First Negro Camp Opens at Des Moines Training Depot
Des Moines June 19. A training camp for African American enlistees under the selective service law opened at Fort Des Moines with 1208 students. Col Ballou and a cadre of 14 white officers will oversee instruction, with 140 conduiter joining from various departments and 254 degrees sought by applicants. Senior instruction is Major Castle. other officers include Majors Scurtevant and Ingram, with Captains Frugadele and Wathee in staff roles.
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Tes Moines
ofMf
Fort Dew Moines
C. ©. Ballon
Thirty Seventh United States Infantry
Major Castle
Scurtevant
Ingram
Adjt
Mellroy
Frugadele
Relathun
Atoorer
Sveringive
Leute
Frank
Muberay
Breach of Promise Verdict Wins for Miss O'Brien in New York
In New York on June 1, a six-justice jury awarded Miss Honora May O'Brien 225,000 against John J. Manning, a retired banker and 83 year old millionaire. O'Brien, secretary to a New York newspaper, claimed Manning broke his promise to marry her, and the verdict confirms the breach of promise suit.
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New York
Honora May O'Brien
John JS. Manning
Supreme Court
Lone Island City
Record of Pallet Stock Sale by J. iemittan
In December at Bachelor’s Rest J iemittan sold nineteen pallets for seven dollars and kept them until August twenty, selling them for eighty four dollars. He received twenty eight and one dozen dollars from dealings. the bin food sold for twenty dollars. He sold exes from two tons at forty eight cents per dozen, averaging two dollars per cent. Who can beat this record at Ramouth Oathnate.
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Iemittan
Mawthon
Tod
Ralmouth Oathnate
Dramatic Theater Scene and New Rocky Mountain Trail
The excerpt notes a theater performance where a reading man captivates a young Indy with precise stage movement. An escort teases that the habit may come from walking the stage. It also reports opening two lakes, Nunita and Nokon, in Rocky Mountain National Park via a new trail near the Continental Divide, describing their scenery and location.
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Indy
Ealtoad
Rocky Mountain Park Road Link Improves Visitor Access
A new route connects the eastern Estes Park side with Grand Lake on the western side, crossing the Continental Divide near the Flattop area. The link aims to ease travel for Rocky Mountain National Park visitors and enhance access to lakes and high country scenery.
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Estes Park
Grand Lake
Rocky Mountain National Park
Cleveland’s youngest daughter Marion to wed Willon Dell
The engagement of Miss Marion Cleveland, Grover Cleveland’s youngest daughter, to Willon Stanley Dell of New York was announced in Princeton New Jersey. Dell graduated from Princeton in 1918 and worked on the New York Evening Sun editorial staff.
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New York
Marion Cleveland
Grover Cleveand
Willon Stanley Dell
Princeton
N. J
Thomas J. Preston, Jr
Cleveland
Tenehfea’ College
Columbia University
Dell
New York Evening Sun
Brothers Dead or Hurt Enlist Pastor Resigns in Greencastle
Greencastle Indiana June 16 The Rev Thomas Young resigns as pastor of the Presbyterian Church to join the English army He is the only able bodied brother left as others have been killed or wounded in British service. Draft horse demand cited with rising prices. pure bred draft mares and metal draft stock in lower demand due to reduced military use. Agricultural notes urge feeding weanling pigs with forage crops and grain to maintain weight.
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Greencastle
Ind
Thomas Young
He Presbyterian Church
Thes City
Wayne Dinsmore
Serchorom Society of Amory
Dreh Pritoss
Tnrar
Alrealy
Talaers
German steamer Turin torpedoed by submarine reported
According to Telegraaf the German steamship Turin which was said to have struck a mine off the Dutch coast en route to Amsterdam from Sweden was actually torpedoed by a submarine. The vessel remains afloat.
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Amsterdam
Jone Tt
London
Telegraaf
Turin
Sweden
Annual Visit to the Pythian Home Held in Lexington
Annual visitation day at the Pythian Home drew nearly 200 Knights of Pythias from Louisville. Children performed during exercises, and speakers Dr Browder Gaines James Stark and EG Pormann of Louisville delivered brief talks.
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Lexington
Pythian
Knights of Pythias
Loulaville
Master Commissioner's Sale in Ohio Circuit Court
Public sale authorized by judgment in Ohio Circuit Court Hartford Kentucky to satisfy $75 debt plus interest. Property described as Henry Wright tract near Palo Ohio County Kentucky with bounds and prior deeds. sale at court house door on July 2, 1917 at 1 p.m. on credit for six months. proceeds applied to plaintiff's debt and costs with any balance to claimant.
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A. Wiewatt
Ohie
Court House
Hartford
Ohio County
Kentucky
Palo
Henry Wright
K. C
N. &. Berry
P. W. Tabor
Palden
Emma Wimsatt
W. K. Kelley
Ohio
TA. Wimsatt
W. B Kelley
Ohio County Clerk's Office
Jona T Wimentt
T. A. Wheatly
Ohio County Clerk's
Master Commissioner Sale of Ohio County Land
Public sale of the one fifth interest of defendants in BL P Moseley estate totaling 76 acres plus additional parcels of 1 and 30 acres. Property sold on credit of 11 months with bond and security. land retained until bond paid. Sale set by Otto C. Martin Master Commissioner for July 2, 1917 at Hartford court house. Local firms Heavrin Gleun Simmerman and Smith Woodward listed as attorneys.
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W. J. Maiden
Otto C. Martin
Ott
Heavrin
Gleun & Simmerman
John Render
Mabel Render
Court House
Hartford
Ohio
Render
Moseley
K. I. Moseley
Edijah BR. Render
Ohio County Clerk's Office
John T. Casebier
KB. P. Moreley
Alvo
J. B. Maddox
Veruis Maddox
Martin
K Smith
B. M. Woodward
Ver-Lax Promised Safe Calomel Substitute
Promote Ver-Lax as a natural remedy that eliminates poisons cleanses the system and relieves constipation without calomel. Claims it's easy to take safe for children and guaranteed with price one dollar per bottle sold by J H Williams Hartford Ky.
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L. K. Griguby
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