Polish Deserter's Message From War Torn Poland
The appeal describes brutal conscription in Russia and Poland, with families driven to despair as 40,000 more Poles are drafted, mothers and wives suffering while soldiers kill to protect a corrupt war, and a Polish woman urging American mothers to protest. It portrays massacres, suicides, and the overall misery of wartime mobilization across occupied lands.
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Warsaw
Lodz
Poland
Russia
Far East
Pultusk
Czanstochowa
Gostynin
Dzwonkowski
Kutow
Maszurowski
America
Awkward Dining in Japan Describes a Western guest’s first Japanese dinner
In Bertha Runkle's account, a visitor endures floor seating and unsteady chopsticks in Japan. The narrator struggles with cramped legs, fallen sleep, and fear of spilling on the matting while maiko girls provide aid, laughter, and a playful atmosphere.
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Bertha Runkle
China
Japan
Baldheaded Men Spark Quirky Barber Tale
The Providence Journal quotes a taciturn barber who notes bald men pay more attention to hair. A real estate agent visits weekly for a haircut as the barber describes shaving him, using a ploy with other hair, and joking about forgiveness. He observes most bald men tolerate shorter cuts, while hairy men avoid the shop.
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Providence Journal
Colle
Real Cruelty Beggar Appeals to Trusts for Aid
A distressed beggar pleads that trusts caused his wife to lose work by shutting down a factory. A citizen questions how the trusts are responsible as the exchange highlights public anger over factory closures.
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Trusts
Puck
Indiana General Assembly Opens With Committee Delay
Statehouse notes from Indianapolis show the Indiana General Assembly in brief session as Speaker Cantwell delays committee announcements. Resignations shift elections matters to Honan while Senate and House consider marriage license age limits, voting machine funding, and liquor local option measures.
Republican caucus nominates Beveridge Hemenway in Indiana
In Indianapolis on January 12 the Republican joint caucus organized in 40 minutes and nominated Senator Albert J. Beveridge for another term and Congressman James A. Hemenway to fill the unexpired term of Charles W. Fairbanks. Beveridge and Hemenway are expected to be elected January 17. Democratic caucus named Benjamin F. Shively and John W. Kern as candidates with five others nominated. Kern and Shively won on the first ballot. In Alexandria on January 13 J E Jeffries sold half the capital stock of the Alexandria Electric Light and Power Co to W F Stinson for above par totaling $30,000. Cincinnati capital is involved.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States Senate
Albert J. Beveridge
James A. Hemenway
Boonville
Charles W. Fairbanks
Beveridge
Hemenway
Benjamin F. Shively
South Bend
John W. Kern
Shively
Maj. G. V. Menzies
Mt. Vernon
John E. Lamb
Terre Haute
David Turple
Kern
Alexandria
J. E. Jeffries
Alexandria Electric Light and Power Co
W. F. Stinson
Cincinnati Capital
Man Cuts Ears and Toes Then Dies in Rochester
James Donovan aged 40 became violently insane Sunday and died Thursday morning after cutting off both ears and then severing five fingers and four toes with an axe. He had been in a deranged state since the prior day.
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Rochester
Ind
James Donovan
Poison in Stomach Suspected in Moyer Wife Case
Mishawaka Indiana January 14 two witnesses at autopsy on the body of the young wife of George Moyer a well known horseman report virulent poison found in the stomach Coroner Holtzendorff and assisting physicians refuse to discuss the case The young wife married at 17 did not admit taking poison to the doctor nor to others Coroner declines to state verdict contents of the stomach will be analyzed.
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Mishawaka
Ind
George Moyer
Holtzendorff
Attacked Girl Sparks Indiana University Search
Bloomington readers report several hundred University of Indiana students and local residents hunting for a well known Negro suspected of assaulting Connie Kahn a 16 year old high school girl as she walked home after a recital at the gym. She was bitten severely during the attack and the crowd fears violence if the suspect is located.
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Bloomington
Ind
University of Indiana
Connie Kahn
University Gymnasium
Sixth
Banker Brooke Faces Bank Shortage Near 18000
South Bend Ind Jan 14 J W Brooke North Liberty banker brought back here where he was arrested stated the bank shortage would be near 18000 but could be reduced to 300 by securities. He posted 1000 bond and blamed wheat crop shortages for farmers inability to meet notes.
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South Bend
Ind
J. W. Brooke
North Liberty
Horrific Fall At Distillery Left Man Near Death
Willard Robbins, on a scaffold above a caldron of boiling slop at W. P. Squibb & Co. distillery in Lawrenceburg Indiana, fell into the hot mixture. He was rescued alive but cannot live, with partial paralysis on his left side and loss of balance, su ffering severe burns and distress.
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Europe
America
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Willard Robbins
W. P. Squibb & Co
Cravens Wins Indiana House Seat After Tie
Indianapolis January 13. In a tied race for a Jefferson county seat in the Indiana house of representatives Joseph M Cravens a Democrat won against Samuel Wallace a Republican The result was decided in a secret session of Republican committee members The house composition shifts to 81 Republicans and 19 Democrats Ex City Treasurer Shortage Brazil January 14 Ex City Treasurer D H Cutshall arrested for embezzling 7140 33 city funds Bond set at 8000 arising from a bondman Wilson Kouck He appeared in Justice Court.
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Indianapolis
Ind
House
Cantwell
Wade
House Committee On Elections
Samuel Wallace
Joseph Cravens
Madison
Jefferson Coounty
Representative Honan
Seymour
Senate
Indiana
Miller
L. Ert Slack
Franklin
Wood
Morton
Kokomo
Indiana House of Representatives
Jefferson County
Joseph M. Cravens
Cravens
Committee On Elections
Brazil
D. H. Cutshall
Cutchall
Wilson Kouck
Justice Couche
Laporce
Indiana State Prison
John Watts
Marion
Oklahoma
Rev B F Rawlins Dead in Madison Indiana
Obituary note from Madison Indiana reports death of Rev B F Rawlins D D former associate editor of the Western Christian Advocate Cincinnati after a career as a preacher in Indiana and retirement eight years ago.
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B. F. Rawlins
Madison
Ind
The
Western Christian Advocate
Cincinnati
Rawlins
Indiana
Advocate
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