War News Roundup From The Front And Home Front
Reports from Petrograd say Teutonic forces defeated on the Dniester front with over five thousand prisoners. Muller the German spy executed in the Tower of London. Roxburgh torpedoed in the North Sea with minor damage. Meuse and Vosges fights give German gains. Lemberg retaken with heavy Russian losses. US and British notes impact German plans on multiple fronts. Carnegie Steel restarts mills. political indictments in Indianapolis. Earthquakes shake Imperial Valley. extensive fire and explosions in California towns. Advertising clubs of the world convene in Chicago.
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Petrograd
Dniester
Berlin seeks peaceful ties as Tageszeitung suspension noted
German foreign office says suspension of the Deutsche Tageszeitung aims to avoid hindering US relations. London House of Commons adjourns after first reading of a bill that could grant McKenna a blank cheque up to 1 billion pounds. Anchor liner Cameronia reports submarine attack and alleged sinking after voyage from New York to Liverpool.
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Berlin
United States
Deutsche Tageszeitung
House of Commons
London
McKenna
Cameronia
Liverpool
New York
Secretary Lansing denies Japanese troop restraint report
The Washington secretary of state denied a claim that the United States had blocked or suggested denying Japanese troop use in Europe. A British memorandum on the seizure of American goods for neutral ports reached the State Department and was officially announced. President Wilson stated Lansing accepted the role as secretary of state to succeed Bryan.
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Robert Lansing
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Europe
State Department
Wilson
White House
Watertown
N. Y
William Jennings Bryan
Carranza Rejects Talks With Villa Zapata
Mexican Revolt leader Carranza informs Washington via Vera Cruz contact that he will not negotiate with Villa or Zapata. Villa’s remnants flee as Obregon’s forces capture Villa base at Aguas Calientes amid regional fighting and Wilson prepares to spend two weeks in Cornish New Hampshire.
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Carranza
United States
State Department
Washington
John R. Sillimas
Vera Cruz
Villa
General Zapata
Francisco Villa
Alvaro Obregon
Aguas Calientes
Wilson
Cornish, N. H
White House
Campaign for simplified spelling funded by Carnegie
Dr. A Gideon leads a campaign to replace uch and ue spellings with simpler forms like altho thru through and catalog with funded backing from Andrew Carnegie. Newspapers nationwide adopt the twelve word simplifications endorsed by the National Education Association since 1898.
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Indianapolis
A. Gideon
New York
Thoro
Thoroly
Thorefore
National Education Association
United States
Gideon
Scrippa-McRie League
Cincinnati Post
Cleveland Press
New York Independent
The
Literary Digest
Current Opinion
Andrew Carnegie
Indiana
Advisory Council For
Amos 8. Hershey
William Evans Jenkins
Eugene Leser
Indiana University
Albert Boynton Storms
Earlham College
Stricken in the Pulpit Rev Philip Ruhl Dies in Auburn
The 69 year old Rev Philip Ruhl collapsed after delivering a sermon in the Reformed church at Auburn and died at his Ft Wayne home without regaining consciousness. He formerly led Salem Reformed church and retired seven years ago. He had lived in Ft Wayne while preaching in Auburn.
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Ft. Wayne
The
Reformed Church
Auburn
Philip Ruhl
Mr. Ruhl
Salem Reformed Church
Boaneville Man J E Westerman Dies in Chicago
J E Westerman once in restaurant and hotel business dies in Chicago from blood poisoning after a rusty nail scratch. Body will be brought home for burial in Boaneville.
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Boaneville
J. E. Westerman
Chicago
Falls Under Train In Accident At Local Rail Yard
Fourteen year old Tell City resident Harry E Waermke was seriously injured when he tried to climb onto a freight car. He slipped and fell beneath the wheels in the yard, triggering a rapid medical response.
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Tell City
Harry E. Waermke
Baby Burned Daughter Dies as Fire Kills Mother in Columbus
Columbus reports a tragic blaze as Mrs. Luther McClellan, 21, dies from burns after trying to ignite a stove with coal oil. Her infant son John perished. neighbors and ministers rushed to the scene, with Rev. Shaw burned and Rev. Bently recovering the baby's body.
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Columbus
Luther McClellan
John
Seymour
Methodet Conference
South Columbus M
A. P. Bently
Crothersville
Evansville Woman Donates For Cigarettes To English Soldiers
Mrs. John Cameron of Evansville sent money to London for a fund that purchases tobacco for English troops in France. She received a letter from John McIntyre of the Cameron Highlanders thanking her for cigarettes and noting Tommy Atkins never forgets.
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Evansville
John Cameron
London
England
Tommy Atkins
Tramp Returns Last Check At Goshen Station
A tramp delivered a $250 check to Harry A. Beck, Goshen New York Central ticket agent, claiming he found it near the depot. The check had been sent by Dr. William B. Kreider two weeks earlier as payment for rail and Pullman experience to Alaska. The loss occurred in transit. the envelope was missing.
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Goshen
New York Central Railroad
Harry A. Beck
Shelby County Fair draws entrants for early September races
Shelbyville secretary H. Stroup reports eighty four entries so far for the Shelby County Fair races. Four stake events promise $500 purses and are filling fast as horsemen compete. The fair is slated for the first week of September.
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Shelby County
Shelbyville
Tramps Rob Nearby Stores in Linden
Tramps entered O. D. Thomas's general store and took bananas and chisels. They visited Jesse Martin's drug store stealing watches including one of Martin's wife. At Fred Glasscock's bake shop they ate bread and cakes.
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Linden
O. D. Thomas
Jesse Martin
Martin
Fred Glasscock
Peru Chaplain William Arnold Ordered to Manila
Rev William Rt Arnold formerly assistant at St Charles Catholic Peru has been named chaplain in the United States Army at Ft Washington Md and received orders to proceed to Manila P I. he informed friends here of the assignment.
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Peru
William Rt. Arnold
John H. Guending
St. Charles Catholic Church
United States ‘Army
Ft. Washington
Manila
Pastor Aids Police in Car Theft Search
The Rev. R. A. Smith of the First United Brethren Church seeks police help after his touring car was stolen in Logansport while he attended the state Sunday school convention. He urges assistance to recover the vehicle and locate any suspects.
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Kokomo
R. A. Smith
the. First. United Brethren Church
Logansport
Fall Causes Woman's Death in Vevay
Miss Sarah Trowbridge aged eighty three died at her home after a fall that fractured her hip.
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Sarah Trowbridge
Fragmentary obituary note from Winora in 90s
Partial OCR fragment suggests a deceased woman found in bed at Winora. Details are unclear. other readable words include age ninety four and phrases implying cause or discovery. Further context from original source needed.
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Winora
Oable
Cycle ridden by John Hosterman incident details
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a cycle ridden incident linked to John Hosterman. The wording is incomplete. no dates or locations are readable. Further readable context is needed to establish a full summary.
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John Hosterman
Trade expansion through reciprocal international delegations
A Memphis News-Scimitar editorial urges U.S. leaders to send delegations and observing merchants abroad to learn from others and to trade more widely. It highlights Chinese visitors as an example and proposes engaging with Latin America and China to boost exports including lumber and cotton via the Panama Canal.
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Uncle Sam
Orient
China
Panama Canal
Pacific
Memphis
Grocer's Delivery Brings 4 Dozen Eggs and Cheese
A man at home hears a noise in the kitchen and greets the grocer's delivery boy at the rear door. The basket contains 4 dozen eggs a pound of butter and Roquefort cheese. The bill totals $1.87, prompting a quiet exchange about household fears at dusk.
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Billy
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
The Truth Comes Out About Corporate Robbery Scheme
A former employee reveals how a large corporation operated a systemic game on the public. He explains the mechanics of the scheme and how tox noticed the manipulation remained undetected for years.
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Tox
The Misread Essay and a Lamb Themed Tale
A young woman proclaims her commencement essay profound after reading it to her father who admits he did not understand it. The piece plays with language and a line about ordering spring lamb in a poor restaurant hints at life’s fragility.
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Tower of London
Admiralty
Roxburgh
North Sea
France
Meuse
Vosges Mountains
Dardanelles
Cairo
Lemberg
Handelsblad
Hague
Japan
Germany
Hilden Range
Champagne District
Perthes
Dixmude
Reuter
Lower
Tanew
Nikolaiew
Baltic
Bukowina
Carisbrook
Kinnaird’s Head
Monopoli
Rana-Ruska
Rawa Ruska
Carnegie Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Duquesne North Works
Sharon
Edgar Thompson
E'S
Augusta
Mississippi Supreme Court
Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Imperial Valley
Carete
Mexicali
Thomas Taggart
Joseph EF. Bell
Samuel V. Perrott
Marion County Grand Jury
California
Centro
Calexico
Heber
Holtville
Windsor Armory
Peabody Company, Ltd
Walkersville
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
International High Commission
Maytorena
Yaqui
Mexico
Jor
Conaéul Simpich
Nogales
DR. A. Gideon
Carnegie
Transyillelds
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Citizens’ National Bank
Henry Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Ing
P. J
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