Kendall Calls for 25 Percent Freight Rate Cuts in Iowa
Des Moines reports Governor N. E. Kendall addressing about six hundred Iowa Farm Bureau delegates urging railroads to reduce freight rates by twenty five percent while still earning higher profits than before 1913. He argues extending farmer credit won t solve issues and advocates using foreign interest for corn to aid Armenians. Delegate Peter Pederson pushes a resolution to pressure Congress and the Federal Reserve to inflate currency to restore normal conditions.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
N. E. Kendall
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Peter Pederson
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Bomb Thrown at Tramcar in Belfast
A bomb was hurled at a Crumlin Road tramcar carrying seventy five workers. The driver sped away, and the projectile missed its target. A man and his wife who rushed to the door were killed by rifle fire in the ensuing shooting incident.
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Belfast
Associa
4 Press
Crumlin Road
Exports of Petroleum Products Show Increase
The Commerce Department reports large rises in U S petroleum exports compared with prewar levels. In 1921 crude oil exports rise by about 190 million gallons from 1913 with an over $16 million value increase, while refined products reach about 2.41 billion gallons worth roughly $359.7 million, up from 1.94 billion gallons at $140.9 million in 1913.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Army Officers Testifying in Investigation
Washington D C January 11 Army officers were called by the senate committee probing charges that American soldiers were hanged in France to verify testimony from former servicemen about illegal prosecutions.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
France
Prescott Farm Exchange Holds Annual Meeting
Farmers Cooperative Exchange members in Prescott Iowa elected Frank Brown Jule David and Frank McGreg or as new directors to replace W B James P Daniels and H Bell. The year’s business totaled 214957 56 and Jack Sparr was re elected manager for the coming year.
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Prescott
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Frank Brown
Jule David
Frank McGreagor
W. B James
P. Daniels
H. ©. Bell
Jack Sparr
Five Die From Poisoned Liquor In Hoboken
Five men died today in Hoboken New Jersey after drinking poisonous liquor. Authorities believe the liquor came from sailors aboard an incoming steamship.
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Hoboken, N. J
Weather Indications Foresee Fair, Colder Night
Chicago forecast for the next twenty four hours calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Tonight will be slightly colder with an extreme east portion.
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Chicago
Weather Summary from local observations
Local observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley cover the past 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Data likely include temperature, precipitation, wind, and sky conditions recorded for the reporting area.
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H. M. Stanley
Griffith and His Cabinet Assume Posts
Dublin reports Arthur Griffith and his cabinet today took the offices they were elected to. They acknowledge the need for careful work to avoid pitfalls as the Dail reconvenes on February 4 to ratify the approved pact.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Arthur Griffith
Dail
Sinn Fein Clubs urged to smoke Irish cigarets
London January 10 The Dial Eireann publicity department issued a circular by the minister of labor urging Sinn Fein club members to smoke Irish cigarets and cigars only noting that workers are being dismissed from Irish factories as an enemy effort to recapture Irish trade.
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London
Dial Eireann Publicity Department
Sinn Fein
Eight Escape by Sewer and All are Captured
Eight of the state reformatory prisoners escaped through a sewer at Frankfort Kentucky but seven were recaptured within an hour. The eighth was found two hours later riding in the shirt factory, one inmate already serving a life term for murder among them.
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Frankfort
Kentucky State Reformatory
Old Man Weds Omaha Woman in Coin Nuptials
At Coin Iowa 80 year old William N. Ellis chooses 75 year old Nettie Ballenger of Omaha as his second bride. Ellis has three daughters and a son and their new home will be in Coin after his first wife died six months ago.
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Shenandoah, Ja
William N. Ellis
Coin
Nettie Ballenger
Omaha
Mr. Ellis
Plan liquor investigation in five cities
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes will personally inspect liquor conditions in five cities during January and February. He will visit Baltimore on Saturday, then New York on January 20 21, followed by Bristol Tennessee Indianapolis Indiana and Des Moines Iowa.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
United States
Prohibition
Haynes
Baltimore
Ohio
New York
Bristol
Tennessee
Indianapolis
Indiana
Des Moines
Iowa
Japan agrees to withdrawal of troops from leasehold and Tsingtao
Japanese delegates at the arms conference tentatively agreed to pull troops from the Chinese Kaio Chow leasehold and from the Tsingtao Tsinanfu Railway contingent on China providing policing. They did not set a withdrawal date. railway guard removal may be treated separately. The big five naval committee advanced other elements of the naval limitation treaty, agreeing on most of the text aside from fortifications and annexes.
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Washington D. C
Associated Press
Tsingtao Tsinanfu
China
Big Five
Federal gasoline tax proposed for soldiers bonus
A bill by Rep Bacharach Republican New Jersey proposes a six cent per gallon tax on gasoline paid by producers. The tax would raise about 240 to 250 million dollars yearly to fund cash payments to former service members as outlined in the measure.
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Washington
Bacharach
New Jersey
Hoover Proposed as Director General of Sesqui Centennial
Philadelphia officials propose Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover as director general of the Sesqui centennial exposition with a salary of 100000 a year for five years. The committee of the Philadelphia city council organized the push for the 1926 event led by Councilman Charles B Hall.
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Philadelphia
Hoover
Charles B. Hall
Philadelphia City Council
Army transport Crook in distress reports steady progress to port
Washington January 11 the army transport Crook reported in distress about five hundred miles from New York is continuing to port under its own steam the war department said there is no danger to the troops or crew aboard the ship
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Washington, D. C
Crook
New York
Wa Department
Spanish Troops Prepare Drive Toward Padrius
In Melilla Morocco on January 10 preparations by Spanish forces accelerate for a further advance toward Dardinus. Two columns led by Generals Berrenguer and Cobonellas are slated to begin on Tuesday with the foreign legion and native troops under Colonel Coronel. Tanks have arrived for use in operations.
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Melilla
Morocco
Dardinus
Federica Berrenguer
Cobonellas
Foreign Legion
Coronel
Poison Placed in Mouths of Girls in California Farm Home
Santa Rosa California January 11 Johan a B Halberhauer nineteen year old daughter of a Bellview farmer was found dead in bed early today. Authorities think someone entered her room as she slept and placed poison in her mouth a younger sister awoke and found poison in her mouth an open window was discovered during the investigation.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Johanna B. Halberhauer
Bellview
Pair Who Escaped Reformatory Arrested in Chicago
Lincoln Neb Jan 11 Edward Clayton and Thomas O Grady two of four inmates who escaped last Friday night were arrested today in Chicago and are being held there Superintendent Miller of the re formatory left tonight for Chicago to bring back the men
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Lincoln, Neb
Edward Clayton
Thomas O'Grady
State Reformatory
Chicago
Miller
Reformatory
Girl Turns Oil Work Leader In Stockport
Miss Thelma Estella Rees the 21 year old ex pert pumps a complex oil field with 17 wells near Stockport Ohio She began the rounds with her father J K R Rees for fun until he was crippled by rheumatism and she assumed full charge She also milks cows curries horses and runs the Rees farm as the main boss
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Stockport
Thelma Estella Rees
Misa Rees
J. KR. Rees
Miss Rees
Rees
Prospects Bright For Building Boom In Creston In 1922
Builders in Creston anticipate a strong rise in construction in 1922 after months of national and local business slowdowns. Work already underway includes two new houses on North Division and North Elm streets, a rebuilt barn at the Erickson farm, a large ice house for the Burlington yard, and 58 new streetcars with wiring and posts to upgrade the downtown district, plus several remodeling projects.
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Creston
Bert Hintz
North Division Street
John Seilin
North Elm Street
Peter Erickson
Erickson
Burlington Railroad
German Delegates Summoned on Reparations Payments
Cannes reports Premier Briand to travel to Paris to face opposition criticisms and seek chamber support. German government representatives were summoned before the Allied Reparations Committee to explain inability to meet January and February payments.
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Cannes
France
Associated Press
Briand
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Monks in Middle Ages Owned Nothing of Their Own
The article notes that medieval monks relinquished personal property and possessions, living communally under vows. It highlights the vow of poverty and the communal management of resources within monastic orders.
Fatty Arbuckle Faces Second Manslaughter Trial
Roscoe Arbuckle, known as Fatty, goes to trial in San Francisco for manslaughter in the death of Virginia Rappe. After a hung jury in the first case, both sides anticipate a longer trial with a large jury panel drawn and days required for jury selection.
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San Francisco
Calif
Roscoe
Fatty” Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Luter
Southwest Iowa Retail Lumbermen Convene Here
The Southwestern Iowa Retail Lumbermen’s Association opened its annual convention at the Iowana hotel in Creston with 125 to 159 expected attendees. Sessions featured remarks by H. H. Hatton of Minneapolis and C. G. Wasson of the University of Iowa, with social events and a banquet this evening.
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Southwestern Iowa Retail Lumbermen's Association
Iowana
Iowa
Creston
Lowana
Strand Theatre
Harry C. Cox
H. H. Hatton
Northwestern Lumbermen's Association
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Hatton
CG. W. Wasson
University of Iowa
Wasson
Fr. Crawford
Fullerton Lumber Company
Council Bluffs
Mayflower Guild
Congregational Church
Elks Home
West
Montgomery Street
Hotelowana
Taylor County Lets Contract for Road
The Taylor County board of supervisors in session approved a contract for a new primary road from Bedford west to New Market. The project will connect with the trail to Clarinda and Shenandoah, giving travelers a continuous primary route from Bedford to Shenandoah.
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Bedford
Advertiser
Board of Supervisors of
Tayor County
New Market
Clarinda
Shenandoah
Last of the Cornish tin mines closes after eight months
The Cornish tin mining industry ends its era as the last active mine shuts down eight months after operations ceased. Officials cited dwindling ore yields and market pressures. Local workers face unemployment with hopes for retraining and regional economic support.
Train plunges after embankment collapse near Sciotoville
In Portamouth Ohio the engine tender and freight cars fell down a large embankment near Sciotoville early today. Fireman J. G. Callahan of Russell Kentucky died after being caught in the cab and scorched by scalding water. Brakeman S. B. Caldwell and engineer Louis K. Perry, both of Russell Kentucky, were badly injured and scalded. Collapse of a large fill weakened by rains was cited as the accident cause.
Shipping Board to Move Grain Ships to Russia at Cost
Washington January 11 An agreement was reached today to transport grain to Russia from the United States in the Shipping Board vessels at cost. The plan uses government ships to supply grain to Russia at cost, marking a wartime effort to aid allied supply lines.
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Washington, D. C
Russia
United States
Shipping Board
Market Wrap From Chicago Stains and Stiff Hogs
Market reports show cattle receipts around 7,000 with steers and fat stock strong and feeders up to 25 cents higher. Hogs receipts about 22,000 with barrows and gilts mostly 15 to 25 cents higher. top on 180 to 190 pound hogs about 8.25. Sheep receipts 12,000 with generally firm to 26 cents higher. Chicago grain futures mixed with May wheat around 1.10 and corn near 0.53 to 0.54. St. Joseph cattle and hogs seen higher with cattle 15 to 25 cents up and hogs 25 to 30 higher.
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Chicago
Springs
Lamson Bros. & Cow
Hubbel Bidg
Des Moines
Tel
St. Joseph
Riese
Aksaswtaackser
Local Cash Markets And Odd Historical Notes
Local markets list corn and oats prices, timothy hay and straw values, poultry eggs and birds prices, hides and cream rates. A note cites 1475 disabled WWI nurses in Britain and a claim that Latin ceased in Italy in 53 A D, with uncertain context.
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Great Britain
Italy
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ARMY
Prescott Farm Exchange
Griffith
Lowan
Plan Liquor
Japan
Padrius
Boss
NEA
Cres
Germany
Fatty
Parker House
Rol's Pickles Olives
W. T Shepherd
Harlan
Taylor County
Hreman
JOE Shipping Board Ships For Grains
U. S. Bureau of Markets
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