Remodeling Clearing Sale Highlights Bedding and Fabrics
A catalog-style listing advertises discount cotton and wool blankets in various sizes and colors plus dress goods. It features Lakeside blankets 64x76 and 70x84 in gray tan white, Glendal and Thrudale plaid blankets, Melbourne plaid blankets, wear well bleached sheeting, and assorted dress fabrics, linens, and towels with reduced prices. Omitted details are itemized longhand in the ad text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside
Ronnie Seebee
Glendal
Thrudale
Melbourne
Cde
Dita
Motorman Charles White Hurt Loading Milk Car
Charles White a Princeton traction line motorman suffered a fractured rib after his foot slipped while loading a milk can into the smoking compartment. He finished his run and continued working this week despite the injury on Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles White
Princeton
Reserved officer visits home in Indianapolis
Thomas Adams, an ROTC member at the Indianapolis camp, is in the city to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Van Ademis on South Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Adams
Indianapolis
Mrs. van Ademis
South Main Street
Exemption rulings to be announced soon by local draft board
About 112 additional men will be examined by the local conscription board this Saturday to fill the Gibson county quota. The board will disclose the exemption decisions in the next few days, though no details are yet released. The thirteen men recalled Wednesday are likely to be passed after war department rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson County
Bei. Ee
War Department
New County Superintendent Installed in Office
Leland S. Cunningham was formally installed as the new county superintendent of schools, succeeding W. F. Fisher. Cunningham greeted well wishers as flowers from C. F. Howard, bank examiner, decorated his desk. Fisher has not yet announced future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland S. Cunningham
W. F. Fisher
Cunningham
C. F. Howard State Bank Examiner
Fisher
Remark over man’s boast ends in crowd’s surprise
On Saturday evening excitement rose as a man vowed to pay one hundred dollars to see a German lying on the pole atop the courthouse. Citizens later learned the speaker was blind, and the crowd cooled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Mt Carmel
Riley Family Attends New Harmony Fair on Trip
Mr and Mrs George Riley and daughter Fern with guests Miss Letta Russell and C C Harmon of Evansville traveled to New Harmony on Thursday. They drove the Riley car and also attended the local fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Riley
Fern
Letta Russell
C. C. Harmon
Evansville
New Harmony
Riley
Canadian Lines Hold The Lens Front In Desperate Attack
British lines report heavy fighting near Lens as Canadian forces repulse Bavarian and Prussian guard assaults. Germans leave guns in mud while St Quentin cathedral burns amid widespread destruction and looting. many Canadians and Americans fight with bulldog resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Phillip Simms
United Press
British
ARMES
Lens
Illinois coal operators withdraw from price reduction pact
Chicago reports Illinois coal operators repudiated their agreement with Gov Lowden to cut prices and withdrew from the coal hearing begun today. Indiana governor plans an August 27 special session to bar outrageous coal prices with a coal bill and state constabulary. emergency legislation may follow.
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Chicago
Illinois
Lowden
Indianapolis
Ind
Goodrich
Indiana
now _‘Alis
Pennsylvania
Troop Schedules Shift for Rainbow Division Deployments
Provost marshal general Crowder set new entrainment dates for 687000 national army troops with 30 percent leaving September 5 and 19 and 30 percent October 3. A second rainbow division from New England may depart with the first. Camp Shelby in Mississippi ready to receive 6000 troops from Indiana and Kentucky for training. Senate military affairs panel delays confirming Col Reichmann over pro German remarks. Hamilton confirmation also held pending review while 37 new major generals and all brigadiers are recommended for confirmation.
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Washington, D. C
Provost Marshall
Crowder
National Guard
New England
Edwards
Hattiesburg
Miss
Camp Shelby
Indiana
Kentucky
Howard
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Col
Reichmann
National Army
Henry D. Hamilton
New York National Guard
Melon Thief Fined After Gibson County Chase
Charles Drury of Indianapolis stole four melons north of Patoka while en route to Evansville. Marshall James King chased the thief through Patoka and Princeton before the owner had him escorted to Justice Miller, where Drury paid a fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Drury
Indianapolis
Gibson County
Patoka
Marshall James King
Ford
Princeton
Marshall King
Drury
Miller
Princeton Boy Goes to France in World War II Front
Lieutenant Clarence C. Rumor, son of Mr and Mrs C F Rumor of this city, has been commissioned second lieutenant and ordered to France in the coming weeks. He is among 200 officers sent to the front by the War Department. Rumor and Capt J Floyd Hull with Lieutenants Alvin T Haley William Wilson and Ben Watt have returned home from Indianapolis and will await active duty. Other Gibson county officers including Lieutenants Arthur Spillman Percy Paxton and Captain Basil McGregor are due home soon.
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Clarence C. Rumor
C. F. Rumor
France
War Department
Rumor
J. Floyd Hull
Alvin T. Haley
William Wilson
Ben ‘Watt
Indianapolis
Gibson County
Arthur Spilman
Percy Paxton
Basil McGregor
Birthday party honors Mrs. Fair on 34th anniversary
Mrs. James Fair hosted about fifty guests at 409 North Third Street Thursday evening for a birthday celebration marking her 34th birth anniversary. The party featured music and games with several presents received and a joyful evening noted. Mr. and Mrs. Ott Hollis and son Ercel joined Nina Witherspoon and Amy Kurtz driving to New Harmony for the fair Thursday. Little Jaunita Lee Kirk celebrated her seventh birthday Friday afternoon at her parents’ North Hart Street home with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fair
North Third Street
Jaunita Lee Kirk
Mrs. Hovey Kirk
North Hart Street
Metor Grower Exonerated Amid Traffic Case
A driver faced speeding fines but was ultimately exonerated after the court reviewed the circumstances. Authorities clarified costs and noted the driver’s continued journey.
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Metor
Red Cross Shop at Princeton Organizes County Auxiliaries
The Red Cross Shop at Princeton opens on Main Street with a four room setup for surgical dressings storage and packing. A long list of committee chairs and duties follows including sewing knitting packing inspection and club sewing to support county wide auxiliaries and ship surgical supplies to war needs.
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Red Cross
Princeton
South Main Stret
Washington
Geo. H. Padgett
Walter Riggs
Alva Levi
Effie Blair
O. M. Welborn
Branham
Rollined
Fairbanks to Visit Princeton for Hospital Campaign
Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, as chair of the Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis board, will guest in Princeton next Tuesday for the hospital campaign. He will be joined by Dr. S. C. Woods and other directors. A city reception is planned with details to be announced Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Methodist Hospital of
Indianapolis
Princeton
S. C. Woods
Fairbanks
Federal food commissioners named in 28 states
President Wilson approved 28 appointments as federal food commissioners in as many states. State commissioners will run the food control bill for state matters and coordinate with the food administration. All serve without pay. Notable appointees include Dr. Harry E. Barnard of Indianapolis for Indiana and Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago for Illinois.
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Washington
Wilson
Food Administration
Illinois
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Indiana
Harry E. Barnard
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Fred M. Sackett
Lucille
County towns push for service oriented revival
County leaders urge widespread participation in a movement labeled for service. Gibson County voices commitment to share proportionate duties and expand women’s involvement in the effort.
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Stanley
Bea Lee
Sheridan
Stevens
Tts
Gibson
Canadian Lines Holding
Quentin
ST. Quentin
Sthedral
Rheims
St. Quetin
Indiana National Guard
Patoka Mar
Melon Grover
Front—Officers Training
Front Officers Training Corps
Will Ennis
Ennis
Nathan Reisman
Luce Kolb
Sanford Trippett
Hugh Morrow
Agnes Dorsey
C. C. Baltzell
M. J. Welborn
V. P
Barnard
Hoover
Gibson, County
Shoptaugh’s
J. M. Scantlin
West Side Square
Walsh
Decorating Company
Fowler’s Barber Shop
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