07 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
1
Fragmentary report indicates armistice terms were announced affecting Romania on a front with German and Central Powers. Widespread speculation follows about conditions and possible peace terms amid shifting fronts.
The garbled OCR reads as a wild jumble about wireless hearing and obscure notes. It mentions Florida, the tropics, sub tropicus, and a strange scene with references to streams, oranges, and a Colorado river oasis.
Market notes show Marple hog receipts around 1 000 head with tone lower for best heavies. Hida cattle receipts about 1 500 with steady tone for steers and mixed for cows and heifers. Corn and oats prices are listed with tone steady. hay steady with Timothy values. Independence day for the average man is pay day. Subscribe for the Herald.
Fragmentary OCR text presents no coherent event or identifiable entities. Readable parts mention scattered words like Athens and Devon but lack context to form a factual summary or determine a main outcome.
The president via Senator Varo asks Congress for immediate power to take over peeps owned by Creain steam. The move targets a $1 billion urgent deficiency bill amendment after White House talks with the Senate.
The article notes rising German raids in the past five days seen as a prelude to a major offensive. It also reports a New York Senate proposal to hold a referendum instead of ratifying the Federal prohibition amendment.
A socialist candidate for the United States Senate in Wisconsin outlines his platform today. He urges immediate troop withdrawal and calls for pacifist policies while criticizing current Washington counsel and Monroe era detentes.
Fragmentary text describes a deadly incident involving barbed wire and tanglements. Mentions multiple casualties and chaotic scene with uniforms or crews and possible investigations. Specific names, places, or dates are unreadable due to damage.
Westington reports confirmation of the capture of Kaett Wasseo with practical internaition on consular dispatches reserved by the State Department. Earlier, on February 24 Austro-Germans were within 11 gates of the city and its fall was expected within a week amid heavy bombardment and widespread damage to both sides.
At the annual meeting of the German Building Association No. 6 held Saturday night Lemuel Keller Jacob Zepy John Voll Michael Schneider Charles Fischer Charles Anger and Frank Voelker were elected directors. Officers named are President Lemuel Keller Vice President Jacob Zepf Secretary Charles G Schelke and Treasurer Charles Fischer.
A wartime conscription notice calls for labor for farms shipyards and munitions plants. Names and places appear in garbled OCR, but the intent is mobilization of workers under executive authority.
Fragmented report notes unusual illness controls in Columbus and surrounding areas. Mention of hospitals and medical staff references unnamed patients and community response to precautionary measures. The piece also touches on injured individuals and a broad economic note about regional sales and totals. Oil prices and Russian actions toward China are briefly cited as distant context.
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