Fierce gale lashes Buffalo harbor with heavy losses
A 95 mile an hour gale struck Buffalo tearing down boathouses, docks, a 300 foot wireless tower, and submerging piers. One man killed, several injured, and property losses run into hundreds of thousands. Rescue crews freed trapped victims as boats were driven ashore.
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Buffalo
N. Y
F. B. Keifer
Kiefer
Lake Erie
Bird Island Pier
Squaw Island
Niagrara River
Terrawanda
Niagara Falls
Niagara
Niagara River
Quiet Christmas Planned at White House by President Harding
President and Mrs. Harding will observe a quiet Christmas in Washington with the president hanging up his stocking at the White House. Unless plans change, church attendance is the only activity expected, maintaining a peaceful holiday.
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White House
Washington, D. C
Harding
Mrs. Harding
Washington
Mobilization of Men and Money Urged by War Secretary
Secretary of War Weeks supports mobilization of men money and manufactories under the conscription law in future war. He spoke at the War Industries Board reunion saying it would preclude profiteering and slacker lists.
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Washington, D. C
Weeks
War Industries Board
Normalcy Returns to Pittsburg Coal Fields After Guard
After three days of military guard Kansas coal fields were quiet and smoke rose from the stacks at many mines as normal operations resumed in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Severe Earth Shock Reported in Quam Guam
A strong earthquake was felt in Quam Guam with no damage reported. Residents described the tremor as severe and unsettling, prompting brief safety checks and monitoring by local authorities.
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Quam
Guam
Rockwood
Tenn
Spring City
Washington Mulls Naval and Trade Shifts in 1925
Rates on grain and hay in the trans Mississippi territory were upheld by the Interstate Commerce Commission and will take effect December 27. Britain proposes total submarine abolition at the arms conference while France seeks a 370000 ton capital ships fleet in ten years after 1925.
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trans-Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Arthur J. Balfour
Great Britain
France
Police officer wounded in Kokomo bank raid
Domestic Bart Amos a veteran Kokomo Indiana policeman was shot and gravely wounded in a revolver battle with a robber looting the Wapp department store. The robber escaped.
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Bart Amos
Kokomo
Ind
Wapp
Jay
Reparation Payments Warned No Extensions Granted
Dispatches report from Paris that the reparations commission advised Germany no extensions will be granted. Reports from Berlin claim a note accompanying a coal export ban to neutral countries. Polish refugees in Warsaw suffer exposure deaths amid extreme cold. Prime Minister Lloyd George hopes for ratification of the Irish peace treaty. Hungary-US treaty ratified in Budapest. U S Senate urged to restore Dominican sovereignty. Ulster leader Sir James Craig accuses Premier George of breach of faith.
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Paris
Germany
Berlin
Reparations Commission
James Craig
Ulster
Belfast
George
Iowa News Roundup Highlights Hogs, Schools and Crime
The drift includes 180 million fish saved from freezing by federal rescue crews, beet brood threats to Iowa beekeeping, a $225 per acre sale of land near Mount Vernon, a Decatur Decorah school bond issue and a new school plan after condemnation. Poultry judging team places second in Chicago contest. Mayor Frisbie removal hearing set, Waterloo case, hog losses in Cherokee county, highway robbery near Atlantic, Sheffield memorial hall dedication planned, and a series of local legal and labor updates including wage cuts and city council actions. Madi gan County Farm Bureau names F H Mitchell as new county agent. J W Radebaugh resigns to focus on poultry and fruit farming.
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Iowa
Towa
George Burge
Mt. Vernon
Wolrab Brothers
Decorah
School Board of
Dubuque
Labor Temple
Iowa State College
Chicago
Wood
Frisbie
Waterloo
Cherokee County
Clyde Woolsey
Atlantic
Woolsey
New City Memorial Hall
Sheffield
Myrtle Flickinger
Urbana
Wrenn
Akron, Jr
Ethel Bray
Fort Madison
Lawrence Fiscus
Effie Ashbaugh
West Union
Maynard
Albert Cahoe
Southwest Iowa Supervisors’ Association
H. H. Young
Chief Young
Chauncey McLaughlin
Coon Rapids
McLaughlin
Madigan County Farm Bureau
F. H. Mitchell
Ames
J. W. Radebaugh
Mitchell
Winterset
Bedford
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Wisconsin
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the Treasury
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International High Commission
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Hughes
Arthur Balfour
Baron Kato
Charles G. Dawes
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Pacific
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New Zealand
Japan
United States
Canada
Say
Gerald Louis Wendt
Harvard
University of Chicago
Kenwood Hall
Dominic Benigno
Wilfred C. Ely
George K. Fenner
Cleveland, O
Katherine C. Endicott
Plattsburg, N. Y
F. C. Endicott
United States Infantry School
Camp Benning
Columbus, Ga
Jennie Lamoore
Ras Cooksy
Federal
Dallas
Tex
New York
Marshal Foch
Vience
Philadelphia
Earl Throst
Inga Mangausen
Dorchester
Joseph C. Wilson
New Orleans
Waco
Aquilla
Texas Central Railroad
East St. Louis
Solomon Tart
Newark
N. J
United States Railroad Labor Board
Drake
N. D
State Industrial Commission
Mattie Kirby
Hudson, Mich
Alice
Adrian
Mich
Margaret Waken
Detroit
Half-Way
Mount Clemens
Bolzano
Italy
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Upper
Adige
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Russia
Zeitung Am Mittag
Andreas Hermes
Lloyd George
Commons
London
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Hungary
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Budapest
Consultative Council of
Santo Domingo
United States Senate
Dominican Republic
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Nujol
Apsules
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Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman
Texas
Parker
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Ecists
Hinear
Chern
Patchoeuern
Jill
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Babe
Soan
Rice Brothers
Live Stock Commission
Sioux City
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Lade Stove Repair Works
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