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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
5
Washington orders troops to protect lives and property as Wilson returns ill from a western tour. The British railway strike sparks European coal fears. Taft and governors testify as the House budget panel nears adjournment. Protests, lockouts, shootings, and labor strife ripple across the United States and beyond.
San Francisco and nearby cities see a citywide walkout as iron trades across shipyards foundries and manufacturing plants halt operations. Grand jury to probe Omaha riot actions. district judges call special grand jury as federal troops patrol. Milk price set at 3.63 per hundred. Thowbridge man dies in hunting accident. Immigration raids in Laredo deport 205 Mexican workers. Ohio supreme court upholds liquor referendum. Great Lakes sailors to aid riot control in Wausegan.
Personal Rev Maj Edward V Wattman longtime Roman Catholic chaplain in the U S Army dies in Sivanston Indiana. He was appointed army chaplain by President Hayes in 1877. John D Rockefeller gives 20 million dollars to improve medical education announced by the general education board in New York.
Dispatches say British troops occupy Odysse, guard stations and trains in England, and a railway strike is on. The blockade of Germany begins per Paris reports. Wilson may travel to Paris if Senate amends the treaty. Mexican commander Dieguez reports Villa followers surrendered and were pardoned. D'Annunzio proclaims state of war with Jugoslavia amid Fiume unrest. Mauna Loa erupts on Hawaii with lava destroying homes.
Over 1 000 citizens attend the O'Brien county farmers picnic at the C Hendricks farm. Iowa groups discuss the 1920 Iowa Master Horseshoers convention in Cedar Rapids and exams at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Des Moines leaders push ratification of international covenants. Potatoes show a 69 5 percent condition vs 75 1 percent ten year average. The Dubuque case stalls sale of fare tickets until court reversal. Thresherman Sam Anderson killed near Deloit. Mason City displays the lone postwar German cannon, a 75 mm gun weighing 2500 pounds. Iowa State College enrollment reaches record levels with over 2000 students and 90 plus girls registered. Des Moines school enrollment climbs 21 507 from 16 505. Police chief issues sweeping arrest orders for Traffic violations resulting in 100 arrests in 24 hours. An optical worker suffers eye injuries from boiling pitch. Public support for rail privatization runs high among major Iowa commercial bodies statewide.
In Goshen Indiana the nurse explains a new baby sister to a girl named Elsie who wonders why the doctor left it for her. Elsie mutters that she would not blame the doctor for wanting to get rid of the infant and questions why he chose them.
The Pont de la Greve in Paris gained the name Pont d Arcole after a 1790s incident during Les Trois Glorieuses. A legend says a young insurgent cried Follow me as the bridge fell, but there is no record of who ordered the name change or details of the event.
A man on a shortcut near Cross Roads Store in Gap John son of Rumpus Ridge Ark is wounded by a stranger firing a gun. The shooter fled and the victim cannot identify the assailant, told as a local anecdote quoted from the Kansas City Star.
A Yonkers Statesman clipping notes a playful exchange about objects fashioned from human hair. A woman engaged to no barber recalls the diamond ring made from hair, highlighting a curious anecdote from local lore.
A buyer advises grocers to use Red Cross Ball Blue bluing and promises lasting satisfaction after trying it. The note asserts repeated use and repayment in results and mentions a price of five cents.
Evening near a French village. A company commander corrects a corporal who lists a full squad while one man lies in a mud hole. The scene shows discipline strain as the front rank counts only three men, the missing soldier named Shorty Megs.
A burglar is caught by a family head during a night break in. The intruder is coerced to list objects stolen including a pug dog a parrot a gramophone a violin and loose change. The family contemplates a peaceful future with humor and a special bottle.
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