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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
9
Local note shows Toluca Star-Herald expanding from folio to seven columns and eight pages. Community updates include teachers attending an institute, military enlistments and transfers, civic events, literary notices, and a letter from George Redmond about wartime service.
Election for school directors of district 20 held in the city engine room last Saturday from 2 to 5 pm. Fifty votes cast with Clifford Haws as President receiving 22 44 48. three-year members listed D W Horrom D R Blackwell and C B Smith among others. one-year member C B H Smith. Board now includes President Clifford Haws and members Lawrence Hunt O H Davis E G Cromwell R F Burt R C Forbes C B Smith. Mary had a speckled hen that was a business booster. Every day she laid an egg but at night she was a rooster.
A union meeting at the Henry opera house was well attended. J A Williams presided as Rev Saunders of Peoria delivered a stirring sermon linking patriotism temperance and religion. The program featured the high school ladies quartet and Camp Fire girls with soloists and a singing of Onward Christian Soldiers.
The Henry township oversubscribed its third liberty loan quota on opening day earning the state honor flag for going over the top. The flag was hung at Duke Bros store and staged at the opera house as part of the town’s celebration. Henry’s fire department gains praise for rapid modernization with an auto truck and volunteer members under Chief Walter B. Duke. A Home Protective Association was organized at the Henry opera house with officers named. The Woman's Club enjoyed a meeting with tributes to mothers and readings from Billy Sunday. An obituary correction notes Andrew Turnburn was the second Marshall county soldier to die in service, not the first.
Public meeting at the Henry opera house discussed building a modern hotel in Henry Illinois. A stock soliciting committee was formed with I M Forbes Julius Watercott Mrs C R Jones Will Duke and six more to gauge citizen interest. City council adjourned session confirmed road oil contract and declared elected aldermen Walter B Duke Walter S Harrison and Fred J Seitz.
A Lacon meeting of the Council of National Defense Woman's Committee drew 55 Marshall County members. Mrs. Ray of Chicago outlined roles in Liberty Loan, Food Production, Child Welfare, Social Service, Health and Recreation, and Woman Industry and praised Illinois for early registration progress. County secretary notes the group’s readiness to assist the war effort. Also includes local church notices and a store opening by T. J. Segraves in the First National Bank building.
A weekly digest notes Edna Greenlee visiting Peoria, Mrs. Siewers in Spring Valley, and Mrs. Wood of Tiskilwa visiting Henry. It cites March deaths of 4 936 old soldier pensioners and discusses Hoover era food plans and county advisers. Also covers Henry chapter 477 lodge, Henry residents’ travels, and memorializes Mrs. Hardin Cafter’s pioneer family history.
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