Fire damages homes and offices in town on Saturday night
A fire at Henry Bic’s home on North Walnut Street caused about 100 dollars in roof damage to the summer kitchen area. A separate blaze at attorney Lemen’s Jefferson Street law office burned about two square feet and was extinguished with chemical apparatus. Local social notes mention Miss Lech Barber winning a state bar scholarship representation for Jefferson county and the death of James Chivton, 72, of West Phael Street after paralysis.
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Rioting in Chicago Spreads as Troops May Be Deployed
Reported today that racial violence surged in Chicago amid business district looting and fighting. Adjutant General coordinates National Guard readiness as authorities fear further casualties and widespread unrest across downtown and surrounding areas.
President Submits Franco British American Pact to Senate
The president moves a tripartite Franco British American pact toward ratification, framing debt relief to France and Britain as linked to a broader world order. He stresses independence from the League of Nations while maintaining cooperation, arguing for a measured path amid evolving transatlantic ties.
Premier Bauer Attacks Conservatives in Weimar Assembly
Weimar premier Bauer brands conservatives responsible for war outcomes and vows ex Kaiser will face a state trial. Foreign Minister Mueller names Fatherland Party as murderers and traitors while reading a British note text amid heated parliamentary exchanges.
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Count von Michaelis
Worsteinton Dad Launches Until Tour Amidst Hus Startige
A troubled note reports Worsteinton father begins an unspecified tour timeline while his son faces pressure from Hose Stebsides and a presidential context. The text is fragmented and unclear.
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Worsteinton
15000 Street Car and Elevated Railway Strike Grips City
About 15 000 street car and elevated railway workers walk out in a general strike after rejecting the company offer of wage increases to 50 cents per hour and scheduling overtime pay. The action cripples transit as streets empty and buses take over.
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Ooete
Repeal of the Daylight Saving Law Considered
In Woeteneton on July 2 the Senate discussed repeal of the daylight saving law. The Inter Poo reree Committee favored repeal and the House was expected to vote later this week.
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Senate
House
Columbian Tees Go Westooton to Senate Report
The Columbian coverage notes all 28 items by the Foreign Relations Committee were reported to the Senate this afternoon.
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Treaty
Senate
Westooton
Foreign
President Wilson’s Aunt Braved German Occupation at Courtrat
Miss Mary Cunningham, aunt of President Wilson, held a tiny Courtrat lodging under German occupation. She endured shelling, sparse furniture usage, and repeated winters on the edge of starvation, remaining in her Ulster home near eighty years old.
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Courtrat
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Body of Hampton Pulliam Recovered After River Drowning
The 21 year old Hampton Pulliam drowned Sunday while swimming on the Kentucky side of the river opposite Bee Camp. Isaac Handlen of Locust, Ky recovered the body near Salada Landing and towed it ashore. Coroner Henning ruled the death accidental and the remains were taken to Locust for burial at Brady's graveyard.
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Bee Camp
Isaac Handlen
Locust, Kyo
Salasta Landing
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Don the
Salada Landing
Pulliam
Henning
Young Pulliam
George Pulliam
Frank
Detroit
Mich
Grover
Hunter's Bottom
May Kendall
Newport News
Leona Backus
Locust
Loom invention promises faster weaving of finest carriages
Marshall B. Lloyd touts a loom that weaves the world’s most beautiful carriage strands thirty times faster than skilled workers. He claims the loom creates an exquisite weave unattainable by hand, unlike other manufacturers relying on slow hand methods.
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Marshall B. Lloyd
Milton’s Paradise Lost earnings traced across editions
A Brooklyn Eagle note details John Milton’s poem publication timeline from 1658 to 1687, noting copyrights sold for £5, £25 after 1200 copies, further £25 for each of editions two and three, and £400 paid to his widow. It cites biographer estimates and presses that the work appeared in 1667 with later editions.
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Madison Teachers Complete First Summer Term
Washington officials announce a midsummer term in the third naval district of New York with teachers from Madison finishing their work. Hanover students, including Miss Jessie Wood and Miss Vinnie Gray, will continue into the next term, while others like Miss Margie Hancock and Miss Florence Conway attend from the city schools.
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Vinnie Gray
Margie Hancock
Florence Conway
Lyde Hawkins
Fred Croaier
Bertie Maupin
Grace Spencer
Therbert Gourley
Charles Dunn
Harold P. Cochrane
Louise Eckert
Myra Lemen
Death of Henry E Copeland Moves Madison◆
George D Demaree received a telegram announcing the death of his brother in law Henry E Copeland at his West Newton Massachusetts home. Interment is set for 12 o clock Thursday at Spring Grove Cincinnati Ohio. Mrs Copeland will accompany the remains to Cincinnati then visit Madison briefly. Chief Quartermaster HL Morgan and Boatswain Roe M Merley from Indianapolis recruiting office arrived in Madison on motorcycles to recruit for the U S Navy.
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Henry E. Copeland
West Newton
Mass
Spring Grove
Cincinnati
Ohio
Copeland
Madison
HL Morgan
R.oe M. Merley
Indianapolis
U.S. Navy
Memory's Joy and Sorrow Reflects on Remembrance
A meditation on memory as human immortality and source of hope. It weighs memory’s benefits against dangers of dwelling in the past, noting memory guides present life but must be balanced with the present and future to avoid morbid fixation. It cautions against overindulgence in recollection.
Ruler of Hungary Under Bolshevik Rule Described
Under Bela Kun’s despotic Bolshevik regime Hungary faces hundreds of murders and outrages as this article introduces the man captured by Russians while in the Austro Hungarian army and later secretary to Lenin. He ranks just after Trotsky among Bolshevik despots.
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Hungars
Lenine
Trotsky
Private Jacob Thenes Returns From Overseas Service
Private Jacob Thenes of the 147th Infantry, 7th Division, arrived in New York yesterday and is at Camp Mills awaiting muster out after a year and four months overseas. He reported being wounded and missing in past engagements but writes he escaped unscathed. Thenes is the son of Mr. Peter Thenes and plans to return to Madison.
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New York
Jacob Thenes
147Th Infantry
U.S
Thenes
Camp Mills
Madison
Peter Thenes
Omelets From Turtle Eggs In Medieval Culinary Notes
A fragment describes using turtle eggs as an omelet material and turtle oil for frying. It notes fresh water turtles in lakes of Florida and Louisiana and South American rivers, with mentions of birdlike white coagulation and Indian or colonial references to oil production.
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Florida
Louisiana
Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop Highlights
Netty Trent known as Little Nell is a beloved Dickens character praised for sweetness and pity. The fourteen year old is raised by a ruined grandfather whose gambling leaves them destitute leading to beggary and a sorrowful ending beside a country churchyard where Nell dies and her grandfather is found dead at her grave.
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Little Nell
Netty Trent
Dicckens
Old Curiosity Shop
Grambling
Netty
Private Edward Ford Arrives Home From Camp Merrett
Private Edward Ford returns on last night’s train from Camp Merrett New Jersey after ten months overseas with the signal corps photographic section. He is in good health and well received by friends returning home.
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Edward Ford
Camp Merrett
N. J
Army
Signal Corps
Ford
Custer Declares Candidacy in Fourth District Primary
The Herald announces Clarence E. Custer of Bartholomew County as a candidate for Congress in the Fourth Congressional District, subject to the Democratic primary election decision.
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Clarence E. Custer
Bartholomew County
Fourth
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