Will He Come Back Clean and the War Draft Call
A 287000 draft summons prompts reflection on whether young men return from war morally intact. The article cites chaplains and the Y M C A as essential to maintaining discipline, offering education, morale, and companionship. Funds are requested for the Y M C A War Fund at the Christian Church service next Sunday.
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Young Men’s Christaan Association
Yount Alen
Von
Frances
Ile
Christain Church
Y. M. C. A. War Fund
Dusty Streets Spark Debate on Street Treatment and Safety
Windy conditions stir concern over dust as residents debate oiling or sprinkling streets this summer. New Indiana auto lighting rules aim to reduce glare and accidents with dimming devices. Road signs advertise Blue Front Drug Store and Spitler Lurber's. Sheriff enlists 21 to 30 year olds for draft registration with Wilson naming June 5 as the official date.
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Medaryville
Rensselaer
Monon
Pulaski
Blue Front Drug Store
Spitler & Lurber’s
Zatlers
Wilson
United States
Gillam Township Commencement Exercises Set at Independence Church
The Gillam township commencement exercises will be held at Independence Church Saturday evening June 2. Charles J. Orbison of Indianapolis will deliver the address. James W. Stevens, the township trustee, is praised by patrons for the schools’ success.
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Gillam
Surgeons Operate At Hospital On Edward Gray And Child
Edward Gray underwent surgery at the Hospital by Drs Sharrer Sharrer and Stone yesterday. Earlier this morning the same doctors operated on the four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Nat Swisher of near Medaryville for hare lip at the Hospital.
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Edward Gray
Sharrer
Sharrer & Stone
Nat Swisher
Medaryville
Pleasant Ridge Church Hosts Special Sunday Meet
A special meeting at Pleasant Ridge church will be held next Sunday morning May 27. The event features Pleasant Ridge Sunday School show acts including The Sweetest Eva The Funniest Lawyer Marks The Most Faithful Uncle Tom and Topsy in Harmount Raiser’s Uncle Tom's Cabin production described as the world’s largest and best.
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Pleasant Ridge Church
Pleasant Ridge
Eva
Marks
Uncle Tom
Surgeons Remove Miss Gladys Pearson’s Appendix
Miss Gladys Pearson underwent an operation at Hope Hospital for appendicitis and abdominal issues. Doctors Sharrer Sharrer assisted by Dr. F L Sto and Dr. R P Hackley of Me& Maryville conducted the Friday morning procedure with hopes of restoring her to recovery.
Flags on Merchandise Prohibited Under U S Law
A law excerpt prohibits manufacturing selling or exposing for sale merchandise that bears printed painted or attached representations of the flag for public use. The rule aims to curb use of the flag in commercial items amid patriotic display.
Indiana considers state run rivers for carp and food sales
Governor Gardrich weighs using state supervision over Indiana rivers for carp and dogfish harvests sold to residents at five cents a pound to cut living costs. Steger Indiana may be the only town immune from the selective service law where seventy five were eligible, fifty one enlisted, and twenty four joined last. Monticello bride Lillian Donnelly weds Harry E. Cover in Reynolds. Also notes local marriages births and a patriotic meeting turnout in Francesville with Major Healey urging enlistment.
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Gardrich
Indiana
Steger
Inl
United States
Colors
Monticello
Reynolds
Ford Automobile Company
the Tribune
Harry
Rensslaer
Francesville
National Guard
Fife and
George H. Healey
The
Rensselaer Republican
Uso
Down With The Food Hog The Nation’s War on Price Gouging
A wartime plea condemns greed in food markets and calls for penning the “food hogs” who hoard crops and resist fair pricing. It argues that high prices reflect avarice, not scarcity, and urges public shaming or legal action against merchants and farmers who withhold supply to profit.
Sunday School and Memorial Sermon Notice
Sunday School at 9 30 with The Holy Spirit and His Work. No preaching next Sunday morning. Rev Baylor delivers Memorial sermon at the Church and Dr Perry E Powell of Indianapolis speaks at 7 30 p m for the Anti Saloon League Field Day. Union services and all invited. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30. A L Brandenburg Pastor. Remember Band Concerts tonight.
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Holy Spirit
Baylor
Perry E. Powell
Indianapolis
A. L. Brandenburg
Public notices on Memorial Day store hours and sales
Businessmen and the public are warned all stores will be closed from 9 AM to 5 PM on Memorial Day Wednesday May 30th. Advertisements announce Sunday papers at Straw's Restaurant and large price reductions on women's and children's oxfords at Mallons.
Miss Julia Hubbard Hosts Sunday Dinner For Friends
Miss Julia Hubbard entertained a group of friends including Misses Gertude and Elsie Huguet Cora and Ada Shumaker and Ella Finnegan at Sunday dinner. The dining room featured lilacs flags and carnations. Hubbard will soon depart for Chicago to stay through the summer.
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Julia Hubbard
Gertude
Elsie Huguet
Cora
Ada Shumaker
Ella Finnegan
Miss Hubbard
Chicago
Woodmen lodge members urged to attend Memorial Day parade
Notice calls every Woodmen member to be present at the lodge hall Wednesday morning Memorial Day at 9 for parade participation and other arrangements. Also mentions lawn mowers for sale and local social notes including a hospital stay, a patriotic meeting at Rensselaer, and obituaries involving the Foley family and Mrs Carey Foley’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen Lodge
Salisbury Family Set for Final Mayo Music Night at Myers Opera House
The Salisbury musical entertainment returns to the Myers opera house on Saturday May 26 for one last performance before the ten member family disbands due to age. Manager W C Myers confirms a premier program of band orchestral pieces solos and vocal numbers with tickets at Tillett's drug store.
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Salisbury
Myers Opera House
Francesville
Mr. Salisbury
Mrs. Salisbury
Valparaiso
Ind
Tillett’s Drug Store
W. C. Myers
Opera House
Just One Slice Bread Waste Across Nation
Aimed at discouraging waste the piece calculates national impact of each household wasting one daily bread slice. It estimates 20 million homes wasting one slice daily equals over 1 million one pound loaves per day and more than 365 million loaves per year. It notes four and a half bushels of wheat yield a barrel of flour from 7 million bushels and fourteen point nine bushels per acre, implying about 470 thousand acres would be needed to supply a single wasted slice daily.
Methodist Win Township Banner At Sunday School Convention
The township Sunday School Convention at the M E church drew a large crowd. The Methodist Sunday school received the banner for achieving 92 percent average attendance over the past six months.
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Methodist Win Township Banner
Methodist
Notice to Settle from Frank Nolan
Frank Nolan requests payment or settlement of an owed amount, stating he is in need of money and would appreciate a settlement if the other party finds it convenient.
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Frank Nolan
Remember Band Concert Visits Miss Liddle at Hill Home
A note recalls a Band Concert visit by Miss F. M. Liddle of Crotsey Ill to Friday evening, staying two or three weeks with Mrs. Margaret Hill and daughter.
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F. M. Liddle
Crotsey, Ill
Margaret Hill
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