State Council seeks 310 boys for Working Reserve enrollment
Indianapolis July 17 The State Council of Defense urges early enrollment of the Boys Working Reserve to relieve labor shortages as men enter military service. The voluntary program, led by Col. Isaac D. Strauss, enlists boys 16 to 21 without any draft. After three weeks of service a bronze Department of Labor medal is awarded. Enrolling officers are named for Steuben county with 310 boys target, promising patriotic service and farm work.
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Indianapolis
State Council of Defense
Department of Labor
Indiana
Coli
Asaac D. Strauss
State Defense Council
Strauss
United States
Steuben
Hoys’ Working Reserve
U. 58
Lyle Shank
Millgrove
D. C. Salisbury
A. J. Collins
Jamestown
A. R. Cook
Fremont
North
J. P. Albright
South
D. J. Tillotson
Clear Lake
George Straw
York
Eugene Sharp
Henry Vantell
Scott North
Roy Drecsler
Scott
Cornelius Jones
Pleasant
Orla Fast
Fred Hubbell
N. E. Sickles
J. A. Shaughniss
Jackson North
D. Oury
Jackson South
Otto Simmons
Salem
I. S. Parsell
Charles Libey
Ed Pray
T. S. Ferris
Jay S. Misner
Fred Chadwick
Carey Snowberger
Otsego
Thos
Teegardin
Mose Wolff
Richland
N. A
Bradley Sheep Club Promises Free Sheep to Boys
The Bradley Knitting Company of Delavan Wisconsin launches the Bradley Sheep Club to place flocks of bred ewes with boys aged thirteen to seventeen on farms with no sheep. Applicants must answer sheep questions and request a free sixteen page booklet edited by Anthony Gould to learn the industry from start to finish.
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Bradley Knitting Company
Delavan
Wisconsin
Bradley Sheep Club
Anthony Gould
Fremont Co-Operative Store
Co-Operative Store
Former Resident Reynolds Dies in Camden Township
Charles J. Reynolds of Camden township Hillsdale county Michigan died at his home Sunday morning. The funeral was held Tuesday at 10 o clock. Also noted: missing harness near Lake Pleasant led to arrest of five suspects. sheriff involved. Steuben county plans to furnish 72 men to join the national guard among the first 500000 called.
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Charles J. Reynolds
Camden Township
Hillsdale County
Mich
Lake Pleasant
Frank Harbaugh
Ralston
Coldwater
Steuben County
National Guard
Indiana Officials Shuffle as Resignations and Conventions Stir State
Secretary of State Ed Jackson resigns to enter military service at the officers training camp. Indiana National Guard to be sent to Hattiesburg Mississippi. Railroads seek a fifteen cent coal rate, briefs due August 6, petitions August 13. Indiana Supreme Court rules 1917 constitutional convention act unconstitutional, no convention or election next year. Star Tea hosts an afternoon gathering July 28 with roll call responses featuring the word Hope.
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Ed, Jackson
Indiana
Indianapolis
Public Service
William J. Wood
Indiana Supreme Court
Star
Ernest Ogden
Order
Hope
Indiana National Guard to be called into federal service
Washington announced the Indiana National Guard will be called into federal service on August 5 and likely sent to a southern state for training. A dozen locations have been named and the final destination remains undecided. Company B still needs about fifty men to reach war strength.
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Washington
Indiana National Guard
Still In Business Handle Buggies and Wagons at Home
William Harding advertises ongoing work with buggies and Studebaker wagons from a home office at 161f, signaling continued operation despite a private premises listing.
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Tom
Studebaker
William Harding
Loans on Farm Lands by The Straus Brothers Company
Five percent loans offered on productive farms that meet requirements. Terms of five years with liberal prepayment privilege. For details, write a letter or visit our office in Ligonier Indiana. S8311
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Jetter
Straus Brothers Company
Ligoner
Indiana
South Needs the Money Pork Barrel Military Politics
Fort Wayne News argues that sending Indiana guardsmen to gulf states for summer training is driven by business interests and pork barrelling rather than military logic. The piece contends soldiers are sacrificed to southern economic demands as a pliant administration yields to business interests.
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New
Indiana
Gulf States
France
Hare
South
Europe
Fort Wayne News
Brotherhood Meeting Set at Methodist Church Monday Evening
The Men's Brotherhood will hold a monthly meeting at the Methodist church next Monday evening with Rev. M. L. Pontius as speaker on The Challenge of the New Age. The gathering is open to the ladies. Pontius previously spoke to the group last summer and is pastor of a Christian church in Jacksonville Illinois.
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Methodist Church
M. L. Pontius
Mgr. Pontius
Jacksonville
Lake George
FIM-FOBS and GUY-FOBS BY JIM DASH
A fragment from a humor page offers snippets from jokes and anecdotes. It includes quips about hypocrisy, public figures, and social foibles, plus a short notice from Sorosis about a Friday meeting and a local scene describing a misfired signaling line at a meat market.
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Jim Dash
Letter From Fort D A Russell Describes Camp Life
Frank P Hall recounts enlisting at Fort Wayne, transfer to Fort Thomas Kentucky, and the first days as a cavalry recruit. He describes the grounds, barracks, examinations, Y M C A contact, tent life, uniforms, weather, and the first days of training, ending with a note about a weathered clothes line and wind.
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Frank P. Hall
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyoming
Wyo
Eagle
Clifton Grim
O. K
Fort Wayne
Fort Thomas
Indiana
Cincinnati
Newport
Covington
Paul Shelley
Cavalry
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Jefferson Barracks
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Wee
THE
Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Miss
Brotherhood
William Mundy
Polk Street
Friedrich Woods
Gamble
Mundy
Wm. Hills
Jes
Dr. Galloway
Henderson
Johnny
Angola
Sarah
Orville Miller
Miller Meat Market
Hi Parker
Orville
Sorosis
Alma Clark
Federal Reserve System
Deral
First National Bank
Pidulity and Deposit Company
Fremont Aid Vicinity
First State Bank
Fremont, Indiana
B. F. Chapin
Dentist
Scott Bldg
Fremont, Ind
Fred T. Hackett Ray
C. E. Chapin
Chicago Veterinary College
First National Bank Angola
S. C. Wolfe
Zipisei Block
Taylor
Ind
Hillsdale Steam Laundry
Jaley
East End
Robert L. Wade
B. A. Blosser
Vremont
Dr. Burnham
J. C. Bailey
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