Trade in Food in Germany Escalates Smuggling
Coblenz reports rising illicit food trade across Germany with rationing still in force. Potatoes, eggs, and fats fetch high prices as smugglers and well to do buyers move from Prussia and other states to Bavaria where living costs are lower. Meat remains available in Bavaria but scarce elsewhere with hotels still serving meat through imports from Holland.
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Coblenz
Germany
Rhineland
Bavaria
Prussia
Wuerttemberg
Thuringia
Berlin
Oreupied
Altho
Holland
Reckless Force Seen by Ebert New Year Manifesto
Berlin dispatch reports President Ebert urged publication of a New Year manifesto. He warns that Germany faces internal strife and external threats, urging Germans to unite and help restore the Fatherland to a sound economic and political footing.
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Berlin
Ebert
Germany
2000 German TB Patients to Receive U S Donation
Berlin on January 1 the German Red Cross receives a 2,500,000 mark check from American relief committees for tuberculosis patients in Germany. Over 2000 patients will travel to favorable climate and food regions. Hoover plans to coordinate American relief transfers to Germany, seen as curbing misused shipments. Shine flood fears prompt Paris rail and plant officials to meet on Seine flood protection measures.
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Associated Press
Berlin
German Red Cross
United States
Germany
Herbert Hoover
Earth blast halves Mount Dawson peak in Fiji island
A seismic disturbance in early October blew off a large part of Mount Dawson, the island of Rabi's highest peak in Fiji. No casualties were reported.
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Sydney
Dee
Matl
Mount Dawson
Rabi
Fiji Islands
Lady Astor Captivates Commons with Warm Reception
Lady Astor draws vast attention in the House of Commons as MPs smile and vie to sit by her. She chats freely, waves to the chair, and teases the deputy speaker about repeating similar antics. Paris reports Capt Parseval credits British sailors and leadership for Jutland victory over German material strength.
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Lady Astor
Commons
London
House of Commons
Aml
Paris
Dy Parseval
Jutland
Cuban Seeks Wife Hoax Revealed by Bronx Janitor
New York reporters detail a Bronx janitor posing as an educated, home loving Cuban suitor who wooed women from California to Indiana using letters from two correspondence clubs. Travelers' Aid workers aided a North Carolina woman who came to meet him, and police recovered letters describing various prospects aged 18 to 67. The janitor faced no arrest as the case remained under investigation.
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New York
Chicago
Denver
Kansas City
San Francisco
East
North Carolina
Bronx
Pennsylvania Station
Traveler’s Aid Society
Oakland
Cal
California
Indiana
Linois
Altho
Walnut Street Baptist Church Elects 1920 Officers
Annual meeting reports show receipts of 10194.34 with disbursements 16160.52 and 11000 pipe organ installed. Membership up 73. Rev John Bunyan Smith presented pastor’s report. Officers elected include LG Adams J S Tuthill HY J Merlein FD Colline trustees A M Deman W B Howell F Ey B Kelber deacons F Glockner Mrs H Merlein Mrs L P Davis deaconesses Justin Prescott Ray Lewis A K Smith stewardship FD Colline treasurer James McMillan clerk Charles Glockner headquarters rasher Misa Tnezfreene Whitehall Jr secretary to the pastor.
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Walnut Street Baptist Church
Martha Smith
I. D. Collins
John Bunyan Smith
LG. Adama
Tuthill
J. Merlein
Trusters
A. m. Dengan
W. B. Howell
Kelber
Delinquent Auto License Money Cited in 1918 Action
Mise Jennie Bird, county recorder, reports filing 10 218 instruments in 1819. Rev. John Bunyan Smith names Vi tla farm Rainbow Heights on Ramn- SDN drive. Delinquent automobile license money totaling 6 281.76, collected in late 1918 by E J Wennar county attorney per secretary of state.
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Bird
John Bunyan Smith
Walnut Street
Vitla
Rainbow Heights
Ramn- Sdn Drive
E. J. Wennar
Carry On Clubs Aimed At Disabled Veterans In Cities
Disabled ex servicemen in major cities urge creation of carry on clubs. These clubs offer housing meals medical care laundry and clothing allowances for ten dollars weekly, enabling veterans to live and enjoy activities while staying insured with war risk coverage. Initial New York club opened with 40 residents and 10 meals, followed by larger expansions in New York and Washington. The American Legion backs the plan and fundraising grows, with claims of 250000 to 260000 disabled veterans nationwide.
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New York
Boston
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Detroit
Columbus
San Francisno
Denver
New Orleans
Minneapolis
Carry On Mazpciation
Thirty-eighth Street
Madison Avenue
Washington
Legion
American Legion
United States
Carry On
City
Siberian army reverses blamed on insanitary conditions
Tokio reports Col. Tenster, Anglican Red Cross commissioner to Siberia, says insanitary army and population conditions, plus starvation, caused morale collapse. A relief fund started with $1,500 as nucleus, while transportation bottlenecks hampered food distribution despite available supplies.
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Tokio
R. B. Tenster
Amglican Red Cross
Siberia
Tenster
Tokio International Association For Relief In
Col. Teusler
Tartar Wall Pavilion Returned to Chinese Custody
Dec 2. The pavilion on the Tart ar city wall above Chienmen gate is returned to Chinese custody. During the 1912 mutiny in Peking after Yuan Shih Kai became president, foreign legation guards occupied it as a military measure. The American legation guard has held it since.
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Chienmen Gate
Peking
Chinesa
Yuan Shih-kai
Legation
Bugrd
Mexican Rebel Chiefs Captured Amid Government Reports
Mexico City January 2 The federal government reports two major rebel captures within days Luis Medina Barron long active in Chiapas has been apprehended and Raisel Pimentel a former general in Oaxaca surrendered with his staff in the same period
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Mexico City
Luis Medina Barron
Chiapas
Raisel Pimentel
Oaxaco
Dark Aurrenderead
Hla
Rio de Janeiro Condemns Anti Foreign Capital Campaigns
In Rio de Janeiro a meeting of the Commercial Association condemned campaigns against foreign capital as unjust and absurd. Dr. Miranda Jordan and other directors urged Brazil needs foreign capital to accelerate mercantile, industrial, agricultural, and pastoral progress. Other members echoed similar views.
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Rio de Janeiro
Massl J
Comtorcial Association
Miranda Jordan
Jordan
Brazi
Princess Mary Attends Land Army Farewell Rally
London reports Princess Mary visiting Drapers' Hall for a land army farewell rally. Girls in white smocks and red green color arched roses greeted her as she praised the corps and awarded bars, with gifts, songs, and celebratory crackers.
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London
Land Army
Mary
Drapers’ Hall
England
Lord Les
Lord Erle
Talbot
Lyttleton
Dorothy Yorke
Dragers’ Co
Miss Talbot
Altho
Women’s Land Army
Ste
Board ‘of Agriculture
Lord Lee
Lord Ernie
Canon Dalton
Thref Cumberland
Misa Talbot
Knighted riches bloom in South Wales riches and ships
Cardiff reports a surge of fortunes and knighthoods as South Wales yields rapid wealth. A Daily Express correspondent notes Cardiff now has about 25 millionaires, many rising from clerks to owners of fleets. Former porters and clerks turn into directors, with ships and country estates boosting status and wealth.
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Cardiff
Wales
South Wales
Daily Express
New Croesus
Hoe
Alaska Mineral Output Subides in 1919
Alaska’s mineral output in 1919 was the smallest since 1910, totaling about $18.85 million, well below 1918 and 1916 levels. Copper mining remained active at 44.2 million pounds valued at $8.5 million, while gold output fell to $9.0 million. The report notes high costs and price declines since 1916, and highlights the government railroad project plus needed transport improvements as key future drivers. It also records silver and lead byproducts and cites a cumulative gold total since 1830 of $437.4 million.
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Washington, D. C
Tan
Alaska
Geological Survey
Lersner Ill, Will Miss Conference With Dutasta
Kurt von Lersner head of the German delegation at Versailles is ill with a cold and will not confer with Paul Dutasta, secretary of a peace conference for a few days. Allied delegates and other German representatives today discussed questions on territories where plebiscites would be held. DAIRYMEN TO CONFER Black Hawk county dairymen meet Saturday at 1 30 p m in Chamber of Commerce rooms to discuss ways to increase dairy cattle and marketing. Hugh Van Pelt and W Merrill of the Dairy Farmer and J P Bres will speak. C F Jenness of the Iowa Holstein-Friesian association organizes the meeting and invites all interested. London paper farthings London, Dec 16 In a London suburb paper cut to the size of a penny and stamped voucher representing one farthing change are used due to the shortage of the farthing bronze coin.
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Paris
Havas
Kurt von Lersner
Versailles
Paul Dutasta
Black Hawk County
Chamber of Commerce
Hugh van Pelt
W. Merrill
Dairy Farmer
J. P. Bres
C. F. Jenness
Iowa Holstein-Friesian Association
London
Malil
Shanghai Shipping Mail Moves Freer as Cholera Bar Removed
Shipping and mail service to and from Shanghai is returning to normal after Japan lifted the early summer ban. The cholera epidemic began in June in Shanghai and spread northward, affecting many large centers and later reaching Japan.
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Shanghai
Tokio
Japan
Counting Noses Here Has Begun in Waterloo Census
Counting every person in the United States began this morning for the tenth decennial census. In Waterloo and the Third Iowa district, 22 enumerators started canvassing with a target to finish by April. Enumerators are paid per person and per farm, with rules for what counts as farm land and stock. Cattle in transit are not counted. the census will be completed in two weeks with results released from Washington. Experiments on sugar beet cultivation in Ireland are noted.
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Waterloo
Uncle Sam
United States
Iowa
Anson
Hakill
Washington
Father John's Medicine Promotes Quick Cold Recovery
A 19th century style ad warns that neglecting colds leads to dangerous pneumonia and death. It advocates Father John's Medicine as a pure wholesome, alcohol free remedy for the weak, children and adults, claiming it strengthens the body and wards off disease. notes sixty years of use.
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Father John
Irish education bill sparks calls for Irish framing
Dublin reports that the government plan for Ireland’s education bill centralizes control in Dublin under imperial oversight. A local school tax is introduced while school boards become advisory and religious groups retain teacher appointments, avoiding broader religious conflict.
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Dublin
Mass
Lister
Ireland
Imperial Parliament
Treasury
New Education Department
Department of Technical Education
Typewriters Stir Commons In Press Gallery Row
London lawmakers clash as younger members push for typewriters in the House of Commons press gallery while a minority of older members protest the move.
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Commons
London
House of Commons
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