Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 294, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1920 — GOLD STAR BOOK IS NEARLY FINISHED [ARTICLE]

GOLD STAR BOOK IS NEARLY FINISHED

Final arrangements for the publication of the Memorial- Gold Star volume, the state book commenorating Indiana men and women who died in the service during the world war, will be made at a meeting of the Indiana historical commission Friday. Compilations of the material for the volume has been in progress for months under the supervision "of J. W. Oliver, director of the commission, and is now virtually completed. The book will be the first purely gold star volume to be issued by any state and will be made a worthy tribute to the Indiana men and women who made the supreme sacrifice. The book will contain a picture and a brief biographical sketch of each of the 3,280 men and fourteen women nurses who died during the war. Pictures of more than 3,000 of the men and all of the women have been secured by the commission and the plates made ready for the publication. The list of the honored dead of the state will be arranged in the book by counties and the county lists will be arranged alphabetically. Five pictures and sketches will be included on a page, making the entire volume have about 600 pages. Practically all new farming implements at the Arnold sale, December 14. There will be five head of horses, all bays, excellent work horses, at the Arnold .pale, December