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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
4
A community notes many family visits and social gatherings through a year of war. Letters from soldiers abroad highlight bravery and longing for home, with residents hosting relatives and friends from Indianapolis Noblesville and surrounding towns.
Bargain footwear display offers slippers and shoes priced well below wholesale with savings of one to two dollars per pair. News notes high priced, scarce bugs and linoleum unavailable this fall and next year while stocks last.
Circular ad announces Seal Brand coffee by Chase and Sanborn with price discounts 40¢ 30¢ and 25¢ per pound and mentions Kercheval Chew. product emphasis on high grade coffee with tiered pricing in a local paper advertisement.
Roy Edwin Williamson son of Roscoe and Grace Williamson was born February 26 1908 in Sheridan Indiana and died May 28 1918 in Indianapolis at age 10 years 3 months 2 days. He joined the First Christian Church of Sheridan at age 9 and was baptized March 12 1917. He supported church work helped with war efforts and loved the flag. He lived with his grandfather and grandmother Tever after his mother's death and was cared for lovingly. He leaves a father grandparents uncles aunts and many cousins. The piece closing with religious reflections and family notes. Additional notices include a June 14 2:50 pm demonstration by Miss Helen Bosard on cold packed canning in the Library basement and several society and visiting notices expressed in a community newspaper style.
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