Millions In North China Starvation Report Warns Of Famine
A letter from Paul MacEachron, former Washington resident now principal in Techow, details a famine in Shantung and surrounding districts. Twenty million in North China face starvation with 1.5 million more needing aid by February. distraught families sell land and commit tragedies as effort and funds mobilize. Red Cross pledges 500000 gold, aiming to build roads and hire 25 000 workers, while missions coordinate relief and appeals urge donations to North China famine relief.
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Shantung
China
Paul MacKachron
Washington
Techow
North China
Chihli
Henan
Shansi
Yellow River
Mongolia
Pekin
Red Cross
Crane
American Red Cross
Imigine
D. J. Ross
Commercial Savings Bank
Mississippi River Seeks New Outlet Arousing Concern
The Mississippi River seeks a new channel about 100 miles west of its current path, threatening New Orleans and nearby cities. Proposals include closing Red River mouths or building canals to divert flood waters while balancing economic impacts for Morgan City and regional lands.
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Mississippi
Keoruk
Mississippi River
Cairo
Gulf
Red
Waters
Mississippi Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Atchafalaya
New Orleans
Morgan City
Red River
L. V. Cooley
Atchaffalaya
Bayou Terrebonne
Ouachita
Planquemine
Donaldsonville
Mobile
Come Along Mary musical on stage at Graham theatre
Harvey D. Orr’s Come Along Mary opens at Graham theatre on December 14 with Edward Paul ton and Louis Weslyn’s musical comedy. The Sioux City Tribune praises its clean entertaining melody and strong chorus, predicting strong demand and a likely return engagement. In Sioux City the show is described as melodic, funny, and well staged with a lively, young chorus. Seat sales begin Tuesday at Lemmon’s with Manager Young expecting high demand.
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Mary
Harvey D. Orr
Graham Theatre
Edward Paulton
Louis Weslyn
Sioux City
Tribune
Gaiety Theatre
Axe
Lemmon’s
Young
Creameries Cut Fuel Bills by Using Exhaust Steam
The dairy division of the Department of Agriculture reports many creameries across the Middle West have reduced fuel costs by about 20 percent by utilizing their exhaust steam.
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Dairy Division
Department of Agriculture
Middle West
American machinery praised by Norway officials
Nels A. Bengston of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce notes that American agriculture machinery is important in Norway. He says American tools are high quality, widely recognized as top, though priced higher.
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Norway
Nels A. Bengston
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Fiend Gets Twenty Years For Statutory Offense
Harry McFarlane a widower with a young daughter pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit a statutory offense in Waterloo. Judge G W Wood sentenced him to twenty years in Fort Madison penitentiary after a confession and testimony including the girl. His attorneys and the county attorney agreed a life sentence would not yield a longer exit, as parole awaits after the twenty-year term.
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Wells
Harry McFarlane
Waterloo
G. W. Wood
Fort Madison
McFarlane
J. C. Murtagh
BE. J. Wenner
Board of Parole
Europe's Unfunded Debt to U S Surpasses Three Billion
Europe’s private commercial debt to the United States has grown beyond 3.0 billion dollars and nears 3.5 billion. Exports to Europe on an unprecedented scale contribute to the unfunded balance, with officials warning that exchange fluctuations could become severe at any time.
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Europe
United States
Education for all by universal public schooling urged by Yale dean
Dr. Frank F. Spaulding, now dean of Yale's education department and former Cleveland schools superintendent, argues universal education is the foundation of American liberty. He cites Army records showing 25 of 100 children lack basic schooling and calls for compulsory secondary education and immigrant schooling to become national priorities.
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Frank F. Spaulding
Cleveland
Ohio
Department of Education
Yale University
Br. Spaulding
Spaulding
Iowa Welfare Notes and Housing Outlook This Week
News and Comments about Iowa events report 16 percent of patients at Knoxville government hospital and 3600 more to be added. Veterans of world war suffer shell shock related mental disorders. care is provided by an efficient medical corps. O'Brien county shows the smallest delinquent tax list with 41 real estate notices and the highest debt $181.79, indicating prosperity. Sands testifies to Des Moines housing committee that Iowa had about 498 943 homes for 512 515 families in 1919 with 103 families per 106 homes and that most new homes were built in Des Moines.
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Government Hospital
Knoxville
O'Brien County
Iowa
Sands
Senate
Des Moines
Statewide two scholarships offered to county youths
By authority of the state board of education each county superintendent may appoint two young men from the county each year for free scholarship to Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. This scholarship covers continuous attendance during regular terms and summer terms while in force. It allows entry into any course for which entrance requirements are met.
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State Board of Education
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
No Open Season on Wood Duck Noted. Roantree Arrested
A shipment involved in the case of Roantree has been arrested and will be tried at the next term of the federal court at Cedar Rapids. The report notes that there is no open season on wood duck.
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Roantree
Cedar Rapids
Madison county World War memorial dedicated in Winterset
Winterset in Madison county recently dedicated a World War memorial in the cemetery. It lists fifty Madison county men who went to war and costs $8,050. The monument rises twenty one feet with a seven foot bronze soldier atop a Barre granite base. Granite markers form a star around the base.
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Winterset
Madison County
Iowa
River to River Road Markings Restored After Dispute
The River to River highway from Davenport to Council Bluffs was the first cross state road laid out and properly marked. After a new D L D highway marked the same route, river to river supporters met in Des Moines and voted to repaint the D L D markings with two large R letters, restoring the original River to River design.
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Davenport
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Des Moines
Detroit
Lincoln
Denver
Roantree Sent Wood Ducks for Mounting Intercepted
F. W. Roantree of Millbank South Carolina shipped two wood ducks to H. Willard Son and Co. Marshalltown for mounting. Game Warden Beckwith intercepted the shipment.
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F. W. Roantree
Millbank
S. C
H. Willard Son & Co
Marshalltown
Beckwith
Iowa Labor Laws Limit Youth Work Hours Cited
Prof Frank E notes two Iowa labor law provisions restricting under 18s from distributing goods between 1 p m and 5 a m while another rule allows boys over 11 to work street occupations from 4 a m to 7 30 p m highlighting age based work restrictions in early 20th century labor policy.
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Iowa
Frank E
Call for Unified Iowa Child Welfare Legislation Reforms
Professor Horack of the University of Iowa urges revision and unification of Iowa child welfare laws noting inconsistencies and obsolete acts. He cites examples such as sixteen year olds marrying fourteen year olds with parental consent and residency versus citizenship rules.
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Horach
Department of Political Science
University
Iowa
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
Horack
Iown
Lloyd's Insurance Company
London
Radium Chemical Co
Pittsburg
State University
Iowa City
Weathered Baled Cotton Loses 370 Pounds in Eight Months
Bureau of Markets experiments show baled cotton damaged severely by prolonged exposure. A bale left on ground deteriorated by about 370 pounds over eight months.
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Bureau of Markets
Everywoman Morality Play Filmed As Lavish Motion Picture
The morality tale Everywoman has been adapted into a motion picture and will screen at the Fox Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday. Violet Heming stars as Everywoman with Monte Blue as Love, Wanda Hawley as Beauty, and Theodore Roberts as Wealth. The lavish production, directed by George H. Melford for Paramount Artcraft, features an ensemble that includes Bebe Daniels, Noah Beery, and Charles Ogle.
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Fox Theatre
Walter Browne
Everywoman
Violet Heming
Monte Blue
Love
Wanda Hawley
Theodore Roberts
Margaret Loomis
Mildred Beaton
Bebe Daniels
Irving Cummings
Raymond Hatton
Noah Beery
Charles Ogle
Tully Marshall
George H. Melford
Paramount Artcraft
Auto exports soar for American firms in 1919 20
The fleece year 1919 20 saw a huge rise in exports by American firms with 24 345 commercial cars and 115 519 passenger cars sold abroad, indicating a strong postwar trade surge.
Saskatchewan farmers plan six million for tractors this year
The rapid agricultural development of their section and the high cost of farm labor have pushed Saskatchewan farmers to spend about 6,000,000 dollars on tractors this year. Districts once known only to hunters and trappers are now producing record crops. Philadelphia hosts nineteen women's auxiliaries of American Legion posts.
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Saskatchewan
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Yale Department of Education
Washington Battery & Electric Co
West Washington Street
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Philadelphia
American Legion
Washington, Town
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Helen Grayce
Graham Theater
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