Relief Work in Syria From Aleppo to Refugee Camp
In Aleppo Syria June 16 a relief worker describes duties as acting head of Industries Quartermaster and transport officer. He notes 4000 refugees in the camp with 750 industrial workers and a recent 3 cent wage rise after a short strike. He also mentions sewing homes, material shortages canned food and daily routines with locals and refugees.
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Aleppo
Syria
Red Cross
Miss MacNeile
Paul Snyder
Marash
Sujak Sou
Government Action Urged to Curb Profiteering and Rising Costs
The Muscatine Journal reports a Washington conference on remedies for high living costs and unrest. Warren Stone argues lower purchasing power drives discontent, urging penalties on profiteers and licensing to control food sales.
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Washington
Wilson
Rene Tal
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Jis
H. C
Unclear Garbled Text on Speech and Telephone Usage
The fragmentary note hints at metallic gab and silence being golden while oratory and conversation are linked to silver tongued talk and telephone use, though details are garbled and uncertain.
Brighton Manhunt Shocks Small Town After Escape
A Black man was arrested in Brighton last Friday, escaped the marshal’s posse, and eluded pursuers through corn fields south of town. A Fairfield Jew allegedly found him at the Rock Island depot with stolen junk, leading to the marshal’s intervention. The chase included a barn incident and a pursuit toward railroad tracks as deputies fanned out with rifles and knives.
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Steve Wood
Fairfield
Brighton
Rock Island
Marshal Sweet
Sweet
Frank Smith
Desparado
Reedy
Thomas Hoover
Whistler
Homer Pfieffer
Jim Lemley
Front Street
Revision of Military Code Near Des Moines Meeting
Former national guard officers met at the state house with Gov. Harding to draft changes to the military code. No major alterations were planned, focusing on new wartime tactical units, and officials stressed not forming state funded regiments. A dinner for 22 officers followed at Hotel Fort Des Moines.
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Des Moines
National Guard
State House
W. L. Harding
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry
Third Iowa
Washington
Adjt
L. G. Lasher
Hotel Fort Des Mionos
Des Moines Forms Third Aviation Company
Prominent Des Moines citizens organize a new airplane company with 50000 capital. Directors include H H Polk Sol Sheuerman C S Walker and George Kuhns. Officers are B F Kauffman and F W Hubbell. Four Packard aircraft purchased to be flown by Lieutenants Bales McDonald Morean.
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Third One
Des Moines
H. H. Polk
Sol Sheuerman
Sheuerman Woolen Mills
C. S. Walker
Kratzer Carriage Company
Chamber of Commerce
George Kuhns
Bankers Life Insurance Company
B. F. Kauffman
F. W. Hubbell
Iowa
Packard
Bales
McDonald
Morean
Herring Motor Company
Morison Taxi Company
No Appreciable Loss in New Jersey Smoke Day
A Boston Transcript note says a New Jersey man smoked cigarettes for a full day with no harm beyond his death, highlighting an apparent paradox in health effects. The brief item underscores the oddity of a fatal outcome from a single day of smoking without prior illness.
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New Jersey
Boston Transcript
Cattle Poisoned by Sprayed Weeds Across Interurban
Fifteen cattle on farms near the C D M interurban line between Muscatine and Davenport died after grazing on grass sprayed to kill weeds. Three of John Miller’s cattle in Sweetland township died with three more expected to die. Vets blame poisoning from the sprayed grass along crossings used by the interurban company. Farmers say they sprayed both public and private crossings and cattle were fed there when affected.
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Muscatine, Ruge 2
Muscatine
Davenport
John Miller
Sweetland Township
Interurban Company
Agents After Auto Frees Seven Men Start Tour of State
Seven delinquent automobile license fee collectors disguised as state agents left Des Moines after a conference with Superintendent Roy Williams. Each man carries a bag of cards with names addresses and license numbers of delinquents in his area. They will work with county attorneys and plan to collect back fees over six weeks to two months, targeting 1918 license tags and aiming to net upwards of half a million dollars for the state.
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Des Moines
Roy Williams
State House
Prisoner Count Haver Schaffgetsch Returns From Siberia
A German World War prisoner of Itussa named Count Haver Schaffgetsch is believed to have been returned to Germany from Siberia. A photograph was taken on August 1 aboard transport Thomas in San Francisco.
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Haver Schaffgetsch
Itussa
Sberia
Belie
Geroeny
Thomas
San Francisco
Will of Selkirk Auctioned in London for 300 Pounds
The imagined last will of Alexander Selkirk, famed as Robinson Crusoe, was sold at a London auction for 300 pounds. The document begins with a declaration of being bound on a voyage at sea and recalling perils and dangers of this transitory life.
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Robinson Crusoe
Alexander Selkirk
London
Iowa Coal Miners to Ask Higher Pay and New Pact
Iowa coal miners plan to abrogate the current wage agreement effective October 1 and seek a new contract with state operators. Led by United Mine Workers District 13 president J C Lewis, demands will include a six hour day and higher wages to offset living costs amid reduced summer coal purchases and shortages.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. C. Lewis
District 13
United Mine Workers of America
Iowa Coal
National Mine Workers’ Organization
Columbus
Senate of the
United States
Lewis
Grant
F. Cushing
Towa Coal Operators’ Association
Towa Miners’ Organization
Cushing
Weimar Assembly Approves New German Constitution
The German National Assembly at Weimar approves the new constitution by a large majority. President Konstantin Fehrenbach formally declares the constitution adopted as opposition from the German National People's, the German People's, and the Independent Socialist parties abstain.
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Berlin
Weimar
Konstantin Fehranbach
Germaan National People's
German People's
Independent
Socialist Parties
Baseball scores from National and American leagues
National League results show Chicago 9 Brooklyn 2 Boston 2 Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 6 New York 2 with St Louis Philadelphia rained out. American League games include Chicago Boston rained out New York 6 Detroit 4 Washington 3 Cleveland 2 St Louis 6 Philadelphia 1. American Association notes Kansas City 7 2 Minneapolis 6 1 Toledo 4 St Paul 7 4 Milwaukee 6 1 Indianapolis 6 Columbus ?
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
New York
St. Louis
Aia
Philadelphia
Uhiwaene Bewies
America
Detroit
Cleveland St. Louis
Washington
Volcano kills thousands in Kalut eruption description arrives
Miss B E W Cranen describes the Kalut volcanic eruption near Java's Kalut on May 20. The disaster leveled 26 villages and caused estimates of up to 50 000 dead. A river of boiling mud and lava overwhelmed the village of Bli tar where Cranen stayed, ten miles wide and four feet deep.
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Singapore
Kalut
Java
BE. W. Cranen
Sourabaya
Blitar
Miss Cranen
La Cuauhtemoc Mines Offer Long Lasting Silver Lead Gold Opportunity
An economic pitch touts La Cuauhtemoc mining stock as a durable investment in silver lead and gold. It cites Mexico as a top producer, references historic mines like Bunker Hill and Sullivan, and warns limited stock remaining with no agents selling on the street.
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Mexico
Bunker Hill
Sullivan
Idaho
United States
la Cuauhtemoc
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Chris Graber
Company of American People
Post Office Department
Muscatine Journal
Aicke T
Formu
W. B
W. B. Forma
W.B. Reduso
WEINGARTEN Exps., _ INC
NEW Aero Company
Count Haver Schaffgotsch
State
Nory
F. & M. Bank Building
Washington, Iowa
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