Tornado Ravages Iowa Lands One Million Dollar Damage
A tornado sweeping Richland Sauk and Dane counties left ten dead and about fifty injured with roughly one million dollars in property damage. Lone Rock and Plane suffered severe losses including St Luke's Catholic church demolished and a boy killed at Plane. Madison faced three hours of darkness with heavy hail and electricity as fruit trees and crops suffered extensive damage.
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Tornal
Madison
Wis
Iowa
Richland
Sauk
Dane
Lone Rock
Richland County
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
Tornado Tears Through Lone Rock Wisconsin Five Die
A tornado hit Lone Rock Wisconsin last night killing five people and injuring many. Homes and businesses were wrecked and all communications are down, with couriers the only link to Lodi fifteen miles away as physicians and nurses rush to the stricken town.
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Lone Rock
Wis
Lodi
Aviators in Helgioland Death of Ensign Potter Reported
Washington reports Ensign Stephen Potter of Detroit Michigan died in a dramatic air battle over Heligoland Bight. Potter and a companion attacked by seven German single seaters died when their V shaped formation was overwhelmed and crashed in flames amid smoke. Potter had previously shot down a German seaplane and was the second pilot to a Royal Flying Corps captain in March.
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Helgioland
Washington
Helgioland Hight
Committee On Public Information
Stephen Potter
U.S. Navy
Detroit
Mich
Potter
Helghland Bight
North Sea
George M Young Declares Reelection Bid in North Dakota
Congressman George M Young of North Dakota announced his candidacy for reelection on May 21. He urged voters to judge his record on war support, Army and Navy needs, revenue and conservation measures, and wartime leadership. He emphasized loyalty to the administration and continued service in Congress to sustain democracy during the global conflict.
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Washington
George M. Young
North Dakota
Congress of the United States
Congress
Army
Navy
Lincoln
Kaiser's Goat Causes Turmoil in Local Shop
Miss Jennie McDonald leads a goat into a shop and ties it to the editor's desk. The animal meets a string of staff as a sequence of playful roughhousing ends with Senator Frank Ployhar taking charge. The public antics spark local amusement and chatter.
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Jennie McDonald
Billy” DuVall
Billy
John Busdicker
John
W. T. Craswell
Frank Ployhar
Craswell
Frank
Ploybar
Kaiser
Oscar E Mason Dies in Minnesota at 65
Oscar E Mason, longtime Barnes County resident and pioneer, died in St Paul Park Minnesota after a short illness. He had recently returned from California with his wife and faced medical treatment there. Survived by his wife and brothers M E Sim and H M Mason, the funeral is planned for this area with arrangements undetermined.
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Valley City
Oscar E. Mason
St. Paul Park
Minn
Mason
California
St. Paul
M. H.mason
Barnes County
M. E
Sim
H. M. Mason
Oscar Mason
I Mason
Drafted men called to report for Camp Lewis entrainment
The following registrants are ordered to report May 24 for entrainment to Camp Lewis American Lake Washington. Francis Wesley Satterlee Litchville John Raymond Bremen Urbana Sam Johnson Missoula Montana Alvin Hanstad Litchville Raymon Myer Valley City E M Younkin Judith Gap Geo Bretner St Paul Geo Bafnick Sanborn Holzman Valley City Wm Tonso Valley City Herman Pederson Minneapolis Fred Miller Sanborn Norval Kaasa Kincorth
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Camp Lewis
American Lake
Wash
Francis Wesley Satterlee
Litchville
John Raymond Bremen
Urbana
Sam Johnson
Missoula
Mont
Alvin Hanstad
Raymon
T. Myer
Rely
Sawin Ackley
Tower
E. M. Younkin
Judith Gap
Bretner
St. Paul
Minn
Geo
Bafnick
Sanborn Holzman
Valley
Flag Raising Next Sunday Afternoon in City Park
A city park event next Sunday afternoon will feature a flag raising ceremony with a patriotic program. A band concert follows, with President McFarland invited to give a patriotic address, and Gen Henry Beal plus G A R members to raise the flag atop the new city flagpole. The event includes patriotic singing and urges all citizens to attend. N S Nelson and wife of Kathryn North Dakota are registered at the Valley Hotel today.
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McFarland
Henry Beal
N.S. Nelson
Kathryn
N. D
The
Valley Hotel Toady
Hanson Reports Barnes County Liberty Loan Totals
Litchville North Dakota May 20 1918 Barnes County Chairman A P Hanson reports final Liberty Loan figures by district Totals show a 325000 quota with 438350 sold across Valley City Wimbledon Nome Litchville Sanborn Oriska districts Subscriptions include 5148 subscribers with 2682 farmers 1192 business men and 0 women. farmers contributed 240600 with remaining by business men and others.
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Litchville
N. D
Barnes County
Liberty Loan
Lib
A. P. Hanson
Third Liberty Loan
Quota Valley City
Wimbledon
Darey
Rogers
Leal
Nome
Fingal
Kathryn
Lucca
Hastings
Sanborn
Eckelson
Oriska
Pillsbury
Valley City
Seal
Fingal Ca
Eckelson Distric
Red Cross Declines Thrift Stamps and War Savings Certificates
A telegram to Darby O Malley from Minneapolis dated May 21 states Washington orders that Thrift Stamps and War Savings certificates cannot be accepted by the Red Cross. The instruction is to be followed without change and applies to all solicitors.
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Darby O'Malley
Minneapolis
Minn
Washington
Red Cross
Red Cross Drive Shatters Quota In North District
Frank Lannon and A C Thorkelson exceeded their $350 goal by raising 564 in the district north of the railway track between Seventh and Ninth Avenues to Helena Street. They credit Irish and Norwegian contributors, while noting $200 came from Mrs. J E Featherstone and the 17 de Mui celebration at the Normal Auditorium.
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Frank Lannon
A. C. Thorkelson
Red Cross
Seventh
Ninth Avenues
Helena Street
Frank
Thorkelson
J. E. Featherstone
Dahl
Will Test Flax Wilt Resistance at North Dakota College
The Department of Botany at the Agricultural College will conduct plot tests this season to determine wilt resistance in flax seed. Farmers with resistant varieties should send samples promptly, as a few ounces suffice. Tests aim to standardize seed lots and detect admixtures, with potential big savings for 1919 crop farmers.
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Department of Botany
the Agricultural College
H. L. Bolley
Comacons Agricultural College
N. Dak
Home Economics Club Reports Furlough Aid and Garment Output
The Home Economics Club totals show funds raised 138.26 for boys in France and for furlough houses. Members earned money by sales and serving coffee, knitting 90 socks, 50 sweaters, 9 bands, 35 wristlets, 6 scarves, 1 knee cap, 10 trench caps, 2 leggings, 6 helmets, 6 dozen bandages, and four dozen napkins. Individual branch work is noted as outside the sums listed.
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Bary
State Dept Plans Aid for Russia in Flat Money Grant
The State Department outlined a definite aid plan for Russia on May 22, providing a fixed sum of money to purchase supplies. The aim is to support Russia and keep it beyond Germany's reach amid geopolitical tensions.
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Russia
Washington
State Department
Germany
Pershing Reports casualties in May War Department update
General Pershing reports 48 American casualties today with three killed in action two dead from disease two dead from wounds 38 severely wounded and three slightly wounded as of May 22 in Washington.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Compromise Reported Between Administration and Senate Inquiry Supporters
Washington May 22 Senator Thompson of Kansas says a new compromise agreement has been reached between the administration and supporters of the senate inquiry. He believes passage would avert a nasty floor fight in the senate.
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Washington
Thompson
Kansas
Senate
Our Army Growing
Representative Chas Caldwell reports to the House that the United States will field four to five million men by July 1, 1919, with one million men active within a year of sending an initial force to France. Troop movements in May reach 90,000. by June 1 the army is seen at 1,889,894 soldiers and 148,328 officers, totaling 2,038,222.
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Washington
United States
Chas Caldwell
New York
House
France
Holland calls seizure response insufficient says state department
Holland informs Washington that its reply to the seizure of ships is considered insufficient in the ongoing diplomatic exchange. The note comes as the U S seeks a firmer American response to Dutch actions at sea.
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Wilhelmina
Washington
America
Holland
State Department
Wilson Seeks New Tax Bill This Session
President Wilson backs Secretary McAdoo in a conference and will press Congress to pass a new tax measure this session. The insistence follows McAdoo winning the point, with the president standing firm on the tax bill position.
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Wilson
Washington
McAdoo
Congress
American Aviator Survives With Broken Leg In Frontline Flight
An American pilot from Philadelphia fought over Ypres, wounded by a German machine gun bullet in the cockpit. He unstrapped, crawled through No Man's Land to a shell hole, endured a direct German hit, and limped to allied lines where he was hospitalized and listed as doing well.
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France
Philadelphia
Ypres
No Man’s Land
Crater
Airoplane Factory Destroyed in San Francisco Fire
A fire of unknown origin destroyed the Emmanuel factory in central San Francisco today, about ninety minutes after it began, threatening several blocks of wooden structures. The plant was run by Robert Fowler under government contract and produced aircraft.
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San Francisco
Emmanuel
Robert Fowler
Rail workers strike halts Canadian Pacific Canadian Northern Grand Trunk
Winnipeg reports eight thousand railroad workers walk out today closing shops on the Canadian Pacific Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk lines. Union leaders say the action will swell totals to eleven thousand across affiliates by tonight.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Lines
Casualty List Reported With Names and Status
Gen Pershing reports four name entries for May 21 detailing casualties. Three killed in action two died from disease two died from wounds seven wounded in accidents 17 severely wounded eight slightly wounded and two missing in action. Private Avon D McCormick of Donnybrook North Dakota and Private Elmer E Dokken of Palermo North Dakota listed among the seriously wounded.
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Washington
Gen. Pershing
Avon D. McCormick
Donnybrook
N. D
Elmer E. Dokken
Palermo
Peterson Brings Down German Plane Over Lorraine
Captain David Peterson of Honesdale Pennsylvania rammed a German bi plane northwest of Nancy during a test flight in Lorraine. He had already downed four planes in four days, but today’s victory was not witnessed and cannot be claimed.
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Peterson
ROCHE
Lorraine
David Peterson
Honesdale
Nancy
Captain Hall Alive With American Army in Lorraine
Capt. J. N. Hall of Colfax Iowa, reported alive in a German hospital behind enemy lines. He was wounded May 7 but not severely, indicating he survived the engagement with the American forces in Lorraine.
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Captain Hall
Lorraine
J.N. Hall
Colfax
Allied shipping Losses in April Total 4393 Tons
Allied non British and non neutral ships lost 4393 tons in April. British shipping suffered 220,709 tons lost in the same period according to the administration.
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London
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House of Representatives
United States of America
Bank OF Valley City
John Leslie
Home Economics Club
American National Bank
First National Bank
Middlewest
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