Young Iowa girl graduates early, begins university career
Chaminade Stutsman Blackford, who recently turned 14, became the youngest university student after passing an entrance exam with honors. She advanced from home study to high school in two years and now faces college paths toward an AB degree by 18 and MA later, while also excelling as a pianist.
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Union News Sarticn Bonaparte
Chaminade Stutsman Blackford
Town University
State Board of Education
Chaminade
Injunction Blocks Cider Sale in Des Moines Pool Hall
Judge Herbert Utterback ruled against the Columbia pool hall restraining it from selling cider. He stated open beer saloons under state law are preferable to cider sales, noting cider proves 6.55 percent alcohol while beer runs 2.14 to 4 percent.
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Des Moines
Pool Hall
Towa
Herbert Utterback
Utterback
Columbia Pool Hall
Antisaloon League
Lights, Gas Explosion Injures Two Men in Marshalltown
Hardware dealer Jacob Mayer of St Anthony lit a match in a cave used to charge a gas generator for town lighting. Harry Rexillus, at work in the cave, and Mayer received severe burns to the body face neck and abdomen. Rexillus had entered to charge the machine when Mayer lit the match. The blast left both men hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Marshalltown
Jacob Mayer
St. Anthony
Harry Rexillus
Rexillus
Death of a Pioneer Cherokee James Robertson
Cherokee James Robertson pioneer grain and lumber dealer died at his home in Cedar County aged 82. He held large banking and lumber interests at Wasita and settled in Cedar County in 1867.
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James Robertson
Wasita
Cedar County
Vacations Abridged in Mason City Schools
The Mason City board of education approved a 12 month school session plan under Superintendent Hammitt. The longest vacation will be two weeks, summer term students earn the same credits and promotions as winter session, and summer attendance becomes compulsory.
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Mason City
Board of Education
Hammitt
Local Notes Highlight Land Sale and College Fund Drive
Abia to celebrate fiftieth wedding anniversary on Nov. 4. EB P Layman sells a 2 acre lot near Newell for 10200 dollars, the highest price paid in Buena Vista County. Presbyterians of Sioux City and Yort Dodge presbyteries urged to contribute 10000 dollars to Buena Vista college at Storm Lake. Des Moines firm plans to manufacture war munitions, shipments likely by Jan 1. Dr J S Koen of Adel, government inspector, oversees hog cholera eradication in Dallas County over two and a half years amid local sentiment shifts.
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Abia
Buens Vista County
EB. P. Layman
Newell
Sioux City
Yort Dodge
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Buena Vista
Des Moinés
J. 8. Kon
Adel
Dallas County
Dr. Koen
Iowa Guard Seeks Federal Purchase of Iowa Horses
Iowa National Guard officers press for federal buy of horses in state to outfit light artillery. Clinton Davenport and Muscatine batteries receive or await horses from St Louis. Each battery gets ten horses. contractors furnish animals. Also notes Perkins Law aid for crippled children at state university hospital and other state legal and civic items.
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Iowa Guard
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Iowa
Capitol
St. Louis
Clinton
Davenport
Muscatine
State University
General Assembly
Saysraj
The
Chicago Tribune
University Hospital
Casson
United States Court of Appeals
Carpenter
Chicago
Cosson
Shaw
Lyon County
Germans in Retreat as Forest Battlefield Floods Slow Push
Berlin reports a withdrawal by German forces from the western and southwestern forested area near Schlok due to recent rains turning terrain swampy. The Hindenburg army group says they repulsed three Russian attacks and captured over 100 prisoners. Petrograd adds that near the Dvina line at Txskul German losses were heavy in two counterattacks and that additional captures include 150 men and 2 officers with 11 machine guns, plus earlier reports of 2,000 men and 50 officers.
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German War Office
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Kemmern
Riga
Shiol
von Linsinger
Koscauschnevka
Petrograd
Dvina
Txskul
Borsemuende
Kolk
Coy Purnell Found Guilty in Slander Suit Verdict
The jury found Coy Purnell guilty in the $25,000 Augusta Holliday slander suit. Damages were set at six cents with costs awarded to Holliday. Mrs. Holliday described the inner court of Shiloh and Benjamin as a debaucher of young girls operating under religious cloak.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Augusta Holliday
Prince
Coy Purnell
Israel House of David
Benjamin
Fire destroys No 4 Machine Shop at Bethlehem Steel
Fire at Bethlehem Steel in South Bethlehem wiped out the No 4 Machine Shop leaving only a charred skeleton. Officials estimate losses near 4 million dollars with millions more in guns and machinery inside the shop. about 1 000 machines were housed in the mill complex.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Ormer
Fortifications at Corregidor Inland Completed
The greatest U S fortifications at Corregidor Inland commanding Manila Bay have been completed.
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Corregidor Fort
Washington
United States
Corregidor
Manila
Philippines
Hydroplane Yolanda V1 Heads to Bogota for Trade
The Yolanda V1 hydroplane from Malla New York travels forty miles per hour propeller driven toward Bogota Colombia to be used in mall trade.
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Malla
New York
Bogota
Colombia
Cuety
Great Bend Cyclone Kills Twelve and Destroys Town
A cyclonic storm hit Great Bend Kansas on November 12 killing twelve people and injuring over a hundred. The Santa Fe station and waterworks along with the electric light plant were swept away. Half the homes were wrecked and mills and grain elevators toppled. Fires followed but rain halted spread. News spread to Wichita and Kansas City as Pratt and Larned also suffered. A wrecking train with doctors and nurses was sent from Hutchinson.
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Great Bend
Kan
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Wichita
Ovar
Pratt
Larned
Hutchinson
British cruiser searches American ship in neutral port
The Zeelandia, an American steamship, was forcibly searched by a British cruiser while at Progreso, Mexico. The U S consul reports the cruiser now loiters offshore, suggesting a possible seizure. Officials call the act a serious breach of Mexican neutrality and a grave step in the U S Great Britain dispute over naval policy.
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Washington
Navy
Zeelandia
Progreso
Mex
United States
Great Britain
Armed oil train to run from Richmond to New York daily
An express oil train with an armed guard and carrying 750,100 gallons will depart Richmond California for New York every 24 hours until the Panama Canal is reopened. Officials of the Standard Oil Company announced the plan.
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Cal
al War Omlers
New York
Panama Canal
Trafic
Standard Oil Company
Wilson Reveals Cabinet Talks On Defense Revenue Measures
President Wilson discussed with his cabinet a broad legislative program including national defense and army navy build up, merchant marine expansion, foreign bank access, conservation and tax reforms. Rumors tied Redfield’s possible replacement to Houston or Woodman pending fiscal policy.
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Weahington
Wilson
Eaming
Congress
Army
Navy
United States
Redfield
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Carl Woodman
Kindis
Treasury
Fisen
Prominent Ad Claims and Local Promoter Remarks
An odd clipping recounts a public display and promotional claims around a patent medicine and a local dealer. It mentions Dr Kilmer’s Swamy Liver and Bladder Remedy and a fifty cent price, noting varied reactions and trust issues among residents and vendors.
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Ted
Dr. Kilmer
Churchill quits cabinet to join army in France
London reports Winston Spencer Churchill resigns as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster to enlist in the army in France. He is a major in the Oxford Yeomanry and had been first lord of the admiralty at war’s outbreak.
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France
London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Oxford Yeomanry
Churchill
Admiralty
England
Prince Louis of Battenbure
FLEES WITH COLLEGE FUNDS
Frank K. Jackson, cashier of Northwestern University and Evanston church worker, vanished leaving a wife and two daughters. An audit uncovers a $21,000 shortage in his books and the amount may rise as examination continues. He was a noted war stocks investor whose holdings were affected by recent market losses.
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Chicago
Frank K. Jackson
Northwestern University
Evanston
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Peace move urged at White House by Stanford leader
Davia Starr Jordan, president of Stanford University and head of the international peace Congress held in San Francisco, told President Wilson that a neutral nations meeting may be held before Christmas at The Hague Berne or Copenhagen to work toward peace in Europe.
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Washington
Davia ‘Starr
Jordan
Leland Stanford University
International Peace Congress
San Francisco
Witgen
Hague
Berne
Copen
Hagen
Burone
Concession of Kentucky Governor Election by Republican Candidate
Louisville Ky November 15 Republican candidate H Morrow conceded the election of Democratic opponent A O Stanley as the Kentucky governor after formal statement. The concession confirms Stanley's victory in the race for the state’s top office.
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Stanley
Louisville
H. Morrow
Kentucky
A. O.stanley
President Wilson to Attend Army Navy Game in New York
President Wilson has decided to attend the Army Navy football game to be played in New York on November 27. He previously attended the game two years ago but was unable to be present last year.
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Gama
Washington
Wilson
New York
Unas
German Fort Blows Up in Accidental Explosion
Amsterdam reports nineteen German officers and soldiers were killed and fifty wounded when part of Fort Machoveletta blew up by an accidental explosion.
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Amsterdam
Fort Machoveletta
Insurance Official Ends Life in Chicago Throat Cut
An insurance company secretary treasurer in Chicago reportedly ended his life by slashing his own throat. The incident involved Enda Livé and Willan Ay Witt and occurred in the Merchants' National Fire Insurance company building. Further details were not clear in the fragment.
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Enda
Chicago
Noy
Willan Ay Witt
the Merchants' National Piri Insurance Company
Bia
Aj Ho
Notable Comfort Claims from Cutloura Soap Advertisements
An advertisement discusses Cuticura soaps and their emollient properties for irritated skin, urging readers to sample and use instructions from Cuticura Boston. It highlights a marketing approach and advice to save time via a new English device for amplifying telephone conversations.
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Cuticura
Boston
Woman Credits Postum Change for Health Improvement
A woman reports long suffering from coffee related distress including palpitations chest pressure and headaches. After stopping coffee and using Postum she says symptoms disappeared and she feels healthier with regular vowels and better digestion. She attributes the relief to Postum and plans to continue use.
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