Allies Brace For Harsh Winter Front in France
Preparations for a fourth winter campaign on the western front are under way with sweaters, socks, boots, and other comforts sent to Allied troops from Neuilport to Verdun. The line hardly shifts, air power faces weather limits, and raids with heavy gun fire dominate the approach to winter. The American role remains closely guarded as Pershing keeps plans secret while preparing prudence as the motto.
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Paris
France
Flanders
Nieuport
Verdun
la Bassee
Argonne
Regiar
Hindenburg
Pershing
Indiana News in Brief Highlights Statewide Happenings
Farmers in Hancock county report corn yields lighter than expected with much of the crop fed to hogs. Reports from various towns mention an army aviation camp rumored near Boonville, land options sought, and a series of tragedies from a fatal auto crash near Monroe City to a diphtheria epidemic and fatal assaults. Local incidents include robberies, suicides, farm accidents, and legal actions.
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Hancock County
Boonville
Saving St
A Philadelphia Ledger urge that American business must cut waste to survive and grow. It cites transportation leaks and urges saving steps, noting fuel waste on rail and barge routes and proposing central coke electricity as a future efficiency measure.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Delaware
New York
Great Central
U boat smoke screen and mirrored periscopes reported
Passengers on an American liner arriving from England describe German devices to aid U boats. A smoke screen could conceal submarines during attack or submersion while mirrored periscopes coated with silver render periscopes invisible at close range. Survivors of recent sinkings saw no submarine before or after attacks.
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New York
England
Atlantic
Experimental aero engines may boost early triplane speed
Carl Snyder argues in Collier's that doubling horsepower in light, risky early planes could enable a two passenger triplane to fly 20 to 30 mph faster than any prior flight. He notes Germans and Allies pursue such developments and calls for a safe, low landing speed device to outclass existing craft.
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Carl Snyder
Collier’s
Germany
The Bruised Negro Tells His Mule Lawsuit Tale
A young Pennsylvania lawyer aiding a bruised African American man hears a tale of a mule attack in a field. The claimant says the mule owner is himself the mule’s owner, creating a potential damage suit story centered on ownership and liability.
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Pennsylvania
South
de Brown
Internal Combustion Engine and Diesel Fuel Basics
The Diesel engine is an internal combustion engine using crude and low grade fuel oils. It burns cheaper fuel with less oil than a gasoline engine. It is heavier and simpler, needing no magneto or carburetor. It achieves ignition from heat of compression and atomizes fuel into heated air. It is claimed to convert a greater percentage of fuel heat into mechanical energy than any other engine.
Save Wisely But Not Too Well Says Mothers Magazine
The piece urges American housewives to save for war needs but warns against extreme parsimony. It stresses substitution of scarce foods, saving fats, and maintaining a healthy diet while avoiding self deprivation.
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United States
Mother's Magazine
Anomalies of War Prices in the Southwest
In parts of the Southwest farmers feed wheat to hogs because it costs less than two dollars per bushel and is scarce at that. The practice is not widespread due to sentiment against using wheat for animal feed.
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Brookville
Franklin County
Charles
Samuel
Alexander
Mohammed Hassen
Anderson
Alley Ead
Agssyria
Kansas City
Southwest
Partial dissolution of law firm noted in Bloomfield notice
The firm Slinkard & Vosloh dissolves by mutual consent as to criminal and divorce cases and matters involving the prosecuting attorney. Civil probate and non prosecutorial work continue. Senior partner free to take any civil or criminal work. Office details given for Bloomfield Indiana.
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Slinkard & Vosloh
Opera House
Bloomfield
Ind
William L.,slinkard
Will R. Vosloh
Chiropractor Announces Free Consultations at Elmora Hotel
H B Holloway announces free consultations at the Elmora Hotel in Bloomfield starting Monday November 5. He will be available Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a m to 12 30 p m. He is a graduate of the International College of Chiropractic Detroit 1912 with post graduate X Ray and Spinalography from Palmer Davenport Iowa.
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Elmora Hotel
Bloomfield
H. B. Holloway
International College of Chiropractic
Detroit
Mich
Palmer School of Chiropractice
Davenport
Iowa
Chiropractor Offers Spine Adjustments for Natural Cure
H B Holloway Chiropractor promotes spinal adjustments as a natural cure removing nerve pressure to improve organ function. He states adjustments are mild and painless and claims nature cures, not medicine, surgery, or osteopathy. Free consultation and analysis available Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays 10 AM to 12:30 PM at Elmora Hotel.
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Nature
H. B. Holloway
Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad Timetable Notice
Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad timetable memorandum effective October 22 1917 lists daily service and daily except Sunday service. The document notes two categories (a) daily and (b) daily except Sunday, outlining schedule distinctions for routes.
Rail schedule fragment for Bedford and Bloom Indiana
Daily trains listed with numbers and times for south and north bounds. Mentions Bedford, Switz City, Bloom, and Indiana. Indicates Sunday service patterns and various departure times such as 7 No. 6 and 9:16. Includes notes on line labels and delays.
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Switz City
Dailey
Bedford
L. D. Wo' Bloom
Bakery Ad Promises Fresh Pies Cakes and Bread Daily
A fragment notes the Sanitary Bakery offers fresh pies cakes and bread every day and night. The terse line suggests a local shop promoting constant baking to attract customers.
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Mechanicsburg
George Frick, Jr
Charles Frontier
Monroe City
Vincennes
Aitine Schrock
Millersburg
Dewey White
Nora Morlock
Terre Haute
Rushville
Milton Garrigus
Kokomo
Mr. Garrigus
Julia Harryman
Mooresville
Vinson Williams
Shearer
Irvington
Rusville
Dayton
Rantoul
Ill
Milroy
Neff’s Corner
Orange
Wade Duncan
Leo Swetteman
Duncan
George Swette Arms
Petersburg
C. C. Dieschley
Auburn
Frank Baltz
W. M. Burns
Mary Kocher
Lorain
Dieschley
Whitney
Elyria
Albert Border
Warren
Huntington
Edgar D. Bush
Indiana
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Philadelphia
A. G. Weatherly
Economics and Social Science
Indiana University
Victor J. Brucker
Indianapolis
Fred A. Sims
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Congregation of the Christian Church At
Greenfield
John Schmidt
Brazil
MNK
Ft. Wayne
Otto Himilheber
Rockport
Angela Gerolyi
South Bend
Kathryn Wallace
Katherine Pearce
Benton
Maurice Jarr
Syracuse
Winona Lake Traction
Oral
Alva Goble
Monon
Richmond
Ellis P. Love
Drake County
Ohio
Doris Love
Fort Wayne
Richard Grove
Lafayette
Julia Burley
Leona Cline
New Albany
Harry Bailey
Miss Cline
Bloomington
Home Guards
Battery F
Andrew
Alec Katt
Indiana State Farm
St. Joseph
New Richmond
State Bank
Carr
Conscription Board
County Defense Council
Howard County
Charles Wolf
Muncie
Indiana Union Traction Company
Carl EB. Bauer
Hammond
Want
John Siber
Gary
Siber
George E. Deppert
Seymour
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Eugene Mintner
Riverside
Attica
Husene Mintner
Maine
Mintner
George Younghans
Stamford Casey
Remington
Casey
R. B. Wetherill
Edison Mazda
Orvale
Cain, Hardware
Bloomfield, Indiana
F. Pate
Jones-Dugger Chair Company
Chiropractic
Elmora
Evansville & Indianapolis Railroad
Evansville
O St
Clay City
Worthington
West Bloomfield
Washington Eee
Petersburga
Oakland City
Edes
P. M
Jeep
Petersburg Es
Washington Hate
Asue
Elnora Ee
Sesieue
Ewe
O. St
Ween
C.I. & L. Railway
Vom
South Bound
Ioice
Owensburg
Eese
Dresden
Mii
Robison
Koleen Seem
Aeeeen Rockwood
Mineral City
Elliston
P.m. Teweee Coe
Illinois Central Railroad
A.m. P.m. Effingham
A. Newton
Robinson
Sullivan
Linton
Wae
Morgantown
Ada Pe
A.m. P.m
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Linton Ee
Sullivan Ean
Newton
M. Effingham
W. S. Hall
S. E. Railway
Terre Hauter
Jasonville
Beehunter
Elnora
Odon
Ar. Seymour
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Sete Hava
T. Averitt
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