House Proclaims Peace Conference Results To Wilson
Paris dispatch reports Col. House told President Wilson New Year's morning about a preconference with Premier Clemenceau and an interview with British foreign secretary Balfour. The American delegation says Britain and the United States are in agreement and any differences with the Entente powers will be smoothed over.
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Paris
M. House
Wilson
Clemenceau
Peace Congress
Petit Journal
Chamber of Deputies
House
A. J. Talfour
Memenceau
Balfour
Colonel House
Colonel Tause
Premier Clemenceau
England
United States
Premtor Clemenceau
Yanks Celebrate on Rhine in Occupation Camp
American doughboys in western Prussia greet 1919 with simple, earnest observances. Restrictions kept New Year revelry out of cafes, but Y M C A and Knights of Columbus staged entertainments and a special dinner. Bells, bugles, and brass band music welcomed the new year at dawn.
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Germany
Rhine
New York
Prussia
New England
Knights of Columbus
Five U S Soldiers Seek Berlin First Face Detainments
Five American soldiers from the 125th Infantry who arrived in Berlin without leave attempted to reach the city ahead of others. They collided with the U S military commission handling prisoner repatriation. One man was captured and held while police seek the remaining four.
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Bertin
Jan
Berlin
125Th Infantry
Coblenz
American Military Commission
Refuse Phone Rate Raise Denied by Commission
State railroad and warehouse commission denies the application by Tristate Telephone and Telegraph and Northwestern Telephone Exchange for higher rates in Minnesota. The ruling States wage increases can be granted without raising rates, and the commission rejects the companies’ request.
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State Railroad and Warehouse Commission of
Minnesota
St. Paul, Minn
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Tristate Telephone and Telegraph Company
Northwestern Telephone Exchange’ Company
Rtate
Me Commission
Cadet Stephen M. Bird Dies at West Point
Cadet Stephen M. Bird of Galveston Texas, aged nineteen, died at the cadet hospital at West Point after a self inflicted gunshot wound. Officials said he was alone in his room when he reportedly suffered temporary mental disturbance and shot himself through the breast.
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Kille Self
West Point
N. Y
I Stephen M. Bird
Galveston
Tex
Schooner Geneva Kathleen Stranded Off Virginia Coast
A three masted schooner Geneva Kathleen en route from Nortels to Boston is stranded on a sandbar ten miles south-southwest of lifeguard station No 154 Virginia. The crew remains aboard with no immediate danger.
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Lewes
Del
Geneva Kathleen
Nortels
Boston
Ottumwa Bars Textbook Propaganda in Schools
Ottumwa public schools will drop the Nearing and Reed Burch textbook Elements of Economics after this semester due to its one sided socialist treatment. Superintendent H E Blackmar ordered discontinuing use and criticized Nearing as a socialistic agitator while noting a five year contract with McMillan remains two and a half years. The Ottumwa Courier editorialized on the Nearing issue.
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Ottumwa, van
Ottumwa High School
Scott Nearing
H. E. Blackmar
Ottumwa
Nearing
Henry Reed Burch
Blackmar
McMillan Company of
New York
Ottumwn High School
Ottumwa Courier
Help Wanted in Remming Handkerchiefs
Junior Red Cross needs three hundred handkerchiefs hemmed by January 11th. Army rural teachers with Girl Red Cross members may obtain supplies from the County Superintendent's office. Also notes on socialization in school texts and a list of local sales and ads including potatoes and coal listings.
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Red Cross
Army
Alcohol for cars at Star Garage price per gallon
A brief notice announces alcohol for automobile use at Star Garage offered at one dollar per gallon. The item appears in a compact ad style with limited details and street reference.
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Star Garage
Milch cow for sale fresh recently at 7617
For sale one good milch cow fresh lately call morning or evening at phone 7617. Also for sale chickens weighing about three pounds suitable for frying.
For Rent Multiple Four and Five Room Homes Listed
A series of rental notices outline several properties available in town. Listings include four room houses on Madison Street and West Madison, a five room modern cottage with a garden, a three room unit suitable for light housekeeping, and a nine room furnace-equipped house with a large garden. Contact details include phone numbers and a realty firm W D Garmoe and Son.
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Madison Street
Jacob Scheffel
Adams St
R. N. Slimmer
Libertyville
Iowa
W.D. Garmoe & Son
Wanted Agents for Fairfield Iowa Grand Union Tea Co
Wanted agents for Fairfield Iowa to sell Grand Union Tea Co products. Ottumwa Iowa address 222 E Main St. Also advertise 1,000 batteries for winter storage offered by Hannah Auto Company with battery service in charge of G M Doughty, formerly of Willard Service Station, urging not to let batteries freeze and promising full return of life.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Grand Union Tea Co
Ottumwa
E. Main St
G. M. Doughty
Willard
Hannah Auto Company
Glen Daughty
Willars
Studebaker
Lost and Found and Estray Notices
Found a yearling heifer taken up on Christmas day and a two year old Jersey heifer to inquire with Fred Lathrop at phone 3732. Also lost is a bill book with checks and bills between Power Coal Yard and the L A Power residence, call 532 or 141.
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Fred Lathrop
Power Coal Yard
L. A
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U. S
Russia
Thoma & Thoma
A. J. Boyd
T. T. Stuckey
Cedar Mine
G. B. Parsons
Loren White
People's Column
C. J Kessel
Old Behel Place
T. B. Allender
Wm. Brawner
Bee, Me Seni
Eveready Battery
Hannah
Frank D. Kerrick
Tribune
Jonn
Davies
Daily Journal
Mall
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