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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1918
Page
2
The Indiana Progress lists entries including resolutions obituary natives and cards of thanks. The page notes payment details and asks readers to send communications and payments to The Indian Progress, Bett 20-4.
United States war finance reports show insurance applications by servicemen near 3.01 bil with daily inflows around 60 million and average per man about 8630. War credits to allies exceed 4.2 bil since entry. Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Belgium, Serbia listed. Country boys not markedly superior physically to city youths. France fighting equipment lists exceed 10,000 items per infantryman including bedsack, blankets, clothing, gear, and weapons. Military notes cover clubs, livestock losses in 1916-17, and innovations like fireproof airplane fabric. Barge service expands on upper Mississippi while sugar moves to New Orleans. Kiln dried corn also advertised.
An Indiana column recalls a crowded electric train incident where a sick passenger spat, contaminating a basket of raw food. It warns that clean handling prevents illness for families, and notes local notices of illness, accidents, and an administration of estate in Blacklick, Virginia, with names like J C Douglass and R D Auld.
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