Interesting Items of News En Gathered From All Parts of Iowa
W. 5S. Hall a Benton county pioneer dies at his Vinton home after settling there in 1865. Ice house roof collapse in Des Moines injures three and causes about 300 dollars in damages. Despondent Herman Lemberg ends his life in Davenport by gas. Iowa opens a state park in Delaware county this October. Ottumwa jury acquits 14 year old Ernest Gee of murder in the river drowning case. Des Moines municipal court sentences Joe Lasalle for faulty scales. Indianola sisters form Phillips Lassie orchestra with a Des Moines participant. West Third and Locust block in Des Moines leased for 99 years with nine stores. Iowa records 96 deaths and 4,393 fires in 1915 with 6.44 million dollars losses. Muscatine flood rescues during Mad creek cloudburst. Bloomfield hosts farmers institute November 6-8 with ISU Extension speakers. Ames officials debate butter fat standards from 80/16 to 82 percent. Nelse Merrill obituary noted for shaping Union county. Allamakee fair in Waukon reports largest livestock entries. Iowa University to establish ROTC motor transport unit for freshmen and sophomores. Perry man sues Dallas county for 2700 dollars over son Raymond’s death in a car accident at Dexfield Park. Ft. Dodge notes sentencing of Clifford Williams and five-year terms for Cartee and Merkle for prior thefts. Islwyd county issues 47 hunting licenses to combat high living costs.
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Hall
Benton County
Vinton
Consumers Ice Company
Des Moines
Herman Lemberg
Davenport
Iowa
Delaware County
Ottumwa
Ernest Gee
Gee
Lloyd Dimmitt
Dimmitt
W. G. Tanner
Joe Lasalle
Phillips Lassie Orchestra
Central Church of Christ
West Third and
Locust Streets
Joseph S. Slate
M. G. Silver
S. J. Silberman
Muscatine
Mad Creek
Farmers’ Institute
Bloomfield
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Ames
Nelse” Merrill
Union County
Allamakee
Waukon
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
University of Iowa
University
Aar
E. ©. Wood
Perry
Dallas County
Raymond Wood
Redfield
Dexfield Park
Clifford Williams
Ft. Dodge
Charles Cartee
Clarence Merkcle
Anamosa Reformatory
Kneirim
Barnum
Otho
Islwyd
Charles
PLAN SERIES OF MEETINGS Washington
A campaign to fight high prices on life's necessities will run through a series of meetings with federal state and local officials. Attorney General Palmer will participate or send representatives and tour the middle west beginning October 27 to coordinate local fair price committees with governors and district attorneys to curb profiteering.
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Washington
Palmer
National Association of State Attorneys General
Lane Conference Chooses Lane as Permanent Chairman
Washington Secretary of the Interior Lane is named permanent chairman of the industrial conference in session. The rules allow open sessions for press and public with voting by employer, labor, and public groups. a group must not decide until all three agree. Lane notes President Wilson is absent and may address the conference before adjournment.
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Lane
Washington, D. C
Committee On Rules
Line
Wilson
White House
Reds Raid Fallout Amid Strike District Activism in Gary
In Gary 1600 regular army troops under Major General Leonard Wood secure the area after raids on agitator homes. Mayor Hodges joins the army charge that radicals sought to inflame trouble as federal agents seize inflammatory literature. Military and municipal officers coordinate actions, diverting attention from the industrial dispute.
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Chicago
Gary
Leonard Wood
Central Department of the Army
Hodges
No Rate Increase This Year By Rail Administration
Washington January 1. The railroad administration will not raise freight rates before railroads return to private operation. Director General Hines told T. De Witt Cuyler that it is impossible to set any general rate readjustment since earnings earlier in the year were abnormal and not a fair test of income.
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Washington, D. C
Railroad Administration
Hines
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Reds Kiss Flag Incident in Weirton Finland-Reds Roundup
Police round up more than 150 men as alleged red guards from Finland are marched to Weirton public square forced to kneel and kiss the American flag before being driven out of town. Authorities cite threats against foreigners and steel plant workers as context. A large cache of red literature is reported at the radicals' headquarters.
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Weirton
Red Guard
Finland
Phepald
Radients
Six Die In Collision In Oakland Train And Auto Crash
A Key Route electric train crewed by strike-breakers collided with a car in Oakland California. Six people were killed and one critically injured. Witnesses report the train was moving fast while company officials say the brakes may have been tampered with and the train was out of control.
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Oakland
Cal
Damage bills against Cunapatan government in Mexico
Senate sub committee hearings on Mexican conditions were told that claims against the Cunapatan government in Mexico would not exceed 25 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Washington
Ino
Senate
Endorse Thrift Week Plans by American Bankers Association
Plans for national thrift week to start the week of January 7 1920 received heavy endorsement at the American Bankers Association convention in St Louis Missouri. The action signals bank support for thrift promotion across the country.
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St. Louis
American Bankers’ Association
Find Graves of Aviators
Nogales Arizona report from a reliable source in Mexico says a party of foreign surveyors found blueprints or markers believed to indicate graves of aviators. The fragmentary note notes possible locations and pending verification.
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Nogales
Ariz
Hare
Mexico
State probes Bank of North Dakota over Fargo transfer
State Auditor Kositzky under Attorney General Langer orders an examination of the Bank of North Dakota amid reports that over 300000 in securities were moved from the Scandinavian-American State Bank of Fargo to the state bank. The Fargo bank, closed after large loans beyond its 50000 capital, faced charges tied to Nonpartisan League lending.
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Bismarck
N. D
OR. Kositzky
Langer
Bank of North Dakota
Ksositzky
Bank of Fargo
Fargo Bank
Vargo
Mach
P. M. Halldorson
McKelvie Calls Nebraska Ex Service Men for Emergency Aid
Governor McKelvie asks ex service men of World War I to organize in all communities to aid law and order in extreme emergencies including Omaha disturbances. They would answer only to the governor until the state national guard is active. He also urges former home guard units to resume drag duty and local police to stay vigilant against lawless outbreaks.
Strikers Hold Ground as Steel Walkout Expands
Reports from Pittsburgh and other areas show the third week of the general steel strike beginning with more smaller plants starting up. National HQ data as of October 6 list 867,500 strikers, up 88,500 from just after the action began.
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Tittsburgh
Keep Up Immigration Bars
Washington moves to keep immigration bars up amid war induced influx fears. Congress plans permanent policy after tightening wartime rules requiring passports and visas issued by U S consuls. Consuls are instructed to refuse visas to undesirable foreigners seeks to curb alien flow.
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Washington
Europe
Congress
United States
Hun Leader Janns Reds
Copenhagen reports General von Ner Goltz commander of German Baltic forces with his staff joined the Bolshevik units, amid recent sharp exchanges between the allies and Germany, according to a Berlin dispatch to the National Mock News.
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Hun
Janns Reds
Copenhagen
von Ner Goltz
Baltic
Germany
Whus
Iis
Berlin
Mdends
Expect Birth of League Soon in Washington DC
The article discusses the likelihood of the League of Nations becoming a going concern within the next month as Italy moves toward ratifying the peace treaty by decree, with ratification by three powers anticipated though Senate action remains uncertain.
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Washington, D. C
Italy
League of Nations
Red Sox Pitcher Sets World Series Record in Chicago Game
In the fifth game of the World Series between Cincinnati and Chicago, Hod Bier of Cincinnati retired the lineup in order, a record in World Series play. He struck out seven and threw out two in the field to complete the feat.
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Red Sox
Chicago
Cincinnati
Hod Bier
Employment Offices Closed in Washington State
The United States employment service directed federal and state offices to close all state employment offices immediately due to lack of funds.
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Washington, UV
United States Employment Service
Monument Unveiled For Lynch Victim Robert Prager In St Louis
A monument over the grave of Robert Paul Prager, lynched in Collingville Illinois in April 1918 for alleged pro German sympathies, was unveiled in St Louis by the Odd Fellows who counted Prager among their members.
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St. Louis
Robert Paul Prager
Collingville
Odd Fellows
Prager
Uprising Plot Reported in Arkansas County
Helena and Phillips county authorities announce a planned October 8 uprising by Black residents. Confessions describe a nationwide scheme with a 21-name target list, a large arm shipment, and couriers to recruit across the region. Deaths in Elaine surge color the unrest.
Sugar Factories Begin Operation in Nebraska
Nebraska beet sugar plants at Grand Island Scottsbluff Bayard and Gerling start grinding beets and shipping the first sugar. Over the next 100 days they will produce about 1 250 000 pounds daily and roughly 125 000 000 pounds for the season. Colorado with eleven factories will produce three to four times as much sugar.
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Grand Island
Neb
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Bayard and Gerling
Wyoming
Colorado
Warn I W W's Told to Quit Scotts Bluff Valley
Industrial workers of the world organizers have been arriving in the Scottsbluff region since harvest began and are charged with stirring strife among workers. Small groups camp in fields, and authorities have ordered them to move on. A crowd of about thirty was jailed near Scottsbluff after being warned they are not wanted in the valley.
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Mitchell
Neb
Industrial Workers of the World
Scottsbluffs Valley
Scottsblate
Labor leader vows defiance of anti strike laws in Congress
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor told the interstate commerce committee that workers across the nation will not obey anti strike legislation even if the supreme court upholds its constitutionality. He urged continued action and solidarity.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
House’ Interstate, Commerce Committee
Bank Robbery Report From Cambridge Kansas
Robbers looted the State bank of Cambridge Kansas vault 560 miles southeast of Wichita and escaped with Liberty bonds and War Savings stamps valued at 15000 dollars. Authorities report the heist as a major bandit action with no injuries cited.
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Wiehita
Kan
State Bank of
Cambridge
Wichita
Nebraseka Furnishes Sugar in Chicago District Case
District Attorney Clyne announces charges related to sugar supply dealings in Chicago. Case details indicate a probe into illicit procurement and distribution impacting local markets.
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Nebraseka
Chicago
Til
Clyne
Bangkok Arrival and Riverside Streets Impress Trade Hub
The narrator reaches Bangkok by steamer, noting mangrove shores and a crowded riverbank with European merchant ships and local boats. He describes a bustling market street, a chaotic mix of Chinese Siamese Malays Hindus and Mahom etans, rickshaws and trams, and a need to hire a stable gharry as he moves toward the official quarter and Royal Palace.
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Singapore
Siam
Bangkok
P. A.’ Thompson
Siama
Europe
Gulf
Victoria
Royal Palace
Thhe
Golden Mount
Keep Busy and Live Long Old Ministers Defy Youthful Death
The New York World notes Rev. Albert Vogel of Jeannette Pa is 102 and never smoked or drank. He is the oldest active minister in the United States. It also mentions Rev Dr Aston Ballard president of Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association at 98, who jokes retirement would have shortened his life.
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Albert ‘Vogel
Jeannette
Mr. Vogel
United States
Aston E. Ballard
Ocean Grove
New York
Ballard
Sayings of Carnegie on wealth labor and abstinence
Quote attributed to Andrew Carnegie extolling balance among labor capital and business ability. He predicts future disgrace for the wealthy who withhold wealth and urges sobriety noting his own abstention and wage advances at Skibo Castle. The passage references books and public addresses of the Ironmaster.
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Carnegie
Skibo Castle
Silk stockings from a sea snail? Spiv Silk tale
Pearson's Weekly notes a silk derived from a shellfish called a puma in the Mediterranean near Sicily. The creature lives in warm waters, has a small tongue tube, and spins a silk thread to anchor itself to rocks as it moves to feeding grounds.
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Pearson's Weekly
Sicily
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South Dakota
Paul Revere
Helena
Ark
Banis
Phillips County
Charles Brough
Paul Treveres
Branch Normal School
Pine Bluffs
Hollis
South
Elaine
Waine
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