Flames Destroy News Telegraph Plant In Fire At 9 AM
Fire swept the News Telegraph plant and offices in a three story Odd Fellows building this morning at nine. Flames spread through the basement threatening the three story structure and caused thousands of dollars in damage. Firemen battled a seething furnace amid piles of paper and ink while a boy employee narrowly escaped. The Hawkeye Printing Co offered its plant to help print until repairs. News Telegraph expresses thanks.
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Hawkeye Printing Co
News-Telegraph
Odd Fellows
Trarley Garside
Hawkeye Printing Company
Thanks, Men
The News Telegraph thanks the Atlantic fire department for their long and hard work at this morning s fire. They never let up until the fire was out and the paper praises the team as perhaps the best in the state with a shout of ten thousand thanks.
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News-Telegraph
Atlantic Fire Department
Atlantic
WIFE MOTHER COURSE OPENS AT IOWA CITY
Housewives from Iowa and neighboring states gather in Iowa City for a two week opening session of a wives and mothers course. Helen M. Bernett of the collegiate bureau of occupations will lead discussion on choosing a profession for daughters. Sarah Breckenridge of the University of Chicago and Isa bel Bevier of the University of Illinois will address sessions along with Mrs. F. W. Young and Mrs. B. F. Langworthy.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Helen M. Bernett
Collegiate Bureau of Occupations
Miss Bernett
Sarah Breckenridge
Home Economics
University of Chicago
Isabel Bevier
University of Ilinois
Mra
FW. Young
B. F. Langworthy
Protestant Ireland Debates Women Suffrage at Synod
At the annual Protestant Episcopal Church synod in Dublin the question of woman suffrage was debated and defeated. The Bishop of Ossory and Judge Wakely urged voting rights for women, citing wartime capacity, but Archbishop Bernard and many lay representatives opposed. The clergy favored suffrage while the lay order narrowly opposed. the issue is likely to be renewed.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Protestant Episcopal Church In
Bernard
Americans Show Them How About Athletics
Associated Press reports that French athletes have adopted a serious training regimen after American soldiers showcased athletics. About 250 French athletes from across the country are quartered at the Joinville gymnasium near Paris for intensive drills in preparation for the Inter-Allied games at Pershing Stadium from June 22 to July 8.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Ecole Normal de Gymnastique Et d’ Bacrime de
Joinville
Perishing Stadium
Famous Diamond Sparks International Dispute Over Heirloom
Vienna reports a fresh twist in the Italy Austria art dispute as it claims former Emperor Charles took the famed Florentine diamond to Switzerland. Professor D Ancona traced the gem from Medici heirs to Pierre ducal hands and to Rome, noting Austrian surrender could not injure Vienna's collection.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Italy
Austria
Charles
Switzerland
J Ancona
Florence
Anna Maria Medici
House of Austria
Leopold
Charles I
D'Ancona
Legerd
Gransan
Charles “of Burgundy
Duke of Milan
Rome
Ferdinand Merlici
Hofburg
D’ancona
Carres Norident
Ifm
Himnerer
Three Hundred Receive U S Degrees at Ames Iowa
Three hundred graduates of Iowa State College received degrees today in Ames. President Raymond A. Pearson presented diplomas after Major General William Black delivered the commencement address. Festivities began with Dr Rowland Hanson of Des Moines giving the baccalaureate address. Reunions and class dinners preceded the ceremony.
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United Press
Ames
Towa State College
Raymond A. Pearson
William Black
Rowland Hanson
Des Moines
R N A Meet Tomorrow At City Auditorium
Royal Neighbors of America gathered in Atlantic for a day of instruction hosted at the city auditorium. Sessions begin 9 20 in the morning with Red Oak Elliott Carson Oakland and other southwest Iowa towns represented. The program includes singing America invocation welcome remarks officer seating initiation transfer installation and a password drill followed by a dance in the evening.
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Atlantic
Lown
City Auditorium
Red Oak
Elliott
Carson
Oakland
Corning
Iowa
America
Clifford W. Pence
Montenegro in Pitiable State Amid War Hardships
From Paris dated May 15 a report depicts Montenegro in ruin destitution and shellfire. American Red Cross bread and soup relief feeds thousands while nurses care for dozens daily. Malaria tuberculosis hunger and cold afflict towns. hospitals assist hundreds. foreign hostility limits aid and American Red Cross personnel staff operations.
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Paris
Montenegro
American Red Cross
Prince Mink Son
Ring
Port Amesitan
Red Cross
Niksieh
France
Cass County Lays First Wool Carload Shipments
A carload of wool from Cass County, organized by the Cass County Wool Growers’ association, will depart from Atlantic today to the National Wool Warhouse Storage Co. The shipment totals about 245000 pounds from sixty growers. Wool will be graded in Chicago and sold by grade to ensure fair value.
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Cuts Co
Casas County
Atlantic
National Wool ‘Warshouse
Cass County Wool Growers’ Association
Chicago
Wills Filed for Probate in Cass County Court
Two wills, those of Mrs Maggie Samson and Mrs Evaline S Curtis, admitted to probate in Cass County Probate Court. Jesse W Sunigan named executor of Samson will and Jas G Whitney executor of Curtis will.
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Maggie Samson
Evaline S. Curtis
Cass County
Jesse W. ‘Sunigan
Bosnia Stricken by Typhus Raging Across Region
May 5 report from Spalato notes typhus spreading in Bosnia and Herzegovina with official counts underestimating cases. Doctors face resistance from Mohammedan communities and widespread mistrust. authorities close moving picture houses and plan medical certificate checks for rail travel amid a nationwide plague threat.
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Spalato
Bosnia
Nerzegovina
Americcan Red Cprute
Membu
Toovey Pand Vn
Am- Nean
Villa of Roses Named For German Diplomat’s Return
The Pineian hill villa is called Villa of Roses for its vast and varied bloom. The garden boasts Italian orange roses, the rosa novii, and a huge array of red, white, pink, and yellow varieties. Gardeners tend the plants daily as plans to return to Italy await a peace decision.
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Ssociated
Une
Prince von House
Pineian
Horpice
America
Cardener
von Paslow Villa
1500 French Blinded During War Provokes Clarification
Paris dispatch reports a deputy claiming 20000 French war blinds, a correction limits the number to 1500. Also a misprint about Flag Day music is corrected naming performers Tra Hubbell and J A Saly, while Drew N Cockshoot returns from France with the 88th division for a visit.
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Attorney' Cockshoot
Drew N. Cockshoot
France
Air Monster Comes Sunday at Mineola
Active preparations for the reception of a giant air dirigible are underway in Mineola New York. Ten concrete mooring masts will hold the craft seven feet square and eight feet deep. Roosevelt field is the landing site with no hangar available for the airship.
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Mineola
L. L
Roosevelt Field
England
United States
Prescat
Millions of Rations Sent to Macedonian Refugees
The Balkan Commission of the American Red Cross in Kavalla, South Va and Greece reports millions of rations and garments issued to refugees over two months. About 48,440 rations and 30,445 pounds of food were distributed at Kavalla, with thousands fed daily in Drama. Aid went to Greeks Serbians Slavs Armenians Catholics and Jews. Total rations near one hundred thousand.
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Kavalla
Macedonia
Balkan Commission
South Va
Greece
Isinyehiste
Fred Hein
Parsons
Drama
Nyo
Sinsiley
Macenia
Ted
Catania touted as Mediterranean hub and trade link
Catania, Sicily, June 18. Hopes rise that Catania will become the Euro of the Mediterranean as peace treaties promise stability. The city aims to host a warhouse and distribution center for vast commerce beyond the Black Sea, linking eastern and western Europe and serving Spanish, French, Italian, Balkan, and African trade routes.
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EU Associated Press
Catania
Sicily
Mediterranean
Europe
Black Sea
Strateic Point
Venice
Mediterranein
Strait of Gibraltar
Aberdeen visitor with daughter to spend summer with grandfather
Mrs. Vern Acton of Aberdeen South Dakota is visiting her father John Schulz and other relatives. She is accompanied by her young daughter Hazel who will spend the summer vacation with her grandfather. Mrs Acton plans to return home Monday.
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Vern Acton
Aberdeen
S.—D
John Schulz
Hazel
Mrs Scott Clark Hosts Whist Tribute for Fairfield Guests
Mrs Scott Clark entertained last evening at bridge whist in honor of Mr and Mrs Don McGiffin of Fairfield Illinois. The latter is a daughter of Mrs Clark and the event celebrated family ties with informal friendship and social mingling.
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Scott Clark
Bridge Whist
Don McGiffin
Fairfield, Ill
Clark
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Aby United Press
Protestant Ireland
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U. S
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Balkan
Amy Medical Department
Elks Home
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Tra ‘Hubbell
J. A. Saly
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island
Castania
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