Local Candidates Announced for May Primaries in Indiana
The Herald releases candidate notices across offices including Representative in Congress Lincoln Dixon for the Fourth District and Charles S. Dibler for County Auditor. Gilbert Dihammer seeks County Sheriff, Charles O. McBride for County Recorder, Albert L. Kahn and George M. Stanley for Township Trustee, Samuel M. Strader for Township Trustee, and John W. Carlisle for Township Assessor, all subject to party primaries in May 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Lincoln Dixon
Indiana
Audader
Charles S. Dibler
Sheri Gilbert Dihammer
Herald
Charles O. McBride
Albert L. Kahn
Madison Township
George M. Stanley
Werald
Samuel M. Strader
John W. Carlisle
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Totals 806 Million in Washington
The total Liberty Loan subscriptions reported for Washington state reach 806,465,000 dollars during April. The figure reflects broad participation across counties and aligns with national fundraising targets for the war effort.
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Liberty Loan
Washington
Toad
Second Examination Sites for Jefferson County 8th Graders
The 8th grade second examination in Jefferson County will be held on Saturday April 20 at Graham township Deputy high school Hanover township Hanover consolidated schools Lancaster township Dupont high Madison township North Madison high school Milton township Home school Monroe township Baxter school Republican township Kent school. The German troops with naval detachments have entered Helsinki the capital of Finland according to an official German statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Graham Township
Hanover Township
Hanover Consolidated Schools
Lancaster Township
Dupont
Madison Township
North Madison
Milton Township
Monroe Township
Baxter
Republican Township
Kent
Helsingfors
Finland
Bailleul Captured by Germans in Flanders Battle
London reports Bailleul, a local German objective, fell to Teutons amid heavy attacks along Hazebrouck rail line and near Neuve Eglise. Fresh German assaults at Wytschaete were repulsed while British operations near Robecq yielded prisoners. Cattegat raid sank ten German trawlers with no British casualties.
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London
Bailleuel
Flanders
Teutons
War Office
Hazebrouck
Merris
Neuve Eglise
Bailleul
Armenteres
Bailleuil
Armentiers
Wytschaete
Belgium
Vieuxberquin
Robecy
Wilverghen
Amiens
Channel
Balleuil
Hazebrook
Messines
Wytschate
Cattegat
Admiralty
Sweden
Denmark
Tobacco sales report by Supervisor Bullock
Supervisor Thos Bullock presents season totals for tobacco sales. Snook shows 1 460 835 at 24 53 average with 343 667 09. Farmers 1 340 365 at 24 20 with 924 433 93. Planters 1 643 855 at 24 14 with 396 841 24. Peoples 1 357 735 at 26 00 with 353 042 79.
American forces hold line near Toul under heavy German attack
Allied troops near Toul stand firm despite waves of German assaults and heavy losses. German forces suffer significant casualties as pressure mounts on the frontline.
Secretary Baker Returns From Allied War Conference
Secretary Baker returns to Washington from a conference with war leaders in England France and Italy aboard a former German liner now in American service. He carries the views of allied military experts and statesmen on steps to win the war and plans to urge faster aviation program once he reports to the President.
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Atlantic
England
France
Italy
Baker
United States
American Transport Service
Washington
Marines not landed at Vladivostok in April report
Washington reports no American marines were landed at Vladivostok and no request for protection from the American cruiser in harbor was made. The State Department relayed this information from Ambassador Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Vladivostok
State Department
Francis
Emergency Drive Moves Jefferson County Churches Toward Crisis
Jefferson county churches of this faith met at North Madison Christian Church to form a central county committee led by Rev. John W. Moody. The group plans cooperative church subcommittees and pledges to meet national quotas despite the daunting task ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Churches
Jefferson County
North Madison
Fred R. Davies
Charlestown
J. M. Vawter
Jeffersonville
Q. A. Trinkle
Rising Sun
Ind
Madison Brewing Plant Dismantled for War Material
All machinery piping and metal at the Madison Brewing Company plant except the ice machine and two engines have been sold to F Silberstein Son of Columbus Ohio. Men are dismantling under M F Silberstein with work starting yesterday and expected to take about a month. A carbide iron and steel cutter will reduce tanks and boilers for shipment to munition plants. The old plant, once a national industry, fades from Madison’s landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Brewing Company
F. Silberstein & Son
Columbus
Ohio
M. F. Silberstein
Silberstein & Sons
Madison
Death of Private Carl J. Coots in Arizona Camp Hospital
telegram from James Coots reports Private Carl J. Coots aged nineteen died at 2am after pneumonia at a military camp hospital in South Douglas Arizona. He enlisted March 1 1918 in the aviation section of the signal corps via Sergt Hern and served at Columbus Barracks Ohio and Indianapolis before going to Arizona. Remains to be shipped to Madison for burial. He previously worked as a clerk at Rogers drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coots
West Main Street
Carl J. Coots
South Douglas
Arizona
Madison
Sergt. Hern
Signal Corps
Indianapolis
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Rogers Drug Store
Renschler Named Deputy Merchant Representative
Charles F. Renschler a Main Street dry goods merchant is appointed Deputy Merchant Representative for Jefferson county by H E Barnard Federal Food Administrator Indiana. The role promotes window space use and wartime posters to back the third Liberty Loan and other war measures and urges country merchants to support the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Renschler
Jefferson County
H. E. Barnard
Indiana
Meyer Hiller
Indianapolis
Renschler
Sad death of a little boy in Graham township
Five and a half year old John Norman Boyd died in his father’s Graham township barn when his head became caught between two beards in a horse stall. An inquest by Coroner Henning found accidental death from a broken neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Township
John Norman
John L. Boyd
Loren
Henning
Czernin Resigns Frontline Command for Austrian Brigade
London reports Count Czernin has re entered the army and will command an Austrian brigade on the Italian front. Separately, Sheriff Monroe and federal agents detained Charles W. Sampson in Middlefork for alleged failure to register under the selective draft law. Sampson, 20, lives with his wife and three children near Mr. George Dryden’s farm and was later registered in Madison and released on recognizance.
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London
Czernin
Copenhagen
Monroe
Department of Justice
Rabbitt
David Spatt
Middlefork
Charles W. Sampson
Sampson
Madison
Board of Registration
Mr. Sampson
George Dryden
Foreign Officers to Speak at Madison Patriot Meeting
Sergt Hern reports Major Wyan will attend a public patriotic meeting at the Court House in Madison next Saturday at 2 p m. British and Belgian officers will join. Other speakers and a fine musical program are planned. Admission is free for all attendees.
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Sergt. Hern
Wyan
Belgium
Madison
Court House
Death of Mrs Harriett Seward Newman
Harriett Seward Newman died Monday at 2 10 p m at her home on West Third Street after nearly a year of declining health. She joined the Christian church in Rising Sun Indiana and remained active in Madison’s church. Her husband and father died about four years ago. Funeral services will be held at her home Wednesday at 4 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriett Seward Newman
West Third Street
Christian Church
Rising Sun
Ind
Madison
Bethany Circle Meeting Hosts Musical Program Night
The Bethany Circle of the King's Daughters met in social session with Mrs. Oliver Roe and hostesses Miss Berdie Jones and Mrs. J A Zuck. A short business meeting was followed by a musical program featuring Mrs. Howard Graham piano solo Ara Besque James White Mitchell song The Voyagers and other items. Miss Sweetman, State Board of Charities representative, left with Cecil Ferris and Harry Holwager wards of the Orphans Home to place them in private homes. Liberty Loan Bonds safety referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Circle of the
King’s Daughters
Oliver Roe
Berdie Jones
J. A. Zuck
Howard Graham
Ara Besque
de Bassy
James White Mitchell
The
William Rogers
America
Circle
Miss Sweetman
State Board of Charities
Cecil Ferris
Harry Holwager
Orphans’ Home
Liberty Loan
Food regulation actions and Red Cross tobacco fund result
Madison reports state food administration cracking down on sugar hoarding and flour substitutes with affidavits filed and possible grocery suspensions. Red Cross tobacco drive raises 1952.69 dollars from farmers, warehouses, and cash gifts, with thanks to volunteers and donors.
Prohibition Meeting at Mrs. Denny's Hosts Members
A social gathering at Mrs. George Denny’s home on north Jefferson street opened with a song and prayer. The girls plan a May event, with Neida Smith reading and Gladys Wagner singing. Eighteen attended and several new members joined. Norma Bennett, age three, died at home on south Mulberry street after measles and pneumonia. funeral arrangements pending.
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George Denny
North
Jefferson Street
Neida Smith
Gladys Wagner
Phyllis Pate
Mizpah
Norma
Samuel Bennett
South Mulberry Street
Edison re creates voice with Diamond Disc Phonograph
The ad proclaims the Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph as the sole instrument recreating the human voice and music. It invites readers to hear Anna Case of the Metropolitan Opera Co. perform "My Laddie" and to admit difficulty distinguishing living from recorded tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Case
The
Metropolitan Opera Co
Laddie
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