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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
8
A World War I doughboy and his family arrive back from France, bringing with them memories of the home front and the colors displayed during the conflict. Local residents welcome the returning veteran and celebrate the end of wartime service.
Private Robrt L. The cook from headquarters company 326th regiment, with his wife and child, travels from Springfield Ohio to Montana in a covered wagon. The party plans a health benefiting trip across the West, despite recent family tragedy at Fort Wayne hospital. They hope to reach their destination by midsummer.
WIGPO June 11 report on Chin-tang Wu shows a rise from poverty to wealth in Calera and China. Wu, who left Shanghai at 30, became a merchant and one of the Hangzhou district’s wealthiest men. He funded repairs to irrigation dikes, built a large school, and prepared a stone tomb 30 by 43 by 6 feet high with holes for trees on its top.
An advertisement touts Fermento as a real stimulant and cheap home made drink. It claims a yeast concentrate yields a champagne like beverage, with 10 alcoholic content, enough for two gallons, priced at one dollar. Descriptive circulars offered, agents earn money.
Berlin reports that Germany has submitted a note to the Allied Armistice Commission at Spa asserting the right to withdraw under article 21 of the armistice. The note states withdrawal has begun in territories formerly part of Russia and that Germany does not object to abandoning lands south of the designated line.
Prague June 11 reports reveal wartime Austrian actions imprisoning 300 Czechs and executing about 1 500 after drumhead court martials. Overall 26 800 Czechs were interned by Austria, with the 1919 Czech budget setting the standing army at 243 009 men.
Defiance Ohio plans a community picnic style Fourth of July to welcome home returned soldiers and marines. Events begin about 2:30 pm with a talk by Charles W. Whitehair and include hand music, a large basket supper at Latty Grove, free lemonade and coffee, and an evening dance on Second Street.
The article promotes an afternoon Independence Day event in Defiance inviting many attendees. It highlights a different kind of celebration and urges readers to use Journal-Gazette Want Ads for quick responses.
Afterclaps offers 20 percent discount paid within 60 days, 15 percent for unpaid balance in six months, and 10 percent for $25 payments or more. Buyers are urged to purchase multiple tracts to cultivate brains, brawn, and health, with promises of bungalows instead of shacks and free up to date abstracts by Kuhne & Co. Bonds accepted at face value as cash, marketing a plan to swap 4 percent bonds for garden property.
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