Oakland's first WWI death Ralph Chaney 21
OAKLAND Ia June 28 Ralph Chaney son of W L Chaney and wife of this city died in action overseas after being wounded six weeks ago. He was twenty one, born west of Oakland, moved to town, enlisted in the Marine Corps in May last year after the United States entered the war. He leaves his parents and several brothers and sisters with one brother in the service. The news of his death brought universal sorrow to the town.
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News-Telegraph
Oakland
Ralph Chaney
W. L. Chaney
Marine Corps
America
Benton Pioneer Sarah Jane Spry Dies at 84
Mrs. Sarah Jane Spry a Cass county resident since 1868 died at her daughter’s home near Loreh at 4 p m after a two year plus illness. Born June 10 1840 in Mt Vernon Knox Ohio she married C T Lambert in 1858 and had three children Fidelia Brewer Sarah B Newton and Frank Lambert. She later married Eli ay Spry in 1907. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3 p m from the Atlantic Methodist church with burial in Atlantic cemetery.
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Sarah Jane Spry
Cass County
Loreh
Spry
Ohio
C. T. Lambert
Fidelia Brewer
Sarah BE. Newton
Benton Township
Frank Lambert
Council Bluffs
Lambert
Eliay Spry
Frederick W. Simpson
Atlantic Cemetery
McGovern sells Brayton farm bought last fall
Brayton June 28 T J McGovern has sold the 80 acre farm he bought last fall to Carl Holland for 210 dollars per acre. The deal includes a March 1 settlement andJoin de Niaden farm on R Millarard.
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Tha
Newa-Telefrepl
Brayton
T. J. McGovern
Carl’ Holland
Hertling Conferences After Kuehlmann Speech
Copenhagen June 28 Germanys Chancellor von Hertling is conferring with military headquarters this afternoon. The talks are believed to concern von Kuehmanns Reichstag speech and its implications for policy during wartime.
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United Press
Copenhagen
von Hertling
von Kuehmann
War Savings Drive A Success Des Moines Report
Reports to state war savings headquarters indicate a majority of Iowa counties reached their quotas on National War Savings Day June 28. Five counties Wright Harrison Boone Tama Lucas reported quota completion. others expect to meet or come up shortly. Homer A. Miller urges full national duty, comparing to soldiers over there and stressing timely pledges.
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News-Telegraph
Des Moines
War Savings
Wright
Harrison
Boone
Tama
Lucas
Pocahontas
Kossuth
Dickinson
Buchanan
Dallas
Allamakee
Muscatine
Pottawattamie
Union
Franklin
Appanogse
Wayne
Washington
Benton
Fayette
Jefferson
Keokuk
van Buren
Taylor
Jackson
Homer A. Miller
France
Hell
Wilson
Elk Horn Couple Married Here in Elk Horn
Mauritz Nielsen and Mrs Marie Nielsen both of Elk Horn were married in a Baptist parsonage ceremony conducted by Rev J Arthur Lailey. The groom accompanied by Mr and Mrs P K Pedewaen. The couple will reside in Elk Horn.
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Mauritz . Nielsen
Marie Nielsen
Elk Horn
Oldléck
Pt the Baptist Parenaes
J. Arthur
Lailey
Ir. Cert
P.K. Pédevaen
Jweoom
Elk. Horn
Western Front Quiet as Allies Report Returns Near Marne
Across fronts June 28 reports say French gain northwest of Montdidier and prisoners taken near the Marne. British repulsed a raid south of Arras and raided Amiens successfully. Belleau Wood battles left about 1200 German casualties. Italians note only normal activity. Pershing announces fifty more American decorations, with no Iowans named.
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United Press
Picardy
Montdidier
Arras
Amiens
Marne Front
Marne
Oureq
Belleau Wood
Washington, D. C
Pershing
Moscow Falls to German–backed Forces as Czar’s Uncle Crowned
United Press dispatch from Petrograd reports General Kaledin and Kornilov, aided by Germans, entering Moscow. Lenin and Trotsky reportedly fled to northern Russia. Grand Duke Nicholas, uncle of the former czar, is said to be made emperor.
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Nicholas
Moscow
United Press
Petrograd
Generale Kaledine
Kornliff
Lenine
Trotzky
Russia
Grand Duke
Czar
Grasshoppers Rampant Damaging Cass County Crops
Farmers report widespread grasshopper infestation across Cass county fields. Wheat and oats show heavy feeding with millions of insects observed. some growers report success using poison bran mash to reduce the hopper problem.
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Cass County
Lightning on trousers burns truck driver near Grant
L R Taylor about twenty two runs a truck line to Elliott Washington was severely burned Tuesday when he spilled gasoline on his clothes and tried to light a match on his trousers He rolled on the ground and shed part of his outer garment to extinguish the fire The accident followed transferring gasoline between trucks and hauling hogs from this locality to Elliott Also notes a new son at Mr and Mrs Floyd Grant and medical travel for Mrs Bert Porter plus a sugar substitute demonstration by Miss Bailey in Montgomery County at the M E church with city girls present.
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Newa-Telegraph
L. R. Taylor
Here
Elliott
Nicholas Romanoff reportedly killed in Russia turmoil
Reports from Paris and Kiev claim former czar Nicholas II was assassinated by Bolshevik troops during their retreat from Ekaterinburg. Lausanne confirms a trial and execution of Nicholas Romanoff, with details still spreading.
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Paris
Kiev
Nicholas of
Russia
Ekaterinburg
Nicholas
Geneva
Ukraine
Lausanne
Nicholas Romanoff
No Iowans in casualty list of fifty six
No Iowans are mentioned in Pershing's casualty list today which carries fifty six names of whom twenty four were killed in action.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Pershing
All Work Halted In Dual Monarchy Amid Strikes
Public life slows as the dual monarchy faces widespread halts in work and even newspapers suspend publication. Strikes are led by socialist factions, signaling a broad labor and political upheaval across the realm.
Elk Horn People Do Good Work
The Sol diers' Relief Club has sent fifty sets of shoes and garments to Iowa City for overseas soldiers. Jens Christensen is recovering from surgery at Camp Dodge, with sister Carrie Christensen visiting. Mrs. Sherman from California visits Elk Horn. Miss Leona Johnson, Miss Marie Johnson, and Alma Madsen travel to Denver for summer with other Elk Horn girls. The Ladies Aid met at John P. Johnson home. Old Nels Nelson property house being torn down. work to start next week at Tew home. Mrs. Martin Hall visits from Chicago. her husband is a carpenter here. Master Fred Sorensen of Luck, Wis., visits the Hoegh home.
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News-Telegraph
ELK Horn
Soldiers' Relief Club
Iowa City
Leona
Marie Johnson
Alma Madsen
Denver
Fred Sorensen
Luck
Wis
Wm. Hoegh
Hoegh
Prohibition Rider Carrying War Measure Amendment
Washington D C June 28 Carrying amendment provides national prohibition on the war measure not fully effective until June 20 1910 the 11400 600 emergency agricultural appropriation bill reported late to the senate. The plan is to call it up after the army bill is disposed of. Senator Norris of Nebraska offered the amendment as a substitute for that by Senator from Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Sonatof. Norris
Nebraska
Washington
Martial law expected in Austria Hungarian empire report
Swiss dispatches dated June 28 say the food crisis in Austria Hungary is severe and martial law is expected to be proclaimed momentarily throughout the empire.
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Austria
Paris
Austria-Hungary
Empire
North Dakota crop conditions praised by visiting pastor
The Rev N P Nielgen reports from South Dakota that crop conditions are poor across much of the state. He notes heat and drought have hurt hay and grain and says the overall outlook is bad. He traveled from the city on aVadation trip to assess conditions.
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N. P. Nielgen
South Dakota
John C. Daly Injured in Auto Smashup at Hopley Farm
John C. Daly proprietor of the Pullman hotel sustained serious injuries in an automobile accident this afternoon near Hopley farm and was transported to Atlantic hospital for surgical care. The full extent of his injuries was not yet known.
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John C. Daly
Pullman
Atlantic Hospital
Hopley Farm
Peace demands and reform in Hungary spark strikes
Practically all work halts across Hungary and newspapers pause. Socialists lead the strikers demanding dissolution of parliament, electoral reforms and immediate peace talks as the crisis deepens.
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United Press
Austria-Hungary
Hungary
Masons of Lewis Dedicate Temple in Lewis
The Masons of Lewis completed a Masonite temple and dedicated it with elegant services attended by representatives from twelve neighboring lodges. Grand master C. B. Clovis officiated, address given, three lights of Masonry presented, and the Lewis lodge received the Bible, square, and compass. A bacon dinner followed in the temple dining room, with an evening third degree work by Red Oak lodge members.
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Masons of
Lewis
C. B. Clovis
Iowa
Masonic Hall
Hunt
Grand Lodge of
Town
Clovis
C. B. Osborne
Pymosa Lodge
Atlantic
J .Os Lewis Lodge
H. G. Market
Boece
Lewis Lodge
Red Oak Lodge
Whimsical Wisconsin Notes From Wiota Community Events
June 29 relatives gathered for Claus Bonnholst’s homecoming from a New York training camp. K K club hosted by Mrs. Beebe with out of town guests Mrs. Hartkopf from Atlantic and Mrs. Cavanaugh from Chicago visiting Mrs. Nen dick. Nielsen, former Rothschild elevator manager, has moved to Dawson Indiana for an elevator job. Milas Lucile McRoberts announces a flour substitute demonstration at Beebo restaurant. Baptist Sunday school plans an ice cream social at Jake Christensen’s residence on Tenth and Pine streets this evening. Everyone invited.
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WIOTA
Mro God
Claus Barnholst
Claus
New York
Bert. Beebe
Baptist Sunday School
Jake Christenaen
Tenth
Pine Atreats
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McGovern
R. Millarard
John Molgafrd
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Kuehlmann
Italy
The
Flanders Front
Lenine and
Trotszky
Grant
Mrs. Floyd Grant
Bert Porter
Minnesota
Czar Nicholas
Saya Paria
Darmstadt
Germany
London
Alexis Romanoff
Soldiers’ Relief Club
U. S
Chris Christensen
Jens Christensen
Camp Dodge
Carrie Christensen
Louis Sherman
California
Dr. Larsen
Omaha
James
Ladies Aid Society
John P. Johnson
Nels Nelson
Martin Hall
Chicago
Prohibition
NEW Congregational Pastor
P. N. Bennett
Atlantic Congregational Church
First Congregational Church
Dakota
Masons OF Lewis
New Temple
K. K
Otto Hartkopf
E. C. Cavanaugh
Ora Taylor
Red Oak
Ross Nendick
Mr. Nielsen
Rothschild
Tera
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Milas Lucile McRoberts
Beebo
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