Washington approves million for Mississippi flood relief
The House Agricultural Committee reports favorably a bill providing 1 million dollars for relief of flood victims in the Mississippi Valley. Overall government actions include immigration bill passage and talks of further wartime contract prosecutions. News notes detail political moves, indictments, and notable deaths among public figures.
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Mississippi Valley
House Agricultural Committee
Washington
Foreign Revolution Sparks Crisis Across Nations
A Paris dispatch cites Aga Khan warning of turmoil in India as Ireland faces its first major clash between Free State troops and republicans in Thurles. Street fighting devastates the town with Protestant residents fleeing amid a religious war in southern Ireland and sectarian killings including a clergyman.
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Ireland
Thurles
Paniic
The Devil’s Bible Legend From the Thirty Years War
A famed manuscript called The Devil's Bible is said to be written on donkey hides and taken to Stockholm after the Thirty Years' War. A poor monk supposedly bartered his soul with the devil to copy the entire Bible in one night, completing the task while his life was spared.
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Stockholm
Milk valued for all ages in school composition
A Greencastle second ward pupil wrote that milk is good for infants and adults, boiled or unboiled, illustrating a note on nutrition. The column humorously contrasts foreign born hired helpers with domestic status and quotes a quip about merit.
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Second Ward
Greencastle
Ilere
Indianapolis News
Woman claims self defense in Newark assault case
In a Newark court Luella Washington denies striking another woman, insisting she only reprimanded her for garbage disposal. She says she held up her right hand like the Statue of Liberty and that the other woman jumped head first over a railing. She admits a hatchet was in her hand.
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Luela Washington
Luella
Abnevah
Time taken up now by family scene
A narrator recalls a moment when a younger brother falls and is helped by a motherly figure, followed by an aunt proposing a new baby sister. Ethel resists, arguing she already has enough to manage, while the remark hints at broader lessons about mistakes and responsibility.
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Brother
Ethel
Lodge Defends Private Property Amid Communist Critique
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge warns in Cambridge that communism undermines private property noting its deeply rooted human instinct. He cites a Southern planter tale about a slave and a hat to illustrate ownership and personal rights in a periodical discussion.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Cambridge
Russia
Comumon
Tie
Washington
Wash
Marriage economics quote clash hints at billing woes
A playful exchange contrasts ideals of marriage with the realities of budgeting. A spouse quips that weddings may end, while the other quips billing continues, highlighting domestic finance humor in everyday life.
World watches less when a man does good
A reflective remark notes that the world often overlooks a person while they perform good deeds, highlighting the quiet virtue that goes unseen by many observers.
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