Town Hears Hurdles in Liberty Bond Rally at Aspinwall
In Manilla Iowa the Aspinwall hall refusal sparks a Liberty loan action. A U S marshal arrests owner John Brus after the hall is darkened and bonds are gathered as 75 local citizens, led by Mayor Joscoe Saunders, close stores and rally in Lirus hall. German community ties noted.
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Nlon News Berrice
Manilla
Aspinwall
John Brus
United States
State Defense Council
Manittatself
Brus
Aspinwall On the Streets Laughed At the Liberty Loav
Joscoe Saunders
Saunders
Lirus Hall
Liberty Loan
Glenwood Mayor Faces Ouster Over City Paving Case
Grand jury indictment in Glenwood charges Mayor F. J. Wallace with corrupt and willful misconduct in office. Wallace, manager and principal owner of F J Wallace Lumber Co, sold paving contractor handling city work, creating a city mayor partnership in contracts. County Attorney Cook and Attorney General Havner seek to oust him from the mayor’s office.
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Glenwood
District Court
F. J. Wallace
Wallace
F. J. Wallace Lumber Company
Grand Jury
Cook
Havner
City Considers Municipal Milk Station
Des Moines proposes a municipal milk distributing station to sell milk at lower prices. Mr. Lingenfelter says the plan would reduce handling costs, aid dairy men, and help poorer families by guaranteeing needed milk through the marketing association and city operation.
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Des Moines
MacVicar
Lows Dairy Marketing Association
Lingenfelter
Iowa Flyer Is Injured in France Adjt Haviland Wounded
Word from France reports Adjt Wills Haviland of the Lafayette estadrisfe wounded in action with German aircraft. He is recovering and hopes for a furlough to return to the United States to instruct aviators. His mother Mrs Grace King Haviland is near Paris in hospital work to be near her son.
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Marshalltown
France
Adjt
Wills Haviland
Lafayette Estadrisfe
Haviland
Sam
Grace Kiug Haviland
Paris
Supreme Court Grants Temporary Injunction in Oppression Case
Des Moines Chief Justice Gaynor issued a temporary injunction blocking proceedings in the Attorney General Hayner case for oppression in office until the supreme court reviews jurisdiction of the Montgomery county court. The petition claims Judge Rockafellow lacks jurisdiction in the case.
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Supreme Court
Des Moines
Gaynor
Town Supreme Court
Hayner
Montgomery County Court
High Court
Attorney General
Rockafellow
On First Train When Called to War
Charles City reports James Schafer aged 21 left for Camp Dodge taking his first railroad ride.
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Charles City
James Schafer
Camp Dodge
Mr. Schafer
Students Buy Bonds at Council Bluffs High School
Council Bluffs students, teachers, and clubs purchased Liberty bonds for a total of 13,550 dollars amid school activities and student groups.
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Council
Bluffs
Bluffs High’ School
Liberty Bards
Corn Huskers In Demand For Harvest To South
State and federal labor officials seek 1 600 harvesters for a bumper corn crop with Des Moines wages from 5 cents to cents per bushel. Workers to be housed and tracked for reassignment as needed. Northern Iowa to southern shift.
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Des Moines
Department of Labor
Charles M. Harmon
Free Employment Bureau
Fires claim buildings and lives across Iowa region
A Mount Vernon fire gutted a two story brick building owned by Dr G A Carson. The Jacobs Walker and Paul Hendricks threshing rig burned on Mike Ackerman farm northeast of George. Herman Thoen of Company L died from pneumonia at Camp Nadge, the sixth recruit death. Mrs Johann Vandalfsen of LeMars died at 78 in Sioux Center. Charles A Joseph founder and editor of the Farley Advertiser died at 69 from injuries after a ladder fall. Mra Clem at Jon reached 108. Henry H May funeral held at New Albin. Sylvester Linton, 60, died after a long Plymouth County residence.
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Mount Vernon
Jacobs Walker
Paul Hendricks
Mike Ackerman
George
Herman Thoen
Three Hundred and Fifty-second Infantry
Camp Nadge
Farwell
Minn
Johann Vandalfsen
LeMara
Mra. W. Vandenberg
Holland
Charles A. Joseph
The
Farley Advertiser
Iowa
Sylvester Linton
Plymouth County
Ded
Des Moines Leads Iowa In Forming National Guard Units
ADes Moines report notes twelve Iowa cities including Des Moines will form national guard organizations under War Department authorization. Infantry companies of 100 men plus officers will drill weekly. enrolled men vow six year terms with three years active, three in reserve. Registered men not yet drafted may join, with state armories available for drills as new units organized.
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Des Moines
Guy Logan
War Department
Towa
Burlington
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Port Dodge
Sioux City
Cornell Biufiz
Red Oak
Ghenandoah
Fort Madison
Ottumwa
Frank L. Love
Iowa National Guard
Logan
National Guard
Home Guard
National Army
Reserve
Army
Government directs Camp Dodge purchases through Omaha depot
An order from Camp Dodge requires the camp quartermaster to make all department purchases via the Omaha government depot. Perishable food and equipment may still be bought from Des Moines merchants in emergency cases. The move aims to centralize bulk purchases and eliminate improvised Des Moines buys.
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Camp Dodge
National Army
Omaha
Des Moines
Onisha
Ompha
State Economists Meet At Grinnell
The Iowa State Association of Economists and Sociologists held its second annual meeting in Grinnell with large attendance from delegates statewide. Instructors from nearly every educational institution in the state attended the sessions.
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Grinvell
Iowa State Association of Economiste and Sociologista
Wilson Urges Food Economy Week Enrollment
President Wilson urged every home and public institution to join the food administration during a family enrollment week. The appeal seeks nationwide cooperation in food conservation and asks Americans to become members of the food administration to ensure national efficiency.
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Wilson
Washington, D. C
United States
The
Food Administration
the Food Administration
Sugar Price Is Cut to Ease Eastern Shortage
Washington dispatch reports American Sugar Refining Co contracted 200 million pounds of Louisiana cane sugar for shipment northward to relieve near famine conditions in the East. The refiners paid about 13 million dollars, roughly 64 cents per pound, with wholesalers to see prices fall from 8.30 to 7.25 cents per pound on the Western seaboard by year end.
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Washington
Awerlenan Sugar Refining Company
Seaboard
Food Administration
Pershing risks shell fire with French troops in Aisne attack
General Pershing accompanied General Frenchet d Is perey to the second German line northeast of Soissons during the French assault on the Aisne front. He advised entering the trenches and moved through shell fire into the captured positions, while his calm manner impresses the French army. American intelligence officers witnessed the successful French advance.
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France
Pershings
Hne
Aisne
Frenchet D'Lisperey
Pershing
Soissons
Food Administration Calls 500000 Volunteers In War Pledge Drive
The 500000 volunteer canvassers press a nationwide food pledge during Food Pledge Week ending November 4. They seek signatures of 19 million American housewives to conserve food by substituting surplus items for those needed by allies and armies. President Wilson urges full participation, stressing waste elimination and strict economy as vital to war effort.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Milllon Ag
Lund Wis
America
Wilson
Foo
Ameria
Ile
U S Ship Fights U Boat Near French Seaport
A U S ship engaged a German submarine for nearly four hours near a French port on October 27. Seven crew members were wounded, two seriously, and U S torpedo boat intervention saved the vessel from sinking after the submarine fired 284 shots while the ship launched over 260.
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Mscup
Loans Reach Big Figure As US Extends War Credits
American loans to allied governments near three billion dollars with Treasury figures showing credits totaling 2,826,400,000. Distribution includes Great Britain 1,875,000,000 France 810,000,000 Italy 205,000,000 Russia 325,000,000 Belgium 58,400,000 and Serbia 3,000,000.
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Washington
Treasury
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Russia
Beletium
Serbia
Germans Retreat 15 Miles on Northern Front Near Petrograd
The German retreat continues on the northern front with the Prussian vanguards losing touch in areas as Germans destroy 111 bridges roads and buildings. Russia claims the retreat has extended about 15 miles with German attempts near the Werder peninsula near Riga thwarted by Russian artillery amid Kronstadt civilian evacuation underway.
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Petrograd
War Office
Tussia
Riga
Pskot
Jaeger
Werder
Tomba
Kronstadt
Six German Prisoners Escaped Detention Camp Captured
Six of ten German prisoners who fled Fort McPherson Tuesday night were recaptured by Justice Department agents. Five were seized near Surrency, Georgia, with Johann Adelhart, a noncommissioned officer, arrested in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Gil
Fort McPherson
Department of Justice
Surrency
Johann Adelhart
German Women In Mines Report Reveals Employment Rise
Washington October 27 2016 government report shows 37 603 women employed in German mines in the last quarter of 2016 as they replace men in key mining roles.
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Washington
Germany
Fire destroys potash plant near Marysville Utah
A blaze of mysterious origin gutted the Mineral Products corporation potash plant at Alunite about five miles southwest of Marysville Utah. Loss put around 250000 with possible additional fire losses. Fire began in the coal drier after an explosion. In separate news The Royal Palm Special crashed near Macon Georgia when Kansas City extra collided head on at Reeds station. A fireman died and an engineer was badly hurt.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mineral Products
Alunite
Marysville
Macon
Kansas City
Southern Railway
Reeds Station
Ma¢on
British Down 274 German Planes in September
Gen. F B Maurice says 274 German aircraft were shot down by the British in September. British losses totaled 46 aircraft in the period.
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London
F. B. Maurice
Fined for Traitor Act in Chicago
Louis Hunsberger, a waiter of 4817 Prairie Avenue, was fined $50 and costs for knocking a Liberty Loan subscription blank from Hobart Stewart, a salesman, onto an elevated train in Chicago on October 20.
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Chicago
Louis Hunsberger
Prafrie Avenue
Hobart Stewart
French Victory Across Aisne Front Narrowly Misses Key Objectives
French troops burst through German lines north of the Aisne advancing over two miles and capturing several villages. Allied forces reported heavy German losses with prisoners and heavy guns seized, as French forts Allemont Vaudesson and Malhuisson fell, and American airmen supported the action.
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Paris
Te Aisne
Allemont
Vaudessoo
Malhuatson
Aisne
France
Telgium
Ypraden
Hiouthorst
Miumner
Points
Heavils
Poelcapetle
Ten U.S. congressmen arrive in London on war area tour
A group of ten American congressmen arrived in London on an unofficial tour to study wartime conditions. They plan to visit battlefields in France and may go to Italy. They will tour the House of Commons and attend a dinner hosted by Ambassador Page with Asquith and other prominent figures. Participants include Parker New Jersey Taylor Colorado Johnson Washington Goodwin Arkansas Stevens Nebraska Timberlake Colorado Dl Washington Wicks New York Miller Washington Dale Vermont.
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London
Hey
France
Italy
House of Commons
Ambassador Page
Hanor
Asquith
Congress
Parker
New Jersey
Taylor
Colorado
Johnson
Washington
Goodwin
Cubans Buy Bonds Pass One Million in Cuba
Havana reports Liberty bond sales reach the one million dollar milestone as the nation continues disposal of allotted bonds. Local authorities note strong participation and ongoing purchases.
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Havana
Cuba
Three Years for Sedition in Minnesota Federal Court
Mankato Minnesota October 20 A T Allegarman a St Paul socialist was found guilty by a jury in federal court on an indictment charging seditious remarks tending to cause treason.
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Mankato
Minn
A. T. Allegarman
St. Paul
Princeton Strikes Bernatorine Name From University Roll
In line with state department revelations, the name Bernatoriné has been removed from Princeton University’s list of doctors of laws. The action follows the disclosure and reflects administrative reclassification at the university.
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Princeton
Eracea Bernetorii
N. J
State Department
Bernatoriné
Rolle
Princeton University
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