Iowa State News A sequence of murders and curbs on disease
A murder charge is filed in Polk County against Ben Dudi and Anna Dudi for allegedly allowing six week old Rose to die of willful neglect. The infant’s body was found on a Des Moines dump as police chase the couple who are reported to be in Chicago. Other items note foot and mouth quarantine removals, a coal company verdict for death, the revival of a ministerial benefit society, court actions on Workmen’s Compensation, and various local incidents including deaths, accidents, and civic debates.
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Anna Dudi
Claude Koons
Polk County
Dudi
Rose
Des Moines
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18Th Street
Rose Barton
Allen Street
Christian County
Illinois
Swanwood Coal Company
Dudley
Elizabeth Mitchell
Stanley Damsky
United Evangelical Church
Marshalltown
Ministerial Benefit Society
Clinton
Rudolph Kettleson
Anamosa
Clinton Haa
Kettleson
Reformatory
Black Hawk County
Strickler
Atlantic
North Central Association of Colleges and High Schools
Iowa Wesleyan College
Elizabeth Whitlock
Indiana Township
Knoxville
Ohio
Marion County
Roy W. Clark
Crooked Creek
Clark
Salva Hon - Army Rescue
Bert Parmaster
Cedar Rapids
Welch Trapeportation Company
Connell
Elmer McClelland
Clarion
Phorn
Jep Ried
Iowa
State Railroad Commission
M. W. Retchford
Rotchford
Waterlow
Supreme Court
Hunter
Colfax Consolidated Coal Company
High Court
Sophia Porter
Grace Herschman
Grinnell Court
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New York
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H. W. Byers
Lows Railroad Commission
Humboldt County
Harry Trapp
Logan
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Amos Fox
Humboldt
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Fox
David Mason
Minois
Abraham Lincoln
Mason
Lincoln
Bloomington
Sioux City
Mike Ertmann
Ertmann
State Food and Dairy Department
H. G. Strickler
Missouri River
Grinnell
Beloit
Poatoftles
E. L. Towne
Guthrie County
Willan Berry
Pemivirol Tad Wali
Iowa issues first butter permit amid 93 percent standard plan
Des Moines dairy and food commission grants permit No. 1 for Town butter at Strawberry Point Creamery while eleven more plants race to meet 93 per cent butter quality to carry the state stamp. The move aims to lift eastern sales by 3 to 5 cents a pound as Iowa expands its butter trademark under the 36th General Assembly.
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Des Moines
State Dairy and Food Commission
Strawberry Point
Algona
Adair Co-operative Creamery Company of
Massillon
Burt Co-operative Creamery Company of
Burt
New Vienna Creamery Company
New Vienna
Thirty-sixth
General Assembly
Iowa
Chicago
W. B. Barney
Barney
Holstein-Friesian Association
Syracuse
N. Y
Waterloo
Shortage Found in Crooked Creek Rail Funds
State news reports a missing balance of about 2800 dollars in the Crooked Creek rail fund. Roy W Clark, superintendent of the road, has been in charge for three years. Officials announce the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern interurban will take over on May 3, with the road’s funds under review.
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Wabeter
Roy ‘W.clark
Gragk Rail
Merk
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Prosperity in Western Canada 1915 Harvest Boom
Canada reports strong 1915 prosperity led by farm and industry with nearly a billion bushels of grain. Western taxes average 24 to 35 per quarter section, no improvements tax. Soldiers received leave to harvest and plant seed, signaling agriculture as a top priority for 1916 and easing conscription concerns. Labor shortages sent workers to the United States, with hopes for thousands of recruits.
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Canada
Western
United States
Tuberculosis Death Rate Drops Yet Major Burden Remains
The National Association reports a decline in tuberculosis deaths from 200.7 to 146.8 per 100000 between 1904 and 1914 based on census data. Despite progress, TB caused over 10.6 percent of US deaths in 1914. The movement counts more than 1600 associations, 600 sanitariums, 450 dispensaries, 800 open-air schools and 100000 supporters.
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National Association For
Federal Bureau of Census
United States
On the Face of It Mustaches and Witty Razors
In a playful boast the mustaches and facial features trade barbs as a razor nears the lip. The exchange grows sharp and the crowd bristles, ending with blood flowing as the cheeky banter turns tense and someone is cut.
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Michigan
Gar Boyle
Catholics Share of Indian Christians Remains Majority
In India Catholics still form a majority of Christians when excluding Eurasians. There are 1,924,000 Roman Catholics out of 3,574,000 Christians. Over the last decade Protestants rose faster, Catholic gains total 272,000 while Protestants increased by about 500,000.
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Catholica
Handy Husband Uses Grape-Nuts for Breakfast Boost
A husband volunteers to help with breakfast and presents Grape-Nuts, praised as a perfect morning dish. The family, after a five year hot climate stay, reports improved health and strength after adopting Grape-Nuts and Postum. A friend with indigestion finds relief and better sleep with a small serving of Grape-Nuts with cream. The ad copy cites Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Gaby
Ani
Postuky Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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