Sullivan Union Relays War Watch and Red Cross Support
The Sullivan Union urges support for the Red Cross with wartime unity and civic interest. It cites local leaders and committees, the need for compliant fuel administration, and calls for endorsements from the County Council of Defense and Commercial Clubs to appoint a county fuel administrator.
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Indiana
Evans Woollen
J. E. Northway
Federal Fuel Administration
County Councils of Defense
Naval battles and Red Cross actions in wartime Indiana
Wartime notes discuss a major naval engagement likely between Allied and German fleets, with the British and American fleets favored. The Red Cross in Sullivan County aids hospitals and troops, facing suspicions of misused funds from a shelling incident. Other items cover Will Hays praised by Baker, county fuel administrators set by Indiana, and the Supreme Court ruling that woman suffrage is unconstitutional under Indiana's 1853 constitution, with a suffrage amendment still to be decided at the polls.
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Red Cross
Middle
Europe
Jesus
Union
Sullivan County Red Cross
Army
Navy
Kiel
Winston Churchill
Cervera
Santiago
Spain
van Tirpit
Wilhelmshaven
United States
Kokomo Tribune
Will H. Hays
State Council of Defense
Mr. Hays
Uncle Sam
Tom Taggart
Newton D. Baker
Washington
Will H. “Hays
Indianapolis
Council of National Defense
Councils of Defense
Indiana Council
the Tribune
Will Hays
Supreme Court of
Indiana
Suffrage
League
Supreme Court
Republican Party
Prussia
Hohenzollerns
Germany
Prus
Sian
Napoleon
Bismarck
Roosevelt on Germany and American identity in wartime
Theodore Roosevelt argues the German government and people cannot be separated and urges strict American loyalty. He condemns Prussian autocracy, praises moral leadership, and insists on no foreign votes while defending patriotic duty and a united American identity.
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Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Germany
Prussia
Assyria
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Post Office 1917 List
The Sullivan Indiana post office reports unclaimed letters dated October 31 1917. Ladies Annie Garrity Edna Hawkins Edna Miller Arinda Nye C A Gentlemen William Chaney H Dudle Joseph Hauser Charles McCammon R B McMahan Will Petrie R E The Indiana Silo Co. Unclaimed letters after two weeks will go to the Dead Letter Office. Callers should name advertised and date.
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Sullivan, Ind
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Albert P. Hill
James A. Knotts
Walliats
Carl N. Shaver
Northway
County Council of Defense
Newton PD. Baker
Secretary of War
Indiana Times
Vincennes Sun
Kaiser
Theodore Roosevelt
Metropolitan Magazine
Mother Gray
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