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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1922
Page
1
A proposed general officers board would prune ineffective high rank officers, urged by General Pershing. Other items note Rep. Simeon D. Fess's reelection as GOP chairman, and Ed Morris Dearing to Portugal as minister.
Rome, Jan 21 Pope Benedict XV died of pneumonia after a long illness. He had sought to end the war since his election in 1914 and faced delirium and weakness as physicians fought to sustain him. Cardinals and monks prayed at his bedside as the Vatican prepared last rites and his death brought a solemn scene in St Peter's Basilica.
Pope Benedict XV, rising to supreme head of the Catholic Church on September 6, 1914, faced World War I with repeated peace appeals. He urged negotiations after Belgium’s violation, the Lusitania sinking, and sought US mediation with Wilson. His most noted plea was on August 8, 1917. The pontiff also guided the Vatican through the peace conference and the Irish question, while his health deteriorated with lung infection beginning in January.
Berlin January 21 preliminary action was taken by the finance committee of the imperial economic parliament to reorganize the reichsbank. A 12 member committee will draft a charter to increase independence from government oversight, convert the bank into a stock company capitalized at a billion marks, and require currency issuance backed by a gold reserve with government appointed president.
A collection of short notices reports Beaman of Marshalltown leaving 53000 for poor women and children, a Walainsburg man and a Charles City couple suffering losses by theft in Los Angeles. Edits note farm salary cuts, school dedications, and several suicides. Local crime and public works items include a hydro plant plan for Ottumwa, oil company sale, veterans pledge drives, and sheriff deputy changes.
A correspondent notes more extreme lines from contemporary novels. One passage describes laughter dropping from lips as a dead bird. Another depicts breath in the ear as gouts of blood.
An odd newspaper item urges readers to use Cuticara Oint for skin issues then bathe with Cuticara Soap and hot water. It advises drying gently and dusting on a fragrant powder, priced at 25 cents each, followed by a brief courtroom exchange.
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