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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
7
A runabout Buick in good repair is offered for sale or may be exchanged for city property or a vacant city lot. Seller is W. Dillard and contact via Bell phones 272, G82, G40, or Automatic 2.
At Ysleta Tex June 14 a night clash involved about 40 Mexican forces and a U S Eighth Cavalry patrol at Ysleta Ford. Reports say Mexicans crossed the border and attacked the patrol which retreated under cover from Sgt McDade whose men were uninjured. Reinforcements arrived but Mexicans withdrew to the Mexican side. A U S Army machine gun company and forces from the 64th Infantry then pursued. identity of attackers unclear and a full investigation was ordered by Gen Bell after earlier patrols were fired upon at Conecué Ford.
Paris reports the French troop ship Sequeny carrying Senegalese troops was torpedoed in the Atlantic near June 14, with 180 lives lost and 600 soldiers aboard. The ship, built in 1895 for South Atlantic Navigation Co., hailed from Bordeaux and was formerly City of Corinth. London notes 24 British merchant vessels over 1,660 tons sunk that week, plus six fishing boats, marking an uptick from prior weeks.
Petrograd reports Austrian officers and soldiers who arrived last week at Kiebimer with peace proposals are being sent to Moscow as prisoners of war on a path toward Siberia. The government says this move aims to thwart separate peace attempts by Austria and warns Russian troops not to allow enemy delegates to approach the front lines.
Hierman P Levine, a Brooklyn school teacher and college graduate, received 11 months and 29 days in prison for evading the selective draft law. Louis Kramer, identified as self-confessed an anarchist, drew two years and a fine of 810,000 for conspiracy to distribute anti conscription literature. The sentences followed a court ruling by United States Judge Chatfield.
June 14 reports Hamburg saying goodbye to chimes at St Nicholas and St Peter as authorities have ordered their removal from the two principal churches amid a public branding of the bells.
A report from today states the British steamer Mfaho was wrecked near the Fagtioh Faces after a mine exploded in the English Channel. The vessel carried cocoa, leather, and other goods valued at about a million dollars but wreckage remains.
The White River Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will raise a new flag at the Lashley lot at the end of southeast Second Street Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock. Harry M. Palmer donated the flag. The Washington Marines will attend and provide music. A brief patriotic program with a five minute address will follow. the public is invited.
June 14 Muncie Ind An attempt to kidnap 2 year old Lydia Orsterle daughter of the vice president of the Delaware National Bank was frustrated by nurse Mrs Dorn Guild The kidnapper was seen fleeing the house toward a library window and into a waiting car Karl Oesterle the father offered a reward for the capture of the would be kidnapper.
Two tornadoes struck the Topeka area causing heavy property damage in Leswren Wanego and St. Marys districts. Reports indicate two deaths in Mercer County, Missouri.
Washington June 14 The senate renewed efforts to set an age limit related to the gunnery accident that killed two Red Cross nurses aboard the Mongolia.
Petrograd reports an American mission led by EHba Rest arriving as the provisional government pushes toward constitutional and domestic reform under F. P. Rokugshkine. The body sits in the dum with 61 members preparing for elections to the constituent assembly, paying 18 percent. London notes the Suez Canal traffic for 1816 fell by about seven and a half million tons from 1913, but higher rates kept receipts steady, with an 18 percent dividend declared.
New York June 14 John D Rockefeller now owns 26 million dollars of Liberty loan bonds. He subscribed to an additional 5 million 60 thousand six hundred after previously purchasing 15 million 000 nine hundred dollars. Aeronautical chief retired. San Francisco Juan J Cot William A Glassford chief aeronautical officer for the western department of the army placed on the retired list.
Historical ad copy describes a compound hemorrhoid ointment promising relief for internal and external hemorrhoids, bleeding or burning. It touts a 23 cent price, available at druggists, with free samples mailed upon request.
An OCR fragment lists weather prompts and temperature shifts in quirky phrases. It contrasts fair weather with stationary temperature and rain or snow with lower or higher temperatures, plus garbled terms like talns temperstars and gald wave.
Notice to all persons having business with Barr township. Daniel Carlin, Trustee, will meet at his office in Mottromery on Tuesday and Saturday and Cannerville Wednesday forenoon, and at other times at residence.
Harrison Township residents are informed that I, Bernard Gillooly, trustee, will be at my Glen Dale office on the second Saturday of each month and at my home at all other times to handle all business.
Notea informs all persons with business with Reeve township that I will peat my office at Alfordsville on Saturday of Jean Week and at other times at my residence four and a half miles south of Alfordville. Trustee JACKMAN signs.
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