Zeppelins Strike London Raid Kills Dozens
A British official report states twelve zeppelin airships raided London and southeast England on Saturday night killing 28 in the metropolitan area and injuring 99 others. Two ships were shot down. one crew was killed, the other captured. Further damage occurred in eastern Midland towns and several residences stores and a chapel were damaged in the raid.
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Newananer Union
Sarvton
London
England
Hasex
East Midland
Lightning destroys church and outbuildings in Randolph Neb
Severe electric storm damages more than $20,000 in Randolph Nebraska. The Methodist church built three years ago was struck by lightning and burned, costing about $17,000 with $12,690 insured. The church library, church study and Rev J O Tromp’s books, valued at $2,000, were lost. A nearby barn on E W Lefey’s place burned with eight horses and hay. A Tosa farm suffered $3,000 damage with $1,500 insured.
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Randolph
Iistor
Tromp
van Slyke
E. W. Lefey Place
Postal Savings Gain Reported in August
Washington reports August deposits in the Postal Savings system rose to near five million dollars, the largest monthly gain since inception. By September 1, deposits totaled about 821000 accounts with over 94 million dollars in credit.
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Postal Savings
Washington, D. C
Yeggs Crack Safe in Baltimore Jewelry Store Heist
Locksmiths and police noted the safe at Breman & Norwig Jewelry was drilled open by criminals who evaded a night watchman’s rounds. About $15,000 in valuables were taken from a 23,000 pound safe. A separate Pipestone Minn Catholic church dedication of $70,000 was led by Bishop Hoffron with about thirty priests in attendance.
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Yeggs
Baltimore
Breman & Norwig
Geome Vaoludd
Pipestone
Minn
P. R. Hoffron
Winona
Minnesota
South Dakota
One Death Mildon Lose Fire in Phoenix
Fire destroyed the business district and much of the industrial area in Phoenix causing losses over 1 million dollars. One person is known to have died. Eighty two buildings were ruined.
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Mildon
Syracuse
Phoenix
Blaze Irreparably Damages Western Union Building
Fire of unknown origin swept through a three story structure at Third Street and Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis, nearly destroying the Western Union Telegraph company offices and facilities. Firefighters battled the blaze through the night, with extensive smoke and water damage reported across the premises.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Western Union Telegraph Company
Third Street
Hennepin Avenue
Fatal Train Collision Near Towner Colorado
In Pueblo Colorado two firemen were killed and two engineers badly hurt when two Missouri Pacific freight trains collided head on near Towner close to the Kansas line. A trainman was less seriously injured in the crash.
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Pueblo
Colo
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Towner
World Wartime Updates Across Fronts and Dispatches
Petrograd dispatches report forts near Halles fallen to Russians. An enemy transport sunk in the Mediterranean by a German submarine in 48 seconds. Greek troops moved to Germany will stay at Goarlitz in Silesia. Prince Feversham killed in action. Von Hindenburg directs 60,000 Germans on Somme assault. Hohenlohe appeals for peace to Pope and Wilson. Six day Dobrudja battle ends in Russo Romanian victory. Mackensen retreats toward Dohrie fortress. Somme losses estimated at 500000 by Overseas News. Greece seeks release of troops from Kavala. Roumanian forces defeated in Transylvania. Belgian espionage trial results. Allied troops advance near Monastir. Bulgarians evacuate. Germans crush Russian line before Kovel. Zarecze captured with prisoners.
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Dobrudja
Mield
Marshal von Mackensen
Roumanio J
Dohrie
Bucharest
Multiple Disasters Stun Nation From Fires to Labor Strikes
A string of calamities and labor actions disrupts the Midwest and East. A Waukegan dentist died when his car overturned near Fox Lake. Fire destroyed a Chicago grain elevator in Laporte, Ind., and Worth’s museum in Newcastle, Ind., with losses up to millions. Federal Reserve reserves may weather postwar European competition, while a Chicago bank faces an involuntary receiver. New York workers halt virtually all industries in sympathy with transit strikes. Other items note a major Peoria theater blaze, a bishop consecration in Harrisburg, a vast National Guard parade in Texas, and indictments for poisoning in Windsor, Conn.
Bandits Capture Victoria as Villa Raids Continue
Reports from Brownsville Texas say Alberto Carrera Torres leading bandits captured Victoria Tamaulipas. A raid on an Aguila oil camp near Tuxpam resulted in two Britons killed and 36 of 38 Carranza soldiers dead. Villa's forces seized ammunition and issued a rallying speech from the governor’s palace balcony. Captain Capranza warned Lansing that all idle American mine operations in Mexico could be confiscated, threatening vast property values.
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Brownsville
Tex
Alberto Carrera Torres
Victoria
Tamaulipas
Carranza
Aguila
Tuxspam
Mex
Villiafos
Washington
Villa
Chihashua City
Bell
el Paso
Bel
Capranza
Lansing
Mexico
Roosevelt and Taft to Meet at Union League Club
In New York it was announced Roosevelt and Taft will shake hands for the first time since their 1922 quarrel at the Union League club on October 3. President Wilson and Vance McCormick, Democratic national chair, attend. Joan maps Long Branch plans for Hughes campaign attacks on the eight hour railroad law. W Y M Knott named Democratic nominee for Florida governor by the state canvassing board per supreme court order.
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New York
Theodore Toosevelt
William H. Taft
Union League Club
Wilson
Vance C. McCoimmick
Joan
Long Branch
N. J
Charles DB. Hughes
W.Y. M. ‘Knott
State Canvassing Board
State Supreme Court
Jacksonville
Fla
Eee
Destructive Bohemia Dam Burst Kills Hundreds
A foreign wire dispatch from Berlin reports a giant dam above Hannwald burst causing enormous property damage in Galdonz Bohemia and In Welzgen desse valley. About 250 bodies have been recovered including many children. Deszendorf Tiefenbach Hannwhid Schuthburg Schwarow Grosshammer und Hurst villages are devastated.
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Hann- Wald
Berlin
Galdonz
Bohemia
Welsgendesse
Deszendorf
Tiefenbach
Hannwhid
Schuthburg
Schwarow
Grosshammer Und Hurst
Indemnity to cover American lives in Lusitania sinking
Washington announced that Germany will pay indemnity for all American lives lost in the Lusitania sinking. A dispatch from Consul General Brittain at Sydney, Australia, notified the State Department of the release of 88 civilians seized on board the British steamer Ching. Great Britain apologized to the United States for a destroyer stopping the Cebu inside three miles, violating U.S. neutrality.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Brittain
Sydney
Australia
Great Britain
United States
Philippines
Three Mile
Cebu
Soldiers Vote Law For Field Soldiers On Mexican Border
Des Moines reports a proposal to call a special session in October to enact a law allowing field soldiers to vote. Iowa’s Civil War voting statute is under review to see if it remains operative. Some guard units from small cities face registration limits. many larger cities’ units would be registered. States consider similar steps to aid soldiers on duty.
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Des Moines
National Guard
Guy B. Logan
Wills
Auggest
Clarke
Legislatura
Connecticut
Connecticut Legisiature
Masgachuaatte
Adjutant General
Iowa
Citises
Iowa Guard
Corning
Glenwood
Ida Grove
Lena Tres
Manchester
North English
Oxford
Riverside
Sheldon Tipton
Willison
West Branch
Williamsburg
Winterset
Ames
Boone
Burlington
Cedar Falls
Centerville
Cedar Rapids
Creaton
Charles City
Cherokee
Clarinde
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
Eagle Grove
Faircheld
Fort Dodge
Grinnell Town City
Keokuk
le Mara
Mason City
Muscatine
Oskeloosa
Ottumwa
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Sioux City
Washington
Waterloo
Webster City
Grocers and Butchers in Sioux City Clash Leads to Arrests
Twenty seven Sioux City grocers including a former police chief were arrested for keeping stores open on Sunday amid a feud with local butchers. The butchers closed Bendays through union pressure and vow that groceries will not be allowed to stay open if grocers persist.
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Sioux City
Butcher's Union
No Hazing At Ames Warns Student Assembly
Ames College officials led by President Raymond A. Pearson announced a strict ban on hazing this year. He warned upperclassmen that any rough or ungentlemanly acts toward freshmen would not be tolerated, impressing 8,000 students in the gymnasium with faculty support. Grinnell Iowa College opens the year with the largest enrollment to date, crowded dorms, limited recitation rooms, and a new alumni recitation building planned.
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Ames
Iowa
State College
Raymond A. Pearson
Pearson
Pny
Grinnell
Iowa College Ie
Alumnii
New Homer In Greene Sees Rapid Growth Of Homes
Greene area reports rapid growth with seventeen new houses built or under construction this season. Water system improvements planned in Hampton Kig include laying twelve blocks of mains this fall ranging from four to eight inches, but work is delayed due to material shortages.
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New Homer
Greene, Greene
Greene
Hampton
Kig
Suffrage Campaign Cost Revealed At Iowa Convention
The Iowa Equal Suffrage society in Waterloo reported total campaign costs at 48 556 168 dollars. State treasury receipts were 37 225 25, with 47 067 47 disbursed and a remaining balance of 167 82. County work cost 26 000, organizers and speakers 4 480 87, national association 2 850 from outside states.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Iowa Equal Suffrage Society
National Association
Plague Cases Rise in Des Moines Infants Stricken
Eight new infantile paralysis cases reported to the state board of health heighten concern in Des Moines. Dr. G H Sumner notes possible containment but warns the disease may require drastic steps if it continues to rise. Iowa tally reaches 152 cases since June with sixteen deaths.
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Ded Moines
Atate Board of Health
G. H. "Sumner
State Board
Ptate
Washington Conference
Iowa
Ames State college enrollment soars past nine thousand
Nearly 9,000 students have enrolled at Ames State college with summer and winter session totals raising the expected registration to about 5,500. Freshmen numbers reach 1,175 breaking records while overall enrollment stands 83 higher than last year. Agriculture leads with 1,300 students followed by engineering over 750, home economics 600, industrial science 150, and veterinary medicine 125.
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Ames
Lows State College
Town State College
Iowa Poet Councils New Chief Surgeon for Brownsville District
Captain Donald Mas rae of Council Butts, surgeon in the Iowa National Guard, appointed chief surgeon of the hospital department in the Brownsville district where 89,000 troops are stationed. The Iowa military department hails the selection as a great honor. Brownsville district houses troops from Iowa, Virginia, Illinois and other states.
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Council Biutta
Donald Masrae
Council Butts
Iowa National Guard
Brownsville
Tha
Iowa
Iowa Military Department
Virginia
Illinois
Frost Brings Little Damage to Logan Area Crops
In an eight mile radius around Logan farmers report minimal frost impact on corn. Well fertilized ground and strong seed boosted yield and earlier maturity. Upland corn suffered small damage from a dry spell, but Harrison County is expected to produce a normal crop this year.
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Logan
Harrison County
Professor Giese Joins College Engineering Extension Staff
Ames report notes Professor Giese added to the engineering extension department at Town State College. He will oversee handicraft club work statewide and offers to assist school boards, principals, and teachers with equipment, courses of study, and manual training.
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Ames
Giese
Town State College
Gas Explosion Fatality in Washington Farm Incident
Grover Hesseltine a 3 ½ year old boy died from injuries after a gas line explosion while transferring gasoline between tanks. He lit a match to check remaining fuel and the force blew the top of his head away, suggesting a piece of metal from the tank struck him.
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Washington
Grover Hesseltine
Hesseltine
Iowa Wesleyan Dean Named Idaho College President
Elmer Lymer dean of philosophy and education at Iowa Wesleyan College has accepted the presidency of Idaho Methodist college at Dooding. The new school opens with a 400000 endowment. Lymer has served at Iowa Wesleyan for thirteen years. Police in Fort Dodge seek an eight hour day for officers, arguing current hours of 12 to 14 violate the eight hour service code. Iowa coal proves more valuable than Illinois coal in Northwestern railroad tests, announced by Professors Norman Wagner and King.
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Iowan
Idaho College
Mt. Pleasant
R. Elmer
Lymer
Iowa Wesleyan College
Idaho Methodist ‘College
Dooding
Dr. Lymer
Iowa Weaeleyan
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Ames
Northwestern Railroad
Prossasors
Norman
Wagner
King
Portage Iowa to Build Two New School Buildings
Port Dodge will start construction of two new school buildings this fall with an approximate total cost of 70,000 dollars. The contract for one building has been let for 34,000 dollars.
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Port Dodge
Port Madison City Holds Line Over Dam Damage Claim
The Migsinaipot River Power company offers Port Madison $15,000 as settlement for sewer system damage from dam construction. The city says $9,000 would cover repairs and refuses the offer. A suit seeks to recover $89 000, hoping court action will settle the controversy.
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Fort Madison
Migsinaipot River Power Company
Port Madison
Iowa Labor Fights Eight-Hour Day in Public Works Proposals
Iowa labor groups push to limit work on state projects to eight hours and to require sealed bids or city choice to supply labor and materials. The measures include penalties for violations and allow cities to issue bonds to cover costs. Also noted are state tax valuations, troop movements, and other statewide updates.
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Des
Moinas
Ilowa State Federation of Labor
Iowa
interstate +commerce commalsaion
Pioneers
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On Ow
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Earl of
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Haselt
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McKenney, Rodgers & Co
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Laporte
Ind
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Philip N. McDecitt
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Any H. Archer Gilligan
Windsor, Conn
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State Auditor’s Office
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Hospital Et Tade Bendance
Vernon
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