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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1917
Page
1
Analyzed editorials react to Michaelis appointment and German peace aims. Opponents decry any policy returning Belgium and northern France to prewar status while warning of renewed autocracy. Supporters assert vigor necessary to press war, but critics doubt impact on Allied aims or metal and manpower shortages.
World heavyweight champion Jess Willard declared his hat was in the ring and vowed to fight again when a suitable opponent is found. He spoke to sport writer Edward Smith in Brenton Harbor on August 28.
A morning blaze in Louin Mississippi gutted the town's business district. Fire swept through J. M. Boyd's Sons store and consumed the entire area, with only two firms reportedly insured.
In Benton on August 28 two bootleggers were shot and killed during a night clash with officers in Frankfort Kentucky. Three other alleged bootleggers were wounded and captured.
New York Aug 28 A cablegram to Marine headquarters announced the death by accident of the first American marine officer in France Second Lieutenant Fred W Ahlstrom killed August 21 in a motorcycle accident
In Cleveland on August 28, authorities report a campaign to stamp out every German influence in public schools. The article notes resistance and local tensions as people react to wartime pressure to remove German names and language.
The Brisco automobile is advertised as a low priced, well equipped car with 83 horsepower, 27 mpg, and $5 license. It is assembled in parts to reduce repair time and cost, selling for $725 cash or on payments, with the price unchanged whether paid cash or installments. Brilhart's Jewelry Store, Indiana, Pa, offers a Brisco booklet on request.
Officials attempted to locate a substitute for kindergarten but found none available in the stack, leading to the name sticking as the measure.
Indianap olis Aug 28 James Rosa a 38 year old Englishman demanded his right to fight in the war against Germany before the surgeon of Company C Fourth Indiana Regiment He said two brothers were killed in Flanders and two sisters died in German air raids on London and vowed to kill two Germans for each fallen relative before boarding a train to Canada
Washington Aug 28 The creation of an aircraft board is declared necessary by the urgency of modern warfare as more than 700 million dollars is appropriated for military air machines. The board will coordinate supplies standardize factories and create new production sources while not overlapping military authority. It will also lead in standardizing machines for allies and must gain legal status to wield influence. The aim is to produce thousands of aircraft quickly and develop superior motors to end the war, with aviation expanding into civilian uses such as coast patrol fireships mail and life-saving work along wharves.
Portland Ore Aug 28 Scientists from the University of California report fossils in the Columbia River gorge bluffs including camels horses ground sloths deer rabbits fish and tortoises. They say the bluffs are younger than the Ellensburg formation and name the new Ringald Formation based on a thickness exceeding 500 feet.
A partial OCR list shows licenses or names tied to Barnesboro and Washington Pa areas. Names include Mary Johns Boyer and Paul Meghrak along with others such as John Melensky and Carl Roof. The fragment mentions various locales and individuals without cohesive context.
Transfers list multiple real estate deeds in Cherry Tree Smicksburg Green and Montgomery with prices from 70 to 1160 dollars. Additional items note visitors from Hillsdale Arcadia YorkPa and a return train departure after a visit to the Seligs on South Street.
President Wilson announced Robert S. Lovett of Union Pacific as head of a new priority transport law to direct railroads to Lake Erie ports handling coal. The move aims to relieve midwest shortages before lake navigation ends, with Lovett wielding broad authority to set prices and production guidance under supervision of a forthcoming commission.
A fragmented note argues that gophers cannot be eradicated by a single farmer. It suggests neighbors must join in a coordinated campaign to rid large areas of rodents, noting that persistence by all farmers is needed before the pests reappear.
President Wilson informs Senator Weeks that the United States must include aliens of draft age in the military draft, while considering exemptions for married men with dependents. Weeks presses for action to address alien drafting and to prevent evasion by marriages, warning of growing discontent and wartime inequities.
The German submarine Deutschland, which visited the United States before the war, is converted into a war submarine. It is equipped with six torpedo tubes and has a large action radius. German losses are reported at twenty two boats with further losses in the Mediterranean. about 200 submarines are noted in German claims.
A federal grand jury indicted five Socialists on charges of conspiracy to distribute antipirate literature. In Detroit the defendants were acquitted while eighteen others faced related proceedings.
A compact reflection on judging men fairly by appealing to their better nature and meeting them at a higher level to receive their best responses. Includes a brief historical note on the Burongs and a variant of the old Greek term Buzonel used for Creek kilted troops.
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