Second Chautauqua Concludes With Strong Support
The second Chautauqua in the city closed Tuesday night amid broad community praise. Music lectures and pageants featured Imperial Russian Quartette, Lorenz Anderson entertainers, Stanley Krebs, Italian Concert Band, Theressa Sheehan, Denton Crowl, and a Patriotic Day finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Follansbee
Delig
Lorenz Anderson
Edward Elliot
Lorenz Anderson Company
Stanley L. Krebs
Eden
Krebs
Angelo Vitale
Theressa Sheehan
Denton
Crowl
Sam Jones
Torcom Bezazian
Chester H Alurich
America
Ate
Aldrich
Abbigial McGullivery
Eulalia Guthrie
Whiteside Receives Commission as Second Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant Whiteside Hutson Whiteside has completed the First Officers Training Camp at Indianapolis with high grades and a strong record. The popular local young man earns his commission and gains praise from many friends.
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Hutson Whiteside
Indianapolis
Whiteside
Local Draft Calls 400 Recruits for Physical Examinations
Four hundred additional registered men received notices Saturday night to report for physical examinations next Thursday through Saturday. In Daviess County the quota rose from 171 to 189 by order of Provost Marshal General Crowder, requiring eighteen more draftees. The Odon list includes residents from rural routes, with names such as Henry Harmon and John Henry Shake among others listed for mobilization.
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Board
Circuit Court Room
Daviess County
General Crowder
District Board
Army
Odon
Oden Madison Township War Effort Shown by Local Enlistments
Oden Madison Township shows its war effort with six local youths serving in the aviation department. Herbert Webster has months of service, Victor Bowman and John O Donal d departed recently, Mason Crooke and Ch Pate joined last week, Paul Sears enlisted Saturday and left for Columbus Tuesday.
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Oden
Madison Township
Aviation Department
Herbert Webster
Victor Bowman
John O'Donald
Mason Crooke
Pate
Paul Sears
Webster
Bowman
O'Donald
Crooke
Arizona
Jefferson Barracks
Indianapolis
Sears
Columbus
Expansion in U S Boys Working Reserve Enrollment Extended
Notice announces ten day extension of enrollment in the U S Boys Working Reserve from Aug 12 in Indiana. Letters from White House and supporters urge publicity and notify enrolling officers to capitalize campaign enthusiasm and aid newly organized counties. Unofficial returns show 10 000 Indiana boys enrolled in first three days.
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Odor
Ind
Washington
U. S
White House
Washington D. C
James P. Goodrich
Indianapolis
Boys’ Working Reserve
Woodrow Wilson
Indiana
Isaac D. Straus
U. S. Boys
Premium list of Odon District fair cooking and crafts
The notice lists best items for food and crafts with prizes from Odon Milling Co Odon Realty Co J M Scott Tre Odon Drug Co and others. It details premiums for breads cakes jelly canned fruit reed mats drawings sleds fern stands race rewards and registration deadlines for school term exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odon
Ovid
Odon Milling Co
Odon Realty Co
Fannie O'dell
Clara Shaffer
Eulala Guthrie
the Odon Drug Co
J. M. Scott
Efigath
L. A
M. B. Ulrich & Co
Tre Odon Drug Co
Reck
J. W
Old Settlers Train Schedule
The schedule shows eastbound trains to Old Settlers with departure times from Odon at 8:00 p.m. and stops at Burns City, Blankenship, Indian Springs, Cale, Mount Clive, Ailiams, and Bedford arriving at 9:05 p.m. Return trips depart Bedford at 5:40 a.m. and proceed to Coxton, Williams, Mount Olive, Cale, Indian Springs, Blankenship, Burns City, with final departure from Odon as No. 2 at 7:00 a.m.
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Odon
Burns City
Blankenship
Indian Springs
Cale
Mount Clive
M. Williams
Mount Olive
Boys Working Reserve enlistment extended ten days
The Boys Working Reserve extends enlistment to August 22 to reach all who missed the program. Ernest Roberts, agent, urges Indiana youths to join to back soldiers at the front by taking farm and industrial roles. Ten thousand Indiana youths have already enlisted in the reserve.
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Indiana
Daviess County Men Named to Reserve Corps Camp
Six Daviess county men will join the Second Officers Reserve Corps with four Plainville reps Jean Enloe Raleigh Elmer Killion Roscoe T. Myers Charles Nowling. one from Elnora Frank Campbell. and Robt Woodson Tharp from Washington. Camp begins August 27 following last Saturday’s first training camp. Hanson Whiteside of Odon earned a commission as second lieutenant.
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Plainville
Elnora
Washington
Daviess County
Officers Reserve Corps
Jean Enloe Little
Raleigh Elmer Killion
Roscoe T. Myers
Charles Nowling
Frank Campbell
Robt. Woodson Tharp
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Hanson Whiteside
Odon
Auto Crash Near Good Hope Schoolhouse injures mother and child
A car driven by Mrs. Win Winklepleck collided with a buggy driven by Mrs. Roland Arford near the Good Hope schoolhouse on a Tuesday morning. The buggy overturned, a child was thrown to the road, and Mrs. Arford was jolted onto an embankment. the horse ran away. Both Mrs. Arford and the child suffered only minor injuries while others were shaken but unharmed.
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Good Hope
Win Winklepleck
Roland Arford
Arford
Alford
Miss Lorena Arford Weds John Dixson in Indianapolis
Miss Lorena Fern Arford former Céon girl united in marriage with John W. Dixson of Indianapolis on August 15 at 7 30 officiated by Rev. George Kenninger. Arford daughter of Amenda Arford, a stenographer at Indianapolis Manufacturing Co. for four years. Dixson works at the Indianapolis News. They will reside in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena Fern Arford
John W. Dixson
Indianapolis
George Kenninger
Miss Arford
Amenda Arford
Indianapolis Manufacturing Co
Dixson
City Trustees Allow Five Claims After Meeting
The board of trustees met Tuesday evening in the Bennett Laughlin building with all members present. No business was proposed and five claims were approved totaling amounts for Indiana Power & Water Co., B D Smiley on Oiling Street Crossings, John Ice hauling, Ben Franklin hauling, and C E O'dell for marshal salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Bennett & Laughlin
Indiana Power & Water Co
B. D. Smiley
John Ice
Ben Franklin
C. E. O’dell
Bowman Joins Army Medical Department as First Lieutenant
Dr. I. E. Bowman of this city enlists in the Army medical department and is expected to be called to service within weeks. He will receive his commission as a first lieutenant within a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Bowman
Medical Department
The
Army
Bowman
Thimble Club Hosts Red Cross Guests in Washington Visit
Mrs H H Crooke hosted a Wednesday afternoon Thimble club gathering with special guests five Red Cross Unit ladies from Washington. Through Mrs E A Hubbard of Indiana the club plans a mass meeting next week to organize a Red Cross auxiliary in Linton with Deal's relatives visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Crooke
Thimble Club
Red Cross
Washington
E. A. Hubbard
Indiana
J. F. Ing
Deal
Linton
Card of Thanks for Mrs Harris and family
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of Mrs Hettie Harris and is signed by her daughter Mrs Janie Marshall and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hettie Harris
Janie Marshall
Doctor Bowman Seeks Immediate Settlement of Debts
Notice from I. E. Bowman M D requesting all outstanding accounts be settled at once. Debtors are urged to call and make payment by cash or note. Local notice in the medical department era.
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Medical Department of
the Army
Bowman
M. D
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Pearl Seneff
Kodak Pictures
Wm. Bair
Go- Cart
Huette Poindexter
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