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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
2
The Camden Missouri wreck killed Jelly F Letts of Lettsville and his sixteen year old son Lloyd. Bodies were held at Mayville hospital as details were not released. J M Brockway and J Dickerson will bring the bodies to Letts tomorrow.
Bolshevik authorities demand the Ukrainian Rada decide within 48 hours on halting aid to General Thale dines and blocking Bolshevik troop passage. Kiev and Odessa reports say Ukrainian forces disarmed Bolshevik units and street fighting occurred as sailors backed the Ukrainians. The Ukrainian government spans Poltav Kiev Podolia Kharkov and surrounding areas with about 25 million people.
Morning Sun reports the sudden death of Mrs. Peter Abrahamson, aged between 65 and 70, found in her south town home after a neighbor discovered her unresponsive. A widow, she had lived alone since her husband’s death and was an active Free Methodist. Survived by two daughters in Oska Loosa and four stepchildren.
London reports severe casualties in Italy with ongoing fighting on the Macedonian front. British and French prisoners are cited as recoveries along the Meuse and in Alsace. An official aviation update notes heavy German activity constrained by storms, with over 150 bombs dropped on railway targets and several enemy planes shot down or driven from the sky.
Heavy snow halted most flying on Monday except a northern front area where bombs struck a hostile airdrome near Courtrai. Our forces also attacked trenches with bombs and machine gun fire. At night we bombed the Roulers and Menin stations heavily. Two German planes were shot down in our lines and two more were driven down out of control. one of ours is missing.
Continuation of a 1911 testimony recounts a plan to keep the Chicago packing business in Chicago via a new holding with $1,000,000 cash for $8,000,000 in stock. Pegram and Richards Olley led the effort. critics questioned motives and value while stressing the aim to retain Packers clients and forestall westward shift.
Wilton Iowa December 20 Injuries from a colt kick yesterday morning proved fatal today to Peter Doerefer a Muscatine county farmer living six miles southeast of Wilton He died at 10 45 this morning at his home He was born in Bavaria Germany July 11 1863 and came to Muscatine county in 1883 Survived by his wife and five children Hattie Henry Kiuldal Holster and Albert Doerefer all at home The family and friends are shocked by the loss.
The Senate committee investigating Senator Lafollette’s St Paul address cannot reach a quorum and defers the inquiry again. The panel met to extend time for hearings and decide when former Secretary Bryant and other witnesses will testify.
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