Austrian Army Invasion Threats and Allied Setbacks Reported
German offensive strengthens as Austrian forces invade Servia. Germans seize Craone heights and renew dawn assaults. In Rheims cathedral four sisters of mercy and six German wounded soldiers die to exploding shells. Priests and sisters care for the wounded as Allies advance steadily.
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Craone
France
Sisters of Mercy
Rheims
Berlin
Amsterdam
Bethany
Paris
Rheime
War Terrors And German Advances Across Europe
Eyewitness accounts describe Belgium occupied by Germany with Antwerp untouched, German troops remaining in Belgium, and cities like Craone Bethany and Rheims subjected to bombardment. Reports note Allied and German positions, rail movement to Cracow, and church leaders condemning the destruction of sacred sites.
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Belgium
Antwerp
British cruisers sunk in North Sea by submarines
London reports that the British cruisers Aboukir Cressy and Hogue have been sunk in the North Sea by German submarines. The line of events indicates a damaging naval engagement with heavy losses for the British navy.
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North Sea
Cardinal Lucan
France
London
Abourkier
Cressy
Hogue
German offensive noted along front. Belgian towns reported destroyed
Government Press Bureau announced at 4 2 PM that three cruisers of 454 feet and 1200 tons displaced are engaged. Paris reports German off ensive with no decisive gains. Belgian towns Dinant Jumet and Tamines said destroyed in unconfirmed French-source report.
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Parie
Dinant
Jumet
Tamines
Thie
Postmaster Orders Mail Box Installations Citywide
Richmond Indiana September 22 Before November 16 Postmaster Charles Beck will issue an order to city mail carriers to refuse delivery at all houses lacking a suitable mail box at the front door. Apartment dwellers must have individual boxes in the lower hall or risk collecting mail at the post office.
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Richmond
Ind
Charles Beck
War holds up Indiana traction line extension plans
Rushville Indiana Sept 22 an Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company official said wartime money market conditions prevent securing securities held by European bankers delaying construction of the Brookville to Cincinnati extension. He noted similar delays for other Indiana traction projects until peace is declared.
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Rushville
Ind
Europe
Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company
Brookville
Cincinnati
Will M. Frazee
Frazee
Indiana Traction
Public Schools In Lafayette Advise Neutral Stance On War
Superintendent R F Hight issues directive to Lafayette teachers to teach geography and history while avoiding discussion of the European war. In classrooms they must refrain from taking sides or expressing sentiments that aid either side.
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Lafayette
Lafayette Public
R. F. Hight
Seventeenth annual reunion of 80th Indiana volunteers set
Loogootee Indiana hosts the seventeenth annual reunion of survivors of the 80th Indiana volunteers on October 7 and 8. Red Cross Ball Blue advertised as making laundress happy and whitening clothes beyond compare, sold by all good grocers.
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Loogootee
Ind
80Th Indiana Volunteers
Senate Committee orders substitute rivers and harbors bill
The Senate Commerce Committee orders reported the substitute for the rivers and harbors bill carrying 20 million dollars to be spent at the discretion of the Secretary of War and chief engineers on projects already under way. Washington notes the bill passes in the Senate.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Secretary of War
Senate
Filibuster Overthrows Rivers and Harbors Bill in Senate
In Washington on Sept 22 six Democratic Senators staged a long protest against party leaders and toppled the $34 million rivers and harbors appropriation. The Senate voted 27 to 22 to recommit, directing a lump sum of $2 million for waterways projects under War Department and Army Engineers. Senator Burton of Ohio received broad accolades as his 22 year career closes.
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Washington
Rivera and Harbors
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Senate
Bankhead
Alabama
Commerce Committee
Secretary of War and Board of Army Engineers
Qobbio
Kenyon
Iowa
Burton
Kokomo High School Praised for Health and Safety
State agent Edward Bond visiting Kokomo Indiana declared the old tabernacle building used by Kokomo High School the best in the state for health and safety. He noted all classrooms are on the ground floor.
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Kokomo
Ind
Edward Bond
State Bureau of Inspection
Kokomo High School
Frankfort Eyes Population Boost by 1920 Drive
Frankfort Indiana plans to reach a 15 000 population by 1920. The Frankfort Industrial Association, newly reorganized, pushes factory growth with a city boost. Thousands of buttons bearing Frankfort 15 000 are distributed across the region.
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Frankfort
Ind
Senator Kern Opposes River and Harbor Bill Cut
In Washington the River and Harbor Bill faced a $20,000,000 reduction. Senator Kern opposed the cut, while fifteen Democratic Senators defected from the leader and voted to pare the bill.
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Kern
Washington
President Wilson Votes in Princeton Primary
President Wilson made a hurried trip to Princeton to cast a vote for Congressman Allen Waleh in the Democratic primary.
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Washington
Wilson
Princeton
Allen Waleh
Rushville Boy Leads American Volunteer Corps in Paris Front
Harris Caldwell, once of Rush County, has organized an American Volunteer Corps in Paris and now commands his company at the front with Allied forces of France and England.
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Rushville, Iond
Harris Caldwell
Rush County
Paris
France
England
Fall Festival Opens in North Vernon Under Merchants’ Aegis
North Vernon hosts an annual fall festival started today under the North Vernon Merchants' Association. It targets Jennings county farming, offers over six hundred dollars in farm exhibition prizes, and features a stock parade Friday morning. Two popular contests grant twenty dollars for the best sheepskin band and fifteen dollars for the largest Sunday school delegation in a wagon, with a carnival company providing free attractions throughout the week. The organizing committee includes J. N. Culp as chairman and members C. C. Klinger James Carter J. F. Ball J. W. Cooper E. O. Hayman H. C. Hughes Mose Gumble C. B. Crocer Asa Brumbley J. O. Stae bles E. J. Green Edward Olcott H. E. Barth Charles Graybiel Philip Fox H. P. Long C. H. Schwake and R. C. Gantier.
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North Vernon
J. N. Culp
C. C. Klinger
James Carter
J. F. Ball
J- W. Cooper
E. O. Hayman
H. C. Hughes
Mose Gumble
C. 8. Crocer
Asa Brumbley
J. O. Staebles
E. J. Green
Edward Olcott
H. E. Barth
Charles Graybiel
Philip Fox
H., P. Long
C. H. Schwake
R. C. Gantier
Adam Heimberger Dies at 54 in New Albany
Adam Heimberger longtime Indiana civic leader died at 54 in New Albany from Brights disease. He led Central Hospital for the Insane board and once chaired its board in Indianapolis. Heimberger was Democratic nominee for Secretary of State in 1900 and for Clerk of the Supreme Court in 1902. He served as treasurer of the Indiana District German Evangelical Synod of North America.
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New Albany
Ind
Adam Heimberger
Central Hospital For the Insane
Indianapolis
Richmond
Bright
Supreme Court
Indiana
German Evangelical Synod of North America
Kentucky
Ohio
Hog Attack Injures Clark Stanley in Geneva Farm Incident
Geneva Ind Sept 21 Clark Stanley was knocked down by a vicious hog while feeding a drove and suffered multiple injuries. His sister Miss Weltha Stanley intervened and drove off the animal saving him from likely death.
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Geneva
Ind
Clark Stanley
Weltha Stanley
McAdoo warns banks on high rates and credit refusals
Secretary McAdoo issues a formal warning to national banks that have received Government funds or emergency currency to avoid excessive interest charges and to honor legitimate credits. The Pan American Bureau states Latin American nations need financial aid including money advances reasonable credit and a market for raw materials.
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McAdoo
Pan-American Bureau
Hanover College Football Team Courses Two-Hour Practice
Hanover College reports a two hour practice on Woods field as the Hoosier squad begins a two week routine. Coach Hotchkiss oversees one group with C R Voris directing another from last year’s varsity captain. Players show proficiency in fundamentals and scrimmage work is planned soon.
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Hanover
Husky Hoosier
Woods
Hotchkiss
C. R. Voris
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Highlights Seamen Schools
An old advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue for white clothes and notes Russia operates thirty two seamen schools. The fragment signals a period commerce and maritime education reference.
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Red Cross
Russia
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