Keystone coal refunds ordered after $4.00 per ton sales
Des Moines federal fuel administrator Dr. H A Garfield orders Keystone Coal Mining near Valley Junction to refund buyers the $1.05 per ton excess over the government price of 2.95. Manager T W Carpenter cites about 10 000 dollars to be refunded and notes retail mining profits prompted by location. Authorities urge compliance and filing proofs by December 10.
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Des Moines
H. A. Garfield
Keystone Coal Mining Company
Valley Junction
Charles Webster
Iowa
T. W. Carpenter
Keystone
Dr. Garfield
Keystone Company
Wilson
Garfield
Mr. Carpenter
Federal Trade Commissioner
Federal Coal Commission
German Raider Seeadler Steals Fire Power and Crew
The German raider Seeadler under Count von Luckner roamed the Pacific. It captured the American schooner Manila and dynamited it after taking prisoners. In August the raider seized boats and a wireless setup on Mapeha Island and headed for the Cook or Fiji Islands. After multiple captures including the Lutece crew and Manila captain Smith, several men were marooned on Mopeha and others reached Pago Pago.
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Captuti v Ats
Graft von Luckner
Slade
Ning
Johnson
San Francisco
Smith
Manila
Mopeha
Cook Islands
Fiji Islands
Count von Luckner
Mapehn Island
Papeéte
Ato
Kling
Lutece
Tahiti
Pago Pago
Mopehna Island
Seeadler's Cruise Exposed Seventeen Ships Captured
Navy reports tell how the German raider Seeadler seized 18 vessels in the Atlantic and four in the Pacific after disguising as a Norwegian ship. Capt. Haldor Smith of the R. C. Slade recalls the encounter on June 17, 1917, as the raider towed away his crew and destroyed the Slade with dynamite in the masts.
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Clever Rose
Atlantic
Bremen
Smith
Pacific
Dancer Eva Vavailiere Becomes a Carmelite Nun
Mile. Eva Vavailiere a familiar Parisian stage figure from the Varieties theater has left the stage to join the Carmelites. She has sold her furnishings and divided her dresses furs and jewels among friends as she prepares for the religious order.
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Mile
Eva Vavailiere
Theater Des Varieties
British Get Honor Stripes for War Service
London reports the War Office will issue service chevrons to all soldiers who served overseas in the great war. A red chevron for 1914 era service and a blue stripe for service begun after 1914, with an extra blue stripe for every 12 months total. Officers and privates to wear the stripes.
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London
War Office
Velvet beans repurposed as coffee substitute in Quitman
In Quitman Georgia velvet beans are being used as a coffee substitute after a hotel announced to traveling salesmen that the post-dinner coffee was made from velvets beans. A guest claimed expertise as a connoisseur after trying the third cup and praising the brew.
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Quitman, Ga
Typhoid Vanquished in France Says Physician
Paris reports that typhoid fever has been eliminated as a military threat in France through universal vaccination led by Professor Vincent. The Belfort district shows zero cases after early mass vaccination, while overall deaths and cases dropped sharply as mandatory inoculation expanded.
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Belfort
Paris
France
Vincent
Landoury
Val de Grace
Wealthy men among conscripts in Camp Travis unit
San Antonio reports the 90th division in training at Camp Travis shows high per capita wealth with an average Liberty Bond subscription of 105 dollars and many recruits from rich backgrounds. Five men are worth 500000 dollars, twenty can sign 100000 dollar checks, forty two hold property over 10000 dollars, and one heir to a 3000000 dollar estate is noted among 983000 men on rolls. Over 400 young men start real work while remaining over twenty one and enjoying camp life.
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Iowa
Adjutant General's Department
Washington
Hven
Frank Lyman
Adjutant General’s Office
Sioux City
Des Moines
Waterloo
Union County
Montgomery County
Buena Vista
Butler
Delaware
Franklin
Guthrie
Greene
Hamilton
Hancock
Howard
Kossuth
Page
Poweshiek
Warren
Woodbury
Adair
Allamakee
Boone
Bremer
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Calhoun
Cass
Cerro Gordo
Cherokee
Clayton
Clinton
Dickinson
Emmet
Fremont
Grundy
Harrison
Jones
Linn
Lucas
Lyon
Monroe
Osceola
Pottawattamie
Ringgold
Sac
Scott
Story
Webster
Winnebago
Worth
Wright
San Antonio
Tex
National Army
Camp Travis
Texas
Homn
Keene Robes Aid Soldiers
New York report describes stage woman's relief receiving costumes and furs from Mrs. Edwin Arden daughter of the late Thomas Keene. The robes will be turned into warm garments for soldiers in service and valued by Mrs. Arden as a fitting use for the famed stage outfits. A separate anecdote recalls Mr Zimmerman at church subscribing five dollars after a fly landed on his bald head prompting the preacher to joke about the donation.
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Alabama
Charles Henderson
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Harding
Iowa
Henderson
New York
Edwin Arden
Thomas Keene
Richelieu
Hamlet
Arden
Zimmerman
Mr. Zimmerman
N. Zimmerman
Swatting Fly Costs Zimmarman Five Dollars
H N Zimmerman, a Kansas business man, paid five dollars to swat a fly, a small incident recorded in local notes.
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Hiagatha
Kan
H. N. Zimmerman
KY Christmas Prayer
Saviour of the world we greet thee on Christmas morning and thank thee for thy coming. We ask grace for mankind to value and claim these blessings more each year. Make us faithful noble industrious temperate sincere and recreate the earth with thy spirit.
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New York World
The Season of Peace and Christmas Message
Rev. Dr. Robert S. MacArthur reflects on the Season of Peace in Christmastide. The meditation urges kindness, harmony, and inner consecration, noting Christ’s birth in heart as essential to a true Christmas.
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Christ
Jesus
Adam
Robert S. MacArthur
Night Promises Light as Prince of Peace Appears
Watchman and Traveler speak of a guiding star and a promised day for Israel. They declare the morning dawns with the Prince of Peace, the Son of God, bringing blessedness, peace, and truth to the earth. John Bowring.
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Israel
Watchman
Son
God
John Bowring
The Christmas Rush
Uncle Eben notes many people feel the holiday spirit by giving gifts to bring happiness during the season. The scene captures the crowded rush as neighbors and families seek to share kindness through presents.
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Uncle Eben
Child Jesus Born in Bethlehem Hymn Verse
A lyric recounts the birth of Child Jesus in David's town with heavenly signs and angels, describing the manger scene and the healing message for grieving souls. The fragment ends with the dedication by Hans Christien Ande¢raca.
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David’s
Jesus
Christ the Child Prayer for Children
A New York Tribune verse urges children to keep pure thoughts and prayers and to follow Christ the Child as a guiding light. It speaks of innocence, faith, and seeking comfort in a motherly lullaby and divine gospel.
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Heaven
Christ the Child
New York Tribune
A Christmas Carol for Children
A devotional poem praising the Christ child and inviting him to dwell in the heart. It honors Jesus as savior and the heavenly mercy he brings, blending reflections on divine birth with trust in God's grace. Attributed to Martin Luther, it echoes traditional Christmas imagery and prayerful devotion.
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Martin Luther
Dating the birth of Christ our calendar origins
A reader questions the year of Jesus birth and a Philadelphia Press reply explains early dating. Dionysius Exiguus set the system in 533 AD using Rome's founding year 754, then later scholars adjust to about 6 or 7 BC. The era begins in year 194 Olympiad and 753 from Rome's founding.
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Christ
Jesus Christ
Philadelphia Press
Dionysius Exigus
Rome
Old Men’s Toy Shop Creates Noah’s Ark Toys for Christmas
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor runs an Old Men’s Toy Shop where about 60 elderly or convalescent men craft wooden animals for a Christmas exhibition and sale. The arks and stockings symbolize hope and purpose as they provide affordable toys and work for aged laborers.
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Old Men's Toy Shop
Noah's Arks
Old Men’s Toy Shop
New York Association
Christmas Day Prayer in War Time
A poem by Charles Kingsley calls for a blessed Christmas Day amid war, praying for blessing to all people from senate to shop and study. It urges remembrance of Bethlehem and the kneeling shepherds, asking for mercy and humanity on this holy day.
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Senate
Bathlehem
Five Points of Christmas Star Revealed
A short poem fragment lists five points of the Christmas star focusing on love to God love to man thoughtful ness self denial and joy attributed to Anon. The note reflects devotional themes in a brief historical excerpt.
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Key Stone Mine
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Havner
Lyn George J. Kelly
Willisca Axman
W. B. Barney
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Iowa Federal Coal Administration
Julia Robinson
State Library Commission
Iava
Miss Robinson
Manchester
Marshalltown
Indianola
Cedar Falls
Red Cross
Children’s Department of the
Public Library of
Des Moines Library Club
State Historical
Jackson Bayer
East Des Moines
Estate Executive Council
W. L. Harding
Eleventh
Des Moines Streets
Capitol Extension
Robert K. Bliss
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Ames
Iowa Cities
State Board of Control
State House
Ray F. Wetrick
Wetrick
Woodward
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Oakdale
American Railway Committee
C. O. van den Berg
United States Food Administration
Navy Department
The
Sydney
the Republic
KEENE
Stage Woman's Relief Fund
Mery
Michael J. Danelle
Hans Christien Ande¢raca
Charles Kingsley
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