Summitville Corporal to Speak for Red Cross Benefit
Corporal Joe Cullen of Summitville, a Gordon Highlanders veteran who took part in the Battle of the Somme and the Ypres sector, will address a local benefit for the Red Cross next Wednesday night. He sustained a permanent injury from the bloody Hill 70 assault, and is remembered by Germans as the Ladies of Tell.
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Somme
Ypres
Joe Cullen
Summitville
Red Cross
Gordon Highlanders
Ladies of Tell
France
van Buren School House
Red Cross Society
Cullen
48Th
Canada
Hell
Forrest Higgins in France Sends Letter Home to Family
The paper prints a letter from Forrest D. Higgins, a member of Gen Pershing's expeditionary force, dated January 24 1918, describing his experiences in France and news from home. It notes his grandfather I B Dicken on receiving the message.
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I. B. Dicken
West Main St
Forrest D. Higgins
Gen. Pershing
France
Boys Working Reserve Aids War Effort In Indiana
A 1918 notice in Van Buren Indiana calls 16 to 20 year old boys to enroll in the United States Boys Working Reserve. It urges farm, mine, shipyard, and factory labor to support the war effort and to report for a statewide survey under Governor James P. Goodrich.
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United States Department of Labor
United States
Woking Reserve
Ape
Indiana Reserve
State Council of Defense
Indiana
James P. Goodrich
Campaign to buy new song books raises funds
The M. E. Sunday School fund for new song books neared $40 as members earned a dollar each in diverse ways. Charley Wight walked ten miles to avoid a livery hire, Mitt Williamson hauled hogs to Indianapolis, Palmer Ice clerked at a sale, and others contributed through odd tasks and notary work.
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M. E
Charley Wight
Mitt Williamson
Indianapolis
Palmer Ice
Coan Paxton
W. A. Paxton
David Kelley
Margaret DePoy
F. E. Boxell
Will Kirkpatrick
H. H. Scott
News-Eagle
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Susan Bole
We thank our neighbors and friends for kindness during the illness and death of our mother Mrs. Susan Bole. The children Witmer and DePow, in real estate, have good properties for sale and seek to list 100 more farms. See them.
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Susan Bole
Witmer & DePow
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Forrest Higging
Frange
Northwest
Vancouver
Grandpa
van Buren, Ind
van Buren Township
Sam
Indi
Anapolis
Miles
W.a.paxto
Janesville
Janesville Gang
Wheatland
Janesville Planters
S. Wash
Marion
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