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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1917
Page
5
Wanted notice announces buyers for strawberries by the crate at Wards Poultry House on East Van Trees Street during June 9 11 and 12. The ad references substantial hundred pound quantities and calls for all to know of the sale.
Notice Minere seeks to take examination before the Miners Examining Board. Fresh milk for sale by D. J. Woolall at 108 Sycamore street. Presbyterian church third division apron and rug sale Wednesday afternoon in basement. public invited. A flock of 2 000 storks over Jerusalem five were banded. one ring indicates eastern Hungary origin. Storks likely traveling from South Africa via overland route. supports over Mediterranean path. Knights of Columbus Initiation attended at Loogootee with Vincennes, Washington and Loogootee councils finishing candidates. Bloomfield conferred second degree. A. J. Vardeman and Evansville staff conferred third degree. Hanger at the opera house was enjoyed. J. Madison Walsh responded to the toast Credo.
Berlin reports British assaults south of Ypres repulsed while German counter attacks continued. French raiders near Thia court on the Moselle raid and take prisoners. Messines Ridge deemed concluded as German positions weakened. Paris notes French Moselle raid and Craonne Chevreux fighting. Pershing staff officers arrive Boulogne to organize American bases in France.
In Vetrograd on June 11 two hundred female students from the Ultragrad Technical Institute enrolled in a female regiment raised by Butchkatef. The aim is to join the front immediately under the We sane conditions as men. Dozens of women answered League of Equal Rights support. Saturday night the unit held its first meeting led by CaI Popoff urging women to seize male strikers and to admit only suitors who have helped defend the fatherland.
Rito Janeiro reports the Brazilian chamber of deputies may authorize sending a congratulatory cable to the United States Congress on the arrival of an American squadron. Washington coverage notes rail freight rate hearings as six southern and western roads prepare arguments before a commission. Patterson for eastern carriers stresses wartime logistics and railway preparedness as vital to moving food and munitions to allies.
The discussion notes property taxes yielding 644 percent and average yearly dividends at 4.33 percent, questioning profitability. Mr Patterson claims that without higher rates carriers cannot operate or maintain property, echoing Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who warned the railroad situation poses a national menace.
Springfield June 11 Cleanup week in the Illinois General Assembly begins today with hundreds of bills on the calendar to be acted upon before recess. Among the measures is a statewide bank law requiring private banks to reorganize by Jan 1, 1921 under state supervision. The banking bill passes the house and senate with amendments likely to be reconciled. The eight hour workday for women is favored and may clear the senate. A bill to limit capital punishment for murder faces strong opposition over potential changes to criminal statutes including hanging for treason kidnapping and other crimes.
Reports from Copenhagen on June 11 indicate the National Guard is short by 200,000 as 19,000 criminal prosecutions rise over food regulation violations in the grand duchy. Diet announcements name chiefs and detail raised forces for war strength amid rising tension and shortages.
Grace Mae Greene wed T E Greene in a quiet ceremony at 217 Blackstone Division parsonage of the First Methodist Church by Rev. Wi Macatee. Afterward the couple returned to Quarga for commencement events at Grand Prairie seminary and then traveled to Washington. Mrs. Greene, a 1914 graduate of the local high school and 1915 Grand Prairie seminary, later attended Illinois Wesleyan University where she became social leader and Sigma Kappa member. The report notes social circles, family ties, and plans following the wedding day with relatives and associates in attendance.
A fragmented passage discusses Chinese attitudes toward petroleum products, noting repugnance to crude fuel and brine in salt works, while favoring refined petroleum products and even tin cans from the United States. It touches on historical salt works in Western Pennsylvania and mentions generational shifts in China regarding wells and oil usage.
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