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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
1
Hadley and Co announce closing of entire stock December 17 with reduced prices and urging settlements on all accounts. Local notices report varied social visits, a Friday operation, and ongoing church events as community updates fill the page.
Rev P T Shields former M E pastor holds meetings in Coatesville and will preach at the M F church Sunday morning. All church members and friends are urged to attend bring dinners and spend the day with him.
Mrs Ransom and daughter Marie visited Indianapolis to see ill Mrs Hendrix. Funeral attendance marked Charlie Hubbard's service. Mrs Jo Garrett and Mrs Hallie Havens shopped in Greencastle. Mr and Mrs Farl Pefffey from near Danville visited Bert Poer. Mrs Will Shuck called on Mrs Emma Morgan. Mrs Maggle of Fillmore spent time with Mrs Jerry Nichols. Mr and Mrs White of Ohio visit Albert Oxles. Miss Bertha Cottin and Avis Knetzer return from Camp Shelby Mississippi. Neighbors prune wood and Mollie Goodwin improves on the sick list.
Donations pour into the Courier Journal for Camp Zachary Taylor soldiers with gifts from California to New Mexico and Kentucky. Saved in a fireproof warehouse, the gifts are logged on receipt and donors receive acknowledgment letters. Child contributors from Valparaiso Indiana and Peewee Valley Kentucky donate funds and even forgo Christmas gifts to help soldiers, reflecting patriotism and sacrifice.
The statement urges farms and urban households to markedly increase poultry output next year to meet war needs. It advises maintaining around 100 hens per farm andevery backyard flock to supply eggs and meat, arguing higher poultry and egg production supports allies and reduces beef and pork consumption at home. It cites USDA calls and links meat shortages to the war.
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