German Empress Seriously Ill as Condition Worsens
The German empress, ill for several days, has taken a turn for the worse with increasing heart weakness. Emperor William remains at her bedside at Wilhelmshöhe Castle. no bulletin will be issued to avoid alarming the public. Earlier reports suggested improvement.
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Associated Press
London
Amsterdam
Dassel- Gort
Exchange Telegraph Company
William
Wilhelmsrohe
Prohibition Bill Delayed To July 1, 1919 In Senate
Senate postpones consideration of the national war time prohibition measure to July 1 1919 from January 3 1919. Proponents and opponents expect passage by Friday after agreeing the start date. Sacramento hop growers warn of bank failures and possible bankruptcies if the postponement is not granted. California growers request delay to prevent $3 750 000 in losses. Hotel association cautions against rash enforcement affecting stocks and hotel solvency.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
James Kentucky
Sheppard
Texas
D. W. Carmichael
Sacramento
Cal
H. B. Welch
Lodi
California
Frank A. Boland
New York
American Hotel Association
Lieutenant Fox Killed in France in Plane Fire
Second Lieut. Franklin Fox of Philadelphia on the headquarters staff was killed Friday afternoon when an airplane he rode in caught fire. The pilot, an skilled aviator, jumped and died. Fox was a newspaperman before joining the U S Army.
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Fress
France
Franklin Fox
Philadelphia
Fox
United States
Yankee mistake amuses London
A group of American soldiers in Westminster called the fire brigade after mistaking the House of Commons for a fire. They saw smoke from the clock tower beneath Big Ben and placed a call. The real cause was a back of tower fire kept burning to regulate clock temperature.
Madden Denies FTC Charges Against Meat Packers
In Washington rep Madden of Florida rejected charges by the federal trade commission against meat packers. He argued the government already wields too much control over industry profits and opposed further regulation.
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Tackers NG
Associated Press
Ington D. C
Madden
Flinds
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Mexican border clash leaves several dead in Nogales
Mexican guards exchanged fire with American troops along the inter national boundary at Nogales. Corporal Barney Lotz was mortally wounded. Barber wounded a Mexican guard. Lt. Col. Herman was wounded but returned to the line. A cease fire and armistice were agreed to until morning with further talks planned.
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Page
Barber
Barney Lotz
Lotz
Ted
Montbeith
International Avenue
Stephen Little
Cael
Herman
Herman Wit
Slungerford
Sungerford
Nogales
Izht Jing
B. M. Lawton
Cant. Abascia
Gaston Reddech
Penile Af Xagales
Kikfral Hite
Germany and Russia sign three post Brest treaty pacts
German and Russian plenipotentiaries signed three supplementary treaties in Berlin. One extends the peace accord with the Brest-Litovsk agreement, another covers finances, and a third concerns legal measures. Negotiations had been underway in Berlin for weeks.
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Preas
Copenhagen
Berlin
Urest- Litovsk
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bolshevik Forces Pressed as Allies Report Front Advances
Dispatches from Peking and London describe Gen Semeneff’s anti Bolsheviki group crossing the Siberian border and retaking Matsievski station west of Manchuria with prisoners. Allied rail operations, led by American engineers under John F Stevens, are likely. In the Ussuri front north of Vladivostok Bolsheviks retreat six miles as Russo Allied forces advance. Entente troops clash with Bolshevik Red Guards and disperse river flotilla amid ongoing fighting since Aug 11.
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BS Tle
Peking
Semeneff
Siberian
Matsievski Station
Manchur
Danra
John F. Steyvens
London
Ussuri
Vladivostok
Shanghai
Heuter’s Limited
Irons
Bolshevikli Red Guards
Detrail
War Veteran Scout Murphy Seeks Second Class Test
Scout Murphy, 16, of Ridgefield Park Troop 2, has not attended a meeting for months and struggles to find time for his second class tests. He has joined Uncle Sam's troop and now spends his hiking ground the Atlantic Ocean carrying enemies toward the allies in defiance of the U-boat threat.
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Ringaway
Ridgefield Park
Tensierfoot
Richard N. Murphy
Murphy
Uncle Sam
Atlantic Ocean
Defia
Dick Murphy
Serview
Tenderfoot
Iena
Secretary
Labor
Wilson
Floover
Iowa
Harding
Washington
Iowa Officials Seek Fair War Contract Share
Iowa manufacturers and labor leaders pressed for a more even distribution of war contracts to prevent labor strains. Gov Harding led the delegation who met with Secretary Baker and War Industries Board Chair Baruch, aiming to keep Iowa's plants busy and ensure adequate labor for war essentials.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, DD
Ave
Iowa
Trarding
Iowa Committee
Baker
Lowa
Baruch
The
War Industries Board
Visit Waterloo Relatives In Iowa Town
Mrs G W Hanna and her daughter Vonsuero Laverne Ja visit relatives in Waterloo at the home of Mrs Emily George and Frank Knapp.
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Waterloo
G. W. Hanna
Vonsuero
Laverne
Emily George
Frank Knapp
City In Brief: Local Notices From Visits to Camp Lewis
Local notes report visits by residents to relatives in Glendive and Chicago. Messages include a marriage license, police reports of two Hold up claims at Cedar River park, and several residents traveling or returning to homes in Mont. and Neb. Military movements feature local servicemen’s deployments and training, with community notices on sermons and charity drives.
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Ringling Bros
Waterloo
Advanve
Athletic
Cedar River Park
Ringbard
Logan Avenue
Rock Island
Mullan
Manly
Maron City
Haldup Smen
Haig Army Pushes On as German Lines Fray Near Somme
British forces advance along the Somme front with tanks and planes aiding infantry. French troops move east of the Rove sector while German defenses along the front tighten as pressure shifts toward Combles and Peronne. Allied gains include Hallu Vermeimdovillers Chaulnes and Montauban area as lines stabilize after a renewed assault.
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Artois
Winesburg
Armia
Donal
Doni
Cal Simms
Dapaine
Bapwuine
Bapaume
Hantish Press
Peionn
Somme
Peronne
Combles
Montauban
Maricourt
Dompierre
Geni Rawlinson
Rove
Royer
Soneme
Debeny
Nesle
Thresdas
Hallu
Verimmndovillers
Chaulnes
Bapiume
Ancre
Mannehay
Prout Reye
Oise
Aisne
Hagedhes
Geranagy
Fismes
Wot-Incil Shells and Postwar Cloth Prices Forecast
London reports warn of cheap prewar clothing prices as experts predict continued volatility. A British trade writer notes gunpowder and textile dynamics may push cotton prices higher, with machines consuming supplies rapidly and women’s fabrics costing more than before. He cites V2-inch gun use and bale consumption as indicators of a tightening market.
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London
Gene
Byers
Arad
Louisville Courier Journal endorses woman suffrage shift
The Louisville Courier-Journal, once anti suffrage under Col. Henry Watterson, now endorses voters for women. Judge Robert W. Bingham, the new publisher, has changed the paper’s stance and a want ad in the Courier is urged for best results.
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Louisville
Louisville Courier-Tournal
Henry Watterson
Rober W. Bingham
British French Push on in Somme Area
British forces advance east of the Somme and reach Roye while French troops seize Chaulnes and push toward Nesle and the Somme canal. Allied statements report over 142,000 prisoners since July 1 and large German dumps captured as British, French, and Canadian units press the advance along the Cambrai Arras and Somme fronts.
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Ely
London
Nrg
Fshing
Uecourt
Remy
Boiry Notre Dame
Arras-Cambrai Road
Ording
Landers
de Neuf Berquin Road
Far East
Transpork
Trones Wood
Troites Wood
Sanne
Somme
March
Washington, Jr
Jossest
Maren
Maotning
Paris
Nesse
Finden- Borg
Scarpée
Semmes
Albert
Cambrai-Arras
Albania
Berat
Fortieth
National ‘Guard
California
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Thas
France
Alaska
Pacific Coast
States
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
Nevada
Frederick S. Foltz
Comstock Unstruction work wraps up in Cedar Ran
The Comstock Unstruction Company of Cedar Ran tashop finished a week of repairing badly damaged crossings from the sewer construction. WW Meyer sold his shop and house to Jot 1am. John Colling now assists Mr. Heider in acquainting others with the business. Meyer plans to move to Colorado around Sept 1 for new work.
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Denver
Comstock
Cedar Rantashow
Meyer
John Coliing
Heiderin
Imgell
Colorado
Mra
Mt Auburn Wedding Anniversary Observed at Dillon Home
Ne Trown of Terry Indiana visiting relatives in Mt Auburn. Alonzo Millan reports someone in France. Dorothy Matter stayed with kin Burd then returned to Nebraska. Mr and Mrs Oscar Dillon celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a noon wedding dinner. Gifts included a gold headed cane from TY Y Trimble. Dillon family members attended from Stanwood Carsood and Cariood N M. The couple in their nineties enjoy good health in the community.
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Mt Auburn
Ne. Trown
Terry, In
Brown
Arthur Furry
Alonzo Millan
France
Dorothy Matter
Burd
Trastings
Neb
Urdny
Oscar Dillon
TY. A. Trimble
Brandon
Lloyd Dillon
Carsood
N. M
Lloyd
Dillon
Funeral rites for Heney Heinrichs held in Jefferson township
Funeral services for Heney Heinrichs were observed at Ebenezer Church Jefferson township. Burial followed in Butler Center cemetery. He died at his home in the Gutter Center neighborhood last Wednesday night at age 33 after a period of ill health. Survived by widow and six children John Fred Harm five sisters and several grandchildren. Also noted were 22 Butler county men turning 21 since last Saturday’s draft and a local farmer George M. Craig now of Redondo Beach California engaged to a California woman.
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Iple Heney Heinrichs
Ebenezer Lurch
Jefferson Township
Butler Center
Heinrichs
Butler County
Gutter Canter
Tie
Sur Ng
Iaree John
Fred
Harm
Claus Hoodjer
John Jacobs
Emma Mierichs
Si Stopplemore
Family ties tangle in Marysville relations
In Marysville a tangle of marriages creates a web of in laws and step relations. Mrs Janek Traynor’s daughter is married to Jank Bremer, who is also her son-in-law’s father. Mrs Bremer Jr faces uncertainty as to whether her daughter’s husband is her son-in-law or stepson. Her daughter is also her daughter-in-law, and Mrs Bremer Jr’s mother acts as mother-in-law while her husband is also her stepbrother.
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Marysville
Cal
Janek Traynor
Jank Bremer
A. G. Bremer
Brener, Jr
Bremer, Jr
Young Salem boy becomes state’s youngest telegraph operator
Adolph Sans, 14, at Northwestern railway station in Salem South Dakota, passed the operators’ exam in Huron and will start duties soon, replacing Carl Rohiffs who moves to Sioux City as the third trick operator on the line.
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Salem
S. D
Adolph Sans
Northwestern
Tiere
Young Sans
Huron
Carl Rohiffs
Sioux City
SISTER REUNITED AFTER 40 YEARS IN AD SEARCH
Mrs Catherine Wright, sought by her brother for decades, was located in Indiana via a newspaper advertisement. Neither sister nor brother recognized each other upon meeting.
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Franklin
iInd
Catherine Wright
C. V. Grave
Indiana Masonic Home
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Tex
Regidental Infirmary
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Manchuk
Scout Murphy
U.S
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Wilshire Boulevard
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David Slegel
Max
G. W. Ellaworth
George Stelser
Lillian
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Tork
Bernice Waxner
Mrydoerirksburg
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Sud Winson Street
Tunis
W. B. Peck
Threeport
Peck
Tri- State Medical Society
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Roy
Amaya
Leona Prather
Conmimercial Bank
Otoimiwa
A. Dunkelberg
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Davenport
Chicago
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R. M. Finel
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Knights of Columbus
James Mchaughlin
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I. To. Taddy
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W. A. Reid
Panui W. Birzgs
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Mont
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Biggie
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Camp Lewis
Mrel Biggs
So Aern
Istopal
Jon Ney Jeaness
FL J. Jennese
Cutler Street
Tenness
Camp Fremont
Jenness
Kesley F. Jenness
Sixty-Third Infantry
Camp Meade
C. M. Tlovis
Entir Y
Mr. Jollis
J. T. Houser
Hollis
Perry
Foavill-e Johnson Trust Company
Vieve
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Pod Cross
Andl Carteron Sias
Chatranin
Dei Rellef Committee
Mhitive
Uae
Watarioa
Harel
Haig Army
HENGH
Teuto UN Pigaroy
Pontinien
Ing
Wood
Amy
Roye
Sheris
Ati
Chiatbines
Balatro
Toye
Roiglise
Fawn Pas Ward Neyer
Pershing
Gainserlin
War Office
Iie
Sommie Battefield
Somme Canal
Canal du Nord
Chaulnes-Roye Ring
Noxon
MT. Auburn
Allison
Little
Sister
ST. Mary's
Lake St. Mary's East Bank
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