Bread made of flaxseed skins in Petrograd tale
From Helsingfors a Petrograd correspondent reports that most residents have only duranda bread made from flaxseed skins. Bread irritates and causes stomach issues. Bolshevik rule brings unemployment and food scarcity. the propertied buy surreptitiously. Militia, robberies, and high prices for wine and vodka prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsingfors
Finland
Associated Press
Petrograd
M. Saponen
Russia
Milia
Moscow
East Dubuque Proclamation Lifts Coal Restrictions
The Dubuque item notes a midnight Sunday proclamation affecting East Dubuque. It clarifies no shops will open for the thirsty and that coal restrictions are lifted, with a satirical aside about relief from coughing via an advertisement. A random line about New Orleans sugar refinery is included.
Damages Sought for Death of John Poffenberger
Walter Breech as administrator files a $10,000 damage suit over the death of John Poffenberger in a September 29, 1918 automobile collision on Fifth Street West. Defendants Lee Withers Edward Bohenstengel of Traur owned the car. Poffenberger was invited to ride and was killed when J J Rainbow then county treasurer drove a second car into the scene. The suit accuses Rainbow of careless operation.
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John Poffenberger
John Pofenberger
Fifth Street West
Walter B.reech
Tor
Poffenberger
Lee Withers
Edward Bohenstengel
Traur
Lon
J.J. Rainbow
County Quastor
Jewelry Heist at Marshalltown Store Seizes $1600 in Diamonds
Two men entered the William Hodge jewelry shop in Marshalltown shortly before noon on December 17. They talked with a clerk to distract him and lifted $1,600 worth of diamonds and jewelry from display cages.
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Marshalltown
William Hodge J Jewelry Store
Lila
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Edward Mahnke
Washington
United States
Brazenose College
Oxford University
Mr. Saponen
Communist Party
M. Baponen
Tse Union
Germany
Brest
Iovsk
Asj
M. Saponan
Woren
New Orleans
West End
4Th Street Bridge
DAVIS
Ivory
L.a.cob
Bluff ST
Cole & Sweetman Electric Co
East Fifth Street
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