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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
2
A column offers suggestions to support soldiers in training, detailing mail, laundry, snacks, gear, and small comforts to ease camp life. It cites new War Department physical requirements for draftees, including height and weight ranges, medical screenings, and fitness tests, with practical reminders about mailing and birthday jokes.
A report on Marshall County personal property is copied from Lacon Home Journal, listing horses cattle hogs sheep farming utensils and automobiles as categories under review. The page includes baseball scores Streator vs Henry with player stats and a later human-interest note on forecasts for 35 years hence and a farm hiring anecdote. Proceedings, names, and dates are sparse in the readable fragments.
Sheriff Ives and deputies raided a cross-county bootlegging operation along the McLean Livingston line last Thursday. Two Chenon men, Lester Hoselton and Hub Burton, were captured and jailed in Chenoa before escaping from the calaboose with help from outside allies. Beer and whiskey seized. a fifth man, David Olis, was jailed on related charges.
A new Purple Cross society plan urges Congress to pass Bill No 5410 to finance embalmers and ambulances and allow bodies of American soldiers killed in France or Vera Cruz to be preserved and returned home for burial. The plan, backed by Undertaker A B Smith, calls on citizens to write senators and congressmen in support as U S troops prepare for Europe.
A noisy blend of summer hardship and faith. Heat, dust, drought wear down gardens and farmers as clouds threaten then retreat. Poems and editorials urge thrift and calm, while wartime draft exemptions for Christian Scientists are discussed by the church board.
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