Three-store fire devastates blocks. two dead
A fierce blaze originated in Flick drug store gutted three buildings in Greston and Charltan areas. Two men Dick Hygleatop and George Griffin died. two others severely injured. Fire, fanned by wind, threatened hospitals and other businesses before crews contained spread.
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Hospital
Greston
Gharltan
Oseola
Fre
Origftimtad
Wectina
Dick Hygleatop
Night Willehmul
Walla
George Griffin
Propriator Silo Packing Company
Uaugh
Snell
Ettingur Morehand
Piel
Clevenger Marinas
Flick
Burt Norris
Brumines
Filby
Creston
Clauten
Fire devastates Pare rey farm and damages many homes
Farrar Suffers Serious Blaze in Farm fire thought to be incendiary origin levels half of Pare Rey county property. Fire department from Bos Moines rushed to Ferm but could not control the blaze as several buildings and possessions burn. losses estimated between 315,000 and 20,000. A chase and rapid events follow the blaze, with residents scrambling to save belongings and leave the area.
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Farrar
Parerey
Bos Moines
Sailor Davenport Sinker Report From War Coast
Article, likely from wartime notes, mentions Davenport Sailor and event near the coast of China. Describes a gunner's incident as a ship named Cwincesy or similar was sunk, with reference to Officer BaveG Luiseh and others. Language is garbled and uncertain.
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Davenport
Daventwe
Cellier
Fis
Ching
Clarinda Considers Cutting Street Lighting to Save Coal
Severe steam coal shortage forces local plants to halt whistle at work hours. Lea plant and Clarinda state hospital, major steam users, report dwindling supplies as council weighs economy measures including omitting lighting and trimming mains.
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Irinda
the Light and Power Plant
Lea
Clarinda State Hospital
Clarinda
Bonneverd
Water Works Fund Paid. City Bonds Surpass Outstanding
Dubuque's Water Works fund now shows 49000 dollars in the city treasury while outstanding bonds total 40000 dollars. The water works plant was purchased about fifteen years ago from private owners for 46000 dollars, with bonds issued to cover that sum.
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Dubuque
Dubuque City
George BD. Wybrant
No Fight For Wit Laws Dubuque Iowa Brewery Men
Anthony J Heeb former secretary of the Dubuque Brewing and Malting company says no organized effort will be made to restore state laws prohibiting intoxicating liquors. Heeb notes the dry trend and current tax pressures, plus potential food conservation concerns, would deter brewers from restarting.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Anthony J) Heeb
Lowa Ta Dry
Heeb
Immensa Capital
Grundy County Surpasses YMCA Drive Quota by Wide Margin
Grundy County more than doubled its YMCA drive quota by raising $13,758.57 against a $6,500 target. High schools nearly reached $1,000. Districts reported varied results with Reinbeck, Reinbeck High, Grundy Center, and others contributing. Total subscriptions amounted to $18,708.67 across numerous communities including Beaman, Pleasant Valley, Collins, and Palermo.
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Grundy County
Army Y. M. C. A
Beaver
Patrfield
Pleasant Valley
German
Conrad High School
Beaman High School
Reinbeck
Packing silage in silo requires steady, thorough labor
The article warns that uneven blowing and distribution of corn during silo filling causes soft spots, spoilage near walls, and reduced storage efficiency. It stresses many workers, careful packing, uniform distribution, and slow filling to allow settling, with tips like using a blower distributor, extended taps, woven wire, and patent roofs to increase capacity.
Ewes Gain Time To Improve Breeding Readiness
Advice urges giving breeding ewes extra time to reach good condition for breeding. Emphasizes thrift and strength at mating influence lamb crop, noting farms with diverse farming benefit from frequent pasture changes as sheep respond quickly by gaining flesh and vigor.
Winter garden crops for extended home harvests
The University of Missouri College of Agriculture notes winter growing is practical with modest care. Lettuce and radishes can be planted in a hotbed after frost and be ready by Thanksgiving, with successive crops for Christmas and New Year. Onions thrive if growth stays rapid and temperatures stay moderate early on. After peak cold, additional crops or repeated cycles can yield late winter to early spring harvests through care of frames and cold frames. Rhubarb and asparagus can be forced in dark basement corners anytime, with early spring boosts by insulating them in a cold frame months before thaw.
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University of Boissouri College of Agriculture
Vandal Paints Royal Theater Wall With Patriot Slurs
Unknown persons splashed yellow paint inside the Royal Theater foyer in Sioux City. The blotches covered posts and walls with inflammatory inscriptions attacking Germans and calling the owner unpatriotic. Investigators seek suspects and motive.
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Sioux City
Walla
Royal Theater
Des Moines Plans Thousand-Bed Hospital In Fort Des Moines
Colonel Glennan from Washington leads the medical department and says no change to the plan for a thousand-bed hospital at Fort Des Moines Iowa. He notes $120000 is available for construction if regular troops delay completion before next spring. Colonel Verlain, sanitary inspector, commends Canny Dodge as best bellar place.
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Des Moines
Glennan
Washington
Fort Des Moines
Verlain
Litel
Canny Dodgee
Bellar Place
Gas Well On Schie Farm Fails To Burn
Gas well on the George Schie farm one half mile east remains inert. Workers bored a fourteen inch hole to ninety three feet as noise began. The gas will not ignite but can extinguish a lighted lantern a foot below the surface.
Attention Needed By Colt Forage Ration Instructions
Guidance for feeding a colt after weaning outlines a grain ratio and feeding practices. A ration can be one quarter corn one quarter bran and one half oats or one quarter corn three eighths bran and three eighths oats. Crushed oats preferred to whole. Provide a feed-box in pasture if other stock won’t interfere. Supplement pasture with clover or timothy hay as grass shortens. Ensure regular drinking water. if unavailable in pasture, lead the colt to the water trough at each watering time.
Yellow Coat for Home of War Vet Adams
The house of W. W. Adams, a Civil War veteran, was painted yellow. Adams argued that people now do too much for soldiers, contrasting with the sixties when fewer efforts were made for the boys.
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Eivet
W. W. Adams
Adaims
Epidemic of Smallpox Checked in Tecatur County
The smallpox outbreak in Tecatur County is now nearly under control. All Leon schools have been vaccinated. No cases in Leon, but four miles away there have been cases nearby.
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Jeor
Tecatur
Neary Ai
Contro
Leon
Car Plunges Over Embankment Kills Miller at Shop
J G Miller a Cooper West furniture firm employee was instantly killed when his Ford plunged about fifteen feet over an embankment and overturned. He was pinned beneath the wreckage.
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J. G. Miller
Cooper & West
Miller
Ringgold County's Oldest Resident Dies at 100
Mrs Malinda Jane Pax aged 100, claimed as Ringgold county's oldest resident, died at her home amid a large gathering of over 350 relatives and friends who marked the occasion of her hundredth birthday.
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Clearfless
Malinda Jane Pax
Ringgold County
Iowa City Gaurd Company Formed With 103 Men
The race between Sioux Gly and Iowa City to recruit enough men for a national guard company ended with Iowa City securing 103 volunteers, the exact number required. An effort will seek about 25 more names to cover potential disqualifications for physical unfitness.
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Iowa City Raiees Guard Co
Iowa City
Sioux Gly
GOOD HORSES NEEDED IN WAR EFFORT
The article notes motor power replacing horses in many tasks but stresses horses remain vital. It cites over 1,000 horses and 800,000 mules shipped since the war began and warns that continued export reduces domestic supply, urging renewed horse production for future needs.
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Alles
Eggy Potential: Breeding for More Eggs from Fewer Hens
Guidance on selecting top laying hens from the flock to improve egg output. Emphasizes identifying best record hens and using proven layers to increase egg production with fewer birds.
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Lesa Birds
Toronto Engineer Cleared After Identity Mistake
Alexander P. Macauley, a Taranto Ontario mining engineer, spent $50 000 proving he was not the swindler. Judge Moelniyre dismissed the indictment for forgery amid apologies from the judge and prosecutor. Edwin Kilroe led the inquiry after Canadian officials and merchants vouched for Macauley’s innocence amid a years long Christmas Keough fraud case.
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New York
Alexander P. Macauley
Taranto
Ontario
Moelniyre
Macdusey
Sudge
Edwin P. Kilroe
Ma ‘Cauley
Chicago
St Louis
Middle West
Bank of Commerce of
Toronto
Rence Keough
Christmas Keough
Keough
American Bankers’, Association
G. H- Meighan
G. H. Meighan
Domison Bank
Foronto
Canada
St. Louis
Macauley
Swane
Macamey
Mr. Kilree
Manhattan
J. Hy Paget
Mr. Macauley
Spread Manure On Fields For Better Corn Yields
The Ohio experiment station reports spreading manure on corn ground during late winter and early spring gives larger returns when spread evenly over a wide area. Eight tons per acre in a corn wheat clover rotation raises corn yield by about 25 bushels over four tons with no treatment, while doubling manure increases yield by around 66 percent. A manure spreader is recommended to apply evenly.
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Ohio
Wooster
Standard Breed Practice for Poultry Farming
If you pursue poultry business, choose one standard breed and stay with it for years or until a better option arises. Mixing flocks is discouraged. Do not sell when others are selling. that is when markets tighten.
Refuge Rusk Army Diplomat Leaves Stockholm With Peace Proposal
Stockholm Nov 26 reports a Russian diplomat departed for Petrograd aboard a warship with orders to present to the Bolshevik government proposals for peace by the Central Powers. The note from Leon Trotsky to embassies announces an armistice and democratic peace based on no annexations.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Vetrograd
Petrograd
Hap Urunda
MS Lenine
Leon‘fromky
Oliek
Congress of Soldiers
Vladimir Ditech Lenine
Congress of
France
U. S. S. Officers Decline British Decorations
Secretary Daniels announced that the British admiralty offered decoration for American destroyers' crew for anti submarine service, but the offer was declined due to U S laws.Lt Cmdr Blakley and George F Neel were to be nominated for the distinguished service order, Lt Frank Leftin and Ensign Fallon for the distinguished service cross, and W H Fostice and R G McNaughton for the distinguished service medal. The ships names were withheld. The destroyers sank two U boats with depth charges as they guarded merchant convoys.
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Washington
Admiralty
Daniels
Charles A. Blakley
George F. Neel
Frank Leftin
Weary N. Fallon
W. H. Fostice
R. G. McNaughton
Arrival of U S Troops in France Under War Dept OK
Secretary Baker said the arrival pace of American troops in France matches war department expectations. No official total will be released during the war, he stated in his first authorized remark on Pershing’s forces. A later item reports a separate armed robbery in Erie, Pennsylvania. Two men held up Timothy Carroll, paymaster for a local company, at a bank and escaped with about $25,000.
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Washington
France
War Department
Baker
Pershing
Erie
Timothy Carrol
T. M. Nagle Boller Sud Engine Company
Carroll
Pas
Washington Telegram: Hoover orders license records check
In Washington on November 26, Feed Administrator Hoover directed all state tool administrators to identify and report names of manufacturers and dealers suspected of failing to obtain federal licenses as of November 1. The directive aims to enforce federal licensing compliance and compile a list of liable parties.
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Washington
Hoover
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George Anid
Cully
Outelda
Colt
Tintin
Alexander PL Macauley
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Himoas G. A. Merghan
Refuge Russ Army
Germany
Kaiser
Lenine
SS. Trotzky
Pmaribayan Commissioner For Foreign
U. S
U.S
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