American Army Extends Telegraph Lines and Rushes Troops
A civilian report from El Paso notes rapid deployment of additional troops from the base into Mexico and that two infantry battalions from Fort Bliss are acting as reserves for patrols in the city. Juarez fears trouble with Mexicans and anti American factions spread alarming rumors amid Villa battles. Mexican authorities signal limited cooperation with Pershing's expedition by offering telegraph use to the aviation unit landed in Chihuahua, as relayed by Pershing to Funston.
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Iveniem
Juarez
Villagtas
Mexico
United States
Villa
Carranza
Pershing
Ines
Chihuahua
Funston
Cabinet Breaks With King Prominent Ministers Expected to Quit
London dispatch from Budapest says Prime Minister and Foreign Minister may resign if the Tisza government falls. The report notes opposition from Hungary and Turkey to peace terms and hints that a fall would be welcomed by German circles for strengthening war efforts.
German Gains Near Verdun In Persistent Attacks
London reports persistent German efforts to reduce the Verdun salient in France with steady progress. Attacks press both sides of the salient, especially near Hathincourt and along the western edge near Haucourt, as forces push at the northern angle.
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Verdun
Londons
Hathincourt
Haucourt
Cavalry Regiment Offered by Congressman Helvering
Junction City Kansas reports that a regiment of Kansas cavalry totaling 1000 expert horsemen is offered to the war department. Dr F W O Donnall of Junction City heads the unit as colonel, with the offer coming from Congressman Guy T Helvering from the Fifth district.
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Junction ‘City
Kan
Kansas’ Cavalry
F W. O’donnall
Thia ‘City
War Department
Guy T. Helvering
Fifth District
Washington
Naval Appropriations Bill Moves Toward House Vote
Washington The House naval appropriations committee began drafting the naval bill a five year half billion dollar program for new ships. Chairman Padgett aims to present the complete measure to the House by April 25.
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Washington
House
Naval Rules Committee On Appropriations
Padgett
Suffrage Train Off on Westward Trip for Voting Women
In Washington DC a suffragist caravan led by a brazen band sang Onward Christian Soldiers as a train departed with twenty three Congressional Union envoys for a 32 day tour through western states. Their goal is to mobilize voting women to press parties to insert suffrage planks in national platforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congressional Union For Woman
Villa Forces Suffer Setbacks in Mexican Conflict
Readable fragments report Villa's defeat near Cloneguilia west of Chihuahua City by government forces led by Gen. Cavazos. Prisoners say Villa is hiding near a ranch. Other items note U S and Spaniard deaths near Rosario Linkton, denial of troop withdrawal by Secretary Lansing, bandit violence between Torreon and Zacatecas, and a Juarez revolt plot note.
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Mocrido
Queretaro
Basily
Josa Cavazos
Cloneguilia
Chihuahua City
Villa
Oisneguilla
Milk war victory in Chicago ends producer-distributor talks
Reports summarize an accord after lengthy talks in Chicago where producers accept a price of 565 dollars per hundred pounds. The piece notes broader crime and political events including plots uncovered by authorities, a bank cash disappearance, a train robbery, a brutal murder, a lynching, prohibition gains in Wisconsin, and Henry Ford's Detroit primary win with a peace leaning outcome. The article compiles diverse items from the era with emphasis on notable names and places.
European War Updates From Front Lines Near Verdun and Taropol
Reports from Petrograd and Paris detail Austro German and Turkish actions with mixed results. Rusalians claim gains near Taropol while German offensives around Verdun face heavy losses. British and French fleets report sunk ships and submerged subs, with casualties and rescued crews. News outlets cite official sources in Paris and Berlin on troop movements and naval losses.
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Haumont
Meuse
Berlin
Senate backs Hoke Smith vocational amendment in chamberlain bill
Senate adopts Senator Hoke Smith amendment providing 75 hours monthly vocational training for enlisted men. Fortifications bill reported to House with direct appropriations of 21,997,050 and war department contracts totaling 12,300,000, grand total 24,297,050. President Wilson dined at Fort Myer with Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Scott, deviating from cabinet-host precedent.
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Senate
Washington
Hoke Smith
War Department
Wilson
Fort Myer
Hugh J. Scott
Army
Anniversary tributes mark Hindenburg's fifty years of service
Foreign reports note a fiftieth anniversary of Field Marshal von Hindenburg entering military service provoking widespread tributes. An image of the emperor Wilhelm has been sent to the German general. Italian war minister Zupelli resigns over ill health as Gen Paolo Morrone is named minister of war in Rome.
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Tigris
Kut-el- Amara
War Office
London
Lake
Umm el-Herne
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Germany
Flmmperor Willam
Feneral
Zupelli
Paolo Morrone
Rome
Iowa Butter Stamp Won By Cooperative Creameries
The Iowa legislature authorized a state butter trademark to be used by plants producing 93 percent butter or higher. It aims to lift eastern market prices and must pass state inspections for sanitary compliance. About 478 creameries exist in Iowa, with half potentially qualifying. Clean-up week urged by Federated Women’s clubs starting April 24 to promote public welfare.
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Cineg
Co-operative Ata
Dickens
Arm- Cheese
Avevoration
Toronto
Algona Co-operative Creamyi
Algona
Adair ‘Copery Company
Massillon
Burt Goroperativa Creamery Company
New Vienna Creamery
New Vienna
General Assembly
Iowa
Thie
Towa
Clarke Alde
Federated-Wour
Anf
Ities
Plague Ended and Quarantines Lifted for Livestock
Ames reports the foot and mouth disease scare is over as the secretary of agriculture signs an order removing all quarantines and restrictions on livestock shipments. The final area under quarantine, Christian county Illinois, is cleared and related federal shipping orders are rescinded, allowing dealers to ship cattle as before.
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Ames
Secretary of Agriculture
Iiva
Christian County
Illinois
Editor's Son Killed by Freight Train at Grandview
Shenandoahi editor W. J. Tobin loses his 19 year old son Robert Tobin in a freight train accident at Grandview. The boy, son of the editor of Tobe's Weekly, died as news reached his father who was about to board a train to an Arizona health resort. His wife had died two years earlier.
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Shenandoahi
Robert Tobin
W. J. Tobin
Tobe’s Weekly
Grandview
Arizona
Tobin
Campaign for Y M C A Funds in Des Moines Meeting Sets Drive
A statewide efficiency campaign to boost Y M C A financial backing will follow a state executive committee meeting in Des Moines. The effort may begin around May 20 with a $4000 grant for two years to fund the salary of a special head instructor. The Lake Ocobojf camp is planned to run from June 13 to September 1.
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Des Moines
State Executive Committee
Lake Ocobojf
Ministers to aid church heat of early trust formed
Marshalltown reports the formation of the Ministerial Honest Society at the United Evangelical church conference. The group will aid disabled and superannuated ministers plus widows and orphans, with initial support of a $100 check from the Men’s Bible class and a slate of trustees and appointed pastors across Cedar Rapids Des Moines and surrounding districts.
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Marshalltown
United Eangelical Church
Ministerial Honest Society
Men's Bible Clase
B. H. Niebel
Penbrook
Hoy
C. H. Stauffacher
Cedar, Rapids
A. A. Cousar
Des Moines
N. Ramige
Waterloo
W.A. Woodward
Ceder Rapids
M. C. Melford
Lawn All
A. H. Ring
Cedar Point
Cedar Rapids
J. G. Wats
Presiding Elder
Alburnell
E. H. Heverly
Belle Plaine
Chas
Pickford
Blairstown
Afton
Skogeberg
Auita
H. W. Hendricks
Arizpe
R. E. Kerney
Cole
W. C. McKinley
Correctionville
J. A. Campbell
A.A. Couser
Ever Green
M. ©. Shank
Fairview
A. N. Morris
Harlow
H. C. Farley
Jows Center
Accounts Short Ends Life at Waukon Junction Post Office
Otis Johnson a 40 year old married postmaster at Waukon Junction shot himself after a postal inspector reported a short $18 in his account. Johnson ran a generic merchandise store in connection with the post office.
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Dubuque
Waukon Junction
Otis Johnson
Johnson
Connention
Postoffice
Schwab Divorce Petition Cites Cruel Treatment
Mrs Rosa Schwab petitions the district court for divorce from John Schwab after twenty four years of marriage alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. She states he sometimes does not speak to her for months and notes she is mother to eleven children.
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Rosa ‘Schwab
District Court
John Schwab
River Swallowe Up Farm near Hamburg
H J Poakitt for the First National Bank of Shenandoah visited to review a farm the bank recently acquired title to. The Missouri River cut through and swallowed up most of the land, leaving the title as the principal asset for the bank.
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Hamburg
H. J.poakitt
First National Bank of Shenandoah
Foakitt
Appeal from Murder Sentence in Guthrie County
Des Moines Iowa March 13 1915 district court convict William Berry murder of William Berry sentence eight years at Fort Madison appealed to the supreme court by L L Towne of Guthrie County indicating legal challenge to verdict and punishment by higher court.
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Des. Moines
L. Towne
Guthrie County
William Berry
Ft. Madison
Supreme Court
Favor Good Roads Bonds for Waterloo County
County board discusses submitting a $800,000 bond issue to gravel 139 miles of roads over four years. Farmers, Commercial club and other local groups back the plan as part of the public sentiment survey conducted with taxpayers.
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Waterloo
Iile
Desus Bonda
Farmers
Commercial Club
Seed Germination Report Reveals Humboldt Corn Quality
Experts logate goods seed extend Humboldt county report shows 110,400 bushels of corn crib tested with 70 percent germination or higher. Seventy percent tested over 60 percent and 30.2 percent around twenty percent. Old seed lots yielded 43 percent test results. 975 bushels of 1975 seed showed average germination near 47.71 percent.
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State Extension Department
Humboldty
Twlea
Humboldt County
No Work No Feed Meal Ticket System Adopted in Algona
Algona imposes a meal ticket plan for tramps. When a knight of the road appears at a house a card must be completed before meals are provided. Weary Willie will be taken to the city marshal who will place him at a job, after which the marshal signs the card and meals resume.
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Algona
Weary Willie
Stone Found In Appendix Of Eight Year Old Girl
Surgeons in Knoxville report that during removal of Mildred Line the appendix of eight year old Mildred Line of Columbia contained a grayish stone formed from mineral accumulations. The stone is described as uncommon in appendices and doctors express optimism for the girl's recovery.
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Knoxville
Little
Trans-State Hard Road Plan Sparks Hawkeye Route Meeting
Discussion on making Hawkeye highway first state hard road. Hawkeye highway convention with 100 delegates and county engineers. Grading and drainage work nearly complete, with eight sections unfinished.
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Ft. Dodge
Hawkeye Highway
Hawkeye
Students Receive Aldermanic Study on Promising Original Work
A municipal committee reviews student work showing promise in original projects. Aldermanic attention focuses on identifying talent and supporting early efforts to nurture independent research and creative output.
Wife Deserters in Des Moines Charged
Deputy sheriff reports a man charged with deserting his wife in Des Moines. The record notes Dr. Crawford left years ago and practiced medicine in Beulah, Colorado, with Wala described as a mine engineer who was at Victor, Colorado.
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Des' Moines
Sher
Dase
Grawford
Des ‘Moles
Beulgh
Colo
Wala
Victor, Colo- Opes
State Attorney's Car Theft and Local Misfortunes in Des Moines
Fragmented OCR notes recount a Des Moines incident with a state attorney’s car and several local misfortunes. Descriptions mention a car left near a state entrance, paint theft from pallets, a drowning of a two year old near Wiota, and a unrelated mention of water events in East Dubuque. The text is garbled and references multiple places and people with unclear connections.
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Des Moines —Automobile
Fletcher
Hougs
New Franchise Adds Electric Service to County
A fragmented report notes a Hampton area franchise extending electric service with Cedgr Hydraall company involvement. Towns Faulkner and Bradford will be without service until completion, while commissioners push the rail line and city work moves forward.
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Agk
Hampton
Cedgr Hydraall Company
Thid
Faulkner
Bradford
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