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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
2
A social letter argues against exchanging British West Indies for wartime debt, urging the U S to refuse selling lands or paying blood money. It calls for issuing long term bonds payable 25 to 30 years to ease today’s debt and lower taxes, rejecting foreign ships taxes and colonial sentiment.
Miss Leta Carroll daughter of John T Carroll Toluca postmaster and former Republican printer married Carl Deihl in Chicago on February 4. They will reside in Chicago.
Governor Small announces Illinois will enter road construction, rehabilitate two state outfits near Joliet and possibly Chester penitentiary, and seek to condemn cement plants to manufacture cement at half private prices. Legislation will allow state to acquire gravel and road assets, with 1922 set for major state road work.
Phillip Gehring 49 ended his life Friday March 18 by shooting himself in the right temple at a shack by the Illinois river near Mrs Otto Halbleib farm. Despondent and possibly fearing asylum return, he left no clear motive. Coroner Wilson ruled death by selfinfliction. Burial was prepared in Henry and shipped to Archibald Ohio for funeral. He leaves a brother S J Gehring Canton Mo and two sisters Mrs Dorothy Mikesell Elmira Ohio and Mrs Susan Barden Morenci Michigan.
S John Gehring Canton Mo thanks neighbors for kindness and flowers and for sympathy over the loss of brother Phillip Gehring. Roosevelt quote included. The piece ends with a question: Are you paid in advance.
Sheriff Mack raided a rolling contraband liquor operation Monday, uncovering a stalled truck near Norman township. Three men, Leonard Echart Don Highsmith and Vincent Dominick, were arrested in Morris as officers believed the vehicle belonged to an interstate hootch gang. Guns and a two gallon jug were found in nearby autos, while liquor was believed buried in fields.
The Marshall County Board of Supervisors presented and acted on resolutions noting the death of former member William Schlosser and extending sympathy to his family. The Good Roads Committee of the Marshall Putnam Farm Bureau urged a patrol maintenance system for main roads, favor gravel where practical, and requested state funding cover half the patrol maintenance costs, with copies to state and county officials.
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