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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
8
Local notes from Magnolia and Swaney report social events. Mentions include Grange, Red Cross, and Stars and Masons installations. Basketball games, visits, farm shipments to Chicago, and letters from France are noted along with community gatherings at Star and Magnolia halls.
CAMP GROVE items report that SDR McBrookie will locate here this month with his family. Jacob Kissel has been visiting home, and Bernard Barnes and John Maione are expected home soon. Miss Mayme Gill and Anna Herberger visited Peoria. Mrs Hickey Davidson is recovering at home. The week includes funeral plans and local visits plus minor injuries.
Fred Parker of Lima Ohio a private in the 2nd Ohio Regiment 37th division earned the Croix de Guerre for bravery at Verdun and Argonne. He fought four tours over the top was wounded twice and captured 39 Germans in one night earning 10 division citations and service and wound stripes. He returned home aboard the La France December 24 and is now mustered out at Camp Custer.
Fragmentary lines present a damaged verse referencing America and its men. The text mentions God, valor, and devotion but is incomplete and lacks coherent narrative or clear attribution. No identifiable events, dates, or organizations are preserved.
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