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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
8
Elmwood and Chicago visitors stop in at Hillaland home. Henry and Granville residents travel for events, weddings, and camp activities. Miss Peters, Mrs Defenbaugh, Campfire Girls, Boy Scouts, and church events fill a busy community week with picnics, meals, and neighborhood news.
Mrs. Cotney visits with grandchildren Elmer Hunt family this week. Dr. A R Schreffer and Miss Edna Hillabrand join Mr and Mrs T R Seelyn. travel disrupted by wreck near Putnam. to Peoria by auto. Pemberton Weaver dies at 86 after infections and strokes. funeral at Henry conducted by Rev Johnson. Local meetings draw crowds as war economy urged to conserve and move goods.
Reduced prices blanket Ladies' suits coats skirts dresses aprons and entire millinery stock at this store. New fashion hosiery for hot weather wear by Boy Burlington priced from 15 cents to 1.25 dollars a pair with toe to toe fit and reinforced features.
Hutchins and Downey with Bear and Stapp relatives arrived from Plano Iowa to visit the Andersons at Lone Tree. The men fished at the lake, a large country home was opened for a picnic, group photos were taken, and the day was described as delightful before Bears left for St Louis.
Claims by Chas. E. Griffin, Continental Casualty agent, totals include Otis Turpin of Magnolia 23.38 with bail, Wesley Kays of McNabb 10.81 for an accident, and William A. Schlosser 200 for a horse killed by lightning. Sub-agency details note Griffin also covers Continental Fire.
A Paris dispatch reports Major General Pershing praised the Red Cross drive with the telegram from Henry P. Davison urging Americans to subscribe generously. Washington notes a Red Cross executive commission is in Europe to guide relief efforts ahead of U.S. troops, marking the start of the war’s largest relief operation.
In Oklahoma a car attached tower replaces four horses and doubles harvest speed for wheat and oats. ABW Pranman of Rogers County demonstrates to about a dozen neighbors. Farmers plan to use cars to power field work this summer as preparations begin for winter wheat.
The Post notes Nebraska Colorado and Montana show strong female representation in local and state offices. It cites 258 women candidates in Kansas last election and predicts 165 will assume local duties soon. Women hold educators posts clerks of court and other offices, suggesting suffrage expanded public service participation.
The passage emphasizes how women like Ella Finge Young can spark thousands of women to engage with schooling and civic issues. It notes women's concern for justice, charity, recreation, libraries, museums, fire and police protection, city planning, and community centers, suggesting greater female influence at local and county levels to elevate education and public services.
The piece reflects on a nationwide reform movement driven by noncoercive influence and compares it to historical gradual change. It cites Europe’s war as possibly softening hearts and notes generosity from corporations and extensive Christmas gift mailings shaping public sentiment.
The text argues that ending township collectorships will save taxpayers in Illinois vast sums and suggests the move is used as a sugar plum to keep the ruling party united, noting potential fees of one to two thousand dollars in some counties.
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