Fire ruins Sherman Box and Paper plant in Des Moines
Federal authorities link a firebug to a Des Moines blaze that destroyed the Sherman Box and Paper company building with an estimated loss of 14000 dollars. The fire, one of four in the area over recent months, endangered six workers on the second floor who barely escaped via a stair near the elevator shaft.
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Sherman Box and Paper Company
Des Moines
Otto Selling
Northwestern Railway
Boone
Uncle Sam
Anthon
May Houlsworth
Camp Dodrge
William Parsons
Army Y. M
Iowa
Shelby County
Moville
W. W. Adams
Eliot
Tract
Harding
Burnquist
Minnesota
Camp Dodge
Wapello High School
Army Y. M. C. A
Merrill
Caleb Shearon
Fuel Commission
Dennison
Carrie Anderson
Dual Iowa Minnesota review at Camp Dodge impresses governors
Governors Harding of Iowa and Burnquist of Minnesota witnessed a grand parade of Iowa and Minnesota troops at Camp Dodge. The review featured the provisional artillery and infantry brigades led by Foote and Price with praise for officers. After the event, Harding and Burnquist dined with units and addressed troops in a hollow square.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Iowa
J. A. A. Burnquist
Minnesota
National Army
S. M. Foote
Burnquist
Harding
Three Hundred and Whiftieth Infantry
Three Hundred and Thirty-seventh Field Artillery
War News Notes From The Front And Home Front
General Pershing reports casualties from November 13 with two killed and six wounded, plus five Rochester survivors returning to Ireland. U S destroyer Chauncey lost after a patrol collision. Russia’s collapse cited as urging more American troops. Britain’s London council notes Russian reversal, Italy’s setback, and a Pacific embargo on Russian shipments. Alien enemy regulations issued to control saboteurs, with mass registration and travel limits. Exemption proposals for 288 baseball players across leagues. Tragic ax murder in Virginia Minnesota claims three victims, warning to Austrian families tied to Liberty bonds.
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Pershing
War Department
Washington
Paul Alar
Peter Trépich
Virginia
Minnesota
Ned Cross
Washington Notes on War Board Rail Policy and Finance
Washington notes report that a rail wartime board recommendation could bar unnecessary goods from rail transport. Farm town bonds totaled 21.5 million last year with more bonds issued at about 3 million weekly. Interstate Commerce Commission published September railway earnings at 114.121 million net, down from 121.835 million prior year. Henry Ford to assist Emergency Fleet Corp in standardization and ship production speed. Clifford Thorne urges government takeover of railroads for war duration. Propaganda blamed for salt and matches shortages. Food Administration reassures surplus. National banks list includes Albany, Washington, Richmond, Charleston, Atlanta, Savannah, Birmingham, Galveston, Houston, Waco, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Milwaukee, St Paul, Des Moines, Omaha, Tulsa, Los Angeles, Ogden.
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Albany
Washington
Richmond
Charleston
Atlanta
Savannah
Birmingham
Galveston
Houston
Waco
Chattanooga
Cleveland
Milwaukee
St. Paw
Cedar Stupids
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Omaha
Muskogee
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Los Angeles
Salt Tanke City
Ogden
War era notes and sports win in midwest
Reports say drunkenness in New York fell due to labor demand and prohibition while Camp Cody health was disputed by Lt Col Coffin who claimed low sickness. YMCA war fund hits 60 million, Missouri Valley champion Nebraska over Kansas State 13 to 8. Meningitis deaths rise at Camp Funston with quarantine. Manslaughter verdict in Ordway murder case.
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New York
Ins
Camp Cody
Deming
N. M
J. M. Coffin
Cody
United States
Nebraska University
Kansas State
Lawrence
A. F. Enyart
Ordway
Cola
J. W. Binck
Nebraska City
Neb
Great British Offensives Erode German Lines in France
British forces opened a wide front attack across thirty five miles in northern France driving through Hindenburg Line to depths of miles. Tanks led the way destroying barbed wires as infantry moved to seize key positions and capture numerous prisoners including 180 officers. Allied reinforcements reach Italy. French troops traverse Alpine passes to speed transport. General Maude dies in Mesopotamia after brief illness.
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Pershing
France
Vindenburg
Americin
Washington
Wallin
Salonikis
Miltary Cvities Beleve
He Britich
Italy
Alps
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Hawkeye ‘State News
Homer A. Miller
Charles Eads
Eads
Fort Des Moines
Glennan
Medical Department of the
Army
Ft. Des Moines
Edward Waters
Atlantic
Wiota
M. D
Davenport
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Frank Kerisa
Chamber of Commerce of
Signal Corps
Omaha Pilots' School
Ames-Teachers
Ames
Arnold Arends
Teachers’ College
Robert Maxwell
Albia
West Liberty
Red Cross Society of
Keosauqua
Dysart
Medary
Waukee
Allamakee
J. C. Miller
Shenandoah
Cherokee
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Clarence Doane
Jasper County
Bertha Fox
Decorah
Forestry Department
Iowa State College
State University
Iowa Board
Frank Lyman
Adjutant General's Office
Iowa County
Charles Webster
Des Moines Committee
MacVicar
Webster
J. R. Shook
Weston P. Chamberlain
Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Walter C. Baker
Division Ordnance
Ordnance Department
Baker
Sam
Marengo
Adjutant General’s Department
R. J. Gilchrist
Merys Williams
A. I. Gibson
Crowder
Guy E. Logan
General Logan
Logan
F. E. Lyman
W. B. Barney
State Dairy Department
A. L. Urick
Washington, D. C
Urick
Executive Council
State House
Havner
Rochester
Ireland
Navy Department
Chauncey
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Allied War Council
London
Russia
Germany
Wilson
District of Columbia
Department of Justice
Max, Gorman
Rose
Seattle
Joseph Gottstein
Peshin
Johnson
Boy Scouts
Washington Notes
Railroad War Board
Federal Farm Loan Board Amieuines
Interstate Commerce
Henry Ford
Pies
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clifford Thorne
Oeme
Food Administration
General News
National War Work Council
The
Young Men's Christian Association
Camp Funston
Port Riley
Kans
Funston
Helgoland
Welch
Hraig
Hindesburg Hoe
Vyance
Maude
Mesopotamia
Frederick Stanley Maude
Bagdad
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