Senator Kenyon Heads to France for Frontline View
Senator Kenyon sails from Washington with Senator Kendrick to study European war conditions firsthand. He plans to report to Iowans, bolster liberty loan support, and visit fronts, prison camps, hospitals, and Swiss border areas before returning by mid December.
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Waterloo
Washington
Kenyon
Congress
Congr
State Department
Paris
Baker
Gen. Pershing
Ttalians
Bach
America
William Hoffman Seeks Fatimas From Navy Ship
Mrs. W. A. Scott receives a letter from her son William Hoffman aboard the U S S Birmingham flag ship. Hoffman recounts ship moves letters likely missed and notes learning languages and allotment payments. He asks for Fatima cigarettes, saying they cannot be bought at sea and are a necessity.
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Jess
Washington
Motorman Bartelt Commended for Act
Motorman WH J Bartelt earns commendation from M A Sisleh superintendent of the N railway after a rapid action near Fourth and Banff street prevented a boy on a bicycle from being run over by a car. A favorable entry was added to Bartelt’s personal record for his prompt duty and service.
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WH. J. Bartelt
M. A. Sisleh
The
N. Railway
Ge Bartelt
Mr. Welsh
Better Street Car Service Program
Fourth
Banff Street
Compliments Refresh Public View On Employee Duty
The writer notes many complaints about employees but stresses the value of public compliments. He says kind words about our men in duty are welcome, and the public only hears of such performances when they occur, so passing along praise to the workers is appreciated.
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Victor Company
Victor
the Courier
Mean Things the Women Are Today Criticized in Anonymous Letter
An anonymous letter to Chief D Caldwell from Omaha attacks Waterloo women taking men’s jobs. It rails against woman suffrage, urging women to stay home and men to govern, calling suffragists corrupt and unfit, and ending with an accusation about an Omaha insanity commission.
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D. Caldwell
Omaha
Waterloo
United States C
Politik
U. S
Sandor
Insanity Commission of
Sir William Herschel, fingerprint pioneer, dies aged 88
London report states Sir William James Herschel, born 1883, who developed the fingerprint system, died yesterday. He served in India's civil service from 1855 to 1878 and introduced fingerprint identification for civil purposes in Bengal in 1878. He authored The Origin of Finger Printing.
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London
William James Herschel
India
Bengal
Old Vets Return From Vicksburg Reunion in Waterloo
Waterloo veterans of the Vicksburg siege have returned from a reunion on the battlefield, with about 7,500 attendees and teams fed by state arrangements. The trip included government trucks, camp tents, and a list of Waterloo participants led by J W Shoemaker and Andrew Southerland among others.
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Waterloo
Vicksburg
Andrew Southerland
Inwa
Tinois
J. W. Shoemaker
Ho, Campbell
Wis
Michael Gilley
John Wellein
Isaec Gushard
J. B. Razell
Vinton
Co. A
J. C. Myers
Marshalltown
H. B. Eighmey
Hudson
Adam Lang
Sumner
Bryan Campaigns for the Daks in Ohio Fight
In Youngstown Ohio on October 25 1920 William Jennings Bryan toured Ohio promoting prohibition. He argued liquor traffic harms the economy and patriotism, stating no group is more unpatriotic than backers of the liquor business.
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Youngstown
Ohio
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Liberty bond posters brighten grammar grade display
Students in East public schools crafted Liberty Bond posters in B W Schuneman drug store windows. Under Miss Winifred Unruh supervision the art work features kaiser bound by bonds, Uncle Sam themes, airplanes, ships, flags and Red Cross symbols. Prizes range from 15 cents to 2 dollars as judges score technical points and originality.
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B. W. Schuneman Drug Store
Fourth Street East
Winifred Unruh
Uncle Sam
Red Cross
Liberty Bond Committee
Finnish capital fears invasion by Germans
Helsingfors reports no naval action in the Baltic or Gulf of Finland for two days. The Russian fleet guards the Gulf entrance, and Helsinki is not believed to be threatened by Gulf of Riga successes. Officials’ families have been advised to evacuate due to food shortages.
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Helsingfors
Baltic
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
Civilians Evacuate Kronstadt Naval Base
Petrograd reports civilians begin evacuation from Kronstadt naval base as authorities move toward Moscow. Reval port evacuation had been reported recently.
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Kronstadt
Petrograd
Moscow
Reval
Finland
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INGER
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Maggie
Tom Keene
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Victor Talking Machine Co
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Victor Records
Victor Machines
New Victor Records
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Victrola
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