Truth that Strangeness Outranks Fiction in War Era Tales
A columnist notes war time events and postwar mysteries rival fiction in their sheer oddity. It cites American troops in France, gas attacks, air raids, ship sinkings, stowaways, jewel heists, and dramatic rescues as real chapters surpassing any novelist’s imagination.
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America
France
Belgium
Europe
Russia
Czar
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Paris
Ypres
Jules Verne
Delaware Capes
High Seas
Neptune
Buenos Ayres
Thia Port
Thessaloniki
Atlantic
Thomas Hardy
Hardy
Washington
Alden G. McMurtry
Greenwich
Coon
Indiana Happenings Highlight State Notices and Local Events
Indiana reports detail a court suit in Clarksville over a will to a political party and a test of title rights. Legislative committee findings project a large rise in state institution appropriations for 1921, with one new facility. News covers factory suits, apple show prizes, Laporte federation efforts, a building collapse at Kinmerich High, and various local government appointments and agricultural reports across Indianapolis and counties.
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Jeffersonville
Socialist Party
Loulaville
Clack
George Shhreiber
California
Mary Scribner
Clarksville
Joe Holt
Albert Schreiber
Bloomington
Indianapolia
Indiana
Eneetal Statemeat and Food Commission
Ite
Vandalia Coal Company
Vigo Coal Products Company of
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Coffin Brothers of
Silverwood
Cottin Brothers
Grimes
Laporte
Laporte County
Seling
Kinmerich Manual Training High School
James W. Fortune
Grand Jury
Circuit Court
InWanapolis
Indiana Posta
American Legion
Legion
Lawrence Burg
Max Sabel & Luna
Charles C. Dennn
Department of Conservation
State Historical Commission
Inarine Library Association
State Library Board
State Conservation Department
Society of Indiana Pioneers
City Board of Health
Herman G. Morgan
Morgan
Gary
Ralph W. Ross
Herbert Co. Francis
William F. Hodges
South Bend
Consolidated Amusement Company
Bedford
Harvey Voyles
John H. Claussen
Crown Point
County Commisssioners' Association of
Igana
Sasoetation
Port Wayne
Brookville
Prize for old-fashioned costumes at society event
Benham argues against more clothes while Mrs Benham contemplates entering for the society prize for old-fashioned costumes in Kansas City. The exchange hints at competitive dressing and social pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benham
Catarrh Fitts Ate Sahebe Ene and Building
A fragmentary notice describes property or building issues tied to a rare condition and a potential circular by FP 3, Cheney & Go, Toned, Ot, with unclear details and damaged text. The readable bits reference nature, a governing body, and possible public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney & Go
Deaths by own action higher on Tuesdays study finds
A brief statistical note reports that more people die by their own actions on Tuesday than on any other weekday, cited in a general life and society context. It references readings from an Ohio State Journal fragment describing the pattern and its surprise impact.
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York
Mays
New York Times
Old Bernardi
Irussia
Meredith Eee
Stevenson
Major McMurtry
Arthur T. Walter
Edward F. Searles
Firet
Searles
Milions
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Allan A. Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
New York Stock Exchange
Stutz Motors
Hotel
Biltmore
Clarence Milchiser
Richmond
Dan Irvin
Cobb
Bilis Parker Butler
West Forty-seventh Street
Indiana State
Indianapella
Harry Bmith
Adjutant General
Munford G. Henley
One Hundred and Fifty-first Infantry
National Guard
Valparaiso
J. A. Warren
Pleasant Township
Porter Courtly
Panice Mts. Ie
Indiarigpolia
General Assembly of Indiana
Charles Kettleborough
Legislative Reference Bureau
Marion
Lake
Grant
Nton
Randolph
Kosciusko
Lawrence
Shelby
Ed Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Charles H. Wagner
James E. Watson
Ora Davies
Davies
Watson
Jackson
St. Joseph County
Seymour
Jackson County
Wabash
Earl Hanson
War C. Bancos
Navy Department of Engineering
United States
Ag Uyparatus
Eyan Lynn
Soman
Ohio State Journal
Ohio
George Brucker
Doan
Pilla
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