Purple Cross aims to return soldiers home if they die abroad
The Purple Cross association of America organized by Philadelphia physicians seeks to bring home every soldier who dies in service abroad. The bill in the house Purple Cross Hill No. 6410 would ensure burial from the church of the soldier's choice and deploy embalmers for this work. Citizens are urged to write congressmen and senators urging passage.
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Purple Cross” Association of America
Philadelphia
War Department
France
United States
Gland Gargle touted as throat remedy owner claims cure
Mrs Walter Lashley of Paulding Ohio credits Grando Gargle with rapid relief from throat mouth and lip cankered ulcers after six weeks of no help. She says one bottle cured her and she later notes improvement in catarrh and mentions use for colds hay fever and baby care. Gland Aid Co Fort Wayne Indiana sells it for 60 cents.
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Walter Lashley
Paulding, O
Gland- Aid Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wanted and For Sale Ads From Grabill Area
Classified listing shows multiple offers including a Little Daisy loom, carpet items, a Thor motorcycle at $70, an 11-year-old horse, two 16-month old heifers, a French draft stallion, and second hand mowers and hay loaders. Contacts include Mrs. Elizabeth Glacaman, A Blure, Wm Brannan, Rufus Hawk, A Fillman, and WB Klopfenstein. Locations cited Grabill, Wayne, Grahill, Leo.
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Elizabeth Glacaman
Grabill
Thor
Wayne
Ft. Wayne
Rufus Hawk
Grahill
Leophone
WB. & J. Klopfenstein
Leo
Mennonite Church Sunday Services and Activities
The Mennonite Church lists 9:00 Sunday School 10:00 Preaching Service 7:00 Young People's Meeting 7:45 Evening Preaching Service Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 Aaron Souder is pastor.
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Aaron Souder
Missionary Church Youth Meeting Notice
The Young People meet Thursday evening at 7 90. Prayer follows at 7 40. Pastor Renry Roth leads the service.
American efficiency proves US war stride beyond German claim
The Nation argues that since April 6 the United States has mobilized for war with unprecedented speed. It cites wartime actions including seizure of German ships, huge financial loans, mass conscription, volunteer enlistments, aid to Russia and France, and rapid mobilization projects to claim American efficiency outpaces German precedents and defends liberty and humanity.
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Germany
United States
National Guard
Ruseh
Russia
France
England
Fire in Indiana Barn Garage Causes Mysterious Blaze
George Whitman of Manila Indiana found a fire in a barn room used as a garage for two cars. The Ford cars lost hoods and tops, the blaze burned the ceiling and a large hole appeared in the haymow before dying out. Cause and final outcome remain a mystery.
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George Whitman
Manilla
Ind
Ea Ford
Youngest Liberty Bond Holder Claim Shifts
Report notes two Massachusetts babies as potential youngest Liberty Bond holder. Henry M Foley Jr of Palmer born 6:30 am June 10 and Bond bought within hours of birth. Florence Batelle Rogers of Medford credited for bond bought at eight hours. Massachusetts retains the honor.
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Henry M. Foley, Jr
Palmer
Mass
Florence Batelle Rogers
Medford
Massachussetts
Local Ad Rate Stir Sparks Three Papers
In Grabill Review Woodburn News and New Haven Tribune readers see a shared offer of one cent per word for local advertisements. The offer appears in all three papers, signaling a regional pricing alliance.
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Grabill Review
Woodburn
New Haven Tribune
Working Hours of Birds From Our Dumb Animals
Birds spend long hours in summer laboring to feed their young. The thrush works from 2:30 AM to 9:30 PM totaling nineteen hours, feeding its brood 206 times. The blackbird begins at 2:30 AM and ends at 7:30 PM, about seventeen hours, feeding about one hundred meals. A titmouse shows a similar early start and long day, feeding 417 meals. Bees require two million seven hundred fifty thousand trips to produce one pound of honey, illustrating the vast distances they travel in search of nectar.
A Pound of Honey Reveals Hidden Beehive Labor
An explanation of honey production notes that a pound of clover honey requires bees to visit 62 thousand blossoms and make 2 750 000 trips to collect nectar. The piece highlights the vast labor behind a small spoonful of honey.
Miss Kiopfenstein to Speak at Missionary Church
Miss Billa Kiopfenstein a returned missionary from Africa will give an illustrated lecture at the Missionary Church next Sunday evening August 5 The public is invited free admission offered to all attendees and no charge will be required.
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Billa Kiopfenstein
Africa
Local notables travel for business and family visits
L H Hursh Albert Egly and J F Hollopeter drove to Ft Wayne on business last evening. Dr and Mrs C K Hilty spent Sunday with friends at Ossian accompanied by their niece Mise Carol Liechty from Monroe. J A Grabill leads the local threshing today. Canning urged as thrift. The Hiltys and niece Carol Lischty visited Winona Lake to attend the General Assembly today.
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L. H. Hursh
Albert Egly
J. F. Hollopeter
Ft. Wayne
C. K. Hilty
Ossian
Ind
Mise Carol Liechty
Monroe
J. A. Grabill
Mre. O. K. Hilty
Mies Carol Lischty
Winona Laka
Notice to Residents in Grabin Area
Residents warned by the Board of Beasts Health Officer to cut weeds and maintain outdoor spaces. Improper disposal of garbage or manure may lead the board to perform cleanup at the resident's expense. Public health notice urges cleanup and compliance.
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Grabin
Board of Health
Board OF Beasts
EK. Bilty
Fragmentary Exchange About Colds From Boston Transcript
A fragmentary quotation shows a casual remark about cold remedies and memory of past cures. The speaker notes a wad of remedies last winter and struggles to recall which helped. The exchange resembles a casual, humorous note in a Boston Transcript item.
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Boston Transcript
Local Social Notes From Grabill And Nearby Areas
David Witmer and family and Carte llan Shank and family spend the week at Crooked Lake. Leah Jansen resigns from Grabill Hotel and returns home near Auburn. Negro laborers from the Wabash road project largely return to homes in Indiana Illinois and Missouri. John Amstéts and family and others visit Leo area residents. Mrs G W Waser visits College vicinity. Mrs Albert Rotts and family and Peter Young noted in local exchanges.
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David Witmer
Cartellan Shank
Crooked Lake
Mise Leah Jansen
Grabill Hotel
Auburn
New Haven
Grabill
Indisas
Illinois
Missouri
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Harpess
Wm. Brannaman
A. Fillman
R. 2
Harlan
Mennonite Church
Missionary Church
Renry Roth
Men’s Christian Association
America
Goose
Everslook
Sreereney Ee
A. Newenechwander & Co.’ Grabill
John Amstéts
Bmvik
Ametuts
Gerig
David Klopfenstein
D. D. Yoder
J. M. Somney
Glaceman
G. W. Waser
College
Albert Rotts
Peter Young Wats
Palm Beach
Manchester
Patterson-Fletcher CO
Wayne and
Harrison
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