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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
5
Danville reports the death of Cora Burton, a former local teacher, in a single vehicle accident near Bedford Indiana while driving home from visiting friends. Her novice-driving companion escaped serious injury.
A wartime appeal argues conscription in the United States transfers risk from the state to individuals and suggests conscripts insist on wealth taxes to fund the war. It criticizes corporate financiers for profiting from liberty loan bonds while soldiers risk their lives in France.
W H Gibbons urges public support for ex-convicts through employment and self help. Manufacturers back parolees with honest work, cut crime, and preserve dignity. He cites parole success, savings deposits, and family support while praising church and community efforts.
The Indiana Forum argues government should conscript incomes above 50 000 or 100 000 to fund the war. It compares high earners to soldiers and urges readers to write congressmen demanding universal income conscription until funds meet wartime needs.
The C. W. B. M. met with Mrs. Nona Davis on Friday June 8. Vice president Mrs. Opal McDaniel opened with prayer and a song. Members recited quotes from 1 Corinthians, heard lessons on Argentina and world missions, and adjourned to meet July 6 with Mrs. Rose Draper.
Professor Frank H. Straightoff of De Pauw University spoke on Problems in Constitution Making before a largely female audience. Presented by the Woman's Franchise league, he urged including prohibition taxation and woman suffrage in the new constitution, arguing the old charter is outdated and unjust.
Etzler of Salem Indiana offers 25 head of high-class Jersey and Holstein dairy cows at public sale with calves by side at Vandalia stock yards Coatesville on Saturday June 16 1917 at 1 pm. Additional particulars appear in another column.
John Hodson, a barber, rides a interurban to Indianapolis and chats with a tall Kentucky man. The stranger turns out to be the Rev Dr Bulgin, a noted preacher who caused a stir in Lednrick county religious circles, leaving John amused and vow to learn names before talking next time.
The bright young pastor of the Christian church resigns to become an inspector for the state board of health with headquarters at Michigan City. He will preach his farewell sermon on Sunday June 24 and has long studied at Butler College in Indianapolis. Noted as a clear thinker and pleasant speaker, he believes he is not accomplishing enough in ministry and pursues this new field. His friends wish him success in the new work.
John Masten has supplied registration blanks for voters who cannot go to Danville to register. The blanks probe family details for three generations but those voting in the constitutional convention must divulge. Registration runs June 8 to about August 20. urge timely registration.
Mrs Eliza J Pierson aged 64 mother of Joe Pierson and sister of Henry and Nathan Underwood died Monday in Indianapolis while undergoing treatment for rheumatism. She was found dead in her room at Mt Jackson sanitarium. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at her son's home with Rev Hume officiating.
A Kansas City parole officer cites a Michigan town graduation motto about taking stairs to success. The class says the elevator to success is not running, urging youths to act rather than wait for a ride. The message emphasizes effort over ease and warns that lazy ones arrive late.
Greencastle reports 200 Red Cross members as Putnam county tallies 1 404 eligible men for military service. Local leaders change posts, with superintendents reelected and resignations to join war work. A large Midwestern garden project grows at the state penal farm near Greencastle while citizens form drill clubs statewide.
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