New Subscribers Add To Our List Across Towns
A long list of new subscribers across Louisville Vincennes Medford Okla Corydon Terre Haute and more joins our paper. We urge several hundred delinquent accounts to be paid promptly to keep delivering a good, newsy weekly paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Peterson
Louisville
John B. Bayard
Vincennes
Luther Stover
Medford
Okla
John Nau
Evan M. Sherrill
Benj. Harrison
Jesse Baxley
Corydon
Walters Eswanger
Terre Haute
Grace Carroll
Clarence Brown
Fort Russell
Sam K. Foley
Cory
W. Martin
Eloy
Peter Westbaxer
Palmyra
Marcia 5
Irwin
Julia Bottles
New Amsterdam
H. Byra
Georgetown
Corda Keen
Elizabeth
Marshall Funk
Wagner
Mont
Kiva G. Sonne
DePauw
Sam Zurschmeide
New Albany
Ed Blake
Mauckport
John P. Sonner
W. Clyde Albin
Augusta
I Kan
Elizabeth Thorass
700 Boys Register for U S A Working Reserve
County figures show about 700 boys aged 16 to 21 registered with A O Deweese and township captains. Nearly 500 signed to aid Uncle Sam by volunteering vacation or spare time to alleviate labor shortages from conscription. Some townships lacked understanding of the registration’s purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
A. O. Deweese
The German Kaiser and Militarism
A critical portrait of Wilhelm II as Emperor of Germany tracing his rise, militarist policy, and impact on World War I. The piece argues his regime provoked Allied opposition, cites submarine warfare and the Zimmerman note, and envisions his downfall as inevitable with American support for democracy and freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
William I
Germany
Prussia
Frederick
Bismarck
Bis
William II
Reichtag
Kaiser Brand
Lusitania
Sussex
Wilson
Kaiser
Zimmerman
Berlin
Mexico
Bernstorff
Washington
Japan
America
Geremany
Machinery for sale items including threshing outfit and engines
Threshing machine outfit with Huber engine and separator, Birdsell clover hulfer, and Deering corn shredder offered for quick sale. Listed by Matt Hausz Georgetown R. No. 1 seeking reasonable price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Threshing Machine
Huber
Birdsell
Deering
Matt Hausz
Georgetown R. No
For Sale A Farm Near Corydon With Good Buildings
One eighty one and a half acre farm one mile from Corydon on a good road with fine buildings. Described as a beautiful location. Contact Jacob A. Stevens Corydon and Eureka. Phone Ju ly 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon
Jacob A. Stevens
Eureka
Public Sale of Elmer Shaffer Personal Property Near Corydon
Elmer L Shaffer will publicly auction his farm goods on September 7 1917 at his place six miles southwest of Corydon on the Lick Ford pike. Items include horses cattle mules sheep machinery wagons a manure spreader engines and farm implements with usual terms and file bills. Col H L Iglehart of Elizabethtown KY acts as auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer L. Shaffer
Corydon
Lick Ford Pike
McCormick
International
Ohio
H. L. Iglehart
Elizabethtown
Kentucky
Fire Destroys Home of Fairland Couple Major Lowe
The Lowe home in Fairland was burned Tuesday morning August 7 caused likely by a defective flue. Neighbors saved some furniture while the couple lost clothing and kitchenware. a kitchen shower followed with many gifts. Ella Gattkins received cash and apparel. Frank J Cheney Co. is cited in a bogus, irrelevant insertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Lowe
Fairland
Lowe
Ella Gattkins
J. W. Shrigley
Scott Township
Gatthinus
Harrison County
Foreword by Wilson on Bibles for American troops
Washington reports Bibles for soldiers from the Scripture Mission of Philadelphia with a foreword by President Wilson urging full reading. The inscription stresses scripture as life giving and a guide to duty, loyalty, truth, and courage, warning against selfishness and cowardice and linking the Word to inner happiness and worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Scripture Mission of
Philadelphia
Wilson
Christ
Woodrow Wilson
Lieutenant Evan Sherrill to report for duty in Gettysburg
Lieutenant Evan Sherrill of the 58th U S Infantry called at this office. He recently spent ten days with his parents in Washington township after three months in the Fort Benjamin Harrison officers training camp. He reports for duty August 25 in Gettysburg and expects transportation to France soon. He is praised as a tall, handsome, capable young man and a former Harrison county teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Sherrill
58Th
U. S. Infantry
James M. Sherrill
Washington Township
Evan
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
France
Harrison County
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Pinaire Rumbley Wedding in New Albany
The wedding of Fay etta Pinaire and A Hurlston Rumbley was solemnized by Dr J N Walker in New Albany on August 15. The bride, a leading Spencer township teacher, is the daughter of Geo F and Mrs. Pinaire. The groom, son of Rev N M Rumbley, studies at Taylor University. A reception followed at Ramsey Camp Ground with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetta Pinaire
A. Hurlston Rumbley
J. N. Walker
M. E. Church
New Albany
Geo. F. Pinaire
Spencer Township
N. M. Rumbley
Taylor University
Ramsey Camp Ground
Rumbley
Draft Examination Board Has Arduous County Task
The Draft Examination Board of this county carries a heavy load as officials and physicians work to follow government instructions. Members include County Clerk James A. Watson, Sheriff Eli Miller, and Medical Examiner Dr Anzi Weaver of Elizabeth. Dr J De Bottorff assists on direct examination and other doctors from Lanesville Crandall New Middletown Corydon De Pauw contribute to re examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Watson
Eli Miller
Anzi Weaver
Elizabeth
J. de Bottorff
Weaver
B. J. Teaford
Oscar R. Meyer
Lanesville
G. D. Baker
Crandall
S. A. Smoots
New Middletown
W. E. Amy
Corydon
Charles Sutter
de Pauw
Cattle for sale Herefords and Angus in Corydon Indiana
Chas. H. Kintner of Corydon Indiana lists registered Herefords and registered Angus for sale. He offers a herd of both breeds and provides Eurela contact details and phone listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Kintner
Corydon, Ind
R. R
Eurela
Notice to K P members on upcoming lodge meeting
Important matters will be discussed at the lodge next Thursday evening August 23. All members are urged to attend. The Van Brunt grain drill is advertised at Zabels Hardware Store in Lanesville Indiana with features for lower grain and fertilizer boxes and lighter draft. Preparations are complete for the fifty eighth Harrison County Fair to be held next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Brunt
Acre
Zabels Hardware Store
Lanesville
Indiana
Alow
Harrison County
Foster letter defends war support and attacks copperheads
Indiana reader David N Foster denounces lawmakers opposing war measures as copperheads likening them to 1861 1865 dissenters He warns against partisan committees and praises President Wilson and Lincoln while urging loyal criticism to aid wartime unity and defeat of the Kaiser.
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Indiana
Mr. & Bers
Lincoln
Foster
Europe
Fosters
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
Congress
LaFolle
Wisconsin
Reed and Stour Missouri
Gore
Ake
Preside Lincoln
Stone
Reed
Moyself
Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Higg
Andes
Copperhead
David N, Foster
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