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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
5
A garbled OCR fragment lists names like Auer Calis Anse and Phayed Night with scattered place references including Indiana and Pla. The text shows no clear event dates or actions to report.
Mare Bechdolt travels to Me wsoure for a two week stay and local trips list passengers to Monticello Lafayette Crawfordsville and Fr ancesville. W J Whitaker leads Salem township harvest labor drive under the U S Department of Labor at the State Bank seeking volunteers for June July August with regular wages offered.
The Opera House hosted a War Savings Stamp campaign meeting Tuesday evening with speakers F. K. Neal and W. E. Tennell from Winamac. The drive aims to meet government quotas. Joseph Gant returned from Dakota where his dredge halted for lack of water.
A historic note traces the first baby bottles to hollow gourds and coconuts used as natural vessels. Early examples from six to seven hundred years before Christ reveal globular shapes with knobs, likely aiding rattles and toys, while modern readers recall ivory and glass bottles.
The Ayrshire region, though a plain factory town, nurtures many poets. Burns’ memory appears in local sites like Ayr’s Burns monument and the fields that inspired his lyrics. The enduring Burns spirit shows in Ayrshire people and countryside.
Mr Simpkins stares at a father’s portrait then fills 1917 income tax forms. He grimly tallies tax on his $15,000 income under 1916 and 1917 rules, noting disparities with peers like Henry Wilkins and Judge Willoughby. He reflects on war duties and bravery, then mails the payment at night.
A poem depicting Kaiser Wilhelm seeking counsel from Satan about World War I actions. The Devil predicts the U S will intensify the conflict, and the Kaiser is told to meet in Hell as American troops approach. The piece ends with a drug store ad inserted after the dialogue.
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