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Henry Republican

Location

Henry, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1917

Page

3

Local Sparland News Notes and Social Gatherings

Sparland community updates include visits by Henry residents, church events, and a shift in pastor at Steuben Baptist church. Families attend services, a cook book ads drive, a new baby, Labor Day plans, and a Rome chauffeur party are reported along with a town hall Red Cross program and a children’s party hosted by the Lutt sisters. Rev. Ward resumes evening services after an auto trip.

G. E. Moors Henry David C. McLaughlin Guy“E. Mogre Ed Tay Leland Monier Walla Ias Steuben Baptist Church Joseph Hart Yankee Street Baptist Church Dorothy Marian ‘van Antwerp Marielle Wadkins Sar Quy E Moore Harrison Thomas Edna Nellie William Osborne Mary H. A. Kline Peoria Arch Kent Chillicothe C. C Jos Ferguson Wilhelmina Annie Alice Messrs. W Osborne John van Antwerp William Aitchison A. H Harmison G. F. Moore Rome Town Hall Red Cross Spartans Hentee Chicago Ed van Antwerp Oklahoma May Condon William O'Leary Johanna Harney Wallace Wallace Fred Nightwonger Ray Arizona Sam Harry Haladay Bert Haladay William Piper Bert Piper Amber Edminister Wyanet Mabel Monier Mr. Haladay Princeton Edminister Mrs. Haladay Raymond Harley Herbert Goodale Steve Freer Frank Lidgard Sam Chesney Putnam Fred Harley Sam Maupin Cottage Will Anderson Earl McKee Byron Allen William Chesney John Jack Olive West Connie Julander Edmund Jardina eKwanee Lucy Fearls Bradford Marguerite O'Neal John Carrol William Perry John O'Neal Earl McKees Frank Liebeck Bert Shurtz Charles Arthur Larson Margaret Yarington Tiskilwa Leslie Wilkin Julius Lodar Ladies’ Aid

Steuben Notes Multiple Local Updates and Transfers

Aichison and Nellie visit Delavan from Peoria with Randolphs. many local social notes include Red Cross meeting at Sparland hall, religious day school enrollments, and upcoming concerts in Lacon. County tax cases, exemptions board activity, and July events are discussed along with obituaries, school finances, and real estate transfers.

Mm Spher Edith Brush Peoria 0. G. McCraw Wilda Smith Grace Tussey la Prairie Marjorie Root Willam Gray Ella Speers Harry Willard Princeville H. C.merrill Elmer Raymond Gruner St. Louis Home Tolke Albert Amen Edgerton Lacon Rigley O G McCraw McCraw T A. Timmons Wyoming Herbert Hakes Hallock Howe Alford J. Burton Green J. C. Smith Root Red Cross Ladies’ Association Thetrar

Social and family notices mix with wartime verse

A local social column lists dinner gatherings at Haladays and neighbors in Princeton and nearby towns, church events, visitors, and a funeral. An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach and liver relief. A wartime poem imagines an Irish Kaiser replacing German foes with shamrocks.

Wood meal bread and prisoner labor in Germany

The report cites F Sefton Nelmer describing Germany using Holzmehl wood flour to feed cattle and soldiers while prisoners are fed it as a possible delicacy. A high official allegedly says after the war many Slav prisoners will be kept as farm laborers, with education shaping their German loyalty. The piece also notes rail crossing dangers and a call for harsher penalties for auto drivers at crossings.

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