Four Nurses Apply For Overseas Red Cross Service
The Indianapolis News shows four nurses including Nan Marsh of Burnettsville seeking overseas Red Cross service after training. Miss Marsh, twin sister of Mrs Gardiner, has three brothers in service and would be the second White County girl in France as a Red Cross nurse, following Edna Mowrer.
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Indianapolis News
Nan Marsh
Burnettsville
TY. FL Pahner
Miss Marsh
M. Marsh
Atwood
Murray
Gardiner
Tdnville
Tdnville. She Is Especially Anxious To See Overacus
Harry Marsh
Frank Marsh
France
Russell Marsh
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
White County
Red Cross
Edna Mowrer
Liberty Guards Forming Company for Monti Cello in County
Liberty Guards in the county, led by S. M. Burns of Chalmers, forms a company for Monti cello. Willian T. O Dowd chairs the local committee as new members are added daily. Muster soon with Indianapolis mustering officer. July tech aims for best public appearance. Captain Floyd OQ Tharp and lieutenants Leslie Dilling Solas Heath. Top Sergeant Harold N. Jacks.
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S. M. Burns
Chalmers
Liberty Guards
Monticello
Willian T. O.dowd
Indianapolis
Oas
Floyd OQ
Tharp
Leslie Dilling
Solas Heath
Harold N. Jacks
Company C
Battery Co
Hattiesburg
First Leutenant
Funeral service for Mrs Mary Carr last Civil War mother
The funeral for Mrs Mary Carr, the last living mother of a Union veteran in White County, was held at her Reynolds county home. Interment followed in Lane cemetery. Born August 7 1824 in Ohio, she moved to Indiana then White County, built a farm, and supported the Methodist church. She lived to see four of her sons serve four years in Ohio regiments including Walter Carr and Samuel B Carr. Surviving sons include John P Carr and Solomon Carr.
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Mary Carr
Earl Heimburger
Reynolds Methodist Church
Lane
Reynolds
Indiana
Methodist Church
Carr
White County
Walter Carr
West Point
Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry
Samuel B. Carr
Colburn
Fiehth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
John P. Carr
Big Creek Township
Solomon Carr
Frankfort
Brookston Girl Weds Camp Purdue Soldier
Miss Gertrude Vanatta daughter of the late John Vanatta of Brookston married Ralph H. Schautt of Camp Purdue at the home of Rev. George W. Switzer on Ferry Street Lafayette. The bride is a Brookston high school and Oberlin College graduate and music instructor. the groom is an Indiana University alumnus stationed at Camp Purdue. No residence plans yet due to his military posting.
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White County
George W. Switzer
Ferry Street
Lafayette
Gertrude Vanatta
John (. Vanatta
Brookston
Ralph H. Schautt
Camp Purdue
Agnes Vanatta
Schautt
Brookston High School
Oberlin College
Chalmers
George W. Kassebaum
Indiana University
Wants News of City from Former Monticello Resident
A letter to the editor from A G Stacey of San Diego dated June 15 1918 asks for a copy of the Monticello Herald to learn what the town has become in over fifty years. He recalls early Monticello figures and units including Jim and George Spencer and the 46th Infantry and 20th Ohio Battery. Stacey mentions Burnettsville and old residents now in California.
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A. G. Stacey
Monticello
San Diego
Calif
Herald
Ind
20Th Ohio Battery
Hale's Masterpiece Demonstrates Patriotism Through Film
The American Defense Society approves the photoplay The Man Without a Country as a potent patriotic tool. Local show at Strand Theatre on Tuesday July 2 under manager Hornbeck with proceeds aiding the Defense Society. Admission is twenty five cents as the committee urges public support.
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Edward Everett Hale
American Defense Society
W. N. Loughry
The
Hornbeck
Strand Theatre
Defense Society
Local Board Sends Questionnaires to 114 Registrants
The Local Board mails questionnaires to 114 registrants who registered June 5. Distribution totals 29 Tuesday 28 Wednesday 29 Thursday and 28 Friday. Return is required within seven days, so some will be busy on July Fourth as responses classify registrants.
Warning on fertilizer orders amid predicted railcar shortage
Warns farmers to order fertilizer now for fall wheat as railroads forecast the worst car shortage since the war began. Grain movement will clog elevators and rails as farmers haul wheat directly from threshing to storage. Fertilizer remains profitable on wheat in White County with prices rising less than grain.
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White County
For Sale Cheap Home on Corner Lot in Town
Highly located house described as modern and bargain priced. Corner lot property offered by Don Cochran with quick action urged as a sale.
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Don Cochran
Shaped vests for very large women described
Elastic bleached cotton vests with fine fabric, designed for very large women. They feature low necklines and sleeveless style, offering a lightweight, comfortable fit. The item appears to be a catalog description or advertisement fragment.
Novelty Fabrics On Sale For Summer Wear
Advertises novelty madras cloth for house wear and shirtings at 25 cents per yard with fast colors. Chiffon silk batiste offered at 50 cents per yard, praised for fine lustrous quality and full width. Limited quantities.
Japanese Kimono Crepes and Fancy Fabrics on Sale
Prominent fabric offer lists kimono crepes and beautiful dress ginghams in new plaids and stripes. Colors are fast, no ironing needed, with quantities limited per yard.
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the Herald
Postoffice
Monticello, Indiana
Monticello, Ind
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Overseas
Wallace & Baugh
Mary A. Carr
Purdue
Pacific Coast
Irving Ave
San Diego, Calif
Goodman
Hale
Goti Bros
Madras
Louis Eels
Oxfords
Louis Beakseasis
Eextra
Men’s Union
Women’s Union Suits
Men's Athletic Union
the Goodman Company
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