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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
8
Local column recounts church, school, and social events in Magnolia and surrounding townships. Updates include illness and recoveries, funerals, Christmas plans, stock shows, and engagements of residents such as Whitneys, Helgoths, and Spaldings, with Saturday services and upcoming formers institute details.
Putnam notes list social visits including Miss Freda Henninger and Mrs Georgia Brown with relatives in Chicago. Elmer Weir, missing in action in France since October 18, is reported by Mrs Abe Spencer as the first Putnam boy missing. Heavy Thanksgiving rains disrupted plans. Floyd Dorts family moved to Drake's tenant house. preaching at Putnam M E Church Sunday at 3:30 PM with a ladies quartet.
The article records Sunday school attendance of 20 and a 78 cent collection, compares with last year’s 29 attendees and $1.18. It notes a service flag with four stars for Willis Taylor Ivan Lufes Leslie Aukland and Walter Forbes, two red and two blue. The flag measures two by three feet and decorates the Sunday school room. The first quarterly conference was postponed due to husking, held this week. Regular services are announced for next Sunday at 2 p.m. Sunday school and 3 p.m. preaching. The piece ends with community notices and a Red Cross fundraiser offering buns and tea.
Steuben notes mention Emma Beck and Bert Albert visiting sister Mrs. Tille Nighsonger. A quiet wedding occurred last week between Lassie Compton and Nellie VanDusen. Local social items include visits among residents, Baptist church plans for a Christmas program, and a patriotic Thanksgiving at the Albert Russell home with extended family.
During the November 11 peace celebration in El Paso a new method raised funds for the United War Work campaign. Citizens hauled to city hall in a fire truck used as patrol wagons, locked in jail, and fined by a kangaroo court from 5 to 100 dollars each, totaling about 1600 dollars. Fifteen thousand Rock Island arsenal workers donated their Thanksgiving labor’s proceeds to Red Cross and similar societies, estimated at 46000 dollars. Farmers near Washburn report hogs dying from a strange ailment, often within twenty four hours. John G. Bensing was sentenced to five years in federal prison at Fort Leavenworth for embezzling postal funds while a Peoria post office clerk.
Reader notes from the community recounts of visits and travel. Carl Reed and family feel better and active at home. Pearl Cook spent Sunday with kin. Ziegler drove to Chicago with cattle, and Coletower returned from Adel Iowa after six weeks with relatives.
Local notices report Marshall selects Miss Elsie Spangler in a community pageant held at the Presbyterian parsonage area last Tuesday. The event featured participants including B Fenwick and Foner, with a brief martial-arts themed display mentioned in ad notices.
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