Hoosier News Briefs From Many Indiana Towns
Anderson opens new city market. Evansville moves to revive German in churches. Brazil farmer Arthur Gilbert dies from a pitchfork accident. Greensburg's A P Powell expands into large scale bean farming. Shoals sees mussel shell prices rise amid competition among three button firms. Clinton County defense organizes rural truck lines. Ripley County reports sheep killed by dogs. funds paid to owners. White County wheat seed ratings show four of sixty fields recommended. Fort Wayne Commercial Club aims to form a chamber of commerce with 2000 members. Petersburg debtors single issue on farms. Clark County farmers corn and soybeans grown together. Purdue trains National Army officers. Indy opens War Savings drive. Notre Dame opens Indianapolis high school. Milan to boost bank deposits. Civil war veterans to meet at Vernon August 7. Hoosier Motor Club to place large road signs. Johnson County wheat quality high. first lot at $2.05 a bushel. Indiana post office clerks elect Marion official as president. Lake County sees federal action over prohibition violations. Marion Hospital reports 241 inmates. Anderson Brown Molasses plant destroyed. Maples accident kills Jacob Nfirmian family. War demands raise pop prices. Studebaker to produce shells in South Bend. Bigamy case charges Nora McDonald with multiple husbands.
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Shoals
Shiperton
Clintone County
White County
P. R. Runsman
Henry County
Commercial Club
Fort Wayne
Chamber of Commerce
Business Men's Association
Petersburg
Miami County Thrashers’ Association
Minami County
Sydney Wyatt
John Depriest
Princeton
Fred H. Thompson
National Army Training Detachment
Purdue University
National Army
Purdue
Clark County
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Monon
Lafayette
Seventh Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury
Indiana
Seventh
Federal Reserve District
Liberty
Anderson
National Colored Committee
Indianapolis
Notre Dame University
Jennings County
Hoosier Motor Club
Johnson County
United National Association of Post Ofice
Kokoma
Earl Carr
Marion
Herman Sasse
Gary
Anna McFarran
Chicago
Lake County
United States
L. A. Hyde
Marion County Hospital For the Incurable Insane
Julietta
Essex Bottle
Clinton County
FE Clinehell
Vigo County
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Peru
Brown Molasses Stock Food Company
Jacob Nfirmian
May Harman
Melva
Manhattan
Pennsylvania
Maples
Allen County
Indiana State Bottlers’ Protective Association
Bottlers’ Association
Studebaker Corporation
South Bend
Washington, D. C
Nora
McDonald
John Brockner
Ligonier
Jallat
Laporte
Oliver Boltman
France
Will Get Their Nicknames
Florida Times Union discusses the search for a nickname for American soldiers in France. It notes that soldiers dislike Sammie and argues the nickname will emerge naturally, perhaps from an ambulance driver or cook, as the army bonds into a single force.
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France
Sammie
United States
Uncle Sam
U. S
Stars and Stripes
Expeditionary Forces
America
Tommy Atkins
Tommy
Florida Times Union
War ends Sea Bathing and sea water service halted
Humorists note the end of a London rail sea-water service that delivered real ocean water for bathing at 12 cents. The railway discontinued it due to war conditions, forcing Londoners to rely on fresh water for cleansing.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Jingo Origin in British Foreign Policy Debate
The term Jingo arose in Britain as a nickname for aggressive foreign policy supporters during the 1878 dispute over the Russian advance in Turkish waters. It spread from that era to popular phrases and references in literature and speech.
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George
Jimming
Mving
Great Britain
Lord Berconsfield
First Hague Conference and its Arbitration Aim
The First Hague Conference opened in The Hague nineteen years ago with a goal to end war through arbitration. Forty two nations attended at the invitation of Czar Nicholas II, creating a plan for a permanent tribunal. The court ruled on nine major disputes including the Casablanca case and the Savankar case and the North Atlantic fisheries dispute.
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Hague
The
Nicholas II
Russia
Casablanca
France
Germany
Great
Britain
United States
Fragmentary OCR: breakfast order inquiry
Readable text shows a disjointed breakfast order scene with a waiter and fragmented phrases. No clear names, places, or actions beyond an implied dining interaction.
Court appoints counsel when convict seeks corridor lawyer
The judge questions a poor defendant about legal representation in a Washington hotel lobby tale. A Wisconsin representative recounts a man arrested on a minor charge and brought to court where he cannot afford a lawyer. The judge asks which attorney he prefers from a line of budding lawyers. The prisoner replies he will take the one in the corridor.
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Washington
Edward &. Brown
Wisconsin
Iar
Laneing
Jones
Smith
Green
Brown
Philadelphia Evening Telegram
Get New Kidneys Now With Haarlem Oil Capsules
Early kidney warning signs demand urgent action. Pain back and urinary changes signal possible Bright's disease. Take Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules daily to help kidney bladder urinary troubles. Genuine Haarlem Oil has 200 years of use and money back guarantee.
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Bright
Haarlem
Reichstag Dialogue Seethes Over Vienna Intrigue
London Answers notes a quarrel between German Chancellor Hertling and Herr Erzberger reported by the Reichspost. Hertling accuses Erzberger of intrigue with Vienna while Erzberger denies it. Erzberger is identified as a Center party leader and Hertling appears to lean toward the extreme left in this dispute.
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London Answers
Heartless Papa Aims To Hide Pain After Studio Interview
A young woman recalls her hero father limping from his studio after an interview. She asks what he said and the reply is blunt and cold as she wishes to be as unfeeling as him.
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Papa
The wife who loses her patience must not expect to retain her husband's ad miration
A saying notes that patience in a marriage matters for lasting admiration and harmony, suggesting irritation undermines a wife’s appeal and the bond with her spouse.
Lemon Juice Freckle and Tan Opener Lotion Ad
Squeeze juice from two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint of a freckle sunburn tan lotion. Massage the fragrant lotion into face neck arms and hands daily to fade freckles windburn and tan and improve skin clarity and whiteness. Ad copy notes harmless formula.
Mr Jones Keeps Moving Through Gunfire
George Washington Jones of Atlanta rode supply wagons when a camouflaged American battery opened fire nearby. He calmly answered the artillery officer and urged his team to press on, insisting perseverance wins the war.
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George Washington Jones
Atlanta
Fritz
George
Inventions Section Opened for War Device Tests
The United States government creates an Inventions section for immediate testing and scrutiny of mechanical electrical or chemical devices. Applicants must submit name purpose claims results experimental status patent ownership and remuneration expectations with drawings and descriptions to the Inventions Section General Staff Army War College Washington.
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United States
General Staff
Army War College
Washington
Lilly's blush hints at first kiss in quiet record
In a short, intimate note from a family record, Lilly asks if she is the first girl he kissed. The reply, a simple lack of claiming, implies it without boasting, revealing a cautious, tender moment between two young people.
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Lilly
Tilly
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