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Newspaper

Mooresville Times

Location

Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1918

Page

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Mooresville News Highlights Local Life and Deaths

Mooresville area residents attend gatherings visit relatives and ship goods. Riley Harper dies after brief illness with funeral at M E Church. Obituary notes survivors including wife and two daughters. Local moves include rentals, school staffing changes, and trips to Indianapolis and Camp Sherman.

Charles Malis Manatee Miorida Deborah Garesory Indianapolis Mooresville Plainfield Riley Harper M. Ee WS. Biddle Althea Brown Mabel Clyde Hall Walter. Shaw

Hapless Claribet's Encounter Misread in Verse

Hapless Claribet Skipnpenhop sits in a hammock as a sun sets and a stray thought provokes a comic flurry. The scene unfolds with mocked discord and a girl recounting a thoughtless day and a looming headache. The tone resembles a whimsical old-time vignette rather than a straight news item.

Claribet Claribet Skipnpenhop

Cyclophysicist Improves Seismic Recording Equipment

A Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory scientist nearly perfects lunar wax cylinder recordings of subterranean earthquakes. The improved system uses pure-wax cylinders and a greatly enhanced portable microphone weighing under one pound for field use.

Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory Scientific American

Time Saver Substitutes for Sugar During Shortages

War time guidance outlines substitutions for sugar with honey syrup corn sugar and dried fruits. It details equivalences such as one third cup sugar to one third cup honey or half cup syrup, and encourages using raisins dates figs dried pears and fruit pastes to replace sugar in cereals jams jellies and desserts. It notes drying as a sugarless preservation method and advises using fresh fruit and fruit juices as beverages or gelatin desserts when sugar is scarce.

Production Now Big Food Problem in Indiana

Dr. Harry O Barnard Federal Food Administrator for Indiana calls for increased wheat acreage and higher yield per acre to meet a labor constrained food supply. He highlights tomato canning as vital to soldiers rations and urges boys in the U S Boys Working Reserve to aid farming, with local shops and sugar allotments enforcing restraint to support the war effort.

Federal Food Administration United States Department of Agriculture Indiana United States Boys’ Working Reserve Michi Imona France Isaac D. Straus U. S. Bors Working Reserve State House Indianapolis Ind

Letter from England describes tourism and nursing life

Ruth, a Red Cross nurse in Winchester, writes Pearl Fibiger in Chicago about off duty trips to Stratford upon Avon and visits from notable figures. She notes tea invites, entertainments, and the likelihood of remaining in England, with service stripes due August 1 for six months abroad.

Pearl Fibiger Chicago Golda McCreary Red Cross Winchester England Pearl Stratford-on-Avon Shakespeare Stratford Avon Shakespeare Hotel Benedict Ann Hathaway Marie Correlli Tam Harry Louder Edward Southern Julia Marlowe Rudyard Wipling Marion Edith Ruth

Soldier's Letters From Mid-Atlantic Front to Mooresville

Private John C. Roberts writes from an Atlantic transport during World War I, thanking Mooresville friends, the Red Cross, and local church groups. He vows to share inspiration with fellow soldiers, recalls Seventh Grade and Centenary School friends, and predicts a 1919 Thanksgiving homecoming after Uncle Sam's knockout blow.

The Mooresville Montana Camp Hancock Mt. Gilead West Sam Bill Europe John C. Roberts E. F

Methodist Church Schedule Proclaims Worship and Loyalty

The Methodist Church lists a 9:00 class meeting 10:00 Sunday School and 11:00 public worship with Rev C E Bacon D D preaching and Holy Communion. Epworth League at 3:30 p m led by Miss Carrie Scott, topic The Stewardship of Life. Evening service at 5:30 p m subject Light a Faculty Seeing an Art. Job printing available at the Times office.

C. E. Bacon D. D Epworth League Carrie Scott

Women at Work Show Wide Range of Roles

A survey notes women filling diverse jobs from elevator conductors and telegraph operators to railroad ticket agents and editors. It lists roles including munition workers, pilots, forest ers, lighthouse keepers, ship captains, and county officers among others.

Government sets September 12 as registration day

The government designates Thursday September 12 for all men over 18 and under 46 to register. Mooresville registrars are Frank Stariden, chief, Everard B F Hadley, Calvin Bellows, Waite Thompson, Vieton Burk, and George J. Reeves.

Mooresville Frank Stariden Everard BF. Hadley Calvin Bellows Waite Thompson Vieton Burk George J. Reeves

School Opens With About Five Hundred Students

Next Monday morning almost five hundred boys and girls will answer the call of the school bell and begin duties for another year. Janitors have prepared the building for the new term. A complete list of teachers follows for the High School and grades with Supt. Z. M. Smith, Chas. Barts, Mrs. Sibyl Townsend, Mrs. Dunbridge, Miss Agnes Lamont, Miss Katherine Burton, O. G. Couch, Wallace Hadley, Leorah Walls, Katherine Harper, Edith Henderson, Nettie Burk, Marguerite Sage, Elsie Record and Airs Julia Hadley Dill.

Z. M. Smith Chas. Barts Sibyl Townsend Dunbridge Agnes Lamont Katherine Burton O. G. Couch Wallace Hadley

8 Room Modern Home With Rear Bungalow For Sale

Otto E. Rooker of Camby Indiana offers an 8 room modern home in Mooresville at Harrison and Jefferson Streets near schools and churches. Two adjacent houses fronting Jefferson Street on a single lot include a bungalow with garage. rents from the bungalow would help cover roughly half the investment. Non resident seller invites interested buyers to write for price and terms.

Jefferson St Mooresville Harrison and Jefferson Streets Otto E. Rooker Camby, Ind

Frazer Brother in France War Service Four Frazer Brothers in Military

Lieut Talbert N Frazer wounded in France is brother of Mrs James Andersen of this place. He has fourteen years in the regular army and went to France in December. Two of his brothers Thomas and Paul are also in France, while George and Ben serve in the United States forces. Their parents are deceased.

Talbert N. Frazer Sen France James Andersen Wit Thomas Paul George Ben United States

Local Social Roundup From Indianapolis to Westfield

Reynolds and family returned from Zionsville camping. Lewis MecKahan visited sister in Indianapolis. Several attended Mrs Sarah Keys sale. Maxwell cars bought. Quaker Sewing Club met. Bethel Church lunch cleared 41. Warren Merriman and Howard Field to Camp Taylor Louisville. State Fair attendees and school plans noted. visits from Indianapolis and Kokomo residents.

Lewis MecKahan Indianapolis Charles Allen Eagletown Ind C. J. Davis Artie Orville Wers Westfield Hamilton County Sarah Keys Walter Mitchell Gary Tightnan Mitchell Maxwell Quaker Sewing Club Mattie Morand Bethel Church The Missionary Society Warren Merriman Howard Field Camp Taylor Louisville Ruth Minton Fern Trester R. D. Sellars Maria Jessup Friendswood Sarah Kers Wm. Elmore Kokomo M. A. Deweese Gladys Harriet Raegan Lietenant Chas. Pierson Ft. Harrison Howard Record

For Rent: Five Room Cottage on West High Street

A rental listing advertises a five room cottage on West High Street offered by O Rooker.

West High Street O. F. Rooker

Ecriptions Paid El Nora Rowan Tilden McNeff Cloverdale

Ecriptions paid relates to Elnora R. Rowan and Tilden McNeff of Cloverdale.

Elnora R. Rowan Tilden McNeff Cloverdale

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