Relief for Russians Sidelined by Allied Trade Exchange
Paris reports the Supreme Council approved reciprocal exchange of goods including medicine machinery and other necessities to aid interior Russia in exchange for grain and flax. The plan maintains allied policy toward the Soviets and involves the Russian Co operative society, estimated at 20 million members, with past deals totaling 15 million dollars in surplus army clothing and textiles.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Russia
Washington
Baker
United States
Rusia
Society
Mock Obsequies for John at Sunday Sermon
Billy Sunday staged a mock funeral for John Barleycorn before about 10 000 attendees in Norfolk Virginia. The procession began at a railroad station with a coffin twenty feet long arriving on a special Milwaukee train, then marched to Sunday’s tabernacle as the evangelist urged the crowd to bid farewell to alcohol.
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Billy
Norfolk
John Barleycorn
Milwaukee
John
Evangelist
Hell
Embargo of Commodities Between Russia and Other Nations
The supreme council announced a reciprocal interchange embargo on certain commodities including foodstuffs. Import facilities will be given for clothing medicines agricultural machinery and other necessities in exchange for grain flax and other Russian surplus goods.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Council
State Department
Russia
Ship Sails With Whisky Cargo From Baltimore
The Lake Ellerslie, Baltimore's third liquor ship, sailed to Nassau with 34 667 casks of whisky and wine and 1 860 barrels of liquor just removed from bond. Whisky valued at 5 500 000 dollars carried, total liquor exported in the last two days estimated at 12 000 000 dollars.
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Shipping Board
Lake Ellerslie
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Alleged Radicals Released on Bail in New York Raids
Forty two men and eight women arrested in recent raids on extremists were freed on bail from El Sig Island. The releases brought total to fifty nine since Judge Knox ruled immediate bail must be granted despite whether radicals answered questions by immigration inspectors on belief and violence against the government.
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New York
Elsig Island
Knox
Berger Seeks Another Special Election Run
Victor L. Berger a socialist former congressman seeks Gov. Philipp to call a new special election after two prior rejections. The Milwaukee based bid underscores ongoing efforts to win a seat in Congress.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Victor L. Berger
Congress
B. L. Philipp
Week in Review: Quarantines, Courts, and Political Moves
Judge Edmund Jarecki in Chicago presided over five youths charged with robbery on 15 counts, bonds totalling 420000. Great Lakes Naval Training Station placed under strict influenza quarantine with over eighty cases. Detroit banks report capital and surplus gains of 11000000. Jefferson county jury in Louisville refuses murder indictment against Dr Christopher Scott. Oregon votes to ratify the constitutional amendment granting women suffrage, becoming the twenty fifth state. Brest troops arrive in New York aboard George Washington with 237 officers and 615 troops. Boston to San Francisco steamship service to begin about March 1 with six vessels via Panama.
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Edmund K. Jarecki
Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
R. T. Crandall
Bryan and Wilson clash over League of Nations in dinner remarks
William J. Bryan openly disagreed with President Wilson at a Washington dinner on making the League of Nations an election issue. Bryan said Democrats could not go to the country on the issue and must accept possible compromises. Wilson urged the treaty referendum as the clear way out in his dinner message.
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William J. Bryan
Wilson
Washington
League of Nations
Washington Rejects 2 Percent Apportionment in Germany Retaliation
President Wilson moves amid postwar strain as Hoover urges not to extend Austria relief and 8,000 American Siberian troops prepare to start homeward. Berger denied seat in Congress again as Glass seeks $150 million for food relief in Austria Poland and Armenia. Wilson walks the White House grounds awaiting Grayson’s word.
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Poland
Armenia
Congress
Washington
Glass
Wilson
White House
Grayson
Nominations and Departures in Global and U S Affairs
Personal Guy F. Allen of Somerset Md nominated by the president to be assistant treasurer of the United States at Washington vice Hand resigned. Former Premier Paderewski will leave Warsaw for Switzerland January 17. Col E M House arrives Houston for rest from peace conference duties. Dr Frank J Goodnow rests after leg injury. Gen Edwin S Greeley dies in New Haven at 86. Mrs Mary Elizabeth Payne buried in Ogden Utah age 86. Joseph B Willard returns to Madrid as American ambassador to Spain.
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Somerset
United States
Washington
Vice Hand
Frank J. Goodnow
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Turbulent Occupied Oberhausen Strips Town and Loots
Reports describe foreign plundering in Oberhausen with town hall troops seizing arms and archives scattered, while shops were stripped and streets littered. Across northern and eastern France a storm caused deaths and injuries, with heavy damage reported in multiple cities.
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Oberhausen
Germany
France
Paris
Iowa Farmers Face High School Bonds and Bountiful Crops
The 1 164 to 67 vote funds a $600 000 West Waterloo high school. Iowa farmers report record corn yields 70144 bushels per acre in Benton County and strong seed potato results while new towns like West View grow amid grain trade expansion.
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Herman Koch
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Henry Grunewald
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Story County
Knute Espe
Espe
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National Shipping Association
S. N. McKinsey
Chickasaw County
Montana
Iowa
Afton
C. B. Crumpacker
Messer & Bissell
Wright County
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West View
Palmer
Pocahontas
van West Grain Company
Farmers’ Savings Bank
C. L.fitch
Extension Department
Iowa State College
C L. Fitch
F. J. Sedlacek
St. Ansgar
Mr. Sedlacek
Mr. Fitch
Papes Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast relief for severe colds. It claims the first dose clears nasal congestion, eases headaches and feverish symptoms, with subsequent two hourly doses to finish the cold. The remedy is inexpensive and easy to obtain at drug stores.
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Pape
Artificial gas to replace natural supply in Pittsburgh districts
A conference under the public service commission in Pittsburgh predicted artificial gas will largely substitute natural gas for heating as shortages grow. The Philadelphia company, long a major natural gas supplier, plans to provide 7,000,000 cubic feet daily and aims for 80,000,000 cubic feet per day in the near future.
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Pittsburgh
Public Service Commission
Philadelphia
Diamond Dyes Promise Fadeless Color For All Fabrics
See shabby faded garments turn new with Diamond Dyes guaranteed to give a rich color to wool silk linen cotton and mixed goods. The Direction Book in each package explains how to diamond dye over any color and a Diamond Dye Color Card helps match material.
Expert Witness Testimony Quote Sparks Trial Chat
The judge questions a defense expert witness. Rastus Rashley answers in rural dialect asserting his role as expert witness for the defense while claiming not to know the case facts. The exchange underscores the courtroom dynamics during a criminal proceeding.
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Rastus Rashley
New York Evening Post
Green's August Flower for Digestive Troubles
An advertisement promotes Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach and intestines, and stimulates the liver to improve bile and blood impurities. It claims wide use in households worldwide for indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, sluggish liver, heartburn, and constipation, urging readers to buy from druggists.
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Green
It Started Something Picture Saved My Life
A humorous Nebraska Awgwan line recounts a man crediting a cherished picture worn over his heart for stopping a bullet in the Marne battle. The caption adds a playful claim the image could calm a mad bull, reflecting wartime morale humor.
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Yank
The
Marne
Nebraska
Recipe for Gray Hair Dye Mixture
A home remedy outlines mixing bay rum glycerine and Barbo Compound with water to darken gray hair gradually. Apply twice weekly to achieve a softer, glossy look without staining the scalp. Available from druggists or DIY at low cost.
End of the Year Cartoon Caption Exchange
Cartoon caption exchange notes cold embers and the months of November and December in a wry year end moment. The dialogue highlights seasonal imagery and humor from a newspaper cartoon page.
Charm of a bathroom and ball blue whiteness
The note extols Red Cross Ball Blue to keep cloths and towels white until worn. It suggests preparedness prevents disappointment and cautions that giving a Christmas box is better than receiving one from a pugilist.
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