02 Mar 1916
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment recounts a wartime speaker praising courage and warning of cowardice amid calls for bold action. It notes a gathering with government and press in attendance and hints at a broader national gravity without clear dates or names.
Fragmentary text references Germany and submarine warfare, Lusitania and Arabic incidents, and a callous claim of peaceful merchants being targeted. It also notes a new railroad corporation authorized for a large bond issue and mentions British actions, a recruitment service charge, and several named persons, though details are unclear.
The report notes Italians driven east of Dirazzo toward the isthmus and German forces capturing seven villages near Verdun including Samogneux. It also mentions the British steamer Westburn sunk after German crew scuttled and blew her up near Teneriffe, with 206 passengers landed. Further, the Crown Prince army is said to have captured Brabant Bar Meuse Haumont Samogneux Herbe.
News notes list 400 Progressive Republicans meeting in Madison as Senator La Follette announces his candidacy for the presidency. Separate items report a bank robbery in Minnesota, a man bitten by a rattlesnake near Thomasville, and a deadly fire at a Newark theater house killing five.
The fragment references Western state affairs, the Standard Oil matter, a US protest to a submarine attack, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, and the resignation and nomination of ambassadors to Australia and Mexico, with unclear attribution and garbled names.
Fragmented notes show a district debate on 360 day roads via county referendum with a five member executive committee to foster good roads sentiment in each community. Members include Haskell Cedar Rapids W M Fey Washington Senator Foster Guthrie Center. The Des Moines Des Moines Laymen Missionary movement draws 000 men as meetings occur in town and surrounding areas.
A railroad line fourteen miles long, built by farmers, was sold by the receiver to Liang Construction Company of Council Bluffs for 24000 dollars. The pond point by Col. George 4 at of Seve remains unclear in the fragment.
A fragment notes a toll collected for crossing a bridge and mentions payment of construction expenses. The text implies a dispute or report on how the toll funds were used or justified, with references to the bridge’s age and the costs involved.
Jefferson records show the largest farm stock sale in Greene County at the RAF Jaques Farm Inclide. About 640 acres, 200 hogs and heavy machinery were auctioned. Prices ranged from 43.10 to 75 per head for steers, with totals reaching 25,500 dollars. The sale occurred after a death.
A garbled OCR passage mentions amounts near twenty thousand dollars and a family context, but the text is largely indecipherable with many broken words and names. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities can be derived for a reliable card.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a veteran teacher at home in Waterloo, with unclear age and name. Other garbled lines reference individuals including a Colin Rey and Francis J. Chambers, a bridge collapse, and a drowning incident with a sum of $1,500 cited, though many details are unreadable.
City voters approve a 75000 dollar bond for a new school building by 147 to 47 among men and 125 to 17 among women. Postpone college merger decision in Des Moines set for April 11 by Baptist committees on the consolidated departments and colleges.
A garbled report notes officials face the task of defining the line of jurisdiction for securing franchises within an institution. It mentions labor commissioners, the state department of justice, and various representatives from capitol extension in a discussion of shipments to Creston and plans for construction and aviation features involving Iowa, Minnesota, and other states in 1916.
The state board contracts are described as substantial with totals anticipated to exceed 700001 dollars. Key figures and agencies are named in the fragment, indicating major procurements and anticipated spending milestones. The wording suggests a planned expenditure level for state contracting activities.
Fragmentary notice notes a July 1912 meeting where attendees faced orderly departures due to health issues. It mentions a company donation of $7,000 to defray expenses and references registration and attendance counts in a vague context.
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