Names and addresses of Silver Lake servicemen listed
A published list provides names and addresses of Silver Lake boys serving in the U S Army and related services. Entries include Guy H Aker at Camp Forrest Tennessee Ernest Arnold at Carp Vail New Jersey Ernest Beber at Panama Canal Zone and many others with units and posts such as Camp Shelby Hattiesburg Mississippi Camp Taylor Kentucky Fort Snelling Minnesota Fort Meade Maryland and Great Lakes Illinois. The notice invites corrections and omissions and asks readers to report any errors or new addresses to the office.
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Silver Lake
Uncle Sam
Aker
Guy H
Camp Forrest
Chattanooga
Tenn
Arnold
Ernest
Carp Vail
New Jersey
Beber
Canal Zone
Panama
Bishop
John M
New York
Cook
Ord
J. Watson
Ordnance Supply School
Camp Meade
Maryland
Local Social Roundup From Warsaw and Nearby Towns
Ennis Normans visits at the Linton home near Warsaw. Kendallville visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Keith Yotter and son James, and Mrs. George Summe. Several Warsaw residents host or visit kin, with exchanges at Rittenhouse, Leckrone, and Shoemaker homes. Also noted are auctioneering, shipping household goods to Montpelier, and local family gatherings.
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Keith Yotter
James
Kendallville
Yotter
Jonitz
Summer Humes
George Summe
S. L. Spitzer
Warsaw
Voters urged to register in Kosciusko County
Election commissioners Aaron A. Rasor Carl Kratzasch and John A. Sloane warn unregistered voters in Kosciusko County that time is running out to register for the fall election. Supplies of registration blanks are available outside Warsaw through notaries. all forms go to the Warsaw Registration Board.
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Kosciusko
Warsaw
Notary
Boardh
Registration Board
Aaron A. Rasor
Carl Kratzasch
John A. Sloane
Miss Anna Shepherd Attends State S S Convention
Miss Anna Shepherd, delegate from the M. B. Sunday school, traveled to South Bend on Tuesday to participate in the State convention of the S. S. movement.
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Anna Shepherd
South Bend
M. B
Onion King Fred McKown Buys Patch In Lake Township
Fred McKown dubbed onion king of Lake township expects a strong fall harvest if weather cooperates. He owns Kerlin Brothers patch with more onions than any local party and employs 15 weeders who may aid others. He plans to supply the government with 50 cars of onions this fall and invites anyone with onions to sell.
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Fred McKown
Lake Township
Kerlin Bro
North Manchester Woman Hospitalized After Typhoid Threat
Miss Vera Gresso of North Manchester was taken to Huntington hospital last Friday after a typhoid fever scare. At latest report the fever was thought checked.
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Vera Gresso
North
Manchester
Huntington Hospital
Relapse Keeps Wilbur Lowman Bedridden in Warsaw
Quite Bad Sick Wilbur Lowman of Warsaw, son of Mrs Lowman, has been ill for eight weeks and recently relapsed. He was briefly out on Sunday but grew worse Monday morning and remains confined to bed.
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Wilbur Lowman
Warsaw
Victoria reading club meeting held at Homman home
Entertained members of the Victoria reading club during a Monday night gathering at Mrs. D F Homman home.
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Victoria Reading Club
D. F. Homman
Baby Girl Helen Jaine Born to Texas Couple Hill
Mr and Mrs Cecil Hill of Texas are proud parents of a baby girl named Helen Jaine born since the first of June. The Hill family includes Mr Hill's parents Elsworth and wife of Stratford Texas formerly living south of this place.
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Cecil Hill
Texas
Helen Jaine
Hill
Elsworth Hill
Stratford
Embroidery Club Entertainment by Mrs Mabel Summe
Last Friday afternoon the embroidery club was entertained by Mrs Mabel Summe.
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Embroidery Club
Mabel Summe
Warning about impostors posing as tax officers
The Bureau warns taxpayers to beware of individuals selling a farmer's account book under the guise of a war income tax agent. Only authorized Treasury officers may handle income tax inquiries. Impersonation carries up to a $1000 fine and up to three years imprisonment, with vigorous prosecutions planned. Peter J. Kruger, Collector.
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Treasury Department
Peter J. Kruger
Lake Side Items From The Corn Fields And Local Visits
Busy farmers toil in corn fields while local residents Henry Correll and B F Hill are noted for street and trips to North Manchester. Families Regenos Parker and Clink visited over the weekend. Rev Richhart preached at Center and Children’s Day exercises are planned. A note mentions Fred Moore registered in Seward township a year ago. Wag cassed to the front some time ago stationed at Camp Ebeling.
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Fred Moore
Seward Township
Prevent Appendicitis With Buckthorn Bark Remedy
Silver Lake readers are advised to use a mix including buckthorn bark glycerine and Adler i ka to flush the bowel and prevent appendicitis. One spoonful of Adler i ka is said to relieve sour stomach gas or constipation by removing foul matter that clogs and poisons the system.
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Silver Lake
J. R
Silver Lake Girl Weds Chalmer Detterman in Silver Lake
Pauline Detterman and Chalmer Detterman of Claypool united in marriage at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Getty with Rev J F Blocker officiating. Attending were Mr and Mrs Lewis Detterman of Claypool Mrs EB Kohl of Chillicothe Ohio Mrs C E Henninger of Indianapolis and Mrs Blocker and son Carl. After the ceremony the couple left for Indianapolis to begin their life together.
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Frank Getty
Pauline
Chalmer Detterman
Claypool
J. F. Blocker
M. E
Lewis Detterman
EB. J. Kohl
Chillicothe
Ohio
C. E. Henninger
Indianapolis
Blocker
Carl
Threshers and Farmers Meet At Warsaw County Hall
The Kosciusko County Threshersmen Association will hold a session at Warsaw city hall on Saturday at 1 o clock. The meeting aims to boost threshing efficiency and farmer cooperation with the federal food administration urging all farmers to attend and participate in discussions led by James R. Frazer, Federal Food Administrator for Kosciusko County.
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Kosciusko” County Thershermen’s Association
Warsaw
Federal Food Administration
James R. Frazer
Ford
Kosciusko County
Fordson Tractors Ordered for Indiana War Effort
Indiana receives one thousand Fordson tractors from Henry Ford & Son to be delivered at seven per day. Governor Goodrich and the State Council of Defense support the move as a wartime food production measure. S. B. Whittenberger of Claypool to distribute seven tractors locally and expects his allotment soon.
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Indiana
Henry Ford & Son
Dearborn
Michigan
James P. Goodrich
State Council of Defense
Ford
Committee of Food Production
S. B. Whittenberger
Claypool
Whittenberger
Owensboro man visiting local home of Miss Bernice Maggert
Kenneth Morrison of Owensboro Kentucky spent several days recently as a guest at the home of Miss Bernice Maggert in this place.
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Kenneth Morrison
Owensboro
Kentucky
Bernice Maggert
Edward Hay Attends Chicago Commencement
Edward Hay returns to Chicago Tuesday to take part in his class commencement exercises. Miss Angela Tyler, visiting the Hay residence for a week, accompanies him back to the city.
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Edward Hay
Chicago
Angela Tyler
Hay
Federal Food Administrator urges three meals a day
James R. Frazer, Federal Food Administrator for Kosciusko County, urges citizens to confine meals to breakfast, dinner, and supper and discourages evening entertainments with refreshments.
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Federal Food Administration
Magazine Subscription Savings Offer
An authorized subscription agency invites readers to send subscriptions for any magazine to save money. They offer money saving magazine clubs and catalogs upon request.
Grocers pledge sugar free sales in Indiana county
OFFICIAL FGGD NEWS reports Park County grocers join the Food administration in a pact to buy no candy with sugar and to stop selling after current stock. The American Hay Company of Goshen, contracted to sell hay in South Carolina at 26 per ton, failed to fulfill contracts over eight months, raising prices by eight dollars and losing its federal license to operate for six months.
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Park County
The
Food Administration
American Hay Company of
Goshen
South Carolina
Food official seizes ice business to enforce price
Food Administrator A F Helm kamp of Clark County took over the ice manufacturing enterprise from Timo thy Asberry after he refused to serve a sweltering public at 50 cents per 100 pounds. Dr Harry E Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana, commended the action and said Asberry must conform to the price or quit.
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A. F. Helmkamp
Clark County
Timothy Asberry
Harry E. Barnard
Indiana
Asberry
Lincoln Way Brass Foundry Faces Wheat Flour Shortage
The Lincoln Way Brass Foundry Company of South Bend must find a substitute for the edible wheat flour it holds for government war contracts or surrender the contracts. Food comes before brass, Dr. Barnard says.
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Lincoln Way Brass Foundry Company
South Bend
Barnard
Wheat conservation urged after Washington conference
Dr Barnard signals strict wheat conservation after a conference with federal food administrators in Washington. Herbert Hoover urges patriotic citizens to store up the harvest to tide the world over lean periods that will follow.
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Barnard
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Poultry and Egg Dealers Urged to Obtain Federal Licenses
Dealers including grocers and egg buyers must secure federal licenses or quit business per the president's May 14 proclamation. Selling bad eggs may trigger license suspension and violates state pure food laws, a dangerous offense.
Inspectors to Check Grain Scales Before Wheat Harvest
State inspector directs weights and measures officials to examine all grain scales prior to the wheat harvest to ensure fair dealing for producers and buyers. The order comes from the office of the state inspector under the federal food administrator for Indiana.
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Federal
Indiana
Food Administration Cuts Wheat Mill Feed Prices
The Food Administration orders lower wheat mill feed prices while noting demand remains high for grain products. It urges broader use of coarse grain by products and explains that price changes are tied to wheat costs. Bulk carload rates at mills set new differentials for bran, flour middlings, red dog, mixed wheat feeds, shorts, and middlings.
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Food Administration
Proclamation licenses farm implement trade during 1918
By presidential proclamation dated May 14 1918 the farm implement trades must obtain a license. Retailers under 100000 dollars annual business exempt. license due by June 20 1918 through the Law Department License Division U S Food Administration Washington D C. Prohibited practices include price gouging supply restraint unjust profits and monopolistic attempts with inspections authorized.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Law Department
U. S. Food Administration
Washington, D. C
Bliss Native Herb Tablets Sale Notice
For residents of Silver Lake and surrounding areas to try Bliss Native Herb Tablets. Claimed to aid rheumatism indigestion and kidney derangements. Tabs available at Record Office in Silver Lake. 200 doses for $1. James Meloy.
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Silver
Lake
Bliss
Silver Lake
James Meloy
Reclassification Ordered as Class 1 Draft Shrinks Local Pool
Kosciusko county expects a sizable shift as new 21 year old registrants are classified. After June calls only about 100 Class 1 men remain, a number likely to more than double. Reclassification may move deferments into Class 1 and trigger military calls, with married men and others reassigned under new Provost Marshal rules as work or fight policies steer labor to essential industries.
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Kosciusko County
Cr Wder
United States
Indiana
Koseiushi
Leffel Funeral Attended by Local Residents in North Manchester
Several locals joined in a Friday afternoon funeral procession to Ezra Leffel in North Manchester. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Joshu a Weffel, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Raver, Mrs. John Bitton, H. G., T. A., C. R., and Russell Jontz.
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Manchester
Ezra Leffel
Joshsua Weffel
H. P. Raver
John Bitton
H.G
T. A
C. R. and
Russel Jontz
Broken Leg News From Harlan Child Injury
Two year old Zelena Abshire of Harlan Michigan suffered a broken leg when a motorcycle fell on him. He is the grandson of Frank Correll who once lived near Disko.
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Zelena Abshire
Harlan, Mich
Frank Correll
Lved
Disko
Roches ter native becomes Army motor truck mechanic
Is Now a Mechanic For U S Howard Judd formerly of Rochester is now a mechanic with a motor truck division in the army. He accompanies trucks to France where he assists in assembling them. He is the son of Thomas Judd and brother of John Judd born and raised on the farm north of town.
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Howard Judd
Rochester
Army
Rochester Sentinel
Howard
Thomas Judd
Jobn
Judd
Akron News
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U.S
Craig
Robert R
139Th Field Artillery
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg
Mississippi
Chester A
U. S
Inspr
Premier Motor Corp
Ind
Carr
Orval G
Red Co A
Fort Snelling
Minn
Herendeen
Edward— Holle
John
F. A
Hoffman
Ralph
Great Lakes
Illinois
Henderson
Floyd O
Leckron
Camp Sherman
M.R.O
Fort Riley
Kansas
Summe
150Th Division
France
Omer
137Th
Field
Howard—Co. K
East Potomac Park
Wash
D. O. Snyder
Paul
Teeter
Clem L. V
Dixie
Underhill
Deverlie
137Th Field Artillery
Miss
Zobrosky
Lawrence O
Stockade Prison Guard
Ennis Normans
Linton
Mrs. W.I. Kern
Gertrude Fields
Sherman Rittenhouse
Mrs. Rittenhouse
Elmer Laughman
Shoemaker
Barket Sunday
Earl Haney
Miss Audrey
Montpelier
Jack Burt
Hiram Haney
Haney
Audrey
Jesse F. Lynch
Roy Kreamer
A. J. Kreamer
Monroe Paulus
Mra
Claire Paulus
Mra. Kreiter
Ezra Beigh
Pierceton
S. S. Convention
Henry Correll
B. F. Hill
M. Regenos
Elsie Parker
Clink
Richhart
Fordson Tractors
Agency
FGGD
Leffel
Benjamin Franklins
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