Iowa Counties Organize in War on Tuberculosis
Des Moines Oct 8 Following the drive to organize every Iowa county in the fight against tuberculosis the Red Cross Christmas Seal campaign will raise up to $250000 by selling ten seals per person at one cent each. Proceeds fund school and community nursing, county sanitoria, public health education and tuberculosis prevention efforts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Red Cross
Towa Tuberculosis Association
Census Bureau to Begin 1920 U S Census After New Year
Samuel L. Rogers, director of the census bureau, announces the 1920 United States census will start January 2 with about 500 workers assigned to the task to count the population and take stock of the nation.
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Samuel L. Rogera
The
Fencus
United States
Sam
Charred Documents Readable Using Callo dium Treatment
Charred papers become legible when callo dium is poured over the charred surface. The drying thin coating preserves the printing, allowing banknotes and other papers to be read after treatment.
Community club hosts Egyptian music study and social
The Fortnightly Club music department met at Mrs Edmund Morrison home Monday evening with large attendance Miss Carolyn Hamilton led a program on Egyptian Assyrian and Hebrew music followed by performances by Mrs A E Atchison Miss Nita Belle McKeon Mrs J K Lemmon and Miss Nellie Tripp A later surprise party for Mr and Mrs Milton Andrews near Washington featured a seven oclock arrival a bountiful supper and games D A R held a Sunset Park meeting with patriotic papers and a picnic supper Thirty members attended the event at the log cabin with an anniversary banquet planned for November and lamp gifted to the cabin by Mrs Richard Donaldson A gathering at Albert Wehr s home near Haskins included games music and pumpkin pies The Young Women s Missionary Society of the First United Presbyterian church met at Mrs H H McCleery s home leader Mary French studied foreign missions in Sudan and collected 22 50 for Armenian orphans
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Edmund Morrison
Carolyn Hamilton
A. E. Atchison
Nita Belle McKeon
J. K. Lemmon
Nellie Tripp
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sunset Park
América
C. C. Cunningham
Katheryn Wilson Smith
Richland
Mary Juliet Lemmon
William Shannon
Richard Donaldson
Young Women's Missionary Society
The
First United Presbyterian Church
H. H. McCleery
Mary French
Sudan
A. R Oates
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Claim Quick Constipation Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a pleasant bowel regulator replacing calomel. It promises gentle liver and bowel action with no griping and notes sizes 10¢ and 25¢ per box for relief from constipation biliousness and tiredness.
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Dr. Edwards
Parishioners Add to Early Year Offering Total
The First Church raised a substantial sum early this year as a congregation offering. The current donations are in addition to what individual members helped raise last January.
Bullitt testimony on Lansing and League shocks Senate panel
A new photograph of William C. Bullitt, recently with the American peace commission, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Secretary Lansing expected the peace treaty to fail. Bullitt quotes Lansing as deeming the League of Nations entirely useless, making his testimony the committee's most sensational yet.
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William C. Bullitt
American Peace Commission
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lansing
Parthian Cavalry and Their Enduring Legend
The Parthian cavalry are acclaimed as ancient warfare icons. Their invasion of Judea in 40 B C produced widespread devastation and inspired a striking biblical image centuries later in the Apostle John.
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Judea
B. C
John
William Z Foster Profiles in Steel Strike Leadership
William Foster shown at his Pittsburgh headquarters is described as secretary in name and field marshal in fact of the steel strike. Born in Taronton Massachusetts his heritage includes English Irish and Scottish. He has written extensively on trade unionism political economy and current conditions and their remedies.
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William Foster
Pittsburgh
Foster
Taronton
Mass
President William Wilson Shows Further Improvement
Washington January 8 President Wilson made a better morning showing after a very good night White House officials said he is anxious to return to work Rear Admiral Grayson the president's physician will keep him in bed for a time yet despite his wish to attend to official duties
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Washington
Get
Wilem
Snd
White House
Grayson
Ir. Wilson
Belgian royal party views Niagara Falls in sunlit glare
The Belgian royal family, traveling from Boston, viewed Niagara Falls this morning. A light rain earlier gave way to sun over Goat Island bridge, and from the parapet they saw the falls in brilliant colors with a rainbow halo formed by sun rays and mist.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Boston
Goat Island Bridge
American Falls
Coblenz Chosen as Hub for Postwar Trade Restriction
Coblenz will serve as the main base for enforcing trade restrictions between Germany and the United States once the peace treaty takes effect. American occupation leaders in Coblenz push hard to monitor German laws and uphold compliance across the zone.
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Tertin
Oct. S
Coblenz
Germany
United States
Treeblatts
Coderes
Reviewers Claim Authors Fail to Understand Their Writing
The author often responds with the phrase Le that my fault, highlighting tensions between clarity and critique. Readers note frequent misunderstandings and writers defend their style as deliberate, suggesting a cycle of miscommunication in literary feedback.
Rear Admiral Coontz Named Chief of Naval Operations
Rear Admiral Robert Coontz is appointed chief of naval operations succeeding Admiral William S. Benson who reached retiring age on September 25. Coontz has commanded the fifth division of the Pacific fleet.
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Robert BE. Coontz
Admirral
William S. Tenson
Coontz
Sifth
Pacific Fleet
Vienna Faces Food Shortage and Fears Uprisings
Detailing a dire Austrian crisis the article says Vienna nears starvation as coal runs dry and cars halt on Sundays. Citizens accuse Jewish food profiteers and authorities worry about uprisings. A plan proposes centre kitchens to ration meals.
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Vienna
Det. T
What's in a Name on Réunion Island through History
The French island Réunion has undergone four name changes in 50 years. It was Bourbon until 1793, then Reunion, later Isle Bonaparte during the empire, returned to Bourbon at the Restoration, and finally renamed Reunion again in 1848.
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Réunion
Bourbon
Reunion
Isle Bonaparte
Centenarian Talks Life and Time in Wry Reflection
A Kansas City Star interview captures a centenarian quip about life's mysteries and hints at finding ways to shorten life if given another chance. The remark blends humor with a throwaway insight on longevity and health.
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Kansas City
Ink Eradicator for Stains on Fabrics
A cleaning instruction explains removing ink stains from cotton, silk, or wool by saturating the area with spirits of turpentine, letting it stand for several hours, then rubbing between the hands. The stain should disappear without harming color or texture.
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Ralph J. Reed
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Samuel L. Rogers
Ly Actel
Nevin
Milton Andrews
James Brook
Barbara
Logan Ahrens
Franz Landau
Merle .Eckles
Walter Weeks
Albert Wehr
Haskins
Itks, George Bass
Trs, Tadil, Pascormick Durandwine
Medill McCormick
Republican Women's National Executive Committee
George Bass
Democratic Women’s National Party
William Z. Foster
Wilcon
Ness
V/i
Nashua Woolnap
Nashua
J. B. Crail
Washington, Iowa
H. B. Butler
LH. B. Butler
League of Nations
Mr. Cutler
Niagara
SY Albert
Great Waterfall
Cave of the Winds
Rear Admiral
Coiontz
Austria
Goth Bis
Annes
MS Donald Pitless
Moline
Yred L. Stewart
Athena Soo
Athena
H. J. Ward & Co
Dayton
C. E. Pluimly’s Piano House
East Washington Street
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