Belgian Royal Lloyd Shipping Plan Aims for Global Rank
Havre report notes Belgium forms Royal Belgian Lloyd with 20 million capital, 15 million government stake, and bonds guaranteed. Some 39 steamers acquired, ongoing buy/build program for five years. Private operation with government oversight mirrors American shipping reforms amid wartime supply needs.
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Newapaner Union News Servise
Havre
France
Royal Belgian Lloyd
Belgium
Helgéium
Form Shipping Corporation Aims Pacific China Trade
A new shipping venture organized by the Chinese American Exchange Company plans regular sailings between East and West Coast U S ports and China. Dr Clarence J Owens leads the effort, backed by the Southern Commercial Congress, with routes from Norfolk to Portland and connections to Chinese treaty ports via Portland. Kai Fu Shah named as Chinese correspondent.
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U. S
China
Washington,d. C
Chinese-American Exchange Company
Pacific
Gulf and
South Atlantic
Clarence J. Owens
Southern Commercial Congress
Norfolk
Harveston
Wilmington
Savannah
Jacksonville
Mobile
Galveston
San Pedro
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portlan
Portland
Kai Fu Shah
United States
Chinese firm to build over 2000 miles of railways
The Chinese government has signed a contract with Biems Caray of St Patt Minn financed by the American International Corp for construction of more than 2000 miles of railways. The project may cost over 200 million dollars and construction will start immediately.
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Peking
Biems-Caray Company
St. Patt, Minn
American International Corporation
Evelyn Shaw to Wed Joan T. McCutcheon in Chicago
Announcement notes the engagement of Evelyn Shaw to Joan T. McCutcheon. The couple plans a honeymoon on Salt Cay in the Bahamas, an island also called Treasure Island.
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Chicago
Evelyn Shaw
Joan T. McCutcheon
Tomance
Salt ‘Cay
Bahamas
Tremor Felt Across Southern California Area
Shaken by quake reports from Los Angeles and Imperial Valley note only slight shocks with no damage. A tremor was recorded at San Diego on the Point Loma observatory seismograph. In Sydney, Australia, middleweight champion Los Darces knocked out former American champion George Chip in the ninth round of a twenty round match.
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Los Angeles
Cal—E! Centro
Imperial Valley
San Diego
Point Loma Observatory
George Chip
Sydney
Australia
Los Darces
Maatch
Rediscount Rate Approved for Domestic Acceptance
The Federal Reserve Board approved a rediscount rate from 2 1/2 to 4 percent for domestic acceptance at the Federal Reserve Bank in Baltimore and Binghamton. A section of the First Presbyterian Church in Johnson City collapsed during a dedication ceremony, sending about 260 people into the cellar. Eight disappeared or fell eighteen feet, with many injured.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank
Baltimore
Binghampton
First Presbyterian Church of
Johnson City
World War Fronts See Wide Allied German Shifts
Reports from London detail British gains north of the Somme including capture of Stuff Redoubt and thousands of German prisoners. Greek cabinet prepares ultimatum to Bulgaria while King Constantine seeks entente military cooperation. Romanian success in Dobradja and Carpathian passes shifts noted, with Bucharest bombings killing and wounding dozens. The British steamship Dresden sunk as War Office items circulate.
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Thiepval
Ancre
London
Bulgaria
Athens
Constantine
Counties
Somme
Council of Greek Ministers
Demand for 110000 NY unionists strike remains unmaterialized
A chaotic preview of labor unrest in Greater New York claims of 110000 workers quitting, while police report the widely exploited sympathy wawrout did not materialize. Other items mention a bank robbery suspect shot on Chokotoskee Island, a US submarine launch, and various legal and crime notes.
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Warrout
Greater
New York
Carmen
Wilson plans to challenge Republican stance at Long Branch conference
President Wilson and Vince McCormick met at Long Branch New Jersey to plot against the Republican line on major campaign issues. He then spoke at the National Grain Dealers convention in Baltimore urging business leaders to back tariff reform, a trade commission, a federal reserve act, and the shipping bill to spur a new era of American commerce.
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Wilson
Long Branch
N. J
Vince CO. McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Grain Dealers’ Convention
Baltimore
Tariff Commission
Trade Commission
Federal Reserve
Washington reports big August gains in postal savings
In Washington it was announced that deposits in postal savings banks in August rose by nearly five million dollars, the largest monthly gain since the system began. By September, 621000 depositors held accounts totaling over 94000000. Secretary Baker said the president would nominate Brigadier General Pershing, commander of the American expeditionary forces in Mexico, to be a major general.
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Washington
Postal Savings Banks
Baker
Pershing
Mexico
Mexican War Toll and Border Skirmishes Reported
Reports from Chihuahua City and Presidio detail heavy casualties on both sides in the Mexican War. Villa followers suffered mass killings near Cusihuita Chic, while Carranza forces and American troops had deadly clashes near the Rio Grande. US National Guard expansion and Mexican diplomatic moves accompany the war news.
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Baude- Ho Uribe
Carranza
Cusihutrachic
Chihuahua City
Trevino
Mex
Toro
Rio Grande
Presidio
Tex
United States
Indio
Capitol Extension shows progress in $2,000,000 Iowa project
Des Moines reports rapid progress on the Capitol Extension with former factory and block sites now a broad park. The circular southern road is graded and due to be paved in sixty days. A concrete bridge and lawns near the state house rise as old structures vanish and new drives emerge. Curbing and paving bids are being processed under a state plan that bypasses the city council, with work set to start by October 2 and finish by December 1.
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Des Moines
Magnlicent State House
National Guard
Jacksonville
Fila
Clarke
Adj
Guy B. Logan
Stete
Towa
Logan
A. Allen
Sxteen
State Dairy Department
Tha Planta
State Executive Council
Het
Capitol
Atate
Atate Highway Commission
Jo Ing. Companise
Pies
Making Better Roads In Ottumwa Wapello County
Township officials report increased highway work in recent months. Joe Morrison district engineer for the state commission presided at a meeting of township clerks and road superintendents and said he is pleased with unofficial reports from the county this year.
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Ottumwa
Wapello County
State Highway Commission
Joe Morrison
State Commission
Ames College Cadet Corps Reaches 2100 Students
Ames and American enlistment impacted local schools but Ames saw no change. About 2100 students will join the Iowa State College cadet corps, including seven hundred freshmen and additional sophomores under General Lincoln, forming the full military training program.
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Ames
Lincoln
Iowa State College Cadet Corps
Grinnell Names Crosby City Manager With Salary Plan
Samuel H. Crosby, a Grinnell College graduate and former attorney, has been chosen as city manager under the new government plan. He will start immediately with a salary of 200 dollars per month and has previously served as acting city attorney.
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Grinnell
Samuel H. Crosby
Crosby
Grinnell College
Interest In Beef Contest in Marshall County
Rex Youkey of Town State college, a state organizer, worked a week among county youths to boost baby beef raising. The champion baby beef raiser in each county earns a free trip to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago.
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Marshalltown
Bis County
Rex Youkey
Town State College
Compion
Chicago
Train collision kills three at crossing in Milwaukee area
A Milwaukee fast train struck an automobile carrying 31 year old Tama Jewls Relney and his father-in-law Judge Berger on a grade crossing. The machine stalled on the crossing and both men failed to jump to safety before the collision.
Ames Gets New Fire Truck For Modern Fire Service
Ames receives a $6,700 combination chemical and hose fire appliance, replacing an old horse drawn hose cart. The engine carries 1,200 feet of water line and 200 feet of chemical hose, delivering 105 horsepower to boost protection.
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Buya
Ames
Cement in Creek Kills Cattle Near Kamrar
In Hamilton County near Kamrar, three cows owned by Harm H Tapper died after drinking from a creek into which a cement mixture was poured via a cement culvert built by the county board of supervisors. Autopsies showed stomachs coated with a hard substance and a ball of cement found in one stomach.
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Wabster City
Hamilton County
Board of Supervisors
Kamrar
H. Tapper
Corn over flour as state institutions seek cheaper feed
Fort Madison reports suggest the Iowa board of control plans to buy more corn and less flour for state institutions to cut costs. Flour prices rose by 92 a barrel, and more corn meal could reduce flour use. Beans, labeled army beans, are scarce at $6 per bushel, driving cautious purchasing.
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Fort Madison
Board of Control
Boer Ghriatman
State Board of Control
Hal Shropekha
Chiiethas
Watson
Marehalltown
Land Values Bleeding in Ames Iowa
Land prices in central Iowa remain high with buyers still paying top dollar. A Perry farm sold for 57 000 at 300 per acre, 19 acres with solid improvements. Near Bouton a week earlier a public auction fetched 270 per acre amid keen bidding. An Ellsworth farmer noted land now requires estates as incentive, contrasting with 15 years ago when similar land sold for 45 per acre.
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Ellsworth
Many At Soldiers' Home Marshalltown Iowa
The Iowa Soldiers home at Marshalltown has 582 men who served in the Rome war, learned from the semi annual muster by Lieut. Col. O. XK Marshall of Dayton Ohio, assistant national inspector general. The muster determines government payments to states for veterans who served in war, excluding regular army soldiers with no war service. With women and a few non war veterans, the home totals 841 members.
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Soldiers
Marshalltown
Iowa
Rome
O. Xk, Marshall
Dayton
Homehan
Naw Department In College Ames Professor Clese Added
Clese has been added to the staff of the engineering extension department at Iowa State College. He will direct handicraft club work statewide and assist school boards principals and teachers with equipment courses of study and related manual training tasks.
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Naw
Ames
Clese
Iowa State College
Close
Bank Failure Impacts Shenandoah Mine Heith Lidd Student
A Chicago financial collapse affects a local student and mine worker. The bank, one of ten private banks in the city, closed its doors causing the student to miss school this term and the worker to face losses and uncertainty. The case centers on a loss of $100 and disrupted hopes for returning to classes.
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Jowan
Shenandoah
Chicago
Lidd
Sh¢é
Two Drowned in Tank Near Red Oak Farm
A seven year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Everett, was found drowned in a water tank on a farm near Red Oak. The tank was accessible on a low platform. A year ago a Stenett child died in the same tank in the same locality.
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Red Oak
Arthur Everett
Ita
Stenett
Iowa leads in corn canning with 50,000 acres processed
At the Iowa Canners Association annual convention Leada In Corn, Canning Ames Iowa was cited as first this year to produce sweet corn for canning. A total of 50,000 acres were put in the season. About 30 association members attended the meeting.
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Ames
Iowa
Towa Canners’ Association
Asociation
Old Indian Graves Found Near Lone Tree Iowa
Professor Loren Stuckey of Iowa University in Johnson county reports the discovery of nearly four hundred prehistoric burial mounds near Lone Tree. Investigators will examine the mounds for contents if any to be determined.
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Iowa City
Loren Stuckey
Iowa University
Johnson County
Lone Tree
Child Plague On Decline Des Moines
Dr G H Sumner secretary of the state board of health reports infantile paralysis on the decline in Des Moines. He says there will be few new cases and reporting may end soon. The total number of cases since June is 173.
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Des Moines
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Towa
Sumner
Eliminate Grade Crossings Plan Moves to Legislature
Iowa officials hand a twofold program to reduce highway grade crossing dangers. J H Wilson of the Iowa railroad commission leads proposals requiring slower speeds, warning devices 360 feet from crossings and safer crossing gates. Civilian rifle team plans and state reports follow as part of a broad 1918 safety and infrastructure push.
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State Reltway Commission
Dex Moines
United States
Iowa Railroad Commission
Iowa
National Resoctation of Railroad Commissioners
Wilson
Fingmen
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Transylvania
Teutonic
Dresden
Lloyds
Leland Rice
Mia
Chokotoskee Island
Florida
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Absolute Life
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Michigan Central
Dearborn
Mich
Department of Hybor
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Hind
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F. W. Rowe
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Port Orange
Fla
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Brooklyn
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Capitol Extension
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Dubuque
Ohio
Michigan
Association of Attorneys. General
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United States Supreme Court
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