Tragic accidental shooting claims Blanche Hunt at 14
A 14 year old girl, Blanche Hunt, was killed by a revolver shot at 9 10 PM at 59 Pearl street. Caswell Barber 15, fired after removing cartridges, detained at home as State's Attorney Campbell investigates. No arrest yet. The tragedy deeply shocks the community and relatives.
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Blanche Hunt
Charles Hunt
Caswell Barber
Pearl Street
Eva
Wright
Barber
Blanche
Campbell
Fitch
Winnipeg Strike Spreads as NC-4 Heads to Lisbon
May 27 reports state the American Seaplane NC-4 began its Lisbon flight from Ponta Delgada at 10 18 Greenwich, with clear weather. Navy officials note progress past station 2 and 6, estimating arrival near 1 p.m. New York time and plan to rest in Lisbon overnight before continuing to Plymouth if weather allows.
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Ponta DE Gada
Lisbon
Greenwich
New York
Washington
NC 4
Navy Department
Ponta Delgada
Tead
Plymouth
England
Bills On Dry Law In Senate For And Against
Prohibitionists and anti prohibitionists in the senate introduced competing bills on May 27. One seeks to repeal wartime prohibition on beers and wines as proposed by President Wilson, while the other aims to enforce wartime and national prohibition laws as they go into effect in January. Senator Phelan of California is among the introducers.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Phelan
California
Allied council answers German protest on war guilt terms
Paris May 27 The Allied and Associated Council replies to Germanys protest against the peace treaty section on burdens and responsibility. It says Germany bore main responsibility for war damage, cites shipping losses of 18 million tons, and argues Germany must repay a modest 4 million tons while suffering will be shared. It notes German agriculture is comparatively sound, promises future stability, and envisions converting armament industries to peaceful work.
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Paris
Germany
Allied and Associated Council
Poland
Belgium
France
Lens
Perspective in Painting and the Vision of Achievement
The excerpt argues that true perspective means seeing beyond immediate beauty to distant imagined foreseen splendors. Many lack this, fixating on the foreground and comforts, losing the call to deeper pools and forests and forgetting earlier visions of castles of accomplishment.
America to Keep German Ships Seized in Ports
Official advices from Paris say a full understanding was reached allowing the United States to retain all German ships seized in American ports since entering the war. The ships total about seven hundred thousand tons of shipping.
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Washington
Paris
United States
America
Memorial Day Observance in St Johnsbury Details
Town support boosts the Colonial Day ceremonies with an address by Dr. Poole. Veterans and schoolchildren join a 1:30 parade from Railroad Street to Court House Square, with flags, music, and prayers. Details list visiting veterans to public schools, honoring fallen comrades across multiple local districts.
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St. Johnsbury
Chamberlin Post
Post Hall
Railroad Street
F. N. Carr
W. R
Iutes
Eastern Avenue
Main
Mt. Pleasant
Central
Court House Square
Colonial
F. A. Poole
Summer Street
H. C. Newell
Lyndon Arnold
The Rose Girl Enjoyable Play Closes at YMCA Benefit
The Rose Girl presented under Mr and Mrs Philbrook closed Saturday night with a post show dance. Local participants earned praise for the fine production and effort. Attendance figures were not stated, but proceeds netted a tidy sum for the YMCA.
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Lewis Philbrook
Those With Enterprise
A philosophical note on enterprise praising the enterprising person as one who continually learns, applies knowledge, and turns opportunities into new ones through a directed, sane mindset.
Plans For Settlement Meet No Peace In Sight Strike Spreads
Greenwich Vancouver May 27 The general strike spreading from Winnipeg to Calgary Edmonton Regina and others shows no move toward peace Union sympathy walkouts occur at Edmonton and Calgary while Saskatoon and Regina weigh similar action Winnipeg officials reject a central plan for settlement denouncing it as an attempt by labor leaders to control Winnipeg industry and Gideon Robertson backs the ruling.
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Greenwich
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Alberta
Regina
Sask
British Columbia
Saskatoon
Winnipeg Citizens’ Committee
Gideon Robertson
Central Strike Committee
Konradson to Recognize Anti Bolshevik Leaders
Paris May 27 The Peace Conference Council of Four conditionally decides to recognize the Anti Bolshevik governments of Admiral Kolchak and Gen Denikine Reuters reports these governments agree to convene and accept the verdict of a genuine constituent assembly
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Paris
Peace Conference Council of Four
Admiral Kolchak
Gen. Denikine
Reuters
Hines Seeks 1.2 Billion for Railroads Amid Deficit
Walker D. Hines, director of railroads, asks Congress for 1.2 billion dollars to cover 1918 and early 1919 deficits and general maintenance. He warns 1919 deficits could reach 1 billion with only four months funded. Also seeks 20 million for refinancing Boston and Maine Railroad in the plan. Dominoes for the Blind offer tactile, interlocking pieces to help the visually impaired read numbers by touch.
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Walker D. Hines
Director General of Railroads
Congress
Railroad Administration
Boston and Maine Railroad
Mind That Is Truly Free Quote by Ellery Channing
A compact reflection on personal freedom by William Ellery Channing. The excerpt extols a mind that values independence, guards its inner sovereignty, and resists being subsumed by external powers.
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Witliaih Ellery Channing
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