World News Briefs From the Front and Abroad
Strathnairn torpedoed in the Irish Channel with 22 crew drowned. Ambassador Gerard reports a friendly reception in Berlin of the last American note. British and French forces engage near Bassee with heavy losses on both sides. Zeppelins strike the English coast causing deaths and fires. Asquith secures a £250 million credit, with daily spends projected at $15 million. Submarine U-14 reportedly sunk by British action is confirmed. Storen and Weissbaum convicted of burglary in Chicago. Niobrara valley cloudburst kills four and ruins livestock. Pennsylvania graduates 770 in 174th class. FBI-like twist in Indiana, Breathitt County murders, and Gary Interurban strike developments. Tornadoes devastate Wisconsin and Illinois towns. one village nearly wiped out. Grand Duke Constantin dies in Petrograd. Count Zeppelin ill in Stuttgart. John Redmond ill, affecting parliamentary attendance. French torpedo boat 331 sinks after collision. six sailors die. Sir Stanley Buckmaster honored with peerage as Buckmaster of Cheddington.
Louis Disbrow Wins 100 Mile Milwaukee Auto Race
Sporting Louis Disbrow won the feature event an auto race at the state fair grounds in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The 100 mile free-for-all sweepstakes drew 11 starters with Disbrow taking first place.
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Louis Disbrow
Milwaukee
Wis
Georgetown Grants Gorgas Honorary Doctorate
The honorary degree of doctor of laws has been conferred upon Surgeon General William G. Gorgas of the United States Army by Georgetown University for his work in the Panama Canal Zone. President Wilson appointed Charles B. Williams of Georgia district attorney for the Panama Canal Zone.
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William G. Gorgas
United States Army
Georgetown University
Panama Canal Zone
Wilson
Charles B. Williams
Georgia
Treasury flags higher 82 million tax take for year
Washington officials revise up personal and corporate income tax estimates to more than 82 million dollars for the current calendar year. Belgians express gratitude to President Wilson for U.S. relief efforts through American consul general Soren Liptoe of Rotterdam and a Belgian relief commission member.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Belgium
Wilson
Soren Liptoe
Rotterdam
Prison parole success rate shows 9 034 freed since 1897
Indiana board of state charities reports 9 034 men and women released under parole since 1897, with 5 422 completing parole and 459 discharged on expiration of sentences. About 26 percent of parolees were unsatisfactory, while total savings from paroles exceed two hundred thousand dollars. Parolees largely found work and avoided public support.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Board of State Charities
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Woman's Prison
State Prison
Whatmans and Breakfast Recipes from an Old Page
A fragment features scattered kitchen notes and recipes. It lists ideas for cheese based dishes like Spanish Toast and Cheese Savory, plus a Potatoes Pilgrim Style batter, a Boiled Pepper and Cheese mix, Dainty Dessert with jelly, and Clove Cake with spices.
Field Mushrooms and Dishes From The Pantry
A guide on safely harvesting field mushrooms and storing them for winter use. Details include cleaning, salting, aging, and preserving methods. Also includes a recipe for Smothered Calf's Liver with bacon and vegetables in a casserole. The text warns of misidentification and potential danger from poisonous lookalikes.
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London
Strathnairn
Gerard
Germany
Berlin
la Bassee
England
Asquith
Britain
House of Commons
Eee
A. J. Balfour
Kaiser Wilhelm
Lieven
Arras
Bertn
Trent
Riva-Rovereto
Pola
Adriatic
Messaggero
Lower
Isonzo
Monfalcone
Gulf of Trieste
Trieste
University of Pennsylvania At Philadelphia
James O'Dea Storen
Michael Weissbaum
Chicago
Frederick Roth
Captain Storen
Weissbaum
Denver
Colo
Node
Wyo
Niobrara Valley
New York
Holland
Nieuwe Amsterdam
Calvin W. Demarest
United States
Thompson
Indiana Supreme Court
Eli H. Redman
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Redman
Don M. Roberts
Leavenworth
Kan
Cfites
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
League of Peace
League of Nations
Breathitt County
Breathitt
Wood
Winnsboro
8. C
Gary and Interurban Railroad Company
Chicago Traction
Traction Company
Charleston
Wisconsin
Ferryville
Prairie du Chien
la Crosse
Constantin Constantinovitch
Imperial Academy of Sciences
Petrograd
Count Zeppelin
Stuttgart
John BE. Redmond
Arleya
Barfleur
Sir Stanley Buckmaster
George
Great Britain
H E
Baron Buckmaster of
Cheddington
What Board
Dental College
Indiana Dental College
K. of P
H. R. Raper
Europe
Raper
Frank
C. Wicks
H. E. Barnard
Louise
K. Alppold
Attica
Ann. E. McMeana
Brimfield
Eunice B. Robertson
Brazil
Nettie
Caton
Lagrange
Sarah
A. Connett
Hyanaville
Elmira
Fowler
Bedford
Mary A
Gillespie
Oxford
Eulige Me
Hubbard
Nancy E.hudson
Boonville
Permelia Lamb
Bartlettsville
Ann’ ‘McGee
Appie
Arcs India
Indianapolia
Lafayette
Tomlinson
Hall
Frank J. Odell
Odell
Rocky Mountains
Spokane
Fort Wayne
Orleans
Mitchell
Ralston
Clay W. Metsker
Plymouth
Rockville
O. W. Schuman
Columbia City
Northern Indiana Editorial Association
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Metsker
DePauw University
Indiana Grain Dealers” Association
H. H. Dean
Bluffton
C.B. Riley
Martin
Chuzzlewilt
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