Unusual county fairs urged to boost farming efforts
Arrangements are under way for extensive county fairs in multiple counties to spur better farming as war needs continue. Authorities promote use of wool carload shipments, while water safety fears prompt local guards. Communities plan Fourth of July celebrations, with Bloomfield and Princeton among new entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Iowa
Princeton
Anne E
Mercer
Princeton Post
Republican ticket nominated for president and vice president
Benjamin Harrison and Levi P Morton are named as the Republican candidates for president and vice president respectively. The column also notes local items: a residence struck by lightning causing about $50 in damage to John Lightfoot’s home, and various local social and civic notes including marriages, licenses, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P. Morton
John Lightfoot
L. St. John
Frabearns
Howland
E. M. Smith
Peter Falk
Chax Wells
Billy Wilson
Lone Star
L. P Davis
W L. McKinley
Charlie Bankson
Charlie Neighbors
Hartford
Grant
C Baquet
L. C Corporan
W Warbes
W. B. Kerby
Chas Neighbors
James Neagle
Jacob Pickenpaugh
Perry Elness Richland
Brown
Jarman
Benj
Shaw
Abe
F WeCoy
H. J Hanes
S Harvey C. B
Summers Jo M Yatea So Mevers
Liberty
Richard Whit S H Newell
Woodard
Marion
Keiles
Poor Weilliams
J M Gorrell
Mm Mullins
F Hart
E .D Lowe
Fragmented wartime notes and letters appear in stray OCR lines
The fragmentary text mixes scattered notices and letters. It mentions a fire destroying Milan’s courthouse, nominations at a Republican convention, an accidental knife wound, and a Prentice New Jersey president event. Personal letters describe a soldier in Camp Mills writing home, and church services led by Pastor W Trower with a Bible school schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennonville Trems Fx
Grover Cleveland
Prenceton New Jersey
North Board
Lemonville
W. Trower
Soldier letters from Fort Barramee Florida 1918
A WWI era soldier writes from Fort Barramee Florida dated June 19 1918 thanking the editor of Old Reveille for weekly letters. He describes a transfer to a new battery on an island with sand and movies and mentions training on 12 inch guns and a request to publish his address changes to Putnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Barrameaa
Florida
Unionville Republian
Vlad
Putnam
Letter From Soldier Overseas Describes Reassurance And Hopes
A wartime letter from Jease Morrison of the Medical Department, 180 F.A., Amer Expeditionary Forces, writes from England about being safe and in good health while awaiting word from home. He mentions meeting fellow soldiers, hopes to return in about a year and a half, and asks for regular letters. The page also notes Mrs. Emiline Berry's return from Baxter Iowa with her granddaughter Neta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jease Morrison
Med
Amer. Expeditionary Forces
Emiline Berry
Alonzo
Baxter
Iowa
Neta
Putnam County War Savings Society Promotes Stamp Drive
A Putnam County rally led by J O Underwood organized war savings education and sales of War Savings stamps with committees from Woodard Clark and Brasfield. F Wentworth Preston chaired, with regional commissioners named to boost countywide participation and exceed quotas for liberty and government support. Mrs Grace Martin arrived to visit her Macon parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionselle
Chardman J
Underwood
Wentworth Preston
WW Woodard
Clark
C B Brasfield
H J. Holman
RK Brasfield
Jim Comstock
Grace Martin
Macon
Mio
Mra C A. Agee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brunswick
Marshall
Gardner
Home Guard
Spickard
Appanoose County
Red Cross
Fuel Administration
Daviess County
General Crowder
R. R. Riddle
C R. Burris
Linneus
Riddle
Burris
Milan
Bailey & Bailey
Greencastle
General Shafter
Cuba
W E Worthington
East End
Lizzie Haynes
Lorenzo Jones
Lee Haynes
Geisinger
Messrs Brown and
Fortune
Nina Shearer
E T Williams
Berthe Weatherford
St Louis
J W Ledford
Fike
Rollie Timmons
Migs Zedda Mons
Wm Burna
Maron Plaimmer
Frances Korns
Rolle Timmons
Zeddie Moss
JC Purkeypie
Gertie Sparks
Graysville
Sterling West
Gravenville
Packer
Food Administration
Swift & Company
L&s
U.S.A
Camp Mills
New York, Co
New York City
Barthe Gibson
George Triplett
Paris
Aswell
Clifford Triplett
BB Baptist Church
Liberty Bonds
England
THE
Putnam County Retailers War-Savings Society
Krankstittin
West End
J W. Woodard
Rupley
Mendota
Commodore Mathews
Lemons
C. Soshelton
Lucerne
D W. Pollock
Powersville
F Wentworth
Harry Chill
Kacey
Rebrevet
Prics Mot
Teel
Wolk
Wolf
P. J. Tatman
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