War talk and policy notes in Sremont Eagle
The 1917 issue notes food conditions in wartime America, Beveridge support for the GOP nomination, and Indiana alcohol legislation moving to engravement. It mentions Villa's cross border actions, war talk with Germany, and an April 1918 enforcement question. Also cites Masonic Tidings on Tubal Cain and metal prices, plus health board action against merchants allowing garments home on approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tubal Cain
State Board of Health
Merchants must sell goods readers care about
The speaker argues readers ignore mere ads and read about valuable goods. Mail order houses and city stores grasp this, noting that business today goes beyond simply keeping a store open and requires meaningful, informative promotion.
School News and Farm Auction Notices Continue
The column covers class tardy and absent lists, student reports, and activities in the seventh through eighth grades. It also lists multiple farm sales and auctions with dates, locations near Fremont and Algansee, and items including horses, cattle, sheep, hens, implements, and household goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algansee
C. Chas. M. Williams
School Absences Mentioned Along With John Doe Diet Menu
Lucile Hawking returns to school after a two week absence. Earl Buck was absent Friday afternoon. A comment notes diet squads may be acceptable but shows little enthusiasm for a menu featuring onions and muzic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Hawking
Earl Buck
Weathered talk about winter dress in small town column
An Odon Journal snippet muses on why some young women wear little in winter. It jokes about thick hose and long sleeves, nodding to gossip while noting it’s none of the writer’s business to judge the female form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Odon Journal
Grim Takes Business Trip Then Visits Family in Ohio
Geo W Grim traveled to Toledo on business and returned via Montpelier Ohio where he spent Sunday with his daughter and grandson. Mr and Mrs Clarence Peter returned to Reading Michigan after a two week visit with Mrs Peter's mother Mrs Mary Waller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Grim
Toledo
Montpelier
Ohio
Mrs
Clarence Peter
Reading
Mich
Mrs. Peter
Mary Waller
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Certain-Teed Products Corpor
Ticn Proprietors
General Roofing Mfg.,Co
Geegg Varnish Co
Yes Calero
Philadelphia
Troit
Atlanta
Adlapo
St.Louis
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Richmond Dee Moinge Havans
Isto
Los Angeles
Seped Rapids
Sremont Eagle
Warren D. Wells
United States
Fort Wayne
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
State Senate
Villa
Germany
School News
Mr. Milamore
Verl Housman
Willard Green
James Rape
Vivian Smith
Inez Allen
Wilfred
Wilfred Rathbun
M. E. Church
EAGLE
Brown Brothers
Rochester
New York
Hilton
Fremont
Ind
Elmer VanGuilder
Telephone
Ford
Fred Schaeffer
Clarence Sayler
New Market
E. Northam
EB. C. Shupp Farm
R. G. McElhenie
Ray
Monarch
Registere
Shively & Gibson
Constantine
Elwood Grim
Florence Heater
Royal Princess Range
E. D. Wood
C. Brown
Kinderhook, Mich
Jenat McNaughton
Quincy
E. C. Mundy
M. R. Clark
Fremont, Ie
Novick
H. E. Withington
J. A. Friday
Durham
Clyde Smith
Ruby Norton
Miriam McNaughton
Fred Etheridge
Olive Strang
Ross Knox
Travis
Harry
Clara Willa
Enos
Harold
Charles Gleason
Wey, Geo
William H. Snyder
East Gilead
G. R. Duguid
Helen Pocock
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Harry L. Taylor Fremont
J. A. Mlundy
Woodward & Son
Coldwater
Marshall P. Woodward
Cleveland
Velma Gust
Chicago
H. J. Woodward & Son
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