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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
7
Classified notices include sales offers such as a six room cottage for sale and a remodeled five room cottage with utilities. Also announced are storage battery repairs, dental service contacts, and a farm rental inquiry. Old teeth and precious metal buyers offer cash by mail from Philadelphia.
Jalon 88185 78999 state license 1148 imported 1811 by Dushams. Foaled April 24 1909 bred by M Monthule Sarthe. Pedigree includes Pelletan and Duchesnay lines. A strong heavy boned drafter producer with good conformation. Sale times listed Monday to Friday at multiple locations, insurance terms apply.
This entry lists a chestnut Pure Bred Percheron stallion, State License No 2679. Bred by W B Prichard & Son Ottawa Indiana. Dam and sire lines include Noirot Oscar Brietus Germanicus and Fashion Hercules Parfait Saint Germain Meteor won a LaSalle county fair premium in 1916. Weighs 1900 pounds with season terms 12.50 for a colt that stands and nurses. Insurance assumes risk and payment is due at once.
The Republican records the death of John M. Kirkpatrick at 74 after injuries from a streetcar accident in June 1918. Born in Illinois he studied medicine then moved to publishing and printing in Henry and Indianapolis. Survived by wife Emma Croft Kirkpatrick and children Ralph Mamie and John, he was active in churches, temperance work, and local affairs. His funeral was at Crown Hill cemetery in Indianapolis.
WE Applen writes Charley Gerard from Somewhere in France in May 1918 about daily duties near trenches. He details camps, ammunition handling, railways being built, a recent locomotive experience, heavy driving shifts, gas masks, a new rifle, and harsh battlefield scenes while expressing homesickness and questions about Illinois friends.
Grey colt bred by Thomas and James Woulf of Streator Til foaled 1911 recorded No. 84034 in the Percheron Society Stud Book. Offers standing 1918 at multiple owners with schedule and terms 815.00 for 2 colts. care disclaimer and insurance note. Stephen McAppel.
A wartime letter from W F E Applen notes a regiment member advancing to corporal and asks after Brad ford boys. He sends regards to friends and requests news updates while mentioning a weekly letter limit of eighty letters.
A wartime letter from W E Applen to his father Henry Applen describes travel from Arkansas style countryside near a railroad project in France. He notes weather, lack of fires, a locomotive delivery, limited leave in Paris, stock and wine in France, and Red Cross and Y M C A presence among troops. He mentions conditions behind the lines and asks about family matters.
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