Havoe Gy Storms Over Wide Area Hit Chicago Suburbs
Tornadoes in six states caused deaths and millions in damage. Chicago suburbs and Elgin report the greatest losses with 23 killed and many missing. Georgia Alabama counts rise to 36. Storms cross Indiana Ohio Michigan and Georgia Alabama.
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Chicago
Elgin
Ill
Avanta
Georgia
Alabama
Ilinois
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Jill
LaGrange
Wast Point
Agricola
Ale
Zulu
Ind
Greenville
Union City
Alxteen
Hart
Mich
Panton
Genoa
Nashville
East Troy
Wis
Bt Louis
Poland Seeks Peace Meeting Date and Site
Poland proposes April 10 as a date for talks with the Bolshevik government to discuss peace. Warsaw suggests Brozow as the meeting place and offers a temporary ceasefire if the Bolsheviks accept the plan.
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Poland
Warsaw
Bort- Bon
Brozazow
Lamberg
World events in brief from 1919 era notes
A compact digest notes Chicago teamsters walkout halting garbage collection and a Washington legislature ratifying a suffrage amendment. Other items include Camels lodge in Milwaukee, American Legion concerns, a Great Lakes radio school death, a Tulsa refinery fire, theater tax fraud arrests, boxing legalisation in Albany, court-martial probes, high Canadian dollar, Cox’s presidential bid, a 100 percent dividend at Elton Mills, a Pacific naval voyage, Evansville murder sentencing, saloon license petitions, Cunard’s Scythia launch, stolen securities found, Galway assizes escort, U.S. stance on Ruhr troops, Bolshevik capture in Siberia, coal price controls, wage-report basis, Pushuan tariff increase, a Spanish rail strike, Michigan recount plans, and U.S. citizens in Germany.
Notable Deaths Include Browning Watt and Key Kin
Personal Representative W. J. Browning of Camden collapsed and died in a Washington capitol barber shop. London novelist Mrs. Humphry Watt died of heart disease in a hospital. John Ross Key, grandson of Francis Scott Key and last direct descendant of the Star Spangled Banner author, died in Baltimore after a heart attack.
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W. J. Browning
Camden, N. J
Capitol
Washington
John Ross Key
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore, Md
Red army rejects armistice. Berlin riots linked to Rote Soldatenbund
Foreign dispatches report the Red Army rejected the armistice with the Reichswehr and remains under the communist leadership of the Rote Soldatenbund, a key player in the 1919 Berlin riots. Other items note Rhodes scholars invited to England, Dutch wooden shoes, Swiss referendum on gambling houses, arrests of military leaders in Berlin, attacks by Bolsheviks on the Polish front, and a bomb blast in County Kerry Ireland.
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Essen
Red Army
Reichswehr
Rote Soldatenbund
Berlin
Supreme Court to recess after hearings on liquor case
Washington announced the Supreme Court will recess after the conclusion of hearings on the liquor case, set for Monday March 29, until Monday April 12. Postal workers will keep their bonus wage despite a House action knocking out a 240 dollar federal employee bonus. clerks seek a raise. Rear Admiral Benson tacitly admitted giving Admiral Sims the warning “Don’t let the British pull the wool over your eyes.”
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Supreme Court
Washington
House
William S. Benson
Wiliam
Sims
Iowa Land Prices Rise Across State as Markets Improve
Iowa reports rising land values with a mix of farm headlines. Herefords bring $50,470 at Atlantic, top cow at $2,800. county tax collections jump with March projected totals. new church and hospital projects loom in Estherville Des Moines. farm programs expand as Lutherans fund hospital addition. Newton Foundry plans site purchase and six month plant completion.
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Interchurch World Movement
Atlantic
Estherville
Union Baptist Church
Iowa Lutherans
Newton Foundry Company
Iowa Conservation Association
Iowa State College
Henry 8. Conard
Grinnell College
Iowa
Strawberry Point
Manly
Bert
Hull
Algone
Bremer
Butler County
Towa State Highway Commission
Ames
J. J. Fleming
Boone
Whitteyport
Whittemore
St. Allamakee County
R. Renshaw
Johnson County
Murphy
North Liberty
Town State College
Grinnell College Glee Club
Many Styles In Party Frocks On Dance Floors
Story surveys the variety of party frocks worn by women at dances. Designers adapt styles to materials from heavy brocades to light georgette, with draped, bouffant, wired hips, and velvet ribbons. A recent arrival features satin and net with wired hip and trailing velvet ends.
Masterpieces in Wraps Describe Splendid Evening Coats and Capes
A detailed note on luxurious evening wraps highlighting capes and mantles in fur and brocade, with designs featuring velvet yokes, Chantilly lace, silk taffeta panels, and wide collars. The piece compares various grand wraps, praising artistry and craftsmanship over mere opulence.
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Chantilly
Frat Browning and Fat Substitutes in Old Advice Column
The excerpt blends a Browning quote about aging with kitchen tips on using bacon fat and meat drippings as shortening and flavoring agents. It notes methods to clarify and reuse fats, improve margarine with sugar, and tips for washing bathroom rugs and preserving textiles. An old verse about brides closes the fragment.
Seasonal Good Things Egg Dishes And Desserts
A homey food column offers easy seasonal recipes including Egg in Green Pepper with buttered crumbs, Porcupine Apples with almonds and syrup, Sour Cream Cake with dried fruit and spices, and a light Meringue topping. Practical notes on seasoning, butter use, and oven timing accompany the recipes.
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Interallied Commission
Hariin
Gerany
Versailles
Winnipeg
Maz
Wallty
Durango
Colo
Caroline Jones
Carl Bay
Hey- Seki
Council Bluffs
Douglas Bend
Liberty
Institution For Blind
Nebraska
James Moora Hickson
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Ireland
Mountjoy
Phillip @Kenahan
Finn
Sein
Pariament
Sinn Fein
National Wholesale Grocery Association
R. D. Ryder
Swift & Co
D. Aitchison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Olympia
Senate
Lodge of Camels
Milwaukee
Nena
Nev
American Legion
Arthur Woods
National Americanism Commission
Indianapolis
Great Lakes
Arthur Hugh Iniler
Constantin Refining Company
Tulsa
Okla
Moving Picture Theaters
Albany
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Eighty-second Field Artillery
el Paxo
Tes
New York
James M. Cox
Columbus
Elton Mills
Belton
8. C
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Henry Riley
San Diego
Cal
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Jess Walker
Evansville
Samuel Wolchok
St. Louis
Cunard
Vicker’s
Barrow
England
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Hunlontown
Laporte City
Assizes Court
Galway
Wallace
Paris
State Department
United States
Ruhr Valley
A. W. Stickney
OT Reynolts
Siberia
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Con Commission
Pushuan Company
Washinton
Madrid
Spain
ford-Newberry
Senate Privileges Find Elections Committee
State de Qarment
Germany
Oxford University
Hague
Berne
Switzerland
Luettwitz
Admiral Trotha
Admiralty
Lac
Bobrulsk
Ebert-Bauer
Workioymen
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Friedrichsruhe
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Tolish
Wesel
Dusseldorf
Spartacans
Trotzky
Gortntlea
Tralee
County Kerry
Province of
Munster
Iowa State News
Robert Browning
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