Iowa Items Highlight Wartime Iowa News
Obscure items note Bury area figures and long‑time settlers with claims of age and battles. Cedar Rapids hosts grand lodge sessions of Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters. Iowa fairs plan demonstrations. cannery opens in Ames. navy work and labor shifts loom as hog cholera spreads. Des Moines and Iowa City focus on education, health, and relief efforts.
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B. Mall
Martha M. Hall
Des Moines
Hall
Iowa
Grand Judge of
Jows Knights of Pythias
Grand Témple
Pythian
Cedar Rapides
Crawford County
Akron
468 Infantry
Ottumwa
Ames
H. 3. Metcalf
Pubdiic Service
N. A. Smyth
United ‘“States
Washington
Webster City
Menuhants
Burlington
Camp Dodge
Great Lake
al E. Newtan
Knoxville
Des M Alnes
E. E
Lewis
Iowa City
Burvey
Moines
Aph J. Reed
Owa
Central West
Council of
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Chamber of Commerce
Tral
Hwa
Cedar
Conchla- Corporation
M. W. By
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Act
Profit
Tdastiity
Owever
Baby Beef Clube
Rapids
D. la
Independence
Otto Nordmann
Plainfeld
Waverly
State Council of Defense
National Councif Defense
Council
Council of Defense
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Bremer
Tame
Butler
R. E. Christopher
TaRed States Veterinary Jaw
Jane MccIntyre
Gladbrook
Leander Clark College
Leander Clark
Clark
Toledo
Coe
Traer
Gid Johsigon County
E.G. McNeal
Association
Mr. McNeal
McMcNeal
Ft &m
France
John Coverdale
Clinton
Episcope
Hyrcourt
Ishop
Thomas Nicholson
Thas
Erogers
Des Moles
Free Employment
Prohibition date eyed as July first next year
Washington moves toward fixing July 1 as the effective date for national prohibition. Leaders indicate a likely agreement despite opposition as it aims to avoid jeopardizing wartime revenue. The fuel administration also urges a Sunday gasoline ban to conserve supplies and asks for public compliance with limited exceptions.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Madden Attacks Federal Trade Commission in House Speech
Representative Martin B Madden of Chicago attacked the FTC in a House speech over its packing industry report. He charged the probe aimed to promote senatorial candidates among commissioners and urged removal of current members, citing Davies Harris and Francis J Heney as pursuing political offices.
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Washington
Martin B. Madden
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
House
Congressioan
Madden
Commission
Davies
Wisconsin
Harris
GeoFetn
Francis" J. Héney
California
Ambassador Page Resigns Health Faults War Strain
Ambassador Walter Hines Page of Great Britain resigned due to ill health after serving since April 1918. President Wilson accepted the resignation. Page and Mrs. Page will return to America. Senator elect Pat Harrison wins Mississippi congressional primary by 6,008 votes in official returns.
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United
Sapet
Great Britains
Washington
Walter Hines
Garden City
United States
Great Britain
Wilson
London
Ambassador Page
Page
Harrison Beata
Noel
Vardaman
Jackson
Misa
Pat Harrison
Migsis
Government May Act In Strike In Alberta Miners
Alberta miners walked out on Wednesday prompting talks as authorities consider government action to end the stoppage. If workers do not return soon, the government may intervene.
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Winnipeg
Man
Alberta
British Prisoner Cages Marked by German Mockery
Reports from France on April 28 describe German soldiers jeering at their own officers in prisoner cages. Thousands crowd into these cages as contempt spreads, with prisoners noting even harsher acts and potential courts martial risk.
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Allicg
France
Alfig
Gdrndd
Shaxa
Germany
Japs Defeat Bolshevik Forces at Ussuri Front
Dispatch from Vinhostok reports Japanese troops supported by armored cars crushing Bolshevik units on the Ussuri front. Heavy artillery used as Soviets were routed. General Semenoff’s allies withdraw toward trans‑Baikalian region after Japanese arrival at Manehiri. Only about 100,000 Bolshevik troops remain in the area.
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Faru
Pat Eee
Manehiri
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bolatievik
Thiye
Holbrook Commands Mexican Border With Armistice in Nogales
General Holbrook placed at the Nogales border with General Cabell as Mexican commander. An armistice extended from Tuesday ended hostilities as Frederick Herman and local authorities reported casualties. One American officer and two enlisted men were killed, 23 soldiers wounded, with Mexican losses estimated high by officials in Nogales Sonora.
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Los. Nogates
Aluz
Cabell
Abrisolo
Nogales
Sonora
Frederick “I. “Erman
Feand
E. M. Lawton
Felix
Penatoza
Washington
William A. Holbrook
War Department
Holbrook
Southern Department
Senator Ollie James Dies After Illness at Johns Hopkins
Kentucky’s long time Democratic leader Senator Ollie James died Wednesday at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a three month illness from an infection. He served five consecutive terms as a U.S. Senator and was a dominant figure in Kentucky politics. Born in Crittenden County, he had held key posts and was elected to the Senate in 1912.
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Baltinbre
Kentucky
Tor’ Goer
United States
Crittenden
Governor Goodrich Injured in Auto Streetcar Crash
Aug 30 report says Gov. Tomes B Goodrich of Ipilinna is seriously injured after an auto medical collision with a street car. He is at St. Vincent's hospital with concussion, possible skull fracture, left hip fracture, and multiple cuts. He remains partly conscious.
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Indianation
Tomes B Goodrich
Ipilinna
Vis
St. Vincent's Hospital
Wulses
Reds Driven Back Six Miles On the Ussurl Front
Reports from Shangai via Telegraph Limited state Bolshevik forces retreated six miles as the general advance pressed north of Vindivostok. Dispatches quote Semenoff crossing the Siberian frontier toward Mutskevsk station and capturing prisoners near Manchuria, with American and Japanese merchants transmitting the news.
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London
Ussurl
Vindivostok
Iin Shangtai
Tey ‘Ters Limited
Desari
Peking
Semenoff
Siberian
Repinken Mutslevsk
Man‘ebull
Propaganda Dropped From Halina Planes Over Slavonia
Austrian reports received in Switzerland say Halina airplanes recently dropped propaganda manifestos on Agrany Slavonia and Croat lands. The dispatch notes the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon and is part of ongoing wartime information efforts.
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Berne
Halina
Switzerland
Mutiny Rumors Reported in Amsterdam Dispatch
In Amsterdam on August 20 rumors from a German source claim a German battalion refused orders and was shot. The report, relayed by Teugbrans, notes widespread casualties and mutiny rumors involving a Lehi unit ordered to the front.
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Hans
Amsterdam
Wighntmolly
Gira
Senate passes modified works or fight clause in draft bill
Washington August 28 the senate adopted a power draft bill with a modified works or fight clause. It preserves age limits and rejects broad changes while adding a strike submission to the labor board as nonbinding unless workers agree to dispute submission. The nine teen draft age proposal failed 59 to 21 and registration is set for September 5 to 7, with presidential signature anticipated.
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Washington
Army
Senate
House
McKellar
Tennessee
Cumming
Iowa
Wir Taboe Board
War Department
Poindexter
Wilson
United States war exposition opens September 2 at lakefront
Opening ceremony led by Florence Lowden will mark the two week war exposition.Locale crowds of several thousand are expected with combined naval and military bands and a chorus.Varying days highlight allied nations and war effort with Labor Belgian British French Canadian and Victory days among others September 2 through September 18.
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Chago
Lake Fruit
Issyriang Tsp
Chiheses Vapaneser
Red Cross
Prisoners Tops 112000 as War Updates Reach Washington
Washington reports over 112000 prisoners taken by July 1 as General March notes advances and 1800 field guns captured. Meanwhile aviation fatalities occur in Kentucky with Lieut Charles G Hyde killed and Lieut R E Yar man badly injured after a crash. Shoemakers in Parley plan standard pattern shoe limits under War Industries Board.
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Washington
March
Dailkis
Lex
Charles G. Hyde
R. EB
Yarman
Parley
War Industries Board
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