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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1916
Page
13
A congressional session debates emergency powers to draft and deploy guard units for foreign service. Proponents argue for strong presidential authority and national guard mobilization, while opponents criticize expansion of executive power and potential overreach in wartime.
Fragmentary text references plans to erect an Anthony Wayne statue across multiple states and territories, with mentions of districts and parts. The readable portion suggests a nationwide or widespread commemoration project, but lacks clear dates or locations. Further context is needed to specify organizers, exact sites, and completion timelines.
Fragmented OCR text outlines sections of a defense act, detailing family allowances during service, income provisions for enlisted members, and allowances for dependents. It references drafting dates, organization of units, and presidential authority to appoint officers, with provisions for officers and reserve corps and wartime command assignments.
Three hundred men marched to Main and Taine streets for an evangelistic service led by Rev Nippert. The gathering featured singing by the Pennington Staglesmith group and a sermon stressing unity and faith. Speakers included Rev Mr Times and others, with music by the Rawsaey Viel and Montgomery.
The Inn at Island Park will open Sunday June 25 offering an elegant fish and chicken dinner with Wilcox orchestra. Public invited to enjoy the park’s beauty at Hamilton Lake three miles long and one and a half wide, with fishing boating and bathing. Access via automobile route from Fort Wayne or by Lake Shore rail to Pleasant Lake and bus for 25 cents round trip four cents?
A fragmentary wartime prose piece notes President Ford’s purge of workers who enlist in the military. It shows public opinion, ministers, and home life mixing with faith, duty, and sacrifice. The text blends sermons, family scenes, and patriotic rhetoric about national service.
The readable fragments describe a chaotic scene involving a minister, a preacher, and a patrol wagon taking someone away. The text hints at illness, drink, and community trouble but lacks clear names, dates, or concrete actions to form a complete incident.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses a figure guided by God, a wild thinker, and mentions time and mind with scattered phrases about eating and a dope. The text is incoherent and several names or places are illegible, leaving only partial ideas.
Allethine Marl at Riehwend will deliver an address at the northwest corner of the courthouse evening. She will also speak at the annual visitors' picnic to be held at Lieuton prison tonight.
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