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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
5
The speaker recalls the great struggle for national life, picturing living soldiers and the dead they honor. He describes marches, flowers on graves, cries of wives and mothers, and the enduring image of soldiers marching under flags toward glory and death, with reverent tribute to both living and fallen.
The Chicago Tribune warns that country youths moving to cities for work create a crowded lodging house system with high pneumonia death rates. Dr. Evans links drifting populations to unemployment and rising living costs, urging rural youth to stay home to avoid winter hardship and potential urban peril.
Description of a five passenger touring car detailing the Oakland Northway four cylinder engine with unit power plant and heavy crown valves. It notes Marvel Oakland Stewart vacuum system cooling with V shaped radiator cen trifugal pump and fan, circulating constant lever splash lubrication, Delco ignition, sliding gear transmission, Hotchkiss front axle, one hearing rear axle, and semielliptic springs.
The six cylinder Oakland Six seats five or seven with folding seats. It combines graceful lines with longer body and higher efficiency. It offers power speed comfort and easy operation built to standard not down to a price.
Specifications cover left hand drive control enter control and model six forty nine compared to model thirty seven. Five passenger touring body adds folding seats and oakland motor with tubular shaft drive and torque arm. Underslung front and rear springs ride on 35x4 tires with 123 14 wheel base and built in mechanical tire pump.
The piece notes that war and Democratic tariff policy demoralize cane sugar and cotton markets in Louisiana, with references to beet sugar competition, plant shutdowns, and labor displacement. It discusses financing harvests, storage, and shipping constraints, plus a public sale notice for farm assets in Sparland Illinois on October 20, 1914.
Notice states that on Tuesday November 3 1914 elections will be held in Marshall County Illinois for United States Senator State Treasurer Superintendent of Public Instruction Clerk of the Supreme Court two Representatives in Congress three University of Illinois trustees one Representative in Congress for the 16th District Clerk of the Appellate Court for the 2nd District three General Assembly seats for the 16th Senatorial District County offices include County Clerk Sheriff County Treasurer County Superintendent of Schools. Polling places open 7 am to 5 pm. Dated Bacon Illinois October 1914 signed Thomas A Connell County Clerk.
The Minonk News Dispatch reports on a Granville Echo editor Bill Hawthorne who lost the Progressive nomination but carried strong support in Minonk. The piece notes rival Jarmon’s defeat and hints at political maneuvering involving Hawthorne allies, Lantz and Carmon, with references to local polling and post office concerns.
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