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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
8
Edward B. Clark details a Lorraine battlefield near Nancy, describing French and German forces, shelling near a hotel, a hidden gun pit, barbed wire trenches, periscope watching, and a front-line lift toward Pont-a-Mousson as Metz looms and Lorraine’s fate drives morale.
Venice reports Gen Auffenberg, once minister of war and commander in Serbia, was arrested before leaving for Switzerland. He was imprisoned in solitary confinement by imperial order to prevent his memoirs and alleged blame on Archduke Frederick, while Vienna and Budapest suppress details of the case.
In a Berlin border hamlet of the Spreewald the Wenden descendants keep busy as war tightens. Children learn home tasks while older women knit stockings for soldiers at the front, preserving ancient language and customs.
Maud Estes of Kamiah and A J Stuart of Statesboro were married on Lewiston Clarkston bridge crossing the Snake River. Idaho license held. Baptist church attendance noted. Officials report a peculiar fly price promotion later in the piece.
Topeka readers note a quirky sanitary controversy as Sergeant Ramsey considers canceling an order made ten days ago for fifty cents per item. Authorities weigh the implications of the strange shipment titled a “Canned Fly” yarn.
Two Pennsylvania counties reported a combined coal output of more than 65 850 000 short tons in 1913. The figure highlights the region’s dominance in bituminous coal production during the period.
Hartford City officials and the Magazine club, urged by M M Weller, will plant potatoes on vacant city lots to raise 606 to 800 bushels this summer for winter relief. Weller donates team labor and allows use of his lots for the effort aimed at aiding destitute families.
In an action off Gallipoli the British battleship Queen Elizabeth fired eight 15 inch salvos at the German Turkish battle cruiser Goeben. An aerial observer guided the shots as Goeben fled toward Chardak after a near-miss over the ridge.
A reflective column pairs maxims on pride, vanity, and public opinion. It explores self preservation as a yellow streak, the danger of flattery from a pretty tongue, and the payback of collective judgment, ending with a church contribution remark.
The only farmer in Manhattan who daily hauled a truckload of garden produce to market died on his four block farm at Fort George and Audubon avenues.
Richmond Indiana officials plan to deploy county jail prisoners to cut weeds along public highways as part of road improvement efforts. An automobile truck will transport prisoners to various county locations for this new road work experiment, despite initial objections.
A fragment notes debates over allowing inmates to spend time in idleness at the jail, highlighting concerns about discipline, productivity, and order within the facility. The brief suggests officials weighing rules on prisoner activities and supervision.
The article notes William de Brular, a Brazil grave digger since 1881, with over 262500 cubic feet of earth and rock removed from Braves. It lists 3500 graves including 1T for accidental deaths, five murder victims, one murderer, and 63 for self-inflicted deaths.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt critiques candidate promises and cash in advance campaigning. It notes a booster culture and a quiet reticent candidate defeating a well connected “good mixer” by 2,700 votes, with mention of Lelia Constance Featheringham and typical voter dynamics among has wealthier townsfolk.
Poetic opinions note poems as soundless music and scarlet poetry as always read. The quote claims poetry ranges from inspired to perspired and from moonlight love to burning verses.
The text presents aphorisms about patient gratitude, the limits of writing, and indelicate fortunes in courting. It notes indigestion may have caused a whale to abandon Jonah, and mocks marriage and history as dull compared to courtship. A matrimonial agency offers wives for five dollars. It costs less to get into trouble than to escape.
A collage of quips from the Columbia State Philadelphia Inquirer Memphis Commercial Appeal Nashville Banner and Toledo Blade comments on popularity influence crime and punishment. The items mix wry social insight with noted ironies across papers.
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