Storm Leaves City in Turmoil as Loss Tops Hundred Thousand
A sudden western storm swept into the city at 9 o'clock Sunday causing uprooted trees, shattered plate glass, and extensive property damage. Cars and homes suffered, with total losses estimated around 100000 by fire and police officials. Fire crews and police departments battled live wires, blocked streets, and downed poles through the night, restoring some areas by Monday morning.
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Union Minw
Joux
ajacu
Yatland
pundit
automobilea
straat
torrenta
Riverside
Crystal lake
atere
Roundaman
W. H. Keane
Henry ‘Pecaut
Fighth
Douglas
Tenth
Wall streets
French blacklist lists 24 American firms and individuals
Paris official journal publishes No 1 blacklist under the trading with the enemy act. It names American firms and individuals across Africa and the Americas plus Europe and Asia. Merchants with neutrals must file supplementary deposits if in doubt while trading commodities remains restricted.
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Liat
Paris
official Journal
London
Africa
South America
Japan
Philippines
Cuba
Danmark
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Holland
Norway
Sweden
neu‘trals
Insect Bags for Troops Against Mexican Border Fleas
Eight hundred napthalene filled insect bags designed to guard troops from camp fleas have been sent to the Twelfth Infantry New York National Guard at McAllen Texas by the American Defense society’s army and navy supply committees. The bags slip over the shoulders with one end at the chest and the other at the back, and plans are to provide more bags to other New York guardsmen.
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New York
Twelfth Infantry
New York national guard
st McAlen
Tex
army and navy
American Defense society
Food exports decline in latest U.S. year
Washington reports that exports of foodstuffs cotton and oils totaled 1 289 735 326 dollars for the just ended fiscal year, down 58 400 000 from the previous year. The Department of Commerce released the statistics noting a decrease in export value overall.
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Washington, D. C
United
department of commerce
Million Dollar Will Filed in Sioux City
The will of Mrs Julia Lorillard Butterfield of Cold Spring on the Hudson New York filed for record at the court Rouge. She left bequests totaling more than 1 000 000 and owned property in Woodbury County prompting the filing there.
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Sioux City
Mra
Julia Lorillard Butterfield
Cold Spring-on-the-Hudson
court Rouge
Butterfield
Woodbury county
Soldier regains speech after trench injury and hospital fall
A soldier who was struck in the trenches recovered speech and hearing after an incident in a hospital. Medical reports note he fell from a bed but retained communication abilities, highlighting wartime injuries and recovery trials.
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Oyub
World War Tides Shift With Sub Hits and Front Advances
News from the front and seas report ships sunk by submarines, Italian and Japanese losses, and German advances. The Verdun battle favors France as Moury and trenches from Thilaumont to Hill 320 fall. Zeppelins strike London Harwich and Norfolk targets. Italy ends a commercial treaty with Germany. Russia sees actions around the Stokhod salient repelled by German fire.
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Verdun
Moury
Thilaumont
Ber- Nn
Amsterdam Hoendelsblad
Berlin
Italy
Germany
President Wilson viewed on woman suffrage and other issues
Domestic reports note President Wilson reportedly leaning toward supporting a constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage but leaving it to states to decide. Other items include flood deaths near Blair’s Creek, Peoria storm damage, and labor unrest in New York and Chicago with wage and rate disputes shaping national politics.
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Winson
White House
Washington
Sporting Single Gi wins Kalamazoo free-for-all pace
Sporting Single Gi won the Grand Circuit free-for-all pace at Kalamazoo Michigan. The horse paced the fastest mile in a race on a Michigan mile track and the three heat average of 2.0028 seconds set a new record for a three-heat race in Michigan.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan
Mexican War News: Carranza Okays Joint Border Commission
Mexico accepts a joint commission to settle border differences but seeks a broader scope. Three Mexican commissioners Luis Cabrera Ygnacio Bonillas and Alberto Pant to negotiate with U S counterparts. An explosion near Guaymas Sonora kills 60 and wounds 40 soldiers at Empalme, reported from Nogales Arizona.
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Carranza
state department
Washington
Eliseo Arredondo
Mexico City
Luis Cabrera
Ygnacio Bonillas
Alberto Pant
United States
Mexico
Treaty with Denmark Signed in New York Purchase of Danish West Indies
Secretary Lansing and Denmark's Minister Brun signed a treaty in New York approving the United States purchase of the Danish West Indies for 25000000 dollars. Washington reports detail the deal and the expected trade implications for the region. The news notes ongoing U.S. and British postures on Ireland and trade as well.
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Washington
State Lansing
Minister Brun
Denmark
New York
United States
Danish West Indies
Washington Order Shifts Iowa National Guard HQ to Fort Des Moines
Major General Barry Chicago issues order moving the Iowa guards headquarters from Camp Dodge to Fort Des Moines, with Col Morgan overseeing the transfer. Inspectors of small arms Brookhart Hird Stewart Rubias Cagewell are to be mustered out. Pay for arm inspectors halted as the post is abolished by the national defense act. Adjutant General Logan says men may return home or be placed on waiting list.
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Fort Dea Madines
Barry Chicago
Morgan
Moines
Camp Dodge
Yorlows
Logan
Yort
hei
F. 8. Hird
Iowa
John A. Stewart
Mason City
Chas
Rubias
Cedar Rapids
John W. Cagewell
Iowa City
Irma
Brookhart
Hird
Maj
Iowa national guard
war department
Cholera Campaign Cuts Hog Disease in State
Dr J A Koon federal inspector in charge of the hog cholera campaign reports a drop from 25.4 percent infection in 1912 to 1.3 percent in 1918 across 27 counties. He notes districts in Dallas county and plans to extend methods to 28 counties with uniform serum administration price agreed by local veterinarians and serum companies.
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Ames
J. A. Koon
Dallas
Bay Line of Elevators Sold in Iowa Deal
Hamburg sold its elevators to Clifford and Wint Good for about 50000 dollars. The transfer covered two elevators and a mill in Hamburg plus two elevators in McPaul and one each at Percival and Payne. The Bentley company previously owned the elevators and held the deal as one of the largest in years in southwestern Iowa.
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Bay Line
Hamburg
Iowa
James Bentley
Clifford
Wint Good
McPaul
Percival and Payne
County road grading race to finish by 1917
Amesa Story and Benna Vista counties race to complete permanent grading of county roads. Story county will finish 61 of 135 miles by 1916 with 23 miles graded that year leaving 46 miles for 1917. Buena Vista has 49 miles left to grade in 1917.
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Amesa
Story
Benna Vista
Story county
Buena Vista
Prominent Mason F. R. Currie Dead in Webster City
F. R. Currie a leading Webster City resident for over forty years dies at age sixty six. He was well known in Iowa for his prominence in the insurance field and his work in the Masonic order.
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Webster City
Currie
Yowa
Masonic order
Iowa Circus Bankruptcy Forces End To Orton Brothers Show
The Adel-Orton Brothers three ring circus has been sold for 11000 by a receiver after a Lancaster Missouri failure. Proprietor AZ Orton of Ortonville fled bankruptcy and pieduled. Receiver reports the circus assets, including lions elephants and paraphernalia, sold to William Hamali a millionaire buyer at Lancaster Missouri.
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Iowa Circus
Adel
Orton Brothers
Orton
rocka
Lancaster
Ortonville
Wil- Hamali
porap
Lanesster
Insurance Report Highlights Iowa Life Industry and Drowning Tragedy
A Des Moines report by Insurance Commissioner Emory H Hogush shows Iowa life insurers held 82 million in securities in 1909 and 69 million in 1915 with 111 life concerns operating in the state last year. Life losses paid in 1918 totaled 6 826 608 and premiums paid rose to 17 716 623 while operating costs were 24 000. Three men from Gowrie and Des Moines drowned after being caught in a whirlpool while at a riverbank reunion near Dayton Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Jowand
Emory H. Hogush
lowe
Iowa
stepartmane
state department
Dayton
Dee, Moines
Peter Sternholm
Constans Anderson
Gowrie
Albert Swan
perty
pelnta
Clash at California Junction Leaves Swartout Brothers Shot
In a pitched battle at California Junction near here between I W W members and opponents, brothers James and Geo Swartout of Barnes City were shot, one in the arm and the other in the neck. Three fighters were hospitalized, the elevator office broken into and the safe tampered with. About 200 men ride the freight daily.
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W. W
Missouri Valley
Calliftdia Junction
here
James
Geo. Swartout
Barnes City
Swartout brothara
audi
Heat wave toll rises across Iowa with six prostration deaths
Davenport reports seven heat deaths as six occur from prostrations. Muscatine endures three fatalities, Du buane and Keokuk Fort Madison each record a death. A farmhand near Luava dies after fainting in a hayfield. May Surface Road Across State urged to link River to River over 86 miles, led by Frank Carson of Iowa City.
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Davenport
middle west
Dubuane
Muscatine
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Luava
Newton
Frank Carson
Iowa City
Carson
Caraga
Improvements at New Hampton Sewage Plant
New Hampton plans extensive summer improvements including a new sewage disposal tank. Construction will begin late this season with bids expected around Aug 18 and completion near month end. Estimated cost 18000 to 20000 dollars.
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New Hampton
Iowa Alumni Joins Ambulance Unit in France
Iowa City native Robert Shaw, a 1916 Iowa University graduate, sails for France to join the American ambulance corps. Shaw, a former North American oratorical league president, is among Iowa troops receiving horses and mules for escort wagons. Officers report mules needed but no time to feed them all.
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Iowan
Althea
Iowa City
Robert Shaw
Hayerville
Iowa
France
American ambulance
sergica
Shaw
Northarg oratorical league
Horaga
ang
Iowa Troops On Border Near Dona Camp Before Mexico Move
Des Moines reports the First Iowa cavalry joined other state troops at Donna near the Rio Grande. Major Howell commands a mixed force with Texas infantry, Louisiana artillery, and Minnesota Dakota units in a large camp south of the railway at Llano Grande. The border post is a mobilization scene with patrol duties planned once mounts arrive, while health concerns and supply strains affect the camps.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Howell
Donta
Pirat Lowelana
Firat field artillery
Louialana
Derna
Holwell
Texas infantry
Llano Grande
Brownkvile
Rio Grande
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Anthony B McCartery
Crawford county
Iowa State college
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