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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
7
Classified ad fragment lists sale of a six room cottage with electric light and water at 262 Green and another remodeled are room cottage with lath water and electric light. Also notes plastering masonry work by Carl C D Harding and Fulks Bros advertising several services.
Classified ad lists buy offers for old teeth and jewelry. Mazer's Tooth Specialty in Philadelphia offers up to 25 dollars per set and cash for broken gold and silver with a return mail check policy. Also notes a land rent proposal of eight dollars per acre or half grain rent in Henry, Illinois.
Jalon 88185 is a dark grey drafted horse bred in Sarthe by M. Monthule. Sire Palletan and lineage tracing through Biribi Duchesnay Voltaire Pourgui Pas Picador and others. Details include sale schedule for 1918, insurance terms, and responsibilities for accidents.
Color named Colonel J Pedigree greeted by Thomas and James Wouill at Streator Illinois foaled in 1912 recorded in the Stud Book of the Percheron Society of America No 84024 to stand in the 1918 season at multiple locations including William Merdian Ivan Barry Joan Antrim and the owner's barn schedule shows Monday night Tuesday noon Thursday noon times in sequence.
Rossland, a 50 year old railroad section hand at Eureka, was arrested by federal authorities on espionage act charges. He reportedly had maps and diagrams of railways stations bridges and Panama Canal information. as officers approached he tossed something from his person and it ignited, destroying the items.
Secretary McAdoo names Friday June 28 as national war savings day to boost war stamp purchases. Illinois lags behind quota and neighboring states, with some counties unbelievably far behind. War savings committees aim to maintain steady effort after Red Cross drives and push counties to 100 percent.
A 224 by 67 foot steel brick building will house war and navy relics lent by the government at the Illinois state fair grounds. The exhibit aims to educate the public about national war activities with ten demonstrators and free admission. The permanent facility will face Independence avenue west of Machinery hall and may be used postwar for other needs. Ra, a Marcer county native aged ninety four, recently died after long rural living. He had never ridden in a car and doubted airships before.
Louie H Sevhallo recounts drills, heat, and pending moves with the 46th Infantry at Camp Sheridan. He describes meals and hospital cases, eclipse observations, duty rosters, and longing for home including a missing watch and rings. He notes quarantine lift pending in Montgomery and asks for mail and a ring.
An inscription by Marie Henry Watterson argues Christianity as the sole savior of civilization against German Kultur. He laments a world of spiritual and physical peril, urging the Cross to rally humanity and lead Germany to reconstruction under Christian values.
John E Hartenbower and George Hillabrand, tied to the Tonica bank fiasco, travel to Ottawa and another to Joliet seek bail reduction from 15 000 to 10 000 and a writ of supersedas to bring their appeal to Washington. State attorneys doubt the Supreme Court will take the case while both men plan to avoid Joliet.
A lighthearted note highlights the hen as a morale booster and kitchen resource that supports wartime goals by providing eggs and constant farm labor. The piece suggests agricultural resilience boosts national effort even if the bird cannot voice support for democracy.
Benson speaks on Belgium front lines and German atrocities drawn from Red Cross service in France and Belgium. He recalls Edith Cavell, trench life, and wartime heroism while urging support for Allied cause and German Kultur critique. Includes humor and promise to return to battlelines.
Rev. F R McNamara pastor of the M E church at Prophetstown proved his fishing skill after the Thanksgiving sermon. He walked to the creek mouth, baited with a spoon hook, and despite early misses he reeled in a string of 24 fish which he dressed and shared the next day, showing a good preacher is a good man in any task.
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