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Elgin Echo in Elgin, Iowa

10 May 1917

Page 8

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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1917

Page

8

Iowa State News Highlights War Effort And Local Incidents

Iowa students enlist in war service plans and training camps at Ft Snelling while the state raises farm production. Praises for pig show prizes. several incidents include bridge sabotage attempt near Carroll, a burglary at West Liberty High, and a Des Moines student injured in a car crash. Community efforts reach seed potato trade, road building, and Memorial Day planning across multiple towns.

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Webster County State College Ames Chicago Iowa State College Ft. Snelling Girard Sturtevant Park A. Findley Ivan A. Bickelhaupt Lawrance R. Fairall John G. Quigley Frank J. Mulkern Louis F. Jackson Des Moines Holmes Beckwith Grinnell College Loomis O. Black Waterloo Farmers’ Co-operative Kamrar Lydia Ault Shrake McGregor Carroll West Liberty High School State Teachers’ College Oskaloosa Middle West Carlota Herlihy Missouri Valley Allamakee County Watcoma Theo Perry St. Lucas D. J. McClure Bloomfeld Iowa Omaha Neb Nebran- Ake Winton Hazel Chapman Crawford County J. W. Holden Iowa City Chicago, Milwaukee and Iowa Soldier's Home Marshalltown Paul McSteen United States Revenue Collector Dubuque Fort Leavenworth Sioux City Roy Baker Delphos France Fort Madison Santa Fe Boeing James McLaughin Frank Bergman North McGregor Boy Scouts Bergman Island Miséleaippi Valley Iron Co Waukon Earl C. Scott Sam Postville Uuger Red Cross Alta J. A. Isakeon Robert Kennally
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War fears and miscues cross dated world events

A string of terse items details a Haiti leader asking congress for a war declaration against Germany, a Vimy veteran killed in Europe, a Cleveland streetcar labor action, London bombings and blight, a Naples powder disaster, royal succession chatter, executions in Phoenix, Nebraska road meetings, a traveling sales arrest, a Texan murder verdict, wheat price records and panic on the Chicago board, and Jaffa’s Jewish population evacuated by the Turks.

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Artigueunye Haytl Bernt Messige Congress Germany Vun Atter Valparaiso Europe Sanderson Cleveland London Willam Henry James Martin Union Goluiers JeNersen Davis Confederacy Naples N. T Forth Trolsdoort Basle Switzerland Prince Edward Albert of Wales Omaha Harry Hacker Neb Justice Department Marshal Joffre Vivinus France Harry Sponnell Coleman Tex M. GC. Butler Alpine Chicago Board of Trade Jaffa Palestine Ely New York
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Espionage bill passed by House with changed censorship clause

Washington reports the administration espionage bill was approved 260 to 105 by the House with a broadened censorship section placing wide publication bans under presidential proclamation. The provision requires showing a value to the enemy before penalties apply, while the Senate rewrote it to restrict embargo power to cases where American goods reach the enemy.

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Washington Administration House Senate Wilson
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Chile Breaks With Germany Over Diplomatic Dispute

The Chilean minister to Germany has requested his passports and formally threatened to sever relations. An Amsterdam-dispatched Exchange Telegraph report claims the minister hopes to depart within two days if possible, signaling a notable diplomatic rift.

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War Over Europe Urges US Troops as Long Conflict Looms

Edward W. Pickard surveys British and French urging early American troop dispatch. He notes U S entry shifts strategic balance, predicts prolonged conflict, intensified submarine war, and possible large American forces with heavy training back home. Russia, Italy, and Japan figures loom as Allies mobilize and food policies tighten.

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