President Wilson in Omaha Amid Vast Crowd
President Wilson arrived in Omaha for a midwestern campaign swing drawing thousands to the Commercial Library and parade events. He urged that women should vote, praising their potential electoral role as crowds cheered and city hosts welcomed him at multiple stops along the route.
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Goethals And Clarke Named 8 Hour Board
Major General Goethals governor of the Panama Canal and Commissioner Clarke of the Interstate Commerce Commission have been chosen by President Wilson to fill two of the three positions on the eight hour day board. The full slate will be announced tonight. Goethals will serve as chairman after accepting the post from the canal zone.
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Pleas for Girls Ended in Villa Murder
An Italian born, naturalized Mexican Avis Caesar Sala, among others, is slain after Villa enters Cunthulrhichte. The town faces terror from bandits under Villa’s command as pleas from girls and locals go unanswered. An elderly Mexican named Valenzuela is implicated in a brutal episode tied to the attempted release of two young women.
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Deadly shooting shocks Cincinnati brewery scene
Alphonno Wetterer, 4%, vice president of Ye Wetterer Brewing Co, was found dead with two bullet wounds in his hand at his Walnut Hill home. Miss Houck, later found dead with a bullet through her temple in the same room. A note suggests she shot Wetterer and then herself, claiming he had wronged her. Helen Howell, divorced wife of Willim Vorburdt formerly of Norwood, Ontario, is named in the case.
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Food Aid Urged as Berlin Shortages Rise
The socialist Vorwarts newspaper reports Berlin faces severe food shortages due to transport and supply disruptions. Milk distributors have halted consignments, causing ration cuts and anxiety among authorities. A soup kitchen now serves about 34,000 portions daily amid the crisis.
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Turks Are Defeated by Russian Army Front Update
An evening Paris and Petrograd dispatches report a renewed Russian offensive in Asia Minor, with a major advance west of Robigond and river battles near the Karaburnam region. The war office says a fortified position fell as Russian forces gain a wider front amid allied gunfire and bombardments.
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Protest Britain Opening of Mails
The American Chamber of Commerce of China asks the U S State Department to stop British interference with American mails. It cites until August British authorities opened and censored 144 mail items and calls for immediate steps to preserve U S mail invi olability on the Pacific and punishment of officials involved.
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Married Sister Sentenced to Pen in Reform School Case
Shenandoah, Oct. 5. Robert Englund of this city was sentenced to twenty five years at hard labor in the Anamosa reformatory after his conviction yesterday for marrying his sister in a forbidden union. He claimed he did not know the relationship.
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Express Train Rams Rear End of Freight
Two men were killed and a railroad engineman seriously scalded when the Mercantile Express crashed into a stock train in Lewistown yards. The passenger train could not stop, derailed the freight engine, overturned cars, and sparked a fire that left tracks blocked for hours.
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Two Die As College Burns Down In Shock Tragedy
Two elderly members of Christian Brothers college and a nurse died as the main building burned and collapsed. Firemen and students faced peril as the fourth and fifth floors plunged, injuring seven firemen and trapping others in the wreckage. The blaze destroyed an historic rotunda and a top rank radio station, with losses estimated over 400000. Brother Cormac, 93, and Brother Clement, 72, were identified among the dead.
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Dynamite Blast Kills Three at Illinois Powder Plant
A dynamite explosion at the Illinois Powder Company mill in Gratton Illinois killed Superintendent Peterson and two workers, with five others seriously injured. The blast shattered buildings, rattled windows as far as Alton and Edwardsville, and tore apart a 250 foot by twenty foot section of the plant. The steamer Bald Eagle was near Gratton and tossed off course by the blast. Amsterdam via London reports a German paper supply cut in half.
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Return of Guardsmen Leaves Illinois Town Jobless
About 200 members of the First and 153 of the Second Michigan National Guard regiments returning from federal service found no jobs in Chicago area. Officials said Employment Bureau orders were issued to secure immediate placements for the veterans and their families. The parade through downtown was reviewed by General Thomanki Barry and city officials as job uncertainty spread among the guardsmen.
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Flour And Sugar Prices Advance In New York And Coast
New York and San Francisco report higher food costs with flour and sugar rising. Flour barrels up by about twenty cents since last week. sugar wholesale near 7.20 per hundred pounds with further increases expected. Restaurants and boarding houses adopt European convert fees raising consumer costs.
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FIRE RAVAGES MENDON AS TOWN LOSES ENGINE AND HOMES
A devastating blaze swept Mendon Michigan yesterday destroying an engine in the river and consuming nine business buildings and residences. The fire caused about 260000 in losses with little casualty, as townsfolk fled scenes and nearby cities sent help after the steam pump broke away and rolled into the St Joseph River.
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Hughes Coming to Iowa This Month
Hughes third campaign tour launches Monday, will travel through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Missouri, Nebraska, Kentucky, Iowa, and South Dakota, delivering speeches en route and returning October 20. The itinerary was released at the Republican national headquarters.
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Engineer Killed at Perry Packing Plant Accident
Perry packing plant chief engineer G R W Howard fell eight feet from a boiler room platform in the plant. He died from a broken neck in the accident. Local reports describe the incident as fatal and under investigation.
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Day campaigners invade Iowa today
South Dakota prohibition campaigners renew vigor in Iowa with large rallies. A Sioux Falls event drew crowds as speakers urged the dry amendment, paired with woman suffrage, may carry. Campaigners planned appearances in Salem Parker Boraxford and Sioux City Ottumwa and Council Bluffs, then moved on after Frank Hanly left for further points. Hanly urged intervention in Mexico and challenged Hughes on border policy.
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Rock Island waiter learns divorce windfall tale false
Leo Bekard, a hotel waiter in Rock Island, discovers the $88,000 windfall claim for his divorced wife Frances Wekard is a misread. The Eckards, separated for three years, say Bekard sent her monthly payments. Mrs Eckard's uncle died in Saxon, Mo, leaving $35,000. Bekard hopes to reconcile.
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Indicted Scott County men face charges at federal court
In Davenport federal court today six Scott County men were indicted on charges of highway robbery and related offenses. Five sought more time to plead, while Gearborgen of Bettendorf pleaded guilty, receiving a $100 fine and 30 days in jail. In Aurora Illinois, Rev Frank Sheets denounced “hell Fire theology” and “commercialized evangelism” at a Rock River conference gathering amid talk of $200000 for retired clergy support.
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Borden Submits to Milk Demand in New York News
The Borden Condensed Milk Company, supplying about one fifth of city milk, announced it would meet the Dairymen's League demand for an advance of 45 cents per 100 pounds to farmers.
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W C T U Plans Political Action After State Convention
The W C T U prepares for political action following its annual state convention. Mrs. Ida B. Smith, the white president, warned that November’s vote will be pivotal as the group backs a constitutional amendment for nationwide prohibition.
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IOWA HAMLET BUCKLED BY DEVASTATING FIRE NEAR BUXTON
Buxton Iowa October 6 a fast moving fire swept Lonpertown a nearby hamlet destroying five buildings including the Buxton Hotel Peterson Brothers Drug Store Cooper Drug Company the Odd Fellows hall and a livery stable with an estimated loss of 25000. The town has no fire department.
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Rumanians Beaten By Bulgars on Macedonian Front
Dispatches from the Macedonian front report Rumanians retreating in Transylvania while Allied forces gain ground. British and Scottish troops capture Yen Kou in Greek Macedonia as Bulgarians suffer heavy losses. Entente advances near Monastir halted briefly.
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Mennonites Hold Western Conference Session at Milford
The western district Mennonite church conference opened today at the Milford church with delegates from Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Iowa Kansas Minnesota Nebraska and nearby areas. The gathering includes attendees from the eastern Pennsylvania group and continues through the day.
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Weather forecast for Towa and surrounding areas
The forecast calls for cooler conditions tonight with a slight warming trend expected Friday in the extreme west portion. In the north portion and across north and central areas, cooler tonight persists with a milder rise Friday across the same regions.
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