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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
5
Raymond Olinger travels to Rockport to return a questionnaire to the Local Board and is discharged for disability. He spends hours waiting, discusses church work, and is briefly involved in a pro German remark controversy before being acquitted in a mock trial. He then returns home by evening train.
The Treasury seeks full participation in the government life insurance plan for soldiers and sailors. Auto insurance covers only wives children or widowed mothers and ends February 12 1918. Full protection up to $10 000 is payable to spouses children grandchildren parents siblings or a brother or sister, with provisions for rehabilitation and monthly compensation for total disability.
Pupils at Howard School Jefferson township under teacher Roy Brown raised 17.00 by a box supper for Red Cross work. Miss Harricun of Hillham school sent a neat sum. Funds shared by Jasper and Huntingburg chapters.
The Dale post office reports sales exceeding $1000 in Thrift Stampa items. Local officials note strong demand for the thrift goods program and ongoing community sales.
State Superintendent requests closing schools on Rally Day February 4 in Huntingburg to allow pupils and teachers to participate in the War Conference as part of the County Council of Defense efforts. Officials note no salary impact and urge rail facilities and good roads to boost attendance.
J H Kerstiens advertises a complete line of har nese in connection with his general store. The item list signals a broad inventory and local business advertising in the periodical.
Special from St Meinrad details the fiftieth anniversary of Ven Bernardine Olinger C5B born 1839 in Luxembourg. The jubilarian renewed vows on January 21 during Pontifical High Mass after a long life as novice, farmer overseer, and Benedictine brother.
Government appeal agents ordered review of draft deferments for marriage since the 1917 law. Provost Marshal General Crowder instructed governors to ensure uniform action and allow district boards to review classifications granted by local boards.
Mr and Mrs Jon Wessel entertained a number of friends in honor of Miss Katle Romke. The modest gathering reflected the social circle and hospitality of the hosts.
Provost Marshal General Crowder warns draft boards that issuing permits for men of draft age to enlist in foreign armies violates selective service regulations. Some boards have reportedly granted such authorization, risking penalties.
Jon F Kitten Machine Works repaired the Ferdinand locomotive eccentric on Wednesday. General manager Muller said another week is needed before the new parts are ready.
Representatives from Indiana retail grocers were summoned to a State House conference on January 30 to decide on interpreting prices for fifteen staple items. Dr. Harry E. Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana, aims to publish daily price figures guiding wholesale and retail trade statewide.
The Hail Spoke Co. of Doolittle Mills holds hundreds of thousands of hickory and oar spokes contracts for the US Government for war needs. James R. Hail, manager, says fifty or more extra hands are employed to fill the orders. He offers high wages to spoke makers. Others nearby report local incidents and notices, including a man jailed for giving whisky to a soldier and the death of Mathias Waldmann. A water works standpipe issue was thawed to prevent damage. An advertisement promotes a large trial bottle of a skin treatment.
Men qualified under the selective service act may join the land division of the Signal Corps. Roles include chauffeurs, motorcycle drivers, gas engine repair, telegraphers both wire and radio, switchboard operators, telephone repair, linemen, photographers, homing pigeons, radio operators, cooks, clerks, stenographers, blacksmiths, meteorologists, cobblers, cable men. Inductees proceed to Fort Leavenworth Kansas for training and assignment.
The text explains hat cords and insignia for service branches on medals and hats, mentions infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineers, ordnance, medical, adjutant general, home guards, and cadet aviator bands. It cites orders to close factories and saloons for fuel conservation, with Muller Bros. flouring mill allowed to operate under a government contract. It records local notices of candidacy and hospital reports from Camp Taylor and Camp Shelby, plus two newborns and ongoing snow in the area.
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