Indiana grain and war aid push across counties
Henry county faces a seed corn shortage while Lincoln highway funding nears approval. W J Riley reports East Chicago district subscribed its quota in one hour. Miss Elsie Gerhard appointed Randolph county county agent and Fayette county opts for a thrift focused fair.
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Henry County
Gilbert F. Mowver
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Frank Backman
Anderson
Hammond
County Council
Lake County
W. J. Riley
Chicago
Elsie Gerhard
Waynetown
Randolph County
A. L. Hodgson
Fayette County
Free Board
Clarence C. Madison
Dearborn County
William H. Brevoort
Indiana
Vincennes
Knox County
Evansville
Vanderburg
Cc. C. Winkler
National
Melon Distributors’ Association
W. H. Baggs
Pittsburgh
R. H. Pennington
Arline Opp
W. M. Swain
Madison County Council of Defense
Kate App
LaFayette
Wabash Railway Company
Greentown
Harry
Barnard
Louis Friedman
Muncie
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary Land ‘Company
Menninger
Terre Haute
Indiana Supreme Court
Menningers
Public Utilities Company
Therp
Charter . W. Jewett
Patriotic Gardeners’ ‘Association
Indianapolis
Germans Repulsed on Front From Meteren to Ypres
Haig reports powerful German assaults against French British positions between Meteren and Zillebeke repulsed with heavy losses. Belgians also checked attacks as Allied line holds. British recaptured Festubert area and took prisoners. Americans participate in fighting near Amiens as British French and American units repel advances on multiple sectors.
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Teutons
Meteren
Zillebeke
London
Haig
Festubert
Givenchy
Locre
Mont Kemtmel
France
Flanders
Ypres
Reuter
la Bassee
Houtholst Forest
Wimp
Lens
Washington
War Department
Amiens
Paris
United States
Soldier Sons of
Massachusetts
One Hundred and Fourth
Apremont Forest
Soissons
War Office
Kemmel
Avre
Lassigny
Noyon
Reims
St. Mihiel
Luneville
le Pretre Wood
Berlin
Hill 60
Ypres-Comines Canal
the Times
Kemmel Hill
Dunkirk
Calais
Boulogne
Channel
Hangard
Somme
Villers-Bretonneux
Hangarden-Santerre
Draanoutre
Mont Kemmel
U. S
Leicheprey
War dispatch from Epernay describes air raid fear
Chicago girl Juliet Goodrich writes of April 380 days near the French trenches at Epernay as trucks bring exhausted American soldiers to the canteen. She recalls the wild days of the offensive and the soldiers seeking air shield from darkness as guns thunder in the distance.
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Juliet Goodrich
Chicago
U. S
Epernay
M. F. Maguire
Astor Street
Play Game Fair With Uncle Sam
A patriotic appeal invites readers to invest wisely and participate in a public game fair promoting thrift and national pride. It emphasizes collective effort, American prosperity, and loyalty to the country as key themes of the event.
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Uncle Sam
My wife is the limit in wartime social clubs
An American businessman dining with a French visitor jokes that since the war began he endures endless meetings and asks if his wife participates in club work. The guest answers in broken English that her wife never joins clubs, and cites a past fracas with his wife as trouble.
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Home Defense League
Nevaire
Powderless gun may revolutionize land warfare
An American inventor unveils a powderless gun that resembles a large grindstone at short range. Powered by an electric motor, it spins to fire hundreds of shots per minute. Bullets ride in cups and are discharged by centrifugal force once correctly positioned. The device is claimed to be accurate at five miles, cheap to operate, and noiseless.
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Putnam County Council
Skillen-Gooding
Yorktown
Frank Kavaney
South Bend
United State Army
New Albany
Clinton County
Ele Stansbury
Otto Kauss
Charles J. Nicherwaner
Muncie
Evansville
Purdue University
Purdue
Bluffton
Wells County
Frank Owen
Hull
H. C. McMorris
McMorris
Owen
Martinsville
Patoka
White River
H. G. Morgan
Indianapolis Board of Public Health and Charities
Health Department
Greensburg
Horace
Big Four
Hartman &Co. Distillers
Louisville
Chicago
Goshen
New York Central
Fatty
Baldy
Bonehead
Germany
H. H. Osterhage
Bicknell
Osterhage
Union Traction Company of
Indiana
Public Service Commission
Arthur W. Brady
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Medical Reserve Corps
Gorgas
County Councils of Defense
Indiana State Medical Association
Aurora
Rising Sun Pike
Council of Defense
North Harbor
Mark Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
Bedford
Fred Bowen
Rocky Mountains
Bunker Hill
Independence
Appomattox
Washington, D. C
National Capitol
George
Uncle Sam
Atlantic Ocean in an Alley Playtime on a Street Scene
Three boys stage a pretend battle in a rain-washed alley turning it into the Atlantic and a navy fleet. A four-year-old girl, masked by a pink gingham slip, plays along as a pretend spy under a mock firing squad. The scene recalls an old, simpler world of play.
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Ashington
Atlantic Ocean
Billy
Three Women and a Baby in a Cafe Scene
A richly dressed woman eyeing a baby at a cafe causes a scene when the infant calmly coos and is taken up by the passersby mother. A virtuous onlooker whispers a judgment as a looming legal reckoning is hinted.
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Delilah
Capital Claims Priority in Women Taxpayers in HAT City
Washington reports show more women taxpayers by proportion of population than any U S city. Taxpayers queue at the Legal Building to file income returns with lines all day as the bureau proves the stat. Women comment on the process noting the help from a courteous clerk and the quiet, orderly scene despite the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HAT
Washington
United States
Tax Bureau
Eighth and G Streets
All-year School Concept Gains Support From Officials
Washington district officials advocate twelve month operation for public schools. Ernest, superintendent of schools, cites summer openings as proof of feasibility and urges congress to fund year-round schooling. Eveleth Minnesota reports an all-year program with spring summer fall and winter terms.
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District of Columbia
Ernest
Congress
Eveleth
Minnesota
Oye
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Ndiana
Irvin S. Cobb
United States of America
Plymouth Rock
Asl
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