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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
3
Danville society updates cover fund drives at the Christian Endeavor social raising about 2800 dollars. Local visits include Indiana polis and Terre Haute guests. church events mark Children’s Day and a public reception for Rev Sweeney. A new water works well and several residents move, visit, or return from trips, with marriage licenses issued to five couples and multiple legal notices filed.
County unit sets quotas for August and September deliveries including 100 winter hospital shirts 300 house gowns 500 boys underwear 350 sweaters 75 helmets 1300 socks. A June 16 meeting at the M E church will elect officers and organize a junior league. Edgar Blessing to speak. no money asked. James Davidson, director.
A motivational piece urges readers to act now to beat time and delay. It cites Lincoln and Schwab on preparation and decisive living, warns that postponement harms judgment, and calls for cultivating the habit of doing things immediately to avoid blocked progress.
Farmers and threshers plan a Saturday night meeting in the Greencastle county agent's office to discuss threshing charges. Threshermen seek 5 cents per bushel for oats 10 cents for wheat and 12 cents for rye amid disputes over fair profits and rising costs, with state officials warned against such rates.
Next Sunday laymen from Greencastle district churches will preach in district chapels on the Big Drive endowment for aged ministers. Focus on welcome crowds at Coatesville 10 30 a m and Amo 8 p m with two or three lay speakers from each charge. Also note Mary J Holtsclaw to Lloyd Holtsclaw and wife $1000 at Land 2 Pittsboro.
Report shows county sales during W S S Week with a shortfall of about $2000 from the quota. Failures in eastern townships reduced results, while Eel River Union and Middle townships surpassed expectations, leaving the county shy of the midyear target.
Ruth Christy daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Christy died at home last Friday after a long illness with nurse at bedside and medical aid. She would have entered her senior year in high school. Funeral conducted at Baptist church by Rev Bants with interment in Odd Fellows cemetery. Community extends sympathy.
Indiana readers are urged by the Federal Fuel Administration to order and store a winter coal supply within ten days or two weeks. Delays may raise prices and risk shortages as Kentucky and West Virginia mines cannot guarantee shipments. Advice covers screening, grading, and dry storage to prevent spontaneous combustion and ensure safe, usable stock.
A warning from Collector Peter J. Kruger advises taxpayers to guard against impersonators selling farmer accounts and posing as revenue officers. The notice emphasizes verifying treasury department authority, and reports penalties of up to 1000 dollars fine or three years imprisonment for false impersonation. The message ends with a sign off and a separate land transaction listing Esther Ellen Raber transferring to Daniel Albert Hayworth with parcel details.
Indiana federal food officials urge grocers to stop selling candy with sugar, enforce licensing for poultry and egg dealers, and inspect scales before wheat harvest. Foundries and hay firms face contract issues and price rules as wheat milling costs fall. Prohibitions include price hikes, restricted supplies, or monopolistic conduct amid a June 20 license deadline for farm implement dealers.
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