Iowan Picked for Cabinet and Senate Seats
Edwin T. Meredith of Iowa, editor of Successful Farming, was nominated by President Wilson to be secretary of agriculture to replace Houston who will become secretary of the treasury. Meredith telegraphed acceptance from Miami. Houston to leave the Senate seat to Glass who will succeed the late Senator Martin of Virginia. Dr Hugh Cumming selected to succeed Dr Rupert Blue as surgeon general. Blue to remain in health service in research role.
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Iowa
Wilson
Houston
Meredith
Senate
Glass
Martin
Virginia
Hugh & Cumming
Wampton
Rupert Blue
Public Health Service
Doctor Blue
Doctor Cumming
Tampton Roads
Europe
General Blue
Taft
Public
Kenyon Bill Passed To Promote Americanization
The Senate approved Senna Kenyon of Towns bill 36 to 14 to fund Americanization efforts by educating illiterates and aliens in English at a cost of 6.5 million dollars. The program will be run by the federal government with state cooperation through the bureau of education following a steel district investigation led by Kenyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Senna Kenyon
Bureau of Education
Kenyon
Plans to make U S smokeless and drinkless discussed
At the state convention of the No Tobacco league in Indianapolis on January 20, speakers projected gruesome nicotine effects to delegates. It was alleged nicotine dwarfs youth growth and the hope was expressed that Lady Nicotine and John Barleycorn be exiled from the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United States
No Tobacco League
Nicotine
John Barleycorn
Yaquis Kill 12 Soldiers Near Nogales
A Yaqui band attacked Buena Vista in Sonora killing 12 soldiers and looting the town. The raiders then moved to Santa Barbara and engaged the garrison there. Three wounded from Buena Vista were taken to Nogales base hospital as Mexican troops were dispatched from Nogales.
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Nogales
Ariz
Buena Vista
Sonora
Here
Santa Barbara
Dubuque Voters Endorse City Manager Plan
Dubuque Iowa voters at the polls favored a city manager form by a large margin. Complete unofficial returns show a majority of 881 in support of changing the city government structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Dubuqne
Deaconesses Win Vote at Eastern Missouri Church Convention
In St Louis on January 29 the Protestant Episcopal diocese of eastern Missouri held its annual convention and unanimously adopted a resolution granting deaconesses the right to vote in diocesan conventions.
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St. Louis
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Eastern Missouri
Eaconesses
Girl In Two Murder Trials in St. Louis
Ursula Broderick, sixteen, who confessed to killing her father in 1916, was called for trial in juvenile court on charges of killing her stepfather Joseph F. Woodlock, a plumber.
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St. Louis
Ursula Broderek
Joseph F. Woodlock
Oldest Regular Army Veteran Dies at Soldiers Home
Washington Jan 27 Seret Joseph Dunwoody ninety seven oldest former enlisted man of the regular army died at the soldiers home of pneumonia after an attack of influenza He was born in Dublin in 1802.
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Washington
Joseph Dunwoody
Dublin
Population in Chicago Surpasses Eight Million
Chicago census figures show over half of books completed and conservative estimates place the city at eight million residents. About thirteen hundred of the two thousand two hundred enumerators have finished their work.
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Chicago
Gompers Condemns Soviet Scheme and Bolshevik Labor Rule
Samuel Gompers in Moderation declares Bolshevism condemned completely and argues compulsory labor violates freedom. He criticizes Russian and American journals he deems pro Soviet and urges Americans to seek authentic facts before judging Russia. He cites Bolshevik control over labor and press as evidence of oppression.
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Washington
Dan
Offiehta
Samuel Gompers
Russia
Heo
America
The
Nation
Pal
New Republic
Mir
Mir Gampers
Germany
Wnt
Gompers
W. A. Appleton
International Federation of Trade Unions
Bolshevists
SHARE IN PROFIT AND DEFICIT AT HARVARD KNITTING MILLS
Winship Bolt & Co of Wakefield announced a plan to equalize net profits or losses between the company and its 1200 employees. Workers may take over control. employees have received a 15 percent annual bonus in recent years.
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Wakefield
Mass
Winship, Bolt & Co
Harvard
Epidemic Closes College in Nebraska
Lincoln Nebraska Jim 80 Doane College of Crete and other schools closed and public gatherings prohibited due to spinal meningitis outbreak, state health department reports.
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Lincoln
Neb
Jim
Doane College of
Crete
State Health Department
St Paul Council Denies Permit for Socialist Meeting
The St Paul city council voted unanimously to refuse a permit for a Socialist meeting in the municipal auditorium. Victor L Berger was listed as the speaker for the event.
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St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
Victor L. Berger
Fletcher Resigns as U S Ambassador to Mexico
Washington January 28 Henry P Fletcher United States ambassador to Mexico has resigned, according to a report circulating in diplomatic circles State department officials declined to confirm or deny the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Say Fletchr
Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
United States
Mexico
State Department
Northwest Mounted Police to Move Headquarters
Headquarter sites will shift from Regina to Ottawa when the proposed amalgamation with the dominion police is completed. The move signals a centralized command for the force as Ottawa becomes the new hub for operations and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Mounted Police
Ottawa
The
Northwest Mounted Police
Regina
Sask
Dominion Police
Mystery in Hanging Near Niles Center Wood
The body of a well dressed woman about fifty was found frozen and partly suspended from a tree in the woods near Niles Center Illinois by hunters. Police investigated as a possible hanging case with a body described and staged in a remote grove on January 27.
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Niles Center
Oman
German Charge in Paris Arrives for Peace Delegation
Paris January 27 Dr Wilhelm Mayer German charge d affaires arrived in Paris. He was met at the station by Kurt von Leisner head of the German peace delegation and proceeded to the German embassy.
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Paris
Wilhelm Mayer
Ile
Kurt von Leisner
Newberry Trial Opens as Michigan Protest Diplomacy Dims
Washington declares Communist party membership grounds for deportation as Secretary Wilson sets precedent in the Priors case. In Grand Rapids, Truman Newberry leads 123 others on trial for conspiracy and fraud in the 1918 senatorial election, with 135 veniremen and heavy media presence shaping the opening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Communist Party of America
United States
Labor
Wilson
Bnovelbret Priors
Austria
Communist Party
Pries
Benjamin Bachrach
Isang E. Ferguson
Chicago
Cook County
Grand Jury
Net
Grand Rapids
Mich
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Federal District Court
Federal Grand Jury
South America
Frank C. Dailey
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Martin W. Littleton
New York Assembly
Veniremen
C. W. Sessions
Prisoners Die of Disease in Siberia War Camps
A Vladivostok dispatch reports that 375000 of 500000 Austro-Hungarian POWs in Siberia have died from smallpox and typhus. Remaining prisoners rely on aid from Japanese American and British doctors, with Chinese physicians near Lake Baikal assisting. Bolshevik invasion complicates relief efforts.
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Geneva
Siberia
Viladivostok
International Red Cross
Lake Baikal
Gompers Reaches 70 as AFL Leader
Washington January 29 Sannel Gom pers president of the American Federation of Labor for forty years turned seventy on Tuesday.
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Washington
Platform Declares War on Reds in Ohio Governor Race
Cleveland January 80 Mayor Tairy Davis announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. He campaigns on a platform to eliminate radicals in the coming primaries.
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Reds
Cleveland
Tairry
Davis
New York Plans 1000 Sharpshooters For Riot Readiness
New York police announce a troop of 1000 sharpshooters and four machine gun squads to be organized as a preparedness measure against riots and serious disorders. The plan aims to strengthen city security and rapid response capabilities.
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New York
Divorces Hit Record At London Judicial Sittings
At the Whey judicial sittings opened Jan 28, 1,544 divorce cases were listed for trial, over 1,000 more than any prior sitting. War time ruptures in family relations largely account for the surge.
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London
Sugar beet growers convene with five hundred delegates
Five hundred delegates representing sugar beet growers organizations from Colorado Wyoming Nebraska Idaho Utah Washington Wisconsin and Michigan gathered in Denver for their convention.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Idaho
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Michigan
German diplomat Solf named ambassador to Japan
Doctor W F Solf former German foreign minister is appointed ambassador to Japan. The Tokyo cable to Nip Jiji via Honolulu reports the appointment.
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Doctor Solf
Japan
Honolulu
W. FE. Solf
Germany
Tokyo
Nipp Jiji
Seven German Soldiers Held for War Crimes in Lille
Seven more German soldiers including a captain arrived in Lille and are imprisoned in the fortress charged with thefts and pillage during enemy occupation of the city.
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Lille
Hive
German Minister Erzberger Shot Near Courts in Berlin
Berlin January 28. A would be assassin fired three shots at Finance Minister Mathias Erzberger as he left the criminal courts after a libel suit hearing. One bullet hit him in the shoulder. The shooter named O von Hirschfeldt, a former cadet officer, was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Criminal Courts
Finance
Mathias Erzberger
Karl Helfferleh
Erzberger
O. von Hirschfeldt
Hierschfeldt
Vienna Museum Loot Sparks Frontier Security Drive
Austrian troops and customs officers guard the Swiss border to prevent export of looted gems and art from the Vienna museum. About 5 million dollars worth of objects were stolen in the earlier raid, prompting intensified protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Berne
Forty Five Pigs Bring In $20 000 At Sale In Champaign
In Champaign Tennessee on January 30 a Poland China hog sale drew buyers for 44 hogs exceeding 20 000 dollars. Four young pigs sold for 10 000 dollars and a 10 000 dollar offer was refused for the dam.
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Champaign
Poland
China
German Admiral Released After Internment Scuttle Story
German Admiral Von Reuter, commander of the interned Geran feet at Seapartow scuttled by her crew, was released by British authorities and departed for Germany.
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London
von Reuter
Seapartow
Germany
Stockmen Look for 8 Percent Return, Says Donovan
Dr. John A. Donovan of Butte Mont estimated in Spokane that stockmen Nave achieved about 8 percent return on their investment over the past five years during a address here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
John A. Donovan
Butte, Mont
Fire Devastates Five Buildings in Columbus Business District
A January 29 blaze in Columbus, Ohio, sparked by a defective furnace, razed five downtown buildings. Losses reach nearly one million dollars as firefighters battled the flames in the heart of the city’s business area.
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Ohio
Columbus
Hungarians Homeless Near Budapest in Refugee Crisis
About twenty thousand families are homeless near Budapest living temporarily in barns and railroad cars. They are refugees from the Transylvania region under Romanian occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Transylvania
La Follette Goes to Hospital After Dental Infection
Senator R M La Follette travels to Rochester Mayo Hospital in Minnesota for treatment after an infection from a tooth. He is accompanied by his son who serves as his secretary.
Government Liquor Permits Detailed for Medicinal Use
Washington reveals procedures to obtain intoxicants for medical purposes. Doctors may prescribe distilled spirits and wines, with permits for physicians pharmacists hospitals and certain workplaces. Six quarts per year may be issued to physicians for emergencies and regulation aims to curb profiteering.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Roper
Bureaau
What They Owe Uncle Sam
Treasury table to the House Ways and Means shows $325,000,000 in accrued interest on loans to European nations. Great Britain owes $144,440,887, followed by France $94,021,749 and Truly $54,256,589, with smaller sums from Russia, Belgium, Czecho Slovakia, Serbia, Romania, and Liberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Wills and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Great Britain
France
Russian
Belgium
Czecho- Slovakia
Serbia
Romania
Liberia
Death of B. J. Reynolds Chicago executive ends life
B. J. Reynolds vice president of United Clear Stores died at his Evanston home. He was sixty two. Reynolds, born in Baltimore, came to Chicago fourteen years ago.
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B. J. Reynolds
Chicago
United Clear Stores Company
Evanston
My. Reynolds
Baltimore
New Sentenced for Second Degree Murder in Los Angeles
Harry S. New, convicted of murder in the second degree for shooting Miss Freda Lesser, was denied a new trial and sentenced to not less than ten years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry New
Los Angeles
Cal
Harry S. New
Freda Lesser
Italy Rail Strike Ends After Cabinet Agreement
London January 31 An agreement on all principal points at issue was reached between the Italian cabinet and railway workers leaders, according to a Central News dispatch from Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
London
Tome
Strikes Sweep Argentina Amid Rising Living Costs
In Buenos Aires on Wan 31, Argentina experiences numerous strikes over the past months. Observers cite the high cost of living and prohibitive rents as key causes impacting poor families.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tax to cost about 550 per US family in 1921
Representative Luce of Massachusetts told the house that government taxes in 1921 will total about 550 for every family in the United States. He argued the burden would fall on households nationwide.
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Washington
United States
Luce
Massachusetts
Mexican General in Chicago on Separate Mission
Gen. Jesus A. Castro of the Mexican army has been in Chicago for two days. He denied the visit carries political significance and said he is in the city on business.
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Chicago
Jesus A. Castro
Boone and surrounding counties push livestock shipping unions
County agents report Boone county Farm Bureau members discussing livestock shipping associations as township units form The move follows a trend toward coordinating drainage and farm labor issues while several counties explore co operative livestock shipping firms and regional breeder groups in Iowa Nebraska and Missouri.
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Beeler
Boone County
Farm Bureau
Reinbeck
Bryant Paving Company
Waterloo
Ford Paving Company
John Lamb
Brandon
Buchanan County
Marion County Farm Bureau
Lottie
Lucetta McClymond
Knoxville
Mary Veenstra
Livestock Breeders’ Association of
Scott County
L. O. Wise
Clinton County
Theodore Dirk
Carroll County
Arthur
Dirk
Odebolt
Pringhar
Hartley
Pauline
Calumet
O’brien
Missouri Valley Duroc Breeders’ Association
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
M. T. White
Des Moines
O’brien County Hereford Breeders Association
Sheldon
Yockey
Chas
Getting
Sanborn
W. C. Brown
Dubuque County
Montgomery County
Frank Barker
Half-Sister Reveals Hidden Same Blood In Lost Marriage
Chicago court hears Joseph Buckley seek annulment after discovering his wife Dora is his half sister. He explains they met in San Francisco and shared a harsh boyhood, while she concealed her birth from him until a fatal truth tied their fates.
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Chicago
Joseph Buckley
Sheridan EL Fry
Dora
San Francisco
Buckley
Clever dog smuggling whisky across the Rio Grande
A Mexican cooperation with Texas affiliates trained a dog to ferry liquor across the Rio Grande nightly. The dog completed 12 to 15 trips per night carrying a gallon or more of liquor on its back until border guards, tired of the effort, shot the animal as it swam.
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Paso
Texas
Rio Grande
Mexico
United States
Woman Hides Three Deformed Children for Twenty Years
In Portsmouth England a mother kept her three deformed children a male dwarf aged twenty and two girls aged eighteen and fifteen hidden in her home for twenty years. An ex-soldier discovered them after climbing into the garden, revealing the concealment due to fear of losing the children.
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Portsmouth
England
Davidson Will Probated in Goshen Surrogate Court
Middletown reports the will of Mrs. Annie Davidson of Newburgh probated in Goshen Surrogate Court. She leaves a small estate to her children and 5 cents to several grandchildren.
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Middletown
N. Y
Willa
Goshen
Annie Davidson
Newburgh
Smail
Dentists Robbed of Teeth and Jewelry in Jeffersonville Heist
Dr. Harry Kent Smith in the Voigt building and Dr. Allen L. Voiers in the Spieth building were robbed. Kent lost gold valued at 10 dollars and Waters' contribution included about 100 dollars and a set of false teeth pried from a plaster mold. Glasgow reports seven girls football teams.
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Louisville
Jeffersonville
Harry Kent Smith
Voigt
Allen L. Voiers
Spieth
Doctor Kent
Doctor Waters
Paris
Prospective Revelations by Torpidity Torch Editor
The Torpidity Torch of Liberty editor announces an imminent sale and plans to pass leadership to a successor by next Friday afternoon. He pledges to share candid views with fellow citizens starting Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torch of Liberty
Tocsin
The
Times
Kansas City Star
Boschee’s Syrup touted for cold relief and lung health
An advertisement extols Boschee’s Syrup as effective for coughs bronchitis colds and throat irritation. It claims the product aids restful sleep easy morning expectoration and prevention of influenza dangers noting its fifty three year history and wide use in homes worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Self Made Woman Quip Turns On Appearance and Fortune
A dialogue framed as a media quip questions a self made woman label and answers that her face is her fortune, reflecting on vanity and success without attributing wealth to merit.
Rosy-Fit Tongue and Headaches Warn of Torpid Liver
An old remedy advertises Cascarets to cleanse bilious liver and sluggish bowels causing indigestion and sallow skin. The copy claims a thorough cleansing by morning, contrasts Cascarets with harsh calomel or salts, and says they work while you sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Carter
C. Wells & Co
le Roy, N
The Supply Knicker Favorite Sons and Bocker Twins
A fragmented item notes plentiful supply of Knicker-Favorite sons and twins in states. It mentions men boasting of calling a spade a spade and failing to recognize a snow shovel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aspade
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Farm Journal
New Secretary of Agriculture
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United States Senate
U. S
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Yank
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Baltimore American
Newberry
U. S. Court
Red Cross
Uncle Sam
Iowa State News
Louisiana
California
el Paso
Tex
Primitinu Platte
Ramona Platte
Platte
Bedford
Ind
Glasgow
St. Charles
Dean
John S. Shelton
Doan
Mr. Shelton
Rene Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Boschee’s
Bellans
Corega Laboratory
McCarty
Sacramento
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