Memorial hall plan and patriotic teaching drive in Indiana
Indianapolis reports outline a drive to erect a Memorial hall in the city and raise 25000 for an endowment to promote patriotism in Indiana schools and colleges. An executive committee from each patriotic society will coordinate the fund and united observances.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
General Memorial Association
Sons of Veterans Hall
Sons of Veterans
Quincy A. Meyers
Washington
Elkhart Woman Tries to End Life in River
In Elkhart a local music teacher, Miss Martha Schneider, attempted to take her life by drowning in the river. Authorities reported the case as a mental aberration and the woman was rescued.
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Elkhart
Martha Schneider
Elkhart River
Boy Hero of Serbia Returns to New York in Uniform
Konstantine Prolich a thirteen year old hero of the Serbia war was captured by German forces during the drive and handed to Dr Harriet Cockburn of the Serbian Red Cross. She brought him to New York where a photograph was taken on arrival. He keeps his tattered uniform and claims the boots once belonged to a German soldier he killed.
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Konstantine Prolich
Serbia
Teutons
Harriet Cockburn
Red Cross
New York
Dig Up Man Bird Fossil At Billings Exhibition
A fossil claimed by some skeptics to be half man and half bird was shown at the Billings chamber of commerce. Found near Fromberg in the foothills, the specimen dates to the Mesozoic period and is about twenty one feet high, with a human shaped head and a pronounced neck.
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Billings
Mont
Fromberg
Wilson in Milwaukee and Chicago Seeks Preparedness
President Wilson delivers dramatic speeches in Milwaukee and Chicago as crowds exceed 15 000 and 100 000 ticketless admirers gather. Guards with bayonets and cavalry protect the president while Mrs Wilson appears to cheers and the crowd sings My Country Tis of Thee.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wilson
Racine
Auditorium Theater
Chicago
Secret Service
Duffy
Indiana Briefs from Alexandria to Newcastle
A roundup of Indiana notices reports local officials actions and incidents. Highlights include A L Trester denying a high school commission loss report in Alexandria and W R Slack resigning from Muncie YMCA post. Hartford City enforces the Rule law. Franklin College dean Crowell retires to mine in British Columbia. Indianapolis hosts ballot petition for senator Thomas Grant. Leeper park near Fort Wayne sees a woman’s dress and a note signaling a suicide. Muncie’s Kirby House sells for 75000. Bedfford posts four men jailed for opium law crimes. Laporte reports missing Mary Garvey located aiding a murder case clearance but bigamy charged. Seymour unearths a petrified body in White river. Franklin notes James Howard, aged 75, longtime Mason, dies near Greenwood. Laporte reports Yellow river rampage with floods. Noblesville delays embezzlement trial of George Bowen. Indianapolis federal injunction halts East Chicago machinists violence. South Bend hosts Masonic lodge reception. Bowen’s trial begins in Tipton with $2700 tied to Hamilton Trust collapse. Indianapolis shows a saloon robbery and a fight injury. Newcastle plans its automobile show February 24-26.
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Alexandria
A. L. Trester
Muncie
W. R. Slack
Young Men’s Christian Association
Hartford City
Sprague
Franklin
Melvin Eliott Crowell
Franklin College
Indianapolis
British Columbia
Thomas Grant
Lake County
Secretary of State
Sonny Bend
St. Joseph
Leeper Park
Anna W
Kirby
Julius
Elizabeth Heinsohn
August Braun
Lon Thornburg
Heinsohns
Fort Wayne
Albert F. Brass
Frank Klotz
Bedfford
John Meno
Reed Station
Laporte
Mary Garvey
Mich
Siso
Seymour
White River
Lafayette Squires
Tilden Smith
Smith
Squires
James M. Howard
Johnson
Greenwood
Greenwood Lodge
Yellow River
Marshall
Starke
Kankakee
Noblesville
Tipton County
George Bowen
Hamilton Trust Company
Dadde
Anderson
Machinists’ Union of
East Chicago
Edwards Valve Manufacturing Company
South Bend
South Bend Lodge No
A. M
Rudolph H. Horst
Italians Claim New Division Landed in Vienna Area
Reports from Vienna indicate Italy has landed a new division and prepared defenses near Aviona, with Berlin and Vienna sources noting intensified activity as tensions rise. Authorities continue to monitor movements and assess potential impact on the front.
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Italy
Aviona
Berlin
Vienna
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J. S. Holliday
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J. W. Boehne
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Vera Catherine Harrison
James W. Lilly
Arthur Atmeyer
Samuel Kerr
Bloomington
Henry B. Shacklitt
New Albany
Mary Kennedy
Lawrenceburg
L. J. Rettger
Terre Haute
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Richmond
M. L. Ault
Ella Bagot Kehrer
Fred Dennis
Crawfordsville
O. B. Nesbit
Valparaiso
E. W. Shirk
Peru
Eric A. Crull
George O’brien
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