Poland Relief Crisis Deepens as Germany Threatens Food
Officials warn relief aid to Poland is failing due to British restrictions on shipments through allied ports. Germany may revoke permission for Belgians to keep native crops, risking severe hardship in Belgium as American aid remains stretched. President Wilson’s appeal to belligerents has drawn no response.
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Fievtern Newsniner Union News Service
Washington, D. C
United States
Poland
Berg
Germany
State Department
Great Britain
British Foreign Office
Wilson
Washington
Belgium
America
Leading Physicians Plan Series of Infantile Paralysis Inquiries
A group of top pathologists and bacteriologists in New York city have formed committees to investigate the infantile paralysis epidemic. Dr. Simon Flemer of the Rockefeller Institute presided at the meetings. So far thirty eight adults over five years have been counted among cases.
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Scourge
New York
Simon Flemer
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Prestige Gains Americas Standing in Europe Says Morris
Washington minister to Sweden Nelson Morris told President Wilson that American prestige in Europe has risen since the war began. Morris said he has sought public opinion in Scandinavian countries and notes ongoing diplomacy with belligerents confirms broad respect for the United States.
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Aa. S
Washington, D. C
Ira Nelson Morris
Sweden
Wilson
Europe
Morris
United States
Serum for Eruptive Typhus Found in Paris
Paris reports a serum for eruptive typhus discovered by Drs Nicolle and Blassot. The disease had caused severe ravages in Serbia. The breakthrough promises potential treatment or prevention for typhus outbreaks.
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Paris
Serbia
Beet of tents for Army quality food from Chicago plants
Army and militia soldiers on border and elsewhere receive meal products same as when leaving Chicago packing plants. Packers and army officials say food meets government quality standards and is prepared scientifically to suit climate and conditions.
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Chicago
Uncle Sam
Cossages Cut Limes Military Supplies Ace From Teuton Base
Telegraph reports from London and Petrograd describe chaotic evacuations as Velodimir-Volynsky is reportedly cleared by German forces, while Russian Cossack units push the Austro German line near Brody and along the Stekhod river. Zeppelins and searchlights figure in the night actions along the English southeast coast.
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London
Vor “Boumer
Galicia
Rowe
Brody
Rome
Viladim
Stukhod
Volhynia
Massive Blast Wrecks Black Tom Island Fire Rages Over Supplies
Explosions rocked Black Tom Island near Jersey City triggering a massive fire that destroyed warehouses and caused extensive property losses estimated at 25 million dollars. Two Americans are dead, several are missing, and many injured as fires spread across New York Bay region. Authorities link the blast to an ammunition storage and a barge incident tied to a towing company. Nearby battle reports describe Mexican bandits killed and Americans slain near Fort Hancock as soldiers pursue remaining outlaws.
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New York
Black To
New York Bay
Jersey City
National Storage Company
Black Tom Island
Manhattan
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Washington
War Department
Port Lancock
Tex
Funston
Department
Bell
Fort Hancock
San Chez Ranch
el Paso
John J.ewoomey
Eighth
Massachusetts Cavalry
Robert Woods
Lewis Thompson
Carranza
Eighth Cavalry
Wends
Thompson
Ned
Woods
Twoomey
U S Probes Paper Cost In Hearings On War of Print Paper
Washington August 2 reports say newspaper publishers opened hearings before the federal trade commission to examine rising print paper costs. The American Newspaper Publishers association plans a war chest to fight manufacturers amid claims of collusion to fix prices. Vice President F F Glass led the opening remarks.
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Washington
United States
Federal Trade Commission
American Newspaper Publishers Association
F. F. Glass
Association
Hughes Receives Presidential Nomination at Carnegie Hall
Charles Evans Hughes was formally notified of his Republican nomination and delivered an acceptance speech before a full Carnegie Hall audience in sweltering heat. He critiqued Wilson policy on the Mexican situation and America's wartime relations with European powers.
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New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Carnegie Hall
Wilson
Europe
All trade records broken in American surplus year
Washington reports the foreign trade of the United States closed its greatest year in history on June 20 with a surplus of 2.136 billion dollars in favor of American exporters. Experts estimate the year’s total exports at 4.234 billion and imports at 22.198 billion according to the department of commerce.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
New Air Raid on England Reported by London
Aug 2 reports say eastern and southeastern counties of England faced an air raid from a large formation of hostile airships Monday night. The raid developed before midnight and kept coastwise movement along the eastern and southeastern coast. Bombs were dropped off the Thames estuary.
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England
London
Thames
Mystery in Priest Death on Ohio River Bank
Aug. 2 Hamilton reports the body of Rev. H. W. Clarke a Catholic priest of New Madrid Missouri found on the Ohio river bank during a camping expedition. The circumstances of his death remain a mystery and are under investigation.
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Hamilton
Cr. HW. Clarke
New Madrid
Mfo
Ohio River
Clarke
Chinese City Looted as Hankow Revolt Burns Distillery
In Hankow a large distillery was burned and looted during a revolutionary outbreak. Many natives were killed and some Russian women injured before foreign volunteers halted the violence.
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Peking
Hankow
Kiel to Bergen Report Zeppelins Over Baltic Sky
Copenhagen observers report ten Zeppelins cruising the Baltic as the largest aerial squadron seen to date. In New York mortality records from a poliomyelitis epidemic break with 169 new deaths in the 21 hours ending at dusk. Berlin authorities defend Captain Pryatt s execution as justified acknowledging wartime piracy claims.
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Copenhagen
Baltic
New York
Germany
Pryatt
Fels
Buesine
Wieder
Champ Glark Named Again in Montgomery Race
Montgomery Missouri August report notes Champ Chirk secured a repeat bid for Congress with no opposition. Attorney Walter L. Cole was the Republican nominee.
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Champ Glark
Montgomery
Champ Chirk
Congress
Walter L. Cole
John H. Clark Takes Oath as Associate Justice
John A. Clark was sworn in Tuesday as associate justice of the Supreme Court. He will take his seat when the court reconvenes in October, joining the bench in Washington and Cleveland connections noted in initial oath ceremonies.
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John H. Clark
Washington
John A. Clark
Cleveland
Supreme Court of the United States
Storm damages hit Peoria in brief blast
Damage estimated at 200000 occurred when a severe thunderstorm swept over Peoria Illinois. The storm knocked out hundreds of telephones and struck ten streetcars with lightning. Poles were blown down and parts of the city’s street railway system halted. several buildings were damaged.
Turkish Pass Through Cracow to Gattota Reports
An Av dispatch from Cracow states that no Turkish general and 20 officers traveled through the city en route to Gattota via Amsterdam and London, as of August 2. The terse update notes the travel path and absence of a high-ranking commander.
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Galicia
Amsterdam
London
Avespatch
Cracow
Gattota
Only U S Can Save Casement Trial Adviser Warns
Michael J. Bayle, who advised Roger Casement during his trial, conferred with Secretary Tuoiy and warned that Casement would die unless the United States saved him.
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U. S
Casement
Washington
Aug
Michael J. Bayle
Roger Casement
Tuo Iy
Lint
Knights of Pytilas hold biannual convention in Tortand
The Supreme Lodge met in Tortand Ore on August 8 as past supreme chancellor Richie of Ninots repeated an address delivered at the Geldan Jubilee. Waller I also spoke, recounting earlier talks.
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High Lodge K
Tortand
Ore
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pytilas
Waller
Richie of
Ninots
Ehanmitor
Gelden
Fort Des Moines Named Iowa Headquarters As Camp Dodge Burns Out
Des Moines reports Major General Berry orders Camp Dodge to vacate and move headquarters to Fort Des Moines for Iowa mustering and training. Col Morgan transfers leadership to Fort Des Moines, while Town guards face arm inspector consolidations and potential officer placements amid national defense shifts.
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John A. Stewart
Mirsoh City
Chas
Rubias
Cedar Rapids
John W. Cogswell
Iowa City
Brookhart
Capt
Hird
Maj
Iowa National Guard
War Department
Logan
Infantile paral ysis cases rise in Mason City Iowa
State officials report five new infantile paralysis cases in Mason City, raising Iowa total to 23. Mason City was hardest hit in 1910 with Cerro Gordo county tallying seventy six cases and sixty in Mason City. Officials monitor twelve other points as Ames reports no new cases and Ottumwa sees limited illness.
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Dea Moines
Mason City
Iowa
Cerro Gorie County
Magon City
Ames
Ottumwa
Dormitory Addition Planned at Tawa State College
The new $55,000 women’s dormitory at Tawa State College will be finished before September 12 registration day, housing 94 beds and increasing total on campus capacity to 240. Rooms start at $19 to $14 per month for two, with board at $14 monthly.
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Ames
Tawa State College
Progressives Nominate Governor Candidate at Des Moines Convention
Progressives in Iowa held a state convention in Des Moines nominating H. Basher of Waterloo for governor. They endorsed universal military service and a reform platform supporting a corrupt practices law to curb big money in campaigns.
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Des Moines
Iowa
H. Basher
Waterloo
Prominent Mason Currie Dies After Forty Years Here
Webster City obituary notes the death of F. Currie a prominent resident for over forty years in Webster City Iowa. A leading figure in the insurance field and a member of the Masonic order he was sixty six years old.
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Webster City
Currie
Iowa
Masonic Order
Hayner to Investigate Iowa Suffrage Fraud Claims
H M Hayner, candidate for attorney general, to be hired by the Iowa Women's Christian Temperance Union to probe alleged Scott county suffrage election frauds. The group seeks to challenge returns to swing Iowa's vote in favor of suffrage. A $540 fund is being raised for the effort.
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Marengo
H. M. Hayner
Iowa Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Scott County
Scote
Iowa
Insurance Report Filed in Des Moines and Iowa
Insurance data from Des Moines and Iowa shows 4894 carriers and 633,402 MWe insured, average 408 per person, life insurance losses rising, premiums paid totaling 17,736,622, with 6824 agents operating in Iowa. In 2009 state securities on deposit reached 52,381,310 and in the following year 58,080,012, as the department examined twelve life concerns amid high activity and tax/fee totals of 584,608 with department operating costs at 24,900 and 11 manufacturers in the state context.
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Des Moines
Jowana
Minory i English
Menraned Cavastoner
State Department
Two Swartout Brothers Wounded in California Junction Clash
In a violent confrontation at California Junction between I W W members and non adherents, James and Geo Swartout of Barnes City were shot, one in the arm and one in the neck. Three attackers were jailed and the Swartouts hospitalized. The elevator office safe was broken into and tampered with. About 209 men ride the freight through each night.
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Misgowri Valley
California Junction
Here
TW. OW
Rhode Organization
James
Geo
Swartout
Barnes City
Knoxville Plans Large Clay Works Plant
Knoxville announces the formation of the Iowa Gray Product Company to operate one of the region’s largest clay works. Robert Goodwin, former state clay works superintendent, will organize the new firm with Flo, who previously led the Radflekt Arink and Tile company and the Goodwin plant near Des Moines.
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Knoxville
Robert Goodwin
State Clay Works
Flo
Radflekt Arink’ and Tile Company
Goodwin
Mer Moines
Iowa Gray Product Company
Heat Wave Claims Many Lives Across Midwest
A severe heat wave sweeping the Midwest last week caused numerous fatalities. Davenport reported seven deaths tied to heat, with six from prostration. Keokuk and Fort Madison each saw one death. A farmhand near Nayneld, Liam, collapsed and died an hour later.
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Davenport
Fegny Dirbuque
Musentive
AL Keokuk
Fort Madison
Improvements at New Hampton to include new sewage plant
Improvements at New Hampton include a major sewerage project. A new sewage disposal tank will be constructed this summer after which the electrical and plant works begin. Completion is targeted for early autumn with bids expected by August 15. The project cost is estimated between 18,000 and 20,000 dollars.
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New Hampton
Ufter
Ford Branch for Des Moines Plant and Branch Factory
Des Moines reports securing hind necessary for Ford Motors company. A new building, 25 by 400 feet, will be the best ward structure in the country, matching the Detroit plant design, with work beginning immediately.
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Ford
Iown
Des Moines
Ford Motors Company
Phil
Detroit
Iowa City approves $240000 bond for new grade schools
In Iowa City voters approve a $240,000 bond issue to fund new grade school buildings. More than 700 women participated, and the tally stands 1116 for to 520 against. The outcome shows strong approval for the expansion in the district.
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Iowa City
Lowa City
Destructive Farm Fire Burns RB Hall Property Near Geiswolu
A farm fire destroyed Criswald Sevan buildings and contents on RB Hall's property near Geiswolu. Blaze believed caused by spontaneous combustion in hay. Insurance coverage reported at 81800.
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Criswald
Sevan
Hall
Geiswolu
Blaise
Endowment In Doubt For Penn College Sale Halted
Although the sale of a $400,000 endowment fund for Penn College has been halted, rustlers announce that the other grant must be secured in a short time or there will be no more funds for the college.
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Oskaioesa
Funt Dentindest
Penn College
Fire Destroys Berlin Northwest Tama Business District
A major blaze engulfed most of the business district in Berlin northwest Tama county, burying five buildings. Firefighting units from Hembeck, Heaman and Gadhroolk arrived with chemical engines but two structures survived. Loss estimates exceed 12 400, with partial insurance coverage.
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Tratz
Hitle Tawny
Berlin
Tama County
China
Mreatenerdk
Appaula
Hembeck
Heaman
Gadhroolk
Partien
Iwo
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