Correspondents Dispatch From Crawfordsville News
News brief from Crawfordsville reports visits by Dee Campbell of Washington and Martin of North English. Local measles and chicken pox cases noted. farms begin corn husking. families share Thanksgiving at the Carria and Sigafoose homes.
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Crawfordsville
Dee Campbell
Washington
May Burris
KC. Ellis
Maud Murphy
Burlington
Martin
North English
Titus
O. Davis
Mildred
John Pierce
Oscar Lane
Clara Hayes
Oskaloosa
Lloyd Argentine
Carria
Carris
Elmer Horning
C. O. Davis
L. O. Reenblossom
Sam Sigafoose
Measles Strike Pleasant Hill Residents and Social Visit Notes
Nita and Mar Corbin visited relatives in the Pleasant Hill area. Golia Miller stayed at the Robert Kephart home in Washington. Mrs J R McGinnis and Miss Twila and Lester McGinnis sick with measles. Mia Roy Kephart and Velma visited Mrs Elmer Ert in Washington. The Pleasant Hill Ladies held a business meeting at Mrs Silas Caldwell's home with refreshments served by the hostess and her daughter Mrs Ed Chalupa and Miss Helen Jones.
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Pleasant Hill
Nita
Mar—_ Corbin
Golia Miller
Robert Kephart
Washington
J. R. McGinnis
Mise Twila
Lester McGinnis
Mia
Roy Kephart
Velma
Elmer E Rt
Silas Caldwell
Ed Chalupa
Helen Jones
Woodman Circle Event Brightens Brighton Community
About eighty members and families enjoyed a supper musical program and social evening at the Woodman Circle hall Tuesday night. A baby girl arrived for the Cleve Dayton family in Ottumwa on November 7. John Swadting plans to return home from a three week visit with relatives in Barnette and Elgin Illinois. George Slover bought Lawrence Hyver’s home in south Brighton for 850 dollars. Mr and Mrs Geo Cain are in Ottumwa where he currently works. Nellie of Richland visited relatives Thursday night. Will Lamansky becomes plumber at Robinson Hardware, replacing Ed Van Winkle.
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Brighton
Woodman
Cleve Dayton
Ottumwa
John Swadting
Barnette
Elgin
George Slover
Lawrence Hyver
Ome
Geo. Cain
Ot‘tumwa
Rhua
G. P. Juddon
On With the Dance at the Fox Theatre
The Fox Theatre presents On With the Dance with Mae Murray and David Powell a drama of New York life and ambition. Critics praise Murray as a strong dancer and actress with a vivid emotional performance in a story of a Russian girl facing temptations and ultimate redemption amid glamorous and seedy city scenes.
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THE
FOX
New York
Big City
George Fitemaurice
the Tribune
Salt Lake City
Mae Murray
David Powell
Boston Post
Fox Theatre
Nex
Rain dimmed vision kills trolley switchman in Des Moines
Des Moines report says Frank Crecaro 29 city railway trolley switch tender at West Fourth street and Grand avenue struck by Claude Crowley driver of an automobile shortly after 7 pm He died of a fractured skull at Samaritian hospital He was married with four children Crowley said rain on his windshield blinded him and he swerved onto the track to avoid a rotorcar He was released on his own recognizance pending investigation.
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Des Moines
Frank Crecaro
Southeast
First Street
City Railway Company
West Fourth Street
Grand Avenue
Claude Crowley
Sheridan Avenue
Crevaro
Samaritan Hospital
Automobiles Cited Over Taxation as Cause of Iowa House Shortage
Des Moines reports Municipal Court Judge W G Bonner says autos not high taxes drive housing shortage after senatorial committee review. He notes Iowa registrations exceed 435 thousand with cars valued near 500 million dollars, 60 percent owned by wage earners, 40 percent for business, rest for pleasure. He urges high wheel tax on pleasure cars and gasoline tax for leisure use. He cites Seattle yard scene where 3,000 cars owned by workers accompany severe housing shortage.
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Des Moines
W. G. Bonner
Senatorial Investigation Committee
Bonner
Iowa
Seattle
Des Moines Masons Plan a 2 Million Dollar Temple
Des Moines Masons representing all bodies plan a temple costing 2 million dollars or more on the Shrine site at Fourth and Center. Progress is slow but bodies report over a million in assets. If conditions allow, construction could begin in spring. Za-Ga-Zig temple has expressed desire for building.
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Des Moines
Fourth and Center
Stolen sugar poisoned warns Dubuque farmers
A Dubuque county farmer warns thieves who stole a sack of sugar that a bottle of deadly poison spilled over it could kill them or others. He received the sugar from Chicago with the poison and stored it in a wood shed, where it later vanished. He says the sugar was of no use to him anyway.
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Dubuque
Dubuque County
Chicago
Guilty ballplayers form a Ponzi League says Columbus Dispatch
A terse opinion notes that corrupt players create a Ponzi scheme where money comes in briefly then vanishes, leaving participants unpaid. The editorial criticizes the cycle of deception and calls for accountability in sports governance.
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Columbus Dispatch
Smuggling Plot Tied to Hohenzollerns Exposed in Reichstag
Berlin reports reveal hundreds of eminent figures including Crown Princess Cecelie and princes linked to a 260 million mark smuggling scheme to Holland. Hermann Mueller asserts banking houses Cruiser and Phillipson aided contraband while authorities pursue Sinner Burghland Co. and other suspects amid royal scrutiny.
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Berlin
Cecelie
Eitel Friedrich
August Wilhelm
Joachim
Radolin
Wanda Radziwill
Holland
Hermann Mueller
Reichstag
Cruiser and Phillipson
Germany
Nation Will Use Millions of Christmas Trees Soon
The Forest Service estimates four to five million Christmas trees are used annually in the United States, with New York and New England consuming about 1.5 million. The piece describes tree varieties by region, market dynamics, price ranges, and conservation guidance for woodland owners to improve stands and market select trees for Christmas use.
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Washington
United States
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
England
Scotland
Wales
Germany
Great Lakes
Upper
Michigan
Chicago
Detroit
Lake States
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
New York
New England
Philadelphia
Illinois
Ohio
Maryland
Virginia
Washington, D. C
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Tenn
Pennsylvania
Maine
Newhire
Vermont
Berkshire Hills
Massachusetts
Adirondacks
Catskills
Boston
Baltimore
Wisconsin
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Plains States
Department
Smallpox Epidemic Strikes Two Iowa Cities
Decorah reported over one hundred smallpox cases under quarantine during Thanksgiving week and sought aid from the state health department. Between November 1 and mid month Decorah tallied 37 cases, far surpassing New York City's 1919 annual total. Le Mars also faced a mild outbreak of smallpox and diphtheria and asked for epidemiologist help.
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Des Moines
Decorah
State Health Department
New York City
le Mars
Death by own action in Cedar Rapids
Miss Margaret L. Wilson, 58, of Comanche, Indiana, committed death by turning on gas in the room she occupied at a friend's home in Cedar Rapids Sunday afternoon. Ill health and a crippled hip due to a fracture years ago were believed causes. She had no relatives. funeral and burial will be in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Margaret L. Wilson
Comanche
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Iowa miners threaten contract and wage rise demands
Des Moines and Albia coal fields face notices of wage increases from miners amid a two year contract kept since eight months. Officials declined to confirm details while rumors cite an unauthorized strike by 800 Des Moines miners and ongoing discontent over pay.
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Des Moines
Albia
George Heaps, Jr
Coal Operators’ Association
John C. Lewis
Iowa
United Mine Workers
Harper Meetings Off at Clarinda
The Christian church of Clarinda adds about 250 members to its rolls as tabernacle meetings led by William John Minges continue. The Harper party from Fairfield planned a January union effort in Clarinda but now reports from Shenandoah that they cannot travel to Clarinda.
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Clarinda
Christian Church of
Admiralty Tests Natalite Fuel From Sugar Byproduct
The British Admiralty conducts tests of a new motor fuel called natalite. It is described as a byproduct of sugar factories and may offer a substitute for conventional fuels.
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British Admiralty
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