Late Iowa Frost Destroys Truck Garden Crops Across State
Heavy frost across northern Iowa froze tender vegetables including tomatoes squash pumpkins cucumbers and melons while corn escaped serious harm except on very low ground and near creeks. Gardeners report white landscapes and ice coated cabbage tops with several fields ruined though some crops like corn may survive on higher ground. Vendors fear widespread losses to market gardens and sweet corn with some canners noting later plantings may suffer.
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Towa
G. IE. Shoemaker
W. J. Bear
Greene
Rock Island
J. O
Wildhagan
Nelson Brayton
J. D. Tohnson
George Bs.lichty
Waterloo Canning Company
Cedar Walter
W. F. Parrott
Cedar Heights
Delivery Issue Notice for Paper Service
If the paper is not delivered to your home by 6 o'clock due to an error by the carrier or other cause, please phone 3340. A copy of the paper will be sent. The remainder of the text appears garbled and partially unreadable.
Mexican Bandits Blow Up Train Near Vera Cruz
Washington dispatches report the killing of BF. Welles an American auditor for the Tabasco Plantation company when bandits blew up a train and fired on passengers near Vera Cruz Welles was among the victims. Independent Mexicans say a peace convention may be called in neutralized territory with participation by unaffiliated Mexicans and possibly Pan American plans. Carranza replies linger raising hopes of his involvement though Villa Zapata factions may proceed without him. Carranza troops in northeastern New Mexico are said to be massed to defend Monterey against Villa forces.
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Washington, D. C
Vera Cruz
BF. Welles
Welles
Cal
Villa
Zapata
Mexico
Carranza
New Mexico
Monterey
Brest-Litovsk
Nicholas
Near Éast
Ieory
Foumanian
Burned at stake two Black men in Texas mob action
At Buford Park in Sulphur Springs, Texas, King Richmond and his brother Joe were burned alive by a mob after a confrontation with Deputy Sheriff Nathan A. Flipp en and Sheriff J. B. Butler. Authorities hoped to allow law to take its course, but the crowd demanded public punishment. King Richmond survived but was seriously hurt while Joe died.
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Sulphur Springs
Tex
J. B. Butler
King Richmond
Joe
Bnford Park
Nathan A. Flippen
Butler
Joe Richmond
Buford Park
Will Not Rebuild Army Camp Blown Down by Storm
Washington reports Secretary Garrison announced the War Department will not re establish the divisional army camp at Texas City Texas destroyed by the recent storm. No decision yet on future location though Major General James Franklin Bell recommended abandoning the Texas City camp.
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Washington, D. C
Garrison
War Department
Texas City
Tex
James Franklin Bell
Cotton crop stalls at just over half normal
Washington Aug 30 drought followed by heavy rains in August reduced the cotton crop's condition to 69.2 percent of normal, 6.1 points below July. Government estimates place yield and acreage at about 11.82 million equivalent wet pound bales versus 16.31 million last year.
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Washington, D
Department of Agriculture
Plots Suspected After Double Powder Mill Explosions
Acton Massachusetts Aug. 20 A blast at the American Powder Co glazing mill shook a 40 mile radius. No deaths known but large orders likely delayed. Guards stationed. Maynard police suspect a plot to shut the plant. Wilmington Delaware Aug. 30 Two Du Pont black powder mills exploded near Hagley yards killing two workers and damaging nearby homes. Hundreds of pounds of powder detonated destroying the mills. cause undetermined likely spark or corn dust.
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Acton
Mass
American Powder Company
Maynard
MIELS
Manchester
DU Pont Molals
Wilmington
Dev
du Pont Powder Company
Hagtey
Lawrence Cunningham
Mugh Gillespie
Hazleton
Concessions Reported In U S British Trade Talks
Washington says concessions in enforcing the British order in council were announced after formal negotations by state department foreign trade advisers. Sir Cecil Saring Rice promised special consideration for cases causing undue hardship. Information suggests private brokers were obtaining permits in London for shipments from Rotterdam while advisers could not present cases.
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Washington, D. C
Order In Council
State Department
Cecil Saring Rice
London
Rotterdam
Noted banker Jeryl Hyde takes forging swindle toll
A St Louis man, John W Kline, alias John W Barnhardt, a Forest City Ark social figure and bank director, confessed to swindles over 500000 by posing as a farmer seeker. He hid as a banker while living under another name, evading capture after escaping from Waukesha Wis. He targeted wealthy farmers, forged deeds, mortgaged farms, then vanished to Arkansas. Police allege a $350000 fortune. An Iowa victim, Joseph Wisher and John M Binkman, lost 5000 in 1904 dealings. A Minnesota arrest linked to the case remains unconfirmed.
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St. Louis
Forest City
Ark
John W. Kline
Arkansas City
Kline
John W. Barnhardt
State Senate
Kiine
Barnhardt
Waukesha
Wis
Kilde
Arkansas
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Joseph Wisher
John M. Binkman
N. P. Dodge, Jr
Minnesota
George Adler
Open Inquiry On Milton Colorado Strike
Denver reports a military court of inquiry appointed by Governor George A. Carlson heard testimony behind closed doors about charges against Adjutant General John Chase and other Colorado National Guard officers. The court, led by Major E. J. Roughton, could submit a partial report soon, as public and secret accusations tied to the coal miners strike prompted federal probes and a subpoena for former West Virginia adjutant general B. Elliott.
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Denver
Colo
Military Court of Inquiry
George A. Carlson
John Chase
National Guard of Colorado
E. J. Roughton
W. P. Hersey
Heary MM. Pingres
Govvernor
Altho
B. Elliott
National Guard
West Virginia
Eliott
United Mine Workers of America
Colorado
State militia guards town during alleged lynching attempt
Murphyboro Illinois August 30 state militia stood guard at the jail and courthouse to prevent threats of lynching against Joe Deberry a negro charged with the murder of Mrs Jamies Martin wife of a Harrisburg attorney Abmad a crowd of hundreds gathered last night at the Harrisburg jail but officers evacuated the prisoner under state troop escort to the courthouse for the trial opening.
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Murphyboro
Ill
Joe Deberry
Jamies Martin
Unnon State
Deberry
Harrisburg
Martin
Reynolds Finds Demand for G O P s Return to Power
Reynolds tours Midwest and Pacific cities campaigning for the Republicans. He says the country is anti Democratic and notes a real demand for GOP power return with potential convention bids by Chicago and other cities. Arrives in Chicago and plans Milwaukee stop followed by Minneapolis St Paul and Pacific Coast cities.
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Chicago
Tames B. Reynolds
Republican National Committee
Hamlton Club
Chicasgo
San Francisco
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Cleveland
National Committee
Berlin Reports 1000 Canadians Drowned at Sea
Berlin wireless reports from Sayville claim a British troop transport with 2000 Canadian troops was torpedoed off the Scilly Isles on August 15. About 1000 were said saved, but Ottawa denies the claim and notes the Royal Edward sinking was August 14. The report may reflect garbled details of known incidents.
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Berlin
Sayville
Amsterdam
Ryndam
Seilly Islands
Eglan Sea
Ottawa
N. Y
Scilly Islands
Ame
Morgenthau Takes Italy Russia Montenegro Interests
Washington Aug. 30 Ambassador Morgenthau at Constantinople has taken over the diplomatic interest of Italy, Russia and Montenegro for the United States. This expansion of duties makes the American diplomacy the agent at the Porte for eight European countries, according to a state department cable.
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Washington, D. C
Morgenthau
Constantinople
Italy
Russia
Montenegro
United States
State Department
Minke
Porte
Kaiser's Drive Against Russia Presses on Fronts Wide
London watchers say Kaiser may halt advance into Russia after heavy fighting on the Bug River and in Galicia. Troops mass on the Roumanian front as bioweapon rumors swirl amid artillery battles from the North Sea to the Vosges in the west.
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London
Kaiser
Russia
Balkans
Roumanian
North Sea
Vosges
Heavy losses in Dardanelles battle and eastern front
Reports from the eastern front describe Austrian and German efforts to clear Galicia and a widening enveloping move near Brest Litovsk. Simultaneous heavy artillery exchanges persist from the North Sea to the Yes-Bes, with no clear infantry push. Berlin reports a further advance on Grodno and Lipsk, while new fighting rages in the Argonne.
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London
Lont
Galicia
Bug
Lotu Lipa
Nordt Sea
Berlin
Grodno
Lipsk
Russian Poland
Turkish War Office Reports Heavy Allied Losses In Dar dancles Attack
Constantinople via London reports a new land and sea assault on Turkish positions at the Dardanelles, with several attacks repulsed and heavy losses for the allies. A cruiser and an allied transport were repeatedly hit by German guns.
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Constantinople
London
Dardancles
Turkish War Office
German Kriegerbund of America Opens at St Paul
Mayor Winn Powers gave a welcome address at the first business session of the German Kriegerbund of America as its twenty eighth annual convention opened in St Paul Minnesota last night. Reports from officers and the resolutions committee framed the agenda for the meeting.
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St. Paul, ‘Minn
Winn Powers
German Kriegerbund of America
Temperature readings and time markers summary
Fragmentary OCR data shows temperature values and times from early 20th century records. It references Buchanan Optical Co and times like midnight and 6 am with numeric ranges for several years. Not enough coherent events or persons to form a proper news item.
Governor appoints Senator Underwood to Panama-Pacific exposition
Montgomery Alabama August 30 Governor Henderson announces Senator Underwood will represent Alabama as its first citizen at the Panama-Pacific exposition. Advertisement text appears after the notice referencing Havana cigars.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
Senator Underwood
Alabama
Quick Rescue Work Saves Boy From Drowning in Quarry Pond
Walter Carpenter seven, reportedly shoved into the Wilby quarry pond by four colored boys. L B M McCormack of Linden Avenue entered the six foot deep water, revived him with first aid after three submersions, and saved his life before firemen arrived with a palmator. The boy recovered consciousness after removal to home, though listed in poor condition. investigation into the four youths' involvement continues.
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Walter C. Carpenter
Lb. MM. McCormack
Linden Avenue
Tain
Leo Armstrong
John Foutch
McCormack
Carpenter
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