Radicals Seek to Pierce Red Heart of Germany Halle
Halle, Germany, Nov 15. The old German aristocracy clings to prewar wealth while radicals chant for a dictatorship of the proletariat. High prices and low wages maintain luxury for the rich and scarcity for laborers as communists recruit amid clashes with conservatives along the Saale river. Young students, soldiers, and women support the Reds, aiming to ignite a nationwide campaign after the war.
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Halle
Germany
Associated Press
New Republic
Prussia
Saale
Thas
Hallo wing of Moscow adherents in Saxony campaign
The Hallo wing of the Moscow adherents is counted on to bear the brunt of battle in Saxony as a strategic center for the campaign, with plans centered in this locality.
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Independent Socialist Party
Moscow
Saxony
Father in drunken frenzy tries to drown son in creek
Oliver Barnes of Cumberland attempted to drown his 12 year old son in a creek at the Barnes home in Cumberland Indiana. Neighbors heard the boy crying and rescued him. Barnes was brought before Mayor Bolt and fined.
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Atlantic
Oliver Barnes
Cumberland
Barnes
Bolt
Allison A. K. Post Gives Tie Home Talent Play
Allison Ia December 4. The home talent play by the Allison Post American Legion drew a large crowd despite bad weather and poor roads. Every seat was filled and at the door takings surpassed expectations. The performance pleased the audience with a strong cast that reflected credit on the post. The play was highly humorous from start to finish and the cast plans to tour surrounding towns for proceeds. Several towns have invited the troupe.
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Allison
Allison Post
American Legion
Elks to Hear J C Murtagh in Memorial Services
In Oelwein on Sunday December 4 the Elks plan a memorial program led by James C Murtagh of Waterloo. The program includes Tyler's Orchestra, Elks' quartet, selections by the orchestra, an exhibition of songs and medleys, plus a valediction by F S Robinson and the Auld Lang Syne finale.
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Oelwein Elks
J. C. Murtagh
Oelwein
Elks
Tyler
Eslks
James C. Murtagh
Waterloo
Isadore Dwyer
F. 5. Robinson
Ellis
Mareh
State Places Many Boys and Girls in Goodtown Homes
Des Moines reports the state board of control's twelfth biannual report recommends adding buildings and equipment for Oakdale sanitorium and selling Knoxville hospital to the federal government. In two years 284 children from Davenport soldiers orphans home were placed in good homes and 30 from training schools went on parole. The agent system helps youths "make good" and lowers state costs. The board notes no personnel changes and covers 16 institutions with 25 women paroled from the Women's Reformatory in the last biennium.
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Des Moines
Oakdale
Knoxville
State Board of Control
Statehouse
Soldiers” Orphans
Davenport
Fe- Institution
Red Cross Liver Pills Ad Offers Cure Claim
An old advertisement hawks Red Cross Liver Pills as a cure for liver stomach and bowel ailments claiming to remove causes and avoid surgery. The watch shaped bottles promise two months treatment for twenty five cents and list Waterloo Robert Drug Co Henderson Drug Co and Rea Bros Minneapolis as sellers.
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Red Cross
Waterloo
Robert Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
Rea Bros
Minneapolis
Minn
Ao Nips carry a Horse ste it is mauled somewhere by the stern
The fragmentary text describes a shipboard incident with a horse being mauled near the stern and mentions sailors and a Nelson reference tied to the mast of the Victory, reflecting a damaged account of a naval scene with obscured phrasing.
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Nelson
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