jourdan) 12-28-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Receives Souvenirs from France (PFC Bernal Connett) 12-22-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Receives Souvenirs from France (PFC Bernal Connett) 12-22-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • With the Colors 12-22-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    With the Colors 12-22-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Billy Pryor Awarded the Bronze Star Decoration 12-21-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Billy Pryor Awarded the Bronze Star Decoration 12-21-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Dale M. King Writes From Far-Away War Zone 12-21-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Dale M. King Writes From Far-Away War Zone 12-21-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Dangerous Knife Taken From Japanese Solider (Roe Reed) 12-21-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Dangerous Knife Taken From Japanese Solider (Roe Reed) 12-21-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Fellow Seaman Writes Praise for "Little" Dugan (Jim "Little Dugan" Dunnigan) 12-21-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Fellow Seaman Writes Praise for "Little" Dugan (Jim "Little Dugan" Dunnigan) 12-21-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Harry Dulgar Pays Supreme Sacrifice 12-21-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Harry Dulgar Pays Supreme Sacrifice 12-21-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Has Had Part In Two Invasions (Harold Wayne Hickox) 12-21-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Has Had Part In Two Invasions (Harold Wayne Hickox) 12-21-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Junior Burcham Is At Reassignment Station 12-21-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Junior Burcham Is At Reassignment Station 12-21-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Lt Meinhart Reported Killed December First 12-21-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Lt Meinhart Reported Killed December First 12-21-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • With the Colors 12-19-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    With the Colors 12-19-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Harry Dulgar Jr. Is Killed in Action 12-15-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Harry Dulgar Jr. Is Killed in Action 12-15-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Sergeant James Alvia Beucherie Home from Pacific 12-15-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Sergeant James Alvia Beucherie Home from Pacific 12-15-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • With the Colors 12-15-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    With the Colors 12-15-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Harry Dulgar Killed in France November 25th 12-14-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Harry Dulgar Killed in France November 25th 12-14-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • SGT Paul Stanley is Given Citation in Italian War 12-14-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    SGT Paul Stanley is Given Citation in Italian War 12-14-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • Three Hartrich Brothers Fighting Germans 12-14-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    Three Hartrich Brothers Fighting Germans 12-14-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

  • George Geier Described War's Destruction 12-12-1944 by Newton Illinois Public Library

    George Geier Described War's Destruction 12-12-1944

    Newton Illinois Public Library

 
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