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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
4
A collection of Iowa items details a Culmbia Cross Roads man aiding a dying stranger, a near-fatal shooting involving Gervare De Laire, and multiple local crimes. Also noted are real estate trades, dairy pricing fights, public park work, a new Catholic church plan in Carroll, school votes, and regional church and civic events across towns such as Des Moines, Perry, and Ames.
Des Moines dispatch notes Sen D C Chase of Webster City proposes two bills for the upcoming Iowa legislature. One preserves lakes permanently and bans leasing, the other cuts highway width to fifty feet to ease maintenance and boost farmland yields. The move follows state road-improvement laws and aims to curb weeds while expanding cultivable land.
The expo rate schedule cuts travel costs for Missouri River travelers and Des Moines travelers. A round trip to the Pacific coast costs 55.70 with stopovers and a special pass valid for visits to Los Angeles and San Diego. The special rate begins March 1 and runs through November 20 with multiple coast destinations accessible.
Adjutant General Legian reports the Nebraska National Guard will camp at Ashland Neb instead of Des Moines Camp Dodge. Iowa regiments a 3 000 men strong will maneuver with a U S Army company from Texas City Texas in Des Moines. Some units stay to Aug 26. fair grounds policing shifts and state travel rules are updated. Oil inspection fees to drop to cost coverage. 10 to 2 0 cents per barrel cuts. Auditors find valuation errors in county land reports from 1 000 000 to 2 000 000. correction requested. Patents granted list Iowa residents with new devices and tools.
Washington July 27 Advices say General Carranza refuses a general amnesty conditional on power yet seeks related assurances. He demands unconditional surrender of the Bajaba government and warns such terms could disrupt the peace conference. Felicitas Villareal calls the idea of a broad amnesty dangerous, citing Huerta's agents and revolutionary plots.
Marshalltown notes show oats yielding large and winter wheat above average while timothy stands are decent though not heavy. Hay harvest complete, oats cut, winter wheat in shock, pastures remain good but need rain, corn progressing with many plants in silk and awaiting moisture.
The Fort Dodge district conference and camp meeting of the Methodist church runs from last Sunday to Sunday Aug 9 in Stratford with a big tent by the Nes Moines river. Evangelist Rev W M Bunyan of Baldwin Kan and officials including Dist Supt W T Macdonald Rev W H Spence and Rev C W Kemphoefner attend and speak. The event is noted as one of the largest district gatherings in years. Cedar Falls Cedar Falls plans a soldiers memorial hall funded by about 16000 in taxes by October. Grand Army posts elect D Becker William Smith and John Call to supervise the project. Cedar Falls offers a site free of charge and Waterloo may follow. An auto driven by F P D Babcork Jr with his two young sons was struck by a passenger train at Ida Grove causing minor injuries. City Councilman Peter Lund who rushed to the scene collapsed and died.
Schaller area farmer Schaller John Krause was killed when his heavy binder toppled as his team of horses spooked by an approaching automobile. A single fatal accident report notes the man’s death on a rural farmstead.
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