21 Mar 1914
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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1914
Page
1
A garbled excerpt discusses presidential restraint and access, with references to a national pree club and Washington, noting the president’s need to relax formal barriers. The speaker recalls remarks about the public role, personal space, and etiquette, including how a chief executive manages audience and privacy.
A community effort raises rewards to six thousand dollars for the recovery of a boy reported missing from his home. Authorities, including City Treasurer McCadey, are coordinating renewed searches across areas and public buildings as the search team expands to cover all likely locations.
A shanty near the Samuel Elswick mine, east of the town, burned in the morning. Hudson, charged with pimping, attended work before the fire, which destroyed about 350 in clothing and tools belonging to Elswick and miners.
Drilling resumed at Snowden Bros farm east of the city. The line reached 1,268 feet and is still in hard limestone with a daily progress of about ten feet. The contract calls for a 1,300 foot deep well.
Mrs Wallace Walker has retired from St Louis and moved to a city with her husband who is in St John’s Hospital for kidney disease. He has been ill for some time and likely will stay at the hospital for quite a while. The note mentions a car load of new Overland automobiles arriving for Brev Masten and McTeggart’s addition. A separate case covers Alonzo Vest pleading not prallige to a strawstack firing near Montgomery, with trial set next week before Mayor McCarty. William Shubert’s heart attack condition is improving. The piece ends with a nod to a Baptist church dedication and an organ recital.
In Paris on March 21 violent scenes erupted at the funeral of Gaston Calmette, editor of L'Aurore, with royalists clashing with police and reporting injuries. M Pujo, editor of Action Francaise, and others were arrested as crowds surged toward the Chamber of Deputies. Amid the riot, police dispersed the mob and the cortege proceeded amid shouting and threats. The unrest followed a scandal surrounding Rochette and Calmette’s assassination.
A three year treasurer of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections testified before a senate investigative committee. He said he was employed by the Panipat Meetings Co of Wisconsin Illinois to oppose national legislation on prison labor shipments. He described an agreement allowing contractors to contribute and denied specific funding details.
A Tokyo telegram reports opposition members in the Diet pressing to impeach the Japanese cabinet. The address accuses the administration of undermining the rule of law and claims the cabinet's actions threaten the emperor’s authority. The dispute signals a deepening political crisis in Japan's capital.
A fire in an Oklahoma location injured several and burned three people to death. The tragedy was reportedly started by a gas explosion, with limited readable details on exact names, places, or timing.
A garbled OCR passage references fortifications and trenches, a supposed 9000 impregnable line, and a general discussion of mining and rail service. It mentions Torreon, a six mine week, Gen Wille, and a detached aid, with vague notes on water supply and tolling. Unclear details limit precise facts or entities.
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