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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
4
The Van Buren News Eagle notes the 1918 German offensives planned at Berlin and the Allied response under General Foch. It describes German drives starting March 21 and the later Allied counter offensive across the Marne, with American troops boosting reserves and food supplies, signaling a turning point and cautious optimism.
The publication argues that the word germany should not be capitalized, comparing it to common nouns like skunk and assassin. It cites contempt for the german nation and urges printers to treat germany as a common noun, starting with a lowercase g.
Mrs Vern Murray and children visited Tuesday with her mother Mrs Foust near Mt Zion. Miss Vilna Smith visits relatives in Marion this week. Mr and Mrs Ernest Maggart and family were entertained Sunday by Mr and Mrs Wright. Mrs Gladys Kariger and baby ...
A Food Administration report details 2 347 008 barrels of wheat flour sent abroad in May and notes precise counting of every ounce. The piece highlights the careful arithmetic behind rationing, with adding machines and dozens of clerks calculating supply and per capita shares for meatless and sugar rules.
The week ends with reunions and visits across Warren and nearby towns. Families including the Weavers, Haupthofs, Blakelys, Green, Moon, Williamson, Bradford, and Kariger share time with relatives and friends. Eva Bradford travels to New Jersey to see son Loren before he ships to France. Loren is currently in a Louisiana camp. Virgil Kariger suffers heat exhaustion while threshing. Merlin and Vera Bradford announce the arrival of a nine pound baby boy.
Registration orders to draft men aged 18 to 45 pending law. Grants County divisions list registrants by township precincts, including Riley, Witmer, Campbell and numerous others for Van Buren Monroe Jefferson Mill Fairmount Liberty Green Sims precincts and more. Also notices Grant County Circuit Court vacation term 1918 case Tibbits vs Evans Clark with attachment complaint and publication of defendants nonresidency.
Notice announces the appointment of George W. Elliott as administrator of the Milton H. Elliott estate in Van Buren Township Grant County Indiana. The estate will be sold and farmers are advised of a wheat price reference of $2.15 per bushel No 1 red under government ruling by Studabaker Grain & Seed Co. Aug 15-22-295.
Miss Merle Zent in Van Buren received a World War I era letter from Raymond Cochran dated July 12 1918 from Somewhere in France. He writes he is well and among the living asks about friends Lillie and Jess marriage news and promises to send pictures while cautioning not to expect long letters. He signs off from Battery E 150th Field Artillery American Expeditionary Forces.
Wake up and drink a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels before breakfast. Advocates say this practice removes toxins stops foul breath improves complexion and eases bilious or constipated conditions.
An old promotional cure promises dark glossy hair using Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. It claims gray hair disappears after nightly applications and dull tones become youthful, while noting it is not a disease cure.
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a painless solution for corns and calluses. A few drops loosen the entire corn with root and all, lifting out with the fingers. The sticky compound dries quickly and avoids irritation to surrounding tissue. A quarter ounce costs little and cures hard or soft corns and calluses. Do not cut or pick at corns.
Readily prepared cough syrup using three ounces of Grando Pine and syrup to make one pint. It eases coughing from colds bronchial issues and croup, relieves spasmodic coughing in whooping cough, and is endorsed as superior by druggists. Manufactured by The Grand-Ald Co Ft Wayne Ind.
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