European War News Highlights From The Week
Summary of wartime events across Europe including the Lusitania sinking details and American reactions. Reports cite British and German actions, Austrian and Russian losses, Belgian atrocities allegations, French gains at Notre Dame de Lorette, Libau captured by Germany, Canadian enlistment rises, German submarine policy, and aerial bombardments affecting civilian towns.
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Notre Dame de Lorette
War Office
Paris
Loos
Vermelles
Carency
Berlin
Libau
Courland
Russia
Wilson demands strict accounting for Lusitania sinking
President Wilson in a note to Germany insists on strict accounting for American lives lost on the Lusitania and violations of American rights in the war zone. The dispatch warns against repetition and signals readiness to meet any noncompliance. The piece also notes Taft’s praise for Wilson’s handling of the crisis and Kuhn’s appointment as Elgin postmaster.
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London
United States
Wilson
Washington
Germany
Berlin
Taft
Mexican Revolt Turns Fatal in Mexico City
Fifty people died in disturbances sparked by a street brawl between rival generals at a dance. Zapatista general Antonio Barona fatally shot Gen. Francisco Estrada, chief of staff to Gen. Gonzales Garza, as unrest spread through the capital.
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Mexico City
Antonio Barona
Zapatista
Francisco Estrada
Gonzales Garza
Mauretania May 29 sailing canceled in London
A Cunard line steamer Mauretania scheduled to depart May 29 from London was canceled. Other items note Tokyo's announcement canceling naval movements amid the Chinese situation and various European and American incidents including deaths, fires, drownings, and legal proceedings.
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Cunard Line
London
Tokyo
Bloomington Faces Inquiry Over Water Works and City Hall
State examiners probe Bloomington city finances amid rumors of resignations by Mayor John G Harris and City Treasurer Jesse A Howe. Investigators scrutinize the water works dam cost about 39000 dollars and delays on the new city hall amid disputes with the supervising architect.
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Bloomington
John G. Harris
Jesse A. Howe
State Board of Accounts
Harris
Howe
Gil. H. Henfire
State Board
City Hall
John H. Huntington
Dana Strain
Strain
Huntington
Hendren
Yiorace Blakely
Boy Crushed to Death While Rabbit Hunting Near Attica
Frémont McClire ten year old son of George McClire a local farmer was crushed under a log he dislodged while rabbit hunting near his home He was alone until his older brother arrived after hearing the dog bark and seeking help police and rescuers were summoned to the scene to recover the body and aid the dog that stayed with the boy
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Attica
Frémont McClire
George McClure
Ministers Form Rural Uplift Council with Purdue Extension
Two hundred rural ministers from key agricultural regions join to create a council allied with Purdue university extension. The aim is to promote rural welfare, mobilize church participation in community clubs and educational societies, and conduct social surveys guiding future church and farm outreach.
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Lafayette
Country Church
Purdue University Agricultural Extension Department
Rir
Purdue
School Enumerations Show County Wide Changes
The 1916 school enumeration reports gains in Hartford City and Sullivan and losses in Montpelier Shelburn and Winchester with a county total of 10,086 for Clark Warrick and Porter counties. Boonville reports Warrick county enumeration completed with a 231 gain.
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Hartford City
Montpelier
Wabash
Wabash County
Sullivan
Shelburn
Valparaiso
Porter County
Jeffersonville
Clark County
Boonville
Warrick County
Ministry Fifty Years. Rev F M Pavey Dies at home
Frankfort obit notes Reverend F M Pavey a leading Methodist minister for over fifty years. He died after a brief illness at his son Harry Pavey’s home. He served multiple charges across the state and neighboring counties.
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Frankfort
F. M. Pavey
Harry Pavey
Maniac Eaters Home Invasion Report Details Entry
Postmaster Philippe in Bicknell home was entered and clothing of the family carried to a yard and torn into pieces. The fragmentary notes describe a violent disturbance with property damage and intrusion during a chaotic incident.
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Bicknell
Louis
Philippe
Recipe and verse fragments from a garden and dessert section
A collection of kitchen directions for desserts and savory dishes including sponge cake, maple frosting, potato souffle, pear salad, cheese puffs, fig and almond filling, and a garlic flavored salad hint. Interspersed are short literary lines imagining trees as knights and ladies, with contemplative notes on beauty and nature.
Breakfast Ideas and Recipes for Morning Meals
A reader notes potatoes may be omitted at breakfast with hash as a base. Rice pancakes are proposed using boiled rice, milk, flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, and butter, then folded with beaten eggs. Omelets are praised when prepared quickly in a hot greased pan for fluffy results.
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Petrograd
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Cracow
Journal de Geneve
England
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Manchester
Birkenhead
Glasgow
Belgium
Viscount Bryce
Asquith
The
London Times
A. F. Wilding
Dardanelles
Canada
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Ont
Gerard
Wistoka
Sinevernik
Haligrad
Bukowsko
Vienna
South End
London Daily Mail
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Transylvania
New York
John C. Kuhn
Elgin
Department of State
Chicago
Japan
China
Europe
Camillus P. Maes
Covington
P. J. Fitzpatrick
Doctor Fitzpatrick
Dixie
Mississippi River
Montrose
Jane Kearney
Henry Beckman
East One Hundred and Sixth Street
United States Navy
Admiral Fletcher
Fraunces’ Tavern
Sons of the Revolution
America
Philadelphia
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
National Pencil
Atlanta
Ben Hill
Kansas City
Kan
George D. Jameson
Capper
City Books
Under Probe
Harris and
J. A. Rowe
Indiana
Evenue
Purdue University
Winchester
Richmond
Samuel Hines
Whitewater River Gorge
Hines
Princeton
John J. Chumbly
Winslow
Alice Reed
Oakland City
Justice Green
Channing
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