World War News Rushes From Europe and Americas
Sunk 25000 ton Cunard liner Nuer Franconia by German sub. Romanian battalions destroyed after crossing Danube into Bulgaria. Russian defeat near Volhyna. Serbians recapture towns and cross Toherna River. British siege of Somme yields 26,735 prisoners. 388 German divisions engaged. Multiple rail and political incidents. labor riots in New York. Shonts assassination plot uncovered. Norwegan ship Honolulu sold. Ford backs Wilson. child kidnapping case resolved.
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Somme Butte
Somme
Douglas Haig
London
Robins Capture National League Flag in Brooklyn Victory
Brooklyn clinched the NL pennant by defeating the Giants 9 to 6 in Brooklyn and will face the Boston Red Sox for the world championship.
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Brooklyn
Roblué
Giants
Boston Red Sox
Army air service praised by Washington board report
A War Department board in Washington concluded its inquiry into military aeronautics found no substantiation of inefficiency by army officers. The board states development of the air branch is being conducted with energy and foresight.
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Special War Department Board
Washington
Military Aeronautics
Army
Sof S
Wilson Defines War Readiness and Peace Plan in Omaha
President Wilson spoke in Omaha on Europe and the war, urging a just cause and saying America is ready to fight. He called for a postwar league to sustain world peace and for the United States to join such an alliance.
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Henry Ford
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
N. J
Omaha
America
League of Nations
British French embassies protest Carranza seizure of banks in Mexico
Strong protest filed with the state department in Washington by British and French embassies over the Carranza government action seizing British and French banking institutions in Mexico City.
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State Department
Washington
Carranza
Mexico
Foreign leaders elected and appointed in Europe and Asia
Reports from Tokyo show Marshal Terauchi chosen as premier of Japan replacing Count Okuma. In Central America Chamorro, former minister to the United States, elected president of Nicaragua. A Frankfurt meeting favors early dispatch toward peace, with Amnes dispatches and London reports noting progress.
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Gen.milano
Chamorro
United States
Nicaragua
Wield
Marshal Terauchi
Count Okuma
Japan
Tokyo
Amnes
Frankfort
Amste
London
Indiana Post Office Projects Get Federal Funding
Washington officials announce new federal payments to Indiana for post office sites and building improvements. Listed cities include Bluffton Elkhart Evansville Fort Wayne Greensburg Huntington Indianapolis Kendallville New Albany Seymour Shelbyville Terre Haute and Washington with amounts from 500 to 75 000 dollars to be spent by July 1.
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Washington, D. C
Bluffton
Elkhart
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Greensburg
Huntington
Indianapolis
Kendallville
New Albany
Seymour
Shelbyville
Terre Haute
Washington
G A R Poet Olea Muncle-Robert Irwin Dies
Corporal Bob Patterson aged seventy known as poet laureate of the Grand Army of the Republic died at his home. He earned the title after a poem was read at a national G A R encampment and was known for verses and army history.
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Olea. Muncle
Robert Irwin
Bob) Patterson
Grand Army of the Republic
Riley Birthday Celebration in Greenfield on Brandywine Bank
Greenfield plans a large birthday event honoring poet Jamey Whitcomb Riley. The celebration will be held at the Brandywine bank by the Old Swimmin Hole, honoring the late Riley’s legacy with community gathering and festivities.
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Riley
Greenfield
Jamey ‘Whitcomb
Banka of
Brandywine
Centenarian Woman Dies in Parker County
A centenarian woman from Parker County, identified as Aled, died last week. The death was reported in local records and noted as a significant milestone event for the community.
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McCoy
Parker County
Aled
Indiana closes fiscal year with record treasury balance
Indianapolis reports the state treasury ended the fiscal year with a record balance of 2 166 898 86 dollars across all funds. The general fund stood at 1 066 917 03, and Governor Ralston said debts were paid with no liabilities. The auditor noted a potential minor decrease of about 10 000 when final year work closes. Purdue Dairy Chief Hunziker takes a one year leave to join Blue Valley Creamery in Chicago.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Ralston
Mmen
Dale J. Crittenberger
State
Purdue
Lafayette
O. F. Hunziker
Purdue University
Blue Valley Creamery Company
Chicago
Incorporation Filings and Capital Shifts Reported
Articles filed list United Refrigerator Companies in Richmond with 500000 capital and Interlocking Building Block Company in Elkhart with 5000 capital. Directors named for each. Reyher & Company and The Mutual Motors Company also noted. American Bond Company adjusts share value from 100 to 10.
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Inianapolis
United Refrigerator Companies
Richmond
Capital
Joseph H. Shirk
Ellen W. Shirk
Elbert W. Shirk
John W. Parkhart
Jesse B. Moyer
Elkhart
W. J. Gronert
W. C. Reid
T. W. Reid
Hoosier Notes and Local Society Items
Elizabeth Wagner enters a second marriage in Columbus and uses her current name. notes on the Wag ner family intermarriages. Mooresville hosts 400 guests at a country chicken roast with visitors from Indiana and Kansas. Jeffersonville reports a Walnut Ridge cemetery monument for Joh Munz of the United States life saving crew at Ohio Falls. West Baden receives daily fruit shipments for Seymour cold storage ahead of the sixth annual apple show. Winchester notes a local ore record and a Kentucky-bound meeting. Newcastle authorities seek identity of a man named Awhia.
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Mooresvile
8. C. Harper
Mooresville
Indiana
Kansas
Jeffersonville
Walnut Ridge Cemetery
Joh Munz
United States
Ohio Falls
Munz
Hig Hee
West Baden
Seymour
Indiana Horticultural Society
Winchester
Kentucky
Newcastle
Awhia
Threatened Bird Reservation at Lake Malheur in Oregon
The United States faces a threatened reservation at Lake Malheur in southeastern Oregon, a major breeding site for wild ducks and geese. A request to drain Inke to secure land drew officials into بسرعة action as critics urge urgent appeals to the Interior Secretary to protect migratory waterfowl and sanctuaries amid plans reportedly backed by Oregon state authorities.
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The
United
Gliber PB
New ‘York
National Association
of ‘Audubon
Societes
Lake Malheur
Oregon
Pearson
Canada
Home
General Land Office
State Land Board of Oregon
Eurson
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Improved Poorhouses for Wounded in Britain
The article notes UK poorhouses are being converted into hospitals for wounded soldiers. It contrasts Dickens era workhouses with modern, well equipped facilities, arguing this shows the value of old age pensions and the decline of poverty due to wartime changes.
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United Kingdom
Tommy
Y M C A Conducts 52 Free Talks in Chicago Parks
The Y M C A in Chicago offered 52 free illustrated lectures on civic patriotic and sanitary topics in six parks managed by the South Park Commissioners in the stockyards area. The program ended September 3 and educated thousands while entertaining them with subjects from fly control to Americanization and public health.
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Chicago Commerce
South Park Commissioners
Stockyards
Cornell
Davis
Hardin
Mark White
Futler
Sherman
Panama Canal
Extraordinary Description Written for School Battle Work
A student named Arthur was asked to write a description of a battle for school. The fragment mentions an alarming declaration and phrases like curdling yells, suggesting intense scenes in progress.
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Arthur
Theater Fires Taint Early 17th Century London
A fragmented report notes a series of devastating theater fires in early London during Shakespeare's era, highlighting the dangers faced by playhouses and patrons. The text hints at widespread destruction and public concern over venue safety.
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Nuer Franconia
Cumird Line
Atlantic
O Lloyd's
Loudun
Danube
Furtukal Aint Silistin
Bulgaria
Volhyota
Luisk
Berlin
Toherna
Nise
Serbia
Kessal
Paris
North Sea
English Channel
War Office
Kishove
Bucharest
Starkoy
Grob and
Brod River
Sals
Sovich
Petoruk
Verveni
Jenikol
Florina
Galicia
Petrograd
Roime
Koumantin
von Mackensen
Dobrudjn
Turtukin
Sustria
Danubese
Persia
Sarkiz
Snndshbulsk
Henry Rider
Howell
Mich
A. J. Rider
Hammonton
New Jersey Cranberry Growers' Association
Elsie Smathers
Atsion
Haumonton
Christian Brothers’ College
St. Louis
Christian Brothers’ Order
Sirene
Goethals
Paniama Canal Zone
George Rublee
Federal Trade
Chirk
Interstate Commerce Board
Congress
Terre Waute
Clinton
Interstate’ Commerce Commission
Jones
New York
Ellis E. Shookman
Burrows Bank
Burrows
Carrot County
Fnd
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Shonts
Isill Shonts
Frank McDonald
Detroit
Henry
Michigan Central
Bridgeport
Ont
Pittsburgh and Allegheny Telephone Company
Pittsburgh
United States Merchant Marine
Newport News
Ove Lentoft
Bergen
Norway
Connelly
Leary
Loriie Merriman
Lulu Overman
Grand Parks
N. D
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Union League Club
San Francisco
Charles Ki, Hughes
Plainfield
Indiana Boys’ School
Institutiona High School
Mande
Frank Elis
Atreast Court
J. Wilbur Sims
Police Department
John S. Coffman
Board of Police Commissioners
Ilegal
Overnor
Hoosier Notes
Columbus
Elizabeth Wagner
Wagner
Elizabeth
John E. Wagner
Wagners
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