Iowa Farm Motors Move Hogs to Market in Heat
State news reports farmers in Pottawattamie county using motor trucks to ship hogs to South Omaha after the Iowa Short Line suspended operations. Trucks ran the route in two and a half hours at 25 cents per hundred pounds, with early success and growing use later in the week.
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Pottawattamie County
Iowa Short Line Railroad
Council Bluffs
South Omaha
State School For the Blind
Vinton
New York
American Association of Instructors of the Band
Halifax
United States
Iowa
W. H. Gemill
State Board of Education
George D. Eaton
College For the Blind
Ottumwa
Ames
Grand Forks
Hardy
Traer
Inwood
Denison
Pleasant Valley Township
Scott County
Rose
Moulton
Bettendorf
Berwick
Department of Agriculture
Treasury Department
Texas
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Iowa Js
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Fight the Cactuses Near Brownsville Iowa Troops Camp
The Third Iowa regiment camps near the Mexican town of Matamoros, closest to the border of any American unit. Troops clear cactus from camp grounds, prepare tents, and quickly set up, while nearby regiments and regulars vie for proximity to Brownsville. The force totals about 5,000 to 6,000 soldiers, with Browns ville a fluctuating border-populated town.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Rio Grande River
Matamoros
United States
Mexico
Hospital Corps
Brownsville
Virginia
Creston
Towa
Illinois
Salaries of Iowa Guardsmen in case of war with Mexico
Des Moines reports that if national guardsmen are required to serve outside the country during a war with Mexico or similar conflict they would receive a twenty percent pay raise for enlisted men and ten percent for officers. The piece lists current monthly officer salaries from brigadier general to second lieutenant and outlines pay for chief musicians, sergeants, and privates across corps, noting lower private wages and specific rates for each rank.
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Camp Dodge
Arsenal
President Wilson
Washington
Polk
Story
Jasper
Skunk
Sam
John C. D'Autremont
Riverside
D’autremont
Lucy Swift D’autremont
Wilbur Jones
Webster City
Odd Fellows
Mason City
Ft. Dodge
George Wright
Eagle Grove
Thompson Clothing
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Gideons
Huntington
W. Va
T. Moore
Cedar Rapids
Gideona
Chicago
Iowa
Rock Island Railroad
Minnesota Boundary Line
Cedar River
Missouri River
Keokuk
Demares Bess
Liberal Arts College
Iowa State University
New York
Athens
Egypt
Dianglish
Assiut Colig Ropa
Alheripads
Des Moines
Mexico
United States Army
Field Artillery
Cavalry
Artillery
Infantry
Engineers and Hospital Corps
Hospital Corps
Infantry and Signal Corps
Insurance Report Filed Show Iowa Life Policy Stats
Des Moines reports Iowa residents hold 893 636 462 in life policies with an average 338 per person. 1915 losses paid total 6 826 603 from 17 718 622 in premiums. 6 827 agents operate. 111 life concerns active last year. Munition plant blast at Black Tom Island near Jersey City kills 33 firemen while wrecking the plant.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department
Iifa
Baptists Hold Convention in Iowa City
The Iowa Baptists held a ten day annual assembly here with prominent clergy and lay members in attendance. Educators from Baptist-endowed colleges spoke, including Dr. John A. Earl president of Des Moines College on college day August 3, delivering the principal address.
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Iowa
Assembly of
Iowa Baptists
The
Baptist Church
John A. Earl
Tes Moines College
Fire destroys Berlin business district in Tama county
A large fire swept the northwest Tama town of Berlin, destroying five buildings and their contents. The blaze gutted nearly half of the business portion, prompting concern and emergency responses from local officials and residents.
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Traer
Berlin
Tama County
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County Savings Bank
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Court House Square
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C.T. Chubb
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C.H. Beardsley
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John Canty
Oskaloosa
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Colfax
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Albia
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National Storage Company
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