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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
10
The Sparland community notes a busy period with parish visits, births, anniversaries, and festive Easter programs at the M E church. Highlights include the Fleming family birthday news, a 62nd wedding anniversary, Cross aid clothing drives, and a lively grammar-room visit featuring music, stories, and student achievements.
The Whitefield Center column reports farmers sowing oats and women cleaning houses while Jemel Ketchum and wife return from Washington due to health issues. Masons worked on the Lawrence Hoffman house and will install paper hangers. Mrs. Ben McAllister visited Peoria with her mother and sister Cora. children stayed with Mrs. McAllister. Also a note on Chamberlain's Tablets easing constipation and related despondency.
Jack Hunter writes from Vancouver Washington describing his arrival with a large group, assignment to a mill, rough conditions, daily drill, and sights near Mt Hood. He notes rain, uniforms coming, hunger at tables, and mentions Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertisement. He signs as J L Easley and Mac McBride with various unit details and address.
A cantonment with 24 000 men found over 4 000 spoke little or no English and many more had weak skills hindering military training. A regiment from a large industrial city had more than 2 500 such men amid 40 languages and dialects. The division started English instruction via dramatic method, while a German born former college professor advised in German and French at division HQ.
South Whitefield residents report dinners and visits at Ely McCusky and Hayline homes. Ed Wishall’s family and others describe neighbors, measles cases, and farm work. Local traders and drivers like Cal Starliper are noted, with oats sowing underway and a 1000 pound calf hauling tip from Enos Odell.
A light misty rain after a long drought benefits local wheat crops as residents report family visits and new births. Leslie Holmes visits his grandmother Mrs James Compton in Blanchard while Mary Ziegler and daughter Fanny travel from Peoria to see relatives. Richard Louis Fleming is born to Clarence and Mrs Fleming. Enby details: Ray Nighsanger sends a health photo from Camp Logan Texas. Morris Holmes returns from Florida. Hugh Russell and wife move into Olaf Olson place. The note praises Henry Mattison for supervisor and urges support.
Local items from Lostant and nearby towns report visits and guests in several households. Mrs. James Davey hosts. Alfred Lawless’s home burned. carpenters begin a temporary building. Miss Julia Satterfield and Leland Roberts wed. Shields family moves to a new modern residence. Red Cross contributions received. Anna Marks leaves teaching for a federal clerical post. Seed corn price scales announced by the state seed corn administration.
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