Vigilantes Seize Control in Harrison Arkansas
In Harrison Arkansas vigilantes took over local government after a week of unrest tied to rail saboteurs and the lynching of Is. ¢. Gregor. They claim the strike is over in Jackson county as they prepare to resume governance after adjournment, with arrests, indictments, and tension across the town.
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German Troops Reported Moving on Ruhr Valley
German troops advance in the Ruhr valley with police and workers in Recklinghausen protesting confiscations and the director’s imprisonment. Strikes threaten if troops not withdrawn and the director freed as pit workers in Gladbach already quit. Cavalry with machine guns and eight howitzers reinforce occupied mines amid continued tax and forest exploitation actions. Reichsbank resists reopening. private banks resume cautiously as mark shortages persist.
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Tmnes and
Recklinghausen
Herr Rochstein
Moeller
Gladbach
Buer
Ruhr
Rhineland
Reichsbank
Duesseldorf
Ges Degoutte
Lieneweber
New Hampton Man Killed Felling Tree
Theodore Vaala, brother of Alfred Vaala, was killed yesterday morning while cutting wood when a tree branch shattered the skull, causing instant death. The accident occurred in New Hampton and left the Vaala family grieving after the fatal timbering mishap.
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Theodore Vaala
Rendent
Alfred Vaala
Aleg
Brittine Vaala
Fat Jersey City captains report to training school
Fat police captains in Jersey City were ordered to report to a training school today with their running gear. Salvatore Marcasco was fined 25 for firing five shots from his window and claimed to be aiding his wife who later supplied him with 2 ten pound bonds.
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Gary
New Yorkz
Salvatore Marcasco
1000 Christians Die Daily From Typhus Near Eastern Camps
International News from Athens reports Dr. Mabel Elliott of the American Near East Administration estimates that typhus smallpox and starvation kill about 1,000 Christian refugees daily in Greek camps. Many refugees are malnourished exposed and crowded. doctors describe dire conditions and demand a large funded medical program to curb the outbreak.
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International News
Athens
Avia Minor
Oreek
Mabel Elliott
American Near East Administration
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J FK. Elliott
Kalamanos
Effet
AL Piravus
Typlus
Athony
Holland
Fire destroys 36 cars in Iowa garage blaze
A central garage in Ottumwa Iowa burned after 11 PM causing loss of 36 automobiles and about 12 trucks with damages estimated at 100000 dollars. The fire raged with frequent gasoline explosions and was not immediately explained though incendiary rumors circulated. Firemen faced delays in halting the blaze due to blasts and the building’s proximity to the fire station. No vehicles were removed before flames engulfed the structure.
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Chile
Sloan
Breimen
Gorage
Wa Dors
Ineal Erecors
Fifteen Year Old Girl Beaten by Unknown Pair in Des Moines
Helen Dunford, 15, adopted daughter of A V OConnor, was attacked in her home while her parents were at a theatre. A man and a woman forced entry, struck her unconscious, and fled. no valuables were taken. Police seek two suspects described by neighbors as two women who inquired about Helen days earlier.
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Helen Dunford
Tmoan
Waindin
A. V. O'Connor
Helen
Cleo
Danford
State Had Big Year in Building Efforts Exceeding Eighty-Five Million
Des Moines January 20 December closed the heaviest construction year in Iowa since the war with total contracts reaching 85,298,900 an 78 percent rise from 1921. Public works accounted for 33,698,000, residences 21,020,700, business buildings 9,049,170, educational projects 8,427,800 and industrial work 5,624,000. December obligations reached 6,692,000 up 17 percent from November and nearly triple December 1923.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sear
Ida Grove Attorney Named for Place on State Parole Board
Des Moines Iowa January 20 appointment of J Ray Murphy Ida Grove attorney and World War veteran as the Democratic member of the state parole board to succeed Chairman Lester Drennan resigned was reported to the senate today by Gov Kendall The senate is expected to act upon the appointment Monday
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Des Moines
J. Ray Murphy
Ida Grove
State Parole Board
Lester Drennan
Senate
Kendall
Murderer Hamblen Sentenced On Second Degree Murder
Clarence Hamblen, a Minnesota wife murderer, now at Stillwater Prison, faces life for second degree murder after a last minute indictment clarification. He claimed no moral urge and described a hard upbringing and missing schooling, while denying motive beyond collecting his wife’s $1000 insurance and arranging his assets for his mother.
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Clarence Hamblen
Ceylon
Minn
Stillwater Trison
Minnesota
Hamblen
Ogden. In
Paver
Girl of 11 Proves Champion Speiler
Mary Louise Nash, 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wil Nash near Fremont, won first prize of 5 in the rural school county spelling contest at Oskaloosa over 156 schools. She will spell in the state contest in Des Moines during state fair week representing Mahaska county. Geraldine Vande Noord took second prize of 2, and Emma Krout county superintendent pronounced the words for over an hour before a misspelling.
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Maryr
Louise Nash
Wil Nash
Fremont
Nash
Cedar Rural
Cedars Township
Des Moinesi
Mahaska County
Geraldine VandeNoord
Richland Township
Emma Krout
French Girl to Speak at Town Farm Bureau Meeting
Madamie Aydat, sent to aid devastated France, will address the Jones County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting on January 27. In six months in the United States she has studied farm conditions and conducted field work statewide and now attends an Ames extension course she plans to bring home.
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Cedar Rapids
Madamie Aydat
Committee
France
Ton County Farm Bureau
Ames
Protest Against Roscoe Ar buckle Reinstatement Sparks Resolution
Ottmmnt briefs report a ministerial association resolution urging that Watty's pictures be barred from Ot tumoya Shepandowtb. The item also notes a boy hero, John Aspedon aged 12, saving his sister from a bonfire by draping her with his coat, and other regional notices from Des Moines Dike and Cedar Rapids among a string of short items on local events.
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Chamber of Commerce
New Zealand
Ruhr and Europe at risk as France presses drive
Essen dispatch quotes Dr Bruno Bruhn warning that France's economic attack on Germany could spark chaos across Europe. He says occupation of the Ruhr would ruin industry, push Germany toward radicalism, and threaten civilization. Americans urged to act before it is too late. In Los Angeles, the death of film actor Wallace Keld is announced with funeral details and tributes.
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Sre
Germany
Bruno Brubn
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America
Moscow
Dr. Bruhn
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Ruhr
Woodrow Wilson
England
France
Box mailed from Hungary arrives in Iowa City after eight years
Iowa City report notes a box mailed from Hungary eight years ago by Prof. Bohumil Shimek of Iowa University has reached America. The Stockholm postmark indicates the package traveled to Stockholm before the war and was held there, delaying mail delivery. The box was intact and in good condition.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Bohumil Shimek
Iowa University
Hungary
America
Stockholm
IOI RAY SUSPENSION LIFTED BY CENTRAL A A U
New York on January 20 the suspension of Joie Ray, a Chicago distance runner, was lifted until February 16 by the Central A A U. Freder W. Rubien, national secretary, announced the action after receiving official notice from Central president Charles B D Lynch of Detroit.
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Joie Ray
Chicago
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AL UL
Charles BD. Lynch
Detroit
Central Association
Woman Denies Bootlegging Allegations in Police Conspiracy Claim
Alice Williams through attorney Milton F. Fields denies owning or keeping liquor and charges Waterloo police conspired to obtain a half pint of moonshine from a third party for an officer. She asserts the liquor was handed to the officer and says she has no other knowledge of any intoxicants. The woman, arraigned in municipal court for bootlegging, was bound over to the district court and fined $40 plus costs after pleading guilty.
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Milton F. Fields
Walter R. French
Police Department of
Waterloo
H., BE. Boies
Stolen hundred White Wyandotte chickens from farm
Cedar Falls report says one hundred White Wyandotte chickens were stolen last night from J. M. Helter’s Washington township farm. The loss was discovered this morning when the owner checked the yard.
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Cedar Falls
J. M. Helter
Washington Township
World’s Trouble Traced to Lloyd George Actions
The article contends Lloyd George pressed Germany to accept terms that would demand reparations for civilian damage by all Allied forces. It argues this pledge, once agreed, became a sacred contract and that Britain violated it by later shifting conditions, triggering ongoing troubles.
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Twin Wives Divorced From Twin Husbands in Double Case
In Vinton Iowa on May 1 1922 Nora May Slicker and Bernice Bricker were divorced from Dale W Bricker and Glenn Bricker in a rare twin couple action. Both wives had married the twin brothers in a double ceremony in Missouri and lived together in Belle Plaine before alleging cruel and inhumane treatment. Judge Willett granted separations and allowed remarriage within a year, urging caution in choosing partnersafterward.
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Nore May Thompson
Bernice Thompson
Dale W. Bricker
St. Joseph
Belle Plaine
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Emtrimdhy
Lloyd George softens on reparations and promises
The piece examines Lloyd George’s pressure during the peace talks as British voters demanded harsh penalties on Germany including pension costs for soldiers while Lloyd George hedged. It notes Wilson’s push to limit reparations to actual damages and outlines Smuts and French influence, ending with the contentious outcome of the reparations framework.
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Cyclops' Son Reported Among Identified Bastrop Mob Members
Courthouse, Bastrop, La. Jan 26. Testimony identified Oliver Skipwith and Stevenson as members of a blackmasked kidnaping group seen in Bastrop, with witnesses linking a truck license to Stevenson's vehicle. Others named include Burnett and a man called Smith, as residents described by Mrs. Carlisle and probed through testimonies of force and threats by the hooded mob.
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Burnett
C. Osborne
John Witbur Sant
Berry Whetstone
Harry Prophitte
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Bastrop-Collinston
Keokuk Faces Mumps Epidemic Grips Town
Keokuk residents endure a mumps outbreak with many previously infected individuals. Health officer R Evans weighs extending hours to install and remove signs while school attendance declines as infections spread. Local pickles dealers report a surge in demand for a household test used to identify mumps.
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R. Evans
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