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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1917

Page

8

Iowa News Items From War Era and Local Calamities

Iowa reports include a dramatic Thirty fourth division review in Deming New Mexico with Governor Harding praising the troops Des Moines arrests of Austrian and Polish suspects in anti war statements Ida Grove Liberty War League forms to fund war bonds and Red Cross drives Sioux City knitter Betsy Bethelsen earns praise for wartime service Marble Rock Red Cross sale shatters records Great Western collision in Des Moines leaves one dead and another dying plus local fires and arson probes and a note on Grinnell students in France.

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News Review Of The Past Week War Updates From Europe

Edward W. Pickard reports on Wilson and Lloyd George urging speed in American war efforts, a shakeup in the War Department, and new naval and shipping concerns. He details Russo-German peace talks, Bolshevik resistance, and continuing fronts in Italy and the east, plus British public anger over raids and shipping losses. Figures include House and Senate inquiries, Goethals and Wheeler shifts, and policy shifts amid global conflict.

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Imprisoned Six Days In A Well At Burns Ore

Two men William Carroll and Robert Koontz were trapped 80 feet below ground in Carroll's well near Burns Oregon. After rope failure Carroll fractured both legs, Koontz failed to reach the top but he clawed up a wall, and a passerby finally alerted help. Koontz rode eight miles to fetch a doctor while Carroll received treatment, and Koontz recovered quickly.

Burns Wiliam Carroll Robert Koontz Carroll Ore Koontz Carroll Kinnell Carrot Konitz Bit Hen Weaver Tie

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