Hoover Meat Ration Guidance Aims Beef Substitution
Morris Ritchie, federal food administrator for Boone County, relays Herbert Hoover's directive to cut beef use for army and allies. Hotels and restaurants should limit boiled beef to two meals weekly and roast beef to one weekly. households restricted to 1.25 pounds of clear beef per person per week. Pork expansion urged with strict beef sales monitoring through Sept 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Ritchie
Boone County
H. E. Barnard
Herbert Hoover
France
Hoover
Transfer of Pennsylvania trains hits Noblesville mail and travel
The Noblesville Ledger reports the Lake Erie line transfer to a new Lebanon route will reduce Noblesville mail service and hinder residents who relied on Pennsylvania trains for long trips to Chicago and Louisville. Night travelers from Indianapolis may need to use I U T lines or stay in Indianapolis until morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie Road
Lebanon
Noblesville
Noblesville Ledger
Chicago
Louisville
Indianapolis
I. U.T
Hoosier
Train of cars goes under hammer at Red Cross auction
In Clinton Illinois during a Red Cross sale a Vandalia passenger Wein locomotive and string of cars were bid on with bids ranging high. The auctioneer asked for offers on the locomotive and its consist and it "sold" for 35 dollars. A freight train added to the items offered though details are sparse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Red Cross
Wein
Bear confronts farmer in Georgia encounter
Thomasville Georgia June 17 Russ Taylor a nearby farmer found a large black bear near his feed lot. The bear rose on hind legs and waved its paws as if saluting but Taylor did not recognize the sign and killed the intruder with a shotgun. the bear weighed nearly 200 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Russ Taylor
Taylor
Bruin
Lebanon Shining Parlour Opens With Special Prices
A damaged notice advertises a ladies salon offering cleaning and blocking services at special prices. It mentions items like belts and wares with unclear pricing, urging patrons to visit the parlour for deals and smiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Bata
Rummage Sale Lines Up for Overseas Service Hope
Clara hosts a busy rummage sale to fund Red Cross efforts and a planned overseas nursing party. A dramatic auction sees a fur lined overcoat fetch twelve dollars prompting Clara to faint, only to be offered a chance to join a Red Cross unit bound for France. Dr Toohey, a former operation participant, reappears and hints at arranging Clara’s overseas assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Dave
Red Cross
Miss Toohey
Doctor Toohey
Doctor Tuobey
France
Man Apert a seen to TREN NOE ae
The readable fragment mentions a man and a sequence of unclear words. no coherent event or identifiable entities emerge to form a factual summary. Further context is needed to establish a proper news item.
Dr. J B Garner Talks On The Use Of Gas
Dr J B Garner outlines chemical possibilities of natural gas before the Natural Gas Association of America He heads chemistry at Wabash College now with the Mellen Institute in Pittsburgh A former Lebanon resident and Lebanon High School graduate discusses gas composition by products and waste reducing methods including experiments using gas as the propulsion for an automobile versus gasoline
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Gas Association of America
J. B. Garner
Garner
Wabash College
Mellen Institute
Pittsburgh
Lebanon
Lebanon High School
Died Near Mace William Chambers 75
William Chambers a prominent farmer died at 10 am Friday near Mace from uremic poisoning. He leaves three sons Homer Andy Bert of near Mace and two daughters Mrs Homer Linn Crawfordsville and Mrs Henry Morris Bainbridge. Funeral at Mace M F church Sunday 2:30 pm with burial in K P cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chambers
Homer Chambers
Mace
Chambers
Homer Linn
Crawfordsville
Rockridge County
Virginia
Montgomery County
Homer
Andy
Bert
Henry Morris
Bainbridge
Mace M. F
K. of P
Don’t Shoot Pigeons Warns U S Agriculture Dept
The U S Agriculture Department urges hunters not to shoot pigeons in flight as many are homing birds trained by the Army Signal Corps to carry messages on battlefields. Farmers and breeders who allow birds liberty face similar risks of loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Signal Corps
United States Army
Sugar plants hire college girls for chemical work
Sugar refiners in Colorado recruit college women to join chemical staffs. Great Western Sugar Co tested women chemists last year and plans to add 100 college girls to its chemical staff this summer as wartime draft strains hit industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Col
Colorado
Great Western Sugar Company
Ver Myers Wins Commission With Quartermasters Corps
Word reaches friends that Ver Myers, drafted locally, trained at Ft Leavenworth, has been made a commissioned officer in the quartermasters corps. He will oversee ration purchases for his regiment and is stationed at headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ver Myers
Camp Taylor
Ft. Leavenworth, Kas
Quartermasters’ Corps
Alibi Claim Rejected in Atlanta Auto Theft Case
Ross Gilley, a Black defendant previously on probation for a theft in Atlanta, was brought back to court in Atlanta on an automobile theft near Chattanooga. Judge Hill dismissed the alibi, noting Gilley is now making “small ones out of large ones” in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ross Gilley
Chattanooga
Vinol Promises Strength for Weak Weary Women
A Wisconsin reader, Mrs. Misa Parker, credits Vinol with lifting a rundown and asthmatic life by boosting appetite, digestion, and blood quality through beef and cod liver peptones. The ad asserts Vinol contains iron and yeast to build vigor, claiming dramatic health improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaukauna
Wis
Vinci
Misa
Jay Parker
Adelia and Homer Grant Meet in Spiffy Village Car Drive
A city visitor, Adel a Blaine, longed for adventure at her aunt Martha’s country home while awaiting a chance to ride with the handsome Homer Grant. After a tense moment, a chance encounter at the post office and a found slipper lead to an invitation for a countryside drive and a possible romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelia
Adelian
Adonia
Adelina
Adella
Hoys
Martha
Homer Grant
Blaine
Adelle
Cinderella
Prines
Car stolen near North Lebanon sighted later in road
Len Beck reported a Ford stolen Saturday night from North Lebanon street near the Auto Inn. The car was found the next morning five miles northeast, with three tires and other parts removed. About $8 in cash and thrift stamps and a gold watch were missing. no suspect id.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len Beck
Lebanon Street
Auto Inn
Dale
Lebanon
Child Struck by Car Injures Mary Jane Stout
Mary Jane Stout six years old daughter of Capt Harvey B Stout of the One Hundred and Thirty ninth Field Artillery was struck by an automobile driven by A P Brown ley of Brownsburg Indiana at Park Avenue and Seventeenth Street in Indianapolis. She suffered concussion of the brain and was taken to School No 27 unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Stout
Harvey B. Stout
One Hundred and Thirtyninth Field Artillery
Hattiesburg
Miss
A. P. Brownley
Brownsburg
Ind
Park Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Indianapolis
Capt. Stout
Mies Zella O’hair
Death of a Child in Perry Township
The child Cletus Oliver Smith aged one year eleven months and twenty one days died at the family home in Perry township after two and a half months illness. Survived by two brothers Oral Fay and Forest Eugene and one sister Elva Doris. Funeral at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday conducted from the residence by Rev. E A Williams. Burial in Old Union cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cletus Oliver Smith
Oliver P
Orpha May Smith
Perry Township
Oral Fay
Forest Eugene
Elva Doris
E. A. Williams
Old Union Cemetery
Uniformed women drive Oregon delivery wagon
Portland merchants hire thirty five women to drive delivery wagons to offset a man shortage. Blue uniforms with gold stripes. each driver is escorted by a boy to tote parcels from wagon to door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
International News Service
Portland
Ore
Heirs Seek 3.5 Million from Illinois Over Eastland Disaster
Heirs of Eastland disaster victims file a claim with the Illinois court of claims asking 3.5 million dollars. Attorneys represent the heirs in the Springfield filing dated June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
International News Service
Springfield
State of Illnois
Chicago
State Court of Claims
Local Visitors and Home Guard Additions Reported
Clarence Skillman of Marion Indiana visits Aaron Gates. Rushton Lewis and Verlin Cook join the home guard company. Olly Garner Ed Cook and family travel to Jasper County. James Worrell employed by Frem Boyd involved in an accident about ten days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Skillman
Marion
Ind
Aaron Gates
Rushton Lewis
Everett Lewis
Verlin Cook
Bo Cook
Home Guard Company
Olly Garner
Ed Cook
Hazel
Jasger County
James Worrell
Frem Boyd
German Women Must Register This Week
The period for German alien women to register begins today. All must register by June 26. Boone county residents register with Postmaster Beck at the post office, Lebanon residents with J H Dale at the city building. Register between 6 and 8 p m with four photographs, full description, and fingerprints. The term covers women of any nationality who married an unnaturalized German husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone County
Lebanon
Beck
J. H. Dale
John Ryan drinks evidence in court and gets six months
In San Diego a bootlegging case ends with John Ryan grabbing a quart bottle as evidence and drinking half, then the rest, before the judge declares he will receive no more refreshments. Ryan is sentenced to six months in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
John Ryan
Oscar
John
Ryan
Montha
Pigeons Kept Indoors by Tarentum Family
Tarentum Pa June 17 A local councilman reports a family keeps pigeons in their parlor. The comment notes the birds as cute and harmless, reflecting a small town mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarentum
Artor
John Inebr
Local Interurban Time Tables Include Limited Trains
Readable fragments show interurban timetable notes with limited train service indicated by black figures. Descriptions mention Haute Indianapolis connections and Sunday exceptions, but many entries are garbled, leaving gaps in station names and times.
Petition for discharge in Rogers & McMullen bankruptcy
June 15 1918 court orders hearing on Rogers and McMullen discharge petition for July 27 1918 in Indianapolis Indiana. Court directs notice by Lebanon Reporter to all known creditors and requires mailed copies of petition and order to creditors. Judge Albert B. Anderson presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers & McMullen
Everett C. Rogers
Joseph D. McMullen
District of Indiana
A. D
Indianapolis
Lebanon Reporter
Albert B. Anderson
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Milgakd Wits
Meladiaa
Nena
Aioe
Uulea
Et Aena
Europe
Ana Elugia
Northesat of
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Eastland Victims’ Heirs
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