Local News From Lafayette and Nearby Areas
Lafayette reports include DePauw trustee Geo W Switzer visiting on business. Updates cover illnesses, hospital procedures, promotions of Harry W Mason to first lieutenant, and seed stock surveys directed by Indiana State Council of Defense to boost 1918 food production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Switzer
Lafayette
DePauw
Rachel Mason
Taylor Apartments
Harry W. Mason
Camp Taylor
Ft. Harrison
Mason
National Army Camp
Germany
Jefferson High School
Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana State Council of Defense
State Council of Defense
Committee On Food Production
State Council
Beach Hill Social Notes and Gatherings
Beach Hill residents report visits and family time. Grover Gardner and family join John Boswell home. Clark Miller family visit Arthur Ragle. Batman sisters hold meetings at No 1 school house inviting all. Mrs Easton Dickey and Mr Von Dickey receive calls from neighbors. Myrtle White visits Mrs Isaac Brattain. Laura Knauer with daughter Jessie Norman in Carbon attends illness check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Gardner
John Boswell
Clark Miller
Arthur Ragle
Batman Sisters
No. 1
Easton Dickey
Myrtle White
Isaac Brattain
Laura Knauer
Jessie Norman
Carbon
Old Schuyler mansion preserved in Albany dedication
A cor respondent notes the General Schuyler mansion in Albany N Y was preserved on its 140th anniversary of Burgoyne s surrender at Saratoga. Built in 1762 the house ties to revolutionary events and hosted Burgoyne and staff as prisoners of war. Washington HQ at Newburg remains the only stronger state purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Schuyler
Albany
N. Y
Whitman
Burgoyne
Saratoga
Schuyler
Baron Niedesel
Boston
Washington
Newburg
Schuyler Mansion
Machin drafted as army engineer by Washington for Cape Cod survey
Thomas Machin, chosen in 1776 by Massachusetts to survey the Cape Cod canal, was drafted as an army engineer by George Washington before starting the survey. Washington cited the high demand for engineers, a point noted in Parsons’s paper on the canal historic proposal and 1914 opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Machin
Massachusetts
Cape Cod Canal
George Washington
Engineering News Record
Machin
William Barclay Parsons
Proceedings
The
American Society of Civil Engineers
Cape Cod
War Time Food Conservation Hints From Greencastle Group
The Greencastle Branch of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae invites housewives to share tried war recipes and tips to cut wheat and meat use. Read a Bran Drop Cakes recipe by Mrs. R. A. Ogg and join a national effort to conserve food through simple domestic acts and sacrificial service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Association of Collegiate Alumname
Francis Calvin Tilden
R. A. Ogg
Sydney Rosenfeld Presents Under Pressure at English's Opera House
Sydney Rosenfeld brings his latest success Under Pressure to English's Opera House in Indianapolis for four performances Thursday through Saturday January 31 to February 2 with a strong company and a promising, novel production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Sydney Rosenfeld
Opera House
Ruth Chatterton at English's in Week of Feb 4-9
Ruth Chatterton and company present Come Out of the Kitchen at English's on Monday and Wednesday nights and matinees Feb 4 5 6 with Bruce McRae. A Kiss for Cinderella by Barrie plays Feb 7 8 9, featuring Miss Adams. Mail orders now at English's for seats with stamped self addressed envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Chatterton
English’s
Opera House
Bruce McRae
Henry Miller
A. E. Thomas
Alice Duer Miller
Virginia
James M. Barrie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monroe Township
Bohannon
Fillmore
Bainbridge
Miller School House
Jack
Jersey
Poland
Dora E. Ruark, T. L. Browning, and
Others
Col. C. J. Rector
Fred V. Thomas
A. Cook
Gail Kane
David Horsley
George Ovey
Jerry
Billie Rhodes
Pathe
Frederick Warde
Ezra Greer
Huxley
Jesse Lewman
North Indiana Street
Progress History Club
M. W. Goldberry
Locust Street Church
Estella Hamrick
F. A. Arnold
Abbeville
Florida
R. E. Knoll
Chicago
Mr. Knoll
Joe Baker
East Seminary
Bloomington Streets
Dr. Tucker
Mr. Baker
J. Eggleston
Belleair, Mich
Frank Stiles
Stiles
Garley Stiles
South College Avenue
James Harris
Vera Kelley
C. A. Kelley
Methodist Hospital
Forrest Cooper
Miss Kelley
Thomas Noble
Milton Britton
Roachdale
Central Hospital For the Insane
Mr. Britton
Glenn Shoptaugh
Frank Shoptaugh
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Shoptaugh
Louisville
Beach Hill
John Gardner
Mrs. von Dickey
the Herald
AGA, Conservation Corner
Toin Ovr — “Hristmas Banking “Lubith
First National Bank
Northern Pacific Railway
Ind
Geo. A. Jobes
E. 40Th St
Cincinnati
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Pacific
L. J. Bricker
Gen
Northern Pacific
Ry. St. Paul, Minn
L.imeet
Via
Terre Haute
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction
Dayton
Ohio
Richmond
T. H. I. & Eagent
Traction-Terminal Ridg
American Zinc Company
Methodist Children’s Home
Wm. Mc Donald
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!