Young People's Luther League meet in Ames Iowa
Iowa items report events across the state including the Young People's Luther League gathering in Ames from September 9 to 13, a Rock Island depot robbery in Marble Rock netting $100, a new St Mary's church in Nichols ready for dedication, and notable state figures in education religion and commerce. The dispatch covers resignations, deaths, accidents, and forthcoming civic activities with multiple named individuals and locations.
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Young People’s
Luther League of
Iowa
Ames
Rock Island
Marble Rock
William Hayes
Centerville
Romania
St. Mary’s
Nichols
F. Richter
Clinton
Synod of Lutherans
Waverly
T. Saervett
Story City
George Marti
Marti
Wauon
H. W. Raymond
Iowa Chamber of Commerce
H. E. Moss
Nebraska
S. L. Atkinson
Marengo
Chicago
Caroline Elizabeth Sanman
Iowa State College
Susan Brewer
Vinton
Wesley Brewer
Douglas
Arizona
A. O. Phillips
Mason City
Milwaukee Railroad
Rudd
Earl Caddock
Walnut
Wyoming
J. P. Downey
Mitchellville
E. R. Harlan
State Historical Department
Stockport
Samuel Alexander Harlan
Harlan
van Buren County
Towa Farm Bureau Federation
Fair Grounds
Farm Bureau
William Nall
Rock Island Railway
Valley Junction
H. G. Nichols
Grand Jury
J. W. McCaffree
Cedar Falls
Ideal Stock Farm
Waterloo Road
Milton Tostlebe
Tostlebe
McCaffee
Mary Selk
Marian ‘Merkle
Trade in Farm Implements Hindered By 1917 18 Prices
Washington report urges legal action against associations restraining trade in farm implements and calls to reopen the International Harvester case. It notes prices and profits rose beyond costs, while farmers still earned profits as prices rose more. The partial 1918 dissolution failed to curb IH dominance.
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Washington, D. C
International Harvester
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Hhe Commission
Commission
International Harvester Company
McCormick
Deering
Confessions Tie Plot to Wreck Illinois Central Diamond Special
Authorities report confessions from conspirators tied to a planned wreck of the Illinois Central diamond special near Springfield. Nineteen foreigners, labeled communists, were arrested as officials say the scheme aimed to kill all aboard and destroy the sleeper car system to assault the rich.
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Springfield
Bissell
Morris
Obregon elected president of Mexico by large majority
Liberal candidate General Alvaro Obregon of the constitutionalist party won a decisive victory in the September 5 presidential elections. Alfredo Roabley Dominguez, nominee of the national republican party, was his opponent. Turnout was light with no reports of disorders. Rumors of cabinet changes surfaced, but Miguel Alessio Roblez stated resignations occurred and De la Huerta would not pursue changes.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Liberal Constitutionalist Party
Republic
Alfredo Roabley Dominguez
National Republican Party
Miguel Alessio Roblez
de la Huerta
Wheat Growers Pick Price Floor At Kansas City Meeting
Several hundred wheat growers meeting in Kansas City urged a minimum price of 88 1 2 cents a bushel for No 2 wheat and condemned profiting millers. Led by Maurice McAuliff president of the Kansas Farmers union the group invited growers from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska. Resolutions claim seven states show production cost per bushel at 2 75 44.
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Saling
Kansas City
Maurice McAuliff
Kansas Farmers’ Union
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Refuses to Rush Suffrage Case by D C Chief Justice Smyth
Chief Justice Smyth of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia declined to certify the injunction case against the suffrage amendment proclamation for the Supreme Court review. The American Constitutional League had brought the case, seeking sooner consideration in October.
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Washington, D. C
Smyth
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
American Constitutional League
Officials Appeal for Aid in Railroad Strike Sabotage
Chicago officials reported to District Attorney Clyne an organized sabotage campaign by railroad strikers. Engines are stolen nightly and loosed in yards, strikebreakers are beaten, a worker was killed, and strikebreaker families face intimidation while boardinghouse keepers risk bombing if they shelter them.
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Chicago
Tfl
Clyne
Ral
Submarine 85 Rescue Ends After 44 Hours Undersea
The U S S submarine 85 carrying 80 crew members was found off Cape Henlopen and rescued after more than 44 hours submerged. Ensign J Briley Longstaff of O Neill Nebraska and another officer were last to be rescued. A buoy and air hose system aided the ascent as destroyers and battleships converged.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Alanthus
League Island Navy Yard
J. Briley’ Longstaff
O'Neill, Neb
Boston
Baltimore
Cape Henlopen
General Goethals
David J. Moore
Farmington, Conn
lTand
Boy tells of crime in farm murder case
In Defiance Ohio a seven year old boy testified about the death of Arthur Bullock, saying Joshua Botkin beat the child with a heavy tug and held his head in a tub of water. The boy’s frightened demeanor showed the jurors the gravity of the family tragedy as the farmer Botkin faced first degree murder charges.
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Joshua Botkin
Botkin
Arthur Bullock
Botkins
President Wilson Proclaims October 9 Fire Prevention Day
President Wilson issues a proclamation urging state governors to designate Saturday October 9 as fire prevention day and to seek a general public observance. He stresses warning the people about the waste and wasteful fires and the need for individual and collective effort to conserve resources.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
America
Tragic Auto Crash Claims Gretna Girl Tina Stien
Tina Stien, child of Mr and Mrs Chris Stien Milford Neb, was killed when the car she rode in with family overturned into a ditch between Ashland and Gretna. Parents, a brother, two sisters and an unidentified man were injured as the vehicle pinned her under water for 20 minutes.
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Gretna
Neb
Tina Stien
Chris Stien
Milford
Ashland
Inn
Hunger Strikers Refuse Medical Aid in Cork Jail
Eleven hunger strikers remain in Cork jail with two named youths Hennessy and Donovan reported severely ill. Hennessy from Ballingarry Limerick has leg blood poisoning and Donovan from Emly Limerick has a month abscess. They have had no medical care since August 31, only care by fellow prisoners.
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Cork
Ireland
Sean Hennessy
Ballingarry
Limerick
Thomas Donovan
Emly
Hennessy
Donovan
Ling
British Mines Vote to Strike in Britain Referendum
The federal coal miners referendum in London shows a majority backing a general strike. Robert Smillie predicts a complete stoppage of work in British coal fields by midmonth unless the government agrees to wage gains of fifty cents per day and a coal price reduction for the public.
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London
Central News
Robert Smillie
Miners’ Organization
Payne Pushes Reclamation Funds For Shoshone Lands
Secretary of the interior argues a $12,000,000 appropriation could open about 160,000 acres under the reclamation act. He notes two months to begin entry in Shoshone Wyoming and cites the Yakima and Shoshone projects. The Shoshone dam now supplies water for 226,000 acres, with 66,000 more acres ready if canals are funded. Government projects support 40,000 independent-farm families and 2,780,000 acres in reservoirs, employing 400,000 people.
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Ashington
Secretary of the Interior
Wyoming
Payne
Washington
Yakima
Wash
Shoshone
Wyo
United States
Congress
Nationwide drive to round up draft deserters announced
The War Department plans a national slacker list of 173,911 names with a two week window for men to correct records before publication. Adjutant General warns deserters will be arrested and tried, urging cooperation by local boards, patriotic groups, and officials. A $50 bounty for deserters has been suspended due to cost, relying on public spirit to aid searches.
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War Department
the Army
New World Deal in Ocean Cables Seen by Washington
International conference in Washington aims to curb British control of telegraph and cable routes by creating global rules on competition and property rights. The United States, delaying permits, sent five destroyers to Miami to prevent a British cable landing between the United States and Barbados, as tensions rose over sea communications.
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Great Britain
Washington
Pioneer Enterprise
United States
Western Union Company
Miami
Mia
Western Telegraph Company
Barbadoes
West Indies
Daniels
Sir Eric Geddes
The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck
Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, attends Wilson N C school where a Friday declamation prank has a dozen boys prepare the same poem. When the twelfth speaker rises he contemplates breaking a pledge but chooses duty and begins the line “On Linden when the sun was—” before being interrupted by the teacher.
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Josephus Daniels
Wilson
N. G
Linden
Josephus Daniela
Josephus
Harvest prospects brighten across Western Canada
The Winnipeg Free Press notes high optimism as yields rise across the three prairie provinces. Saskatchewan expects about 123 million bushels of wheat, Alberta over 70 million with averages up, and Manitoba harvesting larger crops than last year. Total wheat across the three provinces may reach 250 to 300 million bushels with oats barley and rye all above average.
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Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Battleford
Lloydminster
Manitoba
Freezone Corn Pain Relief Ad Promises Quick Corn Removal
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remedy. A tiny bottle from the druggist is said to instantly stop pain and allow removal of hard or soft corns and calluses between toes without soreness. The copy notes it is affordable and familiar to Boston readers.
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Ee Hawkeye
State News
Toppriges
Obregon
R. R
Sallora
Boy
Lad
Brother
Canada
Winnipeg Free Press
Bean
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