American Vice Consul Saves Ghent From Sack in World War I
J A Van Hee Marshalltown American vice consul in Ghent Belgium confronted General Von Boehn to spare Ghent from destruction after warnings of retaliation. He pledged American protection for wounded German soldiers and their return to Brussels, averting German wrath and loss of Ghent amid the Belgian conflict.
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J. A. van Hee
Marshalltown
Ghent
Belgium
Paris
van Boehn
van Hee
England
United States
von Boehn
Brussels
Foreign student denied citizenship over residence rule
Isaac Rubenstein, a University of Iowa student and Chautauqua lecturer, had his American citizenship application denied for not meeting the required residence period. He fled Russia about five or six years ago, traveled through Europe, and has since attended various schools in the United States and given lectures.
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Iowa City
Isaac Rubenstein
University of Iowa
Chautauqua
Russia
Europe
United States
America
Torpedo Cap Wounds Brakeman In Peculiar Accident
Edward Lloyd of Council Bluffs a brakeman living in Boone was injured while flagging a train at Missouri Valley. After setting a torpedo he stepped back to avoid the train and the cap exploded striking him a dangerous wound when the engine hit the device.
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Council Bluffs
Edward Lloyd
Boone
Missouri Valley
Lloyd
Convicted farmer jailed for gun possession in Logan
James Ketchell, a farm laborer from Logan, was searched at Missouri Valley and found with a revolver. Judge Rockafellow sentenced him to two years at hard labor in the state penitentiary.
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Pen
Logan
James Ketchell
Missouri Valley
State Penitentiary
Rockafellow
Boys Struck at Street Crossing in Cedar Rapids
Harold Hall five and Judson Hall eight were struck by an auto driven by Thomas Young of Palo while waiting for a street car. Harold's arm was severed at the wrist and Judson sustained serious injuries.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold
Judson Hall
Thomas Young
Palo
Swea City Sees Real Estate Boom And Street Electrification
Swea City experiences a real estate boom with many new buildings and extensive water main work. Local business leaders have pledged over one thousand dollars to install electric street lights along the main streets.
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Swea City
Albia Pastor James A Burns Resigns
Albia pastor Rev. James A. Burns resigns after five years serving the Christian church. His resignation was accepted at once per his request.
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Albia
James A. Burns
Christian Church
Wesley Store Destroyed by Fire in Wesley
The general store of Kinz Brothers in Wesley was totally destroyed by fire. Loss is estimated at fifteen thousand dollars with much of its contents destroyed.
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Wesley
Kinz Brothers
Robbery on Train Strips Iowa Official of Cash and Clothes
H. H. Greer, representative of the Iowa Telephone company, was robbed on an Illinois Central train arriving here. He lost his clothes, watch and $643 while asleep.
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Sioux City
H. H. Greer
Iowa Telephone Company
Illinois Central
Pioneer Iowa Merchant James Levi Dies at 70
Dubuque merchant James Levi a pioneer in the city and in Iowa retail died suddenly at his store likely from apoplexy. He built one of the state’s largest department stores and was 70 years old.
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Iowa
Dubuque
James Levi
Burglars Rob Post Office in Marathon Heist
Burglars blew the post office safe and gained entry via the Republic Printing office in the rear. They escaped with twenty six dollars in cash and seventy five dollars in stamps.
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Marathon
Republic Printing Office
Amanda Mangel Sues Seamer for Slander in Fairville Case
Miss Amanda Mangel of Fairville files a $5,000 slander suit against W. C. Seamer of Fenton alleging defamation of character and injury to reputation in the inland village six miles west of Fenton.
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Fenton
Amanda Mangel
Fairville
W. C. Seamer
Pioneer Charles L Peck Killed by Street Car in Cedar Rapids
Charles L Peck aged 69 a pioneer of central Iowa died in Cedar Rapids after being struck by a street car. He formerly lived at Mechanicsville.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles L. Peck
Iowa
Mechanicsville
Iowa girl aiding German passport work in Berlin
Keokuk woman Miss Florence Brinkman, a noted local musician, volunteers to assist the American embassy in Berlin with passport applications for Americans. Her mother Mrs George A Brinkman reports they have remained in Berlin through the excitement and fear. A London mailed letter confirms their presence and activity in Germany.
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Keokuk
Germany
Berlin
Florence Brinkman
George A. Brinkman
J. Fred Kiedaisch
England
London
Miss Brinkman
Keokuk County to Host Large State Game Preserve
State Game Warden Hinshaw selected 2,500 acres near Sigourney in Keokuk County for a major game bird propagation reserve. The area will stock quail pheasants and prairie chickens with possible deer. Local farmers pledge support to restock Iowa with game birds.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Hinshaw
State Game Department
Iowa
Emmetsburg Women Purchase Ger Mania Record
Miss Laura Thomann and sister Mrs. Freda Camden of Emmetsburg have bought the Ger Mania Record and taken possession. Thomann, who has nine years at the Emmetsburg Reporter, is a competent compositor and faithful worker, ready to contribute to the new paper.
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Iowa
Emmetsburg
Laura Thomann
Freda Camden
Germania Record
Chinese Student Train Passes Through Boone to Chicago
The Chicago and Northwestern railway ran a special train through Boone carrying 125 Chinese students from San Francisco to Chicago. In Chicago the group will split with some entering Northwestern University and the remainder divided between Wesleyan Harvard and Yale.
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China
Boone
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
San Francisco
Cal
Chicago
Northwestern University
Wesley
Harvard
Yale
River Floods Correctionville After Ten Inch Rainfall
The Little Sioux river caused the worst flood in twenty three years flooding the business district and surrounding countryside after ten inches of rain with immense damage reported to the town complex.
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Correctionville
Little Sioux
Lightning Bolt Kills Farmers in Long Grove Farm Scene
A lightning bolt struck the Howell farm near Long Grove fatally injuring T. H. Bleyer a farmer, seriously burning Ed Meyers and fatally injuring Julius De Winter their hired man. The three stood in the barn doorway when the strike occurred.
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Davenport
Walter Howell
Long Grove
T. H. Bleyer
Julius Dewinter
Ed Meyers
Count Nathoo Faces Grand Jury Probe in London Case
Johnson county grand jury widens inquiry into Count Nathoo the Hindoo charged with a crime against Alice Cornish of London. He was bound over after a July preliminary hearing.
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Nathoo
Johnson County
Hindoo
Alice Cornish
London
England
Buena Vista College Opens With Strong Enrollment
Storm Lake Buena Vista college opened with enrollment larger than last year. Prospects are very good under President Echlin and Dean Barackman. Audubon hit by tornado. a small tornado destroyed the new electric light plant and several barns causing several thousand dollars in losses. Many trees were blown down.
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Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Echlin
Barackman
Audubon
Grand Lodge Meet of AOUW to Convene in Dubuque
The thirty fourth annual convention of the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen for Town will be held in Dubuque next May.
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Dubuque
Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen For
Methodist
Halegation
Methodist Church
Atlante
Congress
Laborer Fatally Shot in Mason City
In Mason City Peter Vokovich fired six times at Louis Vukadonivich through the chest and loins, killing him. Vokovich fled the scene before officers arrived.
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Mason City
Peter Vokovich
Louis Vukadonivich
Vokovich
Denison Newspapers Spark Rivalry Plans Semiweekly
The Denison Bulletin announces a move to a semi weekly issue pace amid a growing rivalry with the Denison Review. It is expected the Review may respond with a semi weekly or an issue every other day.
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Denison
Bulletin
Review
Man Killed by Rock Island Train on Tracks
Mason City resident Mike Greeley aged 45 was struck and killed while walking on the railroad track toward Shef field. He belonged to the Owls club and died instantly in the accident.
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Mason City
Mike Greeley
Sheffield
Rock Island
The
Owls
Road, Picnic Postponed in Iowa City Rains
Motor races and the River-to-River road picnic planned for Iowa City last week were delayed to Thursday October 1 due to rain and cold weather.
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Iowa City
Storm Lake Canning Plant Tops Two Million Corn Cans
Storm Lake canning factory reports have canned over two million cans of corn and shows no signs of slowing. It declares the largest pack this year by a factory of its size in Iowa.
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Iowa
Storm Lake
Germans Stage Mock Funeral March During Battery Fire Near Cleuze
In Cleuze fighting, German forces signaled artillery to open on French troops by ordering a military band to play Chopin's Funeral March, a grim signaling tactic reported in Paris.
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Paris
Cleuze
Chopin
How the Poles in Russia Lost Their Freedom
Article recounts Polish status under Russian rule from partitions of the 18th century to the 1831 rebellion. Details cede autonomy, dissolution of parliament, replacement of Polish with Russian, and conscription where officers and posts were filled by Russians.
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Russia
Poland
Austria
Prusia
Prussia
Grand Duchy of Warsaw
Grand Duchy of
Warsaw
Co operation urged by National Association of Credit Men
Message from the National Association of Credit Men urges steadiness and cooperation to meet wartime conditions. They say the present financial system remains stable with low debt, ample currency through authorities, and no need for alarm despite European war tensions.
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National Association of Credit Men
Des Moines
Asstranes
Aldrich-Vreelgand
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