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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
2
Fragmentary text appears to describe historical scenes in France with references to villages, barns and walls, along with stray mentions of people and places. The readable portions suggest a wartime or historical travelogue tone focused on rural French towns and structures.
A humorous wartime vignette describes a U S officer welcomed by a French village. A barn rat nibbles boots, a Warn-Yarfl rooster crows at 42. m, and a dog nudges the window to ensure the guest is awake. Despite disruptions, the American officer is assured of a warm reception.
A garbled excerpt from a local paper recounts assorted anachronistic phrases about composers preachers coronations and printing works. It references Dr Jewett handbills for a Birmingham mission and a phrase about a battlescarried veteran, with scattered fragments many unclear yet implying a historical newspaper trial of language.
A compilation of early American flag displays and raisings across battles, ships, ports, and global sites. It notes firsts such as at Fort Schuyler in Rome New York, on John Paul Jones Ranger, Brandywine, Providence in the Bahamas, Bedford in Massachusetts, the Columbia voyage, Magellan route, Perry's Japan landing, New Bedford school, Alaska transfer, Midway Islands, Mount Baker ascent, Henry Stanley Africa, Andes summit, Ching interior, and Europe with American expeditionary force.
Official notice from Dr. Harry E. Barnard outlining Indiana Food Administration actions. Grocers pledge cooperation while limits on candy sugar, hay sales, and fuel provisions are enforced. The piece cites price controls for wheat and mill feeds, retail licensing, and penalties for speculators and unlicensed traders, with reference to Hoover's guidance and impending enforcement before June 20, 1918.
A readable fragment references a Flag Day service and a British recruiting mission in Minneapolis. It describes a June event with a sergeant and a stranger exchanging names, leading to an enlistment inquiry and arrest. The text includes stray names and wartime recruitment context from Pittsfield Mass.
Readable catalog notes furniture pieces including Refrigerators Oilstoves Porch swings Rugs Kitchen Cabinets Bed Room suites Living Room suites Dining Room suites offered in a general sale listing for home furnishings.
A garbled OCR list shows many street pairs and intersections such as Walnut East Fourth, Pearl East Fourth, Main East Fourth, West Second and Harned, West Seventeenth and Vincennes, Oak Meridian, Center streets, and a stray State Road reference. The text reads like scattered municipal directions with numerous misspellings and partial names, lacking coherent narrative.
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