29 Mar 1915
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Newspaper
Princeton Daily Democrat
Location
Princeton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1915
Page
1
Mildred, the young daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Frederick, residing at 482 East Spruce Street, is seriously ailing with measles in a local illness report.
An old advert notes wallpaper stock is larger and better than previous years with prices as low as a shilling level, dated March 29. Public Drug Store promotes its low prices and improved selection in a brief classified style.
A brief note urging readers to place want ads in The Daily Democrat. The item promotes classifieds as a quick way to reach local buyers and sellers, highlighting accessibility and wide circulation without detailing specific rates or deadlines.
British admiralty announced the liner Falaba carrying 140 passengers was torpedoed off Milford Haven. Eight passengers and crew drown. forty six of nearly 120 crew landed at Cardiff. Survivors describe lifeboat launch and submarine circling amused. Aquila torpedoed near Bishop Island with captain and 22 crew landed at Fishguard.
The city council will meet in a special session this evening to hear remonstrances concerning the improvement of several streets slated for work. The session aims to address public objections and outline the proposed street upgrades.
In Indianapolis federal court Judge A B Anderson ordered U S marshal to take William Davern to jail on perjury charges after he denied evidence from 25 government witnesses. Davern, a Terre Haute bartender, faced bond set at 5000. Trial references tied to the 1916 governor’s race and local figures.
Washington March report shows Attorney General Gregory filing a brief in the harvester trust case. The administration awaits the court's position defining policy toward combinations, marking a pivotal moment for antitrust stance.
The War Department ordered three batteries of artillery to move from Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio to Brownsville this afternoon. They are to protect Americans from danger near the Pine artillery battle between Villista and Carranzista troops crossing the river.
March 29 report says the battle over Matamoros nears, with artillery units in motion and both villista and Carranzista forces ready. Brownsville residents fear shells may reach American soil as General Funston informs the war department that an artillery clash is likely, despite warnings to avoid American territory.
In Gibson County local press reports a hospital movement gaining support. At a Friday night meeting the Princeton Sanitation Society members and Hagel received royal backing as the effort aims to open a hospital facility to care for the sick and injured.
A semi official Petrograd note reports Russian shells damaging inner forts and Bosphorus bombardment. Aerial reconnaissance shows hits on both sides of the strait and bombs dropped in suburbs of Constantinople as hostilities continue.
French troops have won a fresh victory on the snowy slopes of Hartmannsweilerkopf in Alsace, driving Germans from the position near the principal heights and capturing six officers and several wounded. New gains give French guns control of tower levels. Germans report some progress near Eparges southeast of Verdun. Near Ypres Allied artillery blasted a German post as a lull settles from Rheims to the seacoast. General Von Kerk has been slightly wounded at the Aisne front. Easter post cards promoted at Biggs Drug Store.
The final installment from Phil Rader recounts a French Foreign Legion rifleman’s inner conflict after killing an unarmed German from a trench. He describes triumph, remorse, and moral tension between orders and personal conscience as gunfire mows through enemy ranks. The piece ends with lingering questions about war ethics and personal culpability.
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