Iowa News Roundup From Des Moines to Cedar Rapids
Des Moines wins 1920 Iowa Association of County Officers convention. Grinnell police seek a stolen Ford. Mrs. Bair of Webster City elected supreme board chair of Royal Neighbors. Painters attend Iowa Master Painters convention in Des Moines. Al Stockham of Stiles dies by self inflicted method in Bloomfield. What Cheer man John Grimes electrocuted on high tension line. Cedar Rapids postal workers seek 3a percent raise amid cost of living. Hartwick to get a new 20 000 bushel elevator by King Wilder Co. prewar Town State Fair resumes streetcar service despite strikes. Mary Hanstrom sues for 50 000 over husband’s Des Moines river drowning blamed on defective bridge rail. Ramsay predicts 400 000 Iowa car registrations next year with 6 million revenue. Professor Jaques finds corn crop damage from garden worm in Newton. Cedar Rapids fall term starts in portable classrooms. new school bid near 1 million was rejected. Weather notes: corn progress above normal with good rains. Winter wheat prep underway. acreage to seed reduced. Sioux City youth Rudolf Knepper advances in national amateur golf at Oakmont. Fort Dodge’s Touts Manis runs Liberty cafe after armistice.
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Des Moines
Iowa Association of County Officers
Grinnell
B. Bair
Webster City
Supreme Board of Managers
Royal Neighbors
Iowa
Iowa Master Painters’ Association
John Grimes
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry
Hartwick
King-Wilder Company
Cedar Rapids
State Fair
Mary Hanstrom
John A. Hanstrom
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Walker D. Hines
United States Director of
East Sixth
Scott Streets
Muscatine
Walter C. Ramsay
Jaques
Iowa State College
Newton
M. Woody
Board of Education
Rudolf Knepper
Sioux City
Oakmont Country Club
Pittsburgh
Touts Manis
Liberty,cafe
Fort Dodge
President Warns Against Raising Wages to Finance Higher Freight
President Wilson and Director General Hines endorse postponing wage settlements until normal price levels return. They urge a truce in wage disputes to cut costs and boost production, noting that a broad wage rise could worsen transportation costs. Shopmen seek 25 percent raises, while proposals shift pay toward ten hours for eight.
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Washington, D
Wilson
Hines
Noted enemy aliens sail from New York for Copenhagen
Deported figures Louis Misnello son in law of Louis I Swift Chicago packer and Dr Karl Muck ex Boston Symphony leader sail from New York for Copenhagen aboard the Frederick VII I I. Muck insists he is American not German and departs as a man without a flag or country amid a bitter mood.
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United States
New York
James Misnello
Louis I
Swift
Chicago Packer
Karl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Copenhagen
Frederick Viti
Muck
Denmark
Ohio Packer Fined for Cold Storage Violation
William G. Fletcher, manager of the Swift & Co local branch in Cleveland, was fined 500 dollars and costs for violation of cold storage regulations in Ohio.
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Ohio Packer
Cleveland, O
William G. Fletcher
Swift & Co
Chicago Packers
Drive Bringing Results in New York Prices Fall
Hoarding of food has decreased and prices are lower as housewives grow more expert in buying supplies amid a campaign against high living costs showing early results.
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New York
Roosevelt on Speaking Tour Across the Midwest
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt continues a speaking tour through the Midwest in an effort to stimulate public interest and rally support for his ambitions. The trip focuses on engaging voters and highlighting national issues as he promotes his platform.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Min‘fle West
Americay
Dundersagl
Palace of Avignon seen through restored medieval eyes
The 1907 removal of soldiers from Avignon’s Palace allows study of its original French Provencal craft. Benedict XII’s chapel and Benedict XV’s White Cardinal turret anchor a building where two thirds reflects Benedict’s plan, with vaults, towers, and hidden stairs revealing the palace’s ancient intent after vandalism and later barracks use.
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Avignon
Froissart
Theodore Andrew Cook
Tarascon
Beaucaire
Department of Historic Monuments
Rhone
Vatican
Eugene Muntz
Maurice Faucon
F. Ehrie
Felix Digonnet
Republic
Teinte Uniforme de
Feuille Seche
Henri Boyle
Provence
Benedict XV
Fort St. Andre
Universal Military Training Bills Filed in Congress
Senator Chamberlain and Representative Kahn introduced identical universal military training bills. The plan mandates all men at eighteen or within two years to undergo six months of military or naval training with pay and full support, plus potential further service for mobilization. Vocational training and naval components are included.
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Ashington
Congress
Chamberlain
Senate
Kahn
California
House
Training Camps Association
Army Officers
Woquld
Kahn-Chamberlain
United States
Army
Navy
Washington Considers Return of Pawnshops After Long Ban
Washington may reopen pawnshops after a 1914 law driven ban. The District’s 400,000 residents saw lenders vanish when rates dropped from 8 percent to 1 percent monthly, pushing many to operate in Virginia. Police back regulated pawnshops to aid theft detection.
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Ashington
Washington
District of Columbia
Potomac River
Virginia
CongressUrges $1.5 Million for Influenza Research
The American Medical Association passes resolutions urging Congress to appropriate 1.5 million dollars to fund investigations into influenza causes, transmission, and prevention. The measure, backed by Rep Fess of Ohio, authorizes use of Treasury funds and joint use of medical staffs from the Army, Navy, and Public Health Service to study influenza and related diseases.
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Poer
United States
American Medical Association
Congress
Fess
Ohio
Public‘health Service
Secretary of the Treasury
District of Columbia
Treasury
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Medical Department of the Army
Medical Department of the Navy
Public Health Service
Two Billion Dollars Bonus for Fighting Soldiers Bill
A House bill by Representative Royal John proposes issuing 2 billion dollars in Treasury bonds to fund extra pay for Army Navy and Marine Corps personnel including nurses who served from April 8 1917 to enactment. Eligible veterans get 80 dollars per month of service with a minimum 240 dollars. those under fire in battles against Germany receive 100 dollars extra. Clerical workers earning over 60 dollars monthly are excluded. Bonds issued under Treasury Secretary direction at a 4 percent rate.
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Treasury Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Royal John
Room Gan
South
Dakota
Secretary of the Treasury
Germany
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Benedict XII
Tour de Trouillas
Tour de la Campane
Benedict
St. Stephen
Pierre Poisson
Mirepoix
Revoll
Pierre du Puy
Musee Calvet
Clement V1
Tour Des Anges
Clement VII
Flying Stag
Alps
Chatelet
Bernard Canelle
Narbonne
Canello
Lena
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