Influenza Hits Sing Sing and Other World News Items
The week records an influenza outbreak at Sing Sing prison affecting five of twenty nine condemned inmates. UW Madison grants faculty salaries rise near 25 percent. Irish recognition motion at New Jersey assembly after de Valera address. Detzer acquitted and to return to duty. Newark fire claims seven lives including a mother and children. Youngstown Sheet and Tube enacts 10 percent wage raise. Nurses and doctors rescue tubercular patients from Edwards sanitarium fire. IWW indictments sink 837 members including Haywood. Minnesota high school seniors die and dozens ill in influenza. Seven Sterling High students bound over for assault on freshmen. New Los Angeles murder conviction carried. parole denied. Gen Jesus Castro visits Chicago on business. Sully bank robbery nets 12000 in securities. Pasteur vaccine touted as sole influenza cure. Estonia peace with Soviet government. Brazilian earthquake report. Bolshevik risings in Transcaucasia. Polish forces hold back Bolshevik concentration north of the Danube. Dumenko’s Russian forces capture 5000 prisoners. Guesde pushes bill for women equality. Swiss neutrality debated at League of Nations. Italian cabinet and railway leaders reach agreement. War materials shipments to Poland. British ships lie at Devonport for disposal. Trieste powder factory explosion kills three.
Rebels attack Oaxaca as Vienna doctors strike in protest
In Oaxaca Mexico a rebel band led by Albino Carrillo attacked the city, killing fifty and capturing twenty five. Vienna hospital physicians and assistants walked out in protest, while reports from Paris deny any move to restore the Habsburg dynasty. Dublin gains a Sinn Fein council amid enthusiastic crowds as the Republic flag rises. About 5000 acres on the Shoshone project to be opened March eighteenth. Russia promises rapid demobilization after peace. Poland mobilizes in response to the Bolshevik advance.
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Oaxaca
Albino Carrillo
Washington Dispatches From War to Finance and Mortality
A Washington press summary notes Lenin decree affecting Russia, 1918 U.S. death toll reaches 1,471,367, and the U S Navy peacetime strength to exceed 940 ships after July 1. It also covers Secretary Glass seeking 2 million dollars to curb liquor smuggling and census plans to enumerate industries starting March 1.
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United States
Washington Census Bureau
Notable Obituaries of Military and Public Figures
Charles O. Lobeck former Nebraska congressman died at his Omaha home from heart disease. Prof. Robert M. Johnston chief historian of the American expeditionary force died in Cambridge Massachusetts. Gen. John J. Pershing addressed 25000 at San Diego during post inspection tour. B J Reynolds vice president United Cigar Stores died at Evanston Illinois aged sixty two. He was born in Baltimore and moved to Chicago fifteen years ago.
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Charles O. Lobeck
Nebraska
Omaha
Robert Matteson Johnston
Cambridge, Mass
John J. Pershing
San Diego
Cal
B. J. Reynolds
United Cigar Stores Company
Evanston, Ill
Mr. Reynolds
Baltimore
Chicago
Indiana Counties Shrink As Marion County Consolidates
R E Tracy proposes halving Indiana counties and uniting Marion county with Indianapolis government. Other notes report Wabash County plans 50 miles of main highways after 1920 bonds are paid, Clinton police crackdown, and tax law clarifications favoring women voters.
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Marion
Indiana
Marion County
Indianapolis
R. E. Tracy
Bureau of Government Research
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Citizenship School
Franchise League
Wabash
Wabash County
Seywymour
Muncie
John Kelly
Board of Police Commissioners
Terre Haute
Clinton
Jack Beattie
Beattie
Petersburg
American Coal Company of
Bicknell
Knox County Coal
Pike County Company
Atlast
Gladstone Coal Company
Pike County Coal Company
Goodrich
Eph Inman
Central Hospital For the Insane
Frank B. Wynn
Charity Dye
Lew O’bannon
Corydon
State Historical Commission
Jess C. Andrews
Westport
Board of Trustees
State Prison
J. T. Akin
Sullivan
Southern Hospital For the Insane
Andrew J. Rhodes
Lincoln City
J. C. Jolly
Lake
Nancy Hanks
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Labor Party of Indiana
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Labor Party
Fred A. Sims
State Tax Board
Sims
Gary
Gary Board of Public Works
Frankfort
M. S. Canfield
Indiana State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
Army
Navy
Marine Medical Corps
Allies threaten Dutch blockade amid peace talks report
Paris report states the entente may break diplomatic ties or block Dutch ports if Holland refuses to extradite ex Emperor William. Polish allied talks on Lenine Trotzky peace bid noted. Polish diet will decide after London Paris discussions. Trade with soviet Russia is blocked by war as ministers discuss defensive and peace moves.
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Paris
Holland
William
Petit Parisien
Germany
France
England
Belgium
Ypres
Brussels
Excelsior
London
Lenine
Soviet
Russia
Tchitcherin
Trotzky
Council of the People’s Commissaries
Moscow
Poland
Soviet Russia
Stanislas Patek
David Lloyd George
Warsaw
M. Sapieha
M. Patek
Maxim Litvinoff
James O’grady
Copenhagen
Reuter
M. Litvinoff
Miss Knowles Goes to Kin on Plymouth Trip
Miss Emily Knowles, released from Ellis Island, sailed on the Plymouth to Fall River with her baby. She is accompanied by Mrs. Perley R. Spiker and Guy Spiker whom she plans to wed. An immigration ruling requires her delivery to relatives in Fall River before marriage.
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New York
Emily Knowles
Ellis Island
Plymouth
Fall River
Mass
Perley R. Spiker
Guy Spiker
Perley Spiker
Miss Knowles
Spiker
Baltimore
Uhl
William K. Battersby
Wilson to Stay at Capital
President Wilson is not expected to travel soon as he recovers in Washington. Dr. Grayson notes steady improvement and says it would be unwise to change the treatment. The president can walk in rooms on the second floor with a cane but remains confined to that level in a wheelchair.
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Washington
Wilson
Grayson
Indiana Woman Praises Favorite Prescription
Laporte Indiana Mrs Minnie McGregor recalls starting use of Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription eighteen years ago during pregnancy. She credits the remedy with a smooth delivery and a healthy baby. She also keeps Pleasant Pellets on hand for immediate relief and says they are essential in her home.
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Laporte
Ind
Minnie McGregor
Clement St
Dean
Indiana
Chas. T. Bell
Harriett St
Evensville
Doan
Favorite Prescription Aims to Aid Nervous Women
Testimonials from Mrs. Charles Coleman and Mrs. Carrie Headlee praise Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for nervousness insomnia and periodical pain. The letters urge worn out and dizzy women to try the remedy with a 10 cent trial package offer from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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Charles Coleman
Ferry St. Frankfort
Ind
Kirkersville
Ohio
Pierce
Carrie Headlee
Barner St
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo, N. Y
Childlike Exchange Sparks Life Magazine Quote
A playful dialogue between a mother and child turns on effort and conscience. The exchange features Bessie and a taunting question about being good, ending with a witty reply about how hard she tries. The snippet showcases a domestic, light mood from the era.
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Bessie
Cascarets Offer Quick Sleep Aid For Digestive Relief
Feeling half sick and constipated this ad touts Cascarets as a gentle overnight remedy for liver and bowel cleansing. It claims the product works without griping, avoids Calomel or harsh pills, leaves you rosy and full of life, and costs little while you sleep.
Insulated. Gobbs Eyes Nomination Amid Doubts
Fragmentary lines show Gobbs seeking a nomination while others question the odds and compare it to hoping for a lightning strike. The terse text hints at political tension and uncertainty surrounding his bid.
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Gobbs
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