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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
8
Bradford and Toluca telegrams share funeral reports and illness updates. Families like Andersons, Finleys, and Spratts visit kin. Toluca closes schools and churches due to influenza. notable events include Fulvia Marsili funeral, Mary Donnelly’s death, and the Toluca city hall nearing completion.
Readable fragments recount influenza illnesses across households, farming activity and social visits. The Odell and Fosdick families report improved health, while Charles Belt dies at Camp Forrest from influenza and pneumonia. Local reports mention corn husking, repairs, visits from relatives, and sympathy for bereaved families.
Otto Gray is home from duty and not called in October while helping at Thomas Landers. Residents assist, some ill with pneumonia and flu, with Mrs Chasteen improving. Weld school closes due to influenza, several families travel to visit relatives, and a soldier death brings sorrow.
The October term of the Putnam county circuit court will convene at the courthouse in Hennepin next Monday morning with Judge Green on the bench. The docket includes fifteen people’s cases thirty five common law cases and twenty one chancery cases. Influenza may delay adjournment and the docket is expected to be light. Six Putnam county men are detailed to Bradley in Peoria for special work as auto repairers electricians and carpenters.
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