Des Moines and Iowa 1915 Mail, Paving and Fires Report
Des Moines records show 45,744,200 letters processed in 1915, second class mail weighed 18,774,100 pounds with $187,741 in receipts. Atlantic laid 22 blocks of paving at 1.14 a yard. Waterloo saloon closings cut fines and arrests. Fire losses hit Cedar Rapids. Hawleyville and Hawkeye notes. Rural Iowa totals include wool production up to 3.4 million pounds and Endowment needs for Towa Wesleyan. Sioux City dry status and street improvements highlighted.
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Iowa Liquor Dealers Association
Iowa
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Attorney General's Office
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Cedar Rapids
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First Baptist Church
First Street
Sidney
Louella Mae Richards
Alma Maude Richards
Dubuque
George M. Kellogg
Lews
Fees Over Million in Iowa Auto Fees 1915
Des Moines reports total state automobile fees for 1915 reached 1,533,033. S2 showing a near half million rise from 1914. About 145,100 cars were registered in 1915 with projections of 175,000 for 1916, and 7,070 motorcycles rising to 8,500. Highway commission notes road gains, patrols, and bond options.
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Des Moines
State Automobile Department
Department
Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Clarke
Lown
Ohio
Rate boost looming as railroads seek 2.4 cent fare
Des Moines reports the Iowa Department of Justice has not ruled on action to block the interstate 2.4 cent per mile passenger fare. Attorneys general and railroad officials, after a Omaha conference, fear federal courts may be needed to halt the rate. The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the increase and Iowa questions grounds for suit while noting ICC has power over rates with no court appeal from ICC decisions.
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Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Iowa Railroad Commission
Omaha
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Iowa Department of Justice
Commission
Stamp Tax Still in Effect for Iowa Tax law
In Iowa the war revenue emergency act remains in force for one year starting January 1 1916 with stamp taxes on deeds notes cosmetics and perfumes and special taxes on bankers brokers theater public exhibitions pool tables bowling alleys and tobacco makers. January payment avoids higher post deadline penalties. For year ending June 30 1914 Iowa corporations paid $409 173 and individuals $264 315 in net income taxes.
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Dubuque
Collector of Internal Revenue
Iowa
Congress
Seed Corn Outlook Discouraging in Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls reports seed corn outlook is poor after testing 160 samples from the county’s best corn show. County Agriculturist A A Burger says farmers using last year’s corn for seed will likely get only a two thirds stand next spring unless every ear is tested. Show corn averaged 85 percent strong seed with some samples strong but all had weak or dead kernels.
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Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
A. A. Burger
Test Liquor Shipment Law
An injunction suit has been filed against the American Hy press company to test the right of an express company to transport liquor into the state. John B. Hammond of the Anti-Saloon League forces the action after a city detective bought four quarts of whiskey from an Omaha dealer and the express company delivered it.
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Des Moines
American Hypress Company
John B. Hammond
Anti-Saloon League
Omaha
Express Company
Farm Land Values Rise Across Ames Area
Farm lands of Towa have gained an average of $57.34 per acre in the last decade, a rise that surpasses the typical value per acre in all states except New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Tue nol, and California.
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Ames
Towa
Union
New Jersey
Ohio
Indiana
Tuenol
California
Residents seek liquor permit ban in Cascade
Cascade residents petition the Dubuque county board to bar any liquor permit for medical use in Cascade. The petition, signed by over 400 citizens, argues such a permit would be abused. The board referred the matter to the District Court for action.
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Cascade
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