Redfield Resigns As Secretary Of Commerce In 1918
William C. Redfield, long prominent in Brooklyn and Washington circles, resigns as secretary of commerce effective November 1 after eight years in public service. He cites personal business matters and desire to return to private life, stating no quarrel or dispute prompted his departure. He was the sixth cabinet member to leave during Wilson's six years.
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Brooklyn
Washington
D. C
William C. Redfield
Commerce
Wilson
Redfield
Hines
Europe
Paris
Mr. Redfield
War Prices Report Signals Prices Easing
The Federal Reserve Board notes a drop in consumer costs for some foods and wearables like textiles and shoes after wartime highs. Business remains at a high level with cautious optimism for wage and price solutions, while agriculture is less favorable overall with cotton in poor condition. Labor conditions show unsettled reports from most districts.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Nurse's Betrayer Condemned in Court Martial
Paris report says George Gaston Quien was convicted by a court martial on charges of treasonable dealings with Germany and betraying Edith Cavell, and he has been condemned to death.
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Nurse
Paris
George Gaston Quien
Edith Cavell
Carson Invited to America Over Irish Home Rule
Belfast reports Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Ulster unionist movement, has been invited to the United States to discuss opposition to Irish home rule. No decision yet on whether he will accept the invitation.
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Carson
America
Belfast
Edward Carson
Ulster Unionist Movement
United States
Interstate Live Stock Fair to Open September in Sioux City
Sioux City Iowa reports $25 000 in free attractions and over 4000 livestock entries for the Interstate Live Stock Fair running September 14 20. The event expands all departments with air shows fireworks auto races and big purses for harness and running events attracting competitors from multiple states. Victory Day September 17 offers free grounds admission to former servicemen with Monahan Post American Legion sponsorship.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Monahan Post
American Legion of
Morton
New York
Berle Sisters
Ellert Sisters
Gelli
Picard
Louis Gertson
Walter A. Pack
Gertson
Zeebrugge Harbor
Wortham
Mr Wortham
Verne Terlinger
Ringling Bros. Circus
Annie Terlinger
Joyland Follies
International Motor Contest Association
Sig. Hugdahl
Barney Oldfield
Fiat
Fred Horey
Hamlin
Wilson Begins Speaking Trip on Road to Ratify Treaty
President Wilson starts his cross country speaking tour aboard a special train from Union Station. The Mayflower private car leads an eight-car train with 20 newspaper correspondents and five moving picture men aboard to report the trip.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Union Station
Bernard Baruch
Ray Baker
Mint
Walker D. Hines
Norman
Secret Service
Murphy
Railroad Administration
Tumulty
Middle West
Peace Conference notes Austria representation clash and delays
Paris notes demand suppression of a German Austria representation article within a fortnight. Debates in Paris cite German losses and Bolshevik activity in Lithuania and Europe. Reports cover amnesty for Italian soldiers, Polish advances, and martial law in Munich as war aftermath unfolds.
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Supreme Council of the
Paris
Austria
Andre Tardieu
Chamber of Deputies
Munich
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Berlin
Allies Lift Blockade on Hungary Say Washington Dispatch
Washington dispatch reports the Allies have lifted the blockade against Hungary but impose remaining restrictions on dues and other commodities under reparations commission control. A planned organized tour of Republican speakers after Wilson's transcontinental trip was dropped at a Senate conference. Wilson declined to supply the foreign relations committee with tentative treaty drafts with Austria Hungary Turkey and Bulgaria.
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Washington
Hungary
Reparations Commission
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Iowa Exposition Draws 5000 Plus Visitors
Iowa State fair sees over five thousand attendees camped on grounds. Reports also note a missing Pocahontas bank clerk Paul Richards whose accounts are intact. Weather and agriculture updates mention frost risk to corn, fall plowing progress, and early silo filling across counties.
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Paul Richards
Pocahontas
Louie Devalland
Rougemont
France
Cedar Falls
Thomas Townsend Rogers
L. S. Taft
Humboldt
Eastern Star
Boone
Carroll Chapter
American Legion
Dallas Romans
Des Moines
Cummins
Washington, D. C
Taft Park
Iowa
John and Clark Lauder
Grinnell
Meyer
John Pennington
Dexter
Josephine
Grace Haupert
Jamaica
Judith
Janice Junkin
Earlham
Black Hawk County
State Teachers’ College
C. W. O'Brien
Linden
David Martin
Redfield
C. D. Reed
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Wilson Begins Speaking
Trip
Mrs. Wilson
Copenhagen
Communist Labor Party
Bolsheviks
Russia
Spartacans
Germany
National Socialist
Chicago
Fritz Seidl
Spartacan
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Italy
Budapest
Roumania
Lithuania
Kolchak
Siberia
Omsk
Coblenz
Ludwigshaven
Palatinate
Bobruisk
Minsk
Saya
Viborg
Finland
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Helsingfors
John L. Nelson
Zurich
Switzerland
Iowa State
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