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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1917
Page
1
A fragmented congressional debate over war policy reflects divisions between supporters and opponents. The piece notes party discipline sustaining the president while dissenting voices question the war’s vigor, urging unified action and missionary work among lawmakers alongside Allied travel exemptions for Red Cross personnel.
A fragmented report notes Mabert Richur and Muszie Tluges drowned in Falhanna Creek near Idlewild on Saturday. Bodies were taken to Jean-Pabi Pelock and undertaker M. Homer Miller. The text also mentions a 14 year old boy and Mrs Nelson related to John Jessue of Hicher, with partial details remaining unreadable.
Miss Ely waded into a flooded hole up to her neck and pulled Hieshue to safety. The report lists Misa Hugg, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Hig of Scott Avenue, and Eicher, Th years old, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Eicher of North First Street.
The report discusses the fate of the Campana crew with doubt. It notes German reprisals depend on precedents, predicting crew members may be treated as prisoners of war rather than shot. The captain's case is described as different under international norms.
Washington officials believe the gunners' crew of the torpedoed oil tanker Campana will be interned as prisoners of war if treated like French and British armed merchant crews. They are confident about the four American sailors but silent on Captain Oliver's status, noting Oliver’s case may differ due to Campana's armed condition.
Harisburgh August 18 Frank B Black who resigned yesterday as state highway commissioner with a broadside at Gov Brumbaugh will be here tomorrow to close this affairs at the department. Whether more resignations will follow remains a matter of considerable conjecture. Patton favored for commissioner but ONeil of McKeesport is the likely successor. Chief Engineer W St Uhler is expected to retire.
Dr. Joh Monks of Martins Ferry Ohio joins his wife visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James St Clair of Church Street. Mrs. Zweiziz and daughter Mary of Reading visit Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Taylor of Wirth Street. Cordelia Weir of Pittsburgh spent Sunday with Miss St Clair on Church Street and Mrs. Charles Cunningham and son Banks visit Mr. and Mrs. John N. Banks of Philadelphia Street. Mrs. Frank Lowman of Pittsburgh visits Mr. and Mrs. A. B. King of Ninth Street. Miss Mary Pisher of Tenth Street visits friends in Salisbury. Mrs. McKnight and daughter of Chicago visit Miss Mary McKnight on Church Street. Helen Lytle of Apollo visits her grandmother Mrs. Amatin Lytle of West Philadelphia Street.
Fragmented OCR text lists transfers among individuals with amounts and places in Indiana and Iowa. It includes a medical testimonial about Chamberlain's Tablets for liver and stomach discomfort, attributed to Joe Ding in Webster City Iowa. The piece mentions multiple names and a general sense of notices, likely from a local newspaper.
Soldiers in training at Camp Hancock Augusta Georgia receive support from the Young Men’s Christian Association. The group ships books magazines phonographs and pictures and seeks donations of music and educational materials to benefit twenty five thousand Pennsylvania National Guard trainees and camp facilities.
A German wanderer and aristocrat studying the Catskill trails agrees to pose for a pastel to oil portrait in New York after a chance meeting in April. He reveals a family disgrace, a prince’s fate, and war looming in Europe before departing for the battlefields, leaving the unfinished work with the artist.
Col. Ibrahim Consuegra is named Chief of Staff of the Cuban Army after a revolution, tasked with reorganizing forces and preparing for future conflicts. He succeeds General Jose Marti, who becomes Minister of War as Cuba continues to confront Germany in an unsettled global backdrop.
The narrator recalls postwar relief work with Red Cross and tending wounded soldiers in Treczopetz, meeting a German officer who proclaims no theft stain remains. The officer asserts gallantry in war and bearing burdens for a prince, while the nurse questions loyalties and national duty.
A compact reflection quotes Victor Hugo on facing life’s great sorrows with courage and for the small daily tasks with patience then finding rest in peace as God remains awake. The phrasing echoes a literary reflection rather than a news event or report.
Notice to obtain a Certificate of Public Convenience from the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania for North Mahoning Township Light Heat and Power Company to supply electricity in North Mahoning Township Indiana County. Public hearing set in Harrisburg August 28, 1917 at 9:30 AM for interested parties to appear.
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