24 Aug 1917
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Newspaper
Princeton Daily Democrat
Location
Princeton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
1
End of month sale features woolens Jersey silks and vacation outfits at fraction of cost. Gibson County Fair is mentioned with values up to 25 dollars cut to 9.89 and 36 dollar items to 14.50. Skirts dresses suits hats coats and kimonos offered at low prices with multiple discounted items.
An advertisement lists 2000 yards of extra heavy quality and extra weight flannels in light and dark colors. It promotes fine outing flannels with 10 for $1.59 and notes a savings of 3ic.
A brief fabric notice lists Cambric and percale materials in 36 inch widths. Extra fine Cambric suitable for dresses and shirts priced at 25c per yard. Extra good Percale offered at 20c per yard in light or dark fast colors.
In Dallas and Houston, rioting by United States Army 24th Infantry soldiers erupts after a Camp Logan incident. Civilian and police casualties rise as troops move to quell unrest with martial law declared. Federal officials discuss troop deployments and future assignments.
Washington dispatch notes that Negro regular soldiers engaged in actions in the capital area, with details limited by the available readable text. The report references military service and events surrounding August in the nation's capital.
Seventeen members of Company M from Princeton and nearby areas are reassigned to the First Indiana Artillery. They join Ft. Harrison for mobilization toward overseas service as part of the second Rainbow division and the 15th U S Artillery. Gibson county seeks new recruits to fill the vacancy.
Mrs Asa Thompson of this city was released from Evansville's Walker Hospital after several weeks and an operation. She was taken home Thursday afternoon in south Gibson free and is reported to be doing nicely, accompanied by her sister Mrs Belle Henniken.
The descendants of pioneer Joseph Woods announce their annual reunion at Fatfr rounds on Thursday August 20. All interested are invited to attend and bring well filled baskets for the gathering.
United Press reports Pope Benedicts peace appeal favors restoration of Belgium damages and hints at wider reparations. The statement links disarmament and seas freedom to Wilsons ideas while noting no democratic form is imposed by arms. Endorsement by Germany could bring war's end nearer as Lloyd George touted restoration as key to negotiated peace.
A public gathering of Knox and Gibson county landowners discussed a large levee project to protect Wabash bottoms from floods. Attendees included Thomas Mumford and S. L. Blood, who own extensive acreage, with two proposed routes from Mumford hills to Patoka river area under consideration for future action.
Maurice Turpin was bound over to the grand jury by Justice Green on a $300 bond for theft of railroad property. He remained jailed in default. Two youths, Robert Chapman and Andrew Lockhart, were each fined $5 and costs, with Chapman bound over to court on a $200 bond.
A socialist gathering is announced for Sunday at Miners Hall. The meeting starts at 3 o clock with open invitation and a committee listed for coordination.
Miss Eunice Miller Iett of Priday, Oakland City, will spend the weekend with her grandmother, Mrs Miller.
The article explains a staged conscription plan with four increments. The first thirty percent of conscripts depart September 5, the second thirty percent September 19, the third portion in early October, and the final ten percent later. Selections follow drawn and examined order, not exemption filings.
Mrs Thomas Robertson aged 58 died at 6 o clock Friday morning at her Vin cytines home from heart trouble. She was mother to Mrs Carl Kuebler of Chisato and has two other daughters. Maurice E Sloan aged 23 died Friday afternoon at 3 20 at his home 217 East Oak Street after fatally injuring in Milling department at the shops. He was son of John W Sloan of 544 miles northeast of the city and left a wife and three young children, plus one sister and several brothers.
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