Odd Scraps and Notices From Hardscrabble Town
A jumble of local notes mixes gossip about food rules and a retiree’s life insurance quip with property transfers in Coatesville and Belleville. The Paris dispatch recalls Orleans New Orleans centuries and mentions Joan of Arc, President Wilson, and Flanders soldiers amid a war era reverie.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Hotel de Ville
Loire
France
Paris
New World City
United States
Joan of Arc
Tourelles
Flanders
Wilson
The
Marne
Real Estate Transfers Including Liens and Trustees
Real estate transfer notices list various sales and conveyances among individuals and couples. Entries show amounts from 2000 to 306 with references to parcels in Plainfield Maple Hill and Coates areas, including trusteeship transfers and partial parcel descriptions.
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Joeph C. Morgan
Be Here in September Friend Hathaway
Marion, Indiana sender S M Case writes of enjoying the Coatesville Herald and memories of Coatesville inviting friends to visit if the Kaiser does not invade in September and claims Coatesville as home after many happy days there.
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Hathaway
Coatesville
Bury
U. S.A
Vacuum brake explained on Oregon Electric train
Two commercial travelers argued on a train about brake action. After a long dispute they consulted the motorman who calmly explained that stopping the train is done by turning the top and flipping the pipe with vacuum.
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Oregon Electric Railway
Coal Production In France Gains Pace In War Period
France increases coal output and imports as Loire region within St Etienne district drives supply. From 1,800,000 tons in November 1916 to 2,367,000 in March 1917, and total production and imports rising from 3,400,000 in January to over 4,000,000 tons by May. Readjusted mine labor and transport optimizations, plus motor lorries and a fleet of heavy trucks in St Etienne, ease distribution and reduce congestion.
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France
Department of the Loire
St. Etienne
Scientific American
Woman power and food supply mobilize for harvest and war
A writer asserts women can do equal work, urges civilians to join in furrows and harvests, cites Russia's collapse from food shortage, and calls for every measure to boost food production and supply during wartime.
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Rusia
Liberty motor praised but urged to aid war effort
The speaker insists the Liberty motor must actively contribute to defeating Germany, otherwise it is worthless. A note mentions Luther Burbank reportedly developing a wheat variety claimed to boost American crop value by 10 percent, suggesting a push to increase wheat consumption to support the war effort.
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Luther Burbank
No man with evil habit seeks to plant it on others
The speaker denounces liquor and tobacco dealers as cowardly thieves who exploit others weaknesses to profit, asserting they commercialize vice to enrich themselves.
Congressman's Effort Delivers Mine Rescue Car to Terre Haute
Congressman Everett Sanders secures through the government an $80,000 mine rescue car with crew and equipment for Terre Haute. The unit, including palmotors gas masks and first aid supplies, will respond to dust or car explosions in nearby coal counties to reduce fatalities.
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Everett Sanders
Terre Haute
Campaign to recruit 100000Women’s Franchise League members
The Woman's Franchise League of Indiana launches a statewide drive with district leagues forming in Farmersburg Sullivan County Orleans Paoli and Brazil. Irene McLean leads the Second district effort with about 100 members and hundreds signing petitions. Olive Beldon Lewis Pansy Newby assist in Paoli and Orleans. Jessie Fremont Crounfor Anderson Madison County chairman travels to Markleville Lapel Alexandria Summitville to aid campaigns and boost membership.
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Woman's Franchise League of
Indiana
Farmersburg
Sullivan County
Irene McLean
Orleans
Paoli
Olive Beldon Lewis
Pansy Newby
Brazil
Mars
Jessie Fremont Crounjof Anderson
Madison County
Markleville
Lapel
Alexandria
Summitville
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