Iowa Aids Belgians With Carload of Corn for Relief
Carroll county joins a statewide effort to ship corn to starving Belgians. A telegram from J. R. Whitney says Carroll will provide at least one carload, with mayoral proclamation and civic backing. Other cities like Audubon Steamboat Rock Rutland and Randall also report Belgian relief contributions.
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Des Moines
Carroll County
KR. W. Harper
Belgian Relief Association
Carroll
Iowa
Atlantic
J. R. Whitney
Citizens’ Committee
Relief Association
Audubon Commercial Club
Steamboat Rock
Rutland
H. B. Hansen
Randall
Wykoff Heads State Charities Conference
Fort Dodge reports the state conference of Charities and Corrections elected Grinnell College president G P Wykoff and Spirit Lake's G S Robinson as vice president. Eldora reform school chief W N Kuser became second vice president, J M McConlogue chaired the state board, and Town City professor P S Pierce named secretary. Waterloo won the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
State Conference of Charities and Corrections
G. P. Wykoff
Grinnell College
G. S. Robinson
Spirit Lake
W. N. Kuser
Eldora Reform School
J. M. McConlogue
State Board of Control
P. S. Pierce
Town City
Waterloo
Young McKee Arrested for Swindling Nevada Tract Society
A youth known as Young McKee who entered Nevada and gained trust at Roy Bowles Town Tract Society is jailed in Crawford Nebraska and will be returned for trial. He allegedly took about $65 in cash a new suit of clothes a gold watch a corner two suitcases and other property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
McKee
Roy Bowles
Town Tract Society
Crawford
Neb
Scientific farming boosts corn yield at Files farm east of Mason City
Charles Files on his farm east of Mason City reports corn averaging 80 bushels per acre after husking a bumper crop. He credits soil-working and scientific farming principles for the high yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Charles Files
Mr. Files
Champion Girl Corn Picker
Miss Emma Gruber of Locust Grove husked thirty eight bushels of corn in a day while using her wagon and team. The work was not tiring for her given her outdoor experience.
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Shenandoah
Emma Gruber
Locust Grove
Medicine Kills Baby in West Branch Incident
The 2-year-old child of F. H. Christy died after ingesting several medicine tablets spilled on the floor and found on the carpet. The tragedy occurred in West Branch and is being reported as a fatal accident involving household medicine.
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West Branch
F. H. Christy
Robbers Cracktown Bank at Sewal Bank Robbery
Four assailants entered the Sewal bank in Wayne county and cracked the vault with a hammer and chisel. They stole about 130 dollars before fleeing. An investigation was launched into the Cracktown incident.
Drowned in Mississippi Passenger Dies in River Collision
K W Rowley a 35 year old steamfitter was drowned when the launch he rode was struck by a ferry boat in the Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Davenport
K. W. Rowley
Stairway Collapse Sparks Panic at Simpson College
A stairway at Simpson College in Indianola gave way sending young women to the basement. Panic was narrowly averted as guards and students responded quickly to the mishap in the stairwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson College
Indianola
Des Moines Farmer Found Dead From Gas In Hotel
Fred Tentico, 32, a Prairie City farmer, was found dead in the Goldstone hotel in Des Moines. Authorities quote he may have blown out the gas, suggesting possible suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fred Tentico
Kenyon Practices Law in Fort Dodge Office
Senator W. S. Kenyon is practicing law for a few weeks in his Fort Dodge office due to the nervous breakdown of his partner Maurice O Connor who was forced to go west for his health.
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Kenyon
Fort Dodge
W. S. Kenyon
Maurice O’connor
Corydon Citizens Raise Nearly 600 For Belgians Aid
Corydon residents raise nearly six hundred dollars to aid Belgian relief efforts and forward the funds to the Red Cross society for emergency assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon
Red Cross Society
No Delinquent Tax List Notified for Worth County
County Treasurer J J Simmons announces there will be no delinquent tax list published this year in Worth County Iowa unlike other counties in the state which issue such lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwood
J. J. Simmons
Worth County
Iowa
Haymaking headlines after the November election
Jim Kimel finished cutting his alfalfa last week, the fourth crop he has put up this year, as farmers adapt haymaking to post election conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Kimel
Dam Builder Is Optimistic
Keokuk builder Hugh Lincoln Cooper foresees a revival of prosperity for the Mississippi valley. In a pre New York interview he said war will reshape the world’s commercial map and draw foreign manufacturers to the United States. He noted the Mississippi valley and power zone should gain as US industry revives, citing discussions with industrialists during which he affirmed faith in the middle west’s industrial future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Hugh Lincoln Cooper
Mississippi Valley
New York
Cooper
United States
Middle West
Naval duel reports clash as Goeben Goeben damaged and Turkish ships fire back
Russian and Turkish fleets clashed off Sebastopol with both sides claiming victory. A Russian account says the Goeben was damaged and Russian ships forced to retire. Turkish reports claim Russian battleships suffered severe damage.
Marne Editor Richard Tollnaar Disappears
Council Bluffs police report Marne Free Press editor Richard Tollnaar vanished under mysterious circumstances. Constable Paul E. Snyder assists in the investigation in Council Bluffs.
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Council Bluffs
Richard Tollnaar
Marne
Strawberries Growing at Woodbine Farm Event
Strawberries of the overbearing nature are being gathered here and at Missouri Valley. Friday, Nov. 5, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Merchant, Mr. and Mrs. Hd Gieth and other relatives sat in the shade of trees on the Merchant farm and ate water melons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbine
Missouri Valley
A. L. Merchant
Hd Gieth
Merchant
Bond Issue for Highways in Elkader Clayton County
Elkader Clayton County secures a $50,000 highway bond issue with 6 percent interest. Local banks absorb the full amount. Bridge fund receives $35,000 and road fund $15,000.
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Elkader
Clayton County
Trichina Epidemic Spreads Near Clinton
Fear grips North Liberty area as first trichina outbreak in the town spreads. Thirty five cases reported in a nearby German settlement. no deaths yet but several patients are in serious condition.
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Clinton
North Liberty
Sell Big Brick Plant in Belle Plaine Auction
The Reliance Brick and Tile plant including all buildings machinery and 71 acres within the city limits was sold at auction. The opening bid started at 65 000 dollars but W J Guinn bid the final price to 106 352 dollars.
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Belle Plaine
Reliance Brick and Tile
W. J. Guinn
Rowan Methodist Church Opens In Iowa Falls
The Rowan Methodist church dedicated its new building on the same site as the winter fire. The $10,000 structure completed a well received program marking the completion of the project and its civilian community role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Rowan Methodist Church
Adventists Purchase Center Church for Lake City Move
The Seventh Day Adventists bought the Center church six miles north of Lake City and plan to relocate it to Lake City where they have formed a class of about twenty members.
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Adventists
Lake City
Seventh Day Adventists
12 year old Clifford Albrecht husks 80 bushels
A boy near Greene husked 80 bushels of corn in 10 hours and 10 minutes. Clifford Albrecht is the son of George Albrecht, a local farmer living a few miles north of town.
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Greene
Clifford Albrecht
George Albrecht
Fire Sweeps Barn as Prominent Farmer Loses Livestock
Renwick area farmer John Palmer eight miles northeast of Renwick suffered a severe fire loss when his large barn burned with fourteen head of livestock. The estimated damage stands at about $5,000.
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Renwick
John Palmer
New Federal Appointments
Des Moines reports appointment of pension examining surgeons by recommendation of Democratic Committeeman Wade. Drs. M. E. Dengiman and D. A. Moore named for Vinton and Dr. B. E. K. Anderson for Winterset.
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Des Moines
Wade
M. E. Dengiman
D. A. Moore
Vinton
BE. K. Anderson
Winterset
Small Boy Killed as Wagon Hits Child Near Kellerton
Mount Ayr report says a 4 year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs B L Vincraft, near Kellerton, was run over by a wagon and killed instantly. The driver was unaware of the accident.
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Mount Ayr
B. L. Vincraft
Kellerton
Pensions Granted to Iowans Named Recipients
Des Moines Iowa pensions granted to Sardinia M Huntington of Calamus eight dollars to minor of William Letter of Council Bluffs twelve to Jane Rockwell of Bedford twelve to Ella S Cobb of Ida Grove twelve dollars describing the recipients and amounts.
Farmer Wayne Rupe Dies After Drinking Poison
Ottumwa report says Wayne Rupe a well known local farmer drank poison in front of his wife and family and a neighbor who had been asked to watch him. Authorities note Rupe's behavior had become strange prior to the act.
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Ottumwa
Wayne Rupe
Rupe
Shenandoah Shucking Record Set by Orin Wiggins
Orin Wiggins husked 138 bushels in eleven hours while shucking corn for George H. Gordon, earning a county best for Shenandoah Shenandoah. The record highlights effort in competitive husking.
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Shenandoah
Orin Wiggins
George H. Gordon
Hills Fire Destroys Multiple Businesses
A Riverside fire at Hills caused about $20,000 in losses destroying Warner's general store the post office hardware store restaurant ice house Frank Knabel's blacksmith shop barn and Mr Warner's residence.
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Hills
Riverside
Warner
Frank Knabel
New Catholic Church Planned for Van Horn Site
A new Catholic church is to be erected on the burned site at Van Horne. The church will cost about $20,000 and serve the Shellsburg Catholic community.
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van Horn
Shellsburg
van Horne
Five Die in Shell Attacks at Harbor Entrance
Five persons were killed by shells including a woman and more than thirty were wounded as cargo steamers waited at the harbor entrance.
American Warship Tennessee Aims to Enter Smyrna Harbor
Athens reports that the U S battleship Tennessee anchored at Vourla and sent a launch to notify Smyrna authorities of a desire to enter Smyrna. Forts fired on the launch, which returned to the ship. Captain Benton Clark Decker declared orders to enter Smyrna Harbor, with force if needed.
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Athens
Tennessee
Vourla
Smyrna
Benton Clark Decker
Churchill reports British naval losses in Commons
In the House of Commons Winston Churchill disclosed total British naval casualties to date. Officers killed 222 wounded 37 missing 5. Men killed 3 455 wounded 428 missing 1. Also noted were missing officers and men in the Royal Naval Division at Antwerp and on the Good Hope sunk off the Chilean coast totaling 1 000 and 875 respectively. A bombardment of Knocke and Zeebrugge is reported. Japan agrees to hand over Marshall islands to Australia.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
House of Commons
Lord
Royal Naval Division
Antwerp
Good Hope
Knocke
Zeebrugge
Lloyd George Estimates War Cost for Britain
In the House of Commons David Lloyd George, the chancellor of the exchequer, estimated that one year of the war would cost 2.25 billion dollars, a figure higher than any prior British war expenditure and more than double the four years of the South Africa conflict. The government plans to raise funds to pay this immense bill.
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Britain
London
David Liloyd- George
House of Commons
Great Britain
South Africa
Gov
Gaps in Dyked Front Bridge Work Reported
Notes from the field describe efforts to close gaps in the dyked front and to construct pontoon bridges for infantry crossings as part of an offensive resume against the enemy. The language reflects wartime operational updates and continuous frontline activities.
Italy Parliament Federation Backs War Participation
Rome reports over 110 MPs from radicals constitutional democrats and socialists form a federation to counter neutrality and push Italy to join the war with Britain and France.
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Italy
Rome
Lingland
France
British Beat . Islamites in Arabia Near Persian Frontier
British troops fought a severe engagement in Arabia near the Persian frontier. On November 17 an enemy force of about 4,500 was met in a strong entrenched position with 12 guns. After heavy fighting the enemy retreated, losing two guns, three officers, many prisoners, and their transport and reserve ammunition.
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London
Arabia
Shat-el-Arab
French Arrest German Spies
In Paris on November 21 a group of about six German spies was captured after hiding in a madhouse in Lorraine. They gained entrance during a transfer of authority from mobilized medical staff to civil administrators and posed as fanatics to obtain information.
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Paris
Lorraine
German advances reported on eastern front in World War I
The Berlin war office says operations in the eastern theater progress favorably for Germany with strategic moves against Russia not disclosed. It notes the victory at Wloclawec is being followed up while Petrograd reports marked advances from the Vistula to the Warthe. General von Hindenburg is hailed as the hero of the hour.
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London
War Office
Berlin
Wloclawec
Petrograd
Vistula
Warthe
von Hindenburg
Goeben and Breslau Engage Russian Fleet Off Sebastopol
Explosions were seen in the Goeben as it opened fire slowly and withdrew after 14 minutes. The Breslau stayed on the horizon, the Eustary suffered minor damage, and Russian losses included one lieutenant and 19 sailors dead with five wounded. A Turkish squadron fought a Russian fleet near Sebastopol, one battleship damaged and fleets fleeing. London reports heavy gunfire heard from Gottland as German cruisers bombarded Libau for four hours, damaging factories, a petroleum depot and a railway station.
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Breslau
Eustaiy
Sebastopol
Berlin
Constantinople
London
Copenhagen
Gottland
Baltic Sea
Libau
Russia
Government Plans Large Loan and Tax Increases
The government proposed a loan of 1.75 billion dollars to be issued at 95 and redeemable March 1, 1928 with 3 percent interest. The chancellor urged doubling the income tax but collected on one third of income this year, plus higher levies: an extra cent and a half per pint of beer and 6 cents per pound of tea.
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House
Austrians Report Success Near Cracow and Sovets
Vienna dispatches report Austrian forces from Cracow captured northern Russian fortifications and crossed the River Kulebra after Servian defeat, signaling a strategic breakthrough on the Austrian border.
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Washington
Cracow
Vienna
Kulebra
Roumania Mobilizes Recruits For 1915 16 and 17
Bucharest reports orders for immediate incorporation of next year’s recruits and those for 1916 and 1917 deemed medically fit. Public opinion grows increasingly pro allied and anti German street riots have occurred.
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Roumania
Bucharest
Germans Halted by Floods Keep Offensive In Check
Berlin reports German forces paused their push to the French coast as floods in the Yser valley from dyke breaches hinder operations. Seven thousand engineer bodies have been moved to Dixmende to manage the emergency and repair damage.
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Looe
Berlin
Amsterdam
Yser
Dixmnde
German Drive Strengthens as Russians Lose Fifty Thousand
Berlin reports from Copenhagen estimate Russian losses at 50,000. General von Hindenburg concentrates troops between the Vistula and Warthe rivers, bolstering German lines. Though checked Monday, the Germans push forward again while Russian guards withdraw toward the Vistula. Fighting continues and a major battle near East Prussia seems near as German efforts intensify.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
von Hindenburg
Vistula
Warthe Rivers
Leczyca
Orloff
East Prussia
Allies Capture Two Towns Report Stir Front
London reports unofficial dispatches claim German forces quit Lille and British units occupy Lille with possible Douai seizure not officially confirmed. Alleged next push expected south of Ypres near Armentieres. Bordeaux statement offers no front news while French Algerians repel a fierce German assault near Tracy-le-Val.
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London
Flanders
Lille
Douai
Ypres
Armentieres
Bordeaux
Tracy-le-Val
Belgian City Roulers Endures Repeated Bombardment and Hostages
From London comes word that Roulers, once a German staff hub near Ypres, has suffered heavy damage from two bombardments and an incendiary fire. German retaliation included executions of 43 citizens and a 100000 franc fine later doubled, paid by daughters of prominent residents. The city is under strict military law with hostages in the town hall and travel barred north of Belgium since November 4.
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Roulers
London
Ypres
Belgium
London War Time Telephony Expands Night Wire Staff
London telephone service, once cited as the worst, now handles wartime demand with a larger night staff of women operators. Special duties include tapping German and Austrian lines and cutting off suspects. Secret war office switchboards prevent tapping. Kitchener can reach Sir John French directly via private wire. There are 12,272 donkeys in Spain.
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London
Admiralty
War Office
Treasury
War and
Lord Kitchener
Sir John French
Kitchener
France
Mobilizing a 500 000 Strong Mobile Army Urged
Gen Wotherspoon warns Panama Canal and U S possessions are vulnerable to first class powers with current forces. He proposes a mobile force of 500 000 trained troops and a 300 000 militia to defend possessions and enable rapid reinforcement from the United States.
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Washington
Panama, Canal
United States
W. W. Wotherspoon
Wotherspoon
Panama Canal
Philippines
Manila
Subig Bay
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Coast
Elliott Re-elected President of New Haven Railroad
Elliott was re-elected president and chairman of the board of directors at a New York meeting of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad directors. May was reelected treasurer and A W Clark was reelected secretary.
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Elliott
New Haven
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Howard Hiliott
A. S. May
A. W W. Clark
New York Suit Seeks Receiver for United States Motors
Emanuel Metzger, a stockholder, sues in the supreme court for the appointment of a receiver for United States Motors Company, a New Jersey corporation with capital stock of 42,500,000 dollars, alleging waste of assets with intent to ruin and defraud.
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Big
New York
Emanuel Metzger
Supreme Court
United States Motors Company
New Jersey
Deer Hunter Killed in Delta County Woods
In Escanaba Michigan on November 18 Clyde Bacon died from an accidental gunshot in Delta county woods marking the first fatal deer season accident in the area this season.
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Escanaba
Mich
Delta County
Clyde Bacon
Couldn't Bluff Her? Landlord Ejects Abductor in New York
Ernesto Bonnevito pointed a loaded revolver at landlady Rose De Marco and demanded she elope with him. De Marco disarmed him and delivered a severe trouncing in New York.
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New York
Ernesto Bonnevito
Rose de Marco
Miss de Marco
Ernesto
Conductor Srain Foe by Bandits in Iowa Robbery
William J. Reynolds a Chicago and Northwestern freight conductor was killed in a gun battle with a train robber between Bradgate and Rutland in Warren County across from Eagle Grove Iowa on November 20. The incident marks a fatal confrontation during a bandit attack on the railroad line.
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Srain
Eagle Grove
William J. Reynolds
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Bradgate
Rutland
Peoria Banker Durkin Weds Katherine Goodman in Kewanee
Joseph P. Durkin a Peoria banker and prominent Democrat tied to a recent nomination for collector of internal revenue married Mrs. Katherine Goodman of Peoria in Kewanee Illinois on November 20.
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Peoria
Kewanee
Iil
Joseph Pi. Durkin
Internal Revenue
Katherine Goodman
Durkin
Pupils Save Money in Chicago School Branch Banks
Pupils in forty eight city schools with branch banks have deposited five thousand three hundred forty dollars so far this year, according to an official announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pleads for Mexicans and Peace in Mexico City
John Lind, President Wilson’s envoy to Huerta’s Mexico, urged Americans to show warmer, kinder regard for Mexicans at a Chicago banquet. He contrasted Wilson’s idealistic diplomacy with Europe’s approach, urged friendship and aid, and supported branch banks in Mexico as a step toward stability.
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Chicago
John Lind
Wilson
Mexico
Huerta
Induatrial Club
Congress Hotel
United States
Mr. Lind
Europe
Lind
First death from cold reported in Chicago
Chicago reports the season's first cold death as A Hinkel a deaf mute who sold shoe laces is found dead in a five cent lodging house. Sayre Pa and Hickeville N Y also report a teen murder over a love rivalry and a suicide linked to religious war concerns.
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Chicago
A. Hinkel
Sayre
Charles Listman
Andred Milton
Minnie Landon
Hickeville
N. Y
Henry Kremp
Help for Small Factories Mississippi Valley Trade Conference
Memphis Tennessee November 21 delegates from 17 states gather to push foreign trade aid for over twenty thousand small factories across the valley. The note emphasizes direct access to buyers abroad lacking for these firms while large concerns already thrive abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley Trade Conference
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Montana
United States
Train Kills Four In Ohio Auto Collision
Four people from Conway Ohio died when their car was struck by the Broadway Limited Pennsylvania train about 30 miles east of Fort Wayne Indiana. Dr H DeHays and wife and Dr D W Leslie and wife were instantly killed.
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Ohio
Broadway Limited
Fort Wayne
Ind
H. DeHays
D. W. Leslie
Conway, O
Pennsylvania
Here
Sewer Collapse Buries Twelve in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio on Buckeye and Independence roads a sewer evacuation trapped twelve workers. One man died another was fatally injured and ten remained buried with possible further deaths feared. Rescue efforts continued through the night as authorities coordinated efforts at the scene.
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Cleveland
Buckeye
Independence Roads
President to Visit Daughter on Thanksgiving at Williamstown
President Wilson plans to spend Thanksgiving with his daughter Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre in Williamstown Mays. A stork is expected to visit Mrs Sayre soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Francis Bowes Sayre
Williamstown
Mays
Sayre
Wealthy San Angelo Citizen Murdered Found in River
The body of W. A. Guthrie, a wealthy San Angelo resident and president of the local waterworks, was found in the South Concho river. Authorities believe he was murdered.
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San ‘Angelo
Tex
W. A. Guthrie
San Angelo
South Concho River
Three Killed in DuPont Plant Explosion
Robinson Indiana November 21 An explosion at the DuPont nitroglycerin plant killed three men. They were the only employees in the plant at the time.
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Robinson
DuPont
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Tract Society
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Persian Gulf
Goeben
Ministry of Marine
Anatolia
Evstafry
Japan
Morning Post
Sydney
Australia
Marshall Islands
Pacific
British Beat
Islamites
Spain
Canal
Republic
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