Iowa Snippets and Crimes Spark Iowa News Roundup
Bloyd Campbell of St Charles found near Clinton and to be taken home. Robbers stole over 1000 dollars of hardware from Weldhahn store at Walnut. Drainage district planned near Marshalltown with 150000 dollars. Basil Gissinger killed by dirt fall at Kalona. Virginia Graig wed George Scoles at Glenwood Turkey Presbyterian manse. Rev BE Shanks resigns to lead eastern Iowa churches. Maine Maquoketa men escape wreck with no injuries. Henry Jarck and wife arrested for liquor sale to slayer of J McFadden. State teachers meeting announced for Des Moines November 4-6. Homer Joy found dead near Authon. Robbers blow safe at Creston. 400 dollars stolen. Post office and garage robberies noted. Albert Conrad escapes Elmira jail. Bank assets up 53 million with deposits +21.9 and loans +72.0 as of ten months. Calhoun county hires 81 farm laborers in July. Autos, tractors, tubs, and electric lights common in Calhoun farms. Hog cholera losses. Rogers killed by auto in Boone. Ruby family wake to sleepwalking daughter with broken collarbone. Gravity postmaster Samuel Robinson injured by bomb in car. Two camp Dodge soldiers charged with murder turned over to civilian authorities.
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Muscatine
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State Teachers’ Association
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Authon
Neary
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Tingley
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Frank Smith
Elmira
Henry J. Tudor
Ft. Madison
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Marion
State Banking Department
Calhoun County
George Rogers
Boone
Charles Burrell
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Burrell
F. S. Ruby
Samuel Robinson
Camp Dodge
Joe Stoner
Farmer
Granger
MacNally
Fred W. Hagen
Bolz
P. I. Moffet
Armistice Deal Reached Between Russian Polish Delegations
In Riga on October 6 M Joffe and M Dombski heads of the Russian and Polish groups announced an armistice agreement to be signed by October 8, following an informal conference. The news came soon after the talks ended and was reported as unexpectedly soon but within expectations.
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M. Joffe
M. Dombski
Dombski
Joffe
One in Five Soldiers Re-Enlists After Expiring Enlistments
Washington reports that about 20 percent of soldiers whose enlistments expired in September re-enlisted. At Camp Gordon Georgia 55 percent discharged re-entered, and at Camp Lewis Washington 50 percent. A total of 16,461 men were accepted for service in September, with the war department aiming for 280,000 authorized strength by spring. current enrollment stands at 190,432.
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Army Recruiting Service
Cauimp Gordon
Camp Lewis
Wash
War Department
Pickford Divorce Hearing Set For November Sixth
San Francisco October 5 Arguments in the Nevada divorce action of Mary Pickford Fairbanks from Owen Moore were scheduled for November 6 in the Minden Nebraska court where the divorce was granted Gavin McNab counsel for Mrs Fairbanks announced here
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Fowler
Nevada
Mary Pickford Fairbanks
Fromm Qweh Moore
Minden (Ney
Gavin McNab
Girl Lost in Parachute Drop Over Lake Michigan
Search crews scoured Lake Michigan for the body of Deborah de Costello a twenty year old aviatrix and parachute jumper who was drowned when her parachute blew into the lake during an Empire Mitch event on October 6.
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Empire
Mitch
Lake Michigan
Deborah de Costello
Japan Standpoint Outlined on California Alien Land Law
Washington reports an Osaka Mainichi editorial reflecting official Japanese sentiment. It urges strict observance of the gentlemen's agreement and no further Japanese immigration, while seeking abolition of discrimination against Japanese in America and modification of land laws. The article notes limited prospects for agreement before the November election.
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California
Osaka
Japan
America
State Department
Mainichi
Gary Gets Data on France and Europe Steel Outlook
New York Oct 5 Robert H Gary head of United States Steel Corp returned from a European vacation aboard the La France with data on reconstruction in France and Belgium to share with his company and the Iron and Steel Institute. He said the information is of great interest to the steel industry and noted the sector is in a healthy condition despite reduced output and lower prices. He added the policy is to prevent prices from rising too high or too low and hopes freight rate increases will not greatly affect steel rail prices.
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Obert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
la France
France
Belgium
Iron and Steel Institute
Gary
Europe
Qary
Cleveland Indians Win World Series Opener 8 1
Great pitching by Stanley Coveleskie powered the Cleveland Indians to an 8 1 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series opener. Indians marked by strong hitting and dominant defense in a decisive start.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Stanley Coveleskie
Cleveland Indians
Nicaragua Canal Favored Over Panama Route Reconsidered
Washington notes the U S purchased exclusive rights to dig a Nicaraguan canal for 8 million dollars amid reports Britain and Japan eyed a joint project. The route, 884 miles shorter than via Panama, would cross a shallow elevation, with limited ditching and much already prepared by geography.
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United States
Nicaragua
Great Britain
Japan
Panama
Nicaraugan
Alaska
Cape Horn
Nicaraugua
Panama Ditch
New York
San Francisco
San Juan
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
Tehuantepee
First Wireless Heard Round the World Milestone Treats Lafayette Station
The Lafayette radio station at Bor deaux France tests complete and are hailed as the first wireless message heard around the world. Secretary Daniels praises the achievement as a symbol of Franco American unity and naval power. The eight 820 foot towers mark the world’s largest station built by the U S Navy to maintain trans Atlantic communications with France during the war.
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Bordeaux
France
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Daniels
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Republile
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Bureau of Engineering
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Pershing
Arlington
Annapolis
Naval Radio Laboratory
Bureau of Standards
Nauen
Milk and Sawdust Feed Promises New Dairy Diet
A report from the American Chemical Society meeting details hydrolyzed sawdust as cattle food. White sawdust treated with sulfuric acid yields a sugar-rich pulp. tested in Wisconsin’s forest products lab, three cows thrived, producing more milk and gaining weight. The U.S. government plans broader trials and reports on this feed.
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Industrial and Engineering Chemists
American Chemical Society
University of Chicago
EB. C. Sherrard
G. W. Blanco
Forest Products Laboratory
United States Department of Agriculture
Madison
Wis
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Election hitches loom as ratification questions swirl
The piece explores possible consequences if a Tennessee suffrage ratification is deemed invalid after election day. It notes that Congress could fail to yield a majority and the House elects the president, while also touching on unrelated military, prohibition, and sales notices embedded in the text.
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Tennessee
Connecticut
House of Representatives
Wilson
White House
Virginia
China's Yung-tse King to Harness Water Power
China plans a major water power project on the Yung-tse King to flood level the river and remove rapids for navigation. Seven dams will be built enabling 81,000,000 electric horsepower, at an estimated cost of 4,000,000 dollars. The move marks a significant first step in the nation’s industrial future.
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China
Cascarets Promises Quick Bodily Renewal
Ad claims Cascarets will cleanse the liver and bowels by tomorrow. It promises a clear head, right stomach, sweet breath, rosy skin, and no griping with options priced at 10 25 and 50 cents, including a note that children may use it.
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Cascarets
Derivation of the word magnet traced to Magnesia
A note explains the term magnet comes from Magnesia in Asia Minor where loadstone properties were first observed. The passage notes the ancient link between the mineral and the city name as origin.
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Magnesia
Asia Minor
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