Smyrna massacre reports flare as refugees flee
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Athens details Turkish forces slaughtering Armenians, burning Smyrna and surrounding areas. Hundreds of bodies line streets as British and American ships evacuate and aid workers rush to help amid chaotic evacuations and looming Turkish advances toward Constantinople.
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College of
Athens
Samen
Lely
Sid Robery
Elirisiens
Belie Dracgef
Piraeus
Binyrna
Smyrna
Maine
Reuters
Flondon
Pirseva
Greece
Starks
Fragmentary OCR: unclear political notices in Detroit era text
Incomplete clipped text mentions political committees and assemblies. Names and dates are unreadable. no coherent events or actions can be determined from the legible fragments.
Burch Bros. Stores Sold to A W Burch Reopen Soon
Des Moines to Marshilltown gas train service to start next Monday with a gasoline motor train operating between Des Moines and Marshilltown. Assets of Burch Bros. Stores in Waterloo Marshalltown and Charles City sold at public sale. reopening planned under A W Burch and C G W will run the gas train.
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Burch Bros
A. W. Burch
C.G. W
Des Moines
Marshilltown
Waterloo
Marshalltossa
Charles City
Aberdeen
George 1
Harris Jou
Reesiyer Furth State
Bkuter
Burretty Heen Pine Pressent
Ado
Iteasier
Ure Livres. Company
Uaemstort
Gat Et Die Wert Crister
Das Moily
Miurstalltown
Urvat’ Western
Gfarling
Trial dates drift as clemency requests surface in county court
Reports from an Iowa hearing note Bruce Wagers and others facing charges with defense seeking clemency delays. State agent Yarkey reveals a cousin link to the confessed suspect as another robbery in progress is described amid unclear events.
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Urynisun
Truber
Minnita
Pred Boeck
Ant Eld
Bruce Wagers
Albert
Yarkey
Fonds
Smith
Rogers
Caddies to Drive Pill Over the Hill Championship
Caddies race to qualify for a golf tournament to be played at Byrnes park links. From today until September 24, the 32 lowest scores determine entrants for the city championship. Five prizes await, including caddy and runner up spots. Entrance fee is 40 cents.
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G. J. Kreiman
Aftair
Byrnes Park
Byrnes Park Links
Ons
Sa Isveh
Strikebreakers Quit as Old Men Return in Cedar Rapids
Report from Cedar Rapids notes strikebreakers quit as veteran workers return to Atkins shops. The Milwaukee agreement to shop workers triggered unease, and many new hires fled fearing trouble with the returning older employees. Some old hands have resumed their former positions.
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Cedar Rapids
St Ta
House Passes Coat Bill To Senate
The House approved the conference report on the administration coat bill by 228 to 70. The measure limits eligibility to one year unless a declared national emergency extends it, and now moves to the Senate.
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House
Senate
Washington, D
Bauer Re elected Firefighters Chief
Bauer was re elected as chief of the International Fire Fighters union at the convention held in Montreal. Tuiss Oklahoma and Kansas delegates supported the choice with Seattle Wash as the lone contender.
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Bauer
Tuiss
Okla
Kansas
Shere Inday
Montreal
Canada
Seattle
Wash
Russia and Japan Nearing Agreement Report
News agency dispatch reports Russia and Japan nearing a practical accord following talks. The tentative understanding covers possible postwar steps and mutual assurances as negotiators push toward concrete proposals.
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Russia
Japan
Antilynching Campaign Notes Amid Turbulent Local Efforts
Fragmentary report highlights community figures and groups engaging in anti lynching actions. Mentions include individuals named in a local campaign context and related political advocacy amid unsettled local tensions.
Preacher Rail Guard Returns to Pulpit in Illinois Visit
Rev J Wickson, formerly U S marshal on guard duty during the railway shopmen strike, plans to leave Clinton Louisiana for Emerson Indiana to resume duties as pastor of the Presbyterian church there. He previously resigned a Kansas pastorate in 1917 to join the U S forces and served as chaplain with rank of lieutenant during World War I.
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Clinton
J. Wickson
United States
Sirife
Clarkson Widow Anna Clarkson Dies in Newark
Dew Moines Sept. 15 Mrs Anna Howard Clarkson widow of Gen Jane S Clarkson longtime Republican national committee chairman and editor of the Des Moines Register died yesterday in Newark New Jersey. She helped found the Iowa New Yorkers society and served as its president for many years.
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Dew Moines
Anna Howard Clarkson
Jane S. Clarkson
Republican National Committee
Des Moines
Ema
Aan
A. R. Clarkson
Newark
N. J
Iown
New Yorkera’ Society Ink
Enginecrew Scalded by Boiler Explosion Near Wear Liberty
An explosion on a Rock Island freight engine near Wear Liberty scalded fireman G. Bream and engineer Creas. The engineer is reported in serious condition. Both men are from Cedar Rapids and were taken to that city after the accident. Railroad officials are assessing the cause.
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Muscatine
Rock Island
Wear Liberty
G. Bream
Creas
Cedar Rapids
Chicago elects Felderman president of stationary engineers
Frad Fel derman of Chicago was elected president of the National Association of Stationary Engineers at the convention in Tres Moinss on September 17. Other officers were named at the session.
Moonshine Incident Sparks Hospital Wounds in Des Moines
Wolace Howard aged 19 from Cleveland and his cousin Charles Howard sustained razor wounds after a confrontation over moonshine offered by Clarence Bradshaw colored. Police seek Bradshaw as both victims are hospitalized and injuries are under investigation.
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Des Moines
Wolace Howard
Cleveland
Clarence Rradshaw
Howard
Charles Howard
Bradshaw
Creston
Charles 5
Bebe Pianesrex
Pullediou
Costa
Roy Ball
Fort Madison
Northwestern First vi Strike Settlement
Chicago today saw progress toward a settlement of the strike by shapers as President W H Finley of the Northwestern rail line arrived for the dedication of the Fourth Street subway. He said the Northwestern was among original partners in the settlement plan and no call to return to work had been issued to the 900 striking men.
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Clinton
Chicago
W. H. Finley
Northwestern Railwily
Fourth Street
Northwestern Railway
Inquest Demanded After Waterloo Accident Fatality
Relatives demand an inquest into a Waterloo fatality as Mr Cordes is believed to have died in a collision. A jury is to be empaneled to view the remains and hear testimonies this afternoon.
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Smith
Cordes
John Cordes Funeral Plans At St Josephs
Our Lady of Victory alumni meet at the school auditorium 7729 Dami to accompany the John Cordes family to his home. The funeral for John Cordes is set for 11 a m tomorrow at St Josephs Catholic with burial at Calvary Cemetery. Do not send flowers per family request.
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John, Jr
Thuseti
Calvary Cemiectery
Milwau
Ford Plant in Detroit Prepares to Close Indefinitely
Detroit Michigan September reports preparations are under way to close the Highland Park plant of the Word Motor company. About 60 000 men are said to be affected with many already laid off as foremen inform workers the plant will close indefinitely.
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Ford
Detroit
Mich
Highland Park
The
Word Motor Company
Edison era radio power experiment claims wireless light
A fragment notes experiments asserting electrical energy could be transmitted by radio through the ether without wires and power a standard electric light bulb. The garbled text references Cal and ten days of testing in a historical article.
Weeks Pleads Innocence Amid Robb Murder Trap
The Des Moines case notes Eugene Weeks awaiting noon execution for Fosdick murder. Weeks tells reporters he is innocent and jokes with guards and sheriff chaplain Winfred Robb, saying he would hang but a wrong man might be found. He mocks Judge Utterback as the interview ends.
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Eugene Weeks
George Fes
Dutk
Des Moines
Winfred E.robb
Weeks
Fosdick
Hubert Utterback
Judge Utterback
Baldness and honor collide in wartime execution tale
Weeks cites a noncommittal reply about a man who remains bald as he notes no moss grows on the head. The article notes it would be the first time an ordained minister acted as the executioner. Robb served as a chaplain with the One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry Rainbow Division in World War I and earned a distinguished heroism medal.
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Weeks
Ies
Robb
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry
Rainbow Dived
Government to Read Injunction Evidence in Rail Strike Case
Chicago Sept 15 government continues presentation of affidavits showing violence and intimidation in support of Attorney General Daugherty's bid for an injunction against striking railway shop workers.
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Chicago
Daugherty
Wood Granted Third Leave by University
J W Zeigler said Gen Leonard Wood and the university regents have settled misunderstandings. Wood will receive a third leave of absence at the regents meeting next Monday in Philadelphia. Also noted is the return of Mr and Mrs Charles Indner from a six weeks trip to the Pacific coast.
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Wood
Manila
J. W. Zeigler
University of Pennsylvania
Leonard Wood
University
Charles
Indner
Pacific Coast
Gaut and Sohl to contest Western women’s golf title
Memphis and Columbus players reach the final of the Western women's golf championship in St. Louis. Mrs Gaut defeated Miss Frances Hadfield Milwaukee 6 and 4, while Mrs Sohl beat Miss Vinivla Pep St. Louis 6 and 4. The two winners then won the deciding match to clinch the title.
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St. Louis
Dave Gaut
Memphis
Surtis Gohl
Columbus
Wil
Gaut
Frances Hadfield
Milwaukee
Sohl
Vin Vinla Pep
Stead
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Haz
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Iowa
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Sariner
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Engingers
OWA
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Hays
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Jowan
Hervey Cecil Wilbur
Floyd
Nashua
Hitle Troy
Towa
Methodist Episcopal Church
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United Commercial
Gail
Nington
Dorothy
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Mond
Duluth
Ming
Burton
Hervey
Mir. Cordes
John Gordes
Grand Rapids
Margaret
Dunnwald
H. J. Dunnwald
Borl Sherman, Bros
NI. Cordas
Pletcher
Gonstipason
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T&s
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