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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
5
An old advertisement promotes a large selection of handkerchiefs from cambric to silk or linen with prices from 15c to 50c. It also touts shirts with a larger and finer range than most towns, plus heavy flannelette options priced from $1.50 to $3.00, and mentions Hamill offering extensive stock.
White County social and personal notes list visits and illness. Cloyd Crook of Delphi visited grandparents Mr and Mrs J A Carson. Miss Nelle Flaningham and others are ill with influenza. Melvin Barnes slowly improves after illness. Several residents travel to nearby towns. Forrest Gardner to return from St Paul for a brief furlough. Activities include deaths, military news, and local errands.
Miss Pauline Kingsbury and Fern Hanway attended a Brookston dance last Thursday. Many residents, including Mrs Ray Holtzman and Miss Maud Minch, shared visits and returns from trips to Chicago, Logansport, Indianapolis, and Centerville. Christmas services, a Presbyterian church program, and a Fowler influenza note also appear among community updates.
We thank friends and neighbors for the sympathy shown to us during our recent bereavement from Mrs. Isaac Benjamin and children.
Charles Ireland returns from Camp Taylor with pneumonia at his parents home on North Illinois Street. Robert Worthington, home from Boston Tech for electrical engineering, plans to continue school after discharge. Sergeant Train-Behrens visits then returns to Camp Sevier in South Carolina. Roy Jones recovers from an Indianapolis hospital operation and plans further treatment. Roy Bunnell of Wolcott remains missing since September 16 per war department. Mrs Clarence Rotruck returns home for Christmas holidays while ill with influenza. Mrs Emily Traugh heads to Oakland California for winter months. she is an aunt to Mrs Bert Van Voorst. The Ladies Social Auxiliary plans an indoor picnic on South Main Street. Ogden Ashley furlough with parents from South Phiff Street. stationed at Victoria Long Island. Tom Bushnell and wife visit relatives. Tom discharged from aviation department after extensive flight training. Lieut Victor Coonred visits. will return to Michigan City after discharge. John Rowardo of Indianapolis named receiver for Hagenbeck Wallace circus. advertises December 28 sale at West Baden.
The four Teeter children north of town are ill with influenza. A Canton Mississippi sister arrived to help care for them. Santa visited Golf Bros five and Eggniant store, delivering gifts to about three hundred children. Mrs. Woltz travels to Sebring Florida for the winter with Dr. and Mrs. Skiff. Howard Brockway, ex prosecuting attorney, now U.S. Navy chief yeoman, attended the Indiana Society event in Washington. Several influenza cases and recoveries are noted, plus military postings and local court remarks. Special groceries and overseas letters are mentioned amid routine notices.
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