What Our Soldier Boys Are Doing
Glen C. Bradford heads the Oklahoma volunteers in the medical corps at Tulsa and is now at Ft. Bliss. Herschel Griffith, corporal in Huntington Company, may be sent to Fort Harrison. Glenn Maddox enlisted in the officers reserve corps and heads to Fort Harrison. Joe Lugar and Verl Doyle await further training and hikes at Fort Myer and in Pennsylvania. Dr. J. J. Shuff enlisted as a veterinary surgeon in Indianapolis. Gail Pilkington, aviation student at Fort Omaha, reports varied tasks from washing dishes to trench digging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen C. Bradford
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Glen
van Buren
L. K. Kilander
Herschel Griffith
Huntington
Charles Griffith
Fort Harrison
Glenn Maddox
Shamrock, Okla
Frank Doyle
Verl
Field Artillery
Fort Myer
Pennsylvania
von Pilkington
Gail Pilkington
Fort Omaha
Neb
Gail
Bluffton War Bride Lulu Witzban Miller
Mrs Willard Miller reveals her husband in the coast artillery at St. Hancock plans to be sent to France soon. She is Bluffton's first war bride and was formerly Miss Lulu Witzban. She travels to Van Buren to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Miller
van Buren
Coast Artillery
Stt
Hancock
France
Social Roundup From Milo and Surrounding Areas
Milo and nearby residents share a weekend of visits and calls. Henry and Nadene Denton visited Fred Haupthof and family, while other families such as Spaulding, Beekman, Smith, Barrow, Duckwall, Helm, and Campbell hosted or called on kin and neighbors. The day ended with ice cream making and sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Slusher
Isaac Tharp
Warren
Milton Tharp
Oklahoma
J. G. Tharp
E. O. Brown
C. D. Elwood
Hope
A. B. Line
Zelda
Matter’s Park
Ada Good
Alfred Good
Bluffton
Kelly
George Lee
Alice Bradstreet
Guy Conwell
Henry Denton
Nadene
Fred Haupthof
Elmer Spaulding
Gonvard
Banquo
Will Beekman
Addie
Ethel Cornwell
Vilna
Thelma Smith
Guy Helm
Earl Ramsey
Hus
van Buren
Lampie Smith
George Campbell
Will Hill
Oren Duckwaill
David Barrow
Dead Trout
Elbert Beekman
Near Upland
Will Smith
Indianapolis
Dessie Pulley
Dorothy
Kilander
Chester Hefner
Clint Duckwall
Glen Duckwall
Near Landers
Alva Duckwall
Bertha
Elsie Barrow
Hentry Denton
Otto, Barrow
Sampie Smith
Eliza
Florence Duckwall
Mable Helm
Louise Barnes
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
A warm sales pitch urges readers to buy Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy now to be prepared for summer illnesses, claiming the product is worth many times its cost when needed.
Prominent Banker’s Pajama Blunder Causes Alarm
A well known financier, while leaving a bank president’s office, is teased by a banker about a visible white item under his trousers. He realizes he forgot to change from his pajamas after waking. The episode ends with him retreating to the director’s room in embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Pittsburgh Chronicle- Telegraph
Parliaments Candidate Claims Practical Farmer Prowess
A parliamentary candidate boasted of farming skills saying he can plow reap milk cows cut ceff and shoe a horse. A child in the crowd then asks if he can lay an egg highlighting the humorous exchange. Mrs John Leverich is listed as on the sick list.
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London
Thanking Neighbors for Kindness During Illness and Death
The Duckwall family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during the illness and death of their husband and father. They acknowledge floral offerings and sign the notice as Mrs. L. C. Duckwall and family and Joseph Duckwall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Duckwall & Family
Joseph Duckwall
Also Mentioned on This Page
HAGLE
Indiana
E. H. Depoy
Uncle Sam's
Joe Lugar
Lebanon
Joe
Officers’ Training Corps
J. J. Shuff
T B. Dicken
Wigger Bicker Marign
Ind
DRS. Thomas & Ross
Marion Jnd
Dillman
John Tharp
McNatts
Seth Broom
Cail
Charles Triblet
Hazel
Harvey
Homer Elwood
A. T. Gilbert
W. C. Slusher
J. C. Keltner
Oma Tharp
C. C. Keltner
O. R. Williams
of McNatts
Lucille and
Lovell Kribbs
Zada Banter
Effie Houser
Hope Cruse
Ralph Lease
Delmer Gilbert
Lester Williams
Arnold Merl
E. O. Brown and Son
S. V. Shimp
G. W. Cochran
Delmer Lee
B. F. Good
George Myres
Frank Yount
Milo
Helen Smethurst
Helen Kariger
Chamberlain
John Leverich
T Paxton
City Drug Store
Marion, Ind
van Buren Hardware
W. CC. Booz
T.cc. Pike
Linn’s
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