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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1919
Page
6
A garbled OCR passage presents an uneven dialogue about a client and a lawyer with stray phrases about payment and a bathroom scene. Names, places, and coherent events are largely unreadable, yielding a jumble of incomplete sentences and unclear narrative.
In Berlin a mob shot Dr Karl Liebknecht and Beate Luxemburg after beating them in front of the Hotel Révy as troops tried to intervene. A second mob killed a woman identified as Fraulein Luxembourg, her body dragged from a car. Soldiers and authorities faced ongoing unrest as fringe groups attempted to revive terror.
Sacramenta Cal Jan 3 Judge Havkin of Spokane sentenced 48 of 45 defendants in the Industrial Workers of the World antiwar conspiracy case to up to ten years in prison. The only woman defendant, Miss Theodore Pollok, along with Basite Saftores and A. J. Fox had their sentences held up as counsel planned a motion for a new trial.
The article notes the upcoming war loan named the Victory Liberty loan. mentions Secretary Clans ermeutre and an undetermined exact date for the launch. Old cruisers are assigned as training ships, with ships Tudinna and Marsuchiinetts heading to Norfolk for training duties. Liners resume Havre port use as a maritime note.
Madrid reports Russian refugee activity noting Nikola Lenine the Bolshevik premier of Mussina among those who landed in Barcelona. Other items include a big fire at Anstead Copper Mining Bonner plant in Montana causing heavy loss and damage, and reports from Carinthia Austria of ceasefire negotiations starting January 14.
Huston Thorpec of Denver, Cole, named to succeed William J. Harris as a member of the federal trade commission. Thompson, a former assistant attorney general, rises in government service with the promotion to the FTC.
President Wilson facing little opposition as conferees approve a revenue rate plan. The war revenue bill specifies a $6.49 rate on spirits, with beverage taxes aimed to yield about $450 million in revenue. The action comes amid discussions on relief measures and fiscal priorities, with Wellington noted in the dispatch.
Conferees near agreement on prohibition measures with Nebraska ratification and senate beverage tax rates. House and senate hours, beer taxes, spirits duties, and relief provisions discussed as leaders plan to implement the amendment. Protests and endorsements mix as Wilson’s food aid debate runs parallel.
Jan 18 reports from Treves quote Marshal Foch praising American forces as superb. He notes Pershing asked for concentration for a sector attack and commends U S troops for their "devil's own mind," enthusiasm, and gallantry. He recalls Argonne Meuse offensive and Rhine as barrier, says armistice not too soon.
A small body of British troops accompanied a convoy of foodstuffs sent from Italy to Vienna for women and children. Crowds followed the line with limited enthusiasm. The British commander told the burgomaster the aid was in recognition of Austria's allegedly better treatment of British prisoners compared with Germany's conduct.
Washington and Sinn sindicated report that Bolshevik agitation in the United States shows no promise of open disorder. Justice officials have observed the movement while Navy recruiting is urged as plans for permanent service are in abeyance to prepare to man German merchant ships.
London reports the German armistice extended by one month at Treves as allies insist on pensioning measures. Terms include restitution of stolen material, repatriation of prisoners, transfer of German gold to Frankfurt, and surrender or destruction of U boats and ships used for relief.
Rome reports indicate the French steamer Chaprol outwnard-bound for Marseilles struck a stake and sank within four minutes near the Straits of Messina, leaving about five hundred dead. Other items note Wilson delaying press secrecy, Brazil's president-elect Rodrigues Alves death, and various war time happenings.
Oberlin college gifts total 668149.10 as Fayette county trims pledges. Fatalities include Mrs Sneed 99 of Pigg, Mrs Whittington in Greenville, William Cliley and wife in Lorain, and Frederick Wright in Columbus. Meats price study probes Toledo. Various local officials elected or dying, rescues, and public works projects noted across Ohio cities.
Fayette county plans permanent organization for farmers. Norwalk Baptist church marks 15th anniversary. C H Campbell killed by a train. Lorain hospital project for fallen soldiers considered. Findlay pest contest yields 5 84 sparrows 210 rats 167 mice seven hawks killed. unknown man shoots Dominic Beleserio fatally near Mingo Junction. Fremont girl receives portal card from Texas after eight years. Obin Masonic home president Frank Vance reelected. Ottawa county deputy sheriff Norman Graves dies in Cleveland. Norwalk Ewing Waite pleads not guilty to killing Al Reaves. Van Wert hosts sugar beet growers meeting. county farm voters favor pure seed law. Cleveland police to grow by 200 more officers. 92-year-old Harry Trout dies. Bradner death of Martin Ensminger 47 and fatal injury to two children in crash near Fostoria. Erie county road funds program cited. Noble county Red Cross drives draw 6000 members. Youngstown transit system shifts to cost plan. Wayne county war savings chairman named. Larua mayor Emanuel OBrien appointed. Dayton adopts straight fare plan. Jacksonville mining unit out of commission after $20,000 fire.
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for infants and children, claiming it cleanses the stomach liver and bowels within hours, improves mood sleep and appetite, warns against counterfeits, and urges asking to see the genuine maker on the bottle. It also includes stray snippets about a cross examination and a hair dye remedy.
A family candle in a window to signal carolers backfires when a neighbor’s cat interrupts the scene. The youngster mistook a German sounding rhythm from a toy piano as carol music, and the carolers never show up. A separate note tells of Bill in France receiving a jokey reply about cooties from his sweetheart Dolly.
Editor Guithout objects to a requested poem on Our Daily Bread as a Boston Evening Transcript piece refuses to look up the text. The exchange hints at editorial priorities and reader expectations for daily bread imagery and religious phrasing in periodical humor.
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