The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
FOUNTAIN CITY
SOLDIER WRITES
FROM ENGLAND
Red Cross Gets Large Quota
of Socks for Month-Tract-
or Demonstration.

FOUNTAIN CITY. Aug. 5.-raul NJ
Schroeder has written an interesting
letter from England to his relatives
here Schroeder is with 1877 Casualty
Company His letter follows
Thought would write you line
TO tell you l am we'll. guess will
make out in this strange land So do
not worry about me. I'm still working
at barbering some, enough to keep my
hand up. so I'm not losing on my
trade We have good officers. They
do everything they can in their power
to help the boys. but guess I'm lucky
10 get in a good company.
Hope you are well at home. I'll bet
the crops look nice there: they look
fine here This is beautiful place
and we have lots OF rain, and it makes
the grass very green
The report of the State Sunday
school convention announced for next
Sunday evening was postponed. Miss
Myrtle Skinner. the delegate is suf-
fering with throat trouble and will be
unable to give her report. Other an
nouncements will be published later.
Howard Reed of Camp Taylor. KY,
has just recently been promoted from
a furlough.
The local Red Cross has received
y an order to knit 25 pairs Of socks be-
fore September 1. Plenty Of yarn is
on hand and every woman who can
knit should volunteer to help with
this work.
S. NJ Boren and G. NJ. Shoalter
shipped 80 hogs from the local yards
one day last week. The hogs were
fine specimens and comprised one Of
the best and largest shipments ever
sent from this place.
Mrs Lloyd Pyle has received word
that her husband has arrived safely
In France.
Arrangements have been made by
County Agent J, c. Kline to hold big
tractor demonstration all day on We'd
nesday. August Z. on the farm Of
Thad Nichols. threefourths of mile
east of Centerville on the National
Road This demonstration will give
the farmers of Wayne county an OPP
portunity to decide on the tractor
most suitable for the average farm.
The Heider, Fordson, Moline and two
International tractors will demon
strate. Other manufacturers who de-
sire to demonstrate on the same date
should communicate with the county
agent and arrangements will be made.
Lunch will be served on the grounds.
Come and stay all day.
Three monster army trucks come to
Fountain City every afternoon Their
headquarters are the training camp
located at the hospital hill this side of
Richmond. and they are making the
runs up here to get the men accustom-
ed to driving the big cars. Officers
always accompany on these runs.
Charles Hatfield and Sam Alexan-
der are spending the week in Hills
boro, O.. on business. Mrs. Lloyd
Pyle, Miss Rena Thomas and Miss
Olive Hunt attended the young Friends
conference held last week in Rich
mond. =. j. r. Carroll went to Pontiac,
Mich, Tuesday TO bring home three
Oakland cars that he had ordered. -.
Miss Anna Thomas is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Lambert at West
Vile. Ohio. Lieut.. and Mrs. Carlton
Thomas Of Preside, Calf, are the
parents Of a baby girl born on Sunday,
July 81. Her name is Naomi Spahr
Thomas. The Times office has sew
eral season tickets for the Richmond
chautauqua for sale at the old price
OF 81 so. .... Mrs. KEN and children
have been visiting in Winchester.