U S Railroad Loss Totals 418 Million in Three Months
Government deficit in operating federally managed railroads for January to March reached about 192 million dollars, with total federal losses since 1918 at 418 million. Express company deficit stood at 14.54 million for eight months through March 1 1919. Hines cautions against rising rates until normal conditions return.
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Washington, PD. C
Hines
American Railway Express Company
Consolidated Express Corporation
Bureau of Railway Economics
Railroad Administration
Man Held On Suspicion In Cedar Rapids Case
Marion authorities hold Charles Grapp found wandering near Waubeek in tatters with over $600 and a gold watch on his person. He refuses to say where he comes from or what crime he is wanted for.
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Waubeek
Isham
Grapp
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Charles Grapp
Soldiers blamed in Des Moines vice probe
Des Moines May 9 Soldiers face trouble as police blame them for seeking drink and entertainment. Ab Day police chief says bootleggers target soldiers and many drunks last week were soldiers. Federal grand jury to probe alleged underworld ring preying on soldiers. William Stanton and Loretta Burke bound over. Stanton charged with running a house of ill fame near a military post and held on state charges. Burkeye charged with disorderly conduct.
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Des Moines
Federal Grand
William (. Stanton
Loretta Burke
U. S
Piper
Stanton
Burke
S. . First Street
Aton
Department of Justice
Nurse in Insane Asylum Goes Crazy
Salem Oregon May details show Mary Poncelow a nurse at an asylum who resigned to marry then became mentally unbalanced and a patient. Officials traced her past to Clarinda Iowa where she previously escaped from a state insane hospital.
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Salem
Oregon
Mary Poncelow
State Insane Hospital
Clarinda
Iowa
Woman Returned to Clarinda After Identity Confirmed
Iowa authorities had lost trace of her but officials at the Iowa institution identified her. She was brought back to Clarinda in charge of a hospital attendant. her name since marriage was withheld.
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Iowa
Clarinda
Black Hawk County to vote on hard surfacing June 3
Waterloo announces voters in Black Hawk county will decide on hard surfacing primary roads June 3 under the new road law. The resolution was approved unanimously by the county board. Representative Santee and Speaker Arch McFarlane are cited as key advocates behind the measure.
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Des Moines
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Thirty Eighth General Assembly
Board of Supervisors
Santee
House Committee On
Arch McFarlane
Iowan Held for Death of Mother in Creston
Roy Emerson, 25, was arrested in Creston on first degree murder charges tied to the death of his mother Kate Emerson. Her body was found at the bottom of an elevator shaft in the Emerson building. Mrs. Emerson, a well known local widow, was formerly married to Charles Emerson, who held a post with the Town State Funeral Directors' association before his death in January.
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Creston
Roy Emerson
Kate Emerson
Emerson
Olive Tablets Offer Natural Relief for Constipation
Dr Edwards presents Olive Tablets as a non calomel laxative option. These sugar coated olive colored tablets claim to soothe the liver and bowels without forcing unnatural action. One or two taken at bedtime reportedly eases dark mouths bad breath headaches and torpid liver. Available 10c to 25c per box from all druggists.
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Edwards
Calomel
Dr. Edwards
Tragic Death Found at Emer son Undertaking
Roy's establishment staff discovered the body in the shaft. Physicians reported the woman had been dead two to three hours. Injuries included a crushed head, broken legs, and a severe bruise on a shoulder.
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Roy
Emerson Undertaking Establishment
12500 Chick Orders Highlight Central Iowa Hatchery Demand
Webster City reports Murray McMurry ships 25,000 day old chicks with 10,000 to 12,000 already delivered. About 1,700 chicks were sent today in various colors and eight breeds. The largest order is 1,000 chicks from Jewell, with other orders of 600, 500, 300 and 160.
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Webster
Webster City
Murray McMurry
Yee
Iowa
Illinois
Jewell
Towa
Newton Youth Suffered Serious Burns in Powder Experiment
Harry Jenkins, 16, son of C. C. Jenkins of Newton, was badly burned Tuesday afternoon when powder he was experimenting with exploded. The blast at 5:00 left burns over about half his body. He had been employed at Parson's company.
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Newton
Harry Jenkins
CC. M. Jenkins
Jenkins
Parson's
Youth's Bold Fire Test Ends in Burns
A boy on East Fourth Street South lit a powder on a birdhouse after stuffing powder in his pockets. The clothes caught fire and the blaze spread from the birdhouse powder to his pockets. He escaped and is hospitalized in serious condition.
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East Fourth Street
Jenki
Jenkins
City Hospital
Iris
Munich Quietens After Four Weeks of Turmoil
Munich reports a reduction in unrest as government forces clear the last epidemia nest in the city. The major remaining issue is removing communist influence and stabilizing wartime currency concerns amid a 0.000.000 merks exposure.
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Munich
Coffman
Momney
Merks
Teenel
Merchant Ad Rumor Echoes From Frayed Notice
A fragmentary line from a merchant notice reads in rough hand, The merchant likes to hear it Tt saw yor ad, suggesting a satirical or garbled classified fragment amid old newspaper text.
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Bradley and Vrooman
Bradley & Vrooman Company
Chicago
Hoffman
Cali
Quaker Cab Co
Philadelphia
Texas Co
Diamond Rubber Company
Field Museum
Lytle Bros
Washington, Iowa
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