Foreign war councils to visit Washington in coming weeks
The plan calls for a British commission led by Arthur Balfour to arrive within ten days to discuss war conduct with the U S government. Admiral DeChair Gen Bridges and the Bank of England governor part of the delegation. A French commission led by Viviani will reach Washington around the same time. The talks aim at policy cooperation while avoiding formal political alliances.
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Western Newspaner Union News Sevew
Washington
D. C
Assembly
Great
International War Council
State Department
Arthur J. Balfour
Bank of England
M. Viviani
United States
Railways to direct wartime operations named by council
Washington reads that two boards of five men will run American railroads during the war with Germany. Fairfax Harrison chairs the board with Howard Eliott Samuel Hae Hale Holden and Julius Kruttschnitt as members. Daniel Willard will be an ex officio member and the ICC will name another.
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Germany
Washington, D. C
United States
Council of National Defense
Fairfax Harrison
Souther Railway
Howard Eliott
New Haven
Samuel Hae
The
Pennsylvania
Hale Holden
Burlington
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Defense Council
Advisory Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington submarine bids target 28 ships contracts
Bids for constructing twenty eight 860 ton seagoing submarines likely to be awarded by Secretary Daniels. Some bids exceed the 3 200 000 per ship limit but may be accepted to speed up delivery. Possible use of emergency fund or cost plus profit scheme under review.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Frustrated Plot Targeting Calexico Area Powershed
Secret service agents thwarted a scheme to destroy or disable facilities in the San Diego region. Reports say an electric wire ran from a shack below the international boundary to a building where a powerful explosive is produced at the Hercules Powder plant near National City and the Lower California Chemical Company dye factory at Chile Vista.
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San Diego
Cal
National City
Lower California Chemical Company
Chile
Vieta
Secret
Authoriteu Resources
International Boundary Line
Spy Suspect Released in Boston Case
Boston authorities released H. G. Spikermann of Walliam after federal officials detained him on suspicion of German espionage. Officials said there was no evidence to hold him.
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Boston
H. G. Spikermann
Walliam
Texas Judge Nominated to Western District Seat
President nominates W. R. Smith of El Paso Texas to serve on the United States district court for the Western District Washington and the national appointment is expected to fill a federal judgeship.
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Texas
Washington
W. R. Smith
E. Paso
Too
United States
War Proclamation Announces U S State of War
President Wilson proclaims a state of war with Germany and orders vigilance toward alien enemies. The document directs restraint, travel limits, and seizure of contraband, with rules for alien enemies and penalties for violations. It also calls for volunteers to bolster army and navy strength.
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United States
Woodrow Wilson
Unified States of America
Germany
United
Wilson
Army
Navy
Regular Army
National Guard
War Department
Military Committee
Senate
House
Garden clubs urged to organize in Ames by extension staff
Iowa State college extension truck crops man reports at least 10 000 town youth will be taught gardening this year. Fifty towns seek aid to organize garden clubs with school credit for good work and coordinated efforts with boards of education clubs and other groups. Each student gets a plot and projects focus on home or market gardens with planned layouts and kept records.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Department
Aig
Board of Education
Commercial Club
Rotary Club
ISU Experts Survey CGW Right Of Way In Iowa
A delegation from Iowa State College began surveying the Chicago Great Western railroad right of way in Iowa to assess land available for privatization. Estimates show about eight acres per mile on rights of way and roughly 10,000 miles of track in the state, with potential corn yields boosting Iowa output by about 2.89 million bushels. The plan is to turn available land to nearby farmers who would cultivate it and share proceeds with the railroad.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Nanatha
Wayward Walk to Enlist Reaches Army Station
William J. O'Brien, 19, walked from Boone to Marshalltown to enlist after learning the local station was nearest. With no funds he traveled four days, having apprenticed as a blacksmith and horse shoer. He aims to join the cavalry and proceeded to Fort Logan, Colo., for final examination.
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Marshalltown
William J. O’brien
Boone
O’brien
O'Brien
O' Brien
Cavalry
Fort Logan
Colo
Iowa Gets Ice Plant At Waterloo For Illinois Central
Plans drawn for a new icing station at Waterloo on the Illinois Central costing 48000 dollars. It will be 300 feet long with compartments for 15000 tons of ice and capacity to ice thirty cars per hour. Only two other fully equipped houses on the Harriman lines are North Platte Nebraska and Broadview Illinois.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Ilinois Central
Harriman
North Platte
Nob
Broadview
Burlington School Boys Enlist for Navy
Four Burlington High School boys quit school and traveled to Des Moines to enlist in the navy. J. W. McKee accompanied them and certified their ages as they prepared to depart for the training station. The boys are Jack McParland E J Kingslee Jack Shepard and Charles McKee.
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Burlington
Des Moines
Navy
J. W. McKee
Jack McParland
E. J. Kingslee
Jack Shepard
Charles McKee
Car Fire Strikes Interurban on Iowa River Bridge
An interurban car from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City burst into flames as it crossed the Iowa river bridge late at night. The car stopped after crossing the span, and all passengers escaped without injury. The blaze was traced to a short circuit near the bridge approach.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Iowa River
Coe Men Plan a Battery at Cedar Rapids
Major C H Robbins of the Town national guard plans to enlist a battery at Coe College to replace the unit mustered out in Muscatine.
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Coe
Cedar Rapida
C. BH. Robbins
Town National Guard
Coe College
Muscatine
What Towa Did Back In 1861 Des Moines
When Congress declared war in 1861 the Iowa legislature appropriated 500000 to raise a volunteer army. Iowa population then 706000. Iowa furnished 78000 men. Iowa spent 486100 of that appropriation. Today the legislature appropriated 1600000. The population nears 2250000, about three times 1881. If demand for men matches the past, Iowa could furnish 236000.
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Towa
Des Moines
Congress
Iowa
Harding Aids Guard Drive In Iowa Campaign
W J Harding sends personal letters to mayors urging rapid recruitment for the National Guard as 4000 men are sought to raise guard strength to war levels. State leaders plan mass meetings and committees to recruit until the next presidential call, with posters statewide to spur readiness.
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National Guard
W. J. Harding
Wrr
State House
Iowa
Iowa Veterans Plan Reunion at Maxwell May 9 10
The Hornets Nest Brigade of Civil War veterans from the Second Seventh Eighth Iowa units will hold its thirteenth annual reunion at Maxwell Iowa May 9 and 10 Cal J Palmar president opens the event Charles Olinger gives the welcome address Major S H M By ers Aga Turner and many Comrades including Ryan Neely French McGarraugh Frailey Akers Clark Jacobs Moore Bowen and Salmon appear on the two day program Town Brigade soldiers served in some of the war s fiercest battles.
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Iowa
Maxwell
Cal
PB. J. Palmar
Charles Olinger
S. H. M. Byers
Aga Turner
Ryan
Neely
French
McGarraugh
Frailey
Akers
Clark
Jacobs
Moore
Bowen
Salmon
Iowa Miners Consider Quit Over Wage Scale Request
Coal miners in central Jawa counties threaten work stoppage if a wage scale for machine mined coal is not made retroactive and extended until March 31, ISIS. The resolution was endorsed by the district central body, urging retroactive application and a one year horizon for leaders of the industry.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Jawa
ISIS
Ames college leader cites crop waste in war effort
President R. A. Pearton of Ames College says Iowa wastes enough farm product to bankrupt smaller nations of Europe. He notes Iowa crops were valued at about one billion dollars last year and urges elimination of waste as vital to the war effort, equating farmers' role to soldiers.
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Ames
Lowa
Europe
R. A. Pearton
Ames College
Peaes
Towa
Germany
Highest Ever for Hogs Record at Kee Farm Sale
A murky OCR fragment notes an unprecedented hog price at Kee Farm in the north, with figures around six ty raged 300 pec hun pounds. It mentions yearly yields, corn feeding, and a north region farm, reflecting a farm sale context.
Columbus Gets Can Columpus
A damaged OCR fragment reports a canning factory project in Muscatine area with construction to begin when materials and plans are secured. Text mentions a factory located south of a large plant area and references completion timing depending on building conditions.
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Columbus
Clozing Company
Muscatine
Wigp
Prage
Fing
Aitou
Prizes to Iowa Orators and Odd Fellows Plan
Fragmented report notes a public speaking contest for Iowa high schools with prize details and mentions Des Moines events. It references Duncan and Mate as figures, a lodge gathering in Des Moines, and a weeks-long session with varied membership.
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Iowa
Towa City
Odd Fellows
Grang Lodge
Des Moines
Gay
Gascarets claim relief for bilious headaches and constipation
An ad promises Gascarets will cleanse the stomach and bowels overnight, easing bilious headaches, sour stomach, and foul breath. It asserts that poisonous matter absorbed from the intestines causes brain discomfort and that a 1 cent box will leave the head clear and bowels regular by morning.
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Montha
Frightened Child Encounters Hostile Wild Animal
A city child with a governess wanders into the woods and is confronted by two armed Labian figures. The creature bristles its quills in threat as the danger to the child and governess appears imminent. The scene implies a perilous wildlife confrontation and the need for caution.
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Jock
Cuticura remedy for pimples ad sample offer
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap to clear pimples. It instructs applying ointment, washing with the soap in five minutes, and maintaining clear skin with Cuticura daily. Free sample by mail with a book and a postcard request from Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Dent
Boston
Aity
Inaccurate Student Exchange About War Causes
A garbled classroom exchange features Gertrude and a teacher debating the causes of the Revolutionary War and automobiles, with muddled phrases and misheard student responses. The fragment captures a humorous miscommunication between pupil and instructor.
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Gertende
Gertrinte
Gortride
Women It Is Magic Lift Out Corn Without Pain
A Clinchonatl man discovers freezone a tiny druggist bottle, applied to the corn or callus relieves soreness instantly and shrivels the core without irritation. It dries quickly leaving no pain before or after.
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Freezone
Ndv
Fragmentary dialogue on emergencies and trust
Fragmented exchange discusses an emergency and reliance on Dudson. A speaker clarifies they failed to explain the type of emergency and notes Dudson could support when needed, though the text is garbled and incomplete.
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Dudson
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Eel
America
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Kaiser
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Wireless Us
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Ang
District of Columbia
Allen
Anes
School Creult
Harding
Mayorm
Hlah Price
Louisa Oun
J. Carson Duncan
J. S. Mate
Degimar
Orde
Pric. Sroken
Duncan
Fletcher
Bank of the Eys
Ask
Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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