President Wilson Resting Aboard Special Train Report
Indianapolis dispatch notes President Wilson remains in bed with nervous exhaustion aboard the Mayflower special train en route to Washington. Dr. Grayson reports a fairly restful night and no immediate plans to leave the bed, as Mrs. Wilson and the party proceed toward key conferences and treaty ratification discussions.
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Indianapolis
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Grajeon
Wilson
Washington
Grayson
Focenor
Sang Ly
Wisciel
Mia
Indiana
Britain declares emergency amid transport strike and rationing
Britain imposes wartime dictatorship powers as fuel shortages stop trains and cars. Food depots open and milk distribution worsens. Navy aids in feeding the country while meat sugar and bread quotas are fixed for restaurant meals.
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Britain
Tod
Lloyd George
Giddes
War Office
Food Ministry
Gary Steel Works to Reopen Monday
Gary sources report Gary Steel Works will reopen on Monday as tensions with workers are addressed. About 300 Gary men formed special policy companies to prevent trouble between workers and strikers as the plant resumes operations. In Seymour, Mrs. Bush mother of Lieutenant Governor D. Bush was seriously injured in an auto crash five miles west of Seymour. Viscount Grey arrives in New York as British ambassador to the United States departs for Washington after a visit.
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Gary
Forza Supreme
Gary Steel Works
Gary Meneee Exoloiiers
Seymour
Ind
Nice Bush
R D. Bush
Indiana men indicted in statewide baseball lottery scheme
Marion county grand jury indicted twenty eight Indiana men linked to a statewide baseball lottery run by the National Sales Company. Officials say the promoters earned about 4000 a week from about 1000 Hoosier patrons. One defendant, S Kinred, is named as an emerging agent of the concern.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Marion County Grand Jury
S. Kindred
North Eleventh — Street
Terre Haute
Kindred
Combine
Requests board to seize Cuban sugar at convention
The beet sugar manufacturers association in Chicago debated arming the United States Equalization board to seize all Cuban sugar output and push the Cuban government to set a maximum price. They warned that without action sugar could rise to fifteen or twenty five cents by spring and said the convention would refer the proposal to the president.
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Chicago
United States Equalization Board
Beet Sugar Manufacturers Association
That Well Dressed Look at Liberty Theater Crowds
The Liberty theater drew crowds for multiple showings of a fashion film titled That Well Dressed Look from Woolworth displays. Westex fall and winter models were showcased, with a notice that Bane models could be viewed at Hawersly store. The program also included Alice Lady in His Bridal Night, boosting the event’s appeal.
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Liberty Theater
Hmamersly
Hawersly
Alice Lrady
Explosion in Betts Drug Store Injures Clerk Notes
James T. Laymon, a clerk at Betts drug store, suffered a severe cut on the right arm after an explosion during a stove incident this morning. He had poured paper into the stove and stirred the fire with a poker, causing glass shards to be hurled and injuries to his arms and hands.
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James T. Laymon
Betts Drug Store
Sr . Wadsworth
Dow
Shern
Zinri Garten Dies at Age 89 in Odon
Zinri Garten, a Civil War captain and influential local politician, dies at his home in Odon at age 89 after a recent paralytic stroke. News of his passing surprised many longtime acquaintances in Washington and the county.
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Zinri Garten
Odon
Tay
Qton
Washington
Ash
Garten
Lawrence J County
Hoover Says He Saved U S Millions From Relief Funds
In a letter published in San Francisco on September 27 Herbert Hoover claimed he saved between 35 and 90 million dollars from the 100 million relief appropriation. He plans a detailed report to Congress on expenditures and foreign obligation balances and says the treasury balance may total 85 to 90 million. Hoover also says he is building a seven room basement palace on the Stanford campus as his home.
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San Francisco
Cal
Herbert Hoover
United States
Congress
Hoover
Stanford University
Royal Neighbors District Meeting Held In Knights Hall
The Royal Neighbor Jodees of district number three held their second annual meeting at the Knights of Pythias hall. An all day session featured a school of instruction by Mrs Ella Raxwinkle of Terre Haute. Pe tersburg camp won a five dollar prize for best attendance. The 2023 officers include President Mrs A C Flagg and others.
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Jodees
Knights of Pything Hall
Ella Raxwinkle
Terre Haute
Petersburg
Elnora
Plainville
Union
Montgomery
Loogootee
A. C. Flagg
Shafer
Lendy
Tarr
Lulu Jones
Fisie Pace
Belle Billings
Istrict
Ells Raxwinkle
Terrie Haute
Injured Miner Awarded Two Thousand Dollars
A Knox county circuit court jury awarded Andrew Henderson $2,000 in damages against Tecumseh Coal & Mining Co. Henderson sought $10,000 claiming permanent injuries from a mine roof fall on December 22, 1917. The trial concluded Friday and the verdict was read at court openings this morning.
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Tecumseh Coal & Mining Company
Andrew Henderson
Henderson
Knox County
Infant Melton Dies at Five Weeks in City Home
Five week old infant, Tidin J Mdstin, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Melton, died Friday night at the family home on East Fourteenth Street.
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Tidin Jmdstin
James Melton
East Fourteerith Street
Bethlehem Steel strike call affects 40000 workers
Pittsburgh reports the Bethlehem Steel Company strike was declared by the steel workers' union for 6 am Monday. Secretary Foster's rejection of a conference and Grace's letter sparked the action. Advertisements urging workers to return to work appeared in morning papers.
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Pittsburgh
Bethlehem « Steel Company
Steel Workers’ National
Neto
Secetary Foster
Iff
Grace
New York
de Juyvon Manufacturing
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Cai
Go Bac
Liturty
William Foster
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Foster
Bethlehem
Fiume Occupation Rumor Prompts Italian Claim Push
Dispatches report possible Italian occupation of Fiume by government forces amid DAnnunzio era tensions. A deputy chief of Istaff appeals to soldiers while a naval officer guides an escadrille toward Fiume. Aimed at King Brianne, a request urges Italy to retain Fiume as territory. Church meetings announced in Palmyria.
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Fiume
Popolo Romana
Istaff
dAnnunzio
Annva Ap
Brianne
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