Peace conference to shape postwar world hinted in report
Washington reports the armistice terms will be announced by President Wilson and anticipates a forthcoming peace conference. It notes potential U S representation by Secretary Lansing and Col House with many delegates from allied nations, and discusses venue options including Lausanne Switzerland amid debate.
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Mtust
United States
Washington, D. C
Germany
Wilson
Congress
America
France
Tay
Switzerland
Lausanne
Lansing
House
Secrretary
Col. E. MM. House
Senate
Knights of Columbus Initiation Amid Armistice Euphoria
Sunday events at Sacred Heart church and K of P hall marked a large Knights of Columbus initiation with mass, a service flag dedication for Pvt. Charles Schmidt, and a multi degree ceremony led by Waterloo and Des Moines teams. A banquet followed with remarks from Carr, McCormick, Holland, and Marsh.
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Knights of Columbus
Sacred Heart Church
Secred Heart Church
Pvt
Charles Schmidt
K. C. Hall
Waterloo
Des Moines
John Holland
Knights of Pythians Hall
WW. H. Gun
E. M. Carr
Manchester
Joseph McCormick
Cedar Rapids
W. W. Marsh
Marsh
van Doren
49 Years Young Reverend Kimball Joins Armistice Joy
Rev. E P Kimball age 99 celebrates armistice news with Waterloo peace jubilation. He hopes to see end of hostilities and Allied victory while tending his war garden and preparing his home as autumn nears. Presbyterian hospital reports all patients recovered and discharged. no new disease cases in two weeks. Memorial Hall emergency hospital houses about a dozen patients.
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E. P. Kimball
Waterloo
Kimball
Althou
Presbyterian Hospital
Presbyterian
Emergency Hospital
Memorial Hall
Mayor Issues Proclamation Calling General Suspension of Business
Mayor R. C. Thompson issued a proclamation declaring a citywide holiday in Waterloo to mark the end of the war. He urged prayer and thanksgiving and asked businesses to halt operations on short notice while social and civic groups organize parades and celebratory events.
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R. C. Thompson
The
Courier
Waterloo
On the Job. Press workers toil through armistice night
In a vivid portrait of Courier and Reporter staffers burning the midnight oil for breaking news on the armistice, editors, telegraphers, proofreaders, and pressroom crews remain on duty from Thursday night into Friday morning. Florence M. Poyner, a Red Cross nurse candidate, is called to duty in New York City.
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Carlyle
Courier and Reporter
Waterloo
Hi” Harrison
Associated Press
Harrison
J. M. Stowell
Stowell
E. R. Moore
Moore
J. C.hartman
Courier and
FE. L. Corton
Joe Gary
Ellen Richardson
Leon Sink
Courier
Arthur Pruess
George Lingelbach
Theodore Castle
Thaddeus Miller
J. P. von Lackum
G. E. Jenks
Cedar Falls
Janesville
Waverly
Florence M. Poyner
Red Cross
New York City
Poyner
Asbury Hospital
Minneapolis
Armistice terms issued at Versailles end World War I
The document outlines German withdrawal from Alsace Lorraine, transfer of locomotives and rail assets, repatriation of prisoners, and disarmament. It details naval disarmament, mine sweeps, and independence guarantees for occupied regions with Allied oversight. President Wilson proclaims the war’s end and a shift to a just lasting peace.
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Belgium
Luxemburg
Alsaces Lorraine
Rhine
Germany
United States
Rhineland
Alsace-Lorraine
Russia
Roumania
Turkey
Seiures
Brest-Litovsk
Bucharest
Brest- Litovsk
Danzig
Vistula
East Africa
United States of America
National Bank of Belgium
Mercantiie
Naval and Mercantile Marine
al Bes
United Staties of America
Aravrici
Chereuter
Alps
Unites States of America
Plac
Betas
Illes J
United Sates of
Cernute
Baltic
Cattegat
Baldie
Black Sea
America
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Germn
Wilson
Cedar Rapids Children Make Toys At Home
Cedar Rapids youths from first grade to high school, under the public schools art department, have been crafting toys at home for weeks. The effort draws attention as locally produced playthings, replacing reliance on German imports. A brief item notes civic emphasis on homegrown crafts.
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Cedar Rapids
Germany
Lightless Night Order Suspended for Peace Celebrations
Washington November 11 Fuel Administrator Garfield suspended the lightless night order for tonight only to permit celebrations of peace. John Harry Shadman infant son of Mr and Mrs J W Shadman died at noon at the family home 202 Shilliam avenue cause undetermined. The body was moved to Petersen Bros mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
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Associated Sows
Washington, D. C
Uel
Garfield
Shadman
John Harry Shadman
J. W. Shadman
Shilliam Avenue
Petersen Bros
War's Victories Not All on Battlefields
London reports a 26 percent drop in inmates in British institutions since the war began. Sir Evelyn Angeles Brise credits two factors: the war and a concentrated policy of purifying young criminals. Fifty local penal institutions are affected.
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London
Great Britain
Evelyn Angeles-Brise
England and
Wales
Dandruff Solution Promises Immediate Removal
An advertisement touts a four ounce plain liquidation from a drug store as a sure method to dissolve and destroy dandruff. Applied nightly, it claims all dandruff signs vanish by morning with three or four treatments, easing itching and leaving hair shiny and soft.
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Mayr
Wangler Bros
Sievers Drug
Sen and Wansen
Drug
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