Iowa Newsbriefs from Fairfield to Ottumwa
The Ottumwa and area notices report: Mrs Myrtle Kirby McCleary left Fairfield for West Africa on mission work. Sergeant Albert O Swift returns home from Germany. Armistice Day plans by Ottumwa American Legion. A Cresco car collision injures Bernice Odell and D F Odell. Ray Larson farm sold for 80000 cash. ten acres to Scheselman, balance to Yeaman. Iowa population tops 2.4 million in 1920 census. James Norman Hall to publish Harper's story. Clifford Tennyson injured in truck crash in Mason City. Two hogs win duel at National Swine Show. Royal Pathfinder wins. Walter Tiscus dies in auto crash. A temporary injunction halts Ottumwa iron works moulders strike activity.
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Myrtle Kirby McCleary
Fairfield
West Africa
Louis ‘Murphy
Internal Revenue
Iowa
Emma Peters
Cedar Rapids
Hampton
Albert O. Swift
Germany
Ottumwa
American Legion
Bernice Odell
D. F. Odell
Cresco
M. FB. Harris
Mercy Hospital
Marshalltown
Ray Larson
Williamsburg
John Schesselman
Bert Yeaman
C. R. Rhea
St. Louis
States
District Court
United States Census Bureau
Washington
Union
James Norman Hall
Colfax
America
South Sea Islands
Harper's Magazine
Hall
Charles Nordhoff
Islands
Clifford Tennyson
Park Hospital
Mason City
Third Street
Tenfiyson
Currie
Tennyson
Royal Pathfinder
Hanks
New ‘London
Royal Sensation
H. 8
Fain
Emmetsburg
Walter Tiscus
Emmet Fiscus
Audubon’ County
Iron Works
Direct Appeal to President Over Farm Currency Policy
A special meeting of agricultural interests led by the American Cotton Association and Senators Overman and Harris arranged steps to appeal to President Wilson. They urged a White House conference to press for prompt action by banks on crop financing and interest rates, aiming to influence treasury policy and halt downward farm price trends.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Treasury Department
American Cotton Association
Overman
North Carolina
Harris
Georgia
White House
Women vote count shapes Nebraska constitutional win
The official canvass shows 20,487 women voted on amendments at the September 21 special election in Lincoln. Total voters were 80,594 with 69,107 men. Women backed equal suffrage and an increased Senate, while men favored equal suffrage and would have defeated the Senate increase without women. A proclamation will seal equal suffrage as part of the constitution. other amendments take effect January 1, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Amsberry
Carpentier Stops Levinsky in Fourth in Jersey City
Georges Carpentier the French heavyweight champion knocks out Batting Levinsky in the fourth round at Jersey City ballpark. The bout was set for 12 rounds and makes Carpentier the European light heavyweight champion and a world title holder in that division.
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Jersey City
Georges Carpentier
Batting Levinsky
Carpentier
Europe
Prohibition Enforcement Report From Alaska
Federal agent William H. Jordan returned from a northern trip with rumors of lax enforcement of the eighteenth amendment in Alaska. He says every grain and snowbank hides a still or liquor cache as observed in Alaska and San Francisco, Calif.
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San Francisco
Calif
Alaska
William H. Jordan
Prohibition
Petroleum found in Mexican state Cazmen
Prospectors report first authentic producing oil well in the Mexican state of Cazmen amid widespread rumors of new fields across the republic.
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Mexico City
Cazmen
Republic
Cleveland Wins World Series Title in 1940 Game Seven
The Cleveland Americans clinched the world baseball title by defeating the Brooklyn Nationals 9 to 3 in the seventh game of the 1940 World Series on Tuesday afternoon. The victory crowned Cleveland as champions.
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Cleveland
Indians
Brooklyn Nationals
Cannon Breaks Arm in Fall at Home
Congressman Joseph G. Cannon, 84, suffers a fractured left wrist after stepping on coal and falling in his basement. In Warsaw news, Lithuanian insurgents under General Zilgouski capture Vilna to protest Vilna district being included in Lithuanian territory.
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Cannon
Danville
Joseph G. Cannon
Warsaw
Zelgouski
Vilna
Nebraska Corn Crop Size Seen High Since 1900
The crop estimates bureau and state department report 1920 Nebraska corn at 241,519,000 bushels based on Oct 1 conditions. Last year yielded 184,186,000 bushels with a five year average of 192,480,000. Early frosts reduced damage, but favorable drying weather kept damage percentage small.
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Nebraska
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Crop Estimates
State Agricultural Department
Tax Bills Over 5 Billions for Fiscal Year Ends June 80
Washington totals show the federal tax take at 5.41 billion dollars for the year ending June 80. Income and profits taxes supplied about three quarters of revenue with a large rise from 1919 to 1920. Miscellaneous taxes added over 1.45 billion, up 201 million. Liquor taxes fell while tobacco revenue rose across all forms.
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Washington, D. C
America
Federal Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Harding Addresses Large Omaha Rally In Campaign Tour
Senator Warren G. Harding spoke to an estimated 10 000 to 12 000 at the Auditorium as part of a daylong tour with eleven addresses. He was accompanied by his wife who greeted the crowd through Congressman A W Jefferis. The candidate spoke over an hour on campaign issues after an outside gathering. Thousands greeted him on his arrival from the station to the hotel.
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Omaha
Mystery Palisades murder clues link watch chain and comb
A young New York woman, 18 to 20, was found murdered in Palisades cliffs near Cliffside New Jersey. A seized watch chain, a torn coat fragment, and a yellow comb were found near the body, with signs of a desperate struggle and dragging. Authorities suspect the chain and watch as crucial evidence against an unknown assailant.
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New York
Palisades
Cliffside
N. J
Willliam F. Ehrmans
New York City
Florence
Charles J. McCarthy
Bergen County
New Jersey
Louis di Sciascio
Cliffside Park
William O'Brien
William B. Ogden
Canadian professor claims half-cost electric power transmission
Prof J W Dorsey of the University of Manitoba announces a new method to transmit electric power that could cut costs by 50 percent after surveying Winnipeg river resources. He travels to Washington to present findings to the U S Bureau of Standards, citing Winnipeg heat and power via river power as a future nationwide energy model. The result would boost hydro plants especially in the West and bolster canalization plans for the St Lawrence.
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Ashington
Washington
J. W. Dorsey
University of Manitoba At Winnipeg
Winnipeg River
Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Standards
Dorsey
Canada
Winnipeg
Pennsylvania
West
St. Lawrence
Biggest Corn Crop in History Forecast for 1920
Washington reports the 1920 corn crop is forecast to exceed 1912 by about 99 million bushels with a total yield of 3,216,192,000 bushels based on October 1 conditions. Kansas Nebraska and Missouri contribute most of the increase as September weather remained warm and dry with minimal frost damage.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Triple Made by One Player in World Series Game
Cleveland Americans win 8 to 1 over the Brooklyn Nationals in the fifth World Series game. Wambsganss made the first unassisted triple play in Series history, with home runs by Elmer Smith and Jim Bagby boosting the offense.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Americans
Brooklyn Nationals
Wiliam Wambsganss
Elmer, Smith
Jim Bagby
Diaz Will Be Deported From Mexico City
Felix Diaz surrendered to General Guadalupe Sanchez at Tapicoyan Veracruz state and has been taken to Vera Cruz city where he will be deported on the first steamer with fifty followers. The decree against coup participants in May 1918 murders forces exile.
Sunflower Grows From Maple Trunk In Middletown Yard
In the yard of Mrs. Mary G. De Witt Middletown New York a sunflower grows from a maple trunk. The stem reaches three feet and the bloom will be saucer sized.
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Middletown
N. Y
Mary G. de Witt
Grain cooperative plan committee named by American Farm Bureau
The American Farm Bureau Federation formed a seventeen member committee led by J R Howard to study co operative grain marketing. The group will examine Midwestern elevator associations and western Canadian producers and aims to prepare a plan within two years to reduce handling costs and price fluctuations while ensuring producer costs plus a living profit and steady consumer food supply.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
J. R. Howard
Middle West
Canada
George Livingston
United States Bureau of Markets
H. J. Waters
Kansas City
H. Gustafson
Nebraska Farmers’ Union
William G. Eckhardt
Ilinois State Farm Bureau
C. V. Gregory
American Agricultural Editors’ Association
J. M. Anderson
Equity Co-operative Exchange
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn.; P. E. Powell, Missouri Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association
A. Bingham
Michigan State Farm Bureau
John ©. Boles
Kansas Equity Union
Dr. BE
F. Ladd
North Dakota Agricultural College
North Dakota
L. J. Tabor
Ohio State Grange
Clifford Thorne
Shippers
Chicago
H. R. Melsch
Warmers
National Grain Dealers’ Association
Minnesota
A. L. Middleton
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Ralph Snyder
Kansas State Farm Bureau
Howard
Debate Over 1911 Treaty Termination and Japanese Land Rights
The piece argues ending the 1911 treaty with Japan could force policy shifts on immigration and land ownership. It notes the treaty allows Japanese entry and residence but excludes land ownership, while California seeks measures to curb ownership via corporations for American born children. Governor Stephens says proposed laws wouldn’t conflict with the treaty.
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California
Stephens
Freezing Berries Preserves Fresh Flavor and Value
Government experts announce methods to freeze berries for winter storage. They find frozen berries retain natural flavor, are cheaper than canning, and can support a growing frozen fruit industry. Strawberries raspberries blackberries loganberries blueberries gooseberries currants and sour cherries freeze well below 10 F to 0 F and should be used promptly after removal.
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Department of Agriculture
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Levinsky
Senator Harding
Old King Coal
Des Moines
D. B. Wentz
J. D. A. Morrow
National Coal Association
Oklahoma City
Okla
Enid
Anadarko
Lee Estelle
Lee S. Estelle
Douglas County District Court
Poland
State Department
United States
Japan
Pacific
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