Americans Dying in European War Report
Thousands of U S volunteers in Entente forces suffer losses across Europe including the Canadian corps and the French Foreign Legion. Notable names include H R Deighton Simpson and Florence J Price among others. many died in the Second Battle of Ypres and the Somme, with acts of bravery highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Germany
Yale
Karl Lewellyn
Belgium
Ypres
Heinrich von Heinrichshafen
St. Louis
Imsurance
Missouri
French Foreign Legion
H. R. Deighton Simpson
Henry W. Stimpson
England
France
Foreign Legion
Champagne
Sweeney
West Point
Frederick Capdeville
Edmund C
Genet
Royal Horse Guards
Florence J. Price
Brown University
Price
Alfred Lucien Pierre Fery
Columbia College
Austin
Kyle
Brooklyn
Jack
Somme
Fred Stone
The
Buenos Aires
Woman is Court Bailiff in Albany Oregon First forCounty
The Albany area reports a historic start as Miss Lelia Mitchell of Albany becomes bailiff to the circuit court in Lion county. The article lists American volunteers and fatalities tied to World War I including Kiffen Rockwell, Frank Clair, and Henry Farnsworth among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Ore
Lion County
Bingham
Lelia Mitchell
Wheeler
Kiffen Rockwell
Atlanta
Alsace
Jack Moyer
Mobile
Foreign Legion
Paris
Frank Clair
Columbus
George Despeucher
New York
Belloy En Santerre
Givenchy
Sussell Kelly
Herman E. Hull
Chicago
John Earle Fiske
Wooster, O
Kenneth Weeks
Henry Farnsworth
Boston
Weeks
Beaux Arts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Farnsworth
Europe
Kelly
William Lawrence Breese
Hamilton Fish
Setiaen
Beetaas
Indiana House approves wide prohibition bill in 1918 push
The Indiana House passed a broad prohibition bill by 70 to 28 with 2 not voting. It prohibits manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor after January 1, 1918, outlines penalties and permits for pharmacists, and preserves limited exceptions for medicinal, sacramental, and private home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
House
Senate
Circuit Court
State Board of Pharmacy
Lneup
Wet—Bird
English
Erskine
Grant Hazen
Hirsch
Kinder
Nolsom
Laney
Nedil
Hetherford
van Auken
Wolfson
Stith
Elsner
Shornton
Steser
Chambers
Dry—Armstrong
Beardsley
Bracken
Dobyns
Dorrell
Geminill
James
McConahn
McCray
McKinley
Maston
Mercer
Negley
Norman
Robinson
Signs
Simmons
Spain
Stivers
White
Trudgles
Metzger
Porter
Hamphreys
Doubtful
Culbertsen
Hagerty
Hemphill
Jackson
Fleming
Reidelbach
Lane
Senator English
Lamileton
Marion
Hendricks
Hamilton
Marion County
Indiana Senate
Highway Commission
Secretary of State
Tey
George HB. Graham
Longansport
Glutrin Paving Company of
Columbus
Ross F. Lockridge
Citizens’ League of Indiana
T. J. Cronk
Hammond
State Building Trades Council of Indiana
Willim FP. Wilson
Indiana State Council of Carpenters
A. M. Bickel
Elkhart
New York Central Railroad Company
Charles E. Rose
Toledo
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad Company
Hugh B. Reynolds
HH. Banchene
John W. Coneys
O. Pickens
Charles L. Nesbit
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company
Pere Yter
Washington
Committee On
Supreme Court
Turner
Wood
Indiana
Williams
State Board of Accounts
San Francisco
Indiana firm plans hydro electric network in northern Indiana
Farmers' and Merchants' Light and Power company of Mongo has incorporated for half a million dollars and proposes to consolidate and enlarge five waterpower plants and dams on the St. Joseph and fawn rivers in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. John J. Hawk is listed as president of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Light and Power Company of
Mongo
St. Joseph
Fawn
Michigan
John J.’ Hawk
Presigent Ha
Indiana to probe coal scarcity and prices
Indiana attorney general Ele Stansbury announces a state legal department investigation into the coal shortage and high prices. He says the inquiry covers retailers wholesalers brokers mine operators and transportation firms and notes possible combinations and abuses of the reconsigning privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State Legal Department
Ele Stansbury
Stansbury
Bokers
Statehouse Ventilation Flaws Spark Health Concern
Senator Beardsley of Elkhart chairing the public health committee says the statehouse receives about ten cubic feet of impure air per minute instead of thirty. He warns the unhealthy atmosphere dulls minds and threatens health, urging funds for a modern ventilation system with detailed improvement suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statehouse
Beardsley
Elkhart
Committee On Public Health
New Incorporations and Capital Changes Reported
Cloverleaf Machine of South Bend dissolves. Whiteley Malleable Castings at Munele increases capital from 250000 to 150000. Globe Store and Range at Kokomo raises from 0 to 700000. Rochester Telephone at Rochester expands capital to 350000. Laminous Specialty at Chinapolis changes capital stock from 440000 to 84000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloverleaf Machine Company of
South Bend
Whiteley Malleable Castings Company
Munele
Globe Store and Range Company
Kokomo
Rochester Telephone Company
Rochester
Lamninous Specialty Company
Tochinapolis
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Helps Childless Women
Poplar Bluff Missouri woman Mrs Allia B Timmons shares that after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she became the mother of a healthy baby girl and can manage her home duties. The letter promotes the medicine as restoring health and fertility and invites others to seek confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydis E. Pinkham
Poplar Bluff
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Aine
Allia B. Timmons
Almond St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Milly’s Fate Revealed in Odd Exchange
A fragment describes Milly as a dvek of a gin and notes she married a quack. The line hints at a dubious marriage and hints at social gossip surrounding Milly’s destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milly
Corn Lifts Out Pain Free Says Cincinnati Authority
A Cincinnati authority says freezone can lift corns easily with a few drops. A small bottle costs little and will rid feet of corns or calluses without pain. The drug dries on contact and does not irritate surrounding skin. Readers urged to ask their druggists to stock freezone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Atv
Fixing It With Evangeline
Clarence a nine year old and Evangeline an eight year old quarrel over cowardice. Clarence denies being a coward and explains his reasons for not smiting a red haired boy. He says he fled indoors to avoid his mother’s disapproval and temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Evangeline
Clockmaker’s Assistant Marks Time Slip
A customer asks what the clockmakers assistant is doing and the master explains he is simply marking time as he paints the hours on a clock face.
Postum Offered as Ideal Hot Drink for Children
Teachers doctors and food experts agree a child needs a hot drink and it should not be coffee. Postum satisfies the need well, with extensive use by thoughtful parents and children who favor this nourishing drink.
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de Witt Clinton
Paul Pawelke
Madison
Hero
Oregon County
Bois Sabot
Henry Walker
New Orleans
Frank Surrey
Sergt. E. Duval
Norman Prince
W. M. Nichols
Spartanburg
S. C
Royal Field Artillery
George W. Nichols
Julian A. Lathrop
Harvard
New York Yacht Club
King Howard's Horse
Frank D. Byrne
New York Sun
Royal Dublin Lusticers
Henry Augustus Colt
Princess Pat's
Joseph Howland Colt
American Defense Society
Albert G. Spalding, Jr
Tenth Royal Inniskilling Fuasileers
W. E. Hedger
Royal Flying Corps
Harold Chapin
Jack Janz
John Prentice Poe
General Lyautey
Morocco
Rome
Italy
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