Soldiers' homecoming set for Cass County July 4
Atlantic Commercial club directors vote unanimously to hold the Cass county soldiers' homecoming on July 4. They reject resignations of Washer and F. Anderson from the executive committee and thank the trio for their work. The event will align with the Fourth of July celebration by the Atlantic band, with plans to entertain the soldiers developed immediately.
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Anderson
Atlantic Band
Sosning Atlantic
New Communist Government Aims in Austria Hungary
London June 12 A commun ist government is to be projected in Austria Hungary with promise of immediate success, according to information in government circles here. The best information indicates about forty per cent of the Austrian army as bolshevik. The communists expect to ally with the Hungarian communists whose recent military successes are strengthening them. The Austro-Hungarian situation as a whole is decidedly serious.
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Associated Press
London
Austria-Hungary
McGregor Man Drowns After Pearl Hunt Near McGregor
McGregor Ia June 12 After a four day search the body of Pearl hunter John Varva was found by fishermen in mid channel a few miles south of McGregor He had been a fisherman and clammer for twenty two years on this part of the river and was worth about 25000 He was returning to his home St Prarie du Chien with his motorboat heavily loaded with clam shells when his boat swamped by waves from an excursion party of Campion college students aboard the boat
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Mcgregor
John Varva
Varva
St. Prarie du Chien
Campion College
Adair-E V Booth taps water main for city
City plumbing inspector Adair E V Booth was at Adair yesterday tapping one water main for the municipality. A rental notice advertises a front apartment over Stier Grocery Company with four rooms and new improvements. Mason factors Morrow at Stier Grocery Co.
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E. V. Booth
Atlantic
Stier Gro. Oor
Stier
Rebel forces near Juarez prepare for federal attack
By Associated Press Juarez Mexico June 12 with the advance guard of General Angel ed movies forces reported only a fe ier must of the city the Federal pir rison prepared for an attack today Many civilians fled across the border
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Associated Press
Juarez
Mexico
Angeled
Rock Island Judgment Hits $82,581 in Collision Case
Judgment rendered against the Rock Island for $82,581 covering injury to Union Pacific passenger John A. Moore who sued for 150,000 after a sideswipe in Omaha yards in 1914. Moore settled with Union Pacific for 50,000. Union Pacific then pursued Rock Island for repayment. Moore later left Omaha for Louisiana and faced a separate shooting incident later dismissed as self defense.
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Union Pacific
John A. Moore
Omaha
Moore
Union Pacific J
Nebraska
Louisiana
Consolidation Debate Grows in Wiota and Surrounding Areas
School consolidation is being discussed in Wiota and nearby rural districts with favorable views from proponents forming a “friends of the plan” group. Opponents are weakly organized, while heated exchanges occur in Brayton Bear Grove Fletcher Chapel and Griswold areas, where collapse of the consolidation effort has been delayed and opposition remains substantial though not unified.
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Friends of Plan
Brayton
Wiota
Friends of Consolidation
Friends of
Bear Grove
Fletcher Chapel
Griswold
Brotherhood Picnic Postponed by Rain
Due to rain the Brotherhood of the First Congregational Church postponed the picnic planned for yesterday afternoon. The event, to be held at Edward Dallinger’s home east of the city, included men from the Brotherhood and the congregation with their families.
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Edward Dallinger
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Turkish Delegates Arrive With Ottoman Representatives in Paris
Paris June 12 Turkish peace delegation arrives in Paris accompanied by a French naval officer. No official reception was given. Discussions include a plebiscite in Upper Silesia under defined conditions and a note on reparations from Austrian head Karl Renner. Officials race to finalize the League of Nations occupation army section of the reply to German counter proposals, with a slim chance of finish by tomorrow.
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Paris
Aua
Teiana
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Silesia
Associated Press
Karl Renner
League of Nationa Armies
Lepper's 98,000 Mile Postal Service Sets Record
After nearly nine years as mail carrier on the Atlantic Cumberland route, John H. Lepper logged about 8 000 miles and served eight years and eleven months without a missed day. He delivered six days a week, thirty five miles daily, through floods and deep snow, always on time. Lepper resigns July 1 and is succeeded by J M Ebsen, who recently moved to Atlantic.
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Cumberland
John H. Lepper
Lepper
J. M. Ebsen
Fiotd
Allld
Happy Hopper Hurt at Buffalo in Car Incident
Sidney Happy Hopper of Atlantic was struck in Buffalo New York while en route to Camp Mills. Reports say he suffered arm and leg bruises but no serious injury and he continued his journey after the mishap.
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France
Co. M
Sidney
Happy) Hopper
Buffalo
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Hopper
Camp Mills
Fred Hopper
Braids
Yankee Sunk Off Fire Island After Night Collision
New York June 12 The steamship Yankee operated by the U S Shipping Board sank at 3716 this morning off Fire Island after colliding with the Italian steamship Argentina late last night. The crew was taken aboard the Argentina. Soldier Home Corp. Glenn Hope, son of William Hope, has returned from France where he served with the 88th division. He saw a great deal of both France and Germany while in Europe.
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Associated Press
New York
Yankee
U. S. Shipping Board
Fire Island
Argentina
Soldier Home—Corp
Glenn Hope
William Hope
France
88Th
Germany
Europe
Armenians urged to share burden of relief work in Trans Caucasus
An American observer in London urged that relief duties in Trans Caucasus be shifted from Armenians to wealthy Armenians. He noted Armenians and Georgians seek to entrench influence amid post war decisions and cited disputes over rail cars as ill founded ownership, with American aid remaining essential.
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Armenia
Associated Press
London
Trans-Caucasus
America
Tiflis
Erivan Republic
Elliott to Host Weeklong Fourth of July Celebration
Ira Paschal, attorney, says the town will stage a week of events including a soldiers welcome, homecoming of former residents, and Independence Day observances. A carnival and other attractions are planned, aiming to be the biggest town event yet. Also noted is the discharge and homecoming of Wallace D. Fackler from the 88th Division.
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Hiliott
Ira Paschal
Atlantic
Paschal
U. S. Title to Interned German Ships in Doubt
Paris June 12 The American title to the interned German ships appeared in question amid shipping disputes involving Japan France Italy and Brazil Italy is the main obstacle to a clear title though no error is evident.
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Paris
United States
Japan
France
Italy
Brazil
Butler Carey Wedding Incites Quiet Atlantic Ceremony
Yesterday in Atlantic at the home of Mr and Mrs M H Butler the marriage of Miss Zola Butler to Mr Bertrand Carey was performed by Rev F W Simpson with Sousa’s wedding march guiding the processional. Attendants were Miss Esther Butler and Roy Odem. The bride wore white net and a tulle veil with a shower bouquet. the bridesmaid wore pink with ophelia roses. A wedding dinner followed. the couple will reside at 810 East Fifth Street. The bride, a 1914 Atlantic high school graduate, taught at Jackson School last year. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs John Carey of Winnipeg, is employed at Stranger Johnson manufactory.
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East Fifth Street
Miss Zola
Bertrand Carey
Sousa
F. W. Simpson
Methodist Church
Esther Butler
Roy Odem
H. Butler
Atlantic High School
Jackson School
John Carey
Atlantic
Winnipeg
Canada
Stranger & Johnson Manufactory
Fifth Street
Mason City Man Is Grand Master
W A Westfall of Mason City was elected grand master by over 300 votes at the Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge meeting in Cedar Rapids. Lee Parvin was chosen grand secretary and D L Clark grand treasurer. the gathering approved meeting next year in Fort Lodge. The jubilee elder Nathan Scofieldt, 91, attended, noting fifty years as a Mason, with a long river rail journey from Iowa City to Des Moines era.
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Cedar Rapids
Masonic Grand Lodge
W. A. Westfall
Mason City
J. A. West
Des Moines
Lee Parvin
D. L. Clark
Newton
Grand Lodge
Fort Lodge
Nathan Scofieldt
Pocahontas
Iowa ‘City
Keokuk
Mississippi
Dubuque
Manchester
Iowa City
Former congressman dies at Missouri resort
Jas. AJ Tawmey, former congressman and once chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, died at Excelsior Springs Missouri according to family advisories. In district 7 southeast of Lewis the proposal to build a new school was decisively defeated by a 26 to 3 vote. A new school building is being rerected southeast of Marne.
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Associated Flags
Winona
Minn
AJ Tawmey
House
Excelsior Springs
Lewis
Marne
Knox Resolution Records Senate Stand on League Covenant
The Senate shifts from the leak probe to a Knox resolution declaring indefinite terms on the League covenant. The Foreign Relations Committee reported an amended form, striking the clause about American policy to cooperate if Europe’s peace is threatened, with a vote not expected until tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
League of Nations
Foreign Relations Committee
Knox
Washington
Knoxs
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Telegraphers Ordered to Cease Handling Commercial Business
Chicago June 12 Officials of the wire companies report the strike of telegraphers near an end with 14 000 to 20 000 operators quitting nationwide and thousands more expected. St Louis June 12 An order to discontinue handling commercial wire company business after Saturday morning affects 80 000 railroad operators. Des Moines June 12 The local telegraphers union ousted John Wilson for saying the union is not effective. Western Union reports ten men out, the union claims double that number.
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Associated Press
Chicago
J. Konenkamp
Usion
ST. Louis
Order of Rairoad Telegraphers
E.J. Manion
United Press
Des Moines
Union of Telegraphers
John Wilson
Western Union Today
Elk Club Dance and Card Night Invite
Community notice invites elk members and families to attend tonight's dance and card games at the Elke Club, urging attendance and participation.
Attention Service Men Elks Club Event Tonight
Returned service men are invited to be entertained by the Elks at the Elks Club tonight with dancing and cards. Ladies are invited.
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Elke Club
The
Elka Club
Kryptok Lenses Offer Dual Vision in One Frame
Optometrist Frank D. Larsen promotes Kryptok lenses as a single solid glass solution for distance and near vision with no obtrusive line. He notes thorough examinations and a long-standing patient-focused policy, working with Hallmark Jewelers Crowley E, Cole & Co. to provide these glasses.
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Kryptok
Frank D. Larsen
Hallmark Jewelers
Crowley E, Cole & CO
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