Italy Declares War on Austria in World War I
The Italian ambassador presented a formal war declaration to Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister Baron von Rajecz in Vienna. Italy began hostilities after mobilization and border provinces were placed in a state of war as preparations for an offensive intensified.
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Weetéen
union
eww
Karrie ‘Londtin
Viénna
Adriatic
Germany
coms
Italy
Prince von Buelow
Austria
Francis Joseph
commissariat service
Trent
Trieste
Vienna
Rome
May Get Through Wall Invention Claim
William Marconi announced a wireless device allowing a person beside a solid brick wall to see through it as if unobstructed, enabling vision of activity on the far side in Syracuse. A twelve-man jury in the Roosevelt libel case against William Barnes found in favor of Roosevelt, ruling Barnes’ charge of corrupt alliance and bribery untrue.
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New York
William Marconi
Syracuse
N.Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Wiliam Barnes
Charles F. Murphy
Roosevelt
Bumes
Italy grants plenary powers amid war crisis in Rome
Italian senate passed a war bill by 262 to 3, giving Premier Salandra full authority to act against Austria. The measure, seen as Italy entering the war, follows Russia and Allied reports of heavy Austro-German losses in the Carpathians and talks ofFrance capturing Notre Dame de Lorette. Berlin warns Americans as consuls urge registration.
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Rome
Premiser Salandra
tha
Italy
Austria
Salandra
chamber of’ deputies
Washington Montiée McAdoo case and related notes
The court denied relief in the Riggs National Bank suit seeking to halt Secretary McAdoo from alleged unlawful prosecution. Also reported are birth of Secretary McAdoo’s daughter Ellen Wilson at the family home, discussions on U S leadership after European war, suffrage appeals sent to President Wilson, German note timing, and obituaries of Admiral von Essen and J E Taney. Arthur Henderson named foreign secretary in British cabinet.
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su‘breine
Washi
Riggs Natinal bank
McAdoo
William' McAdoo
Misa
Asquith
Howard Grey
Arthur Henderson
Herbert Louis Samuel
local government board
Mexican Revolt Triggers Bread Riots at Harmosilo
Two thousand men women and children joined bread riots at Harmosilo the capital of Sonora state and looted 15 stores two American and the rest Chinese reports from Nogales Ariz describe the unrest. Outlaws in Mexico City who assaulted the German chargé d affaires now threaten the lives of other foreigners as the government shows little power to act against the bandits.
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Harmosilo
Sonora
Nogales
Ariz
Mexico City
Mount Lassen erupts flooding Colorado valleys and farms
Reports describe Mount Lassen spewing boiling mud down the mountain into Hatoreek valley in Colorado, burying farms and sweeping away roads and bridges. Other items note political shifts, indictments, and legal actions across several states.
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Mount Lassen
Hat oreek valley
Colorado
Iowa Citys Park Plans Expand Across Towns
Des Moines and other towns adopt riverfront parks and parking networks. Algona and Emmetsburg invest heavily in paving boulevards and lakefront improvements including a civic center and a park named Leach Park. Sponcer plans a river bottom park with elm trees, a decorative bridge, and Memorial day blooms. In Kille-Gophers area gophers are repelled by venting car exhaust into their holes.
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Des. Moines
Charles City
Blackford
basinn
Iegoon
Leach ‘park
Pocahontas. fe
Summit II
Peterson tops fight over Iowa Falls electric plant sale
In Iowa Falls town a dispute over the electric plant ends with F. Peterson appearing after his son in law bought the plant at a receiver sale for 1000 dollars and redeeming the first mortgage for 16000 dollars. Other mortgages totaling about 20000 dollars are challenged as outlawed and await supreme court decision. Peterson now faces competition from a proposed new plant.
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Iowa Falls—CO
F. Peterson
hig
Peterson
supreme court
Petersod
Bly Tabernacle Erected for Evangelistic Meetings
Bly Tabernacle in Ida Grove a 765 by 100 foot structure erected by voluntary labor for evangelistic meetings led by Evangelist Newlin and his colleague Rev Maltbie. The building emphasizes ample ventilation and protection from the elements.
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Ida Grove
Evangelist Newlin
Rev
Maltbie
Logan Herman Bluehorn grows lemon in Iowa new grove
Logan Herman Bluehorn, retired farmer of Logan formerly a Mississippi steamboat man, reports a 4 year old lemon tree produced a lemon weighing fourteen ounces and measuring 12 by 12.5 inches in circumference when felled by an accident.
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Iowa
Logan
Herman Bluehorn
Missizsippi
Mortgage for $600,009 Secures Cedar Valley Electric Plants
Cedar Valley Electric Company furnishes a mortgage of 600,009 dollars due in 1925. The lien covers electric plants in Charles City Nashua Hampton and Clarksville. The document is lengthy, requiring many pages to record with the county recorder.
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Charles City
Cedar Valley Electric Company
county recorder’s office
Charley City
Nashua
Hampton
Clarksville
Conductor Rescues Children From Runaway Handcar Collision
Mason City report says a handcar with no crew sped downhill and struck an electric car full of children. Motorman halted the electric car and ordered passengers to jump to safety. In Ackley an auto driven by Rob Viarda overturned near the town edge. occupants Herman Neuberger Ben Lietschlag and a brother escaped unharmed.
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Mason City
Auto Trans Turtle
Ackley
Rob Viarda
Herman Neuberger
Ben Lietschlag
Cherokee Commercial Club Seeks Name for Local Hospital
The Cherokee Commercial club's committee works to establish a hospital in Charokea. To spark public interest, a prize was offered for the best hospital name, with Sioux Valley Hospital selected as the winning entry.
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Charokea
Cherokee
Cherokee Commercial club
Sioux Valley Hospital
Judge Evans to Speak at Memorial Day Exercises
Judge W. D. Evans of the Iowa supreme court will deliver the address at this year’s Memorial Day exercises in the city.
Indictments for Fraud Target Hampton Foundry Firm
Hampton real estate promoter J A Steele and Ideal Bankers C F Myers were indicted on nine counts tied to alleged illegal stock issuances and false state reports about local stock sales at Hampton Foundry and Machine Company. Both men were arrested and released on bonds as county attorney J J Sharpe alleges stock issued without cash, including $20,000 in fraudulent notes, with prominent locals said to have lost heavily.
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Hampton
J. A. Steele
Des Moines
C. F. Myers
Hampton Foundry, and Machine Company
J. J. Sharpe
Time
Attempted death by own action in Mason City
Chicago reports James McGinnis, formerly of Mason City, found in a yard with wrist and throat cut. He was a young man living with his father. He told family he would go out a moment. later authorities learned he was despondent and did not notify police.
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Mason City
Chicago
James McGinnis
Mefinnis
Webster Gains 4000 Population in County Census
Countywide census figures show Webster adding about 4,000 residents and nearly all towns complete except Dayton. Three towns report losses: Barnum down 3, Clare down 13, and Vincent down 33, reflecting shifts across the county.
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Webster
Fort Dodge
Dayton
Clare
Barnum and
Vincent
Barnum
North Iowa apartment sale tops regional market
The Alry apartment house in Mason City, described as the largest and most valuable in the northern part of the state, sold today. Buyer Lauraton M. Fairbanks acquired the property from H.R. Meredith for 158,650 dollars with the deed carrying 82 dollars in revenue stamps.
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Mason City
Alry
H.R. Meredith
Lauriaton M. Fairbanks
Record Never Equalled Fort Dodge Drill Sergeant
Sergeant Robert Hate of Company G LN G Fort Dodge has a record said to be unequaled in the state. He has never missed drill in five years of service with the company.
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Fort Dodge
Robert Hate
LN. G
thie company
uni
surance department
Boy Drowns In Stream Near Fra Ker Home
A boy named Albia-John Barnick Jr. drowned near his home close to Fra ker while playing on a raft with neighbors. John fell into the stream and could not be rescued.
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Albia
John
Barnick, Jr
Fraker
Auto Smash Claims Blacksmith's Life Near Goldfield
Thames Mallon Thor, a Blacksmith, was instantly killed when his car plunged over an embankment two miles east of Goldfield. Three other occupants were uninjured in the Fort Dodge area incident.
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Fort. Dodge
Thames ,Mallon
Thor blacksmith
Goldfield
Breaks Jail Webster City Escape by Sawing Barn Door
Frank Waltz, one of seven bootleggers convicted at the last term, escaped from jail in Webster City by sawing off his cell barn. He is also sought by federal officers.
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Webster City
Frank Waltz
Killed in Fall at Red Oak Bridge
James Smith a well known bridge employee of the Burlington railroad for 30 years met instant death when he fell from the railroad bridge over the Nishna Botna river.
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Red Oak
James, Smith
Burlington railroad
Nishnabotna river
Fort Dodge Terminal and Warehouse Company Formed
A new subsidiary of the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern, named the Fort Dodge Terminal and Warehouse Company, has been incorporated in Fort Dodge with capital disclosed as $100,000 for buildings and related facilities.
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Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern
Fort Dodge Terminal and Warehouse Company
Found Dead In Doorway In Corydon
William Lane was found dead in a vacant house about two blocks from his home. His hand rested on his chest as he sat in a doorway.
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Corydon
William Lane
Vote on $26,000 consolidated school bond passes
Attica voters approve a $26,000 bond for a consolidated school building to be constructed this summer. The tally was 105 in favor and 65 opposed.
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Attica
Slugging and Robbery Hit Oskaloosa Telegraph Manager
J H Thompson manager for Western Union Telegraph Company was plugged and robbed by two men while returning home at midnight. The robbers secured 8 dollars. Thompson is in the hospital in a serious condition.
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Oskaloosa
J. H. Thompson
Western Union Telegraph Company
midnigt
Thompson
Narrow Escape Of Babies In Mason City
Two infants under two years old narrowly escaped death when a high wind struck their parents homes in Mason City within the same hour. The duo, located at opposite ends of the city, were unharmed as the storm damaged residences and caused minor injuries to other residents.
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Mason City
Tiwo
Clarke vetoes Hilainger bill amid quarantine battle
Governor Clarke vetoed the Hilainger bill aimed at strict quarantine power, warning it would burden the state with nationwide epidemic controls. He cited dairy disease risks, federal cooperation, and state authority concerns while urging unity with federal measures.
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Des Moines
Clarke
Thirty-sixth
general assembly
uit
Towa
state commission of animal health
department of agriculture
Iowa
secretary of agriculture
Wisconsin
United States’ department
alster
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