Envoys Arrive as Geneva Prepares for World Peace Council
Geneva hosts the League of Nations secretariat and a growing world assembly with about 200 officials occupying the largest hotel. Delegations for the November 15 assembly, including Japan with eighty delegates, and Brazilian ambassador Dr. Gaston de Cunha are among the first arrivals as the city readies for the event.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
Japan
Gaston de Cunha
France
League Council
Armistice Day Observed Quietly in Washington
Washington marks Armistice Day with scattered flags on business and home fronts. The American Legion hosts a banquet at seven, followed by an after dinner program. Dr. J Wesley McCullum presents a war travelogue at the high school at 8 15 p m likely to attract a large crowd.
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Washington
American Legion
J. Wesley McCullum
Homecoming Test Looms as Iowa Works Indoors
Iowa City teams prepare for the Minnesota game amid continued rain. Coach Jones leads a skull practice in the dressing room while indoors drills and signals are run. Minnesota scouts praise the Gophers despite four losses, predicting a tougher challenge for Iowa.
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Iowa City
Lowa
Hawkeyes
Minnesota
Jones
Wisconsin
Gophers
Badgers
Iowa
Drowned Hunter Dies While Recovering Downed Duck
Otto P. Rute, 20, of Ft. Dodge, drowned in the Des Moines River north of the city after cramps struck while he swam to recover a duck shot by his hunting partner Rule. He removed his clothes and entered the river but could not be saved. He was married.
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FT. Dodge
Otto P. Rute
Des Moines
Rule
Burning Freighter El Mundo Beached After Hudson Fire
A burning Morgan Line freighter El Mundo was towed to a beached position near Ellis Island after a heroic tugboat effort on the Hudson. All crew members are safe, eight deck hands seriously burned, one possibly fatally, as a fuel tank explosion fed the blaze.
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New York
Hudson River
Morgan Line
el Mundo
Ellis Island
Jersey
Galveston
May pass laws regarding rents in Wisconsin cities
Des Moines November 11. Renters complain of high rents spurring proposed rent control acts. Wisconsin law digest cites state railroads commission powers to investigate rent fairness, set maximums, and audit back charges. Violations expose landlords to double damages and misdemeanor penalties including fines up to $1,000 or a year in jail.
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Iowa
Railroad Commission
State of
Wisconsin
Feathers Replaced In Mattresses Leads To Arrest
J F Dollahan of Waterloo Indiana was arrested on larceny charges after allegedly exchanging goose feathers for cheaper chicken feathers in a mattress renovation business. He allegedly deceived by removing goose feathers from mattresses and substituting chicken feathers, with losses estimated at about half the feathers per mattress. Goose feathers held higher value, from 1.25 to 1.50 dollars per pound, while chicken feathers were only around 20 cents.
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Waterloo
J. F. Dollahan
Dollahan
Adriatic Question Settled as Giolitti Signs Agreement
London dispatch reports that Italy and Yugoslavia reached a settlement on the Adriatic issue. Key points include Istrian frontier favoring Yugoslavia, Fiume independent with Italian contiguity, Zara under Italian suzerainty, and Cherzo, Lussia, Unie granted to Italy. Giolitti to sign for Italy. a parallel commercial and political accord is expected. Ant o n i Trumbite h stated the Yugoslav side accepted Italian claims and that an agreement was virtually concluded.
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London Times
Santa Margherita
Fiume
Italy
Zara
Cherzo
Lussia
Unie
Giolitti
Istria
Times
Associated Press
Antoni Trumbiteh
Jugo-Slav
Pehler Couple Return From Chicago Trip
Mr and Mrs Herman Pehler return from a two week visit to Chicago and Wisconsin. Their daughter Anna Murphy remained in Chicago during their travels.
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Herman Pehler
Chicago
Points
Wisconsin
Anna Murphy
Farmers Hurt As They Are Working
Two Oakville farmers sustained serious injuries while performing farm tasks on November 11. Ben Centner lost the fingers of his left hand and his right forearm after his clothing or limb became entangled in a corn shredder at the J. H. Duncan farm. Herman Heinholz had his right hand crushed while attempting to start a tractor nearby.
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Oakville
J. H. Duncan
Here
Ben Centner
Herman Heinholz
Canada Receives $60 Million From Fisheries Last Year
Canada collected sixty million dollars from its fisheries in the previous year. The result highlights strong revenue from seafood industries and government fishing programs.
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Canada
Harding Appeals for the Red Cross
President elect Harding issues a nationwide Red Cross appeal on the eve of the fourth annual roll call. He urges continued public support and emphasizes the Red Cross as a universal force for good serving humanity in peace as in wartime.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Harding
Red Cross
Major Leagues Move Toward Peace in Baseball War
In Chicago on Friday major league owners plan a joint session to settle the dispute and avert a baseball war while the minor leagues form a committee with the majors to draft a re organization plan. Minor leagues also push a nationwide gambling ban bill.
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Kansas City
Chicago
National Association of Minor Leagues
Johnson
Heydier
National
Riverside Case to Take Up All Day
A Riverside jury was impaneled to hear the case of R C Rummelhart versus L H Schnoeberlen over a tractor sale dispute exceeding 1300 dollars. Witnesses were presented by the plaintiff as the trial began yesterday afternoon.
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Riverside Case
R. C. Rummelhart
L. H. Schnoebelen
Riverside
John Gerdes
Dave Irwin
K. Orris
G. O. Dunbar
William Murphy
R. E. Lease
Charles H. Crits
George Bell
J. H. Shalla
W. A. Chilcote
John Heaton
Ralph Zeck
Dance Well Attended at Armory by Mohamson’s Orchestra
A large crowd attended The American Legion dance at the armory last night with fine music provided by Mohamson's Orchestra of Muscatine.
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American Legion
Armory
Mohamson
Orchestra of
Muscatine
British embassy cites threat of reprisals in US over Ireland
Washington officials said no new message had arrived from the British embassy after the Amalgamated Irish Societies of America warned on November 14, 1920 that Irish men and their supporters in the United States would retaliate against Englishmen here for killings in Ireland. The embassy noted the message but offered no comment on potential U.S. actions.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Ireland
New York
United States
Amalgamated
Irish Societies of America
J. W. O'Connor
Washington
Amalgamated Irish Societies of America
J. V. O'Conner
Harding Enjoying Vacation in South Point
President elect Harding begins a vacation at South Point Isabel with a fishing trip and golf at Brownsville country club. He appears vigorous and seeks seclusion, using a governor's launch for coastal cruises, and may sail from New Orleans toward Panama with plans to return for a December Virginia speech.
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Point Isabel
Harding
Brownsville
Hobby
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
New Orleans
Panama
Virginia
Canal Zone
Atlantic man killed in Minnesota car crash
Thad deus Edmund Pratt, 14 year old son Clyde injured, died when his car went off a bridge at Ada Minnesota. Pratt was learning to drive and lost control at a gentle speed. both were pinned under the vehicle as it overturned. Pratt had lived in Atlantic for decades before moving to Minnesota twenty months ago. The body was sent back to Atlantic for burial.
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Atlantic
Thaddeus Edmund Pratt
Ada
Minn
Clyde
Pratt
Minnesota
Near Miss: Frank Evans Unfamiliar Election Candidate
Oskaloosa Nov 11 Frank Evans nearly won Garfield township trustee seat last Tuesday. his name appeared on the ballot but little is known about him. Voters wonder who Evans is as the race ended with only a few votes separating the winner. The item ends with odd observations about Beacon Paris and peanut imports.
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Oskaloosa
Frank Evans
Garfield Township
Beacon
Evans
General Pershing Armistice Day appeal issued today
Washington November 11 The Armistice Day observance enters its second year with messages from top military leaders to Army and Navy personnel and World War I veterans. Secretary Baker lauds the army and Secretary Daniels urges the navy to uphold wartime ideals. General Pershing calls Armistice Day a twentieth century Independence Day for the world. Marshal Chief of Staff Peyton C Mason praises war sacrifices and cemeteries in France as a lasting nation inspiration.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Baker
Daniels
Pershing
Meral Peyton C. Marsl
France
Record race decides Os KA losa recorder by small margin
In OsKaloosa Mahaska county the recount added nineteen votes for Dave Hawkins, the Democrat, but Frank Evans won re election by fourteen votes. Hawkins, a double amputee, is noted for penmanship and legal studies while Evans, who lost an arm on the job, works in real estate.
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Oskaloosa
Dave B. Hawkins
Mahaska County
Frank J. Evans
Hawkins
Evans
Vietor
Braddyville Bank Closed by State Banking Dept
Nov 11 The Farmers' Savings Bank of Braddyville was closed by order of the Iowa state banking department. Slow paper collections impaired the bank, which had 90000 capital and surplus and about 135000 in deposits. Depositors are said to lose nothing.
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Braddyville
Farmers’ Savings Bank of
Iowa State Banking Department
International Live Stock Exhibition Sees Heavy Entries
The twenty-first anniversary International Live Stock Exhibition reports the heaviest entries despite wartime pressures. The event, held in Chicago, underscores strong interest in livestock with Navy participation noted.
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Chicago
Navy
Man Sets Hay Stack Fire Amid Tragic Death
Knoxville authorities report 65 year old David Jordon crawled into a hay stack on the John Gilson farm near town last night and set it ablaze. He died in the blaze, thought to be mentally unbalanced.
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Knoxville
David Jordon
John Gilson
Town
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