Women Workers in Iowa Report Reveals Low Wages
Des Moines reports the first Iowa survey of women wage earners across retail, laundries, confectionery, garment factories, and telephones. Of 1 541 interviewed, 37 percent earned under seven dollars weekly, 14 percent more than ten. tips average one dollar daily for waitresses. Among 1 190 store workers 38 percent are under 21, and 184 of 351 restaurant workers are under 21. Only 14.6 percent have high school diplomas. The study notes limited education and many divorced or widowed workers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Eilen M. Rourke
Artillery Duel Near Senlis Reported by Times Correspondent
Times correspondent describes fighting in villages near Paris with cannonading at Chantilly Senlis and other places. German and Allied forces clash on a large open plain as German artillery and French batteries exchange fire before charges and retirements. Little visible damage noted aside from a shattered gargoyle and down telegraph wires. In Valona Albania insurgents reach peaceful entry after recognizing Prince William Weld’s government.
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London
The
Times
Paris
Chantilly
Senlis
Liner Runo Sunk After Mine Hit Off Shields
London reports the Wilson liner Runo with 600 aboard hit a mine in the North Sea and sunk off Shields while en route from Hull to Archangel. About twenty Russian refugees survived alongside the rest of the crew, with rescues by fishing trawlers including the Prince Victor and its crew. Nine neutral merchant ships are listed as destroyed by German mines, including five Danish, two Dutch, one Norwegian, and one Swedish vessel.
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London
Wilson
North Sea
Hull
Archangel
Shields
Gshing
Prince Victor i
Prince Victor
Admiralty
British light cruiser Pathfinder blown up by mine
London reports the light cruiser Pathfinder was blown up in the North Sea with unknown loss of life. Paymaster Sydney Wench was killed and Commander Francis M Leake was injured. Six junior officers and two petty officers are missing. Also: Boulogne dispatch says General Joffre turned German lines and Sir John French moved around the German left. German troops at Lame left hurriedly.
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London
Pathfinder
Haa
North Sea
Sydney W. Fench
Francis M. Leake
Times
Boulogne
Joffre
John French
Lame
Germans Isolated in Kiauchau Teingtau stronghold
Paris dispatch reports from Petrograd that Germans in Taingtau the seaport and capital of Kiauchau are completely isolated and in a precarious position. The note cites Tokyo despatches as the source of the assessment.
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Teingtau
Paris
Havas
Petrograd
Taingtau
Seapat
Kiauchau
Tokyo
Germans in Turning Move Against Paris Revealed
Washington reports from Bordeaux indicate four German divisions are executing a turning movement toward the south rather than pushing to Paris. First army reached La Ferte and Montmiral, second reached Chantilly and moved south, Rheims occupied by the third, fourth also moving south. Fighting continues in Lorraine with no decisive result. Paris material and morale cited as good. enlistments in Britain rising, unemployment sparse, finances satisfactory.
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Washington
Bordeaux
Paris
la Ferte
Montmiral
Chantilly
Rheims
Lorraine
Parle
Sat
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Bank statement oath seals asset ownership by company
G Zeeman president and R Egeron cashier swear the bank’s statement is full true and correct to best knowledge. They affirm agents listed are bona fide property of the bank in its corporate capacity and no part of the name has been loaned or advanced for exhibit against asset portion. Sworn before Notary W A Todd Emmet County. Directors J F Stockdale J M Barker Walter Crowell HI.
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Iowa
Tama County
Indiana
Pr. Russell
Prall
State Board of Educational Examiners
T. M. Prall
Emmetsburg
Pratl
Grant Park
Des Moines
G. Zeeman
Aldent
Reyer Egeron
Tur Bank Onbove Dame
Ankl Bank
Zeeman
Fever Emerson
Bever Keer
W. A. Todd
Emmet
J. FE. Stockdale
J. M. Barker
Walter Crowell
Dondrol
Lowa
Kuwer County
IF. R. Dowilan
Naved
Bnd Baat
Gruver Savings Bank Statement of Condition 1914
Gruver Savings Bank of Iowa located in Gruver Emmet County shows total assets of 786 7 with cash and deposits totaling 9 747 00 and other items including real estate and personal property valued at 195 004 6. Liabilities include capital stock 10 000 and total deposits 785 87 with various savings and demand deposits. Notary public official attests to truth and accuracy of the balance and statement.
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Estherville State Bank
Batherville
Emmet
Heston Bnainese
Tate
Iowa
Gruver
Biverio Yeu
End National Bank
Bod
Ecoin
Ccs Ee
Baseball results across major leagues with varied scores
National League games saw Chicago and Pittsburgh tie at 3 while Cincinnati beat St. Louis 7 3. American League Cleveland defeated Chicago 6 to 1. Detroit 18 over St. Louis. Federal League matchups had Indianapolis 9 over Chicago 13 and Kansas City 2 over St. Louis 0. Western League scores included Omaha 4 over St. Joseph 0 with Des Moines 28 over Sioux City 8 and Wichita 126 over Lincoln 64. Denver defeated Topeka 12.
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Omaha
German Aviators Wounded, Captured After Ghent Raid
Antwerp dispatch reports a German aeroplane that bombed Ghent then landed at Oordeghem. The two officers were wounded and taken to Antwerp.
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London
Antwerp
Ghent
Oordegdm
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