Busy Spring On Local Farming Families
Farmers are busy with spring work as residents report activity on streets Tuesday evening. Merit and Mr Longbrake made a business trip to Warsaw. Charles Netzen from west of Silver Lake appeared with a new Ford. Mrs Clink is ill and Herbert Price worked for Mrs Clink Tuesday. Reverend Richhart and family visited the Clink home after services. C M Regenos Seward township assessor was in the vicinity Tuesday morning to invoice personal property. George Hall was seen en route to the A J Sto home with his dog nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Merit Longbrake
Warsaw
Charles Netzen
Silver Lake
C. M. Regenos
Seward Township
Prises
Saving for the War Effort with a Winifit Stamp
A reader is urged to devote 25 cents to purchase a Winifit stamp to support wartime conservation of red meats and fund government endeavors. The message frames the stamp as a patriotically beneficial activity.
Names and addresses of Silver Lake service members
List of local youths serving in the U S Army Navy and other forces with their units and current postings across camps hospitals and overseas locations including Camp Shelby Camp Meade Fort Riley Great Lakes New York and France. The notice invites corrections for omitted names or incorrect addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Lake
Uncle Sam
Craig
Robert R
139Th Field Artillery
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg
Mississippi
Chester A
D. Sixth
N. W
Washington
D.C
Holle
John
F. A
Hoffman
Ralph—Co
Camp Paul Jones
Great Lakes
Linoia
Henderson
Fioyd C
127Th U.S. Inst
New York
Smith
Orville
Camp Stuart
New Port
Newer
Virginia
Stout
Capt
Walter
Fort Riley
Kansas
Summe
150Th Division
France
Omer
187Th Regt
Field Artillery
Teeter
Olem L. V
U. S
Dixie
Oave
Underhill, Deverlle
137Th Field Artillery
Miss
Zobrosky
Lawrence
Stockade
Shelby
Liberty Bonds Hit the Hun Say Major General Barry
Major General Thomas H. Barry urges Americans to invest in Liberty bonds to fund the war effort. He frames bonds as the fund line that can defeat the last Hun and warns that failure to subscribe may lead to an indemnity fund after defeat. He calls for individuals and groups to form Hitting the Hun clubs and buy bonds now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry
Thomas H. Barry
Camp Grant
Rockford, IH
United States
Europe
Boy Scout Company
Put Money Into the Land
The piece extols American prosperity from farming to industry and urges investing in Liberty bonds to support the nation during a looming crisis. It argues money invested at home strengthens the country’s future and calls for wartime bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Be a Bond Salesman for Uncle Sam
A wartime appeal urges citizens to buy government bonds and then recruit neighbors to do the same. It links bond purchases to supporting troops and contrasts Allied and Russian outcomes, urging collective effort to prevent German gains and strengthen the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Russia
Germany
United States
Farner and Liberty Loan Push for Hired Men Support
Intelligent farmers know a hired man works better when fed housed and clad. Uncle Sam has about 1 060 000 hired men in hazardous work and cannot feed clothe or house them without funds. The purchase of Liberty bonds provides money to finance this task and care for the men in the trenches. Give the boys the best we can afford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Sam
Bonds Are Police Protection and Public Safety Values
Fragmentary note discusses bonds as a means of funding police protection and public safety efforts. It references community values and the perceived role of government in maintaining security. The text hints at civic approval but provides no specific figures or dates.
Local notes from Monticello and surrounding towns
Community gossipy items list visits by Anna Funk Ezra Wank and others to relatives in North Manchester Goshen and South Bend. Several relatives travel to Peru and Van Wert. Ads invite subscriptions and self threading needles. A wheatless diet appeal references Hoover era wartime rationing.
Social visits and local residents note weekend travel
Charles Shipley and wife of Horthi ee west of Claypool were Saturday guests. Archie Lowman confined to home with rheumatism. Will Harter spent Sunday in Warsaw with relatives. J C Craig visiting Oival and family near Manpelier Onto. Emma Wedrick to renew subscriptions. Ed Wiley of Bourbon visited William Willey. Esta Gresso and family visited the Grease home in North Manchester Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shipley
Horthiee
Claypool
Paulus
Ed Wiley
Bourbon
William Willey
Esta Gresso
Cliie
Wilygerda Kissinger
Satuurl
Manchester
Sanday
Notice to Heirs Creditors in Wiltrout Estate
In Kosciusko Circuit Court April Term 1918 William H Kern as Administrator filed final settlement for the estate of Charles E Wiltrout deceased. The court will examine the account and vouchers on May 6 1918 in Warsaw Indiana. Heirs creditors and legatees must appear and show cause why the account should not be approved. Dated April 2 1918. Aaron A Rasor Clerk. By Geo T Obern Deputy. Eschbach Sloane Attys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Kern
Charles E. Wiltrout
Warsaw
Indiana
Aaron A. Rasor
Kosciusko Circuit Court
Geo. T. Obern
Eschbacb
Sloane
Attys
Ownership and management of Silver Lake Record 1918
Statement of ownership and management for the Silver Lake Record a weekly paper in Silver Lake Indiana dated April 1 1918 lists publisher and editor as Chas C Hanson both of Silver Lake and managing editor and business manager as Geo A Brush also of Silver Lake. Owners are Geo A Brush and Chas C Hanson. Bondholders none notarized March 30 1918 by Charles Raber notary public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Silver Lake Record
Silver Lake
Ind
Chas. C. Hanson
Geo. A. Brush
Geo A. Brush
Charles Raber
Yellow Creek Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ba Clink
Herbert Price
Bu Clink
Mr. Clink
R.chhart
Clink
George Hall
A.J. Sto
U.S
Bishon
John M
Co. F
Leonard
Donald
17Th. Field Artillery
Leckron
Oscar W
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans
Sergi
Robert
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Says
Bridge
Monticello
Anna Funk
Ezra
John Cass
Everett Jontz
Mrs. Jontz
Mrs.Wyncoup
W. W. Hamman
R.M. Frye
South Bend
Chester Joinz
Oliver Typewriter
Edna Harter
Bashore
Town
T S Keller
Bloomingdale
BE. J. Gemmer
Jack Burt
Goshen
Noah Hamman
Dando
Montpelier
Dorothy Dando
C. B. Gresso
North Manchester
J. W. Ferrerda
R. E. Hanes
H. P. Rager
Peru
Elizabeth Whittenberger
Pearson
Neva Hamman
Freda Tucker
Chicago
Orpa Lowman
Motter
Rucord
J. W. Walburn
Percy Walburn
Io Picardy
L .K
Dethysbury
Archie Lowman
Rheum
Wism Hevis
Will Harter
J.C. Craig
Sor Oival
Ab Manpelier
Brush & Hanson
Misa Emma
Wedrick
Kosciusko
Bourbon Silo CQ
Bourbon, Ind
W. W. Hall
Kociusko County
Wabash, Fulton and
Whitley Counties
Dad
Hall
Parker Brothers
Regenos & Gressnickel
W. H. Kern
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