Horrors of War Push Polish Appeals Across Borders
An American reader learns of Polish suffering under Russia as Stanislaus Mazurowski flees demobilization with a Polish noblewoman’s letter. The appeal urges American mothers to press for an end to massacre, calling out forced conscription, family deaths, and wartime misery.
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New York
Stanislaus Mazurowski
Poland
Vistula
Sandomiera
Russia
Austria
Marichuria
America
Mazurowski
Nicholas II
The
Hague
Friends of Humanity
Muravieff
Far East
Manchuria
Congress of Peace
Baldhead customers perplex a taciturn barber
A Providence Journal anecdote quotes a shy barber who notes bald men pay more attention to hair. He describes a real estate agent who frequents his shop, shaving him barely and placing fake hair on the cloth to tease the customer. He wonders why men with hair avoid him.
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Providence Journal
Indiana General Assembly Faces Short Session Start
Indianapolis reports the opening of a brief session with Speaker Cantwell delaying committee announcements. Resignations shift the Jefferson county election seat inquiry as Wade steps down and Honan of Seymour joins. Senate and House introduce broad bills on marriage licenses banking supervision drinking laws voter qualifications and local option liquor measures.
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Indianapolis
Ind
House
Cantwell
Wade
House Committee On Elections
Samuel Wallace
Joseph Cravens
Madison
Jefferson County
Representative Honan
Seymour
Senate
Indiana
Miller
L. Ert Slack
Franklin
Codification Commission
Wood
Morton
Kokomo
Committeee On Public Morals
Anti-Saloon League of
Virulent Poison Suspected in Moyer Wife's Death
In Mishawaka Indiana two autopsy witnesses confirm virulent poison found in the stomach of George Moyer's young wife. Coroner Holtzendorff and physicians refuse to discuss details or verdict. The wife, married at 17, did not admit taking poison. Stomach contents will be analyzed.
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Mishawaka
Ind
George Moyer
Holtzendorff
Real Cruelty and the Trusts
A Puck dialogue depicts a beggar pleading for help amid factory shutdowns caused by trusts. A citizen questions how trusts are to blame as the starving worker cites his wife losing her job when the factory closed.
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Puck
Republican Caucus Nominates Beveridge and Hemenway in Indy
In Indianapolis on January 12 the Republican joint caucus organized in 40 minutes and nominated Senator Albert J. Beveridge to seek another term and Rep James A. Hemenway to fill the unexpired Fairbanks term. Beveridge and Hemenway received rising votes and cheers and are expected to win the Senate seat on January 17.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States Senate
Albert J. Beveridge
James A. Hemenway
Boonville
Charles W. Fairbanks
Beveridge
Hemenway
Benjamin F. Shively
South Bend
John W. Kern
Shively
Maj. G. V. Menzies
Mt. Vernon
John E. Lamb
Terre Haute
David Turpie
Kern
Bloomington Search for Suspect After Attack on Teens
Several hundred University of Indiana students and residents search for a well known Negro believed to have attacked Connie Kahn a 16 year old girl returning from a recital with a friend on Sixth street The assailant embraced her tried to drag her into an alley and bit her severely prompting fears of violence if captured.
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Bloomington
Ind
University of Indiana
Connie Kahn
University Gymnasium
Sixth
Banker Brooke Faces Bank Shortage Figures in South Bend
J W Brooke the North Liberty banker says his bank shortage will be about $18 000 but securities could cut it to $300. He posted a $1 000 bond on arrival. The bond list includes bank creditors. He blames wheat crop shortages for borrowers inability to meet notes.
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South Bend
Ind
J. W. Brooke
North Liberty
Distillery Worker Drowned in Boiling Slop Calamity
Lawrenceburg Ind Jan 13. Willard Robbins fell from a scaffold into a caldron of boiling slop at W P Squibb Co distillery. He was rescued alive but gravely injured and lingered, his left side paralyzed and unable to recover.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Willard Robbins
W. P. Squibb & Co
Cravens Wins Tie Seat in Indiana House
In Jefferson county a tie vote for the Indiana house seat was settled for Democrat Joseph M. Cravens over Republican Samuel Wallace. The decision was made in a secret session of Republican committee on elections, the meeting lasting ten minutes, shifting the house to 81 Republicans and 19 Democrats.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana House of Representatives
Jefferson County
Joseph M. Cravens
Samuel Wallace
Cravens
Committee On Elections
House
Ex City Treasurer Arrested for Embezzling City Funds
Brazil Ind Jan 14 Ex City Treasurer D H Catshall was arrested on charges of embezzling 7140 33 city funds. Bondsman Wilson Kouck helped cause the arrest. He was arraigned in Justice Couche s court and furnished an 8000 bond.
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Brazil
Ind
D. H. Catshall
Catshall
Wilson Kouck
Justice Couche
Rev B F Rawlins Dies Former Advocate Editor
Madison Indiana January 12 Reverend B F Rawlins D D longtime Indiana preacher and former associate editor of the Western Christian Advocate of Cincinnati died here He served as a preacher in Indiana before joining the Advocate and retired eight years ago
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B. F. Rawlins
Madison
Ind
D.D
The
Western Christian Advocate
Cincinnati
Rawlins
Indiana
Advocate
Law seeks life sentence for third conviction in Indiana
Jeffersonville Jan 13 A bill drafted by Judge Whalen of the Indianapolis police court would impose life imprisonment for a third criminal conviction. The measure is now with Superintendent W H Whittaker of the reformatory for consideration.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Whalen
Indianapolis
W. H. Whittaker
Reformatory
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