Popular community sings spark rich old songs debate in Monticello
A Monticello community sing draws a full house of song lovers and choral clubs. Attendees celebrate towering Civil War era tunes like The Battle Cry of Freedom and Dixie, while noting modern songs lack their enduring appeal.
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Monticello
Georgia
South
Kentucky
Bonnie
Sweet Home
Bobby Burns
Auld Lang Syne
Tom Moore
Tara
John Scott
Annie Laurie
Jesus
Carlyle
Peace conference debates weave league into German treaty
In Paris a peace convention debates a league of nations and tying its terms to Germany and Austria treaties. Hungary faces Bolshevik shifts while Germany resists army cuts. The U.S. Senate signals it will not ratify a Wilsonian plan without stronger safeguards, risking prolonged American military presence in Europe.
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Chicago Daily News
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Paris
National Senate
United States
League of Nations
Europe
The
London Times
League
Germany
Austria
Hungary
United States Senate
France
Corn and Hog Markets React to European Food Shipments
Markets for corn and hogs move in response to plans for large food shipments to Europe. Some expected a sharp postwar price slump will take time to materialize, as declines remain limited to a few items.
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Europe
Governor Harding Bumped By Stranger In Des Moines
An unnamed stranger hurried around a corner in Des Moines and bumped Governor Harding. The passerby apologized with Pardon me as the governor retorted Not by a denied sight in a terse reply.
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Des Moines
Harding
Ida Grove Lawyers Bluff at Poker Game
Ida Grove lawyers appear to favor bluffing to match opponents in a poker game. The players permit only leaves.
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Ida Grove
Lesves
County Engineer urges concrete paving over gravel roads
Henry Klaus told the Commercial club at Masters that gravel highways are a failure and must be replaced by paved roads, preferably concrete. He cited Clay County’s $200,000 gravel program failing under motor traffic and Hawkeye highway’s $166,000 becoming a wreck with deep ruts and exposed rock.
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Manchester
Henry Klaus
Commercial Club
Klaus
Iowa
Clay County
Hawkeye
Dubuque
Dyersville
Bryan Redivivus Draws Criticism Over League of Nations
Sioux Falls Press notes a shift in opinion as Bryan accuses defects in the league of nations constitution. The piece suggests growing respect for his views but hints at possible backroom White House efforts to revive pressure against him.
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Sioux Falls
Bryan
League of Nations
White House
Wilson
Profiting by Kerensky's Failure
St. Paul Pioneer Press comments that if Kerensky had known then what he knows now he might have kept the bolsheviks in check and notes the new German government benefits from his experience.
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Kerensky
St. Paul
Judge Landis Warns Against Stock Swindle in Chicago
Federal judge Landis in Chicago exposes a large stock swindle tied to a packing concern. Promoters drained funds and investors lost money as the venture collapsed. the piece questions reliance on stock salesmen and urges scrutiny of money handlers.
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Federal Court
Chicago
Community News Chronicles Two Deaths and Local Events
Notes from Jones county report the deaths of James D. Whipple 68 of Edgewood and Mrs. Be. R. Hasterly of Olin. Others: Martha James in Wyoming, pioneer Mrs. Jacob Simmons in Hale township, Oscar H. Drach of Lisbon, a Civil War veteran Isaac Hunter of Cascade. A Lake Ridge wedding Fedderson and Burmeister near Clarence. Bellevue Red Cross hog donation sale raises about 1000 dollars. Robbery at Des Moines bank nets over 20000. Local indictments, births, marriages, and farm news fill the rest of the column.
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James D. Whipple
Edgewood
Oxford Junction
L. E. Bees
BE. R. Hasterly
Olin
Martha James
Wyoming
Jones County
Jacob Simmons
BE. A. Simmons
Hale Township
Oscar H. Drach
Lisbon
Emma White
Isaac Hunter
Cascade
Eastern Star
Fannie Tippe
Dubuque
Anna Burmeister
John H. Fedderson
Londen
Clarence
Cement Prices Must Come Down
The Cedar Rapids Republican calls for cement price reductions to fund road work. It urges lowering from 3.20 to about 0.50 per barrel, noting prewar prices ranged from 0.80 to 1.10 and warns that three prices would amount to war profiteering and halt road construction during a muddy season.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Death of Roger A. Pryor Remembered in New York
Roger A. Pryor died at his Long Island home Friday. He was the last Fort Sumter firing survivor and a veteran ante war congress member. Known as the eloquent tribune of Virginia he faced Charleston in 1861 and later served as a New York Supreme Court justice after war wounds healed.
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Monticello Express
O. D. French
County Recorder’s
Anamosa
Jones County
Mattie Dawson
Watertown
Dakota
George F. Carter
Seneca Falls
New York
Mason City
H. Tiarks
James Young
Lt. Scheerer
John McConnon
P. H
W. S.bréman
Lon Hosford
Noyes & Maurice
A. H. Scofield
Iowa City
Medical College of
the State University
J. H. Bacher
M. W. Herrick
Carrie Gilmore
Joseph Wanicheck
J. E. Gilmore
Thomas Oliver
William Webster
Fannie Allen
Sagen
Nellie Coyle
Daisy Noyes
Wilma Smith
Judson Oliver
Coral Pierce
Will Campbell
Pierce
Ernest Shelley
Hdna Schoonover
Blanche Thoeni
May Cassidy
Artie Coyle
Davy Heisey
Elizabeth Tracy
Wayne
Nebraska
Monticello
Castle Grove
Michael
John
Anne McLaughlin
Viola Winner
Howard Clark
Carrie
Nelson Kiburz
Richland Township
Lillie Rundle
Maud Hosford
Edna Young
Katie Curtin
Emma Wenger
George Stevenson
Mamie Hennessey
Alva Miller
Ray Yousse
Palmer Hosford
Ikey Schneider
Frank Hughes
Jakey Rohr
Johanna O'Rourke
Emil Monnier
Marie Grunig
EH. S. Gruenstein
Cora Wooster
Joseph J. Walters
Selim Wooster
Catherine Tobiason
Andrew Kasper
Richland
Township
Emory Leggett
Scotch Grove
W. BH. MacCormac
Roger A. Pryor
Long Island
Fort Sumter
Congress
Tribune
Virginia
Charleston
Supreme Court
Embarrassment at Peace Conference Revealed in Debate
Springfield Republic notes the peace conference will face embarrassment in defining the rights of small nations as it navigates between Ireland to the west and Korea to the east.
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Springfield
Mass
Ireland
Korea
Far East
Kely
No Congress Faces Harder Tasks According to New York Sun
The New York Sun argues the Sixty-sixth Congress faces immense tasks and urges Republicans to uphold their duty. It calls for restoring the legislative department to credit and independence, making it truly co-ordinate and free from sectional advantage.
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New York Sun
Congress
Legislative Department
Republican Asset? Cummings targets GOP obligations in two years
Aberdeen News reports Chairman Homer S. Cummings of the Democratic Committee aims to bind the Republican Party to him with efforts expected over the next two years. He presents a aggressive plan to leverage influence and party duties to advance his position.
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Homer S. Cummings
National Democratic Committee
Ike
Republican Party
Moderate Wage Demand by 500,000 Railroad Shopmen
The New York World notes the 500,000 railroad shopmen seek a wage increase after only two recent raises within months, highlighting the demand's restraint and timing.
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New York World
Preparedness Advised in Boston on Travel Items
Boston Transcript notes that during prohibition travelers may favor glass suitcases that can be inspected outside to speed through federal luggage checks. The item is presented as a precaution for avoiding delays at inspection points.
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Boston Transcript
War pilot recounts crash and hospital ordeal in France
Lieut Eugene Scroggie, of Monticello roots, described being shot down near Dun-sur-Meuse France in October and waking in a German field hospital with injuries to leg kneecap and nose. He recalled the air battle with Eddie Rickenbacker and others and said he would return to Baltimore for treatment after a 15 day Des Moines visit.
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Lieut
Eugene Reroggio
94Th Aero Squadron
Bodie
Des Moines
Dun-Sur-Muse
France
Lieut. Scroggie
Northwestern
C. R. Scroggie
Eddie Rickersbacker
Hamilton Coolidge
Bocie
Manila
St. Mihiel
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rick
Douglas Campbell
New York
Baltimore
Army contracts show remaining tanks and tractors
Washington March 20. War department releases review of outstanding contracts to complete 8467 tractors and 1065 tanks contracted before the armistice. Tanks include 15 of the three ton type 950 of the six ton type with 436 delivered by Feb 27 and 100 of the thirty ton model with no deliveries yet.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Foch’s Role in Peace Terms Highlighted
Kansas City Star notes readers question who drafted the peace terms. It credits Marshal Foch with a strong hand in shaping the peace enjoyed to date.
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Foch
Kansas City Star
Marshal Foch
Socialists decry Debs sentence as unfair ruling
The New York World notes the uproar by socialists over Eugene Debs being sentenced to ten years in prison, arguing no socialist was ever justly convicted.
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New York World
Eugene Debs
Railroad in worst condition calls for state takeover
A Boston Herald report quotes a man arguing the railroad is in its most dire state and must be seized by the state to restore service, highlighting calls for government intervention.
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Boston Herald
McAdoo Noted As Capable Politician In Sioux City Record
The Sioux City Journal highlights McAdoo as a capable politician able to handle crises. It notes his decision to quit the railroads as they faced a potential collapse, implying prudence in risky ventures.
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Sioux City Journal
McAdoo
Railroads Issue Time Tables On Hour Changes
Railroads no longer issue new timetables only for schedule shifts their practice now marks changes in the hour of the day with new time tables issued whenever time notation changes.
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Sioux City Journal
Worry For Everybody
A Sioux City Journal note says many worry about incoming taxes while more fear bearing the cost. The Indianapolis News adds a joke about secretaries abroad and the vice president not presiding at cabinet meetings.
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Indianapolis
Weekly Shavings 1919 Concrete Facts and Sunshine Windows
A 1919 sample issue blends advice on concrete preventing mud, Red Cedar shingle roofs with guaranteed protection, and Sunshine Windows boosting pig housing. It promotes Eclipse Handy Hog Feeders to cut labor and save feed, urging readers to modernize farms for efficiency.
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Eclipse
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