Hunger Knows No Armistice in the Caucasus War Relief Appeal
Colonel William N. Haskell, Allied high commissioner in the Trans Caucasus, appeals to Near East Relief for food and supplies. He details mass hunger among Armenians, Tartars, Russians, and Greeks, with hundreds of thousands displaced and at risk of famine and exposure. He notes relief work aided by Americans and urges funds through Near East Relief led by treasurer Cleveland H. Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Near East
William N. Haskell
High Commission
Trans-Caucasus
Madison Avenue
New York City
Haskell
Caucasus
Armenia
Azerbaidjan
Georgia
Karabagh
Shusha
Nakhichevan
Tiflis
Baku
Turkish Armenia
Russian Armenia
Transcaucasia
Near East Relief
Cleveland H. Dodge
Mecca High Course Funded and Local Happenings
Mecca High School junior and senior classes purchased a lecture course for next year and held a successful financial outcome. Wabash Township hosted a Dollar Day with local farmers selling hogs. Town residents visited Crawfordsville for a Butler Wabash game and several locals hosted dinners and visits in Terre Haute. Lily Fern Heskett remains critically ill after inflammatory rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W . Machin
Mecca
H.S
Crawfordsville
Lottie Heslar
Wabash
A. H. Bradfield
Catherine Pence
Clinton
Ellis Pence
Grimes and Spivey Sale Draws Crowd
The Grimes and Spivey sale on February 14 drew a large attendance. Swaim and Beulah Norman have mumps. Mrs. Jane Harvey visited son Edgar and family Saturday night and Sunday. Lew Grimes hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ray and daughter of Gayuga, and Mr. and Mrs. John B. Grimes and Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Ray. Doris Bug of Cayuga visited home folks Sunday. Alious Spivey received visitors Chas Ephlin and Myra Ephlin. Eunice and Martha plan visits to Ephlin family this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Harvey
Edgar
Paul Ray
Gayuga
John B. Grimes
D. D. Ray
Lew Grimes
Doris Bug
Cayuga
Chas. Ephlin
Myra Ephlin
Alious
Spivey and Family
Lessons in Optometry Insights on Myopia and Hypermetropia
The text explains myopia improves with corrective glasses allowing better distant vision. It describes hypermetropia or farsightedness as the eye being too short, causing blurred focus like a camera out of focus. It notes that the eyes can overcome farsight with strain on nerves, a condition that continues.
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First National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Montezuma
Indiana
O. L. Browne& Son Furniture Undertaking
IND
L. Wheeler & Son
Montezuma, Ind
Maxwell Motor Cars
Lion Tires
Temme Springs
Montezuma Enterprise
Quaker Oats Co
Montezuma Mill& Elevator CO
Wabash Township
B. J. Underwood
Margaret Underwood
Terre Haute
John T. Broderick
Lawrence J. Monaghan
Lily Fern
Frank Heskett
R. B. Linville
South Liberty
Grimes and Spivey
Eunice
Martha
Optometry
Walter M. Leeds
Clinton Indiana
H. L. Fillinger
Dana
Phoenix
H. S. Cornwell
Ingrams
Busy Bee
James Gilmore
Eagle “Mikado
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
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