Mrs Nellie Townsend Dies Suddenly in California
News reached relatives here of the sudden death of Mrs Nellie Townsend in Los Angeles California on Wednesday at age twenty eight. She is survived by husband a daughter her mother a brother and two sisters with many other relatives. The body will be sent to Etna Green Indiana for burial where funeral arrangements were made with the husband and daughter unable to accompany the remains. Townsend was a nephew of Mrs Manda Rhoades of this place.
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Nellie Townsend
Los Angeles
Cal
Townsend
Manda Rhoades
Walther Injuries From Log Incident Leave Man Housebound
Glen Walther of the southeast of town was hurt while hauling logs when a large log rolled onto his left foot. The great toe and second toe were mashed, causing him to spend most of his time at home with much pain and limited mobility.
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Glen Walther
Mr. Walther
Two Boys Return Home From Army Discharge
Two Silver Lake youths Ralph Kreamer and Orval Carr arrived home Monday night after receiving honorable discharges from Uncle Sam. They were drafted the same day, spent months in camps including Camp Devins in Massachusetts, then Camp Taylor in Kentucky before returning home to start civilian life.
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Ralph Kreamer
Orval Carr
Silver Lake
Uncle Sam
Devins
Mass
Camp Taylor
Bryant Property Sold to Local Visitor
Rev. J. T. Keesey of Madison county visited Kokomo last week to attend to matters and purchase the Bryant property in the northeast section of town. The family will occupy the house.
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J. T. Keesey
Madison County
Yuear Kokomo
Bryant
Aily
U. B. Church
Keesey
Solomon Leckrone
New Church For Pierceton Delayed Yet to Be Dedicated
Last fall work began on a new Methodist church at Pierceton and winter halted progress. The $25,000 edifice is to be dedicated next July and will serve about eight hundred people.
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Pierceton
Brethren Church Conference Set at Winona Lake in June
The annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren will be held at Winona Lake from Wednesday, June 4 to Friday, June 13. It is one of the largest gatherings in the United States, with about forty thousand attending a former session. The event is expected to attract even more participants this year.
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Church ‘of the Brethren
Winona Lake
United States
Women Win Right to Vote for President Electors in Indiana
The Indiana state senate in Indianapolis approved the Johnson bill by 43 to 3, granting women the right to vote for presidential electors. The measure has passed the house and proceeds to the governor for signature.
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State Senate
Indianapolis
Johnson
Indiana
House
Flu outbreak hits several households in southeast area
Plentiful cases of flu crop up in neighborhoods southeast south and southwest of town with entire households struck at once. The Olinger family near town experiences multiple illness and Mrs Olinger remains in precarious condition after over a week of sickness.
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Chester Olinger
Mra. Olinger
Worden Smith Family To Move Into L W Myers Residence
Worden Smith and family plan to relocate to town soon and will take rooms in the L. W. Myers residence. Worden has been living on his father’s farm west of here, but the property is sold and they must vacate by March 1.
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L. W. Myers
Worden
Here
Archie Lowman Takes Factory Job in Mishawaka
Archie Lowman, who recently moved to Mishawaka, has accepted a position at a local factory after arriving there a couple of weeks ago.
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Archie Lowman
Mishawaka
Son at Camp McClellan Said Very Sick
Mr and Mrs Fred Walters of the east of town received a telegram Monday reporting their son Ford at Camp McClellan Alabama is quite ill in hospital suspected pneumonia They also have another son Harry stationed at the same camp awaiting further word
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Fred Walters
Ford
Camp McClellan
Alabama
Harry
Memorial Services at M.B.E Church Next Sunday
Preaching services will be held at the M B E church in this place next Sunday morning after Sunday School. An evening service will include a memorial address on Theodore Roosevelt titled Theodoro Roosevelt as a past master in leadership by Rev. Blocker urging a large turnout.
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M. BE
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Rooosevelt
Blocker
Homeward hope as troops sail for United States
In letters from Unig Oldfather overseas relatives learn his unit is billed to sail January 30 and may land mid February with discharge possible a month later. He notes French towns lag behind and recalls a man drumlining streets while pew reading to the crowd.
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Unig
United States
Union
France
Married Monday union at Warsaw parsonage
Lewellyn Harkness and Senia W Wiley Colbert were married Monday at the Methodist parsonage in Warsaw by Rev Naftzger. The groom, a Whites Institute superintendent from Wabash County, and the bride widow of James W Colbert, reside in Silver Lake area with her parents on South Jefferson Street. The couple's future home will be in Silver Lake.
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Warsaw
Naftzger
Lewellyn Harknesss
Senia W. Colbert
Wabash County
Whites Institute
Wabash
William Wiley
South Jefferson Street
James W. Colbert
Colorado
Nurse Belva Snyder Arrives to Assist at Moore Home
Miss Belva Snyder daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Snyder arrived from Indianapolis and is a trained nurse. Dr Leckrone took her to the Moore home near Yellow Creek Lake to care for a patient.
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Belva Snyder
Charles Snyder
Indianapolis
Leckrone
Moore Home
Yellow Creek Lake
McGlennen to Open Bakery in North Manchester
M. McGlennen of South Whitley, previously headed to Minneapolis, has decided to open a bakery in the west side of North Manchester. He previously operated a bake shop in North Manchester for many years.
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M. McGlennen
South Whitley
Minneapolis
North Manchester
Mr. McGlennen
Five Month Trip By Mrs Groninger In Town Visit
Mrs Groninger of the southeast of town traveled to town on Thursday afternoon with her husband and sister Mrs Horne. They spent a few hours at the Amiss home. Mrs Groninger had an operation last September and this was her first trip to town in five months.
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B . Groninger
Fred Horne
J. M. Amiss
Groninger
Workmen Engage in Interior Work at Odd Fellows Lodge
Workmen have been engaged this week at the Odd Fellows lodge hall for interior decorating. Several other improvements are planned for the historic building.
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Odd Fellows Lodge
Cardinal Gibbons Endorses Near East Relief Drive
Cardinal Gibbons urges Christian support for Armenian and Syrian relief. The American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief plans a January appeal to raise a large sum to aid starving peoples in the Near East and hopes existing donors continue their generosity amid wartime tragedy.
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America
Cardinal Gibbons
Near East
American Committee For
Cardianl Gibbons
Armenian Relief Plea Cited From British Blue Book Testimony
Miss M. Swiss resident of Turkey testifies to brutal Armenian dispossession and massacres. She describes exiles in Baghtche i Osmania plain, a camp attack, wounded bodies, blood loss, and need for aid. She notes Armenians historically valiant but overwhelmed, pleading for American relief as population declined from 21 million to 4 million.
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Miss M
Turkey
Baghtchei Osmania
Survivors of Mousa Dagh Described Siege and Rescue
A refugee narrative recounts Armenian defense of Mousa Dagh in the Vilayet of Aleppo against Ottoman forces. Surrounded by 15,000 troops, the defenders used boulders from the mountains to thwart attacks and endured a long siege. A French battleship and cruisers rescued survivors who later reached Port Said. The story links to a $30 million American relief fund announced for January.
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Jibal Mousa
Aleppo
Stephen Trowbridge
American
Red Cross
Cairo
Egypt
Mousa Dagh
Port Said
United.States
Residing With Daughter After Move
Mr and Mrs T B Evans move portion of household into daughter Mrs S F McKrill and family and will stay for a couple of months due to Mrs Evans poor health for about a year.
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T. B. Evans
S. F. “‘Mckrill
County Education Board Meets in Warsaw Court House
The county board of education consisting of township trustees held its regular monthly meeting in Warsaw Court House. This was the second meeting attended by the newly elected trustees.
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County Board of Education
Court House
Warsaw
Mrs Hamman Breaks Arm in Fall on North Jefferson Street
Mrs. Andrew Hamman sustained a fracture to the left arm above the wrist after a fall at home on North Jefferson street last Friday night. A physician reduced the fracture and she was made comfortable. latest report notes she is progressing as well as could be expected.
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Andrew Homman
North
Jefferson Street
Hamman
Heart Trouble Strikes Hiram Rager Dealer Rebounds
Hiram Rager suffered a heart attack Thursday afternoon and was reported in bad condition. By Friday morning he had recovered sufficiently to return to his store.
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Hiram Rager
Revival at M. E. Church Ends For Indefinite Period
The revival meeting that began Monday at the M. E. church closed Tuesday evening for an indefinite period, leaving attendees uncertain about resumption and future plans.
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M. E. Church
Zimmerman to Move After Public Sale at Farm
Albert Zimmerman announces a public sale at his farm southwest of town on Wednesday of next week and plans to move to Chicago soon after. He has rented the farm to Charlies Fienar, who will take possession March 1.
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Albert Zimmerman
Chicago
Mr. Zimmerman
Charlies. Fienar
Public sale movers relocate to Warsaw couple to make county seat home
Mr and Mrs John Tucker moved to Warsaw after a public sale held at their place southeast of town on Wednesday of last week and plan to make the county seat their future home.
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John Tucker
Warsaw
Devon Getty Released From Camp Knox Hospital Quarantine
Devon Getty stationed at Camp Knox Kentucky has been released from hospital after a scarlet fever quarantine. He is expected to be discharged from government service soon.
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Devon Getty
Camp Knox
Kosciusko County High School Oratorical Contest Friday Night
Arrangements are set for the Kosciusko County high school oratorical contest to be held in Warsaw on Saturday February 8. Schools Warsaw Market Claypool Milford Etton Green Silver Lake and North Webster will each be represented by one speaker chosen locally. Miss Hazel Deaton of Silver Lake chairs the town contest and the program begins at 7 30 p m in the Warsaw high school auditorium.
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Kosciusko
Warsaw
Warsaw Barket
Claypool
Milford
Eton Green
Silver Lake
North “Webster
Hazel Deaton
Ehair
Silver
Lake School
Letter from Harry Shepherd Describes Army Move to Stenay and Morbach
Harry Shepherd with the American Army writes from Morbach after moving from Andelot to Stenay and through Belgium Luxembourg into Germany. He notes a long wagon-train journey, cold nights, Christmas at a small town, a Christmas box arrival, and hopes to be home by July 4. He mentions family back home and a desire to write more.
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Andelot
France
Stenay
Rom
Belgium
Luxenburg
Germany
Morbach
New Local Freight Schedule Rolls Out Across the Big Four
The Big Four adopts a new local freight plan limiting service to one trip per day, alternating directions. A northbound local leaves Wabash each Monday with the return trip the next day, shifting crews through Sundhy and affecting weekly operations.
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Wabash
Sundhy
Walburn Buys Niles Cement Block, Takes Possession
From a Niles Michigan clipping we learn P E Walburn son of Mr and Mrs J W Walburn of this place manager of the Great Atlantic Tea and Coffee Co store in Niles purchased a cement block business building there and has taken possession of the premises.
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Niles
Michigan
P. E. Walburn
J. W. Walburn
Great Atlantic Tea and Coffee.Co’s
Revenue Collector Warns On Auto Business Tax
Statewide notice from the collector of internal revenues warns drivers engaged in commercial work to pay eight percent of monthly earnings to the government. The message urges compliance and cites heavy fines for nonpayment, aiming to inform the public across towns.
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Indi
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California
Frank Townsend
Bryant Property
Union Oldfather
Lewellyn Harkness
Senia
Wiley
Colbert Oc
the Methodist
Rev. Keesey
Manchester
Cardinal Gibbons’ Indorsement
Isheer
Janissaries
Arto
Mrs
Harry Shepherd
Accross Seas
Miss Zeta Yotter
Niles Property
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