Local Notes Include Visits and War News From Kendallville Area
John Benhour returns from Fort Wayne visit. Anna Sinderson spent week with relatives at Kewand Iineis. Mayfield's stationery sale 1 cent per box. Bright Bortner visits Fort Wayne mother Mrs Nascy Bortoer. Ligonier water works pumps 359000 gallons during Weir & Cowley fire. Pricket family welcome baby girl born Wednesday June to. Mrs Emerick of Kendallville visiting grandparents Lemmon. Bertch family guests of J B Homsher at Garrett. War efforts noted with troops, Europe landings and Camp Sherman. 300 million sheets of writing paper for soldiers' letters ordered. W Rosenberry posts Canada thistle remedy dates June 29 July 27 August 23. Kendallville News-Lan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield’s
Juse
Bright Bortner
Fort, Wayne
Nascy Bortoer
Ligonier Water Works
Weir & Cowley
O. P. Pricket
R. 3
Emerick
Kendallville
A. E. Lemmon
Phillip Bertcb
Garrett
J. B. Homsher
Albion Hardware Co
L. E. Rupert
Lieutenant Glade Rupert
France
W. K Rosenberry
Wayne Township
Kendallville News- Lan
Substitutes for Crow as Food in War Rhetoric
A wartime line argues it is better for Americans to eat oats, price corn or barley and potatoes than to let the Kaiser feed on German crow at the point of a sixteen inch gun. The phrasing reflects propaganda urging national food conservation and morale.
Beef regulations in force until further notice
County chairman for hotels and restaurants issues beef usage rules to public eating houses in Noble county Indiana. Only Monday roast beef mid day meals, Wednesday and Saturday boiled or corned beef, and Thursday beef steaks or hamburger stock. beef by products allowed anytime. No advertising of days. Compliance required. noncompliance may revoke licenses. Federal Food Admin for Indiana. C W Crance Kendsville chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plesse
Federal Food Admi
Indiana
C. W. Crance
Kendslville
Ind
Chairman Hotels and Restaurants
Noble County
Purdue Inspect County Wheat Fields This Week
Purdue University seed expert will inspect 36 county wheat fields this week to show farmers where high quality seed wheat can be obtained. Fields must use established varieties suited to Noble county, contain under 5 percent other wheat, be free of rye and other pests, and have diseases under 3 percent. The effort, led by H. R. Smally of Allen county, aims to boost production rather than area, noting Indiana averaged 12 bushels per acre in 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue University
Noble County
H. R. Smally
Allen County
Indiana
War Savings Stamp Drive Urges Support for War Effort
A World War I era call urges readers to back the government with every power to end the war by purchasing War Saving Stamps. The appeal links patriotism, sacrifice, and public finance to bolster money, labor, and materials for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gypsy South
Europe
Berlina
Indianapolis official praises Noble county tax gains
Fred Sims of Indianapolis and member of the state board of tax commissioners visited Albion last Friday. He commended Noble county’s 1918 assessment, noting an increase of over 400000 compared with last year. Mrs. Hannah Momma of Albion is visiting the John McCleughan home. Syra couse Journal Rye floar at the Albion Roller it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sims
Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Albion
Noble County
Hannah Momma
John McCleughan
Syracouse Journal
Albion Roller
Madison Skinner Dead in Albion Area at 68
Madison Skinner died at his East Ellsworth street home at 4 AM Friday from Brights disease. He was born in Noble County in 1850 and lived on Noble County farms before moving to Albion and later northern Indiana, then to Columbia City fifteen years ago. He left a first wife Mary Wise with two infant sons, a second wife Ida May Weeks with one son Dewey Skinner, and three stepchildren. He is survived by widow, three stepchildren, two brothers Tom and Gerrard, and other relatives. Funeral is Sunday at 1:00 PM at the home. burial in South Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Monroe Sklater
East Ellsworth Street
Bright
Jzybu
Barbara Addis Skinner
Noble County
Albion
Mary Wise
Indiana
Ida May Weeks
Dewey Skinner
Henry Lee
Roy Baker
Omar Whiteman
Tom
Gerrard
H. G. Herendeen
Barlal
South Park
Columbia City
Auto Turns Turtle Near Kendallville. Four Hurt
A car crash five miles east of Kendallville sent three people to Lake Side Hospital with injuries and a fourth with a bruised face. The Hudson Super Six skidded while crossing the county jog twist on the Waterloo Kendallville road, flipping and trapping the occupants Bert Bortner Mr Otis Fisher Mrs Freeborn Clawson all of Ligonier. A fifth person left for home with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside Hospital
Kendallville
Bert Bortner
Otis Fisher
Freeborn Clawson
Ligonier
Waterloo
Miss Rosella Plummer Receives War Dept Post
Richland township resident Miss Rosella Plummer has accepted a War Department clerk position in Washington DC. A longtime county teacher, she taught in the West Ward school and Albion high school, earned an AB in history from Indiana University this spring, and turned down an assistant role there to serve in the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosella Plummer
Richland Township
Washington, D. C
War Department
Miss Plummer
West Ward
Albion High School
Indiana University
University
Columbia City Commercial Mail
Ade urges wartime diet cuts and substitutions
George Ade of the state council of defense tells the public to reduce beef consumption during wartime. He lauds changes in Food Administration rules and urges substituting pork, conserving sugar, and avoiding hoarding while troops move to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ade
State Council of Defense
Food Administration
France
Black Bread in France Discussed by Mrs OFlaherty
Mrs. OFlaherty notes French troops have endured coarse black bread in trenches for years, contrasting it with American bread and urging reliance on government provisions rather than self denial.
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France
Cotton Picker's Ball Sparks Albion July 2 Parade Plan
Local ads tout the Cotton Picker's Ball at Albion on July 2 at 8 30 p m with standing room only and a call to early arrivals. Notices mention pilgrims from Auburn Kendallville and Angola attending events and relatives visiting in Albion during the period.
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Albion
Adv
Cloud forms Lincoln profile over Detroit area
Several hundred residents of Detroit watched a cloud phenomenon on Sunday evening as a huge bank of storm clouds formed an enormous head resembling Abraham Lincoln. The shape held for ten minutes before winds distorted it and flames seemed to flash from a sword point toward the east, creating a brief, dramatic sky display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Abraham Lincoln
Union
Destructive Frost Ravages Indiana Crops Across State
A severe killing frost hit Saturday night causing widespread damage to crops and truck gardens. The Indiana Weather Bureau reports thousands of acres harmed with some crops like early potato seed lost and cabbage killed in spots, yielding millions in losses and hitting farmers least able to bear it.
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Indiana Weather Bureau
Indiana
Republican Meeting Energizes Noble County Rally in Albion
Noble county Republicans held a spirited organization meeting in Albion on Thursday with many candidates precinct committeemen and workers in attendance. Patrick J. Lynch of Newcastle delivered a patriotic address at the opera house to a large audience as a women of the U B church served an excellent barbecue.
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Noble County
Albion
Patrick J. Lynch
Newcastle
Ind
Opera House
U. B
Meeting and reunion notices from local church and organization
The Ladies Home Missionary Society of the M B church will meet at R F Mayfield's home at 2 PM Wednesday for officer elections. The eleventh annual O A H S reunion is set for June 2021 at Mrs Mary Zeigler’s Wolf Lake Indiana with 15 members attending, followed by remarks on a two day stay at Zeigler’s home.
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Ladies Home Missionary Society
M. B&. Church
R. F. Mayfield
Mary Zeigler
Wolf Lake
Ind
Hattie Lemmon Hall
Newark
Ohio
Adella Clepp Starr
Goshen
Justie Bonham Stanley
Mionie Hupp Hill
Avilla
Blanch McMahon Cook
Lillisa Perry Franks
Alice Stanley Bonham
Mary Stanley Barnamw
Kaugerie Cline Belt
Flora Woodruff Clapp
Melfasie Beck Smith
Albios
Nancy Stewart Freeman
Mary Jane Stewart Wiley
Maggie Stewart Gandy
Arthur Kimmel
Mrs. Zeigler
Stroke patient Cleland shows slow improvement
J. C. Cleland, who suffered a severe stroke on Christmas Day, is slowly improving. Mrs. G. R. Cooper and Mrs. Beulgh Huq visited Sunday with Ligonlay relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Cleland
Mra
G. R. Cooper
Mrs. Beulgh Huq
Ligonlay
Also Mentioned on This Page
National War Savings
National War Savings Committee
Albion National Bank
Albion, Ind
M. C. Beck
John Benhour
Fort Wayne
Anna Sinderson
Kewand
Iineis
Victor Reed
Camp Sherman
Albert Cramer
James Edwards
James Palmer
Hannah Price
William Kiser
Wawasee
Rs, O'Flaherty
H. E. Barnard
Purdue
Madison Skinner
WAR Dept
O'Flaherty
OoBe
Ose
Chalmer
Stoops & Thomas
Louise Emerson
Auburn
Vera Callahan
Athena Noteman
Sundey
Elkhart
Albion Creamery Company
Alice Tripp
Eli Bushoog
Syracuse Journal
Grace Matthews
Fannie Easterday
Tri State College
Angola
Jacob Lindsey
W. T. Hines
Charles Ralliban
William Hoffman
Webster Lake
Sam
Opera
R. S. Woodruff
Helen
Clyde
Will Ecker
Hudson
Nettle Gillsby
Concord
Mich
E . Fitch
Fitch
N. EB. Smith
Cromwell
Ivis Schwab
Baltimore
Co OD. Stone
Chicago
M. T. Stones
Jeanette Moore
Rome City
Col
S. T. Ward
Naomi Foote
Elva Foote
Burton Walters
Warren
C W. Porter
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Roy Pontius
Harvey Hostetter
Bonaie Talbert
Mayfeld’s Drug Store
Akron
Fred Clapp
South Bend
C. M. Clapp
Glenn Talbert
Benjamin Harrison
Evangelical Church
Walter Gunader
North Orange Street
Meeting OF Home Missionary Society
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