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Boone County Progressive

Location

Boone, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1914

Page

10

Knights Observe Twentieth Anniversary of Lebanon K of P

The Lebanon lodge Number 45 Knights of Pythias celebrated twenty years in Castle Hall with a special program. Speeches by A. H. Felker BH. P. New and R. T. Ashley followed songs and a flag drill by title girls led by Mabel Burgin on piano. Frank Hutchinson and Charles T. Bryan recited, ending with Uncle Sam's Flag. Hutchinson spoke on time, progress, and the lodge’s enduring community role through shared effort and renewed ideals.

Thoreday Lebanon Lodge Ore Brack Barbara Fritchie Charles T. Bryan Vetha Pool Catherine DeVol Aldora Kersey Pauline Allen Elizabeth Garner Hazel Miller Elsie Shew Virginia White Donna Evans Mabel Burgin Uncle Sam Ora Brock Mr. Hutchinson Barney Oldfield Lebanon Court House Knights of Pythias Lodge Joilga Order of Knights of Pythias Tweny

Experience in the Heart of War Zone

Mrs. Kate Bigelow and her husband recount their wartime journey from Crawfordsville to Berlin and back aboard the liner Fatherland. They detail German mobilization, American treatment abroad, censorship in Berlin, and the emotional impact on civilians and soldiers alike during the early war years.

Kate Bigelow Montgomery County Germany Kront Crawfordsville Atlantic New York Revenue Cutters Berlin Europe States Empire Wilson Mexico Gerad Breckinridge Tennessee Holland

School Physician meeting postponed one week in Lebanon

The Parent-Teacher association session at the West building has been postponed for one week. Dr Carrie Turker Reid, a former Lebanon resident now a school physician in Indianapolis, will speak on The School Physician. Prof Smelser will discuss What Shall Lebanon Do With the Cigarette. Rev A Ly Ward will open with prayer and the assembly will sing The Star Spangled Banner. The boys of the fiftieth will sing.

Carrie Turker Reid Lebanon Indianapolis Smelser A Ly Ward Central Christian Church

Versailles on the eve of deployment in the great war

Paris dispatch from October 12 describes Versailles as a bustling mobilization hub for front line troops. Men aged 40 to 50 and younger march in varied attire toward the Place des Armes while officers and scouts coordinate drills. Horses, carriages, and trains of baggage fill the barracks as the chateau looms above a city brimming with military purpose and quiet domestic anxieties.

George Dufresne International News Service Paris Versailes Versailles Frontier Place Des Armes Louis XIV Roi Soleil la Patric Foot Artillery Hussar Ecuries de la Reine Chanteau Wong

Back to Calico Dress Movement In Indiana Clubs

Indiana clubwomen lead a back to calico movement urging women to wear made in America cotton calico and gingham outfits. Leaders including Mrs Felix Whitter and Dr Amelia Keller push community pledges to dress children in calico for school and promote practical home wear over wasteful fashions.

South America Genevieve Clark Indiana Club Indiana Felix T. Whitter State Federation Caleb Denny Daughters of the American Revolution A. D. Moffet Women's Press Club of Amelia R. Keller Woman's Franchise League of George Hitt Woman’s Department Club of Indianapolls

Calico Movement Gains Support From Indiana Women

Mrs. McWhirter and other Indiana leaders back a cotton dress reform to aid southern sisters, boost American fabrics, and promote sanitary, affordable clothing. Denny, Moffet, Keller, and Hitt urge club women to push the plan at state conferences, linking fashion with industrial relief and national unity.

McWhirter Caleb S. Denny Daughters of the American Revolution Ft. Wayne Chicago Indiana Amelia R. Keller Woman's Franchise League of George C. Hitt

Missing Family Washing Vanishes From Porch

The Tribbett family washing left on C. C. Tribbett's porch disappeared Friday afternoon. The laundryman is believed to have mistaken it for a donation, as the Splystion Army wagon collected old clothes nearby. Colonel Tribbett thus had no clean shirt for the sale.

C. C. Tribbett Tribbett

Express Company Moves Fixtures to Pioneer Building

The American Express Company is relocating its fixtures from East Main Street to the Pioneer building on South Meridian Street. Charles B. Vanico received a judgment Monday in Squire Perrill’s court against Fred and Julie Mefford for $23.20.

The American Express Company East Main Street Pioneer Building South Meridian Street Charles B. ‘Vanico Squire ‘Perrill Fred Juliz Mefford

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