Battle Smugglers Reported Near Zapata Texas
Reports from Laredo say four alleged Mexican airbusters were killed or repelled by troops of the First New Hampshire Infantry near Zapata Texas as Major Orville Caine led patrols. Mexican revolutionists reportedly captured Ramilene Parral, while a United States cavalry detachment found no sign of filibusters at Minerva.
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Wratern
Union News Serticn
Qaredo
Texi
First
New Hampshire ‘Infantry
Zapata
Tex
Laredo
New Hampshire
Orville Caine
Uhen
Gerard Honored Dinner in Berlin Reflects U S Goodwill
A Berlin American section dinner for James W. Gerard, recent U S ambassador to Germany, drew 176 guests from government, banking, and business. Notables included Karl Helfferich, Reinhold Sydow, Arthur von Gwinner, Bernhard Denburg, Wermuth, Solf, and other officials, with toasts to William and Wilson.
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Berlin
Ecommerce and Trade of
James W. Gerard
Germany
United States
Reichstag
David Wolf
American Association
Ambasaador Gerard
Isit
Reinhold Sydow
Commerce
Gerard
Karl Helfferich
Arthur von Gwinner
Deutsche Bank
Bernard Denburg
The
Colonias
Hermann Passche
Sydow
Joseph Carew
W. 8. Solf
John B. Jackson
Balkan States
Adolf Wermuth
Amperor William
Wilson
Wolf
Brain Softening Cured New York Medical Advance
Salvatzan injected directly into the brain cavity is described as a promising method to halt brain degeneration. A blunt needle reaches cerebrospinal fluid to distribute the drug systemwide, with 14 patients treated and four resuming work. Hughes to advise on legislation to lower food costs after meeting Governor Whitman.
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New York
Salvatzan
iPostgraduate Medical School
Igan
Hughes
H. C
L. New York
Charles E. Hughes
Publisher George Thompson Dies in California
George Thompson, publisher of the St. Paul Disputes Pioneer Frees, died in Los Angeles. He had been in Pon Beulti for several years.
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California
St. Paul
Minn
George Thompson
Frees
Los Angeles
Thompson
European War News Briefs Reach Berlin Reports
European fronts announce Brailu, Roumania captured by German Hungarian forces with about 1400 prisoners. Athens rejects entente reparations clauses after recent fighting. Dobrivja cleared of major defenders except Russian guards in Galitz corridor. ~1000 prisoners noted. British transport Toyernia sunk. 150 officers missing. Neutrals and Allied ships losses recorded with several vessels listed. Paris tally: French aviators 450 enemy planes shot down. British 20. 60 via high angle guns.
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Dobridja
Galitz
Berlin
Paris
Governor contest and multiple late 19teens era notices
A petition contests Frederieck D. Gardner’s Missouri governorship presented to the Missouri legislature in Jefferson City. Reports cover San Antonio police probing the death of Mrs. Richard A. Cavanaugh after a car crash, the Grace Roberts murder case in Philadelphia, and Bernard W. Lewis’s suicide in Atlantic City amid a murder accusation. Labor strife in Hammond Indiana prompts walkouts by 400 workers. Fire devastates the Angel block in Logansport destroying multiple venues and threatening others. A Missouri-LFish case alleges a $77 million railways fraud. Arrests of 250 woodmen and I W W adherents occur at Cussin Mine, and clerks seek parity with government workers through the AFL. Washington chatter places Claudina Stone for peoria posting. Minnesota governor Burnquist to probe I W W threats to logging. Ten miners escape injury after a Dillon Montana gas explosion.
Mexican War News and Carranza Diplomacy Updates
President Wicon considers withdrawing General Pershing's troops from Chihuahua to the U S border independent of the Atlantic City protocol. Secretary Lansing says Carranza envoy Aliseo Arredondo will return to Mexico while War Minister Obregon confirms Torreon recaptured by Constitutionalists under General Maycotte.
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Wicon
General Pershing
Chihuahua
Atlantic City
Washington
Carranza
Lansing
Aliseo Arredondo
Mexico
Obregon
Mexico City
Torreon
General Maycotte
British Leaders Begin Rome Talks With Allied Officials
Foreign Premier Lloyd George and Viscount Milner arrive in Rome with advisers to discuss the general situation with French and Italian governments. An official London statement confirms the Rome visit as part of ongoing allied consultation.
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Lloyd-George
Viscount Milner
British War Council
Rome
London
Prison fire scare and pardon amid 1907 Chicago murder case
A disruption at a chair factory led to a minor prison blaze at Tilinots state penitentiary Tollet as guards quelled the flames. Herman Biik, jailed for life after a 1907 Chicago murder trial, received a gubernatorial pardon from Governor Dunne. The report also notes 1916 U.S. manufacturing exports surpassing all prior years and Britain’s exports reaching a record 8.2 billion dollars.
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Tilinots State Penitentiary
Tollet
Gotire
Herman Biik
Chicago
Wreal
Dunne
A Prosperous Year Public Improvements in Iowa
The 1916 Iowa year shows massive public and private building, paving and sewer projects across cities. Mason City leads with over 3.75 million dollars in 1916 improvements, while Ames and Sioux City, Fort Dodge, Fort Madison and many towns push large projects like water, sewer, power plants, libraries and schools. Strong growth continues into 1917 with new beet sugar plants, land reclamation efforts and rising bank deposits signaling broad expansion.
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Cedar Rapide
Mason Okty
Snaller
Amés
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Fort Madson
Iowa Ciities
Mason City
Fort Madison
Washington Rules Committee Debates Wood Peace Note Probe
Rumors about stock market leaks tied to President Wilsons peace note sparked a Rules Committee hearing on Rep Wood s resolution for inquiry. Names such as Secretary Tumulty and Mr Bolling were cited. all denied knowledge before the note became public. Extension of the Newlands rail joint committee without extra funds was agreed by administration leaders to run into December. Secretary Lansing announced Wilson authorized direct diplomatic messaging abroad. efforts to force immediate Adamson Act review were deferred. Also news that Charles J Yopeka will be recalled from Bucharest as Germany cites neutrality concerns. Senator Jones fast tracked a Hitchcock substitute approving terms without endorsing the note itself.
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Wilson
House Rules Committee
Washington
Representative Wood
Wood
Tumulty
Mr. Bolling
Newlands Joint Railroad Committee
Sixty-fifth Congress
Congress
Lansing
Hin
Jones
Hitchcock
Senate
Many Iowans Among Losers In Orchard Failure
Des Moines readers face sobering news as the Idaho apple orchard route collapses. After taking in $200,000, the Twins Falls Deep Creek Orchard Co. suspended operations on July 1. Petition filed in federal court seeks insolvency declaration and a receiver to protect investor rights, with Cosson Lappen and Shankland named as counsel and investor respectively.
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Des Moines
Idaho
Twins Falls
Deep Creek Orchard Co
George Cosson
Robert Lappen
Frank Shankland
United States District Court
Vote $120000 For Schools In Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa voters approve a bond issue of 120000 for land and a large addition to the high school listing 3936 men for and 15 against and 378 women for versus 4 against. Construction to begin early next spring with plans for classrooms auditorium a Byrnasium and expanded grounds with new equipment.
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Oskaloosa
Isue
Byrnasium
Division of 50000 from railroad sale approved by judge Reed
In a chancery proceeding Judge Reed signed orders dividing a 50 000 distribution from the Chicago Anamosa and Northern rail road sale. After Master in Chancery Herman Ternes was paid and court costs deducted, the remaining balance was allocated among the claimants and intervenors.
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Dubuque
Reed
Chicago, Anamosa and Northern Railroad
Herman Ternes
Fire consumes infant as mother exits to mail box
Keota report says Mrs Har Striegel, near Harper, left her 2 year old son asleep in a cradle while fetching mail. She returned to find the home on fire. roof collapsed before rescue. Two older children were at school.
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Babe
Keota
Har! Striegel
Harper
Fire Loss Declines In 1916 Across Iowa
Fire losses in 1916 were about half a million dollars less than 1915, according to C. O. Ros, state marshal. December estimates reach $1,000,000, with winter fires proving hotter and harder to fight. Notable blazes hit Cedar Rapids, Osceola, Oskaloosa, and Fort Madison, while arson prosecutions rose to around forty-four cases for insurance schemes.
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Ove Motnes
Iowa
C. O. Ros
Cédar Rapide
Aged Convict Released from Fort Madison
William Kilmer spent Christmas at liberty for the first time in nearly 69 years. After 33 years behind prison walls, life outside the fortress feels novel and burdensome to him. He struggles to grasp the new order and fears that haunt him as a longtime inmate.
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Fort .Madison
William
Kilmer
Liberty
Let Contract For Schools in Iowa City
Seventy five contracting firms attended the bid opening for three new Iowa City school buildings to be erected next year. Reed McDonald Brewster Inc of Minneapolis submitted the lowest bid for the buildings at 182,982 dollars while Capital City Electric of Des Moines was the low bidder for electrical fixtures and wiring. The authorized pond for the three buildings is 250,000 dollars.
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Iowa City
Reed, McDonald & Brewster, Inc
Minneapolis
Capital City Electric Company of
Des Moines
State Board Adopts Standardized Music Examinations
Cedar Falls reports a standardization system for music in Iowa adopted by the state board of musical examiners. Any teacher seeking accredited status and active membership must pass the board outlined examinations. The examining board will consist of eleven past presidents of the association.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
State Board of Musical Examiners
Students Raise Relief Fund at Iowa State College
Nearly $5000 was raised at Iowa State College for relief of war prisoners in Europe, the largest school response in Iowa. Women students sacrificed comforts, two sororities donated Christmas gifts, parties were canceled, and a month of no densers was observed.
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Amies
Iowa State College
Europe
Iowa
Bay Fire Truck Purchase Approved by City Council
The recent disastrous fire in Bay prompted Oskaloosa to approve buying a motor driven combination fire truck and pumping engine of the most modern type.
Land Values Rise as Tama Farm Changes Hands
Tama county records show a Graham farm of 140 acres bought from the government at 1.28 per acre, then sold by the Graham estate for 250 per acre in cash. The deal signals strong land value demand in Tama, with Mr Nembenipl investing cash directly in land despite modest improvements on the property.
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Tama
Graham
Tama County
Taman
Nembenipl
Fighting Thirty Seventh to Test Iowa Assembly
The upcoming Thirty-seventh general assembly faces a heavy file of bills including suffrage, Prohibition, housing, and labor reforms. Debates over injunctions, road bonds, and state departments promise lengthy sessions with strong opposition from major companies and political factions. New pardons and auto law changes also headline statewide actions.
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Des Moines
Wenerel Assembly
Iowa
General Assembly
House
Senate
Guard Recruits Rule For Iowa National Guard
Fort Des Moines announces wartime guard organization under the 1916 act. By June 30, 1917 each infantry company must be at least 100 men to be recognized. from July 1, 1917 to June 30, 1918 at least 83 men. after July 1, 1918 minimum 100. Clarke made 417 appointments during his term including judges and railroad board members. 16,339 coal miners in Iowa work full time to meet demand. Havner appoints F. C. Davidson of Humblesburg to the Department of Justice as fourth member, succeeding A. Robbins. Davidson a Iowa State and Drake Law School graduate, previously county attorney of Emmet county.
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Ratnabargera
Frank
Nathan Rathsbarger
Asianioss
Clarke
Iowa
Hardin County
State Board of Parole
Fort Des Moines
National ‘Guard
Guv. Clarke
Hia
Fai
Supreme Court
District Court
Superior Court
Board of Control
Clifford Thorne
State Railroad Commision
Minare Air Buay
Coas
Towa
State Mining Board
Havner
H. M. Havner
F. C. Davidson
Hmmelsburg
Department of Justice
A. Robbins
Davidson
State University of Iowa
Drake Law School
N. T. Guernsay
Des Moines
B. A. Morling
Emmetsburg
Emmet County
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Roumania
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Reuter
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Houghbranch
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Matchin
Jijita
Dobrivnja
Frederieck D. Gardner
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Missouri
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A. B. J. Gardner
San Antonio
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Cavanaugh
Illinoia Commercial Men’s Association
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Philadelphia
Bernard W. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Lewis
Chief Tate
United States Metals Refining Company
International Lead Refining Company
Hammond
Ind
Angel
Logansport
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company
Myer J. Stein
Isaac Fish
L. Fish Furniture Company
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Cussin
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
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Peoria
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Newlands Railway Committee
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Alfred G. Mueller
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Cherokee
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