Muchakinock Wiped Off Map After Strike Turmoil
Iowa notes describe Muchakinock crushed by strike with mines closed, stores shut, railway torn up and residents moved to Buxton. The piece also covers storms injuring three men and killing a clipping horse, legal cases in Linn County and Iowa City, and oddball crime and social items including a matrimony racket and a nine to thirteen year old police pickup at Iowa Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muchakinock
Buxton
Easton Place
Tola Grove
Herbert Easton
Howard Easton
Ray Miller
Linn County
Dague Thompson
Thompson
Ames
Cerdlar Rapids
Sarah A. Gallaugher
Supreme Court
Iowa City
Gallaugher
Iowa
Polly Starkweather
Waterloo
Lairors
Elizabeth Kalmick
Albert J. Swartz
Plankington
D. C
Sioux City
Swartz
Simpson
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
C. Peck
Storm Lake
George Ikrou
Marshalltown
Chicago Great Western
Ikrod
Multiple Local Incidents Highlight 1963 Iowa News From Charles City to Cedar Rapids
A series of 1963 happenings across Iowa includes W. 12 Moss foundry fire in Charles City with $10,000 loss and $2,000 insurance, Mrs. Manning's suicide by carbolic acid while ill, Sara McNaughton suing for $10,000 after a stairway fall at a Burlington station, and Harry Brown losing a right foot to a Northwestern train in Des Moines. Reports cover the Chariton Knoxville electric railroad proposal, a cooperative boarding club in Charlton, Jersey Red hogs case near Peoria, a campaign against birds amid early spring slaughter, and legal actions against Layman to recover $25,000 plus bond disputes with Fidelity and Deposit. Italian fruit dealers on Sunday closing face arrests amid critique of the Retail Grocers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss
Charles City
B. C. Manning
Burlington
Ilnall Central Railway
Sara, McNaughton
Trewas
Officer Strait
Mercy Hospital
Washington Street
Messrs
J. A. Ferrin
Marshalltown
F. B. Ufer
Toledo
Charlton
Mutcher
J. G. Rhinehart
Peoria
Polk County
Rine
Hamilton County
Illinois Central Railroad
Haseen
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Halloran
al. Layman
Uber
Bank of Colfax
Layman
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
Jobin McKay
Colfax
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State College Soils Dept Tests Grain as Fertilizer Source
The soils department at Iowa State College has set up a multi year field program on a 13 acre site to test whether grain can furnish enough fertilizer for soil. Four plots will be planted with corn oats and clover with manure recycled. further plots test soil depth, catch crops, and continuous corn with varied fertilizer treatments to determine best practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anes
Department of Soils
Iowa State College
Plan to consolidate Greene county rural schools
Des Moines April 23 State Superintendent J F Riggs will visit Greene county in May to discuss consolidating country schools with County Superintendent A B Olinger. He aims to unite two or more schools rather than township wide centralization, with transportation to ensure attendance. The plan could transform Iowa country education, improve roads, and set a future standard for better rural schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riggs
Des Moines
J. F. Riggs
Greene County
A. B. Olinger
Iowa
Barrett
Towa
Briggs
Desk
Moines
Camp Ground Near Army Post Favored By Iowa
Notes from the Capital report Captain C L Walrous secured an option on eighty acres adjoining the army post rifle range for a potential Iowa National Guard camp ground. The $100 per acre price would use part of a $21,000 appropriation plus a $500 additional rent payout. Governors Cummins and Byers reportedly favor the site for its topography and proximity to federal pay and command rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pea Maines
C. L. Walrous
Army Post
Iowa
Watrous
Op Lon
Cummins
Byers
National Guard
Regular Army
Regnar Army
Congress approves investigations and statehood bills in April session
A sprawling Washington report covers Senate and House actions from April to early May. It notes a memorial from missionaries seeking investigation into conditions in a foreign state, passage of joint statehood for Oklahoma and Arizona areas, and tariff trust debates. It also recounts naval and river projects, deficiencies bills, and raucous floor clashes between Hepburn and Cochran with political barbs and grandstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Morgan
Con- EO Tree
Committee On
House
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington, D. C
Dolliver
Iowa
Military Academy
Nebraska
Gorman
Panama Canal
United States
Kittredge
Canal Zone
Cublom
House of Representatives
Hepburn
Bourke Cochran
New York
Cochran
Dalzell
McKinley
Three Bandits Executed in Chicago Scaffold Tragedy
The leader Peter Neidermeier was hanged at 10 86 o'clock after a brief struggle with the noose. Gustav Marx and Harvey Van Dine followed, both deferring last words and facing execution with prayer. All three were executed separately, Marx at 11 17 and Van Dine at 11 41, their necks broken according to physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Niedermeier
Gustav Marx
Harvey van Dine
Neidermeier
Marx
van Dine
T Hen Marx
End van Dine
Hog van Dine
Mars
State Board to Build Deaf School Center in $200000 Plan
The State Board of Control toured the deaf school at Cornell Bluffs and scrapped the cottage plan. It approved a single central building costing 175000 to 200000, plus a connected chapel dining kitchen serving area and a separate hospital. Legislature had appropriated 250000 for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Control
Cornell Bluffs
School For Deaf
Liebbe
Corea
Pote Elephan Ratcher
Jadja
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Aldrich
John A. Kasson Hie
Remey
Navy
Brandt
Hampton
Fufly
Olmsted
Missouri Valley
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Paris
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Ian
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Latcadio Hearn
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