Local Notes Include Visits and Travel Plans
Local residents share visits across towns with Pierce Cautfman from Wa bash staying at Hiram Bayer and Monroe Paulus homes. Mrs Kreiter returns to Wabash to stay with her daughter this winter. Mr and Mrs I P Snyder and children were guests at the Dory Rather Lome in North Manchester. Readers advised to write to boys in camps overseas. Mrs Mary Rentz visits Goshen with her sister Niceodemus. Grandma Amiss returns from a week with the Amiss family. Mr and Mrs Samuel Smith plan Ohio visits for a couple of weeks. Jesse F Lynch handles live stock sales auctions. Ifred Horne and Disko phone call on business in Anderson. William Wiley leaves for South Bend to work in a Cable restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce Cautfman
Wabash
Hiram Bayer
Monroe Paulus
Kreiter
Embroidery and Reading Club Gatherings Reported
Friday afternoon embroidery club members were entertained at the Mrs J D Cline home. Monday night Victoria reading club members met at Mrs J W Ferrerda home. Friday evening S T club members were entertained at Miss Mable Haney home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Embroidery Club
Victoria Reading Club
S.T. Club
Recoverable Assets Set Against War Loans
The Outlook argues that recoverable or productive assets totaling 16 billion dollars support war loans of 24 billion dollars. Projected two year outlay to June 30, 1919 reaches about 36.6967 billion dollars, with assets including sums for Allied loans, ships, railways in France, warehouses, and other investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outlook
France
T. H. Price
Sir George Paish
London Statist
Influenza Rules From Red Cross Advisor for Lake Division
Dr. Wm F Lincoln of the American Red Cross Lake Division issues precautionary guidance for Ohio Indiana and Kentucky to curb influenza spread. Key points urge treating all colds as possible flu attacks staying home avoiding crowds sharing or spreading illness practicing nasal and throat care wearing masks and maintaining warm dry clothing with simple easily digested meals and ample water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. F Lincoln
Lake Division
American Red Cross
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Teachers Return Home From Extended School Closure
Miss Grace Small of Knightstown and Miss Dorothy Dando of Montpelier returned home Tuesday as local schools remain closed for an indefinite period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Small
Knightstown
Dorothy Dando
Montpelier
Christmas Gift Coupons for US Expeditionary Force
A message urges sending Christmas gifts to servicemen overseas. Each American expeditionary force member receives a gift coupon to attach to a package not exceeding 9 by 4 by 3 inches and three pounds. The coupon must be posted with the package by November 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sidney Teacher Miss Bertha Winterrowd Dies in Sidney
Sidney superintendent of schools Miss Bertha Winterrowd died about 8 o clock Wednesday morning from typhoid pneumonia after a brief illness of less than a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Winterrowd
Sidney
Jess
Figures Show What Your Dollars Will Do
An appeal outlines how a $100 Liberty Bond funds clothing and meals for a soldier, but notes it buys only 19 days of board and no weapons or gear, urging continued purchases of Fourth Liberty Bonds to support troops with ammunition, equipment, and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Plea by Gold Star Mother
Mrs. James C. Ely of Chicago appeals for support of the fourth Liberty Loan, citing a son’s wartime message that dying for country is an investment not a loss. She asks how monetary gifts can compare to the sacrifice of servicemen and urges readers to invest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Ely
Chicago
Every able bodied citizen should either be fighting for humanity
A concise call urging all capable people to dedicate effort to humanitarian work or active conflict for the greater good. The statement emphasizes universal duty to support human welfare through action, whether in service, defense, or advocacy.
Godmother to a Liberty Bond Appeal for Bond Campaign
A Marne front artillery commander writes of his Renault tank 65 644 that has fought three times and destroyed many guns. He asks for a godmother to name the tank and links the call to buying Liberty Bonds, urging support for the fourth Liberty bond drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne
Soldiers on Short Furlough From Local Unit
Gus Uilland and James Jantz arrived for a brief furlough with their party and wore army uniforms. They left for Urbana Illinois but due to crowded conditions at the school proceeded to Valparaiso. Del bert Kerlin and Gordon Gresso remained at Urbana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Uilland
James Jantz
Urbana
Illinois
Valparaiso
Delbert Kerlin
Gordon Gresso
Orbana
Lakeside Items Highlight Local Goings On
Merit Longbrake made a business trip to town Monday evening. Regenos family sickness noted as improving slowly. John Engle gathering onions with a fair crop. Galen Regenos visits Michigan near Niles. Clink and family visited Brownsburg at Mrs Clink’s sister. Wolfram family, A D Sands busy with clover seed. Artie Carr timely on mail run. Netzen seen on streets last week. Engte couple welcome a baby girl.
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Merit Longbrake
Bond as meal ticket for A Fighting Yank promotion
A wartime notice promotes Liberty Bond purchases likening them to a meal ticket for the A Fighting Yank and suggests luck will follow buyers all day amid the homefront morale push.
You lend as they fight and buy Liberty Bonds
A wartime appeal urges citizens to invest in Liberty Bonds, claiming true patriotism is shown by sacrificing savings. The speaker challenges Mr. Businessman to invest all he can, even after losing limbs in battle, framing financial support as a personal stake in liberty.
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Liberty Bonds
What Your Liberty Bond Buys and What It Funds
A wartime appeal explains how the Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan funds battleships cruisers and submarines needed for land sea air and undersea operations. It notes costs for ships and artillery and emphasizes that Liberty Loan subscribers help arm and feed soldiers, with figures for ships ammunition and staple supplies already spent.
Buy Bonds Today Wins at Early Sale Start
Early buyers rush to purchase bonds as the sale begins. The prompt urges action with phrases like Germany or U S A and stresses decisive participation on day one.
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Germany
Voyage from harbor to sea on an ocean going vessel
The narrator recalls boarding a crowded troop ship, sleeping in hammocks below deck, and watching American shores fade from view as the submarine bound voyage begins. He notes crowded quarters, meals, and a bustling harbor scene with tug boats and departing ropes, promising more installments.
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America
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Warsaw, Ind
Canling
Chas. A. Rigdon
Warsaw
J. R. Norman
Gough
Grand-Aid Co
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Rager & Jontz
National Medical Institute
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
I. P. Snyder
Maxine
James
North
Manchester
Dory Rather Lome
Mary Rentz
Goshen
Mrs. Niceodemus
Amiss
Charles Amiss
Samuel Smith
Jesse F. Lynch
Disko Phone
Ifred Horne
Anderson
Wiliam Wiley
South Bendl
The
Red Cross
Commercial State Bank
John E. Rowland
C. M. Regenos
John Engle
Galen Regenos
Michigan
Niles
Ed.Clink
Brownsburg
A.D. Sands
Artie Carr
Charles Netzen
John Engte
William Herschell
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