The Light That Failed and War Time Reflections
A long meditation on leadership and public virtue cites Jefferson Washington and Lincoln to argue for a coordinating war agency. It rebukes La Follette for political expediency, praises past great statesmen, and urges action over opinion in the wartime effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Fletcher
Senate Commerce Committee
Wilson
Hurley
Shipping Board
Hog Island
George J. Baldwin
American International Corporation
Baldwin
Priorities Board
War Industries Board
Senate Committee
White House
Washington
Fletcher
George Creel
War
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Lincoln
New Orleans
Abraham Lincoln
la Follette
Ln Follette
Jefferson
Wisconsin
United States
Lette
Wisconsin State Journal
la Fe
Chicago Tribunc
War cries and Liberty Bonds in Indiana Daily Times column
The Indiana Daily Times urges support for liberty bonds as the Kaiser threat looms and warns that civilization could fall if victory is not secured. A partisan squabble over a Will Hays likeness in the Columbus Republican paper is condemned as dirty politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Kaiser
Sullivan County
Indiana Daily Times
Columbus Republican
Times
Will H. Hays
the Times
Columbus
Republican
Times portrait of Hays sparks Democratic ire in Indiana
In a Clinton Clintonian letter the writer denounces a Times photograph of Hays as a libelous caricature. He accuses the Times of dirty tactics and urges Indiana Democrats to demand the paper "come clean" and stop the supposed smear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Times
Hays
Columbus Republican
Indiana
Clinton Clintonian
Roosevelt Keynote Urges Preparedness for World Peace
Col Theodore Roosevelt spoke at the Maine Republican state convention in Portland urging a policy of permanent preparedness after victory. He attacked mismanagement in Washington, praised Republican Congress, and warned against German Americanism and pacifists while calling for universal military training and rapid shipbuilding. He also criticized George Creel and defended wartime service by soldiers and Y M C A workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Theodore Roosevelt
Portland
Maine
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
United States
America
Republican Party
Senate
Dellay
Russian Commonwealth
President urged to curb Creel to gain public support
A historical note claims the president should silence George Creel to secure continued popular endorsement. The statement frames Creel as a obstacle to sustained public enthusiasm for the administration.
Notice of Primary Election in Sullivan County 1918
Primary election set for Tuesday May 7 1918 from 6 a m to 6 p m in Sullivan County to nominate Democratic and Republican candidates for numerous county offices and state and federal posts. The notice lists candidate names addresses and party affiliations across districts and townships with a first insertion noting Lt. Captain Paul Higbee of Camp Zachary Taylor returning from furlough.
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John
Taylor
Sullivan County
Curry Township
Shelburn
Fort Harrison
Omaha
Neb
Fort Cook
Fort Omaha
John Taylor
Congress
Fred F. Bays
Sullivan William A. Cullop
Vincennes
William L. Slinkard
Bloomfield
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
William H. Bridwell
Sullivan
Arthur E. Debaun
Orson B. Harris
Fourteenth
Judicial Circuit
Guy M. Kinman
John S. Taylor
Charles W. Welman
James J. Durham
Mercm
James H. Humphreys
Linton
Milton P. Tolliver
General Assembly
Owen
Greene
George R. Griffin
Spencer James A. Laymon
Spencer Jay E. Root
Spencer
Kor
David N. Curry
Carlisle
Archie Forbes
William M. Billman
James G. Brokaw
New Lebanon
Edgards
Crowder
Charles R. Railsback
Alaska
M. Carter
Frank M. Daniels
ED P. Snow
Sullivan Recorder
J. W. Alumbaugh
Cass
Roy Drennan
Orville Hale
Isaac N. Botts
William IL. Sisson
Joseph Branson
Farmershoro
William Williamson Sullivan
R. R
Elisha Poe
William H. Poston
Homer French
Gill
John Scott
Fairbanks
Jackson Township
Carl Asbury
Hymera
Erastus A. Marratta
Jackson
E. Sylvester Mahan
Curry
Willis E. Slader
Commodore R. Smith
Basil Thomas
Farmersburg
William J. Hux
Ollie P. Criss
Paris E. Drake
Andrew J. Peacher
Alpha Dekart
Okie Starkey
Turman
Homer H. Arnett
Graysville
Alonzo B. Davis
Sullivan R.F.D
Hamilton Township
Frank J. Foster
John Hiatt
James W. Kemp
Douglas Martin
Walter Wible
Charles Whale
Dugger
Andrew J. Walters
Wilson McClellan
SuLlivan R. F. D
Trustes
Jefferson
Benjamin Figg
Paxton
R.F
William M. Jackson
George W. Kennedy
R. F
Jefferson Township
ED Berry
John L. Shake
Pleasantville
Haddon Township
Charles E. Curtis
Paxton Ozro Latshaw
Owen J. Ridgeway
Tarlton C. Woodward
Haddon
Dudley O. Collins
James W. Snyder
Gill Township
Homer H. Curtis
Merom
Lewis Colvin
James Clarence Kaufman
Oscar E
Bland
Allison G. McNabb
Arthur D. Cutler
John E. Griffith
Dagger
Greene Counties
Oliver E. Dunn
Spencer James B. Filbert
Charles C. Stevens
Ralph C. Wagener
Charles W. Thompson
Harland Ruddell
Carl N. Shaver
Frank J. Spencer
John T. Knotts
Harvey Cooper
W. J. Williams
William M. Miller
Shelbion
Lorenzo D. Link
Samuel H. Berlingmier
Russell Scott
Fairbanks Township
J. Dana Johnson
Seth Hunt
Turman Township
Frank H. Badger
Elwood Brown
Charles J. Johnson
Claude CC. Boone
Cass Township
Russell Exline
John W. Buck
James L. Willis
Charlie Benjamin Spencer
Charles B. Cooper
Stephen Elliott Dial
Charles T. Willis
Emery Setzer
Thomas J. Parsons David Giles
Paul Higbee
Zachary Taylor
Camp
Union Christian College Stockholders Meeting Notice
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of Union Christian College will be held in the college auditorium on Tuesday May 14 at 10 00 am. The college trustees will meet in annual session immediately upon the adjournment of the stockholders meeting. GAULT W PLEASANT Secretary Co B HERSHEY Pres
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Union Christian College
Hays Unites Californias Factions After Speech
In Los Angeles Will Hays national Republican chairman sparks a harmony push. Judge Russ Avery and Willis H. Booth back a resolution to base party unity on Hays speech. Attendance high with factions represented. Hays later speaks on Liberty Loan at Van Nuys and Whitsett's place, then heads to Pasadena and Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Will H. Hays
Russ Avery
Willis H. Booth
Hays
California
van Nuys
Paul Whitsett
Sullivan, Ind
Whitsetts
Pasadena
Phoenix
Ariz
Seventy Four Pass Diploma Examinations Listed
County Superintendent Richard Pandk released the March diploma exam pass list for all country schools in the county. Seventy four students passed and will enter high school next year. the April 20 makeups included four earners who had previously failed. The list names pupils by township and name across multiple districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Pandk
Turman
Mary Hayden
Fairbanks
Helen Crew
Wilur Stevens
Jefferson
Eugene Charser
Roby Neal
Clara Lund
Hadden
Mabel Ayers
Jennie Rose Howard
Ira Pearl Woodward
Emory Eli Gore
Floyd E. Wo
Gill
George Adams
Frei Blanche White
Marie Duncan
Jernice Arnett
Fred McCammon
Curry Up
Dorilla Duquette
Hilie Sterling
Albert Benson
Ara Trueblood
Dorothy Dix
Harald Lovelace
Bacil Godfrey
Edna Berlien
Walter Montague
Flora Cochran
Marie Ferguson
Wessie Bennett
Geneve Muskell
Barnett Jewel, Jr
Raymond Rogers
Maynard Gaskins
Elmo Daugherty
Cass To
Gladys Mitchell
Ibia Corbin
Blanche F. Atto
Treseind Atto
Warne Walters
Bernard Miurlow
Dessie Walters
Hallie Powell
Dorothy McClellan
Beulah Garb
Hielen Maddox
Relph Keene
Joss Turpin
Grace Bemis
Hamilton
James Thealma
Beulah May Scott
Mary Brown
Mary E. Scott
Maxwell Brodie
Garnett Higgins
Mildred Thomas
Rene Learh
Thelma Cunningham
Bernard Davidson
Charles Dubois
Jackson
Arthur Tennie
James Allen
Escol Stark
Guy Mehan
Maude Criss
Ester Crist
Delphon Swift
Masie Hammond
Freila Forber
Ralph Everly
Ralph Hosgatt
Daisy M. Brown
Rainbow Service Flag Designed by Sullivan Woman
Miss Maude McConnell of Sullivan designs a Rainbow Service Flag to honor the MacConnell family military history from 1812 to the present German war. Twenty five stars mark members across wars including one great grandfather under General Harrison in 1812 and seven serving in the current war. The banner features thirteen stripes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude McConnell
MacConnell
William Henry Harrison
Advertised Letters at Sullivan Postoffice 1918 List
Unclaimed letters as of April 24 1918 at Sullivan Indiana postoffice to be sent to the Dead Letter Office after two weeks. Ladies Vina Hussey Pearl Pierce Clara Sisk. Gentlemen Floyd Barrow Charley Kimp Coy Malone Roland Nash Clyde Shipman Clifford Wernz. Callers should say advertised and note the date advertised. WM E Aydelotte P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan, Ind
Hussey
Vina Pierce
Pearl Sisk
Clara Gents
Barrow
Floyd Kimp
Charley Malone
Coy
Nash
Roland Shipman
Clyde Wernz
Clifford
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Sullivan Union
Democratic Party
Sinai
Hell
God
T. R
Creel
Europe
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