Youth Hero Dies Saving Brother on Rail Bridge
Terre Haute reports 11 year old Robert Kenneth Harth died after pushing his younger brother Glen clear of a New York St Louis passenger train on a Otter Creek bridge. Glen leapt into Otter Creek and survived with serious injuries. The event followed a fishing outing as the boys crossed the tracks.
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Terre Haute
Robert Kenneth Harth
North Terre Haute
Otter Creek
New York
Glen
Purdue adopts new grading system at West Baden talk
Purdue University will shift to a mastery based grading in which final marks reflect course fundamentals rather than percentage. The plan introduces an honors mark H and retains A B P C D grades with required levels for graduation.
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United Press Dispatch
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Purdue
Ex-Princeton mayor fails to obtain bond
Princeton Ind June 23 Former Mayor Charles A Niemeier returned from Detroit to face embezzlement charges from his administration and remained jailed in default of a 10 000 bond for the September term. Sheriff Sylvester Summers fixed the bond and friends sought bondsmen with some success. It is believed Niemeier will be released on bond today.
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Princeton
Ind
Charles A. Niemeier
Detroit
Mich
Sylvester Summers
Niemeir
House passes Food Control Bill amid war fuel and food controls
On June 23 1917 the House approved the Administration Food Control Bill by 265 to 5 authorizing the President to direct fuel and food production and forbidding the use of foodstuffs for alcoholic beverages. The armed freighter Norling reports sinking a U boat near Liverpool three days out.
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House
Norling
Liverpool
Gratitude for Help After Death of Beloved Daughter
The White family thanks Rev. Roberts and the U B church for kindness after the death of their daughter Veda Mae. They appreciate the many tokens of sympathy and cherish the memories.
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Veda Mae
Roberts
U. B. Church
Frank White
Greenwood Family to Spend Summer at Washington Home
Congressman Arthur M. Greenwood and his wife will bring their family to their Washington Indiana residence for the summer arriving about July 1. Son Joe Greenwood will finish his fourth year at C. M. T. C. earning a commission in the Officers Reserve Corps upon reaching age.
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Arthur M. Greenwood
Washington
Ind
Joe Greenwood
Officers Reserve Corps
Good-bye to sore feet with magical relief promise
An old advertisement touts a set of foot care products claiming to heal burning swollen and painful feet. It promises immediate relief from pain and corns bunions and raw spots with a guaranteed yearlong comfort for a few cents.
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