Pope Benedict Near Death Report Widely Circulated
Rome reports indicate Pope Benedict’s condition is grave with pneumonia confirmed by Rome doctors. Cardial Gasparri would preside if the Holy Father dies as the Vatican protocol is observed and prayers rise from Catholic institutions.
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Rome
Associated Press
Witicum
Benedict
Cardinal Gasparri
C Gasparri
Pope Benedict
Vatican
Battistini
London
Four Coaches Derailed On Chicago Milwaukee Line No Injuries
Milwaukee, Wis. Jan. 20 Four teen coaches of the Columbia Limited on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line left the tracks between Pewaukee and Nashotah due to a cracked rail. The coaches stood upright and no one was hurt. A wrecking crew was sent from Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Columbia Limited
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Pewaukee
Nashotah
Blair County boys exceed poultry club goal by $752
Blair county adopts Connecticut style thousand-dollar poultry club under State college and USDA supervision. Six club members from Morrison's Cove started with 645 birds and finished with 32 improved layers, after culling poor stock. They surpassed their $1,000 target above feed costs by $752.74 while studying feeding, marketing, and selection.
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Blair County
Penn
Connecticut
United States Departent of Agriculture
State Agricultural College
Morrison’s Cove
Osceola Girls Top Garden Grove In Tight Contest
Osceola Iowa January 20 Osceola high school girls beat Garden Grove in a fast Tuesday night basketball game. Osceola continued to show strength this season as a rising team. The day’s results also noted Van Wert defeating Osceola C FE 27 to 8 and Lorimer beating Osceola C EB 20 to 9 on separate nights.
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Osceola
Osceola High School
Garden Grove
van Wert
C. FE
Lorimer
C. EB
T J Phillips Ottumwa Mayor Dies After Long Illness
T J Phillips 81 longtime Ottumwa mayor four term mayor and 1904 gubernatorial candidate died at his Ottumwa home after a long illness. Born in Wales the miner later ran coal interests in Wapello Cleveland Lucas counties and central Illinois. He also served one term as commissioner of finance after Ottumwa adopted a commission form of government.
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T. J. Phillips
Ottumwa
Wales
St. Louis
Wapello County
Cleveland
Lucas County
Illinois
Weather Indications For Chicago Over Next Day
Chicago forecast for twenty four hours calls for increasing cloudiness tonight and rising temperatures in the south and extreme east portions. Saturday expected to be unsettled with probable snow in the south portion.
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Chicago
Weather Summary from the Local Observations
Weather report credits Dr H M Stanley with 24 hour observations ending 7 a m noting snow or light precipitation and associated conditions. The brief indicates wintry mix and temperature details typical of a local daily bulletin.
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H. M. Stanley
Crazed suspect shoots patrolman with his own gun
In New York a crazed suspect awaiting sanity evaluation fatally wounds Patrolman Otto W. Motz with Motz’s revolver. Motz, 28, had a wife and two children. the officer died within an hour after being shot in a rear room of the police station.
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New York
Otto W. Motz
Motz
Whaley
Iowa Engineers Elect Officers
The Iowa Engineering society in Sioux City elected officers for the coming year. R. W. Crum of Ames was chosen president and K. Kastberg of Des Moines vice president, with C. B. Nichols of Ames named to the board of directors. More than 500 engineers attended, with many from Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota.
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Sioux City
Iowa Engineering Society
R. W. Crum
Ames
K. (. Kastberg
Des Moines
Nichols
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Burbank and Wife Proclaim Seven New Plant Wonders
Santa Rosa, Cat. Jan. 20 Luther Burbank and his wife announce seven new plant wonders in 1922. Opaline oats shrink hulls improving grain weight and ease of threshing while six other innovations include Peruvian winter grass, a mammoth flowering artichoke, the Mariposa prickly poppy, a Brazilian tomato-like fruit, a super-sweet twelve-row corn, and the orange sunberry. The couple credits his wife with helping in the wardening ventures and notes his ongoing experiments in horticulture.
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Santa Rosa
Cat
Luther Burbank
Burbank
Derbank
Des Moines Trial Reveals Davenport Abused by Officers
George Davenport testifies in the Joe Williams murder trial that county deputies dragged him from his jail cell to the murder scene and threatened him with death unless he confessed. He described being held at gunpoint, prayed, and said Williams is linked to Miss Sarah Barbara Thursdale's watch.
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Des Moines
George Davenport
Joe Williams
Sarah Barbara Thursdale
W. E. Robb
Miss Thursdale
Williams
Miss Thorsdale
Ex Governor Major Indicted in St Louis Financial Scandal
Seven indictments are returned against seven directors of the closed Night and Day Bank and cashier Arthur O Meininger after insolvency. Indicted include former Governor Elliott W Major and William A Allen judge of the St Louis Court of Appeals. All released on bond totaling 257000 dollars.
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St. Louis
Arthur O Meininger
Elliott W. Major
William A. Allen
Western Union Official Dies in Long Beach Hotel
E. E. McClintock, 64, district commercial superintendent for the Western Union Telegraph Company, was found dead in his hotel room in Long Beach California. He had arrived from Denver on January 4 due to ill health.
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Long Beach
Cal
E. E McClintock
Denver
Western Union Telegraph Company
British Chinese dispute over Amoy waterfront land
A dispute between British representatives and Chinese residents in Amoy China centers on a valuable waterfront section. The British firm is building a jetty on filled land, which the Chinese claim belongs to the city. They seek Peking intervention amid protests by local associations and a boycott of the British firm.
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Amoy
China
Peking
Amoy Civilians’ Association
Dakota Bench Bidups Under Fire In Senate Hearing
The North Dakota clean court committee opposing Andrew Miller's nomination to the U S district bench pressed for citizenship verification at the Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing. Miller, said to be born in Denmark, reportedly lacks naturalization records for him or his parents.
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Washington
Clean Court Committee
North Dakota
Andrew Miller
United States
Senate
Toon
Counel
Miller
Denmark
Sioux City Leads in Building Over Iowa
Sioux City topped Iowa in December 1921 building activity, with $691,025 in construction valued there. Des Moines ranked second at $197,780, while Sioux City outdistanced Des Moines and all other Iowa cities.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Des Moines
Frank Sneeskern Released on 25000 Bond in Van Brocklin Case
Decorah Iowa January 20 Frank Sneeskern wealthy cattle buyer was freed on bonds of 25000 while awaiting February grand jury action. He is charged with murder of Mr and Mrs Charles Van Brocklin after two weeks of secret hearings.
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Decorah
Frank Sneeskern
Kneeskern
Charles van Brocklin
Shenandoah Church Names New Pastor McKenzie
Former Iown Minister to take Shenandoah Charge as Rev McKenzie of Blytheville Ark assumes pastorate of the Shenandoah Church of Christ on February 18 succeeding Rev Karstaedt who moves to Visalia California. McKenzie has served at Red Oak Centerville Bloomfield and other towns and is son in law of Mr and Mrs R W Yeeves of Shenandoah.
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Shenandoah, Ta
Harding pledges gains for wheat at tri state growers meeting
Former Iowa Governor W L Harding told the tri state growers convention in Fargo that completion of the Great Lakes St Lawrence deep waterway will boost northwest wheat growers by eight to twelve cents a bushel.
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Fargo
N. 10
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
W. L. Harding
Iowa
tri-State Growers
Fletcher Frvoy Named to Belgium Mission
Washington January 19 The Senate confirmed the nomination of Henry P. Fletcher as minister to Belgium. The vote also confirmed William T. O Toole of West Virginia as minister to Paraguay.
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Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Atute
Belgium
Senate
William T. O'Toole
West Virginia
Paraguay
Platinum Supplied Largely by Russia Before 1914
Russia supplied more than ninety percent of the world’s platinum output prior to 1914, dominating global availability and shaping early 20th century markets for the metal.
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Russia
Several Bankruptcy Petitions Filed in U S Court Here
Several voluntary bankruptcy petitions were filed in the U S district court by farmers and farmers wives in this region. Names include Anson T. Williamson Henry T. W. Hamson John F. Williamson from Fremont county Riverton Iowa Loren V. Lowe Murray Iowa Eldon L Richards Shannon City Lena Wallace Oxceda Clarke county Elmer H Fuller Clarke county Oxceda and Bessie M Puller. Liabilities and assets range from small to six figure sums with exemptions noted in several cases.
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United States District Court
Anson T. Williamson
Henry T. W.hamson
John F. Williamson
Fremont County
Riverton
Iowa
Loren V. Lowe
Clarke County
Murray
Eldon Tl. Richards
Shannon City
Hin
Hin Assell
Wilson G. Wallace
Adair County
Lena Wallace
Elmer H. Fuller
Oxceda
Bessie M. Puller
Shot By Bandit Sues Insurance Firm Over Injury
R W Futter, a member of Sheriff Ed West's posse, wounded in a gun battle with bandits near Murray on October 19, seeks court relief for benefits claimed due to the injuries. The suit names the National Travelers Benefit Association of Des Moines as defendant.
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Caccola
R. W. Futter
Ed. West
Murray
National Travelers Benefit Association
Des Moines
Chamberlain Declares No Early English Election
Austen Chamberlain told Scottish unionists today that no dissolution of parliament will occur until the Irish provisional government is legally established and its equipment completed. The statement refutes rumors of an early general election in England.
Two Escape From Jail In Knoxville Iowa
Knoxville Iowa January 20 Ed Fat Pimegar twenty five and Mell Case twenty four both Des Moines men escaped from the county jail early this morning. Case returned at seven o clock and surrendered but Pimegar remains at large.
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Knoxville
Fat” Pimegar
Mell Case
Des Moines
Case
Pimegar
Abstract of Title To Protect Autos
Atlantac Ia January 26 Establishing ownership of automobiles by abstracts of title similar to real estate will cut thefts by 75 percent, says John M Bennett who has patented a form of automobile abstract. The abstract traces each transfer to prove rightful ownership, and Bennett has organized a company to market the plan.
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Atlantac
John M. Bennett
Bennett
Kansas City Mayor James Cowgill Dies After Conference
Kansas City Missouri January 20. After a meeting with Police Commissioners Matthew A. Foster and John K. Wilson in his office, Mayor James B. Cowgill collapsed and died of apoplexy at age 74.
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Kanasas City
Matthew A. Foster
John K. Wilson
Kansas City
James 8. Cowgill
Cowgill
John Shipley Aged Corning Man Dies at Market
John Shipley an aged Corning resident and former Civil War veteran fell dead at Spencer and Piper's meat market Thursday morning. A physician arrived too late. Deceased was about 94 years old.
Corning to Have a New Grocery Store
Corning Iowa January 20 special to The Advertiser W R Hearn of Des Moines has leased the building formerly used as the post office and plans to open a Cash and Carry self serve grocery store about the first of February Hearn expects to move his family to Corning at a later date
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Corning
Advertiser
W. R. Hearn
Des Moines
Tat
Hearn
Hand Injured While Sawing Wood in Corning
W F McCreedy accidentally cut his left index finger to the bone while sawing wood at Perry James home in Corning Iowa on Wednesday. A local doctor dressed the wound and doctors hope the finger can be saved.
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Corning
Advertiser
Perry James
W. F. McCreedy
Two Negro Soldiers Hanged in France for Assault
L C Magon veteran of the Twenty Eighth Engineers testified to a Senate committee that two African American soldiers were hanged near St Nezaire France in August 1918 for assaulting a French girl who identified them from a 25 000 man camp. He said the men did not receive a fair trial and that the girl’s reputation was that of a loose woman.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Senate
L. C. Magon
Davenport
Iowa
Twenty-Eighth Engineers
St. Nezaire
France
Mason
Gulf States Steel Shares Surge On Market Rumors
Gulf States Steel jumped about 20 points to 5 dollars in a brisk rise, then cooled with a 3 point drop as investors took profits. The stock’s rapid climb sparked widespread market chatter and speculation about its links to broader development plans.
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New York
Juan
Gulf States Steel
Wal Street
Gulf States
Jacerdebe
Henry Pord
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