First Creek Social Network Minutes Reach Across Families
Jeff Anderson and family hosted ox Jacob Summerville and wife Scombay. Jenna Keck visited grandparents. Richard Meek and Maud Meek hosted visits with the Summervilles and Grave sisters. Various neighbors spent Sundays with Lem Reese and Mort Robbins families. Hazel Toon and Marie Toon worked with Alonzo Pruett family on Sunday. Nannie Pruett stayed with Otis Wright at Linton. Dobbins family visited Will Byard near Mineral. Zona Cuterat of Bloomfield spent days visiting Rich Meek and family.
Local names and Sunday visits fill Puxico area
Community members from Puxico Missouri spent Sunday visiting relatives and friends including the Chestnut, Kelsey, Harper and Wilkes families. People noted include Liberty Wesly Heustey and children Floyd Edna Guy Chas, Adele Grable, Mae Chestnut, Bertha Harper, and Mos Thos Kelsey with various callers around Willard Byrer and nearby households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesly Henstey
Floyd
Edna
Guy
Chas Heusie
Puxico Mo
Mt Zion Farming Social Notes From Weekends
Mt Zion column lists visits and weekend activity. Mr and Mrs Walter Gardern with James Carpenter family. John Edmondson visited Will Sanders. Alice Plummer shopped in Odon. Harl Utterback and family plus Marie Priest and Roy Ed aondson spent Sunday with Martin Stout. Bough and Brummet visits noted. Pruett returned from Valparaiso. Dora Bough visited Marion Matthews. Plummer family outings to Loosootee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edmondson
Will Sanders and
Family
Harl Utterback
Marie Priest
Roy Edaondson
Martin Stout
Local Notes From Scotland and Surrounding Community
Ralph Hasler returned home from Illinois where he has worked. Mr and Mrs Herschel Ledgerwood and wives Belma and Alma Henderson visited with Mr and Mrs Earl Griffith of Odon. Mrs Gert Stone called on Mrs Earn Mullis. Fred Stone came home from Iowa Thursday. Lester Fields of Lyons visits area friends. Chicken fry at Kent School drew many locals Saturday night. Miss Gladys Asden left Saturday for Oakland City. Miss Josephine Allens of Washington stayed with family from Friday to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Ledgerwood
Wlisses Belma
Alma Henderson
Earl Griffith
Odon
Kilgore Family Visits and Weekend Gatherings
Mrs Charles Smileyland and children Harold and Neva called on Mrs William Bruner Friday morning. Misses Mattie Ruby Faith and Mrs Blanche Faith visited Saturday night with Mrs Oral Riggins. Lorene and Roscoe Faith visited with Thomas Faiths Friday. Stella Smiley returned from Plainville. William Fisher visited Sunday with his mother Mrs Thomas Riggins. Fred Burch spent Sunday with Charles Smiley and family. Lorene Riggins visited with grandparents Tiomas Faith Saturday night and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smileyland
Harold
Neva
William Bruner
Mattie
Ruby Faith
Blanche Faith
Oral Riggins
Lorene and
Roscoe
Mrs Thomas Faith
Stella Smiley
Fred Burch
Plainville
William Fisher
Sanday
Thomas Riggins
Charles Smiley
Lorene Riggins
Tiomas Faith
Bonds Divide Citizens Into Two Classes After War
A wartime Liberty Loan appeal urges all Americans to support bond purchases as a duty and investment. It frames postwar citizens as those who pay taxes and draw interest versus those who pay taxes, urging readers to choose the bond option as national service with future returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Favor Registered Bonds Move In Government Encouragement
Government officials in Washington push conversion of coupon bonds to registered bonds. Registration offers safety and convenience as banks forward bonds to the Federal Reserve for registration, eliminating theft risk and simplifying interest payments. The system mirrors stock dividends with the owner receiving interest from the Treasury and principal at maturity, with no need to clip coupons. Overall, registered bonds promise reliable interest and full principal repayment, unlike private annuities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury Department
Nigre Calisiuclory
Indemnities and German War Financing Revealed
Former U S ambassador James W Gerard describes Germany financing World War I through war loans and bonds funded by subscriptions. He asserts Germany planned to exact indemnities after victory, creating a vast public debt backed by paper money as a means to finance the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
James W. Gerard
Germany
Gerard
Spe
Raseloana
Honor Flags in Loan Drive Promised for Fourth Liberty Loan
The Fourth Liberty Loan plans honor flags for communities exceeding quotas and for organizations with 75 percent subscriptions. The Liberty Loan Executive Committee of the Eighth Federal Reserve District will supervise, awarding distinctions for large over subscriptions and bestowing stars. An industrial pennant is a new award. emblems will show percentage achieved and allow purchase of a permanent pennant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan Executive Committee
Federal Reserve District
Liberty Loan Organization
Permanent Liberty Loan
Liberty Loan Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Storrs
Ony
Sirowank
ALY
First Creek
Jeff Anderson
Ox Jacob Summerville
Wife Scombay
Jenna Keck
Opba Summerville
Maud Meek
Alice Carr
Grave
Ruth Carpenter
Tro
Rufus Laughlin
Lem Reese
Miro
Abe Cunningham
Finn Cooper Wi
Tgon
Mondey
Mort Robbins
Meo
Joseph Carr
Hazel and
Marie Toon
Alonzo Pruett
Dan Myers
Dauchters
Lola
Ethel
George York
Ines
Nannie Pruett
Otis Wright
Linton
Stutt Dobbins
Sandey
Will Byard
Near Mineral
Ars
Zona Cuterat
Bloomfield
Liberty
Ulia Wilkes
Thomas Kelsey
Charley Clinton
Adele Grable
Wallice
Iva Chestnut
Sarah, Echel
Willie Chestnut
Denver Harper
Arnold Kelsey
Loren Fields
Pearl Kelsey
Miss Mae Chestnut
Wesley Brown
Sol Russell
Matt Poorman
Sir
John Arney
Harve
Bertha Harper
Eva Autamy
Frank
Mos
Kelsey
Willard Byrer
Chifie
Thei Bechtel
Nernan
Ethe
Caleton Bechie Kelsey
MT. Zion
Walter 2Rarden
James Carpenters
Alice Plummer
John Bough
Will Brumette
Clifford Greene
John Pruett
Mart Baling
Near
Scotland
William Pruett
Valparaiso
Dora Bough
Marion Matthews
Chas. Plummer
Don
Flossie Plummer
Avalon Farms
Liquidert Hiller and Hog Conditioneer
MR. Ulrich
Gdoun, Tadiana
Ralph Hasler
Illinois
Gert Stone
Earn Mullis
Fred Stone
Iowa
Lester Fields
Lyonsf
Kent School
Gladys Asdenl
Oakland City
Josephine Allens
Kilgore
U.S. Army
Navy
Kelly
Odon Drug Co
JON
RED Cross
Buchu
Mm. Bulrich & Co
Odon, Indiana
Barkley’s Der’t Store
Wee Guapttesf
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