Happenings from the War and World News Terse
Reports from the Adriatic list the Austro Hungarian passenger steamer Dubrovnik torpedoed by a hostile submarine with no warning. In Dublin the Irish Republic proclamation signers were executed, including James Connolly and others. A German embassy aide, Hoy-Ed, received honors after recall demand in the US. Turkish forces claimed gains on the Caucasus front while Italian airship leader Colonel Pastini was killed. Queenstown noted the Cymric torpedoing with crew casualties. Pope appointed Michael Wellers as domestic prelate. Governors’ conference opens in Lake City to discuss postwar economics. Murphysboro reports the murder of George Pecoraro and his wife by the Black Hand. Fire aboard the Italian steamship San Giovanni destroyed 7,000 sugar bags. Southern Presbyterian church completes its 55th annual assembly in Orlando.
Fire, shakes, and politics fill stacked news from coast to coast
A Sandusky business district fire destroyed about twenty stores after a high wind subsided. An Idaho earthquake in Horpe rocked the city for three seconds. Delegates representing 620,799 YMCA members met in Cleveland for a four day triannual convention. The American Railway Association reports a surplus of 59,657 idle cars and a shortage of 29,050, with Roosevelt and Fairbanks listed as ticket priorities for a June Chicago unity push. A ship loss near Eagle Harbor claimed twenty seven lives. two crew survived. Theodore Roosevelt was endorsed for the Progressive presidential nomination in Michigan with fifty six delegates in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Railway Association
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Jackson
Mich
Notable Deaths of prominent figures across the Midwest and East
Personal Harris Johhunton aged 101, the United States' oldest general, dies in Columbus Mississippi. William A. Gardner president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway dies at his Cape Cod summer home aged 57 after years of ill health. Dr. W. W. Reed aged 91, Wisconsin pioneer physician, dies in Jefferson Wisconsin after 66 years in practice and political activity. Chauncey J. Blair, 71, vice president of Corn Exchange National Bank, dies in Chicago from heart disease.
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Harris Johhunton
United States
Columbus, Miss
William A. Gardner
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Cape Cod
Mass
W. W. Reed
Wisconsin
Jefferson, Wie
Chauncey J. Blair
Corn Exchange National Bank
Chicago
Secretary Lansing Seeks Punishment Details On Sussex Attacker
Washington learns from Germany that full responsibility for torpedoing the Sussex has been accepted and the submarine commander already punished. Germany offers indemnity for American injuries. In Congress, Lenroot flood control amendment passes 65 44 to restrict levee work until local funds cover half. Senate approves good roads bill totaling 85 million.
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Lansing
Washington
Gerard
Foreign Office
Channel
Germany
United States
House In Committee
Lenroot
Mississippi River Commission
Senate
National Foresta
Border clashes and diplomatic shifts drive U S war warning
Mexican raiders attacked Polaris and Mercedes border regions driving Americans to Nogales and prompting a harsh response. Obregon Scott talks at Juarez ended in disagreement. Wilson orders National Guards along the border and War Secretary Baker cites rising Rio Grande unrest.
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Polaris
Lochiel
Nogales
Ariz
Juarez
Mex
Arredonde
Washington
Wilson
National Guards
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Baker
Big Bend
Rio Grande
Indiana Notes Span Centennial Events and Local Incidents
Indiana wire service items record regional events from August centennial celebrations in Boonville to Fort Wayne carmen strike settlement. Entries cover epidemics in Muncie, fires at Silverwood and Evansville, land deeds in Henderson Coppock, and Knights Templars conclave leadership in Indianapolis with parade details.
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Boonville
Warrick County
Fort Wayne
Carmen
Lafayette
Muncie
Colurmbea
Henry Richter
Goshen
Elkhart County
Elwood
Elwood Council of Women
Bandits Flee After Dog Alarm At McKinney Springs
Western Union reports Mexican bandits rode near McKinney Springs Texas on the Rio Grande border. Seven American cowboys fired to drive off raiders, wounding none. Hunter H E Stafford of El Paso relayed details. pursuit followed into darkness as horsemen fled.
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Union
Cincinnati
Marathon
Texas
Rio Grande
McKinney Springs
McKinney Springs Ranch
McKinney Place
Carl Green
Abota
Killing at Cleveland Bakery Strike Picket Scene
In Cleveland a man died after four assailants burst into a Woodland Avenue bakery during a strike picket clash. Joseph Feld was struck, unconscious, and died an hour later from a fractured skull. Bernard Rosen and his sons, bakers and business owner, were arrested and charged with murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Woodland Avenue
Joseph Feld
Bernard Rosen
Bakerten
Austro-Hungarian Submarine Chiefs Destroyed
Milan dispatch to Lloyds reports the two top Austro-Hungarian submarine chiefs in the Southern Mediterranean have been destroyed following Italy’s occupation of Marra Moreza and Porto Bardis between Cyrenaica and Egypt.
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London
Milan
Lloyds
Mediterranean
Marra
Moreza
Porto Bardis
Cyrenaica
Egypt
Cincinnati Markets Dollar Values for Grains and Livestock
The Cincinnati market report lists prices for corn white and yellow in multiple grades, hay Timothy and clover, wheat red and white, eggs prime and firsts, poultry by weight and type, cattle shippers and butcher categories, hogs from select to common, sheep and lambs, and lambs with various price ranges across grain and livestock sectors. The figures reflect commodities traded by shippers, producers, and buyers in a regional exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poultry—Brothers
Bologna
Installment furniture story from Brooklyn talk
Mrs Flatbush explains she bought all her fur niture on the installment plan. Mrs Bensonhurst questions the claim while Mrs Mlatbush confirms it saying she has been married several times and owns a little furniture from each husband.
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Uselees
Randolph County
Lyne Hardware
Indianapolis News
Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Mlatbush
Cuticura Ads and Local Jokes in Classified Snippet
An OCR fragment shows health ads for Cuticura Soap and Ointment promising relief for skin troubles with free samples by mail. It also includes assorted jokes and brief captions about hotels and a Pierce remedy, with scattered misprints and stray lines.
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Addreee
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
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Dubrovnik
Adriatic
Berlin
Dub Ma
James Connelly
MacDiarmad
McDermon
Oceannt
Hoy-Ed
Hed Enagie
Lord Robert Cecil
Mount Kope
Caucasus
Constantinople
Pastini
Goritz
Hortugno Real del Carlino
Queenstown
Thomas Kent
Mer
Michael Wellers
Scorta
Rome
Sinclair
Army Aviation Recorvs Corpu
Champaign
Bal € Lake City
George Pecoraro
Murphysboro
Time of
Dlack Hand Society
New York
Palermo
Naples
Southern Presbyterian Church
Orlando
Fla
Sandusky
Tonson
Horpe
Idaho
Young Men's Christian Associations
Canada
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Indiana
Bull Moose Party
Progressive National Committee
R. Kirby
Detroit
Eagle Harbor
Joseph Mudra
Otto
Lindquist
Robert Fay
Walter Scholz
Paul Daeche
Atlanta
Howe
Curtla Hayles
Mercedes
Tex
Evansville
Willard
Anderseon
Paul 2D. Haynes
Covington
Silverwood
Port Wayne
Tipton
Tipton.—Henderson Coppock
Osgood
Henry Goodans
Goodans
Owen Smith
Converse
California
William Bray
Asa Bray
Sullivan
Columbia City
Curtin W. Jones
Whitley County
Indianapolis
Knights Templars
V. V. Williams
Bedford
Indiana Department
Grand Army of the Republic
George Thormyer
Irvington
C. C. Schroeder
W. A. Kelsey
W. A. Fritsch
Evanaville
J. R. Fesler
N. A. Chamberlain
Knights Templara
James L. Randel
Greencastle
George H. Steele
George 8. Parker
Anderson
Henry T. Conde
Harry C. Moore
Marion
Eugene Water
Lewis C. Rogers
Mishawaka
Charles L. Hutchinson
Calvin W. Prather
George A Newhouse
New Albany
Gaylord M. Leslie
Hanford
Galle
Marold Comear
Deke
Beare
Fletcher
Wee Dom
Doan
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