Corrections to Red Cross drive and local obituaries noted
Notice lists corrections for township contributions to the Red Cross drive including Emmett Watson Boone Jas Pindell and Scott township figures correcting names and amounts. Also reports the death of John Mathes at his New Albany home aged seventy with surviving wife three sons and a daughter and mentions Virginia Hisey of Corydon visiting New Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Heth
Emmett Watson
Boone Township
Jas. Pindell
Scott Township
Adam Schwartz
Jeff Wolfe
Harvey Stoner
John Mathes
New Albany
Corydon
New Adboniy
Tie
Mathes
Willian, Clarence
Walter Mathes
Nettie Condra
Critics clash over Wood Pershing and a home front contrast
Republicans fault Wilson for not sending General Leonard Wood to France while defenders cite General Pershing. New claims suggest Pershing opposed Wood, labeling him a trouble maker. A Sunday July 7 service dedication for local soldiers is planned at Zoar Church with District Superintendent J W Settle to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Leonard Wood
France
General Wood
Pershing
Wood
Roosevelt
Zoar Church
Uncle Sam
J. W. Settle
Washington
Ginkins Returns From Three Week Colorado Trip
Ex County Recorder C H Ginkins returns home from a three week visit with son Geo F Ginkins in Trinidad Colorado he travels with daughter Mrs C F Davidson they tour Evansville St Louis Kansas City and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line arriving June 13 He reports fine climate snow on the mountains cites Simpson Rest and Fisher s Peak notes a new $150000 courthouse a $375000 jail and a $20000 miners monument at Ludlow plus Aztec ruins presence souvenirs brought home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Ginkins
Geo. F. Ginkins
Trinidad
Colorado
C. F. Davidson
Ofolumbia
Tennessee
Frank
Ginkins
Mauckport Grads Attend Indiana Star. Terre Haute Notes
Notes from Terre Haute report several Mauckport High School graduates from the class of 1918 at Indiana Star. Misses Lucille Steepre Bessie Bean blossom Daisy Struble Faye Blake and Fern Blake work as waitresses at Tilbeck hotel. Edgar Reagan Wayne Allison study at Indiana State Normal while others migrate and visit friends. A birthday party for Miss Virginia Lorr of Huntington is noted with Mauckport girls in attendance. Weather is described as cool and pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauckport High School
The
Indiana Star
Lucille Steepre
Bessie Bean* Blossom
Daisy Struble
Faye
Fern Blake
Tilbeck Hotel
Wayne Allison
Helen Ballard
Music Conservatory
Greencastle
Edgar Reagan
Indiana State Normal
Uncle Sam
Fred Jenkins
Terre Haut
Mguckport
Harrison County
Jerre Hause
Frank Hkichards
Dean Schweitzer
Lou Lohmeyer
Pearl Bodenstadt
Grace Fall
Mabel Belmer
Mabel Scott
Mildred
Margaret Barker
Julia Benhem
Agriculture War Camp For Boys Registered in the U S Working Reserve
A training camp for boys aged 15 to 21 offering military style instruction in agriculture will open at Purdue University on July 9. Eligible youths not yet in agriculture may join with only train fare required. Applications available from Supt A O Deweese and Mr Mrs Walter Gunthert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Purdue University
Supt
A. O. Deweese
Miss Barker's War Aid Address Draws Huge Audience
Miss Eleanor Barker of Indianapolis spoke at the Public School Auditorium on Food and the War. She cited German cruelties in France and Belgium, urged wheat sugar fats conservation, and explained supply lines to aid Allied troops. Barker gave up her law practice and often travels at her own expense to advance war relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Barker
Indianapolis
Austria
Areentine Republic
South America
America
Trip Home From Camp Greenleaf Georgia and Family News
Mr and Mrs Stephen A Taylor and their son Claude with Effie Tuell and Lucile Lane returned from Camp Greenleaf Georgia after visiting Ray Taylor in the Medical Corps. The Overland car set a mountain record on the Chattanooga path while the party traveled about 700 miles round trip. Ray has since been transferred to Baltimore Maryland and other Taylor family members are in military service. A letter from August Brown at Camp Dix N J recounts army welcome scenes and travels toward Camp Dix with Red Cross cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen A. Taylor
Claude
Effie Tuell
Lucile Lane
Camp Greenleaf
Georgia
Mr.Paytor
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Nashville
Lookout Mountain
Ray
Baltimore
Maryland
Taylor
Charles
Camp Lewis
Washington
Arthur
Navy
James Brown
Webster Township
Washington, D.C
Camp Dix
N. J
Camp Pike
Indianapolis
France
Harrisburg
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Whittier Birthplace Pictured in Lifelong Travel Letter
A dated 1918 note from Chas A Williams of the U S Census Bureau describes visiting the John Greenleaf Whittier birthplace in Slavery Hill Massachusetts and the nearby Jannah Duston monument at Haverhill Mass He also shares details of Stark Park Amoskeag Mills and Concord New Hampshire with references to Major General John Stark Molly Stark and local geography and climate notes from New England
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. A. Willkans
Corydon
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Williams
John Greenleaf Whittier
Slaveryhill
Mr. Williams
Jannah Duston
Haverhill
Mass
Hannah Duston
Chariel
United States Census Bureau
United States
Willems
Democrat
Manchester
N.hs
Lew
Lewis
Whittier House
Amesbury
New England
N. Bi
John Stark
Molly
Stark Park
Stark
Iso
Amoskeay
Merrimac
Concord
N. H
Giouster
Here
White Mountains
Chas
A. Williams
Dam 43 Work Should Suspend During War Demand
Farmers express opinion that Government should suspend work on Dam 43 at New Boston as food production and proper care of food take priority for the war effort. The argument holds that a temporary halt would not injure anyone and would better aid overall wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Boston
Obituary of Alva Curtis Bodenstadt of Mauckport
Alva Curtis Bodenstadt born August 27 1868 died June 14 1918 at age 59 9 17. He lived in Harrison County all his life and ran a Mauckport hardware business. Survived by two brothers and one sister. Services were at the family residence led by Rev Alva Bennett Mauckport M E Church. Funeral conducted by Emmett Beaublossom. Burial in family lot at Mauckport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Curtis Bodenstadt
Mauchport
Harrison County
Mauckport
Alva Bennett
M. E. Church
Emmett Beaublossom
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Madras
Monarch
Black
Cat
Thompson
Ficmson
Ave
Keller's Dry Goods Department
Hoosier Dairy Lunch
Thomas Lush
Pearl St
Ind
Virginia Hisey
C.H. Ginkins
Terre Haute
Martha Miller
Hazel Lopp
Vige County
Walter Gunthert
Louisville
August Brown
F. A
Chas. A. Williams
Whittier
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