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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1918
Page
7
A 1918 column urges universal birth registration amid wartime needs. It cites certificates for age, citizenship, and eligibility for draft, work, or travel, and warns mothers to register births to prevent future legal and administrative complications.
Patel FR SS a Pn Pg remains with unclear context in the fragment. The legible part shows repeated mentions of Patel and acronyms, offering no fuller event, date, or location details to describe a clear incident or update.
Pvt Edward Kroeper writes home from 7th A. Eng. unit about daily life in France. He notes photos from home, a bakery nearby, a Red Cross parade, and receiving six months of foreign service stripes. He mentions learning to cook, walking with a heavy pack, and appreciating letters from family amid wartime distance.
The article recounts 19th century Marshall and Putnam county settlements Wenona New Rutland Washburn Sparland Webster Lyons and Lyons, detailing their founding dates, railroad ties, key figures, early structures, population notes and later decline. It notes Wenona’s 1855 rail layoff, New Rutland’s Vermont Emigrant origins, Washburn’s 1853 1856 growth, Sparland named for George Spar, and Lyons as an ambitious failed 1830s colonization site later absorbed by fields.
William E Applen writes from a French front camp about heavy rain, moving lines, and shelling by Fritz. He notes gas shells, gas masks for all, Dutch cars, and Yanks supplying gas shells. He praises the Red Cross, mentions M C A huts, and ends with a joke ad for Akir soda.
The text records several early Illinois towns and plots from 1836 to 1841. Dorchester, Bristol, Auburn, Centerville, Troy City, Chambersburg are described with founders, transfer sums, and ultimate vacating or obscurity. It notes Richards and Gale, and the fate of a Dorchester transfer of 40 000 dollars.
The piece cites Dr James J Walsh Dr Abraham Jacobi and Dr Haven Emerson arguing that cooler moist air at around 65 68 degrees protects health against pneumonia and tuberculosis and improves public health by preventing overheated homes and offices. They urge Americans to keep houses cool with adequate humidity.
Bert Potter sells 44 Poland China hogs near Edelstein on November 1 with an average price of 185 dollars. Seven piglets in one April litter brought 5920 dollars total, about 844 each, with these sold for 1660 dollars.
A poetic call for a Golden Age when envy yields to fellowship and truth prevails. It urges laborers, statesmen, Christians, and all to defend liberty of thought and action, resist tyrants, and unite against error as a mighty host advances. Samuel Parker war notes.
The chairman of the National War Savings association of Great Britain notes 16 750 000 holders of war securities and 13 000 600 savings accounts while thousands of women gain remunerative work and save. The piece urges American workers to thrift and honor the Liberty bonds appeals.
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