Fever Breaks Out Among Cattle and Sheep in Midwest
Reports from Washington dated December 23 describe an outbreak of spring fever or stock yard fever among cattle and sheep in the Midwest. The disease, described as hemorrhagic septicemia, is a blood poisoning that can be fatal. the Bureau of Animal Industry is taking measures to combat its spread and vaccination of animals is urged as an effective control.
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Washington, D. C
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Middle West
Bureau of Animal Industry
Stolen Denver Bill Found at Baltimore
An Associated Press report states one of five Dallas bills from the Federal Reserve Bank truck in Denver was recovered in Baltimore. Police officials announced the bill, which had been passed at a downtown restaurant last night, was found today.
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Associated Press
Federal Reserve Bank
Denver
Bandits Take $20,000 in Coal Pay at Bedling Mine
Four bandits shot Ross Dennis, paymaster for Pittsburgh Coal Co, and fled with a satchel of twenty thousand dollars. Dennis died en route to hospital after the Christmas pay delivery to miners at Bedling, near Mount Lebanon.
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Pittsburgh
Ross Dennis
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Mount Lebanon
Bedling
Pittsburg
Oskaloosa Hooch Fatality Report Triggers Inquiry
Oskaloosa brief reports George Titus dead and another man in critical condition after consuming poisonous liquor. Several others are seriously ill as authorities note a coroner’s investigation is planned to determine the cause and source of the hooch.
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Associated Press
Oskaloosa
George Titus
One killed when two trains collide at Amboy yard
The Associated Press reports a railroad man named Sullivan was killed instantly and several others were seriously injured when two freight trains collided at Amboy Illinois, at 7 15 this morning. The cause of the wreck was not announced.
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Dixo . Ill
Sullivan
Amboy
Post Office at Fairport Robbed of Forty Dollars
Fairport Iowa post office was broken into and robbed of forty dollars in currency, discovered by Mrs. Carrie K. Hershey this morning. The safe was rifled but a large quantity of stamps remained untouched.
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Associated Press
Muscatine
Fairport
Towa
Carrie K. Hershey
Senate adjourns until Wednesday after Christmas business
Washington December 23 The Senate adjourned until Wednesday after transacting late business and hearing Senator Meyer Democrat read a Christmas address The naval bill will be taken up then and debated until disposed of The notice also lists a Christmas candy sale at 17e per pound with three pounds for 50c supplied by Mugnaini and Cantoni on North Side Square.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Meyer
Senate
Iowa Enjoys Very Merry Christmas Across State
Des Moines reports indicate heavy Christmas shopping with department stores set to beat records. Across Iowa cities, gifts are practical and charity funds rise, aided by lodge and civic groups. Public appeals receive liberal responses in hospitals and homes for the needy.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Mussolini Compared to Napoleon in Fascisti Circles
Rome December 1 Mussolini the young Italian premier earns the nickname Napolean the Fourth for his Napoleonic bearing and brisk interchanges with visitors. Reporters diverge on whether his pose is natural or staged as Fascisti followers cheer his appearance and loosened whiskers are playfully touched by Mussolini.
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Napoleon the
Benito Mussolini
Italy
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Napoleon
France
Ministry of the Interior
Lanfranconi
Napolean
Governor Kendall Buys Cummings Home in Des Moines
Governor N. F. Kendall purchased the home of Senator A. B. Cummings at Grand Avenue and Forrest Drive in Des Moines. He will not relinquish his Albia residence.
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DFS
Weather outlook for upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
The forecast predicts a generally fair week starting Monday for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri river valleys with local snow flurries midweek. Normal temperatures at first, cooling after Tuesday.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missouri River
Crawfordsville Visitors Stop in Local Town
Mrs. Fred Sipe and her daughter Lucille of Crawfordsville are visiting here today.
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Fred Sipe
Lucille
Crawfordsville
Fire destroys Lewis Brothers garage in Oskaloosa
Fire early today in Oskaloosa Iowa destroyed the Lewis Brothers garage. Two cars were burned, total loss estimated at twenty five thousand dollars, following an explosion that blew out the walls of the structure.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Lewis Brothers
Clean wheat shipment urged to ease car shortage
Washington December 23. Robe rt H. Block head of the agriculture grain cleaning investigation said that shipping clean wheat would ease the car shortage. He noted that 1920 21 crops had dockage of foreign material so large that over fourteen thousand freight cars were needed to haul the wheat to market compared with clean wheat.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Robert H. Block
Department of Agriculture
Kidnapping Case Set for January Fifth Hearing
Monroe Louisiana December 23 Attorney General Coco set January fifth for the Morehouse Parish open hearing in the kidnapping case. A special Louisiana National Guards train arrived in Bastrop with two companies to assist at the courthouse square.
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Monroe
Coco
Moorehouse Parish
Louisiana National Aids
Bostrop
Court House Square
Holiday buying in New York breaks records with $250 million
New York shoppers spent about $250 million during the holiday season, an increase of 15 to 20 percent from last year according to business quarters. Miss Opal White returns home from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago for a week with her parents. Mrs. L. E. Whalen and daughter Gertrude of Crawfordsville were in Washington yesterday for shopping. Mary Kurka leaves for Fairfield to visit her parents and will return New Years. Mrs. Etta Buxbaum of Crawfordsville is shopping in Washington today.
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Opal White
American Conservatory of Music At
Chicago
R&r
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Crawfordsville
L. E. Whalenv
Gertrude
Washington
Mary Kurka
Fairfield
8. P. Kurka
Etta Buxbaum
Bodies of Men Found in Lake Identified
The mutilated bodies from Lake La Fourche in Monroe Rouge, thought to be Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, were identified by Mrs. Richards and J L Daniels. The bodies lie in the Masonic Temple under guard by state troops and an inquest is planned for this afternoon.
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Lake Laforche
Watt Daniels
Thomas Richards
Kneeskern Set for Trial Jan 3 in Irene Vanbrocklen Murder
Charles City reports that under a court attorneys agreement, F. P. Kneeskern will stand trial on January 3 for the murder of Mrs Irene Vanbrocklen, marking a second attempt at the case. The scheduling comes after a defense-prosecution accord with the court.
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Charles City
F. Kneeskern
Mra
Irene Vanbrocklen
Passengers Hurt In Southern Wreck
Fifteen passengers were injured when eight cars and the engine of Atlantic Coast Line train No 82 derailed near Lucama North Carolina. The train was en route from Jacksonville to New York when the derailment occurred early today.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mount
Many Prisoners Released in Ireland
Dublin December 23 264 republican prisoners at Mountjoy prison were freed today after signing allegiance to the free state. Four of the released were women.
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Ireland
Associated Press
Dublin
Mount Joy
Free State
Gasoline tax for highways suggested in Michigan
Fire destroyed the four story Lasher and Brown buildings at Pearl and Main in Council Bluffs. Loss estimated at 250000 dollars. The Nonpareil office, adjacent, suffered water damage and moved to the Omaha World Herald office. Nonpareil damage estimated at 10000 dollars.
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Iowa
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Brown
Pearl and
Main Streets
Omaha World Herald
Michigan Legislature Plans Broad Tax and Law Reforms
Lansing Dec 23 The Michigan legislature meets in January to consider sweeping changes including a gasoline tax to fund highways a statewide reorganization to shrink state government new penalties for furnishing intoxicating liquor tighter motor vehicle laws a land certification bill to invite non residents invest in uncultivated lands and a campaign for a women s bill of rights. Other items include a potential revival of the income tax a eugenics law and measures to retire bonded debt without raising real property taxes.
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Mich
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State Agriculture Depo
State Legislative District
Mrs Ford Released Under Bonds in Detroit Case
Detroit December 28 Mrs Mayb Ford released from county jail under bonds of fifteen thousand dollars after a fortnight in custody on charges she conspired to have her husband T J Ford murdered. She appeared at night court in a nervous condition and collapsed when Judge J Bartly freed her.
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May
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T. J. Ford
Dearborne
J. Bartly
Coal Operators to Meet in Chicago
Representatives of bituminous coal operators and union miners will meet in Chicago on January 3 to resume work on regulating the industry. The meeting was adjourned at Cleveland, Ohio, on October 2.
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Chicago
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Wileveland
Ohio
Ames Armory Fire Forbids Grain Show Move
The Iowa Corn and Small Grain show scheduled for Jan 29 to Feb 3 in Ames was burned out of a home by the armory fire last week. Headquarters will be sought on campus but the event remains large with ten thousand cars of West corn expected to enter. One hundred nine silver cups are prizes, 67 funded by Iowa banks, plus cash premiums over 2000 dollars. The winner of the third annual state corn yield contest will be announced during the show. Interest among corn growers is rising.
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Ames
Iowa Corn and
Iowa State College
Iowa
Four Suspects Held in New Mexico Over Denver Bank Truck Robbery
Six men with heavy suitcases arriving from Las Vegas in a Cadillac were jailed in Santa Fe pending an investigation into the Denver federal reserve bank truck heist. U S marshal officers tailed the group after breakfast at a restaurant. A 1922 Colorado-licensed Cadillac bore the suspects’ car and bullet holes in the body are noted by police.
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Associated Press
Santa FE
New Mexico
Las Vegas
United States Federal Reserve Bank
Denver
United States
Gouthey
Dougan
Colorado
Chinese students hike Fei Loi peak in south China
One hundred thirty Chinese students and six faculty members from Canton Christian College returned from a trip to Fei Loi mountain. Students planned the journey and hiked to the top. General Chen Chiung Ming sent soldiers to guard the campers. Monks hosted a dinner and the group enjoyed songs and stunts.
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Associated Press
Canton
Canton Christian College
Fei Loi Mountain
South China
Chen Chiung-Ming
Business turmoil persists amid trial situation
A tense business climate remains unstable as legal proceedings unfold. Officials report continued financial strain and uncertain outlook for employees and suppliers. Local authorities urge calm as firms navigate the trial's potential impacts on operations and market confidence.
Gary Sees End of Eight-Hour Day in Steel Industry
Chicago December 23 Judge Elbert H Gary head of United States Steel says Europe and England shift to two twelve-hour days to match American output. He predicts a future eight-hour day, but warns it would raise prices and be economically infeasible now. He favors stricter immigration to boost labor supply.
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Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
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France
England
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Amended Esch law urged not repeal by meat group
The Corn Belt Meat Producers Association urged amending the Esch Cummins transportation act rather than repealing it. The plan targets Section 15 A the guaranty clause and restoring state railway commission authority. Other resolutions support restricted immigration increased packing house competition and cooperative selling, opposing the ship subsidy bill. A Sykes Ida Grove was reelected president and officers plus an executive committee named. Directors for odd-numbered Iowa districts were elected: No 1 David McLaughlin No 3 D W Mott No 5 A L Ames No 7 BE Hill No 9 Joseph Kauffman No 11 W P Dawson.
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R. M. Gunn
Buckingham
Charles Goodenow
Wall Lake
H. W. Wallace
Des Moines
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Wallace
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Iowa
David McLaughlin
Washington
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Hampton
A. L. Ames
Davis Family Receives Cablegram From Paris Daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Shan Davis received a cablegram today from their daughter Miss Beulah Davis in Paris wishing them a Merry Christmas. Miss Lillian Singmaster attends college at Winona Minnesota and is visiting her mother Mrs. Katherine Singmaster.
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Beulah Davis
Paris
Lillian Singmaster
Winona, Minn
Katherine Singmaster
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