Miss Hazel Dicken sails for Paris to work with Red Cross
Miss Hazel Dicken daughter of Mr and Mrs T B Dicken will sail from New York in July to Paris as a Red Cross secretary for a year. She has worked in Washington at government departments and War Risk Insurance and is the second Grait county woman overseas with Red Cross. Her brother in law A P Baton will escort her to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Dicken
T. B. Dicken
New York
Paris
France
Red Cross Organization
Place de la Concord
Miss Dicken
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Grait
van Buren
Anderson
Indiana
Marion Business College
Marion
Fort Wayne
Auburn
Tiffin
Ohio
A. P. Baton
New York City
Dickens
Forrest D. Higgins
Grace Bloomfield
C. C. Huff
Corporal Simpson Mark
A. L. Trester
Martinsville
H. H. Scott
Bloomfield
W.K. Fraizer
A. P. Benton
Lenore Toney
Florence Curtis
Gladys Leach
Camp Grant
Americans urged to boycott German goods in 1918 pledge
A national movement led by the American Defense Society seeks 20 million signatures for a Fourth of July 1918 pledge not to buy any article made in Germany. The anti German campaign targets German industry to undermine the Prussian war chest with Roosevelt and other notable figures among supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Defense Society
Washington
Indiana Daily Times
Red Cross
Germany
North
South America
Theodore Roosevelt
David Jaynes Hill
Robert Bacon
Perry Belmont
Charles S. Fairchild
Sammy Gard Run Over and Killed by Wagon
A three year old, Sammy Gard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gard, was killed Tuesday evening when run over by a wagon at their home barn lot 344 miles northeast of Van Buren. The father, driving the outfit, did not see the child under the wheels. neck broken. This is the Gard family's second tragedy, as an older brother burned to death at an oil rig in Oklahoma years ago. Mrs. Gard is sister to Mrs. Evertt Lee of this city.
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Central Christian Church
Huntington
Betty Williams
Ezra Williams
Orville Shaffer
van Buren
E. W. Cole
Hazel Lowman
Copenhagen
Tom R. Williams
Huntington High School
Shaffer
Ed. Shaffer
Ordnance Department of the Army
Newport News
Huntington Light and Fuel Co
van Buren High School
Huntington Business College
Sammy
Jacob Gard
Gard
Oklahoma
Evertt Lee
Men Re Classified By Grant County Draft Board
Grant county draft board No. 2 met in advisory session at Upland with attorneys T. B. Digben E. H. Graves E. E. Freidline C. S. Loy Chas Parker and J. W. McClellan present. Board members J. E. Riley H. T. Connelly and Dr. Knight observed. As of press time the re classification list was incomplete, noting married men with children were not changed while married men without children largely moved to class one. The full list will appear next week.
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Conscription Board No. 2
Grant County
Upland
T. B. Digben
E. H. Graves
E. E. Freidline
C. S. Loy
Chas. Parker
J. W. McClellan
J. E. Riley
H. T. Connelly
Dr. Knight
Mrs. Jessie Pulley Dies at Crawshaw Farm
Mrs. Jessie Pulley died at her home on the Crawshaw farm southwest of Van Buren on Wednesday afternoon. Survived by husband J A Pulley and two children a nine year old daughter and a four year old son. Funeral services set for Friday at ten in the morning at the home with Rev. E O Brown officiating. Interment in Van Buren cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Pulley
Crawshaw Farm
van Buren
J. A. Pulley
E. O. Brown
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Efficacy in Van Buren Testimony
Van Buren residents endorse Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney and back pain with Mrs. J. D. Ryan reporting quick relief after years of discomfort. The ad notes price 60c at local dealers and urges readers to demand Doan's, from Foster Milburn Co. Also mentions visits by Samuel Toney to Kokomo and local families visiting Mrs. E. B. Kern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren
Union
Dean
J. D. Ryan
Doan
Paxton’s
Farm listings near Van Buren offer bargains
No 59 offers 20 acres with six room house and barn for 2700. No 61 eight acres with improvements about 1500. No 62 60 acres with tile, near town at 150 per acre. No 86 155 acres well ditched at 180 per acre. No 128 320 acres with rice timber, 150 per acre. No 134 70 acres near town with nice improvements 160 per acre. No 140 44 acres no improvements 100 per acre. No 24 80 acres 12 acres timber near school and church 135 per acre. Farm sale by Witmer & DePOY Van Buren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren
Witmer & Depoy
Pontife Sound Horse Offered For Breeding in Van Buren
Pontife Sound certificate No 5833 described as a grand 16 hands high 2000 pound stallion will stand for the season at the feed barn in Van Buren Indiana for 120 dollars to insure foal. The stallion is certified under Indiana laws and marketed as a proven breeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laws of
Indiana
Pontife
van Buren
Breedlove Bros Eggs and Flour Substitutes Offered
Egg sellers urge townsfolk to bring eggs to town for canning. Higgs varieties are improving with few bad eggs. Flour substitutes available for home bakers. Breedlove Bros running the display in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higgs
Breedlove Bros
Fine black Jack weighing nine hundred pounds
A description of a seven year old black jack with white points weighing 900 lbs. The seller notes it is a good animal and promises it will be liked when seen. Insurance costs are quoted at twelve dollars per season.
Darken Hair with Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound
A home brew using sage tea with sulphur darkens gray faded hair. An easier option is Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound available at drugstores. Applied with a sponge or brush it promises natural even darkening after one or two uses. This preparation is a toilet requisite not a medical cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Freezone Miracle for Corns and Calluses
A Cincinnati chemist’s discovery sells for a few cents as a quarter ounce bottle of freezone. Apply drops to corns or calluses and the soreness vanishes instantly. The affected skin loosens and can be removed with fingers. All types of corns and hard calluses shrink and drop away without pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Acreage Sale Offer Near City Limits
Look over 44 acres with no improvements offered at 100 dollars per acre. Contact Witmer and DePoy to review immediately.
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Saeig
Shaffer- Williams
Merry Maid
M. E
Lena Margaret Muchmore
Harriet Makemson
Miss Muchmore
Mitchell
Lena Muchmore
Dierdra Pilkington
Cleo Sanderan
Marguerite Whitecotton
Lucile Stackhouse
Abbie Doyle
Margaret DePoy
Hariet Makemson
E. H. DePoy
Mary Drake
Mary Louise Tilman
Alexandria
O. G. ‘Illey
Jackson J. Shuff
Camp Columbia
South Carolina
Thelma Fern Pierson
Squire McTravis
Shuff
U. S. Army
E. L. Pierson
HAR Savings
K. OF P. Hale
National War Savings Committee
K. of P.hall N van Buren
HUN
United States
WAR Chest OF the Beast OF Berlin
Chambers of Commerce
National Chamber of Commerce
America
Americas
Sammy Gard
Samuel Toney
Kokomo
Fred Linn
Lawrence
Decatur
Homer Lower
Joe
Warren
E. B. Kern
LanSex
Ned Conwell
DRS, Thomas & Ross
PRIC
Marion Ind
Duke
Lady Pink
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