Local Notes of Visits and Moves Across Town
Columbus residents visit relatives in Crawfordsville and Indianapolis. News covers engagements to be, job changes, and property trades. Listings include licenses, suits filed, and residents traveling to Long Lake and Cincinnati for summer plans.
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Clee Brown
Lois Bryam
Clair Phillips
Forrest Richwine
J. O. Walton
Jessie Harkelwood
Roy, Leonard
Elizabeth Weiss
Jesse ‘R. Larsson
Anna RB. Paul
Vera Wilson
John Snowden
Frank I. Robinson
Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Co
Marion Co. Plainfield Building & Loan Association
Chas
F. Garriott
Elizabeth Garriott
Elmer W. Wines
Grace B Wines
Jacob Miller
H. Kenworthy & Son
Pearl Fultz
J. P. Court
Robert H. Acre
Jas W. Trensley
Marion Co
Edgar Thorp
Bartas Scots
Thrift Stamp Week Aimed At Preachers Pensions
North west Indiana conference Methodist leaders launch a thrift stamp week for Sunday schools from June 23 to 30 to fund preachers pensions and a permanent endowment. Dr Fraley urges pupils to buy stamps for soldiers veterans and the church while Dr Switzer calls the effort a double hit for government and church.
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Northwest
Indiana
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
F. O. Fraley
Greencastle
Fraley
Switzer
R. J. Wade
Elkhart
Chicago Area
Saving Fat Slogan Promotes Waste Reduction at Home
A campaign urges households to avoid wasting fat as it is collected for soap factories and glycerin used in munition production. The home recipe for quick soap from clarified fat is shared by Pansey Norton, Home Demonstration Agent, urging reuse of fats.
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Pansey Norton
Farmer John Pothulsie predicts oats shockers price impact
Union township farmer John Pothulsie forecasts a shift in oats pricing as shockers and self binders multiply. The Oxford Reporter notes this could alter market dynamics and questions if neighbors around Coatesville will adopt the same method for setting prices.
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John Pothulsie
Oxford
Coatesville
Red Cross Service Highlights Community Efforts and Figures
A Red Cross event at the M E church featured Edgar M Blessing of Danville praising local volunteers for their work. Officers were elected and reports showed 237 members, 1618 total garments, and a total fund of 2359.97 with 266 contributors averaging 4.86. The note adds a brief comment on a light cherry crop with poor quality.
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M. E
Edgar M. Blessing
Danville
Blessing
Red Cross
Atlantic
France
James Davidson
C. D. Knight
Geneva Bryant
Dentist shortage blocks Coatesville post
Indiana Dental College dean Frederic R. Henshaw replies that no dentists can be supplied this year as the outgoing class will join the military soon, noting about a hundred similar requests and urging local youths to consider dentistry as a profession.
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C. D Knight
Indiana Dental College
Indianapolis
Coatesville
F. R. Henshaw
Letters From Sailor Boy Chester Walton
A sailor writes home after arriving May 31 from a convoy voyage of twenty three ships turned over to torpedo boats in good shape. He recalls war zone days four to five, deck meals, washing dishes during rough seas, and a humorous box mishap. He hopes to join the electrician gang 10W soon.
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Europe
Electrician Gang
Chester Walton
Progressive Farmers Host Dinner in the Country
The editor and wife and Harold Hathaway dined Sunday with Mr and Mrs Lester Miller and family. Miller and kin are noted as progressive, well informed farmers who study farming, use the latest machinery, and advise other locals on farming challenges. They fatten several carloads of cattle and hogs annually and advocate ensilage with two silos on their farms.
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Harold Hathaway
Lester Miller
Purdue graduate Marion Knetzer joins Camp Custer heavy machine gun unit
Marion Knetzer, drafted in late April, reports to Camp Custer near Battle Creek after a month at Camp Taylor. He was chosen from 538 applicants as one of 26 to serve in the heavy machine gun department and is noted for his Purdue engineering background and mechanical knowledge.
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Marion Knetzer
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Camp Taylor
Marion
Purdue University
Obituary of Ruth Angeline Christy at 17 in 1918
Ruth Angeline Christy born May 14 1901 died June 7 1918 after a long illness aged 17. She was the only child of Charles and Anna Christy and leaves parents grandparents Smith and many relatives. Ruth was a junior at Ame high school and planned music study at DePauw. She was faithful and kind, enjoyed Christian Endeavor and music, faced death without fear, and inspired classmates with poems by Burns and Tennyson Crossing the Bar. Her nurse recalls her calm faith and prayerful desires before death.
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Ruth Angeline Christy
Charles and
Anna Christy
Smith
Ruth
Ame
DePauw
Dr Barnard imposes strict Indiana food ration rules
Indiana hotels and restaurants must limit boiled beef to two meals weekly and beefsteak and roast beef to one meal each. Households may buy only 1.25 pounds of beef per week clear or 1.5 pounds with bone per member. Pork is urged as substitute and the rule runs through September 15.
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Indiana
Barnard
Suffrage School Opens for Women in Indiana
A five day instructional program for women in Indiana begins June 24 at Union Christian College Merom to train speakers for ratification work. Courses cover public speaking parliamentary law suffrage history and argument with tours planned in Sullivan county. Expenses limited to board at 1.50 daily. no tuition for women with children. Applications to Mrs C A Evans 7158 Fess Ave Bloomington Indiana.
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Indiana
Union Christian Colege
Merom
Ind
Sullivan County
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T. H. I. & E. Traction Co
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Arthur Thompson
Harry Schwartz
Monticello
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Long Lake
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Otto
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McCaun
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John W. Trotter
Willis Woods
Virginia
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Lake James
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Sailor Boys
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Official Food News
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