Iowa Farm Stock Totals and Road Fund Proposal
Iowa farm reports show 1,241,383 horses valued at 995,244,260 and 2,953,798 cattle this year, with swine at 4,243,767 and high values per head. A state good roads fund proposal by D W Norris would pool auto revenue above 10,000 per county and leverage Bankhead federal aid to build roads through 1920, while Iowa leads in cars per population.
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Iowa
D. W. Norris
Marshalstown
State Good Roads Commission
Norris
Wilson
States of the Union
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Towa
United States
Alabama
Keokuk
Taber
Wesley Green
Iowa City
First Iowa Cavalry
F. L. Love
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Paul Crowley
State Food and Dairy Department
Haa
Town State College
Wills Raymond
Hamopton
Los Angeles
Hampton
Baptist Church
James Green
Harriman
R. J. Clock
British and Russian Offensives Seal Early WWI Gains
The London war office said British forces north of the Somme broke the German second line over four miles, advancing up to half a mile and capturing Longueval, Bazentin le Petit, and Bazentin le Grand. Petrograd reported 3,200 German prisoners as Russians pushed toward Kovel, while Vienna noted Austrians repelling a Russian advance near Buczacz. Seaham Harbor was shelled at night by a German submarine, killing one woman. Haig’s forces seized the first German defense system across eight miles, taking 7,500 prisoners as Contalmaison and Trones Wood were recaptured. Damloup battery and part of Fumin wood saw German gains.
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London War Office
Somme
Longueval Village
Bazantin le Petit
Bazantin le Grand
Seaham Harbor
London
Picardy
Douglas Haig
Contalmaison
Trones Wood
Damloup
Fumin Wood
Republican campaign opens in Illinois with Hughes in Chicago
The Republican national campaign opens in Chicago with Charles Evans Hughes delivering his message. Hughes will tour the coast afterwards, stopping in Detroit on August 7. Governors and party leaders shift endorsements and discuss the national slate as deadly events surface in the press.
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Illinois
Charles Evans Hughes
InChicago
Mr. Hughes
Detroit
Mexican War News Carranza interview signals satisfactory talks
In Mexico City General Carranza says negotiations with Washington are satisfactory thanks to mutual goodwill. In Texas, Second and Third Wisconsin infantry reach San Antonio and occupy a less favored camp spot. Company D First Texas National Guard exchanges fire with Mexicans near Donna. A Diaz plot to topple Carranza surfaces in Nogales court with Col. Barron charged with organizing a Mexican expedition. Carranza loyalists report Treviño deposed. Obregon appoints Ignacio Enriquez to lead northern troops.
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Wisconsin Infantry
San Antonio
Tex
Second
Texas Infantry
A. §. Horton
National Guard
Rio Grande
Donna
Carranza
el Paso
Jacinto B. Trevino
Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
Ignacio Enriquez
Fire destroys summer palace of King Constantine
A wireless dispatch from Athens to Paris reports the summer palace of King Constantine burned. The king escaped in an automobile from a dangerous position. In Cork Ireland 1000 Sinn Fein prisoners who were released failed to arrive after Dublin rebellion. The advisory committee in London recommends the release of 460 detainees still under detention.
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Paris
Athens
Constantine
Dublin
Cork
Ireland
House of Commons
London
Washington advisory report on Deutschland declares peaceful status
An advisory neutrality board report to Acting Secretary Polk in Washington holds that the German merchant-submarine Deutschland is peaceful and entitled to all privileges of such status. President Wilson urged loyalty from foreign-born citizens at a Washington convention, saying Americans must practice loyalty to teach it. The administration lifted the embargo on most supplies to Mexico’s de facto government. High officials indicate Pershing’s column may be withdrawn soon. Senate confirmed R. J. Hunt as United States treasurer in Chicago and approved the rivers and harbors bill. Wilson signed the good roads bill. Washington noted plans to curb American trade as Europe war actions unfold, informed by the Paris embassy reports.
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M. St. L
Des Moines
Missa Miller
Miss Whitehead
Clayton
Oliver Frush
Pleasantville
Frush
Funston
Iowa Guard
Barry
Chicago
George Morgan
Iowa
Washington
Camp Dodge
United States
Canada
Illinois
Ohio
Town
New York
G. Walter Barr
Highland Park College
George P. Magill
Barr
John McKinnon
New York City
Iowa Wesleyan
John D. Rockefeller
State Board of Health
Ottumwa
van Horn
Benton County
Mable
William’ Tharp
Dubuque
Suprema Court of the. State
Wdlge Frey
Boone
Hampton
Bear
Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
Polk
Government
Neutrality Board
Wilson
General Pershing
Poncarnia
Brieles
Parla
Will Equip Troops as Iowa Guard Stays at Camp Dodge
Iowa guards at Camp Dodge will remain for several days until fully equipped. Col George Morgan reports shipments are slow and shortages include hats trousers and shoes, with two pairs of shoes and two trousers per man required. Final typhoid fever and smallpox vaccinations completed under Major Fairchild.
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Camp Dodge
Lowa
George Morgan
Morgan
Barry
Central Department
Chicago
Iowa Guards
Mor-gan
Fairchild
River tragedy claims two Kelsey brothers in Iowa incident
In Oskaloosa on the Skunk River a scout party near Penn college saw James 14 and William 12 Kelsey drown while attempting to rescue each other from swift water. Jerrell Venable 18 escaped, as their older brother risked reaching for him. The three could not swim.
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Oskaloosa
James
William
W. T. Kelsey
Penn College
Skunk River
Kelsey
Jerrell Venable
Venable
Rural Carriers Elect Officers at Cedar Rapids Convention
Rural mail carriers of Iowa closed their convention in Cedar Rapids and elected officers. President M B Gordon of North Liberty, vice president J C Avenell of Storm Lake, secretary A F Perkins of Atlantic, treasurer M E Whitney of Waterford, director C B Marshall of Casey for three years. Delegates to the national convention are William H James Council Bluffs, C H Pierce Shell Rock, Rudolph Snyder Dixon Lewis, C Main Mount Ayr, and W C Parlow Winterset. Council Bluffs awarded the 1917 convention.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
M. DB. Gordon
North Liberty
J. C. Avenell
Storm Lake
A. F. Perkins
Atlantic
M. E. Whitney
Water 160
C. B. Marshall
Casey
William H. James
Council Bluffs
C. H. Pierce
Shell Rock
Rudolph. Snyder
Timm to exhibit new Grinnell biplane in Iowa tour
Grinnell will become a center for flying as QO W Timm, successor to the late Billy Robinson, completes a new biplane of strong construction with a 100 horsepower Grinnell engine. He plans exhibition fights and begins an exhibition tour around August.
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Grinnell
Land Brings High Price for Webster County Acreage
High bids for unimproved Webster county land reach 166 dollars per acre, seen as a solid price. In southern parts of the state improved land has brought 140 to 160 dollars per acre this season.
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Webster County
Vote Grants approve school bonds in Nevada vote
The South Grant consolidated school district approved bonds totaling 25,000 for a new school by a 99 to 23 vote. North Grant district also approved bonds for a new consolidated school totaling 20,000.
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Nevada
South Grant
North Grant
Guards Must Serve at Camp Dodge Enlistees Remain Bound
District Judge Chiles Roddy of the U S district court ruled that guards enlisted as state guards and later became soldiers of the United States cannot be discharged by claiming lack of parental consent at enlistment. The decision underscores service obligations for men 18 and older who joined the guard and were later mobilized.
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Camp Dodge
Ug Guard
Tn States
Jade Chiles
Roddudley Dh
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