War Council in Warsaw Inspires Patriotic Lectures
A large Warsaw gathering heard wartime talks at a court room and Methodist church session. Harriet Frazer led the women at the church meeting while Mrs Curtis Hodges of Indianapolis warned that food shortages threaten Allied victory and urged household substitutions and loyalty to government policy. Judge Royse stressed duties of young men with agricultural exemptions and warned exemptions may be revoked for shirkers.
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The
Methodist Church
Harriet
Frazer
Curtis Hodges
Indianapolis
Royse
Government Rural Edict Bans Sunday Grocery Sales
Officials order all restaurants to stop selling groceries on Sundays and to serve meals only. The directive aims to align business activities with new weekly rest rules.
Camp Shelby Visit Brings News Of Recovery
Mrs Albert Leffel near town learns from her brother Lloyd Yates at Camp Shelby Mississippi that he is a little improved after illness. He came home to Warsaw with a ten day furlough sick with a head gathering and later returned to hospital confinement losing hearing in one ear. Hope remains for a full recovery.
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Albert Leffel
Lloyd Yates
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
William Yates
Warsaw
Wedrick and Wedrick Horse and Mule Sale Planned
Wedrick and Wedrick announce a Tuesday sale at their town sale barn featuring horses and a team of mates. Wedrick junior was called to war and cannot attend, but the auction is expected to draw a large crowd as several match teams and other good horses are offered.
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Wedrick & Wedrick
Will Wedrick
Surprise birthday celebration at Noah Hamman home
Mr and Mrs Noah Hamman received a surprise birthday gathering at their northwest town home last Thursday. In the forenoon their sons Charles Mont and Clarence and families brought baskets and shared a lavish dinner. Mrs Hamman, in frail health, enjoyed the day with all her children at home and family notes she is improving slowly.
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Noah Hamman
Potato Skin Eating Declares Superior Taste
A columnist extols baking potatoes and savoring the skins as the ultimate snack, praising crisp texture and rich flavor. The note emphasizes simple comfort foods and timeless kitchen pleasure.
Pepper Used To Mark Soldiers In Slated Advancement
The report notes pepper is planned to be used to mark soldiers as they advance. It outlines the method and intent without graphic detail, focusing on the procedural use in the advancement plan.
Navy Enlistments From Silver Lake
Silver Lake boys W R Werrick and Ralph Hoffman have joined the U S Navy and report to duty in a detention camp near Chicago after leaving for Indianapolis. Both previously enlisted in December but were held at home until called due to crowded training stations.
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W.R. Werrick
Monroe Werrick
Indianapolis
Uncle Sam
Ralph Hoffman
Will
Ralph
Capitol City
Navy
Revival Opens at U B Church With Minister from Manchester
Revival services began Sunday at the U B church in this place and will continue for a couple of weeks. Rev. Stanley of North Manchester assists. attendance has been good.
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U. B
Stanley
Nrrth
Manchester
Rev J W Tilman Stricken By Serious Illness
Rev J W Tilman has been seriously ill at his North Manchester home for a week or more with lumbago that developed into rheumatism. He is well known in the area for serving as pastor of the M E church here eighteen years ago.
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J. W. Tilman
Manchester
Tilman
M. HE
Soldier Boys Over In France News From Camps Across Ocean
Two of Uncle Sam's boys send letters home from the front in France. Messages describe life in camps overseas and mid war experiences for readers in the old hometown.
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France
Uncle Sam
Deep Blue Sea
Silver Lake Soldier Writes From France January 1918
Wilbur Miller of Silver Lake, serving with American forces in France, sends warm greetings and describes springlike weather, January thaw, farmers plowing in winter, and local women gathering dandelions for meals. He notes a severe cold but remains hopeful and cheerful.
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Wilbur Miller
Silver Lake
France
Don Leonard Writes Home From France
Donald S. Leonard informs his mother that he is content and improving morale in France. He notes good health and being well fed while stationed with Bat. A. S. Field Artillery American Ex. Force, France, and asks her to reply at the given address.
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France
Donald S. Leonard
Bat. A. S. Field Artillery
Tipton Move Planned as Burdge Family Prepares
L M Burdge, home from Tipton Tove, has rented property in Tipton and arranges packing of household goods to move. They expect to be settled in their new quarters by the latter part of next week.
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L M. Burdge
Tipton
Draft Board Examines Registrants in Kosciusko County
The Kosciusko county draft board is in session examining registrants in class 1 at twenty five to thirty five per day. Those summoned must appear at the specified hour. failure may lead to postponement of the examination and placement into the class for immediate service.
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Kosciusko County
Plants Keepers Recover Greenery After Winter Visit
Last Saturday Mrs P B Hathaway from southeast of town visited our city and brought houseplants she kept indoors all winter. While most homes froze their plants early, hers remain green and healthy, suggesting luck in winter conditions.
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P. B. Hathaway
Families relocate amid neighborhood exchanges
Are On The Move. Robert Warren and family of Burket have moved onto the Joe Swihart farm northeast of Lawn. The H. A. Moyer and Manuel Shilling families swapped places Tuesday and are settling into their new homes.
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Robert Warren
Burket
Joe Swihart
Lawn
H. A. Moyer
Manuel Shilling
Henry Shepherd and Family Move to New Farm Property
Henry Shepherd and family relocate from the Swihart farm to a site near the Sherman Rittenhouse farm southeast of town. Mr. Shepherd will be employed by Charles Zimmerman this summer.
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Henry Shepherd
Swihart Farm
Sherman Rittenhouse
Shepherd
Charles Zimmerman
Training cantonments cost and contractor profits
The 16 cantonments built for training soldiers cost 134 million dollars with a net profit to contractors of 2.98 percent.
Lake Township Red Cross Ships 640 Items Since Fall
Report by Mrs. Daisy Cline shows Lake Township Red Cross shipments to headquarters from November 1917 to February 1918. Items include bath robes bed shirts shoulder wraps bed socks operating leggings pajamas baby blankets and related garments.
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Daisy Cline
Loggins
North Dakota teacher writes to Silver Lake high pupils
Artie Swihart, a Silver Lake graduate now teaching in Snow North Dakota, sends a letter describing his school fifty miles from Billings county, with sixteen pupils and varied backgrounds. He outlines pay scales, licensing grades, housing challenges, and local geography including buttes, bad lands, and prairie. He urges graduates to teach in North Dakota for experience and cost savings.
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Artie Swihart
North West
J. D. Lee Cline
Silver Lake High School
North Dakota
Cline
Silver Lake
Ind
Billings County
Public Sale Set by J A Ramsey West of Town
J A Ramsey announces a public sale next Wednesday at his west of town place featuring horses cattle hogs and various articles. Ramsey has sold the farm and plans to give possession March 1 then move to the Jacob Teeter place as the Teeter family relocates to the Hively residence and eventually to the Caldwell place near Claypool within about a week or ten days.
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Bills
Bence
J. A. Ramsey
Mr. Ramsey
Jacob Teeter
Mr. Teeter
Arthur Hively
Hively
William’ ‘Caldwell
Claypool
Scott goes to work for government as Panama book keeper
E. M. Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Scott, left Monday for New York to take the government examination for a book keeper position. If he passes the tests given Thursday, he will proceed to Panama to assume duties.
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E. M. Scott
A. J. Scott
Town
Panama
New York
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