Thrift stamps plan eyed for war funding in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa bankers and Homer A Miller outline a government war thrift campaign to raise 48000000 for World War I. Thrift stamps start December 3 sold at banks post offices and stores with a 25 cent minimum and a path to war savings stamps by exchanging full thrift cards after 16 stamps. Return on five years equals 5 dollars per 4.14 invested.
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Des Moines
Iowa
McAdoo
John Jones
Sam
Miller
New Hog Disease Strikes Iowa Regions
More than 1 000 hogs near Moville died from necro baciliosis with several thousand affected. Losses reach $25 000 as government agents aid farmers in stamping out the epidemic. The disease also appears in Cherokee Sac and Buena Vista counties.
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Iowa
Moville
Cherokee County
Sac and
Buena Vista
Coal Shortage Forces Shutdown of Whistle in Clarinda
The Lee Light and Power plant has stopped blowing its whistle due to a severe steam coal shortage. Both the Lee plant and Clarinda state hospital, the largest coal users, face limited supplies while city officials consider partial boulevard lighting and other economy measures.
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Clarinda
Lee Light and Power Plant
Lee Plant
Clarinda State Hospital
Cherokee Forms Women Rifle Club For War Readiness
In Cherokee, a women's rifle club is being formed to promote preparedness so that if American women are ever called to serve in the battle line they will be ready.
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Iowa
Boy Fatally Burned in School Kerosene Incident
Frank Kerisa a rural school student near Cedar Rapids sustained fatal burns after a classmate teased from the door and tipped a can of burning kerosene. The liquid splashed onto his clothing igniting flames before classmates could extinguish them.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Kerisa
Kerisa
Three Die and Seven Hurt in Dubuque Auto Smashes
Three people were killed and seven seriously injured in two days of car crashes in Dubuque. Marlow and Robert Jemsen, aged 13 and 12, died in a grade crossing wreck. Fred Morton of Dubuque was also killed when his car overturned near here, with two others injured. Five more people sustained injuries when a vehicle overturned just outside the city.
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Dubuque
Marlow
Robert Jemsen
Fred Morton
Y Fund Oversubscribed in Iowa War Work Drive
Des Moines reports the Y M C A war work in army cantonments will receive 1.3 million dollars from Iowa. Two thirds of the state's eighty nine counties hit their quotas, with Polk county leading in total funds and Keosauqua in Van Buren county contributing far beyond expectations. Shelby county led by proportion to population as Sac and Howard counties later reported increased totals.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William Parsons
Young Men's Christian Association
Keosauqua
van Buren County
Sac
Howard
Lee
van Buren
Mr. Parsons
Polk County
Shelby County
Yellow Paint Defaces Royal Theater in Sioux City
Unknown individuals daubed yellow paint across walls posts and the ticket office foyer of the Royal theater in Sioux City. Inscriptions blamed owner L Weil as unpatriotic with phrases like Back to Germany for Weil and Keep away unpatriotic.
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Sioux City
Royal Theater
L. Weil
Germany
Weil
Aspinwall and Manilla Exceed YMC A War Fund Quotas
Aspinwall over subscribed its Y M C A war fund quota by 400 dollars, raising 700 against a 300 target. Manilla townsfolk have contributed 3,000 dollars to the Y M C A with a 4,600 dollar Red Cross subscription, about three dollars per resident in a 1,000 population.
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Aspinwall
Manilla
Red Cross
Des Moines to Build Thousand-Bed Hospital Plans
Des Moines reports Colonel Glennan in charge of hospitals says no change to plans for a thousand-bed hospital at Fort Des Moines. He notes $120,000 is available for construction but troop presence delays completion until next spring. Colonel Chamberlain recommends Camp Dodge as a better site.
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Des Moines
Glennan
Washington
Fort Des Moines
Chamberlain
Camp Dodge
Slacker Adorns Man's House in Menlo
A new $10,000 residence linked to an alleged pro German slacker near Menlo was smeared with large black letters reading Buy a Liberty Bond You Slacker The Man Without a Country. The property owner is reportedly worth $100,000 and refused to purchase a Liberty bond.
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Menlo
Gas Well on Schley Farm Grows as Mystery
Gas well on the George Schley farm half a mile east attracts attention as workers bore a 14 inch hole 93 feet. The gas will not burn but can extinguish a lighted lantern placed a foot underground.
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Logan
George Schley
Yellow Coat for Home of War Vet
W. W. Adams, a Civil War veteran, refused to buy liberty bonds and claimed people do too much for soldiers now compared with the sixties after his yellow house was painted.
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Hiliot
W. W. Adams
Man Dies as Ford Plunges Over Embankment
Shenandoah report states J. G. Miller an employee of Cooper & West furniture store was instantly killed when his Ford car left the road, fell fifteen feet, rolled over and pinned him beneath the wreckage.
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Shenandoah
J. G. Miller
Cooper & West Furniture
Miller
Centenarian Malinda Fox Dies in Clearfield
Mrs Malinda Jane Fox aged 103, longtime Ringgold county resident, died at her home in Clearfield. Over 350 relatives and friends gathered to mark her 100th birthday.
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Clearfield
Malinda Jane Fox
Ringgold County
Three Johnston Brothers Join the Navy as Cooks
In Keosauqua Van Buren County three Johnston brothers aged 23 22 and 20 enlisted in the navy as cooks. The Johnston family totals six brothers with a fourth applying but temporarily rejected for a minor physical disability.
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Navy
Keosauqua
United States Navy
Johnston Brothers
van Buren County
Guernsey
Forrest W
J. Bryan Johnston
Johnston
Enrollment Drops At Iowa State University
The Iowa City state university shows 3 082 enrolled up to November 1, a drop of 270 from 1916. Law classes fall from 135 to 79 and dentistry rises from 226 to 255. the decline is blamed on men entering Uncle Sam's service.
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Iowa City
State University At
Uncle Sam’s
Iowa Women Praised for Food Pledge Drive Loyalty Meeting Report
Des Moines reports show the Iowa State Council of Defense praising Iowa women for their loyalty and the strong food pledge campaign. Officials note Iowa leads states in signed cards and pledge participation. Mason City milk price drops to 11 cents per quart amid city investigation. Scott County residents reportedly purchase liberty bonds. Carroll editor named to council. Ames to host a state loyalty meeting in December. War pork production urged as Iowa nears pork shortfall.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Council of Defense
Towa
Truman A. Potter
Mason City
Council
Defense Council
Col
G. Watson French
Davenport
Scott County
J. F. Deems
Burlington
J. B. Hungerford
Carroll
Carroll Herald
Harding
F. H. Hammill
Boone
Charles Webster
State House
IF. W. Beckman
Ames
State College
Prof
Bliss
No Fight for Wet Laws in Iowa Says Heeb
Anthony F. Heeb, former Dubuque Brewing official now a realty head, says Iowa will stay dry and breweries will not push to repeal prohibitions. Heeb cites wartime taxes and conservation as reasons not to rebuild, noting brewery properties have been sold or dismantled.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Anthony F. Heeb
Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company
Heeb
Imen
Smallpox Epidemic in Leon Nears Containment
An outbreak in Decatur County is nearly controlled as Leon schools vaccinate all pupils. No cases in Leon, but infections have appeared up to four miles away.
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Leon
Decatur County
Iowa City Secures National Guard Company In Win
Iowa City has won the race to recruit the required number of men for a national guard company. The city announced 103 volunteers meet the quota with plans to add about 25 more to compensate for likely rejections due to physical unfitness.
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Iowa City
Five U boats sunk and Lloyd George defends Paris speech
London reports Premier Lloyd George told the house of commons that five German submarines were destroyed on Saturday and that he has no further fear of submarines. He defended his Paris address as carefully considered and aimed to rouse public sentiment across allies.
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London
David Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Lloyd-George
Herbert H. Asquith
German-American man planted bombs at Chicago opera
Reinhold A. Faust a 52 year old German American resident of Chicago confessed to placing two bombs in the Auditorium last Friday during the opera Dinorah aimed at frightening First National Bank executives James B. Forgan and Frank O. Wetmore into paying him 100000. He acted from anger over his finances and envy of the wealthy.
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Chicago
Reinhold A. Faust
Schuettler
Federal Department of Justice
James B. Forgan
Frank O. Wetmore
First National Bank
Bomb Found on Second Avenue Elevated Bridge
A large stick of dynamite with insulated wire and detonator was found on the center span of the Second Avenue Elevated railroad bridge over the Harlem river. Police say it was designed to explode when touched by the electrified third rail.
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Harlem Bridge
Second Avenue
New York
Second Avenue Elevated
Harlem River
Manhattan
Bronx
British lose 17 vessels to mines and submarines
The British admiralty reported that seventeen British merchant ships were sunk last week by mines or submarines. Ten of the losses were vessels above 1,600 tons and seven were under 1,600 tons.
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Admiralty
London
British Admiralty
Provisions Extend to American Citizens in Germany
Copenhagen reports that German regulation requiring reporting of all properties owned by enemy citizens now covers American citizens. The disclosures are described as potentially usable for financial reprisals.
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U. S
Copenhagen
Germany
Norwegian Ship Thor Founders in Storm
Honolulu reports the Norwegian steamer Thor foundered in a storm. Captain O Hansen reached port with 16 crew members aboard and one lifeboat with part of the crew is still missing.
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Honolulu
T. H
Thor
0. Hansen
Iowa Mother Follows Sons to Support Two Soldiers
Fort Dodge resident Mrs. Viola Moore relocates to Deming to care for her two sons George and Virgil Ogen who joined Company G of the First Iowa infantry. She left her home, sold belongings, and now works as a cafe waitress to fund the family’s ongoing support.
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Iowa
Fort Dodge
Sam
Viola Moore
Recapture Prize of Raider
British warship likely captured the Matunga after she was believed seized by Seeadler raider crew in the South Pacific. The steamer's status remains uncertain and follows reports from San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Cal
Matunga
Seeadley
South Pacific Ocean
Halt of Wheat Movement Told
Washington November 23. A temporary halt in wheat shipments to the seaboard was explained by a statement that railroads stopped shipments briefly so corn can be moved.
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Washington
Seaboard
Bank Robbers Escape With $4000 Near Hamburg
New Rockford North Dakota November 23 Farmers State Bank of Hamburg located 20 miles northwest was entered early Wednesday The robbers blew the safe and escaped with more than 4000 dollars.
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New Rockford
Ni D
Bank of
Hamburg
N. D
Here
War Council Opens In London With Secret Proceedings
Premier Lloyd George opened the allied war conference in London with an important statement kept secret in essentials. American delegates included Bliss Benson Perkins Taylor Colby Crosby McCormick Bonse Auchincloss, with Crosby absent. Lloyd George warned that easing the submarine threat hinges on the timing of the 6 million tons of shipping to be launched in 1918.
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London
Lloyd George
Tasker H Bliss
William S. Benson
Thomas Nelson Perkins
Priority Board
Alonzo Taylor
Bainbridge Colby
United States Shipping Board
Oscar T. Crosby
The
Treasury
Vance McCormick
War Trade Board
Col. I. M. Bonse
Gordon Auchincloss
Mr. Llyod-George
Draft system works fine in first WW draft
Washington reports 687000 young men drawn to the colors in the first draft under the selective service law will be in training by January 1. Provost Marshal General Crowder says training camps are mostly completed or nearing completion and clothing production is progressing rapidly to supply uniforms for all selected men when the first draft ends.
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Washington
Crowder
Army to end duty of guarding industries and railroads
Washington reports Army department commanders will be relieved from assigning troops to guard industries and railroads as part of a new federal plan. Soldiers now on police and watchman work will be relieved soon, and a semi military federal police force is being formed to supplement state staffing.
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Washington
War Department
Department
General Maude Dies After Brief Illness in Mesopotamia
London reports General Maude British commander in Mesopotamia died Sunday after a brief illness. The premier reviewed Maude's career noting his leadership in Baghdad and other Mesopotamian successes.
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Mesopotamia
Bagdad
London
British reach outskirts of Jerusalem in Palestine
Reports from London state that British forces opposing the Turks in Palestine have reached the outskirts of Jerusalem. The occupation of the Holy City by General Allenby’s troops is anticipated.
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London
Palestine
Jerusalem
Holy City
Allenby
Blast destroys Griesheim Elektron chemical works
A large explosion destroyed the Griesheim Elektron chemical works near Frankfurt on the Main, one of Germanys largest and most important plants, according to a dispatch received in Zurich on November 24.
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Zurich
Germany
Griesheiim Elektron
rankfort-on-the-Main
Fifty I W W s Arrested In Kansas Oil Fields
Kansas City reports a roundup of I W W members in the oil fields with more than 50 arrests in Butler County and surrounding areas over the past few days. Local authorities move to detain suspected militants.
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W. W
Kansas City
Kansas
Butler County
Prussian Economics Minister Resigns Over Bureaucratic Opposition
A Berlin dispatch reported by Central News states Herr Schwander, Prussia’s minister of economics, has resigned due to secret opposition by bureaucrats. The Amsterdam-to-London message cites Berlin as the source.
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London
Amsterdam
Berlin
Herr Schwander
Rail unions pledge to avoid stoppage after Wilson talks
After a two hour meeting with President Wilson the four railway brotherhood chairmen state they will avoid suspending transportation and will discuss any proposed solution. They say they seek wage increases to meet rising living costs and will cooperate with the government to maintain wartime transport. Wilson says the unions are willing to consider proposals in a patriotic spirit.
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Washington
Railroad Brotherhood
Wilson
Brotherhoods
Stone, Lee
Carter
Garretson
Railway Brotherhoods
Officer Whips 3 Texans in South Texas
Three cattlemen threatened Maj. John V. Clinnin of the One Hundred Thirty‑first infantry. He and two others confronted them near the rifle range after prior complaints of property burnings. Clinnin, a former heavyweight boxing champ, left the scene with injuries to his nose and face.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
John V. Clinnin
One Hundred ‘'Thirty-first Infantry
Clinnin
Rifle Range
Illinois Infantry
Teutons Gain In Italy As Front Moves On
Berlin reports Monte Fontana and Monte Spinuccia captured by Tyrolese imperial riflemen and Wurttemberger troops on the northern Italian front between the Brenta and Piave rivers. Rome says Austro German forces reached a few Italian positions on Monte Fontana Secca but were repulsed elsewhere. official acknowledgment follows.
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Berlin
Monte Fontana
Monte Spinuccia
Brenta
Piave
Rome
Italy
Monte Fontana Secca
War Office
Diaz Offered 300000 for Fievolt Counter Revolution
Washington Nov 23 Felix Diaz has been offered 300000 personally by German agents in Mexico to lead a counter revolution against Carranza. Additional sums were promised to Diaz's followers as part of the plan.
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Diaz
Fievolt
Washington
Felix Diaz
Mexico
Carranza
Austro Hungarians Renounce Allegiance in New York
Investigations show about 5,000 Austro Hungarians in New York have renounced their allegiance to Austria Hungary since the United States declared war on Germany.
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Austria
New York
United States
Germany
Canadian war casualty list includes Illinois names
Ottawa Ont November 22. The casualty list reports Joseph Goodman of Chicago and W R McKenzie of Freeport wounded and Sergeant Robert Lewis of Chicago killed or wounded amid World War II postings.
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Ottawa
Ont
Joseph Goodman
Chicago
W. R. McKenzie
Freeport
Robert Lewis
Yeggs Rob Illinois Bank in town burglary
Cracksmen entered the Farmers and Merchants bank at Eiflusdale twelve miles east of Moline bored through the vault door and escaped with 400 dollars in currency.
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Yeggs
Illinois Bank
Moline
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Eiflusdale
Here
Chauncey Destroyer Sinks After Dark Collision
The United States destroyer Chauncey sank in the war zone after colliding with a merchant vessel early Monday. Three officers and 18 enlisted men perished, including Commander Walter H. Reno who died at his post on the bridge. The Chauncey’s crew of 91 suggests many were saved.
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U. S
Chauncey
Washington
United States
Sims
Walter H. Reno
Navy Department
Aliens Leave Barred Zones In U S Notice
Washington reports a mass exodus of thousands of Germans from homes offices and workplaces within zones barred by President Wilsons alien enemy proclamation. DOJ says new regulations enforced with little friction as others protest loss of long standing residences and jobs in restricted areas Hoboken residents fear another roundup by soldiers.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Justice
Hoboken
N. J
Wilson orders alien enemies to register and travel permits
President Wilson issues a proclamation during wartime requiring all alien enemies to register and obtain travel permits. It bars them from beaches and waterfronts within 100 yards, from entering or residing in the District of Columbia, and from being on U S waters except public ferries. It also bans flying aircraft and entering the Panama Canal Zone.
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Washington
Wilson
District of Columbia
Germany
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Chauncey Destroyer Sunk in Collision With Navy Reports
The destroyer Chauncey was sunk in a collision in the war zone early Monday, causing a probable twenty one deaths. Navy officials released a brief report from Vice Admiral Sims with few details. The Chauncey, 420 tons, was an old coastal torpedo vessel used for coast defence before the war.
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Chauncey
Wesel
Washington
Navy Department
Department
Sims
Austrians Agree to Spare Venice Under Vatican Appeal
The Matin reports Austria will spare Venice after a Vatican appeal but insists all authority remains with the Patriarch. The paper says Venice would not be defended should Italian forces retreat further.
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Austria
Vatican
Paris
The
Matin
Venice
Hurley Appeals for 100000 Men for Merchant Fleet
Washington November 24 Chairman Edward N Hurley of the United States Shipping Board issued a call for 100000 men to man the merchant fleet now under construction. The appeal emphasizes urgent manpower needs to crew the expanding fleet.
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Hurley
Washington
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
United States
Clemenceau Talks With Pershing in Paris
Premier Clemenceau met General Pershing at the War Ministry in Paris for a long cordial discussion conducted in English. The meeting emphasized Franco American cooperation during World War I.
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Clemenceau
Pershing
Paris
Ministry of War
Dexter Telegrapher Foils Bank Robbery Stunt
In Dexter Michigan on November 23 telegrapher Hart foiled a bank robbery by signaling a train after all wires were cut. The robbers escaped before intervention.
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Dexter
Mich
Hart
Dexter Bank
Fire Claims Two Men In Frame Building Blaze
Duluth Minnesota Nov 23 two men Fred Olson and Ole Larson were burned to death in a fire that gutted a frame building on Lake avenue South. The blaze apparently involved an explosion.
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Duluth
Minn
Lake Avenue
South
Fred Olson
Ole Larson
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Zone
Wilson Order
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