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Williamsport Review Republican (Newspaper) - February 13, 1919, Williamsport, Indiana A i a county new see ii Oltie y , in Diana a Kee it a co Toly thursbay Feu a Cafty i1910, Xin Iber it Ufi in was a Pioneer citizen of a Arren county. Having lived near Vint Sirop Many years if a Bill now before the Indiana legislature beco iries a Law All male dogs will be taxed at $3.00 a head and female dogs As if the dog s Days Are . I it is also promo from Wliilam Ray. The following letter Vas received at 85.00. It . L ter Bupper. Pork chops with Spanish sauce Leiy salad Luxembourg Apple but former Var run county boy Flarried. A ?, cal., feb. 2,1919. \ q or. J. H. Stephinson Williamsport id i bar Friem a i am. Mailing you j a copy of one of our City papers which has an article marked that pc ton county Farmers planning a big de Quot to tax cats. The with co. D. 123rd m. G. Ere first thing you know they will Levy a tax on old bachelors in Indiana cake with Carmel sauce in in Lux Quot butter and Coffee. Williamsport and Vicinity great la shocked saturday evening we ien the news reached this place of i and then you la see a general exodus death of Jacob Ivl. Rhode a Well a of these citizens to More congenial known and highly respected Farmer j climes. Living near Winthrop. Or. Rhode measures of importance made no had been ill several weeks caused i to big Progress in the legislature Ivy a fall last december from which during the last week. The Highway he received injuries to his head from j commission Bill the tax Reform Bill which he never recovered and had i go the conservation commission been confined to his bed since that j in were All reported by committees time. It was not known Here Gener j of the House and advanced to Sec ally that he was in a critical Condi-1 ond Reading. In the Senate the out Tion therefore the Surprise was j standing achievements were adopt Well you i Well. You see can bread May be of interest to some of our 1 friends. I am a Little late in Send we fared pretty ing this but Hope it iii be Ali right have the .3 meal with you. My son j. Edward As Jnore great. On 17, 1833, Jacob m. Rhode was born in a log Cabin on the same a Arm upon which he lived until his death. He was the son of Wiiiiam and Savaii Murray Rhode Vivio settled in Warren county in j,828. Jacob Rhode was looked upon As one of the pioneers of the Community in which he spent his entire life. He helped transform the county from a wild and far reaching Forest to one of the most valuable districts of the state of Indiana. He enjoyed telling in his end i training Way stories of the life among the Early settlers of Warren county. He grew to manhood on the old i Homestead and later took up farming As his life work and followed it Vith greater Success than the aver Man enjoys. On january 3, 1858, he was Marri i adopted cil to Mary Jane Russell also o a Arren county. To this Union three a a a i Alldren were born who with his v. Ife survive him. The children Are mrs. Fanny Cobb who has resided a i the old Hoiu Estead looking after me comforts of her aged parents since the death of her husband Albert Cobb Martha f. Mccord who died several years ago and Charles w. Rhode of Attica of the firm of Rhode Hushaw company. He leaves several grand children among whom Are Murray Malcolm and Albert r. Cobb to whom he has been the same As a father. Funeral services were held monday afternoon at the family residence and burial made at the Martin Dale cemetery. The Mason ii order had charge of the services. Or. Rhode had been a member of this fraternal organization for Many years and was the oldest member in the Rainsville Lodge. In Fri Tion of several resolutions to Amend the Constitution and the passage of the presidential woman suffrage Bill which had already passed the House and which has been signed by the governor. The pronounced Public opinion for political Equality in Indiana is evinced by the overwhelming vote for the Bill to enable women to vote for presidential electors. Of 150 members of the general Assembly Only six voted against it. The vote in the House was 90 to 3, and in the Senate 44 to 3. It is the second measure of the session to a Law the first being the Bill appropriating $100,000 for the expenses of the general Assembly. The Resolution for a constitutional extending full suffrage to women which was adopted by the Senate was favourably reported in the House and will no doubt be if adopted by the next legislature it will be submitted to a vote of the people in 1922. The most heated controversy of the week was Over the Highway commission Bill and the chief Point Emborg and is very interesting Ettelbruck Lux monday. Dec. 25, 1918. I it in the Bingo papers if i you know it dear Mother it seems Ages since a a Quot it will show the Bingo port. I heard from Vou. I can t under i pop the yank enjoyed what we Are was born in Wiliiams stand it. I Hope you Are All Well. I am in Good health myself and fat As a pig. We left France a couple of weeks ago and we Are now in the county of Luxembourg just 15 Kilometres from the German Border. The German people Are treating us royally they Are glad we Are Here. Of course if we go on into Germany i expect we won t be treated so Good. We have had some hike about 115 Miles we arrived Here Friday afternoon and it was about a ii Day trip. It was a wonderful trip lots of Beautiful scenery and we find a great change from the French towns. The towns Are much More up to Date but things Are much higher than in France the lord knows France is High enough. You pay about ten prices for anything you buy. Imagine Coffee $8 a Pound. It s a treat to see a town after looking at the War ruined Tov is of France. France sure suffered in this War. Well it s All Over now and it won t be Long till we will All be Back in god s country. I went up town saturday to see if i could buy a few Little Xmas presents but it s Clear out of the question for something you could buy in the states would Cost you $10 Here. Xmas will soon be Here and we Are having a hard time trying to get something extra for dinner. Just what the menu Wili be yet i Don t know. I fixed the boys up a pretty Nice dinner thanksgiving. Don t of Contention in the House commit j know whether i told you or not but tee on roads and on the floor of the i i started cooking again a couple or House when the committee submit j three Days before thanksgiving. Cook now for about 150 men. I am your son is cooking. I Hope you All had a merry Xmas and wishing you a Happy and prosperous new year. Sorry to hear of your bad Luck and i Hope some honest person finds it and returns it. Of yes tonight i received a Nice letter of Good wishes and cheer from Jennie Cope land. Now i just can t quite place her but if you see her you can Tell her 1 thank her for her Good wishes and Welcome letter. Well Mother the big Job Over Here is done and All we Are waiting for now is our turn to Cross the Pond Back to our country and Hope that will be soon. Well Mother i m quite tired and sleepy so i guess i will ring off and turn in. I got a bed now. Don t hardly know How to act in a bed but pm getting used to it. A a we fare much better in this country than in France Well give my regards to All. Answer soon. Lovingly your son William l. Ray company e., 123rd m. G. Bn., american F. Chain of elevators and organizing a Stock company ted majority and minority reports on the Bill was whether the automobile License fund should go into the Highway commission fund or should be distributed Back to the j counties. The Loriner plan prevailed by a vote of to 4u. This same question May arise again when the Bill comes up for third Reading. Meantime there is a great Deal of pulling and hauling to gather a majority for or against placing automobile License Money in the state Highway commission fund. At the enclosing some views for you and Leona. Would love to be Home this Xmas but i can to but will eat easter dinner in the states i m sure. Got some new pictures of baby she sure is a dc4i. Tell Leona to Send a picture of her new baby i am anxious to see it too. Well i Hope to receive an answer to this. I see where Indiana went Republican but nevertheless i guess they All have to take their hats off to Woodrow. I wish you All a merry Xmas and a Happy marriage licenses county clerk Cov Gill has issued marriage licenses to the following persons since our last report Orval Black son of or. And mrs. Fremont Black of near this City i d Marguerite Foley daughter of Ivor. And mrs. Ben Foley of Peoria present time the Prospect of enact year. Love and kisses. Lovingly your son William l. Ray. Co. D. 123rd m. G. Bn., 33rd div. Which nic pal and gravel Road Bonds from taxation. The conviction that in Wilmer j. Brown son of Jacob a or our present Constitution a sys Nrown of Rainsville and Marguerite tem of taxation adapted to modern a Steele daughter of James Steele of j conditions cannot be adopted has i ine Village. J in the Senate to adopt a Resolution Chester Hetrick son of John Het i for the co institutional Arnen dment Rick of East Liberty and Elsie s. J which would enable the general As Ornith daughter of v. P. Smith of Sembly to classify property for tax near this City. This couple were action and to i act an income to married wednesday evening of last Lav which is considered by students week by Rev. D. L. Sollars. The Best method of taxing Innangi Bles and obtaining a just amount of i Revenue from professional men who have Large incomes but Little prop ment of an eff client state Highway commission Law is favourable. The tax Reform Bill was reported from committee with amendments restoring March 1 As the Date of As thursday dec. 26, 1918. Ses sment striking out the provision Mother Weli Xmas has for a 7d per cent deduction on in-1 tangibles restoring the deduction debts from credits and returning to i Mas touch. It did t the present Law which exempts my i Mas got less and from Leonard Etnire. Hohr Germany dec. 16, 1918. Dear parents and sister a in my last letter i told you that i expected to be in Coblenz and see the Rhine. Since that time i have spent two nights in that City and crossed the River Rhine twice. Take your map and locate the town of Hohr a hich is al in Miles and across the River from Coblenz. The above named town is where i am located at the present time. The town is Small with about 3,000 inhabitants. Our billets for the company Are in a Small Carina used for a club room of some kind. We have a piano billiard table plenty of chairs and tables. We make our Beds on the floor which makes a rather hard bed but better than the ground. I would rather do that than Dodge Quot a. I Quot cans. You should not kick if you do not receive letters from me every week. I am very Busy but i try to write every week but what i can not understand is Why our mail and every thing in general is on the bum. I have seen american train after train bound for Coblenz and it looks like everything should be of k. I have not seen a paper for Over two weeks and know nothing of the news from the outside world. It is nearly impossible to get tobacco of any kind. We heard that the y. M. C. A. Is with the boys on the Rhine. All quite Well and enjoying Southern California As usual. We wish for Moreios our Williams port friends to come out an enjoy this Beautiful place with us. We Hope you Are All Well and wish you and mrs. Stephenson the Best of of everything. Sincerely mrs. Julia Musselman 4932 South Wilton place. The following from the Losange les Californi examiner dated january 9, 1919, says Quot very simple and quiet with but members of the two families in attendance was the marriage of miss Elsie m. Stephens and j. E. Mussel Man which took place last evening at the Home of the former s parents or. And mrs. E. E. Stephens 316 Juanita Avenue. The Bride who is the sister of City attorney Albert Lee Stephens and of assistant City attorney Jess Stephens was unattended. She wore a smart Taupe cloth travelling suit trimmed Vith dark fur and Small White hat. Miss Stephens and or. Mussel Man met first about six years ago when he came to los Angeles from Indiana he joined the forces in or. Stephens office where he is now chief clerk. He is now a student at the Law College Liniver sity of Southern California and will graduate next year. Rev. Albert flick at the wedding. Or. And mrs. Musselman will make their Home in los Angeles follow ing a Short wedding trip. Yes they Are with us All right some i gave less than any Christmas i can a go and a few women with a suit remember. But i am glad i am Liv egg it of emptiness and with a ing. I have seen no Xmas Box yet growl for the enlisted Man. I did i but they will be late Only about 6 a not know they were planning an Fellows in the company have re Honor letter for father until yester Cei Ved some cigarettes by the letter was to be written on and tobacco from the y. M. C. A., a november 24 so that it would reach package of cigarettes from the Cap j Hoig about Xmas. They Are doing Tain and a couple of bars of Choco j Yoders Over Here Quot late from our chaplain. The Choco j j a May be Able to Send you a late was one that i could use so you dutch helmet in a few Days see How much Xmas i got. Teachers to get increase the teachers wage Bill raising the wage of Public school teachers in Indiana from 30 to 50 per cent. Vav As ready to go to the Senate thursday of last week after the House recorded a vote of 85 to 8 for the Bill the Day before. The Bill is backed by the teachers organization of the state and by the school authorities. It provides for the same method As now used in calculating salaries for teachers. Under the present Law beginning teachers in the schools of the state receive an average of $2.17 a Day and under the new Bill the wage will be approximately $3.50 a Day. Proportionate increases Are provided for teachers of higher rank. The maximum wage of a Grade school teacher under the Bill would be about $900 a year. The juries. Bidders Baik on Road contracts the proposed letting of eight contracts for the building of gravel roads in the various parts of Fountain county under the three mile gravel Road Lav attracted numerous bidders to Covington the last commissioners meeting but the close Competition expected did not develop. Only three contracts were let and no bids whatever were offered on the other five roads. The contractors claimed that All the estimates were too Low and that it would be a losing proposition to attempt to build the roads according atop erty either tangible or intangible. A a i stayed up All night Xmas eve and baked pies then Xmas morning baked cake and that kept me going some. We butchered dec. 23, so while the House has been dealing id Dandy fresh pork. I done with the statutory measures of aii the baking and roasting Aad larger moment the Senate has Giv-1 tended to the dressings so you see in much of its time to propos Edff. Xmas was Over i was pretty to the Constitution. It i our Bill of fare for Xmas was has adopted resolutions to make the a be of course not like last office of clerk of the supreme and jut Good for the army made appellate courts statutory instead j cd Tjit ions. Of constitutional the idea being that i Fig egg a copy of our three meal the clerk should be appointed by j a a the supreme court to enable the j to veto items of a Propri i Bills without vetoing the i grand jurors. District no. 1�?arnet Andrews and Thaddeus Crow. District no. 2�?george Hess and Thomas Gearity. District no. 3�?alexander Meri Deth and John t. Mckinzie. Petit jurors. District no. 1�?William p. Huntera a Charies Alburn j. T. Chavers Henry our Post office nearly every Day so i Louis the citizens of Chase and Vicinity Are planning an organization to be known As Farmers elevator co., in order to Purchase the elevator operated by Charles Benedict. With the exception of Chase and Talbot All towns in Benton county along the Lake Erie and Western Railroad have Farmers elevators and according to reports negotiations Are being considered at Talbot As Well As at Chase. Charles Lawson of Chase has suggested that the Farmers of Ben ton county organize a system of. Elevators which would cover the county. His suggestion is that the Benton county Farmers organize a corporation with $1,100,000 capital and apportion Stock of $10i3,000 to each township the present stockholders in the local elevators turning in their Stock in the Central elevator which would operate the local elevators As Branch houses. The Central elevator would be located at Fowler and the bookkeeping would be consolidated into the Fowler office which would also conduct the merchandising and employ first class salesmen who would open connections and sell the Grain into territory where it is needed rather than risk it to the Board of brokers As the Small elevators Are now compelled to do. There is about 8200,000 Worth of Stock in local Farmers elevators that could be converted into Stock in the larger Grain project. If of the Confederate Flag n March. 1s61, the Confederate Congress adopted As the National Emblem the so called stars and bars. It was made up of three horizontal bars of red White and red with a Blue Union in the upper left hand Corner on which were displayed thirteen a Hite stars in a Circle thus giving the historic red White and Blue which Tricolour appeared in All the succeeding changes. The resemblance of this to the stars and stripes led to confusion mistakes and loss of life in the Battle of Manassas and shortly after that action another Flag was bom to the confederacy in september 1861. This was a red Field charged with a Blue saltier with a narrow Border of White on which were displayed thirteen White stars. The stars and bars were supplemented by the Camp Flag in 1863. This was in size and shape like the other except that it was White with no stripes and the Battle Flag in the upper Corner next the staff. It was found deficient in actual service in that displaying so much White it was some times Apt to be mistaken for a Flag of truce and on february 24, 1865, it gave place to the last Flag of the confederacy. This Flag was the Camp Flag with its outer half a red vertical bar. Will get one and Send it Home. I must close for this time and write to Clair. Your son and brother. Private Leonard d. Etnire amb. Co. No. 2, american F. Clem. District no. 2�?frank r. Pence c. G. Dysert j. W. Cain Wade Lemming Geo. Fry and Ezekiel French. District no. 3�?george Eberle s. S. Daugherty John c. Ritenour Wilbur Harmon Jas. W. King and Jas. Stacker. Sergt. Bartlett Home sergeant Arnet a. Bartlett son of governor breakfast. Fried Steak Fried Mush to the specifications on file Bill to provide for an exec Quot a from Earl Hobart. Arrie tiers France Jan. 15,1919. Dear Frances and Johnny a received your letter of dec. 16 just be okra fore dinner and As i have just Fin-1 member of the to shed eating will now answer it pm a i right away. Have been away from at Camp Mcclelland al with the company for the past three mustered out of the i weeks and Joist came Back to this or. Washburn dead or. Samuel s. Washburn 80 years old died at Lafayette feb. 4th. He was born at Rushville ind., sept. 1, 1839, and had practice Medicine in Lafayette since 1874. He enlisted in the 16th Indiana Volunteer regiment and served two years in the civil War As assistant surgeon. He was a member of the Tippecanoe county medical society and of the state and american medical associations in former years he was prominent in local democratic political circles. Or. Washburn formerly lived in the old town of this City and practice his profession in the old town during the years of 1872 and 1873. A p within the estimated Cost. Clover Hay for Sale some in mow and some in stack. A i in Fine Vanreed. 3vf. Offee and bread. I Little town three Days roast Dork with Bacon Gravy i company was divided shed potatoes celery dressing Bunches. Two Bunches of 12 were Luxembourg Apple butter Apple pie a sent out and one of 22. With whipped cream., bread butter i remained Here. I a continued on Page 4, column 3. And Coffee. I continued on Page 8, column 2. Tive budget to enfranchise women and require that both men and women be citizens to vote to classify counties for registration purposes Mas county agents to meet february 17 the first of a series of meetings to service at Camp Taylor Kentucky i be held by the county agents ago. Our feb. 4, 1919, and has returned Home. I throughout this month will take into four he will take up his old business of place in Lafayette february 1/. It livery cars and horses. At the time will be attended by the county the armistice was signed his corps was ready to go overseas. His Many friends in Warren county Are glad to see him Back. The rest been out agents from ten adjacent counties. H. B. Fuller of the u. S. Department of agriculture will be present at each meeting

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