Soldiers and politics mix in Indiana war era letter
The piece details a federal court election fraud case involving Sam Perrott and the US response, plus a long critique of Allied cohesion in World War I. It also reports Indiana wartime defense actions, hunger for coal, sugar beet plans, and a push to recruit British subjects for war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Perrott
Indianapolis
Sam
San
United States
Washington
Frank C. Dailey
Dailey
Daily
Perrott
Indiana
Indiana State Council of Defense
County Councils of Defense
State Council
Albion
Auburn
Richmond
Anderson
Boone County
Hoover Food Organization
McClellan
County Council of Defense
State Council of Defense
Harry E. Barnard
Kansas City
Baltimore
Evans Woollen
Committee On Food Production and Conservation
Purdue University
United States Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Barnard
Southgate
Allen's Foot-Base Advertises Relief For Feet
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder for foot care. It claims to relieve tired feet, sweating, corns, bunions, blisters, and callous spots. Sold everywhere for 25 cents to provide rest and comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alen
Allen
Wartime Sage Advice From Folks Aged For Duty
A wartime editorial urges middle aged men and women to focus on practical support for soldiers and the home front. It laments doubters and praises brisk action, urging participation in bonds drives food conservation and Red Cross support while dismissing naysayers as minor obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Red Cross
Wall Street
France
Abe Martin
Brown County
Tony Pastor
New York
Iown
Jethro Tilford
Shelby Township
Picayune
Washington
Valley Forge
Vallandigham
Lincoln
The Poetry of Poison and Marie Jeanneret
A portrait of Marie Jeanneret the Swiss Brinvilliers who killed to create art rather than profit. She gained access as a nurse and hospital worker in Geneva until her arrest in 1884 for nine murders. Her calm gentle appearance masked a merciless killer who relished death and poetry in poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Marie Jeanneret
Brinvilliers
Marie
Madame Juvet
Julie
Emile
Alarie
Macame Javel
Therheir
Canton
Berthe Berthet
Berthe
Doctor Lambassy
Nature
Madame Chablot
M. Juvet
Madame Lenoir
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Indiana Postoffice
Unclaimed letters listed include Mrs Hazzle Bolinger Miss Clo Osbourn Miss Alice Gentlemen and others. Letters dated November 7 1917 will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not called for within two weeks. Request callers quote advertised and date. WM F. Aydelotte P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan,’ Ind
Booker
Hazzle Bolinger
Myrtle Hall
Joe Hulse
Clo Osbourn
Alice
Milkman deflects complaint over blue milk color
A householder complains to a milkman about blue milk left for three mornings. The milkman jokes that blue is fashionable and argues that purple or pink would justify a complaint, insisting blue is acceptable today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mada
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Sullivan Union
Dirrelle Chaney
Kh. P. White
Sullivan
Marne
England
Austria
Jan Hamilton
Dardanelles
Salonika
Greece
Italy
Salonica
Belgium
Zebruge
Europe
Michigan City
Scotland
Flanders
Leslie Youngson
Sea 4Th Highlanders
Aviation Corps
Canada
A."leys Brown
Youngson
Great Britain
Brown
Black Watch Regiment
Ypres
Leys Brown
West Washington
George Ade
Adams Newspaper Syndicate
Justin Style
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