World News Highlights From War Fronts And Global Events
Reports from Berlin, Petrograd, Paris and London detail battles and sieges across Europe. Prince Henri of Reuss is killed on the Russian front. German seizures of contraband ships prompt Allied warnings. Greek and French clashes occur near Katerina, with mobilization orders and leadership changes cited. Baltic and Moldavian fronts see gains for Russia, while Greek and British actions threaten Athens. Maritime losses include the Caledonia, Sigurd and other vessels. stock markets plunge on peace negotiations signals. Local crimes include a bank robbery in Webb City and mine disaster fatalities in Stone City.
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Prince Henri of Reuss
Berlin
Mexican War News and Mapimi Caption Update
German consul Arnold Vogel reported kidnapped near Colima and later returned, with ransom set at 15 000 dollars. Mapimi in Durango, a key site for American mining interests, has fallen to Villistas led by Gen Arnulfo Gonzales who vows to join Carranza forces to end the American punitive expedition.
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Arnold Vogel
Colima
Mex
Washington
Admiral Caperton
Vogel
Mapimi
Durango
Villistas
Arnulfo Gonzales
Chihuahua
Carranza
Naval lab site chosen and immigration bill action noted
The civilian advisory board urged locating a 1 500 000 dollar naval experimental laboratory at Annapolis. Senate adopts a committee amendment to the immigration bill excluding Hindus and other Asiatics, and drops passport references. Reports cite a clear Germany pledge violation over the Marina sinking. The attorney general plans grand jury probes into the cost of living with full presidential support. Post office bill enacts one cent local postage and a zone rate for magazines. War department contracts 96 hydro airplanes for coast artillery. Austria resigns. Grilse torpedo boat lost at sea with all hands. London reports a new war cabinet. Sinn Fein protests in Cork amid rising tensions.
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Senate
Washington
Post Office
Chiropractors Begin Campaign to Pass State Board Bill
At a South Bend meeting forty chiropractors pledged 500 to back a bill creating a five member self funding state board to examine chiropractors before licensing. L E B Fuller led the effort with J H Denlinger H T Vawter and C A Thompson as speakers. E C V Fitzpatrick explained the bill. The aim is to ease conflict with the American Medical Society and run no state expense.
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South Bend
L. E B. Fuller
Indianapolis
State
Chiropractors’ Association
J. H. Denlinger
Elkhart
H. T. Vawter
Lafayette
C. A. Thompson
E. C. V. Fitzpatrick
Supreme Court
American Medical Society
Veteran’s Twine Ball Found in Indiana Veteran’s Effects
A huge ball of wrapping twine, made by Civil War veteran Martin Selman, is believed to be the largest in Indiana. Selman saved string from local stores after the Chicago exposition, growing the ball to over a foot in diameter before his death in Dallas Texas.
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Valparaiso
Indiana
Martin Selman
Dallas
Tex
Chicago
Selman
Strikers Return to Work Amid Wage Talks at Mines
Clinton Mule drivers who halted six mines are voting to resume work at current pay. Operators agree to rehire strikers without prejudice as negotiations settle on pay scales. A Brown County note reports first colored family moving to farm in the county amid long-standing racial presence.
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Clinton
Anderson council backs egg and butter boycott plan
Read as a fragmented note, the source indicates Anderson civic leaders discuss a boycott of eggs and butter. It mentions women deciding on action and lectures about cheaper substitutes, suggesting community guidance on household changes.
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Anderson
Anderson ‘Council
Historical Society Erects Stone Marker Near Seymour
Seymour residents learn the Jackson County Historical Society placed a roadside stone marker two miles west of the city marking the intersection of the Ten Oclock and Grouseland Indian boundary lines. George Pence proposed the marker at the semiannual meeting, with the marker to honor the 1805 Grouseland treaty line and the Ten Oclock line named for its shadow-based origin. The marker sits in a field near the highway between Seymour and Browns Town.
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Seymour
Jackson County Historical Society
Jackson Township
George Pence
Indianapolis
Harrison Purchase
Grouseland
Vermilion County
Gosport
Brownstown
Urged to Save Indiana Sand Dune Region National Park
Indiana Academy of Science passes a resolution urging Indianapolis Senators congressmen governor and state legislators to back making Lake Michigan sand dunes a national park. Copies will be sent to lawmakers. A separate statehood centennial service at the state house honors Indiana's admission and awards medals to the Third Indiana Infantry veterans.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Academy of Science
Lake Michigan
Congress
James A. Woodburng
Indiana University
State House
Third Indiana Infantry
Reopen Coal Banks At Scarce Coal Prices In Grass Township
Due to coal scarcity and high prices several old banks are reopened in Spencer county and operated profitably. The Knob bank in Grass township, abandoned years ago, resumes activity at 15 cents a bushel, up from 9 to 10 cents.
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Rockport
Spencer County
Grass Township
Famous Team To Be Sold From Crouch & Son Farm
Lafayette reports the six strong Percheron horses from the Crouch & Son stock farm, twice world champions at the Chicago Hive stock exposition, are to be sold with expected record breaking price.
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Lafayette
Crouch & Son Stock Farm
Chicago
Navigation Closed at Gary Harbor for Year
With the steamship Metania arriving Captain A R Thompson brings 6 050 tons of pig iron from Conneaut harbor. Navigation closes for the year at Gary harbor after 404 ships, mostly ore vessels, discharged cargoes since April.
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Gary
Metania
A. R. Thompson
Conneaut Harbor
Harris will bequeaths funds for Goshen widow and orphans home
The will of Benjamin Harris is filed and directs a bequest of fifteen thousand dollars for the erection and maintenance of a widow and orphans home in Goshen. Whitmer Jackson Sash and Door Company is noted in connection with the matter.
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Renssaelaer
Benjamin Harris
Benjamin
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Highlights American Made Quality
An old advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue as the best choice for the home, noting it is made in America and would please the housewife, calling it a superior option for grocers and households.
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America
Lad Who Stirred A Nation
The piece recalls Oliver Wendell Holmes Brown who wrote the poem on a scrap of paper while a Harvard law student. It notes Old Ironsides was nearly torn for scrap value but inspired a national shift in policy through verse. It also mentions four frigates: Constitution Constellation United States and President, with only memories for the others.
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Holmes
Ao Law
Harvard
Boston Post
Qld
Ironsides
Constitution
Constellation
United States
President
Odd Blower Replaces Towels in Big Plant Washrooms
A strange report notes an electric blower is used instead of towels in washrooms at several large industrial sites. It also mentions a woman described as a poor cook who cannot prepare decent meals.
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England
Agustalia
Trotus
Roumania
Petrograd
Briand
France
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Katerina
London
Copenhagen
Switzerland
Constantine of Greee
Russia
Falkenhayn
Belber
du Fournet
Gaucher
Constantine
Reim
Athens
Wallachia
Ploechti
Buzeu
Caledonia
Sigurd
Avris
Tanfield
Lloyd’s
Uit New York
Germany
Bethleshem Steel
Oronogo Bank
Webb City
Bogush Shell
Toronto
Ont
J. W. Filavelle
Imperial Munitions ‘Board of Canada
League of California
San Francisco
Genevieve Gilmore
James A. Gilmore
Federal Baseball League
Charles M. Foell
Superior Court
Reedy & Ryan
Stone City
Kan
James M. Cox
Ohio
Ansberry
Soo Road
Vergas, Mino
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Experimental Laboratory
Annapolis
State Department
Marina
Wilson
Coast Artillery
Hawaii
Philippines
Panta Canal Zone
War Department
Reuter
Amsterdan
Minister of Naval Service
Ottawa
Can
David Livya-George
Earl Curzon
Arthur Henderson
Lord Milner
Corki
State Board OF Examiners
Chiropractors
Leper
Princeton
David Bayer
Fort Branch
Long Hospital
Gibson County
Muncie
Bunch
Ford National Park
Hoosier
Omaha
USA
Safety Remedy Co
Canton
J. Hy Savage
Henniker, N. H
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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