China in turmoil as internal war disrupts leadership
Reports from Shantung say heavy fighting near Tsinanfu as Marshal Chang Tso-lin pushes back invaders from Honan while Mukden restores confidence and prepares to halt General Kuo Sung-Lien. In Peking cabinet ministers resign. in Chefoo 35 killed and 50 wounded amid factional fighting.
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Associated Press
Peking
Shantung
Tsinanfu
Chang Tso-lin
Honan
Mukden
Marshal Chang
Kuo Sung-Lien
Chefoo Chefoo
China
Chefoo
Governor Helps In Christmas Seal Sale
Des Moines Iowa November 26 Governor Hammill sent letters to county Christmas seal chairmen praising their public health work and the Christmas seal sale He included a copy of Congressmen Freed speech on public health and noted the Crusader's Creed quoted by Mr Freed was written by Iowa citizen T J Edmonds John Hammill
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Hammill
Freed
T. J. Edmonds
Guardsmen to Drill by Radio January 1926 Mobilization
Four state national guards comprising about 22 000 men will drill in their armories on January 1926 night under radio dictated commands and music from WHA. Col Milton L Hinkley commander of the 126th Infantry Michigan National Guard will issue the orders.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Guardsmen
Michigan
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Toledo Seed Market seed prices and months
Toledo Ohio November 30 market reports lower seed cash 18.60 domestic 14.75 for November December January 14.75 February 15.00 March 14.75 Timothy seed cash November December 3.30 March 3.50.
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Toledo
Ohio
Lower
Timothy
Win Smouse Takes Short Chicago Business Trip
Win Smouse traveled to Chicago for a brief business trip lasting a few days. He plans meetings with local partners and return shortly.
County Farm Bureau Agents Meet in Chicago Next Month
The Associated Press reports that county agricultural agents from Illinois Ohio Texas and other states will convene in Chicago December 2 and 3 to discuss extension work standardization and committee progress. Key speakers include W L Harding O E Bradfute C L Burlingham and Lucius F Wilson with agents such as Lee W Thompson A W Patin E C Bird and James M Kirkpatrick presenting reports.
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County Farm Bureau
Chicago
Associated Pres
Associate of County Agricultural Agents
K. A. Kirkpatrick
Minneapolis
Illinois
Ohio
Texas
Kirkpatrick
Mississippi Valley
Mid-West
United State
Mlinois
Indiana
Iowa
Nebraska
Ckosas
Minnesota
Portland
Kansas City
Springfield
Mass
Indianapolis
Denver
Atlanta
W. L. Harding
O. E. Bradfute
American Farm Bureau Federation
C. L. Burlingham
Breeders Gazette
Lucius F. Wilson
General Organizing Company
Chcago, Is
Lee W
Thompson
A. W. Patin
South Dakota
E. C. Bird
James M. Kirkpatrick
J. C. Redge
Camfield
C. O. Stott
Manti
Utah
Slippery Roads Trigger Several Minor Wrecks Across County
Drivers report slick pavements after a Saturday night snow and thaw left icy streets. A Mt Pleasant motorist counted ten ditches on the routes to town, with four near Crawfordsville. Homer Darbyshire's car hit a curb on West Madison. a wheel was damaged but soon fixed. A north wind cools temperatures as slush refreezes.
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Mt. Pleasant
Crawfordsville
Homer Darbyshire
Iowa Grain Men Enter Chicago Show
Des Moines Iowa November entries in the International May and Grain show linked with the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago include G Schold Albert City Walter Russell Indianola Krizer brothers Eddyville F B Goecke State Center H F Osterland Faulkner A B Schenck Algona Fred McCullough Hartwick John Justice Ankeney and W F A Rabe New Hampton with hay and grain samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Hartwick
John Justice
Ankeney
W. F. A. Rabe
New Hampton
Iowa grid officials seek five Big Ten games for Hawkeyes
University of Iowa athletic director Dr. Paul Belting says Hawkeye football will stay within the Big Ten next season. Iowa officials plan to secure five conference games when Big Ten reps meet in Chicago, rejecting inter sectional offers unless needed to fill an eight game schedule.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Paul Belting
Hawkeye
Middle West
Chicago
Iowa
Highway Board Granted Authority to Spend Primary Fund
Iowa's state highway commission gains power to allocate part of the primary road fund now that a new highway law is in force. The development fund, about 4 million dollars, is placed under commission control to meet state needs.
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Pre
Des Moines
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Switchman Fatally Struck by Passenger Train in Cedar Rapids
Navy 30 William Bennett, switchman for Northwestern railroad, was struck at a West Side crossing in Cedar Rapids this morning. He died an hour later from a fractured skull and other injuries.
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Cedar Rapids
Navy
William Bennett
Northwestern Railroad
West Side
Texas pledges fund to call legislature amid political shift
In Austin a $300,000 fund was pledged to finance a special legislative session as Texas politics unsettles. Speaker Lee Spirerwhite announced session expenses would be covered while Governor Miriam Ferguson faces a liquor law proclamation. George Brady Butler, linked to the Ferguson administration, was arrested for attempting to sell liquor to whites, with charges of possessing liquor for sale. Another Black man was arrested with whiskey in a car.
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Associated Presse
Austin
Xas
Texas
Marion
Lee Spirerwhite
Satterwhite
Miriam Ferguson
George Brady Butler
Ferguson
Fire at Ottumwa drug store causes $69,000 loss
Ottumwa fire of undetermined origin destroyed the H. C. Mauek drug store and adjoining apartments early today with an estimated loss of $60,000, partially covered by fire insurance.
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Ottumwa
H. C. Mauek Drug Store
Tne Po
Banks of State Show an Improvement
Iowa banks show real progress over the past year with higher cash reserves and lower borrowings. Des Moines clearings rose by 14 million in ten months, despite fewer banks, signaling safer lending. Automobiles rise to 599,277 registered by Oct 1, with auto licenses receipts up over last year.
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Iowa
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
War Finance Corporation
State and Savings Banks and Trust Companies
Des Moines
Iown
Secretary of State
Automobile Department
State House
Federal Reserve Bank
Panama Canal rate control urged by Iowa rail group
Charles Webster of the Iowa Railroad Commission asks chambers of commerce to lobby Congress to place Panama Canal traffic rates under the Interstate Commerce Commission. He argues current canal rates undercut overland rail and fears hardship on midwestern railroads. Webster plans to travel to Washington to press the bill before committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aswockifan Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles Webster
Iowa Railroad Commission
Chambers of Commerce
Congress
Panama Canal
Interstate Commerce Commission
Des Moines Group
New York
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Association of Railroad and Public Utility Commissioners
Webster
Washington
Grand Master Favors Iowa Orphans Home on Perry Farm
Grand Master Cornell of the I O O F Iowa announced the order may accept a 22 acre farm near Cherokee donated by the late Banks Perry to build and maintain an orphan's home. Mrs Cornell said this after inspecting the farm where a mortgage exists and the property is held in trust by the First National Bank of Cherokee until paid. The distribution of benevolent work between Mason City and Cherokee was not specified.
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Cherokee
Cornell
Iowa
Banks Perry
Odd Fellows
Ottumwa
First National Bank of Cherokee
Mason City
Iowa Breeders Seek Carload Prizes at International Expo
Iowa breeders will contest the carload class of beef cattle at the International Livestock Exposition opening in Chicago. Entries include McKennan brothers Storm Lake Henry Tabke Moville Foster brothers Earlham Cochran and Peterson Earlham Redfield Foley and Waterman Newell John D Mowller Schleswig G Ray Connell y Nevada W W Fay Nevada C Jackson Earlham Ed Reimer Schleswig W J Knop Atlantic and Edward Hamann Sunbury. A carload of Poland China swine will be shown by Baird brothers and G Buree Winfield and a Hampshire load by Harry Combs New Market.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
McKennan Brothers
Storm Lake
Henry Tabke
Moville
Foster Brothers
Earlham
Cochran & Peterson
Redfield
Foley and Waterman
Newell
John D. Mowller
Schleswig
G. Ray Connelly
Nevada
W. W. Fay
C. Jackson
Ed Reimer
W. J. Knop
Atlantic
Edward Hamann
Sunbury
Poland
China
Baird Brothers
G. ©. Buree
Winfield
Hampshire
Harry Combs
New Market
Chicago Jews Back Massive Welfare Fund With 2 Million Subscriptions
Chicago Jews subscribed 2 million dollars to support a 15 million dollar national welfare drive for the race both here and abroad. The Chicago total covered half the city’s quota and included a 275 thousand dollar gift from Julius Rosenwald who already pledged one million dollars to the fund.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Julius Rosenwald
Jury Completes Trial Panel for Rock Island Man
Knox county circuit court completed the jury for John P. Looney of Rock Island charged with murder in 1922 of Wm. Gabel a Galesburg saloonkeeper. The twelfth juror Verne Holmes 28 a farmer was sworn in before noon.
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Galesburg
John P. Looney
Rock Island
Wm. Gabel
Knox County
Verne Holmes
Farmer
Locarno Pact to be Signed at 11 Tuesday
Six former port officials and six private traders in Leningrad were executed for misappropriating 1 500 tons of state merchandise valued over a million dollars. Their appeals for clemency were dismissed by the central executive committee of the Soviets.
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Locarno
Associated Press
Leningrad
Russia
Central Executive Committee of the
Soviets
Jayperial Army
Father Takes stand in defense of son on trial
Creston Iowa November 30 A Pierson of Des Moines president of the closed State Savings Bank of Afton and father of cashier W B Pierson testified in district court defending his son who is on trial for fraudulent banking The elder Pierson said directors did not object to the January 1924 meeting continuation The bank closed in March 1924 He faces two indictments charging fraudulent banking
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Associated Press
Creston
Tia
C. A. Pierson
Des Moines
State Savings Bank of Afton
W. BE. Pierson
Pierson
Brighton Woman Dies at Oskaloosa
Mrs. Sam Cassady of Brighton died Saturday afternoon in an Oskaloosa hospital after six weeks of influenza complications. Born Lake Westenhaver in 1868 in Jefferson county, she lived there until 1900 then moved to Brighton. Survived by husband and five children Iva Arnold Albia Ray Cassady Oskalooga Bonnie Bernice Dale, plus sister Mortimer and brothers H W Westenhaven Monet Missouri and O W Westenhaven Pleasant Plain. Services 1:30 pm today at Brighton Christian church. burial in Fairfield.
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Cassady
Lake Westenhaver
Jefferson County
Brighton
Iva Arnold
Albia
Ray Cassady
Oskalooga
Bonnie Cassady
Bernice Cassady
Dale Cassady
Mortimer
H. W. Westenhaven
Monet
Missouri
O. W. Westenhaven
Pleasant Plain
The
Christian Church
Fairfield
Auto Skids Kill Man in Dubuque Near Viaduct
Four Dubuque couples returning from a Sageville wedding anniversary celebration skid and crash into a railroad viaduct north of the city. Louis Harker, a grocer, dies three hours after the accident, raising the week’s Dubuque traffic deaths to four.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Sageville
Louis Harker
Harker
First National Bank of Waukon Closes Its Doors
The First National Bank at Waukon Iowa closed its doors this morning after a board decision citing frozen assets. O L Hauger served as president and John Ludeking as cashier of the million dollar institution. This marks the third Waukon bank closure in recent years, though one rival bank has since reopened.
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Associated Presse
Dubuque
First National Bank
Waukon
Iowa
O. L. Hauger
John Ludeking
Waukon Bank
People's Bank
Esther Hanley Visits Mrs. J WK Dayton in Keota
Miss Esther Hanley travels to Keota on Saturday evening to visit Mrs. J WK in Dayton, gathering social notes from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Hanley
Keota
J. WK
Dayton
Locarno Signing Ceremony and London Talks Planned
In London preparations near completion for tomorrow at 11 am as British Foreign Office hosts the Locarno signing with plenipotentiaries including Premier Baldwin and Baron d Abernon. Count Skrzynski leads Poland. King George rumored to honor Austin Chamberlain. Paris reports Briand aims to restart funding talks on war debts with the United States and Britain.
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Associated Press
London
Navy
Locarno
British Foreign Office
Baldwin
Baron d’ Abernon
Germany
George
Austin Chamberlain
France
Europe
Count Skranyski
Foreign Office
Paris
le Temps
M. Briand
United States
Great Britain
Chicago Cardinals win national pro football title
The Chicago Cardinals defeated the Rock Island Independents 7 to 0 to claim the national professional championship. In the fourth quarter Duke Slater and Rock Island center Koll argued a ruling granting the Cardinals a first down, leading to Koll being sent off and a 15 yard penalty assessed on Rock Island.
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Mtv
Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Cardinals
Rock Island Independents
Cardinals
Lawrie
Duke Slater
University of Iowa
Kolls
Rock Island
Koll
Fire destroys block in Newark. $750000 loss
Fire swept a Newark block early today destroying high grade commercial buildings and several frame structures. Thirty people were driven from a three story tenement while three were rescued from an apartment above one of the stores. Loss estimated at 750000 dollars.
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the Asencianted Press
Newark'n. J
Cedar Falls Teen Stricken by Sleeping Sickness
Herluff Petersen, 16, left guard for Cedar Falls high school football, is gravely ill with sleeping sickness diagnosed after collapsing Saturday. He lapsed into a coma about 5 PM and remains in serious condition as of Monday.
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Cedar Falls
Herluff Petersen
Cedar Palls
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Honan Province
Tsing Tao
G. N. Au Young
Chinese Bureau of Economics Information
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John Hammill
Highway Board
Timates
Andrew
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State Superintendent of Banking
Low Point
U.S. Commerce Body
Qdd
New Iowa
Oskaloosa
Sam Cassady
Lon
Don
Newark
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