6 000 Guards Go To Border On New Order
Washington dispatch reports 6 000 national guardsmen from 13 states and the District of Columbia were ordered to the Mexican border by the War Department. Maj Gen Funston is to select 10 000 troops now on border duty to return home and be mustered out. Iowa may see some units released while artillery units are primarily ordered south.
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Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
War Department
Funston
Gen. Funston
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
New York
Alabama
Georgia
Connecticut
Florida
Michigan
Minnesota
Colorado
California
National Guard
Iowa
Altho
Weather Helps Harvest Progress Across Regions
Widespread dry mild weather favored harvesting and field work through the week ending Tuesday. Corn cutting threshing silo filling and tobacco potato beet digging and cranberry picking made good progress. Fall plowing and green seeding advanced though dry soil hindered parts of Oklahoma Iowa Missouri and northern Texas and many Mississippi Valley states. Hay and fodder gathering was excellent though pastures faltered. Late seed crops and late truck gardens need rein.
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Washington
D. C
Tran
Oklahoma
Iowa
Missouri
Texas
Mississippi River Valley
Compensation Award in Waterloo Case Sustained by Funk
Iowa report states A. B. Funk sustains arbitration ruling in Norma Wright v James Black Dry Goods Waterloo. Court awards Wright 9.50 dollars weekly for 300 weeks after her husband George K Wright was killed in an auto crash while returning from carpet laying at a Waterloo hotel. Aetna Life Insurance contested payment arguing lack of dependence.
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Tes Moines
A. B. Funk
Arbitration Committee
Norma Wright
James Black Dry Goods Company
Waterloo
Wright
George K. Wright
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Beane Mont Home for Children Wrecked by Fire
Quebec report that the Beane mont home for children and elderly people burned early today. More than 200 persons were in the building and some are believed to have perished.
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Quebec
Ont
Beanemont
World Series Opens Oct 7 Says Johnson
Chicago Sept 27 The world series will open on Saturday Oct 7 according to President B B Johnson of the American league a member of the national commission ready to begin preparations for the series. Johnson said no final action has been taken due to uncertainty. He noted the opening game may be Oct 7 or possibly Oct 6 but avoided bias toward the Nationals. He added the series plans are unsettled and the East West location could vary. The White Sox still have a chance but the Nationals winner is expected to be an eastern team.
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Chicago
B. B. Johnson
American League
National Commission
Johnson
Nationals
White Sox
Women’s Hughes Campaign Train To Visit Waterloo
A special train carrying 50 women leaders in arts and sciences, backing Charles Evans Hughes, will tour 28 states starting Oct 2 including Waterloo visit Oct 6. The trip aims to promote Hughes with national issues, not a suffrage effort, and will be supported by male local speakers and committees.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Waterloo
Gertrude Duncan
New
al Hughes
New York
E. L. Johnson
Duncan
Suqgest National Alliance
Iowa
Davienport
Cedar Rapids
Pee
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Republican Women’s Campaign Committee
Hughes Alliance
Hughes
Federation Not in Politics Says Strief
Sioux City Sept 27 J H W Strief president of Iowa State Federation of Labor said the federation is not in politics He personally supports Harding for governor due to long acquaintance with the labor cause and appreciation for it Des Moines labor teachers endorse E Z Meredith
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Sioux City
E. Z. Meredith
Des Moines
J. H W. Strief
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Harding
Strief
General strike in New York by unionists ends with limited action
On Sept 27 1920 up to 125000 workers joined a sympathy strike for street carmen though many unions did not respond. About 200000 workers were absent mainly Hebrew trades for New Year celebrations and the harbor remained unfazed as leaders predicted growing walkouts to overwhelm city services.
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New York
Traction
Carden
Ufe
Carmen
Jewish New Year Celebrated Here
Sundown begins the ten day penitence after Rosh Hashanah, marking year 677. About 75 Waterloo families attend services at 613 Fifth Street West and observe Yom Kippur with morning prayers, fasting, river rites, and the Shofar. Community members greet one another with wishes for a good year.
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Fifth Street West
Waterloo
Yom Kipur
Plan Big Day for Wilson in Omaha
An elaborate program for President Wilson's Oct. 5 visit to Omaha Neb. was submitted to the executive office. The plan includes a parade and a speech while Wilson played golf that morning. El Verso, a great 10¢ Cigar.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Omaha
Neb
Combles Falls as Allied Drive Reaches Guedecourt
British and French forces press across the Somme front after a night of hard fighting. Combles is captured as Guedecourt falls, with minimal German resistance and several surrenders. Prisoners pour in as the advance widens, with British gains totaling about six miles in depth.
Wealthy Jowan Pays 910000 Blackmail Plot Unfolds
Federal officials opened an investigation into a new blackmail scheme tied to a Iowa merchant named Jowan who allegedly paid 910,000 after being duped by a scheme similar to the $1,000,000 blackmail ring. Two Chicago women and a Chicago attorney are involved, with names withheld until arrests. The case centers on a man posing as a government agent and a compromising situation.
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Chicago
Federal Department of Justice
Iowa
Carranza's Envoy Heads to See Carranza Chief
Eliseo Arredondo Mexican ambassador designate starts for Mexico City to brief Carranza on American views and press for full joint commission discussions. He met with Secretary Lansing Counselor Polk and Assistant Secretary Phillips before departing. Secretary Lansing expects his return in two to three weeks. The ambassador’s wife and children remain in Washington.
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Washington
D. C
Eliseo Arredondo
Mexico City
Carranza
State Department
Joint Commission
Arrecdinodo
Territary Lansing
Polk
Phillins
Jaansing
Mr. Arredondo
Iowa Guardsman Drowned on Border in Brownsville
Dispatches from Iowa National Guard headquarters in Brownsville Texas report James Rhodes of Company F Second Infantry drowned late yesterday. Earlier dispatches stated his body was found but did not disclose the cause of death.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Brownsville
Tex
James Rhodes
Rhodes
Pershing Rules Blame Falls on American Troops in El Valle clash
Washington reports state Maj Gen Pershing viewed the El Valle incident as a drunken brawl sparked after American soldiers guard duty led to drinking and a clash with Carranza forces. One American killed, another wounded, Carranza officer and soldier dead and wounded, though identities remain undisclosed. Carranza officials treat the matter as a minor drunken dispute.
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Washington
D. C
Winston
Elvalle
Mexico
el Valle
Ml Vade
Loral Carranza
Col. Diaz
Valle
Pershing Carranza
Trobe
BE Valle
Pershing
Carrminga
Carranza
Board of Offierre
Martine Wins Democratic Nomination for U S Senator
Senator James D. Martine secured the Democratic nomination for United States senator in New Jersey by a strong lead over John W. Wescott. With 723 of 1,893 districts reported, Martine had 12,884 votes to Wescott’s 6,687. Wescott, noted for nominating President Wilson twice, trails as canvass continues.
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Trenton
N. J
James DD. Martine
United States
John W. Wescott
Wescott
Wilson
Martine
Greece in War Looms As Cabinet Quits
The Athens cabinet plans resignation with a king's proclamation likely to follow. Greece may declare war soon as revolution spreads through garrisons and naval crews drift from Piraeus. Venizelos says Greece should join the Entente, not oppose it, while troops in Canea desert to support the revolt. General Moschopoulos and 509 officers back a motion urging Greece to abandon neutrality.
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Rome
Greece
Old Greece
Saloniki
Athens
Piraeus
Lonchi
Crete
Venizelos
London
Kotherios Venizelos
The
Times
M. Venizelos
Paris
Canea
Constantine Moschopnoulis
Woman Kills Man and Wounds Pair Before Suicide
Philadelphia Sept 37 A New York man J C Graveur is killed by a woman who also wounded his female companion and then killed herself. The killer is identified as Mrs Harry Belzer of New York by Graveur’s sister Mrs Francis Apman who arrived with Marry V Haney to verify. The wounded woman’s status remains uncertain at the hospital.
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Philadelphia
J.C. Graveur
New York
Harry Belzer
Francis Apman
V. Haney
Graver
Apman
Craveur
Chicago Mayor Fined by Federal Court Over Boat Violations
Chicago Mayor William N Thompson was fined 5500 by federal authorities after a Green Bay Wisconsin find showed a motor yacht tender owned by the mayor lacked fire extinguishers fire preservers pilot rules whistle and horn equipment. The payment is not yet made according to a Coast Guard official.
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Chicago
Sept
Wm. Nf. Thompson
Coast Ruard Service
Green Bay
Wis
Roumanian Victory on Dobrudia Line Debuts Sept 17 19
Bucharest reports a great battle on the Dobrudia line from September 17 to 19 ending in a decisive Roumanian victory over German and Bulgarian forces. Allied troops including Roumanians Russians and Serbians repelled attacks along the Danube to the Black Sea with heavy enemy losses and captured rifles. Bulgarian forces then drove back Serbian troops on the Macedonian front after 19 days of fighting.
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Bucharest
Dobrudia
Averescu
War Office
Danube
Black Sea
Theanube
Chernavoda
Nead
Sofia
London
Heavy Rain and Lightning Strike Waterloo Area
Heavy rain totaling 1.2 inches accompanied by a severe electrical storm caused damage in Waterloo and surrounding area. An implement shed on J. B. Notter’s farm southeast of the city was burned and destroyed with estimated losses of 500 dollars. Lightning felled trees at M. Hileman’s yard and M. C. Cole’s home, while the Andy Knipp garage on Wellington street suffered minor damage. Residents sought shelter as thunder boomed, noting it was the loudest they had heard. Weather observations by Ralph B. Slippy recorded the rainfall, with reports from Minneapolis and Albert Lea indicating widespread precipitation. Eight hours earlier, Waterloo saw four inches of rain during a cloudburst, causing substantial damage.
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Waterloo
Ralph B. Slippy
J. B. Notter
Nining
M. Hileman
Wellington Street
M. C. Cole
Andy” Knipp
Hi. R. Parker
Waterloo Theatre
Minneapolis
Albert Lea
Orrones
Somme Front Advances Push British and French Gains
British and French forces on the Somme front push forward with renewed vigor near Thiepval Combles Chaulnes and Ver mandouillers as numbers of prisoners rise to 6 000 plus and major towns including Bouchavesnes and Peronne feel the pressure French aircraft add to the gains by downing German planes as the drive deepens toward Bapaume and Ai laines amid intensified operations and stake drives.
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London
Somme
Thipeval
Combles
Berlin
Courcelette
Peroune
Bapaume
Lieut. Nungesser
Thiepval
Bouchavesnes
Ai~laines, Two Miles North of Peronne
Peronne
Haig
Paris
Vermandovik
Flers
Jan Offi
Rear
War Office
Baucourt L'Abbaye
Rainfall Blast Hits Clarinda as Iowa Sees Heavy Downpour
Des Moines reports the drought breaking rain across Iowa with Clarinda recording four inches last night and continued rainfall at observation time. Thirteen more towns logged over an inch and fields show early fall plowing and pastures benefiting from the moisture.
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Des Moines
Iowa
ClarInda
Cedar Rapids Y M C A Buys Site for Five-Story Building
Cedar Rapids Y M C A board announces purchase of land valued at 35000 for a new five story building to cost about 165000. Fund raising drive to begin in November as construction planned to start next spring.
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Cedar Rapids Y. M. C. As
SILE
Cedar Rapids
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