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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
1
Report from Petrograd claims Kornito followers bombard government positions while Kerensky loyalists retreat. Officials in London say no cables confirm the crisis and the Russian army moves toward Petrograd amid withheld news.
Lieut Douglas Malcolm was acquitted at the Old Bailey in the sensational murder trial over Anton Blumberg. The court accepted his plea of justifiable homicide claiming he killed Blumberg to defend his wife's honor, marking a landmark unwritten law defense case.
St Johnsbury Vermont Mrs Alvin Kenniston found guilty of second degree murder in the July 5 killing of Alice Bradshaw. The victim was the crippled daughter of a neighbor. Jury deliberated forty minutes.
Washington October 1 will see the entire American sugar industry placed under government control through a licensing system. The food administration announced the move to regulate manufacture refining and imports.
A private in the Tardadron, son of Dern re Achen Whirth, died amid a sequence of orders and reinforced steel guidelines. The report details the death amid unclear conditions and references a series of names and places connected to the event.
William Leonard Davis forms the American Godmothers League modeled on British and French groups. The aims include sending comfort to soldiers in trenches with a personal touch. Each parcel should include a self addressed envelope for replies and regular monthly supplies.
The great war credits bill authorizing 11.538 billion dollars in bonds and certificates cleared the House on Thursday without amendments and now goes to the Senate. It authorizes 87.588 billion in bonds, with 4 billion for Allied loans and 3 billion for existing issues, plus up to 2 billion in war savings certificates and similar notes all taxable.
Dispatches to the Provisional government state Russia will deploy the battle fleet to defend Petrograd and the Kronstadt and Royal bases. The move signifies a unified response as Riga falls, uniting hostile factions against the perceived new peril.
Fragments indicate several bodies were found ashore along an unnamed coast. Local authorities have not released identities or causes, and investigators are examining shoreline conditions and possible maritime incidents.
An incident report claims the FWY headquarters were targeted as a rendezvous site for writven. a group or party swooped on the offices on a Saturday, finding them closed.
Washington reveals that German telegrams from Count Luxburg in Buenos Aires were routed through Stockholm to Berlin, exposing plans to sink Argentine ships. State Department states Sweden’s act strains U S Sweden ties and highlights submarine warfare tactics discussed in the cables.
Three men were shot and six arrested on Sunday as soldiers dispersed a parade in support of striking street car workers. Wounded Albert Heinke and Anton Reddick were hospitalized with non serious injuries and will be cited to appear in court.
The fuel administration will form a committee in each state to help allocate coal supply for the nation this winter. Fuel administrator Harry A. Garfield announced the plan and also proposed retail price controls via federal committees.
Akron Ohio reports twenty persons injured in a collision of interurban cars at The Gorge near the city. Some injuries described as probably slight.
Fred Oehener of San Francisco died from injuries after a 200 foot fall during a test for a pilot license at the California aviation corps school in San Carlos.
Paris September 10 The Ribat ministry resigns unanimously after Friday cabinet meeting. President Poincare asks the premier and ministers to withhold resignation and consider new arrangements.
United States marshals, acting on an order from Attorney General Gregory, raided I W W and Socialist party affiliates across multiple cities, seizing books and documents and, in some cases, arresting officials. In Chicago eight raids yielded extensive seized material as part of a nationwide cleanup under the espionage act.
An American ship crew recounted meeting the French bark Magdalene after it was sunk by a submarine off the Azores. Ten crewmen died and nine were wounded in the shelling. Survivors were landed at an Algerian port. The vessel had been chased about 12 miles southeast of the Azores, and the submarine sank five other ships.
Report describes Austrian air attack over Venice Vernier on September 7 targeting the Morasial palace a notable fourteenth century structure near the Thimula palace claiming significant damage and casualties in the city.
Paris Sept 11 official report shows French merchant vessels sunk by mines or submarines during the past week. Three ships over a specified tonnage were lost to hostile actions, highlighting the ongoing peril at sea for French commerce.
The American Labor Democracy Alliance led by Samuel Gompers, approved by President Wilson, ends its loyalty conference with a pledge to suppress disloyalty and pro German propaganda, back government control during labor disputes, tax wealth, and secure worker representation in war and peace councils. The declaration frames democracy as the stakes and warns that compromise could sow bloodier strife.
Federal agents recovered a bomb among staff seized in the I W W headquarters raid in Detroit. Indictments and arrests were planned. United States Marshal Behrendt urged internment of all IWW members for the war duration. reports tied to a Great Lakes strike plan and the Botre area lynching of organizer Frank Littl.
A blast at the Peakeard arsenal near Philadelphia killed at least three workers and injured more than thirty, including several girls. Five buildings were destroyed, and hospital reports note that about twenty two workers were in the area. only one injury was serious, a smaller casualty count than expected given the number employed.
London reports a German air raid on U S Army hospitals hosting St Louis and Harvard contingents. One Aberonian officer was killed and several wounded, with chaos described as the attack struck the Recowst village area and damaged the Wehrmacht field.
An American airman from Massachusetts was posthumously awarded the War Cross. He served with distinction at the front where he was killed in action.
Intense religious homesteader Ole Bergstrom endures a string of disasters in Seward Alaska. A mosquito’s bite leads to a broken nose while he attributes all events to providence despite hardships. He survives a brown bear encounter and continues tending his 20 acres of potatoes amid high prices and belief in divine punishment.
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