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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
3
Eyewitness account describes the January 7 battle between the Tigris banks and surrounding hills at Sheikh Saad. Wounded arrive on mud flat as British and Indian troops aid, with ambulances, nurses, and a distant hospital scene noted amid grim terrain and artillery preparation.
John Driscoll of Hampton Virginia last survivor of the old U S 38 Monitor the Civil War ship that defeated the Merrimac. After Lincoln summoned the crew to Washington he said any favor could be asked Panseoll now seventy six wants a voyage through the Panama Canal on a warship before he dies.
The Edwardsville Illinois funeral of Mrs. An Ton Weineke was postponed while a walnut tree from the couple’s farm was sawn into boards for coffins. The couple had chosen the tree three years earlier. the coffins were to be rushed after her death. Mrs Wieneke, daughter of Anton Louis, a pioneer St Louis druggist, was seventy seven.
Arthur Kueyhemenn found a silver coin on his Fredericksburg lot. The coin, about the size of a silver dollar, is in fair condition and dated 1790 under Francis I emperor of Germany and king of Bohemia.
J T McNay of Short Creek woke at 1230 to what seemed a skeleton rattling at his bed. He found two soot black screech owls on his headboard making noise with their claws. The birds allegedly flew at the window as he realized he was not facing death and concluded they had fallen from the chimney into the room.
O. L. Wilder, blinded fourteen years ago at forty two, supports his family by operating multiple mills he built himself. He installed a feed mill and three more, handles grinding and weighing, loads orders for customers, and runs a small grocery as a side business.
A freak chicken hatched by Fred Erte Stookivan’s hen in New York died soon after emerging from the shell. The peculiar bird reportedly had four wings and two backs and is described as equinined in appearance.
Four year old Saranel Jaeler fell from a fourth story window at a New York home. He landed in a crate of eggs and suffered a fractured jaw.
A young child found in the firing trench is cared for by soldiers and later travels to England with the sergeant major who adopted her. Named Phyllis after Philip Impey, she grows close to khaki-clad boys and officers, becoming a symbol of safety amid bombardment and a constant companion in the dugouts.
In Tayton Missouri Frank Tegethoff real estate dealer raced into a Clayton barbershop to catch a train. With the lights failing during shaving his son Leo moved the family car onto the curb and directed headlights onto his father as the shave concluded. Tegethoff then caught the train.
Fifteen inmates of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla departed on release with a total wage payout of 704 dollars. Top earners took 92.70 and 85.10, others ranged 60 to 80 each, while the lowest received 15.80, all earnings at 60 cents daily plus board on road work in Douglas county. A second group of 30 is slated for the honor camp by July 1, and 20 prisoners are to be sent April 1 to the Meskill quarry in Lewis county.
Report states German forces repulsed by French in the forest of Le Pretre and west of Mulhausen, with checks near Lassigny and in Upper Alsace. Russian gains in the Carpathians, Austrian advances in Bukowina, Turkish repulse of a British landing party at the Red Sea head Smyrna, and British government action seizing motor plants.
Germans seized Drie Grachten from Belgians and captured Regnieville while Austrians fell back from Beskid. Russians pushed back near Augustowa as German submarines sank the City of Bremen and other ships. Three German steamers were sunk by Baltic mines and the Turkish cruiser Medjidieh was lost to a Russian mine. A Taube bomber hit a church near Ypres killing 12 women and an abbe.
French forces captured trenches in For est of Ailly but were repulsed in the Argonne and Le Pretre forests. Reims faced continuous bombardment as Russians advanced in the Carpathians Bukowina and North Poland. A Turkish squadron sunk two Russian ships. The American demand for German reparations over the Frye sinking was made public.
French forces launched a fierce assault on St Mihiel and occupied Gussainville before being repulsed east of Verdun. Russian units advanced toward Rostok pass but failed to cross the Dniester. Austrian troops bombarded Serb towns along the Danube and Save rivers. A German submarine was ensnared by a net off Dover.
Austrians bombarded Belgrade and advanced along the Pruth and crossed the Dniester. Russians entered Artvin Armenia. Prinz Elle Friedrich interned at Norfolk. Austrian aviators raided Podgoritza Montenegro.
April 8 1915 reports Russians seize Smolnik east of Lupken pass and an Austrian air victory over three Russian planes. The French ship Chateaubriand sunk by a German submarine off the Isle of Wight. Germany offers reparation for the Frye sinking, claiming justification. Belgians say the west side of the Yser canal is freed from German forces.
Desperate fighting reported on the Meuse heights as French forces announce full occupation of Les Eparges on April 9 1915. German counteraction included retaking Drie Grachten from Belgians while the Austro German army faced Russian fortifications in the southern Carpathians. French army in the Vosges region forbids alcohol.
The article notes farming and pig rearing as Serbia's staple industries. It mentions Russia's three population stocks Great Russians White Russians and Little Russians and cites British statistics showing more marriages and fewer births since the war began.
A Saskatchewan Farmer article reprints a Federal Canada plan to counter false US tax scare stories. A Manitoba man praises low taxes and independence in Saskatchewan. The piece notes wheat yields and school and public life for families, plus warnings against exaggerated war tax claims.
An old health ad claims meat causes kidney distress and urges Jad Salts as a remedy. It describes uric acid overworking kidneys, lists symptoms like backache and urinary irritation, and promotes four ounces daily in water before breakfast to flush kidneys and neutralize urine acids.
The advertisement urges careful examination of Castoria bottles to ensure the signature is present. It claims Castoria has been in use for over 300 years and is a safe remedy for infants and children, noting children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
Medical note links kidney disease to heart failure and uremic poisoning. Public counsel suggests sending 10 cents for a trial of Anuric from Dr. Pierce, claiming strong potency against backache frequent urination rheumatic pains and fatigue.
The Rock Island Lines advertise connecting farmers with landowners seeking colonists. It promises free copies of The Southwest Trail and descriptive pamphlets about Eastern Colorado Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma and Northwest Texas. Send requests to L HM Allen Passenger Traffic Manager 736 La Salle Station Chicago IU.
The note describes seasonal illness with symptoms of fatigue and fever, suggesting springtime ailments like a cold. It frames discomfort as a clogged blood condition and urges cleansing as a remedy.
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