Madison Heralds Loud, 1918 Local Notes From Madison
Madison May 15 1918 local notes report Mrs H D Banta of Hanover en route to Indianapolis to visit friends Mrs Jean Kempf of Detroit visits Mr and Mrs Lawrence Smith W Main St Undertaker Vail ships John Mason 80 Cragmont for burial in Mooreville Ind Remains of Joseph A Helmick 57 Cragmont shipped to Hop e Ind for burial Vernon Davison registered at Kentland expects to be drafted Attorney Mouser buys Louis Anger residence for 1350 Charles Quirin family receives word son Charles arrived safely in France as corporal and chief mechanic Oliver F Watson leaves for Vernon to audit Jennings County books with Edward A Mayor Wilfred Geile of Seymour serving with 23d Engineers in France notes sadness on French women and their knitting during wartime
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H. D. Banta
Hanover
Indianapolis
Jean Kempf
Detroit
Michigan
Lawrence Smith
Vail
John Mason
Cragmont
Mooreville
Ind
Vernon Davison
Kentland
Byron F. Mouser
Louis Anger
Second
Baltimore Streets
Ogle & Ford
Charles Quirin
West Third Street
Charles
France
Chairlie
Oliver F.2
Watson
Vernon
State Board of Accounts
Jennings County
Edward A. Mayor
Madison
Wilfred Geile
W. G. Geile
Seymour
Geile Brothers
Board Awards Contracts at May 1 1918 Session
The Board of Trustees met in regular session at Southeastern Hospital on May 1 1918 and awarded contracts across multiple categories. Groceries to Elmer E Seutton Tobacco to Clark Co Fresh Meat to Armour & Co Cured Meat to Armours Co and Indianapolis Abattoir Co Laundry to American Laundry Machine Co U S Laundry Soap & Supply Co Attic Amune Chemical Co and Wariant Hardware Co Crockery to John Eckert s Sons Dry Goods to N Horuffa Sons J W Fillman Co Paints to Indianapolis Paint & Colour Co Van Camp Hardware Co Engineers Supplies to A G Luhken Co Johnson Foundry & Machine Shops Indianapolis Belting & Supply Co Laib Co and Van Camp Hardware Co Drugs to A G Luken Co J E C F Harper Co.
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Southeastern Hospital
Wand
Elmer E. Seutton
Tobacco -Clark & Co
Armour & Co
Armours Co
Indianapolis Abattoir Co
Wagner Reelected Democratic District Chairman at North Vernon
Democrats in convention at North Vernon yesterday re elected James H. Wagner of Columbus as District Chairman with J W Cooper Rising Sun as Secretary and B W Noell Columbus as Treasurer. The House passed the Overman bill unamended by 206 to 2 ending the long fight. Efforts to exempt the Interstate Commerce Commission were rejected.
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North Vernon Yestrday
James IH. Wagner
Columbus
J. W. Cooper
Rising Sun
B. W. Noell
This City
House
Interstate Commerce
Death of Mrs. Anna Overman in Knightstown Ind
Mrs Anna Overman died after a pneumonia illness at her Knightstown home. She leaves two daughters Jennie and Christina, a brother and sisters including Mrs Mollie Long of Utah and Mrs Kata Medten of Tennessee, with funeral plans to be announced. Her Madison roots and Mo Eo church membership noted.
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Anna Overman
Knightstown
Ind
Madison
Overman
Christina Thompson
Jennie Graham
Mo Eo
Roanghtstown
Jennie
Christina
Mollie Long
Ogden
Utah
Kata Medten
Susie Narsule
Chattanooga
Tenn
Margaret Walcott
Dickson, Mich
Craham
Thompson
Henrietta Caulk
Mis
Graham
Long
Second
Broadway
Death of Miss Mattie King in Jefferson County
Miss Mattie King, daughter of the late William and Martha King, died yesterday at 2:30 PM at the home of Mr and Mrs M A King on East Third Street after a brief illness. Born September 19, 1873, she lived with her uncle since her parents’ deaths about eleven years ago. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM tomorrow from the Third Street home with Rev Bo R Antrotas of the Baptist church officiating. burial will be private in Springdale cemetery.
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Matte King
M.A. King
East Third Street
Miss King
William and
Martha King
Jefferson County
Third Street
Boor
Antrotas
Bourgee
Springdale Cemetery
One Hundred Millions for the Red Cross Charity Appeal
A national drive pledges One Hundred Millions to aid the Red Cross in Europe. The appeal urges funds to rescue twelve million orphan children, fund hospitals, nurses, medicines, and supplies, maintain camps and prisoner care, and sustain relief efforts against famine, disease, and war trauma.
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Red Cross
Europe
America
No Man's Land
Armies of Justice
I Am the Red Cross
The passage portrays the Red Cross as a universal emblem of mercy and charity, linking its symbol to compassion, sacrifice, and collective effort across society. It frames the organization as a beacon of peace amid conflict and a unifying force among diverse groups in defense of humanity.
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RED Cross
750 Children Rescued by Red Cross in France
An official in a French city appealed to the American Red Cross as 750 children were found in a dirty dilapidated building. Among them were 21 babies under one year and 729 under eight. Red Cross workers cleaned, housed, and fed the children and organized for their permanent care and education.
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Red Cross
Paris
Official Food News on War Time Price Controls and Rationing
Federal Food Administrator for Indiana outlines measures to curb profiteering by threshers and regulate wheat and egg pricing. Plans include a 6 to 8 cent per bushel wheat charge, caution on Wayne County rates, tiered sugar rations beginning May 15, and encouragement of canning with anticipatory purchases. Road and rail priorities favor perishable foods, with eggs storage in May and water glass recommended to preserve supply.
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Federal Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Wayne County
The
Food Administration
The Silo Factor In Profitable Livestock Farming
A historical note discusses silos as key to profitable livestock systems amid Indiana farmers. It describes varied farm sizes, milk or meat sales, and the slow adoption of silos, urging investment for silage benefits. The piece also mentions 1914 German revolution plans evidenced by Ivan Norody at a New York inquiry.
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Indiana
United States
Ivan Norody
New York City
Red Cross Efforts to Bring Home Wounded Soldiers
A wartime appeal notes Billy Jones and others injured in France. Comrades carried him to safety. ambulance and base hospital care followed with nurses tending the wounded. The article urges support for Red Cross workers to return these boys home and sustain democracy during the global conflict.
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Milly Jones
France
Gersmann
Roches
No Man‘’s Land
No Man's Land
Willy Jones
Billy Jones
Red Cross
Freeler
Tnere
Tarek
Ous
What the American Red Cross Has Done for the War
A persuasive resume of Red Cross aid from France Italy and England detailing supplies hospitals meals clinics and transport. It asserts millions in support from US chapters and urges continued sacrifices to ensure victory and aid to soldiers and mothers.
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Red Cross
TCO Ten
Seaboard
Swiss Frontier
Italy
France
Piave Front
United States
Austria
England
Paris
American Red Cross
Romania
Pershing to Assume Command on Western Front
The article reports that General John J. Pershing will soon take command of British and French troops on the Western front, coordinating Allied forces in the fight against the Central Powers.
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yaGen
Pershing
San Francisco Corporal scores first WWI shot in trench history
Corporal O W de Varila of San Francisco returns with fifty Pershing troops. He fired the first shot by Americans in the trenches on October 22, 1917, a training venture that the Germans saw as real war. Britain’s army salary list totals $560 million annually.
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O. W. de Varila
San Francisco
United States
Gen. Pershing
de Varila
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the Herald Company
Raterad
Manson
Secand
Sias
East Main Street
Louis Barnes
Cleveland, O
Julian Tower
Joseph A. Helmick
Flope
J. BH. Wagner
Mrs
Miss Mattie King
Mary Frances Hargan
Jennie McKay
Ellen G. Rosenmund
Lide White
Didi
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Kk. Bo Sheldon
Deg
Crystal May
Mro
Merritt Taylor
South Mulberry Street
Sen
Cook
Wall Street
Edward Dew
North Walnut Street
Nicholas Rousch
West Second Street
Bo Arends
Lutheran Church
Messrs
Andy Leiferman
Nicholas Lyons
George Frank
John Cordrey
J. S. Girard
John Selig
Senate
Herbert Kaufman
Henry Payson Dowst
Robert H. Davia
Herald
Official Food News
Harry E. Barnard
Food and Drug di
Washington
Indiana State Council of Defense
Robert E. Wright
McAdoo
Herbert Hoover
Wright A. Patterson
Cooke
Coughe
Carl
Paco
Neubert
Croup
Hoare
Sore
Grip
Grippe
la Gippe
Drupe
Muiriend
Bowie
Medicine CO
Dormer
New York
Army
U. S. Navy
Lytia
Pinkham Stethcine Co
Paxton Varlet Cy
Boston
Sune
Hirst
Germany
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