Iowa farmers weigh tax methods and dairy campaign gains
Readable items show Iowa farmers debating income tax methods with two options, one via receipts and expenses and a second via inventories. Reports note improved car service, poultry house plans, a 100 acre sawmill near Maquoketa, sprouting oats to aid winter laying, and earnings from a Adair garden plot. Banked by cattle sales in Crawford county and a dairy promotion drive across southern Iowa, county agents report active co operatives and dairy calf clubs expanding across the state.
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H. B. Munger
Farm Management Department
Iowa State College
Iowa
John and
Henry Jones
Dunlap
Warrison County
Omaha
Marshall County
W. A. Buchanan
Towa State College
Roy Dyas
Maquoketa
A. Spangler
Adair
Spangler
George Buck
Crawford County
Chicago
Buck
State College
Ames
Buchanan County
R. T. Lee
Jersey
Holstein
Guernsey
Espe
Story County
Story County Association
Winter cholera illness hits southwest towns
Health officers report a mysterious intestinal illness in Kansas City Missouri Atchison Kansas and Pittsburg Kansas with Topeka estimating around a thousand cases Shiatook Oklahoma Tulsa county sees about five hundred ill and several deaths occur Physicians suspect impure water or milk as the cause and describe the illness as contagious like a cold with most patients ill for three to four days Entire families are affected in several communities
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Kansas City
Atchison
Kas
Pittsburg
Ikas
Topeka
Shiatook
Tulsa County
Oklahoma
Riots in Berlin Protest Against Exploitation Law
Berlin unrest leaves many dead or wounded as troops fire on demonstrators at the Reichstag entrance. Speeches condemn the bill as streetcar service halts amid strikes. Plunder spreads from Oberhausen to nearby towns. attackers seize arms and clash with police as order remains unsettled.
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Basse
Berlin
Reichstag
Oberhausen
Marseboch
Bruckhausen
Arms Shipment to Mexico Reported to Senate Panel
Government reports from agents in touch with conditions in Mexico say a large shipment of arms and ammunition to Mexico was escorted by a Japanese cruiser and sent for Senate committee information. The ship bearing the arms reached Manzanillo on December 24, the Yakuma with 800 crew anchored nearby. Some personnel were Japanese military academy students. The extent of Japanese arms entering Mexico is unknown. Recent Mexico reports indicate federal troops are better equipped.
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Senate
Japan
Republic
San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
War Department
Manzanillo
Mexco
Mrs Ryan Leads Nebraska Thrift Campaign Office
Advocates plain clothing and thrift in Nebraska with Mrs Charles C Ryan of Grand Island as director of a state wide thrift campaign. The effort aims to eliminate waste, boost production of necessities, and cut consumption of overpriced goods. Ryan says the goal is to make plain dress and thrift stylish.
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Neb
Charles C. Ryan
Grand Island
Ryan
Man Held for Killing Daughter in Box Butte County
Ned-Lawrence H. Lackey 20, alias Alliance, ordered held to district court for trial on charges of murdering his seven year old daughter Pauline by giving poisoned candy on December 11 after a two day preliminary hearing before County Judge I. B. Tush. The hearing was among Box Butte county court annals for sensationalism.
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Alliance
Ned
Lawrence H. Lackey
Pauline
I. B. Tush
Box Butte County
Vanderbilts Fifth Avenue Residence Sells for 5.5 Million
The Cornelius Vanderbilt home on Fifth Avenue between Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Streets has sold for 5,500,000 dollars in cash, announced locally.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-Seventh Street
Fifty-Eight Street
Surrender of Ex-Kaiser Urged by New Waterland League
A public meeting of the New Waterland League passed resolutions urging Berlin and Cemagns to deliver former Emperor William to the Allies for trial. The call emphasizes accountability for wartime actions and aligns with allied proceedings.
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Kalger
Berlin
William
New Wathers Land League
Cut Expense or Float Loan, Secretary Glass Warns
Secretary of the Treasury Glass warned in a statement that Congress must cut expenses or float another Liberty loan if it pursues large new expenditures or reduces tax revenue. He outlined the government's fragile financial condition with the current tax level in place.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Glass
Versailles Treaty Goes Into Effect Amid Mixed Reactions
Paris reports the Versailles peace treaty becomes effective January 10 after ratifications by allied powers. Baron von Leisner says Germany will strive to meet terms while lamenting remaining war with the United States. Commissions including reparations and boundary panels begin work, with plebiscites planned and war crime lists expected.
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Paris
Versailles
Germany
Baron Kurt von Leisner
United States
Prussia
Baron von Leisner
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Guatemala
Peru
Poland
Siam
Czecho- Slovakia
Uruguay
China
Shantung
League of Nations
Reparations Commission
Sarre Basin
Czecho-Slovakia
Tre Niries
United for Peace in Senate Pact Debate
Senators Lodge and Hitchcock voiced bipartisan unity to end the senate treaty deadlock and keep the ratification issue out of the campaign. They were visited separately at the capitol by more than twenty representatives of organizations totaling about 20,000,000 people urging immediate ratification with necessary reservations to win the two thirds vote.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Lodge
Massachusetts
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Capitol
Special Train to Guyers for Wrigley Sale of Hogs
A special train from Chicago carried 208 stock raisers to Lake Geneva Wisconsin for William Wrigley jr to attend an 88 Poland-China sow sale yielding 55075 dollars at 1554.84 dollars each. Buyers arrived by motor cars and bobsleds to the farm where the sale occurred in a steam heated pavilion and a turkey dinner followed.
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Chicago
I.A
Lake Geneva
Wis
William Wrigley, Jr
U S Rejects Indemnity Payment for German Fleet Loss
The United States refused to accept any part of indemnity to be paid by Germany for the destruction of the German fleet at Scapa Flow. Officials cited objections in principle to the settlement arranged by the supreme council, stated by the State Department.
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United States
Germany
Scapa Plow
Supreme Council
State Department
Largest Radio Station in Bordeaux Nears Completion
Construction of the Lafayette radio station by the American Navy is finished and electrical equipment installation is underway. Officials say the station will be the largest and most powerful in the world once completed next spring, with naval authorities noting its pivotal role.
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Bordeaux
Lafayette
Annamnedd
Aig
American troops to withdraw from Siberia in February
The United States plans a February withdrawal of about 8000 American troops from Siberia after repatriation of Czech forces. The move follows Tokyo’s notification that the US will cancel the expedition’s presence as Czechs are removed. John Stevens’s railroad commission will depart Vladivostok, and Major General Graves will relocate once transports are available.
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Washington, D
Siberia
United States
Japan
Siberian
American Railroad Commission
John Stevens
Russia
Vladivostok
Graves
Tokio
Senate
Wilson
State Department
Earthquake isolates Riveros family in deep chasm
In Mexico City the Riveros family of Barranca Nueva was swallowed by a new fissure after the January quake. For over a week they have lived at least 140 feet below ground, fed by neighbors who risk rockfalls to deliver sustenance. Authorities fear rain or aftershocks could endanger the imprisoned family.
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Mexico City
Francisco Riveros
Barranca Nueva
Mountain Split By Quake Strikes Mexican Towns
Dispatches from Vera Cruz report a deadly January 3 earthquake destroying Barranca Grande killing about six hundred people. Jalapa Teocelo Ayahualco and Kunean villages were ruined or crushed by falling rocks. Platanuan mountain split in two, many crushed.
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Mexico City
Barranca Grande
Vera Cruz
Jalapa
Teocelo
Ayahualco
Kunean
Platanuan
Democratic National Convention Planning Committee Formed
Chairman Cummings announces a 17 member committee to prepare for the San Francisco convention on June 28. For the first time two women are included in the preliminary arrangements. Cummings will lead the committee with members Wilbur M. Marsh of Iowa and Arthur Mullen of Nebraska among others.
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Washington
D. C
San Francisco
Cummings
National Committee
Wilbur M. Marsh
Towa
Arthur
Mullen
Nebraska
Lincoln club women join thrift campaign to curb prices
Nebraska women meet in Lincoln to discuss ways to combat the high cost of living by cooperating with the state thrift campaign. Governor McKelvie outlines committees to determine fair prices in各 communities without setting them, aiming to curb unnecessary buying.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Club
McKelvie
Socialist Assemblymen Trial Prep Opens in Albany
Hearings begin with the Judiciary committee to hear evidence against five socialist assemblymen suspended for alleged unfitness. Prohibition Convention cited in Lincoln and Washington DC. Prohibition Party national committee selects Lincoln Nebraska for the 1920 national convention on July 9.
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Albany
Judiciary Committee
Lincoln
Washington, D. C
National Executive Commiltee
Prohibition Party
Neb
Tha
Party
Scords Attack on Sociallata, New -York, The
A terse notice notes a conflict involving Scords Attack and the Sociallata bar association in New York. Details remain fragmentary but point to a dispute or investigation affecting local social and legal circles.
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Scords
Sociallata
New -York
The
Bar. Association , of
Government plan to aid Liberty bond holders proposed
The United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing reports a plan to protect Liberty bond holders from profit-taking by lenders and to stabilize bond prices. It suggests loans at post offices against bonds with limited redemption, using two loan levels and a small interest-free feature via coupon redemption, enabling owners to sell back to the government before maturity.
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United States Bureau
Bureau
Brown
Postal Savings System
Ashington
Senate considers compulsory training plan for all youths
A tentative senate subcommittee proposal envisions a permanent military policy with compulsory four month training for ages eighteen to twenty one. It creates a standing peace army of 280000 with a combined regular and reserve force including the National Guard. Recruits would enter a five year reserve, with no compulsory service unless war is declared.
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Senate
Wadsworth
Regular Army
Citizens’ Army
National Guard
Virtue Its Own Reward in a Wilderness Ranger Station
A tale set near the Grand Canyon shows a ranger station visit by tourists who leave a polite, humorous note from a Swiss ambassador and a secretary of agriculture card. The incident highlights pride in federal guardians of public lands and the unexpected recognition received by a lone ranger.
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Nanonad
National Forest
Corral
David F. Houston
Agriculture
Hans Sulze
Switzerland
Michigan Victory Highway Memorial Plan Outlined
Michigan State Good Roads Association advances a Victory Highway memorial across the state from New Buffalo to Port Huron. The project, begun months ago, is moving to letting tracts with a north easterly route planned to honor those who served in the European war. The exact timing and details remain unsettled as work proceeds.
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Ichigan
Song
Michigan
Tate Good Roads
New Buffalo
Port Huron
Pope
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Hawkeye
State News
Ringgold County
Lone Star Threshing Company
John Clough
George Delp
Southwest
Allied Nations
U. S
United For Peace
Guyers
U. S. Senate
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