Will Applen Reports Frontline Conditions From France
In a December 2 1917 letter from France Will Applen describes shelling near hospitals and rail lines, combat near his camp, and a damaged town. He mentions a Scotsman named Kelso and a British cavalryman who shared a wedding dress fragment, plus passing notes of snow and cold and his return prospects to his company.
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Will Applen
France
Mahlon Sutton
Shell
Fritz
Short
Bradford
Durham
New York
W. HB
Applen, Co
Letter from Canada in England during WWI at Witley Camp
A Canadian in training in England writes from Witley Camp detailing gunner qualification, expected leave, and plans to visit relatives. He describes army life as hard but beneficial, hopes for a February battle, and wishes cousin in Illinois a merry Christmas. It ends with notes on a Henry stage show and University of Illinois students returning to campus.
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Sarah
Canada
States
Illinois
Henry
H. G. Oldfield
C. R. A. Witley Camp
England
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Andrew Schauer
Elizabeth Linderer
William Maubach
Molly Linderer
Frank Maubach
Andrew Linderer
Frieda Linderer
Mildred Maubach
Joseph Maubach
Caleb Forbes
Charles McAllister
Martha Anita
William Downey
Vandervoort
Moline
Whitefield M
Daniel McKirgan
Ben McAllister
Henry Downey
Putnam
New Orleans
J. W. Clement
Merrill Gordon Clement
William Diverbiss
Saratoga
W. W. Clement
Tiskilwa
Letter from Lt. L. L. Hunt from Camp Sherman Ohio
Mrs. L. L. Hunt receives a Christmas letter from Lieutenant Leslie L. Hunt now training at Camp Sherman Ohio. He describes depot brigade duties, handling diverse nationalities, and plans a Christmas turkey dinner and gifts for his company. He adds camp size and a hopeful holiday greeting.
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L. L. Hunt
Camp Sherman
Ohio
A. K
Henry
Leslie
Mortality of 1917 Chronicled in The Henry Republican
A long county death list for January to September 1917 records hundreds of names with ages from infancy to seniors. Notables include Mrs Charlotte Green 77 and George Horner 79 among many others across months.
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Henry Republican
Charlotte Green
W. J. Duncan
Joseph Thompson
Samuel Longman
Cyrus Brown
M. J. Sheehan
Horace J. Clark
BenjJamin S. Eldridge
R. L. Reed
Clement Forney
Carrie Phelps
Laura Carver
Charles E. Spires
H. E. Bucklin
Joseph Bachman
J. S. Menepher
James Steels
Ebenezer O. Sunderline
Charles W. McManus
Daniel Seelye
W. McCune
Alta O. Williams
Chester A. Crews
George Horner
William H. W. Simpson
J. H. Alvery
Robert Bill
F. M. Jenks
Henry J. Birch, Jr
Elwood Morris
James F. Gates
Isabelle McCartney
Kate Bell
John H. Green
Ludwig Bogner
Anton Berona
James D. Putnam
John Golden
W. H. Borland
Warren J. Scott
James Giltner
William B. Piper
Julius Delvalley
N. M. Laws
A. V. Brown
Mary H. Mills
Richard Balloweg
Nancy Yarger
Father Lockney
Calvin Stowell
William Crawford
Oliver H. Coe
Joel H. McKinney
James E. Noyes
Frank Wiedler
David Aitchison
George Vail
Allen Mathis
Willard C. Norris
Caleb Drake
Bertram Hickey
Samuel Hamilton
James P. Heaney
Ben Bales
Mary Morris
Marjorie Morris
Wilbur Colwell
Jerry Kaist
Welly C. Gould
Helen C. Fosbenner
Samuel Root
O. T. Dwinnell
Thomas Moore
Mary Ann Owens
Archie Riddell
Frederick Tomlinson
Margaret Hawkins
John Finnegan
Alfred H. Redenbaugh
Albert Phillips
Thomas A. Clemmens
Jacob Williams
Zoe Daley Hinton
Richard Mercian
Harry H. Fisher
Roy Champ
Dorothy Haun
Peter Warren
Frank E. Hoagland
Lydia Riddell
Bridget Ready
Winslow D. Evans
P. A. Cool
Belva Lockwood
Samuel Cannery
Gladys Kilgore
Elizabeth Allen Phillips
Augusta Bade
Matie Crone
David Graves
Katie Forbes
John J. Pelz
John C. Kunkle
Emma Donelson
Otto W. Gustafson
Aker Carlson
A. W. Trobaugh
F. O. Krantz
Joseph Wolf
Guy Demenge
Gustave Otto
Henry Riley Raymond
Ira C. Calef
W. J. Hynes
Peter Contratto
Otto William Gustafson
James A. Harrison
Margaret Ford Dunlap
L. A. Packingham
Joseph Miller
Hope Law Tuttle
Thela Hoyt
Mary Rose
James Downey
Henry Bruner
John Nicholls
H. P. Moran
John Swaney
John A. Newport
Margaret Toemmes
Pemberton Weaver
Oliver Reginald
George S’. Catlin
Elijah Holmes
Phoebe A. Allen
Viva May Traver
T. A. Cunningham
Max Keigley
Isaac Stansell
Ed Ballenseifen
Henry W. Lockman
Charles Ehle
Sherman Slater
Herman Schulte
F. Eusebius Wagner
Ada FE. Gunn
Frank J. Quinn
Missertrude Odell
Gustave Koehler
John van Dusen
William E. Anderson
Patrick McCarson
C. M. Carlson
Henry Thomes
Ernest Laube
J. Logan Jones
Robert T. Kirby
J. A. Brumsey
Jesse Duane Formhals
Albert D. Stevens
William Henrich
Frances Janice Green
William B. Cassell
Arthur VanDeventer
W. T. Law
James Davidson
Charles W. Mathern
Henry Hoyt
Eli Foucht
Agnes Reil
James McCune
Leota A. Trobaugh
Clyde S. Treffman
Annette Williams Wiley
Adam Lippert
Margaret Crawford
Annie Brown
C. S. Moore
William Pettett
R. N. Morse
George Hank
Clara Freeman Antrim
Charles Wherry
Charles Beardsley
John Thornton
John H. Williams
R. W. Justice
Jesse Barker
Marie Barnhart
Josephine Norris
E. A. Snively
Lillian Brenneman Kufahl
H. W. Crossland
Michael A. Quirk
Frank Jackson
A. H. Kinnear
Forrest Wood
James Walsh
William H. Golden
Ora Scott Larkin
Eugene H. Hutchins
Hezekiah R. Trim
Frank Bush
Emmons Towle
Henry C. Richie
John Bush
Elizabeth M. Malone
DeCarroll Cone
Albert Arie Law
Adolph Renzi
Frank Su
Ernest W. Ponzer
Benjamin Eckard
Isaac van Horne
Waterway plan push cited by Redfield amid river progress
Secretary Redfield outlines inland waterway advances from St Paul to New Orleans and a new lake to river navigation push. He notes modern terminals at LaSalle Peoria Kansas City and government barges on the upper Mississippi with a planned fleet and river rail terminal projects.
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Redfield
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Muscatine
Mississippi River
LaSalle
Peoria
Kansas City
Upper
Mississippi
War Department
Florence
Ala
Great Lakes
Illinois River
New Orleans
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Leslie Downey
W. C. Worley
A. D. Stevens
Home Department
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Ralph Wells
Venona
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W. L. Stoner
R. M. Barnes
Prather
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Urbana
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George Halbleib
August—Guiseppe Boidrial
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Samuel Holmes
Theodore Smith
Clarina Tidebeck
Frank Waller
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Charles Garside
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