Centerville buys whole stake in steam line to Albia
Centerville Light and Traction purchases the entire interest of the Southern Iowa Traction company in the steam line between Centerville and Albia, a thirty mile route. Extensions are planned south to Cincinnati Indiana and southwest to Seymour. The report follows a rash of regional transport developments as communities push electrification.
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Centerville Light and Traction Company
Southern Iowa Traction Company
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Cincinnati
Seymour
Keokuk
They O'Donnell
South English
FF. D. Miller
Muscatine
P. C. Tomlin
Marshalltown
Silas Iall
Toledo
Richard Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Law College of
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W. S. Kenyon
W. L. Sullivan
New Hampton
Des Moines
State Bank
Senate
Washington
Iowa Post Office
James S. Webster
Carlisle
George A. Crane
Dexter
Harvey A. Sweilgart
Garner
John J. Dunlevy
Lansing
Laura H. Figert
Marathon
Weston Ralston
Paullina
County Board
Black Hawk County
Andrew D. Garnett
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Police Department
Mason City
Parish of
Sacred Heart
Edmund Heelan
Fort Dodge Telephone Company
Myrtle Gundergan
Waukon High School
Postville
Bagley
John Mosley
John Schrum
Mosley
Hannah Miller
Independence
Canaan
N. Y
Paul Tunga
Perry
J. H. Lawrence
Sioux City
Dorothy
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Gertrude Butterfield
Knoxville
Cos College
Minneapolis
Ames
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Mise Edith Helmer
Trust bills outlined as program for Wilson era
Washington publicized administration trust bills aiming to define unlawful monopolies curb unfair practices create a federal trade commission regulate corporate directorships and ban interlocking boards. Congress debates strikes in Colorado and Michigan mines. Austin and Flannery clash over radium land schemes. Portland cement output rises by nearly 10 million barrels since 1912.
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Washington
Interstate Trade Commission
Austin
Texas
America
Joseph M. Flannery
Pittsburgh
House Committee On Mines and Mining
United States
Geological Survey
Goethals Offer to Be New York Police Chief
Domestic Col George W Goethals the Panama Canal builder agrees to serve as police commissioner of New York if Washington places him on the retired list and if New York enacts legislation granting him complete power. Other items include a Michigan train robbery, union expulsions, a murder conviction, grand jury probes, and notes on Taft, the banks, and international affairs.
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George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
New York
Washington
Campaign mood shifts as Republicans weigh candidate
Des Moines reports a rush of activity as Democrats Progressives and possibly Republicans campaign for the Second district. With W J Hayes out the GOP may stay silent leaving Hanley of Muscatine to rely on past votes and labor support while Democrats seek a strong turnout to affirm the administration.
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Des Moines
W. J. Hayes
Clinton
Bull Moosa
P. Hanley
Muscatine
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Roosevelt
Taft
Hanley
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Vollmer
Great Western to Invest in Des Moines Rail Improvements
Des Moines area rail upgrades involve about 1.5 million dollars from Great Western with Iowa set to gain most benefits. Included is a 50 thousand dollar wiring project for Des Moines to Oelwein line to improve train dispatch. The line will be retracked with 85 pound steel rails between Chicago and Des Moines. Five Pacific superheated passenger engines are arriving from Baldwin Locomotive Works. Sixty all steel passenger cars are under construction by American Car and Woundry Company.
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Adair
Wilton Willey
Ménlo
Willey
Des Moines
Cook
Black Hawk County
Margaret Myers
Teachers’ College
Iowa
Towa
Sarah H. Bechtel
Boone
Maria C. Chapin
Nashua
Emma C. Klopp
Bedford
Katherine Seibold
Fort Atkinson
Anna i
Neesley
Lisbon
Mary Alton
Hillsboro
Barbara N. King
Cambridge
Mary Pierson
Centervion
Henry Balik
Keokuk
W. 8. Hamilton
Fort Madison
W. J. Roberts
John. E. Craig
United States
Fred ©. White
Keokuk County
M. J. Wade
Dewey Gibson
West Liberty
David Nauman & Son
Young Gibson
New Hampton
Samuel Closson
Eve Porter
Loretta Vaughn
Commercial Club
Charles City
Cresco
Waterloo
Redding
United Brethren Church
Toledo
H. H. Fout
Indianapolis
Chas. Orbin
Mason City
Austria
Austin
Minn
Mary A. Smith
Osceola
Melbowne
Washington
State Center
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Eden
Melbourne
Charles Druse
Shenandoah
Druse
Burlington
Herman Tobin
James” Maloney
Estherville
Great Western
Oelwein
Chicago
Baldwin Locomotive Works
American Car & Woundry Company
College annual theft shocks Mount Pleasant
Unknown students forced entry into the Junior class editorial rooms and stole the college annual material for the Croaker. The loss includes typewriters, pictures, cameras, printing and engraving contracts, advertising contracts, cuts, editorials and cartoons from five months of labor. The theft is linked to a lingering feud between classes.
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Mount Pleasant
Factory Receives Large Order for 1914 Farm Machinery
Waterloo factory reports a single day intake of orders totaling 426,415 from foreign lands. The shipment includes 500 tractors 2,000 gasoline engines cream separators and multiple pump-jacks and surrenders to be delivered in 1914.
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Waterloo
Keokuk Minister Resigns to Lead Newton Church
Keokuk pastor Rev. George C. Williams of the First Congregational Church presented his resignation to his congregation. He has accepted a call to serve in Newton, Iowa, moving to lead the Newton church.
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Keokuk
Newton, Keokuk
George C. Willams
First Congregational Church
Newton, Ta
Boosters Increase Capital in Keokuk Factory Drive
Keokuk Industrial Association at its annual meeting voted to raise capital stock from 50 000 to 200 000 to create a bigger working fund and better secure factory prospects in Keokuk.
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Keokuk
Keokuk Industrial Association
Plans to Hold Corn Show at Waukoh
A short course will not be held this year. Instead a corn show is planned in connection with the two day session of the annual farmers institute February 10 and 11. Local organizers aim to showcase corn events alongside the institute activities.
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Waukoh
Farmers’ ’Institute
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