Iowa plans fruit grading law and stock show notes
Iowa lawmakers consider a state law to grade fruit and produce, urged by Wesley Greene. Reports cover fruit yields for 1916, storage needs, and price hopes. Des Moines visitors from Argentina and a Des Moines horse market expansion are noted, along with local civic and civic-war era reminiscences and farm trade concerns.
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Wesley Green O
Iowa Horticultural Society
State House
Des Moines
Iowa Fruit
Greene
Senora
Pedro Pages
Carlos M. Duggan
South America
C. Lis Klatt
Senor Pages
Iowa State College
Ames
Chicago
Rural Society of
Argentina
Senor Duggan
The
International
Government of
United States
Dean C. B. Curtiss
Charles Clark
Omaha
Oshkosh
Wis
South
Young Clark
Rock Island
Atlantic
Abbott
West Branch
First Iowa Cavalry
Rio Grande
East Donna
National Guard
City Lmits
State University Hospital
Iowa City
N. H. Pratt
Wauken
Maine
Hie Trade Ag
William
Mott
War Department
Ja Nugent
Nugent
John M. Phipps
Shenandoah
Albert S. Phipps
el Phipps
Helmnessey
Oklo
Mr. Phipps
M. M. Phipps
Pawnee City
Okla
J. EB. Wintrey
Stella
Neb
Matina Gardner
Leon
Albert
Independence
Phipps
Elms Lodge
Shenantoah
Elect Harding
Iowa State Grange
General Assembly 18 Makeup of Next Legislature
Iowa house and senate composition for the Thirty-seventh General Assembly to convene January 8, 1917, details occupations, ages, birthplace origins, and party counts. Senate has 10 Democrats and 40 Republicans with major banking and farming representation. house is 14 Democrats and 94 Republicans with many farmers. Also notes Iowa electors meeting, certificated filings, and other state affairs.
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Iowa State College
Des Moines
Ames
Goode
Stillwell
Alabama
Harold Cree
L. L. Dreibelbis
W. McPain
Texas
Iowa
Carpenters’ Union
State Federation of Labor
Jnne
C. L. Beck
Cedar Rapida
General Assembly
Public Utility Commission
John A. Reed
Iowa, Railway and Light Company
Iowa Electric Company
State
William M. Clark
Marshalltown
Martin
J. Wade
Grand Jury
Caroline Wright
Scott Cutalhy
Senate
Thirty Sixth General Assembly
Karl LeCompte
Corydah
A. Baldwin
Iowa City
Lee W. Elwood
Elma
House
George Crozier
Knoxville
Charles E. Hughes
Charles W. Fairbanks
State House
Clarke
Washington
House of Representatives
Bernard Murphy
Vinton
Ralph Pringle
Red Oak
David J. Palmer
Elmer Eb, Johnson
Johnson County
A.R. Corey
Coal Shortage and Price Hike Sparks Railroad Complaint
A Des Moines railroad commission complaint claims railroads and speculators withhold coal to force higher prices. Loaded cars sit on sidetracks statewide, tying up equipment as demand doubles since a cold snap. Mines near Des Moines report ample cars and rising output to meet orders, while railroads monitor contracted coal for timely delivery amid high open-market bids.
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Dés” Moines
Railroad Commission
Iowa
Des Moines
Derailment Hits Iowa Field Artillery Train Near Grapeland
An Iowa National Guard troop train derailed near Grapeland Texas injuring two trainmen severely and bruising eight others. The wreck, blamed on a defective rail, involved A and B batteries of field artillery en route to Davenport. Officers included Captain Brandt, Captain Compton, and Captain Oakes. The three batteries, mustered to Davenport Muscatine and Clinton, had been stationed at Brownsville since July.
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Supreme Court of Iowa
High Court
Lee County
W. L. Henkle
Henkle
Jacob G. Kebbiel
Martha Richardson
Kehbiel
Supreme Court
Sait
Davenport
Iowa Field Artillery
Grapeland
Texas
W.G. Dobson
Medical Corps
Field Artillery
Fred Obermiller
Charles B. Smithers
Claude Dorsey
Edward Marquardson
Fred Humphrey
George Rowe
P. J. Smith
Brandt
Compton
Oakes
Wrec
Muscatine
Clinton
Brownsylts
Train Collision Kills Truck Driver in Gas Tank Explosion
A motor truck driven by Joe Taylor exploded when a gasoline tank ruptured after a collision with a Central passenger train near Iowa Walls. Taylor burned to a crisp as flames engulfed the tanker and the locomotive crew suffered injuries. The train was disabled by the crash and the incident shocked both engineer and witnesses.
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Iowa
Joe Taylor
Central
Taylor
Olson
Horsemen To Cooperate Ames Horse Breeders Meet
In Ames a reforming push follows unprecedented sales and strong public interest in Iowa draft horse events. The eighth annual convention of the Town Horse-Breeders Association and its executive committee plans permanent integration of livestock shows with interstate exhibitions. The piece also notes shifts toward broader cooperation among breeders and organizers in Ames.
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Ames
Iowa
Chicago
Untitled fragment hints at board actions and parolees
Fragmentary note mentions a board session with twenty eight men, a parole event involving Jans Hit and M2 jun, and a byrdge by Mi vere rete. The text is garbled and names are unclear, offering minimal concrete details.
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Argie
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