Germans Lift Siege of Cracow as Polish Front Shifts
London reports say German forces have raised the siege of Cracow to refit for new operations. Grand Duke Nicholas withdraws from Cracow while Russians shift to Nida and Vistula banks. German efforts extend from Sochaczew to Skierniewice with focus near Miechow and Andrejow as East Prussia sees German retreat along Meidenburg to Soldau.
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London
Cracow
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Petrograd
Poland
East Prussia
Meidenburg
Soldau
Bzura
Sochaczew
Rawicka
Bolimow
Berlin
Portugal to Join Allies in War Effort
Lisbon reports the chamber of deputies adopted a formal motion declaring Portugal is preparing for intervention in the European war alongside Great Britain. The motion endorses the new cabinet, notes a constitutional crisis resolved, and praises the government’s patriotic aims. It confirms plans for military defense of colonies and Europe intervention.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Europe
Great Britain
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Suffrage Vote Delayed to January 10
Washington report says Chairman Henry will not bring up the Mondell woman suffrage resolution before January 10. Opponents plan to fight it on the argument that both suffrage and prohibition should be decided by the states, as with prohibition.
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Washington
Henry
House Rules Committee
Gutierrez Reported Quit Mexico City Presidency
In San Antonio on December 25 it was reported that provisional President Gutierrez has resigned the presidency of Mexico City over differences with General Felipe Angeles and followers of Zapata, relayed to T. R. Beltran, a local constitutionalist consul.
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San Antonio
Tex
Gutierrez
Mexico City
Felipe Angeles
Zapata
T. R. Beltran
France Approves Massive War Fund For Six Months
Paris reports the chamber of deputies voted unanimously to appropriate 8.5 billion francs about 1.7 billion dollars to cover the next six months of wartime expenses including the cost of the war. The decision was announced on December 25.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Turks Cross Egyptian Front in Turkish Offensive
Constantinople reports Turkish troops have crossed the Egyptian frontier in force, per an official statement from Berlin via London. Russian forces conducted a night attack east of Kosprikej, and many Indian Mohammedans with the British occupation army in Egypt are deserting to the Turks. Reputations of Indian Mohmands have been received in Constantinople.
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Berlin
London
Constantinople
Kosprikej
Egypt
Fire Threat Probed at Joliet State Penitentiary
Fire burned rattan shops at Joliet Illinois state prison threatening fifty hospital patients. Loss pegged at 20000 dollars as fifteen hundred inmates returned to their cells after the blaze.
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Joliet
Ill
State Penitentiary
US Flyer Drowns Off Ocean Side In Flight Tragedy
San Diego dec 23 Lieut FP J Goerstner observer of army aeroplane No 29 drowned off Ocean Side when control was lost and Capt Hollis G Muller the pilot was saved from the wreck.
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U. S
San Diego
Cal
FP. J. Goerstner
Army Aeroplane No
Ocean Side
Hollis G. Muller
King Wins $100,000 Suit Against Chicago Financier
Mrs. Caroline M. King won her federal court suit against Carleton Hudson of Chicago. Judge Amidon canceled four deeds believed obtained by fraud and set aside notes totaling about $60,000. Hudson was described as a “minister of darkness” as the case ruled notes bogus.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Caroline M. King
Carleton Hudson
Chicago
Amidon
Hudson
New York
Betts
King
Louis C. Ehle
House Veers Down Prohibition Amendment in Ten Hour Debate
The Hobson resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for national prohibition failed in the House 197 to 189 after a marathon ten hour debate. Mann amendments failed. Hobson pressed for state and federal concurrency while Adamson's plan for statewide control fell short. Posters in the chamber urged anti liquor sentiment as Congress took no roll call on the main measure.
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Washington
Hobson
House
Congress
Adamson
Representative Mann
Mann
Morrison
Campbell
Kansas
Russia
William of
Germany
Germans Try Four Attacks Near Lihons in Front Line Fight
German troops launched four assaults on the Allied line before Lihons on Monday in an effort to retake trenches. The French war office says all attacks were repulsed and the British recaptured most trenches, while the French gained a foothold in German lines south of Noyon. Dutch Tijd reports Middelkerke evacuated. The French say allies occupied Bixschoote and other gains along the Belgium France front.
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London
Germany
Lihons
French War Office
Noyon
Netherlands
Tijd
Middelkerke
Belgium
Bixschoote
France
Prosperity Seen From Europe Orders, Schwab Says
Charles M. Schwab, Bethlehem Steel president, declares Europe placed orders worth 300 million dollars with U.S. manufacturers for delivery within a year. He notes transport facilities as the main hurdle and says he came to cancel submarine contracts for European nations. Secretary Bryan warns ship shipments of war material to belligerents breach neutrality.
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New York
Europe
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Lusitania
England
Bryan
Czar Loses Rail Center as German Advance in Poland
Berlin reports Skierniewice 40 miles from Warsaw has fallen to German forces. The left wing of General von Hindenburg's army in Poland was defeated, with German troops 75 miles northwest of Warsaw retreating toward Germany per a Petrograd general staff announcement.
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Berlin
Skierniewice
Warsaw
Breslau
von Hindenburg
Poland
Germany
Petrograd
Parcel Post Sets Record in Chicago Delivery Marathon
Chicago post office reported 476 tons of parcels post matter shipped Tuesday, a 50 percent rise from the same day a year ago. Incoming mail included 15 764 sacks of parcels versus 7 400 sacks last year, per Postmaster Daniel A. Campbell.
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Chicago
Chicago Post Office Department
Daniel A. Campbell
Kaiser Honors Mackensen and Lterlin via Amsterdam
General August von Mackensen promoted to oberst-general for Polish successes against Russia. He also receives the iron cross first class.
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Lterlin
Amsterdam
August von Mackensen
Poland
Ruling on Oklahoma Liquor Convictions
Judge Campbell held that under federal dry laws for the Indian country a conviction requires proof liquor was brought into the state from outside the territory. The ruling sustains a demurrer to an indictment and notes that mere sale is not enough for introducing liquor.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Ralph E. Campbell
United States District Court
Alfred Henry Lewis Dies in New York
Alfred Henry Lewis a noted journalist and author died in New York on Wednesday morning at his mother's home from an intestinal disorder after a short illness.
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Alfred Henry Lewis
New York
Lloyds Insure War Risk Ahead of Italy Germany Clash
Lloyds quotes 30 guineas per cent to insure against war between Italy and Germany within a month and 50 guineas to cover the possibility that war will not be declared within six months.
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Lloyds
London
Italy
Germany
Woman Dies at 117 in New York Home
Mrs. Hannah Kosokoss died at the Harlem home of the Daughters of Israel at age 117. Born in Kiev, Russia, she left 70 grandchildren.
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New York
Hannah Kosokoss
Harlem
The
Daughters of Israel
Kiev
Russia
Norwegian Steamer Boston Hits Mine Off Scarborough
The Norwegian steamer Boston bound from Oran to London with timber struck a mine off Scarborough and was beached near Filey. Eight crew members were landed at Filey after the incident on December 24.
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Filey
England
Boston
Oran
London
Scarborough
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Consolidates
Cleveland December 24. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad dissolved as directors in New York approved its consolidation with the New York Central and Hudson River line.
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Cleveland, C
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
New York
New York Central
Hudson River Road
Sparks From The Wire News Digest Recap
San Francisco reports Mrs. W W Rockhill arrives with her husband ashes from Honolulu. William Woodville Rockhill’s widow travels to the city on December 23. Also noted, Charles P Monahan, 50, president of National Woodenware Co, dies suddenly at Armour stock yards office. Bremen reports Aachen cruiser conversion. Export figures show rising monthly totals. Union Pacific 19 collision with California fruit train at Baxter Wyoming. engineer Edward Hagan killed. Chicago MB&StP orders copper wire valued at 3 million. Arizona prohibition injunction arguments wrap up in Los Angeles California.
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San Francisco
W.W. Rockhill
William Woodville Rockhill
Honolulu
Chicago
Charles P. Monahan
National Woodenware Company
Armour & Co
Washington
Denver
Colo
Union Pacific
Yankees Threaten Turks Over Naples Incident
From Naples a Capri crewman reports the American armored cruiser St Louis threatened to bombard Hodeidah after the French consul was arrested and mistreated. Turks warned they would massacre all foreigners, so no bombardment occurred. The vessel likely was the North Carolina or Tennessee.
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Naples
Capri
Hodeidah
Red Sea
St. Louis
Hodeldad
North Carolina
Tennessee
Turks Riots Reach Jaffa and Alexandria in Egypt
Turmoil erupts in Jaffa with attacks on Jews as the U S cruiser Tennessee speeds toward the scene. The unrest is centered in the areas around Jaffa and Alexandria, Egypt, threatening broader disruption in the region.
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Jaffa
Alexandria
Egypt
United States
Tennessee
Wisconsin income tax gains 4.14 million this year
The Wisconsin income tax will net $4,140,571 for the year, per a tax commission statement. This shows an increase of $56,074 over last year.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Tax Commission
Campaign ends for Billy Sunday in Des Moines revival
Des Moines closes seven week revival by Billy Sunday drawing eleven thousand worshippers. Nearly 13 000 converts total, one tenth of the city population, with Sunday bidding farewell and planning a Philadelphia campaign starting January. Bootleggers punished in Monticello with fines and jail terms.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Billy Sunday
W. A
Tabernacle
Bill
Saving of Souls
Philadelphia
Run On Bank In Progress After Dividend Announcement
The run on First National bank followed the Farmers' bank failure last summer. Receivers declared a dividend last week and all demanders were paid in full. By closing time some depositors reopened accounts as the run subsided.
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Glidden
Farmers’ Bank
First National Bank
Rates To Be Reduced In Des Moines Amid Currency Reform
Homer A. Miller president of the Iowa National Bank and the National Currency association of Iowa announces rate cuts from seven and eight percent to six percent in Des Moines and the state during the first week of January. This marks the first local impact of the new federal currency law.
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Des Moines
Homer A. Miller
Iowa National Bank
National Currency Association of Iowa
Iowa
Man Clings To Frigid Train Rail At 14 Below
Arthur Krebs boarded a Rock Island train at Cedar Falls and clung to the rear vestibule as the car rode to Greene. Unable to rouse passengers inside, he rode in the freezing wind until he fell to the platform at Greene.
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Waterloo
Arthur Krebs
Rock Island
Cedar Falll
Greene
Gloves Save Life in Ice Swim Across Mississippi
Herbert Frazier survives thirty minutes in eight below zero as he breaks ice on a Fulton to Lyons trek. He sought to maintain his streak as the first man to cross the river on the ice each winter for three years.
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Clinton
Herbert Frazier
Mississippi
Fulton
Lyons
Campaign Card Found With Man Frozen To Death
In Council Bluffs the body of a well dressed man found frozen in a haystack bore a campaign card for M. A. Martin, Webster County sheriff candidate. Printing erased. name J A Osborne Fort Dodge written over it.
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Council Bluffs
M. A. Martin
Webster County
J. A. Osborne
Fort Dodge
Club Room for School Boys Opens in Cresco High
The Cresco high school faculty will open a club room for boys in a recitation room. It will be fitted with a billiard table and games for student activities.
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Cresco
Youths Steal Auto in Maquoketa Sentenced
Warren Stanley nineteen and Ray Henrickson fifteen pleaded guilty to stealing a Ford owned by Otto Seebersger. Stanley drew an indeterminate term at Anamosa while Henrickson will be sent to the Eldora reform school.
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Maquoketa
Warren Stanley
Ray Henrickson
Otto Seebersger
Stanley
Anamosa
Henrickson
Eldora
Aged Pioneer Dead In Sac County
Odebolt residents mourn the death of John P. Simons 90 a pioneer settler of Sac County who died at his son's home east of Odebolt. The longtime resident was remembered for his role in local settlement and community life.
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Odebolt
John P. Simons
Sac County
Fire destroys barns and fourteen horses at Iowa Falls
A blaze swept the Iowa Falls bus and transfer line barns owned by M. Hogan, killing fourteen horses and destroying hay, harness, grain, and buildings. Loss exceeds $5,000, with partial insurance. The electric light plant nearby was saved by the fire department though no wind aided the blaze and origin remains unknown.
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Iowa Falls
M. Hogan
Prices of Capital Lands in Des Moines Condemnation
The capitol extension condemnation jury valued four properties at 13900, saving the state 7100 from owner demands. Glynn, Gove, Gunther, and Wallace parcels priced between 1500 and 7500, with Wallace at 7500 against an 8000 request. State offers totaled 7000 for Wallace, 2500 for Gove, and 2000 for Glynn. three properties remain unsold as funds near exhaustion.
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Des Moines
Capitol Extension
Glynn
Capitol Avenue
Walnut Street
Twelfth
Twelfth Street
Gunther
Soldiers’ Monument
Wallace
Locust Street
South Side
Ninth
L. A. Jester
Executive Council
Plymouth County Is Wet After Saloons Approved
Le Mars and Plymouth County swing to wet status as the board of supervisors finds consent petitions sufficient. County voter support ranged high with ten towns allowed saloons and four already operating in Le Mars. Dry faction appeals to district court.
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le Mars
Plymouth County
Board of Supervisors
Lincoln
Preston
Drys
District Court
Rings mark fiftieth wedding anniversary in Logan
James Ring and his wife celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the home of L. P. Duvall in Logan. A three course dinner was served to the couple and their granddaughter Thelma. The Rings are Vermont natives who married there before moving to Grinnell Carroll and finally Logan where they have lived since.
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Logan
James Ring
L. P. Duvall
Ring
Thelma
Fatal Lamp Blaze Fatal for Mitchells in Oskaloosa
In Oskaloosa Mathew T. Mitchell aged 65 and his son Everett Mitchell aged 25 died from burns after a coal oil lamp exploded at their home. The oil splashed over the father setting him ablaze and he escaped the house in flames. The son perished while attempting to rescue him. A horse in the yard was also burned.
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Oskaloosa
Mathew T. Mitchell
Everett Mitchell
Life Term for Train Robber Murderer in Humboldt
Roy James known as Okey E Casteel received a first degree murder sentence after pleading guilty for the hold up of a Chicago and Northwestern freight train three weeks earlier that led to the shooting death of Conductor Reynolds of Eagle Grove. The penalty before Judge Coyle is either hanging or life imprisonment.
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Humboldt
Roy James
Okey E. Casteel
Chicago and Northwestern
Reynolds
Eagle Grove
Coyle
James
Ames Grocer Robbed After Collection Run
Ames grocer M. T. Bruntnall was slugged and robbed of $10 by two assailants who trailed him during a collection tour. The attack happened in the rear of college buildings.
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Ames Grocer
Ames
M. T. Bruntnall
Prominent Official J W Turtle Dies at Home
Travel agent for Union Pacific J W Turtle, a prominent Des Moines official, died suddenly of heart disease at his home on 1446 Ninth Street after not feeling well.
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Des Moines
J. W. Turtle
Union Pacific
Ninth Street
Farmhand Gust Carlson Dies After Drinking Carbolic Acid
Gust A. Carlson, a Lindell farm hand, died by self-inflicted poisoning after drinking carbolic acid while under the influence. The incident occurred at the Lindell farm, with authorities investigating the death as a possible suicide.
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Chariton
Gust A. Carlson
Lindell Farm
Deputy Postmaster Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Ottumwa resident and former deputy postmaster A. N. Harnes shot himself through the heart with a .44 caliber revolver, death reported as a self inflicted act.
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Self
Ottumwa
A. N. Harnes
Barnes
Woman Fatally Burned Trying to Rekindle Fire
Mrs. Maggie Ward en died from burns after an oil sparked explosion while she attempted to rekindle a fire. Her father was painfully burned trying to save her in Council Bluffs.
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Council Bluffs
Maggie Warden
Plan Big Stock Farm Near Mason City
A deal closed between W. J. Holahan and Nelson Brothers of Mason City and the Finch Brothers of Joliet Illinois. The Finch Brothers, importers of Belgian English and Norman horses and breeders of Hereford cattle and red swine, will establish a large breeding farm near Emery three miles west of Mason City. Buildings will be erected at once and the farm will be in operation by spring.
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Mason City
W. J. Holahan
Nelson Brothers
Finch Brothers
Joliet
Emery
Imperial Diet Dissolves Over Army Expansion Crisis
The imperial diet in Tokio dissolved after the House of Representatives rejected government army expansion measures. The 1915 budget faced strong opposition with an estimated expenditure of 556 million yen and a 40.5 million yen revenue shortfall. Commerce leaders and baron Shibusawa urged compromise to avoid cabinet collapse and an adverse wartime impression abroad.
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House of Representatives
House
Merchant's Association
Shibusawa
American-Japanese Association
Buei Nakano
Tokio Chamber of Commerce
Diet
Villa appoints Medina governor of Jalico amid fundraising push
El Paso reports General Francisco Villa names Julian C. Medina a blacksmith as governor of Jalico while seeking one million pesos from Guadalajara businessmen. The church party backs the loan. Villa warns the convention government risks dissolution and violent backlashes if funds aren’t raised. Zapata followers reportedly executed as Villa tensions with the southern leader rise.
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Julian C. Medina
Jaligco
Francisco Villa
Guadalajara
Miguel Dieguez
Carranza
Villa
General Villa
Ioan
Convention
Mexico City
Zapata
Eldora Supervisor Charged in Hardin County Ouster
Assistant Attorney General Henry Sampson files a ouster proceeding under the Cosson law against Charles Marks of Eldora member of the Hardin county board of supervisors. The charge alleges shocking neglect of duty and is submitted to the district court clerk in Hardin county.
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Eldora
Henry 3. Sampson
District Court
Hardin County
Cosson
Charles Marks
Board of Supervisors
State must furnish auto plate holder can operate with old plate
Des Moines reports a supreme court opinion states that an automobile owner who has paid his license but cannot obtain a new number plate may operate his car with an old plate. The court suggested the license law would be unconstitutional if this were not allowed.
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Des Moines
Secretary of State
Supreme Purt
State to Demolish Houses for Capital Extension
Des Moines teams to set to work removing old residences to clear land for capital extension. Workers from Des Moines out of work will be employed. Throughout winter the state will relocate houses from the land to Governor's Square.
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Des Moines
Governor's Square
Poultry Show Called Off by Quarantine
Cedar Rapids reports the twentieth annual show of the Western Poultry Fanciers Association has been cancelled due to a long standing county quarantine on live stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Western Poultry Fanciers’ Association
Saloons to reopen in former dry towns under consent petitions
Saloons will operate in Akron Kingsley Hinton Merrill Remeen Struble Craig Brunsville Ovens and Westfield under a new consent petition. Drys appeal the board of supervisors decision.
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LeMars
Akron
Kingsley
Hinton
Merrill
Remeen
Struble
Craig
Brunsville
Ovens
Westfield
Board of Supervisors
Missing Hedrick Girl Found in Des Moines
Hedrick resident Hedrick Bernice Duree a seventeen year old girl who vanished from her home was located in Des Moines authorities confirmed the missing case is closed.
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Hedrick
Bernice Duree
Des Moines
Railroads Seek Fare Increase Across Iowa
Des Moines reports that Iowa railroads have prepared tariffs to raise passenger rates from 2 to 2.5 cents per mile and may push interstate and intrastate hikes. If the January legislature does not repeal the 2 cent fare law, the roads plan to raise fares under the Shreveport decision by the U S Supreme Court.
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Des Moines
Clifford Thorne
Iowa
United States Supreme Court
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