Indiana Brevities Sparks and Shots From Wartime Indiana
Miscellaneous Indiana items: Rose Langel dies after nosebleeds in Evansville. Rochester considers dropping German from high school. Greensburg buys bloodhound pups for police work at 150 dollars. Reports on teachers’ pay, war bonds, rail extensions, and local wartime efforts across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Langel
Evansville
Rochester
Greensburg
Elkhart
Washington, D. C
France
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Purdue University
Laporte
Minnie Wolfe
Frank B. Heusi
Wolfe
Norman F. Wolfe
Fayette
Howell
Peter Tryce
Peter Tomasoff
Arley Hilligas
Sanford Robinson
Mishawaka
Lakeville
South Bend
Logansport
State Board of Education
Purdue University Ambulance Company
No. 598
Robert D. Snody
Roy Hancock
Millard R. Smith
Frank Mahon
Robert Prosser
W. A. Denny
Anderson Schools
Red Cross
Vandalia Railroad
Bicknell
Bushrod
E. P. Webb
Aviation
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Webb
Guy Gearhart
Aviation Post
Harry E. Barnard
Indianapolis
Cass County Food Administration
The
Ministers’ Wives’ Association
Colored
Lafayette
Michigan Road
Arlington Avenue
Frank Lange
Terre Haute
Camp Shelby
Women at Home Called to Lead in War Service
A Washington committee urges educated young women to find specific roles in war effort. They should apprentice themselves to skilled local workers, learn clerical and technical trades, run farms and commissary work, and prepare in advance for roles in government service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Information
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
France
England
America
Carnegie Library
Washington
Patriotic Service
Department of Agriculture
Final Tribute to Fairbanks Interment at Crown Hill
Indiana and the nation paid final tributes to Charles Warren Fairbanks former vice president and senator. The funeral at the Fairbanks home featured clergy readings from university presidents and a private burial at Crown Hill attended by Governor Goodrich and other former state leaders. Guardsmen accompanied the car, crowds filed past the bier, and the Capitol processional line stood at attention for the state’s tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
Fairbanks
Thirtieth
Meridian Streets
W. F. McDowell
Washington, D. C
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philip L. Frick
Meridian Street
Crown Hill Cemetery
James P. Goodrich
Albert B. Anderson
United States District Court
Winfield T Durbin
Anderson
Joseph B. Kealing
Mr. Fairbanks
Volney T. Malott
John Carey
George B. Lockwood
National Republican
Washington
Samuel M. Ralston
A. T. Hert
Louisville
Statesman
Maj
Richard Fairbanks
France
Capitol
Monument Circle
Circle
Washington Street
Capitol Lawn
Woman Avoids Operation with Vegetable Compound
Canton Ohio reports Mrs Marr Boyd says two doctors urged surgery but Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her female troubles enabling her to work at home without an eye. The ad invites other women with similar issues to try the remedy before surgery and offers advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
Lydia
N. E
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia £. Pinkham
Lydia £. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Nature's Remedy NR Tablets Offer Digestive Healing
Biliousness and digestive troubles are blamed on digestive trouble. Nature's Remedy NR Tablets act on stomach liver bowels and kidneys to restore harmony and boost vitality. They claim gentle relief with no griping and urge use when indigestion biliousness or constipation threatens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Hymn Numbers Spark Church Sexton Hint
A Philadelphia Telegraph item recalls a social gathering where Congressman Fred A. Britten of Illinois recounts a church sexton reacting to hymn order. The sexton notes the wall numbers 4 11 44 and says they must be changed for Sunday service, highlighting a humorous misreading moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Britten
Olinois
Philadelphia Telegraph
Conjugal Harmony in Town Spotted
Report notes Will and his wife seen together in town. She shops for tub suits while he browses a wash sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Unclear Proverbial Remark on Hoof and Tail Docking
A wry saying questions whether the Lord knows his trade or if docking a horse’s tail is a foolish act, reflecting humorous skepticism about expertise in animal care.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Theodore Roosevelt
War Savings Pledge
Crown Point
Kankakee
Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus
Shelbyville
Decatur County
James R. Eliott
Pendleton
Pike County Red Cross Fund
Oyrshere No. 7
White River
Petersburg
Monticelo
County Council of Defense
State Board of Accounts
White County
Car
Monon
Chicago
Huntington County
H. E. Barnard
Elwood
Peter J. Kruger
Internal Revenue
Revenue Department
Kruger
Calumet
W. G. McAdoo
F. S. Baker
George Norris Williams
Oco
Camp Purdue
Mary Austin
Crown Hill
Charles W. Fairbanks
Lal
U. Tarney
Auburn
Ind
W.N. U
Sexton
POST
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!