SITTERLY WINS AIR WAR RECORDS IN FRANCE
Glenn Sitterly of Spring Valley in the Allied air service recounts a dramatic Marne action in which his photo and combat team destroyed German bridges. Despite severe pursuit, burns, and the loss of gunners, Sitterly recounts bringing down two Huns and aiding a successful counterattack near Chateau Thierry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Glenn Sitterly
Spring Valley
Alan Ash
Henry
Alan
Glenn
Marne
Litterly
Sitterly
Paris
J. C. Sitterly
Chateau Thierry
Reception Held for Rev Dusenberry and Family at Presbyterian Church
A large gathering at the Presbyterian church parlors welcomed Rev Dusenberry his wife and daughter Martha. The Ong orchestra provided music as church ladies served coffee and cream puffs. J A Williams praised the pastor’s role in baptisms marriages and deaths while Dusenberry expressed his wish to serve the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Dusenberry
Martha
Presbyterian Church
J. A. Williams
Williams
Dusenberry
Mrs. Dusenberry
Judson Ong
Varna
Mina
Ong
Beesley
King
Besley
Rev. Dusenberry
Bury
A. B. Smith
Alden Hunter
Payo Py Draft Registration Opens Across County
Men aged 18 to 45 are to register today at thirteen county voting places under the new draft law. The effort may add 2000 to 2500 names to the selective service list with registration hours from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Henry township board names Thomas Waterous as chief registrar with C H Scholes D L Hartley Addie Brown and others directing recording duties. Mrs Shotwell of St. Louis solicited funds for a children’s charity home during the events in Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Township
Thomas C. Waterous
C. H. Scholes
D. L. Hartley
Addie Brown
Lawrence Peterman
George A. Burt
Florence LE
Klein
Primary Election Totals Show Party Nominations in Henry County
Voters in Henry County cast 313 ballots at the primary with Aotos used. Republicans list multiple nominees including Medill McCormick for U S senator and Charles Turner for general assembly. Democrats nominate James Hamilton Lewis for U S senator and Daniel H Gregg for county judge. County results include Willard E King for county superintendent by 140, William S Riddell for sheriff by 400, and Daniel H Gregg by 28 over Homer Barney for county judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
U. S
Medill McCormick
W. H. Thompson
George E. Foss
A. E. Case
Patrick O'Donnell
Fred E. Sterling
C. F. White
Hugh §. Magill, Jr
F. G. Blair
Congress
Richard Yates
Henry FE. Rathbone
W. E. Mason
F. H. Childs
W. G. Webster
L. W. Price
Clifford Ireland
Marshall County
Willard E, King
William 5. Riddell
Sparland
Daniel H. Gregg
Homer Barney
Ee Eee
Tragic Rock Island Train Death Near Putnam Bridge
Benjamin Hamerly of Davenport is identified as the man killed when a Rock Island passenger train struck him near Wheeler Bridge, one and one fourth miles north of Putnam. Inquest ruled death by being knocked from the train. funeral held in Rock Island with burial in Oakdale Cemetery Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Wheeler Railroad Bridge
Peoria
Wheeler Railway Bridge
Putnam
Smith
Henry
J. M. Williams
Putnam County
Bureau J
Noisy Bridge
Will Hamerly
Charles Thorblow
Benjamin Hamerly
Davenport
Iowa
Bureau
Wheeler Bridge
Oakdale Cemetery
Local Happenings Mixed With National Finance Notes
Local residents visit relatives in Henry and nearby towns as families conduct farm moves and business. The United States treasury extends new credit to Great Britain bringing total Allied loans to 7.09 billion dollars. Teachers named for McKinley and Washington buildings in Marseilles. Political campaigning and candidate notices spread through Henry with several visits and potential appointments. A farm oats fire near Iroquois county, and Rock Island hires women on tracks at thirty cents an hour. Mrs. Tilton to relocate to Topeka with family after leaving Magnolia township parsonage.
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Howard Ash
Continental
Ohio
John Broaddus
Bernard Walch
Thomas Cremina
Chicago
Patrick Hennessey
G. Efferding
Allegan, Mich
G. E. Sparling
Undercliff
Sparling
Henry
Benjamin Mattingly
J. A. Williams
Western Avenue
F. D. Draper
Flynn
Camp Grove
United States Treasury
Great Britain
Marseilles
Viola Herr
Whitefield Township
McKinley
Ruth Mercer
Mercer
Washington
Thomas Cahill
Ladd
Congress
W. W. Herron
Princeton
Clifford Ireland
Richard Bowers
Jennie Bowers Pechin
la Junta
Colo
Dr. Nichols
Savannah
Jefferson
Iowa
Edith Gregory
Illinois
Gregory
J. Y. Gregory
Bristol Township
Miss Quinn
Boulder
William Hickey
Iroquois County
Rock Island
Morris
Plains
D. H. Gregg
Henry ©. Jacobs
Homer Barney
Judge Grepg
G. E. Tilton
Tilton
George Helper
Magnolia Township
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spring Valley Flyer
Huns
Pa Sma
RED Cross
St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
St. Mary's Church
Henry Appel
Stephen Appel
Bureau County
Payo Py Register
Andyey
Shotwell
Children's Charity
St. Louis
Humane Institution
State Central
Lot
Lawrence D. Gregory
Louis N. Osborne
William S. Riddell
Eugene O. Jenkins
Willard BE
Edgar Nichols
Precince
Floyd Monier
Ed B. Smith
James Hamilton Lewis
J. O. Monroe
James Traynor
James J., Brady
John Downey
W. M. Carr
M. H. Cleary
William Elza Williams
B. J. Rosenthal
L. O. Eagleston
Jas.m. Daugherty
Michael Fahy
J. M. Daugherty
Tromer Survey
Delbert D. Vincore
Frank H. Barr
Charles Motter
Edward Freeman
Elias B. Wright
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