New Dairy Records Mark Growth in Iowa Industry
Figures from the State Dairy and Food commission for the year ending November 1 show Iowa’s dairy output rising with creamery butter reaching 97,628,788 pounds valued at 26,933,825 dollars. Most butter is sold outside the state, while cheese production totals 681,315 pounds across twelve factories. Dairy cows number 710,714, with 119,428 creamery patrons using 187,853 cream separators, and condensaries evaporating 17,290,808 gallons of milk.
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Ames
State Dairy and Food Commission
Iowa
New York
Central College Founder Ira J. Stoddard Dies at 96
The Rev. Ira J. Stoddard, key figure in founding Central College at Pella, died recently in Plainfield New Jersey at age 96. A Colgate graduate, he spent ten years as a missionary in India before returning to help build the local school. He left Pella in 1866 to return to India.
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Central College
Pella
Ira J. Stoddard
Plainfield
N. J
Stoddard
Colgate
India
America
Iowa colleges unite to fund prison camp relief drive
Cedar Rapids Iowa colleges respond to a Y M C A appeal for funds for European prison camps. Cornell College pledges 2000 dollars Grinnell College 1450 Coe College 1000 University of Iowa students raise 1560 Drake University contributes several hundred dollars and continues the campaign. The fund supports religious and educational work for millions of prisoners abroad.
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Cedar Rapids
Colleges of
Iowa
Cornell College
Grinnell
Coe
Iowa University
Drake
Insurance Men Meet in Des Moines Tornado Group
The thirty second annual meeting of the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association was held in Des Moines. One hundred twenty seven delegates from sixty three counties attended. Reports show total risks in force on Oct 31 1916 at 215 478 306 dollars, a net increase of 15 002 561 dollars over last year.
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Des Moines
Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association
United States
Rug shop at Iowa prison earns 2500 monthly
Established a year ago the Iowa state prison rug shop at Ft. Madison reports monthly sales of 2500. Seven looms are in operation and over six months 12000 rugs have been produced. Unfilled orders total several hundred dollars and all earnings go to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Madison
Iowa State Prison
Gift For Guard Members in Centerville
The Centerville Association of Commerce sent 50 dollars to Captain Pizley of the local Mexican border company to buy the boys trimmings for Thanksgiving dinner, funded by the people of Centerville.
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Centerville
Association of Commerce
Captain Pizley
College Doing Good Work Ames Iowa State College Adds Giese to Staff
Henry I. Giese joins the Iowa State College extension department and offers instruction in manual training to schools statewide. The program recently educated 1200 girls in Cedar Rapids, providing practical lessons in cooking sewing home planning and related topics for wage earners lacking college access.
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Ames
Henry I. Giese
Iowa State College
Cedar Rapids
Osceola Fights Cheaper Power Rates Initiated
City council explores cheaper power with a formal investigation after local businessmen led by L. R. West W. B. Carnes and H. W. Talbot push for reduced rates from Southern Iowa Electric. Osceola currently uses a sliding scale starting at over cents.
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Osceola
Southern Iowa Electric Company
L. R. West
W. B. Carnes
H. W. Talbot
Swindlers Plead Guilty In Fake Horse Race Scheme
Davenport court hears J W Reeves Harold Ward and John Brown admit guilt in a fake race swindle that tainted Iowa for over a year. State agents say wealthy investors were drawn into real estate schemes before bets of up to ten thousand dollars collapsed when tips proved false. Victims silenced by shame.
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Davenport
J. W. Reeves
Harold Ward
John Brown
State House
Mabray Gang
Fever Inebriates Closing of Saloons and Drug Laws
Des Moines report from Col J H McConlogue on state institutions urges stricter narcotic and liquor enforcement to reduce the inebriate population at Knoxville and suggests repurposing the facility. Women inebriates to remain separate from Mount Pleasant insane patients with a possible new building. insanity and criminal insane care updates include housing near hospitals for expert treatment. Tubercular insane care improvements and new hospital buildings requested.
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Des Moines
J. H. McConlogua
State Board of Control
Knoxville
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Board of Control
Anamosa
Tama Indians Raise Prize Seed Corn in County Fair
Charlie Davenport and Willie Johnston of the Tama reserve in Tama county produced the best seed corn in Tama county this year, marking a notable farming achievement for an Indian community long viewed as least progressive. Their corn had previously earned praise at the state corn show.
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Tama
Hope of Health in Iowa Drives Lab Service Demand
Iowa City reports local boards of health urging state board of health laboratories for epidemic control. Epidemiologist Mark F. Boyd notes 13 communities in town sought assistance in controlling communicable disease as about 5000 throat cultures from suspected diphtheria cases have been examined.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Boards of Health
State Board of Health
Mark F. Boyd
Boyd
British Make Gains Across Ancre River Front
British troops push north and south of the Ancre advancing up to a mile inland on a five mile front. They captured Beaumont Hamel and St. Pierre DiVion and took many prisoners as fighting continues around Serre two miles north of Beaumont.
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London
Ancre
Beaumont
Hamel
St. Pierre-Divion
Reuter’s’ Telegraph Company
Serre
Reuter
St. Pierre- Divion
Serres
Britain Denies Neutrals’ Rights Canceled by Trade Blacklist
Washington reports the British reply to the American protest against the trade blacklist. It asserts neutral traders’ rights under international law are not canceled and that the blacklist targets only Britain and its citizens, not neutral commerce. The note insists Britain’s aim is to shorten the war and hints at future negotiations.
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Washington
State Department
Britain
Germany
United States
Lord Russell
Bahamas
Prisoners Like Farm Life at Des Moines Custodial Farm
Fort Madison inmates at a 780 acre state custodial farm west of Des Moines work under manager Charles Sullivan. They grow 300 acres of crops and garden produce, raise 100 cattle and 300 hogs, farm 24 horses, milk 30 cows, and haul neighborhood milk by truck to a Des Moines dairy.
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Fort Madison
Des Moines
Ft. Madison
Charles Sullivan
Sullivan
Hughes resigns Canadian defense minister post
Maj. Gen. Sir Sam Hughes quit as minister of militia and defense after a cabinet council meeting. Liberal George W. Kyle alleged Col. J Wesley Alison, Hughes agent, formed mushroom companies in the United States and secured shells contracts at high prices, with profits to be pocketed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Sam Hughes
Cabinet Council
George W. Kyle
Richmond
N. Y
Kyle
Col
J. Wesley Alison
General Hughes
United States
Canadian Shell Committee
Harding Inauguration to Happen January 11 1917
Des Moines Iowa reports no fixed date yet for the governor elect Harding to take office but the usual practice would seat him January 11 1917. Governor Clarke stays in office for seven days after January 1. All elective state officers assume office January 1 except the governor and lieutenant governor whose votes are counted by the general assembly.
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Harding
Des Moines
Iowa
Clarke
State Executive Council
General Assembly
Land Dealers To Meet In Des Moines In January
Real estate dealers from across Iowa will attend the annual meeting of the Iowa Federation of Real Estate Dealers in Des Moines over two consecutive January days. Last year the federation drew 80 delegates. this year attendance is expected to exceed 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Federation of Real Estate Dealers
Wisconsin Attorney General Resigns After Re-election
Walter C. Owen, attorney general of Wisconsin, resigns after winning the largest vote for any candidate in the November 7 election. He will join a major law firm in Madison and had been considered a potential candidate for the state supreme court or governor. Owen led the La Follette faction in Wisconsin.
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Owen
la Follette
Wisconsin
Probe Liquor Situation in Fort Madison
Des Moines state agents F. M. Steer G. H. Chittick Fred Mordart and O. Morgan plus M. W. Snether and H. W. Terrell Mt. Ayr visited Fort Madison to gather evidence for the trial of twelve operators and twelve owners accused of illegal blind pig sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
F. M. Steer
G. H. Chittick
Fred Mordart
O. Morgan
Des Moines
M. W. Snether
H. W. Terrell
Mt. Ayr
Mortgage filings outline vast Nevada loan by Iowa Public Service
Iowa Public Service Co and Ames have filed a $200,000 mortgage with Michigan Trust Co to cover old debts and fund improvements. Planned extensions include Gilbert and Story City with potential additions by Kelley and Slater.
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Nevada
Iowa Public Service Co
Ames
Michigan Trust Co
Gilbert
Story City
Kelley
Slater
Club Women Plan Convention in Fort Dodge
Preparations for the 1917 Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs convention are already underway in Fort Dodge. The program committee led by Mrs. B. B. Clark plans to host several noted speakers and has raised 750 dollars for the convention fund through a style show held in the armory with state president Mrs. Francis E. Whitley of Webster City as guest of honor.
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Club
Ft. Dodge
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
B. B. Clark
State
Francis E. Whitley
Webster City
Fort Dodge Line Spends Half Million on Webster City Division
Fort Dodge officials report spending about 500000 on current improvements. Nearly half funds go to the Webster City division formerly Crooked Creek road. Completion is unlikely before June 1 due to delays securing right of way for the new route.
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Fort Dodge
Webster City
Crooked Creek Road
Farmers to pave Lincoln highway near Lamoille
Farmers around Lamoille propose a concrete paving project for one mile of the Lincoln highway contingent on board of supervisors approval. They have subscribed 5200 dollars and the Lincoln Highway Association offers 3000 barrels of cement. They seek relocation of the road south of Lamoille by three quarters of a mile to higher ground outside Linn Creek valley.
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Marshalltown
Jamoille
Board of Supervisors
Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Highway Association
Lamoille
Linn Creek
Author of Quo Vadis Dies
Henryk Sienkiewicz the Polish novelist best known for Quo Vadis is dead at Vevey Switzerland. He moved to Poland during war, studied at Warsaw University, and won the 1905 Nobel prize for literature. He authored With Fire and Sword The Deluge and Pan Michael and aided Polish relief efforts.
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New York
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Vevey
Switzerland
Polish Victims’ Relief Committee
Sienkiewicz
Okrega
Podlasia
Poland
Russia
University of
Warsaw
America
Pan Michael
Guilty Verdict Versus Corn Products Refining Co
The Corn Products Refining Company was found guilty of Sherman anti trust violations by Federal Judge Hund. The ruling states the firm attempted to create a monopoly in starch glucose and shrups and requires a dissolution plan to be filed within 120 days unless an appeal is lodged with the Supreme Court.
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New York
Corn’ Products Refining Company
Hund
United States Supreme Court
Ames Chooses Stock Judging Team for Chicago Show
From eleven men listed she selects a stock judging team to represent the town state college at the Chicago International show. Names include J. L. Evans Des Moines J M Buoy Corydon Chris Christensen Humboldt A D Cay Farragut John Day Aston F E DeButts Melbourne E E Graff Greenburg R C Lorenz Rockford L V Wilson Grinnell L B H Wheeler Fairfield and H E Wilkinson Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
State College
J. L. Evans
Des Moines
J.M. Buoy
Corydon
Chris ‘Christensen
Humboldt
A. D. Cay
Farragut
John Day
Aston
F. E. DeButts
Melbourne
E. E. Graff
Greenburg
R. C. Lorenz
Rockford
L. V. Wilson
Grinnell
Woman Graduate Blacksmith Debuts in Industry
Cedar Falls Miss Tara Hawk employed by the Blackhawk Farm Improvement association claims the distinction of being the only woman in the United States to complete a college course in blacksmithing. She studied at Ames along with a full agriculture course and says blacksmithing is dirty but enjoyable after the first day, and that women can enter the trade as readily as men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Tara Hawk
Blackhawk Farm Improvement Association
United States
Ames
Hawk
Postoffice Robbery Hits Booneville Night Heist
Two masked robbers choked John Taylor 20 son of Booneville Postmaster Grant Taylor. They looted the office of 300 dollars in cash before fleeing. Taylor escaped bondage after about ninety minutes and alerted authorities but the robbers had vanished.
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Booneville
John Taylor
Grant Taylor
Young Taylor
Rail workers threaten strike over eight hour day
New York November 15 400 000 members of the big four railroad brotherhoods threaten a strike unless an eight hour day is immediately adopted by January 1. The warning came after a secret conference attended by union leaders and railway managers.
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New York
Stephenson Offers to Equip Battalion for Service
London Ontario reports Lieut. M. Stephenson son of ex senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin and formerly of New Brunswick offers to bear the cost of equipping a battalion for service amid wartime mobilization.
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London
Ont
M. Stephenson
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
New Brunswick
Canada
Fall of Kenali, Monastir Key Shifts Front in Balkans
Serbian dispatches from Saloniki report Kenali, the key to Monastir, has fallen as Franco-Russian-Serbian forces press the line on the western Macedonian front. They claim gains on both river banks, forcing enemy withdrawal toward Monastir and driving Bulgarians from several villages and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kenali
Monastir
Saloniki
Cerna
Iven-Varashok
Chegel
Baldentsi
Negochani
Yarashok Monastery
Derna
Petrograd
War Office
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Transylvania
Campulung
Roumania
Sofia
Deutschland Sinks Tug in Atlantic Encounter
The German submarine Deutschland rammed and sank the tug T. A. Scott Jr. near New London on November 18. Six crew members including Captain John Gurney died. the submarine returned to port and its departure was delayed. Officials could not confirm the motor boat's intentions, but precautions were ordered.
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New London
Conn
Germany
T. A. Scott, Jr
John Gurney
Resta Wins Vanderbilt Cup Race At Santa Monica
Dario Resta in a Peugeot shattered records by winning the 11th Vanderbilt Cup on the Santa Monica course in 3 22 48 3 5. Earl Cooper in a Stutz finished second, while William Weightman drove a Dusenberg to third.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Dario Resta
Peugeot
Ralph DePalma
Aitken
Earl Cooper
William Weightman
Chicago
Five National Guard Regiments Ordered Home From Border
Washington dispatch reports five National Guard regiments ordered home from the Mexican border on Thursday. The units named are the First Regiment South Carolina Seventh New York Third Indiana Third Wisconsin and Third Minnesota.
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Washington
South Carolina
New York
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Shoes to Rise to Thirty Dollars a Pair
Boston predicts higher shoe prices with boots and shoes expected to sell for 20 to 30 dollars a pair in the near future based on statements from leading local leather and footwear manufacturers and retailers.
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Boston
Navy to Court Martial Warship Commander Beach
Secretary of the Navy Daniels ordered the court martial of Capt. Edward L. Beach who commanded the cruiser Memphis when wrecked by a storm off Santo Domingo coast last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Edward L. Beach
Memphis
Santo Domingo
Villistas Lose 50 Dead in Mexican Skirmish
In Chihuahua City on November 18 the Carranza advance guard routed a Villa band near Ortiz, a point midway between Chihuahua City and Santa Rosalia, with 50 rebels killed.
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Chihuahua City
Carranza
Ortiz
Santa Rosalia
German Air Chief Named to Command New Aerial Forces
London Nov 18 Lieut Gen von Hoepper has been placed in command of Germanys new aerial forces according to an Amsterdam dispatch quoting an official Berlin announcement by Reuters.
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London
von Hoepper
Bonard Ot
Germany
Amsterdam
Reuter
Berlin
Prison Ship Passengers Seized From Koningin Regentes
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Times reports Belgian and British passengers aboard the Dutch hull steamer Koningin Regentes, recently captured by a German submarine, have been imprisoned in Bruges.
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London
Amsterdam
the Times
Bruges
Birth Control Advocate Arrested in Brooklyn Clinic Case
New York November 17 1931 Margaret Sanger founder of the Brooklyn birth control clinic at 46 Amboy Street was arrested for maintaining a public nuisance for a second time since the clinic opened.
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New York
Brooklyn
Amboy Stret
Margaret Sanger
American Farmer Leads World in Competition
Washington on November 17 Secretary Houston told the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations that the American farmer now leads his world rivals in field competition and innovation.
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Washington
Houston
Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
King Constantine Attends Funeral for Colonel Errangoudis
Athens reports King Constantine attended the state funeral for Colonel Errangoudis an aide de camp. The colonel was killed in the United States after contact with an electric wire.
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Athens
Constantine
Errangoudis
United States
Russia Moves to Take Control of Food Prices
Petrograd reports the budget committee urged the Duma to grant the government complete control over the food supply and set price ceilings as famine fears grow acute.
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Petrograd
Russia
Duma
Deniel Dumba Death Denied in Vienna Report
Vienna officials denied on Tuesday afternoon circulation abroad that Dr Constantin Dumba former Austrian ambassador to the United States was dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deniel Dumba
Vienna
Constantin Dumba
United States
Japanese Submarine Destroyed in Kobe Explosion
Nov 16 reports an explosion near Kobe killed two seamen and wounded six officers and eighty sailors aboard Japanese submarine No. 4. The incident details an air chamber rupture or blast that destroyed the sub. authorities investigate causes.
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Kobe
Japan
Railroads vow to challenge Adamson eight hour law
Chicago railroad officials say every line will fight the Adamson eight hour law and seek a constitutional ruling. Suits are filed or planned in Chicago Philadelphia New York as the federal judiciary poised to rule. Justice Department to defend and Frank Hagerman of Kansas City is aiding in preparation and trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
New York Central
New York
Washington
Department of Justice
Department
United States
Frank Hagerman
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Germans slain by Villa bands in Parral
The report from Parral mining company says Theodore Hoemuller a Parral merchant and his wife and baby were killed by Villa bandits when they occupied Parral. Hoemuller reportedly allowed display of 18 ears taken from Carranza soldiers in his store prompting execution.
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el Paso
Tex
Theodore Hoemuller
Parral
Chihuahua
Villa
Hoemuller
Carranza
U S Scout Brahan Freed From Juarez Jail
Benjamin Brahan, a U S scout for General Pershing in Mexico, was released from Juarez jail after being held since November 7. He had feared execution as a Villa spy but said he was not officially told of a death sentence and noted improved treatment after Andres Garcia took an interest in his case.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Villa
Benjamin Brahan
Brahan
General Pershing
Mexico
Andres Garcia
Bishop Cheney Dies at 80 in Chicago Church Rector
Chicago memorial notices report Bishop Charles Edward Cheney of the Chicago synod of the Reformed Episcopal church has died at age eighty one. He helped establish the synod and served 56 years as rector of Christchurch, passing away Wednesday.
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Chicago
Charles Edward Cheney
Reformed Episcopal Church
Christchurch
Submarine Sinkings Leave 140 lives Lost
London reports 33 vessels sunk without warning by submarines from May 15 to November 8. Admiralty announces the losses include 140 lives and notes the wartime danger to shipping.
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London
Admiralty
Westinghouse raises salaries for office staff
Pittsburgh officials report that salaries of between 4,000 and 8,000 office men and other salaried workers at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing were increased by about 12 percent in a move announced on November 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Poultry Trust Breakup Lowers Chicken Prices
New York reports a 7 cent per pound drop in chicken costs after the voluntary dissolution of the poultry trust. District Attorney announced the breaking up of the trust as the cause of the price reduction.
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Poultry Trust
New York
Bombing of British Aerodrome and Factories Reported
Berlin reports that the British military aerodrome at St Pol near Dunkirk and several factories were bombed by German airmen. Official notice says all aircraft returned to base.
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Berlin
St. Pol
Dunkirk
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NEW Dairy Records
Knoxville Hospital
Somme Front
Great Britain
Walter C. Owen
Philipp
Red Cross
Federal Judge Funds Corporation
Stephenson
Teutons
Deutschland
Cooper
Rio Grande
King
Gen. Pershing
C. E. Cheney
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