Camp Sherman Letter From Home Describes Camp Life
A wartime letter from Camp Sherman Ohio dated August 31 1918 details a 65 000 man camp surrounded by hills. ZEPPHA PENCE and GROVERJ J. SPARKS describe quarantine quarters meals clothes mess kits and a request for more correspondence and supplies. They thank friends in Van Buren Indiana Ridgeville and Richmond for flashlights and support.
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Camp Sherman
Ohio
Red Cross
van Buren
Ind
Ridgeville
Richmond
Dayton
22Nd Company
6Th Tr. Bn
Everett Arnett
Hall's Catarrh Cure An Internal Remedy
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. It is a constitutional disease requiring an internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally, acts through the blood to the mucous surfaces. Prescribed by leading doctors, it combines tonics and blood purifiers to produce results. Send for testimonials. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, O. All druggists. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Pontife Sound Stallion For Breeding Near Van Buren
Pontife Sound a pure bred stallion certificate No 5833 stands at my feed barn in Van Buren Indiana. The 16% hands high horse weighs 2000 pounds and is described as a sure and good breeder. Season at 12 dollars to insure foal.
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Laws of Indiana
Pontife
van Buren
Duke Black Jack
Seven year old black jack with white points and 900 pound weight. Describes him as a good animal and promising. Insurance quote of twelve dollars presented by Walt Maddux.
Milo News Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Gatherings
Local residents report numerous Sunday calls as families from Milo and nearby towns visited relatives in Tipton Westfall and Pendleton. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Elmer Spaulding. The threshing ring west of Milo hosted a community gathering at the Duckwall home with ice cream and a large turnout.
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Fred Haupthof
Will Sanderman
Clarence
Ralph
Elmer Spaulding
Wisehart
Chester Wisehart
Pendleton
Charley Blakely
Eliza Slocum
Oklahoma
Will Beekman
Chester Hefner
David Barrow
Bertha
Elsie
Tipton
Ind
Westfall
Ephriam Allen
Fairmount
Robert Randolph
Beulah
Glenn Duckwall
Will Korporal
Sam Logan
Will Ward
Alpheus Green
Charley Kariger
Leland Ward
Ruth Penrod
Viola Green
Florence Duckwall
Irene Hewitt
Lucile Hefner
John Fraser
Charley Ward
Oren
Wayne Duckwall
Kenneth Green
Jessie Belzer
Water plant motors burn out. town faces water shortage
Motors at the water works plant burned out and the town suffered a water shortage for several days. Schools closed and fountains ran dry as officials rushed repairs, with a hoped restoration by the time this note reaches print.
Sapitola Deane's Millinery Hats Sale
Hats priced from 75 cents to 5 dollars at Sapitola Deane's millinery store. Located in the local shopping district, the sale highlights a range of children’s headwear for the season.
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Sapitola Deane
Capitola Deane
Local Social Notes Highlight Linn and Warren Visitors
Mrs Cloud Dillman of Linn hosts George Dillman family visitors from Bluffton and Warren. Several families from Warren and Bluffton call on relatives in the area while Ellis Nash hosts a gathering for son Rouhglia Nash newly returned from a camp and soon heading to Maryland and France.
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Cloud
Linn
Ind
George Dillman
G. W. Cochran
T. Riggs
Daisy Slusher
Bluffton
Will Richey
Ilinois
W.C. Slusher
Warren
Fort Wayne
George Cruse
Kate Herring
Gas City
Ellis Nash
Roughlia Nash
Washington
Maryland
France
Klis Nash
Raughlia Nash
Don Godfrey
Lester Nash
Ora Harden
Elton Cloud
Ward Williams
Maxwell-Myers
Howard Friar
Doyle Reunion Abandoned For War Time
The Doyle reunion planned for the second Sunday in September will not meet this year due to wartime shortages. President William Doyle and Secretary George W Doyle cite sugar and gasoline conservation as the reason and express hope to reunite after the war.
Lost Poland China sow with one ear crop
Lost sow about 200 pounds missing from Route 2 Van Buren Indiana. Contact C. L. Cary or Adam Foust for return. Children’s hats priced from 75 cents to five dollars.
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Poland
China
C. L. Cary
Adam Foust
van Buren
Indiana
Camp Mills Letter Follows 51 Hour Train Trip West
Orville Holloway writes from Camp Mills Long Island after a 51 hour road journey. He describes travel through Pennsylvania New York and New Jersey, sights from the Hudson River voyage including the Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge, and life at the camp with tents and an aviation field nearby. He mentions letters from home and plans for a future honeymoon.
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Camp Mills
Long Island
N. Y
Camp Sherman
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Chillicothe
Cleveland
Buffalo
Geneva
Lake Geneva
New York State
Sayre
Woolworth
New York City
Hudson River
Brooklyn Bridge
Gladys
Harry
Irma
Orville Holloway, Co
Long Island, N. Y
Obituary of Corey C Cloud 1894 1918
Corey C Cloud son of Ethan J and Lucy F Cloud born June 4 1894 died August 30 1918 aged 24 years 2 months 26 days married Mae Banter August 14 1915 and father of Paul Dale. He was a United Brethren in Christ member loved church and Sunday School. Survived by wife son parents one brother three sisters and many relatives. Funeral at parental home West Main Van Buren conducted by Rev E O Brown. Interment Red Men's Cemetery Warren.
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Corey C. Cloud
Ethan J
Lucy F. Cloud
Mae Banter
Paul Dale
United Brethren In Christ
West Main
Death of Little Child in Cholera Infantum
Hugh Green son of Mr and Mrs Newell R Green died at the parental home at 11 this forenoon from cholera infantum. The child would have been two years old January 8. No funeral arrangements had been made by 2 o'clock this afternoon.
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Hugh Green
Newell R. Green
Patriots register as others must in entry
Rev Spencer Losure fulfilled his regular appointment at the U B Church Sunday evening as part of a community note.
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Spencer Losure
U. B
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Zeppha Pence and
Grover J. Sparks
Zeppha Pence
Groverj J. Sparks
P. S
Mr. Arnett
Duke
Walt Maddux
Milo News
Orville Holloway
E. O. Brown
Red Men’s
Ned Conwell
SanFlox
News Eagle
Corey & Pilkington
van Buren, Indiana
Kelley Way
Second and
Washington Streets
Marion
Grant County
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