Local notes from Wabash area reflect visits and travel
Pierce Cauffman visited from Wabash with the Ruger and Monroe Paulus households. Mrs Kreiter left with him to stay with her daughter for the winter in Wabash. E P Snyder family and Maxine and James joined Dory Rather in North Manchester for a Sunday visit. Messages urge letters to boys in camps and overseas. Mary Raniz visiting Goshen. Grandma Amiss returned from Charles Amiss place. Mr and Mrs Samuel Smith plan Ohio trip for a couple of weeks. Jesse Lynch auctions livestock. Fred Horne and Disko phone on business in Anderson. William Wiley heads to South Bend to work in a Cable restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce Cauffman
Wabash
Illiam
E. P. Snyder
Maxine
James
North
Manchester
Dory. Rather
Ladies Club Meetings At Area Homes
Embroidery club members were entertained Friday afternoon at Mrs J D Cline's home. Victoria reading club met Monday night at Mrs J W Ferrerda's home. S T club members were entertained Friday evening at Miss Mable Haney's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Embroidery Club
Victoria Reading Club
S.T. Club
War Costs and Recoverable Assets in World War I
The Outlook argues recoverable or productive assets amount to 16 billion dollars against currently authorized war loans of 24 billion. Projected two year outlay to June 30, 1919 totals about 36.697 billion. Estimates by T. H. Price and Sir George Paish emphasize assets for allies, ships, railways, warehouses, grain, and other investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outlook
France
T. H. Price
Sir George Paish
London Statist
Godmother to a Liberty Bond
A Marne front artillery commander requests a godmother for his Renault tank No. 66,644 after three enemy breakthroughs and multiple destructions. He vows continued victory and asks for a name before baptism. The letter promotes becoming godmother to the fourth Liberty bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne
Influenza Prevention Rules Issued by Red Cross Advisor
Dr. William F. Lincoln of the Lake Division American Red Cross distributes precautionary influenza guidance covering Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. Rules emphasize treating colds as possible flu, staying home, avoiding crowds, maintaining hygiene, using nasal washes and gargles, wearing masks around patients, and keeping clothing warm and dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. F Lincoln
Lake Division
American Red Cross
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Teachers Return Home After School Closure
Miss Grace Small of Knightstown and Miss Dorothy Dando of Montpelier return home Tuesday as local schools close for an indefinite period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Small
Knightstown
Dorothy Dando
Montpelier
Christmas Gift Coupon Policy for American Expeditionary Force
A wartime notice explains that every American expeditionary force member may receive one Christmas package not larger than 9 by 4 by 8 inches and under three pounds. An official coupon, to be pasted on the package, will be issued to the member and sent by a friend or relative who is sending the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivery
America
Sidney Educator Miss Bertha Winterrowd Dies
Sidney Superintendent of Schools Miss Bertha Winterrowd died about 8 o clock Wednesday morning from typhoid pneumonia after an illness of less than a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Winterrowd
Sidney
Jess
Figures Show What Your Dollars Will Do for Liberty Bonds
A wartime explainer argues a single hundred dollar Liberty Bond funds only outfits and 19 days of board for a soldier, urging continued purchases of Fourth Liberty Bonds to feed clothe and arm troops. It details costs of shells and guns to show the scale of war needs and the shortfall of a single bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Plea by Gold Star Mother appeals for Liberty Loan
The Chicago Gold Star Mother Mrs James C Ely shares her son’s message that death for country is an investment not a loss urging support for the fourth Liberty loan. She asks if those with money can view sacrifice as too great a price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Ely
Chicago
Quote on civic duty echoes through public discourse
A proclamation urges every able bodied citizen to choose action that serves humanity whether in combat or in service. The statement emphasizes universal obligation to contribute to the common good.
Liberty Bond Slogan Notes War Effort
A wartime appeal urges citizens to buy Liberty Bonds as a “meal ticket” for a Fighting Yank. The slogans “YOU LEND AS THEY FIGHT” and “YOU’VE NOT BEEN HIT UNTIL YOU’VE LOST AN ARM OR A LEG” frame the drive to invest. Public figures and business leaders are urged to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Bonds
Soldiers on furlough visit from Urbana to Valparaiso
Home on short furlough Gusliff and James Joniz, who left last week for military training, spent a few hours with relatives in town before heading to Urbana Illinois. Because Urbana’s school was crowded they chose Valparaiso. Del bert Kerlin and Gordon Gresso remained at Orbana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gusliff
James Joniz
Urbana
Illinois
Valparaiso
Delbert Kerlin
Gordon Gresso
Orbana
Lakeside items cover local excursions and family news
Merit Longbrake made a business trip to town Monday evening. Regenas family reports illness with slow recovery. John Engle gathers onions and reports a fair crop. Golen Regenas, son of C. M. Regenas, visits Michigan near Niles. Clink family in Brownsbury visiting Mrs Clinks sister. Wolfram family also noted. Sickness widespread in the community. A.D. Sands busy hull ing clover seed and filling silver. Artie Carr reports mail service generally on time. Charles Netzen seen on streets last week. John and Mrs Ergle welcome a girl baby born locally.
Buy Your Bond Early Headline
Prompt urges action on bond purchase with a short call to sign up tomorrow. The brief uses terse, imperative phrasing to motivate immediate enrollment.
What Your Liberty Bond Buys for the Fighting Fourth
The article explains the costs behind the Fourth Liberty Loan. It lists prices for battleships and submarines, artillery and ammunition, and notes millions spent on staple army supplies. It emphasizes that every Liberty Loan subscriber helps arm and feed soldiers.
Buy Bonds Today as Sale Opens for Early Purchasers
The notice urges immediate action to purchase bonds on the opening day. It emphasizes early buyers can secure the “sins” and poses a choice between Germany or U. S. options, urging citizens to decide today and act at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
U. S
voyage aboard a crowded troop ship to sea
The narrator describes boarding a large troop ship in the forenoon and the busy, crowded conditions below deck. He notes meals, quarters, and the view of America fading as the vessel leaves harbor, with a promise of further installments.
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Reese
America
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Claypool, Ind
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Silver Lake
Ira Leckrone
Silver Lake, Ind
Jefferson St
E. A. Huff
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Warsaw, Ind
J. R. Norman
Gough
Grand-Aid Co
Wayne, Ind
Rager & Jontz
Triumph
National Medical Institute
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Mary Raniz
Goshen
Mrs. Niceodemus
Amiss
Charles Amiss
Mrs. Samuel Smith
Jesse F. Lynch
Disko Phone
Mrs. I'red Horne
Anderson
Wiliam Wiley
South Bendland
The
Red Cross
Liberty L
Commercial State Bank
John E. Rowland
Merit Longbrake
C. M. Regenas
John Engle
Golen Regenas
Michigan
Niles
Ed.Clink
Brownsbury
A.D. Sands
Artie Carr
Charles Netzen
John Ergle
Arras
William Herschell
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