Joint meeting planned by local church societies
The Home and Foreign Missionary Societies of Spencerville and St. Joe Lutheran churches will hold a joint meeting at the parsonage next Wednesday. Also notes of visits, Sunday school events, and local reflections on war and politics appear amid village social life and church activities.
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Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
Spencerville
St. Joe
FLETTER JUNCTION Social upcomings around Wallen and nearby towns
Lawrence White and wife spent Sunday with Lawrence's brother August and family near Wallen. Deich of Kendallville Earl Smith and family visited Robison Park Sunday. Susan Meyer and daughter Anna drove to Fort Wayne Monday morning. John Webster called on Chas Evard and wife Sunday. A local dance drew many residents to the Wm Berning home near Parker Chapel Saturday night. Evard and wife visited Clement Evard and wife near New Haven Saturday. Deich Earl Smith and family spent Sunday evening with Susan Meyer and children. Joseph Hawk of Grabill visited grandparents T F McDougall and wife Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Sunday School
Red Cross
G. H. Beame
Mise Crystal Wearley
Rt. Wayne
Geo. Jenkins
M. E
John Benninghoff
Gerry Gloyd
Victor McCrory
Wayne Akey
Hazel Dunn
Lucile Bishop
Mary Wade
Lawrence White
August
Wallen
Mr. Deich
Kendallville, Ind
Earl Smith
Robison Park
Susan Meyer
Anna
Ft. Wayne Monnay
John Webster
Chas. Evard
Clement
New Haven
Joseph Hawk
Near Grabill
T. F. McDougall
W. G. Tonkel
Ft. Wayne
Missa Elsie
Goldie Deventer
Melba Roy
Marie Stevick
Oliver Muldoon
Near Sheldon
J. F. Barva
Juiff Sisters Spend Sunday With Ft Wayne Family
Misses Alberta and Sylvia Juiff of Ft Wayne spent Sunday with their parents Celestin Juiff and family, sharing time and hospitality in a family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Sylvia Juiff
Ft. Wayne
Celestin Juiff
Local Social Notes From Robison Chapel Area
Dr J L Kryder of Kansas City visited friends Saturday near Robison Chapel. Families of Hursh Chester and Ches ter gathered with relatives. Many attended the German picnic near Ft Wayne. Mr and Mrs Sarrazen of Ft Wayne visited Robison Park and nearby relatives. Multiple families spent Sunday with kin in Ft Wayne and Robison Park.
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J. L. Kryder
Kansas City, Kane
J. M. Hursh
L. E. Chester
F.C. Chester
Grabill
Ft. Wayne
Allies Break Through in Twenty Mile Front Trench Tack
British and French forces on a twenty mile front broke three German trench lines between the Lys and Boesinghe. Ten towns were captured and over 8,500 prisoners taken as heavy artillery and air superiority aided early advances on a day of intense fighting.
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London
River Lys
Boesinghe
France
Belgium
Ypres Xallent
la Basses
Dixmaede
Roesinghe
Roesingheart Warneon
Entente
Xutin
Dixmude
Roeringhe
la Rangaee
Douglas Haig
Petain
Lyn
Warneton
Mexsines
Aisne
Pari
la Rovere
Epine de Chevregny
Notable Bits on War and Satire From a 1917 Era Page
A collage of wartime quips and social humor includes lines on conscription drafts, food shortages, and economy jokes. It features jests about war’s effects on nobility, potato plants, and aviation, alongside humorous exchanges from period magazines and cartoons.
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Ae Téid
G. E. Fredrick
J. H. Boger
Springfield Center
Henry Stalder
D.N. Herrick
Maria Shoup
Nettie Minick
Harlan, Alsa
Henry Brown
Flint, Mich
H. H. Beery
Gerry Wasson
Billiman
Glenn Steward
Frank Wertman
Wise’s Corners
Lena
Galen Boger
Lutheran
Wm. Benninghoff
Golden Benninghoff
Wayne
J. W. Gorrell
Russia
Congress
War Department
Army
Beat
Tobscco
Messine
Fletter Junction
Wm. Berning
Parker Chapel
Robinson Chapel
J. F. Sarrazen
Ft Wayne
Joseph Till
Gerry Dillworth
Adaline Hender
D. C. Johnson and Family
Grabill Markets
Teutens
Bertin
Berlin
Entente Alliern
Yser
Lys
Flanders
Han Thos
Baltimore American
Ephriam
U. S. Senate
Pittshburg
Long Island
New York
Pittsburg
Hades
Central
Pitt Panther
Todd
Madel
Lizsie
Jim
Vanity Fairs
Bonehead
West Virginia
Grabili State
Padue University
Maytag Electric
Mayme
Grabill, Ind
Ford
The
F. O. B. Detroit
John C. Lantz