State News Highlights Iowa War Efforts and Local Drills
The extension department at Ames calls for volunteers, with about 4,000 in farm work and 5,000 in garden work. Red Cross drives gain thousands in Ottumwa and surrounding counties. Accidents and promotions unfold including a Toll line project near Farragut and a new motorcycle cop in Webster City. Training, crops, and local war fund efforts span from Grinnell to Columbus Junction, while Commemoration events and school bond votes appear across the state.
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State Agricultural College At
Ames
V. F. IP
Algona
Red Cross
Wapello
Ottumwa
Banka of
Red Oak
Lyn G. J. Kelly
Kelly
Logan
Villiscaux
Katherine Ohlson
Ida Grove High School
Oliver Kelso
First
Iowa Infantry
Fort Des Moines
Kelso
Charles City
Jacob B. Conner
The
State University
United States
Petrograd
Lowa City
Russia
Lapan
Magnolia
Clifford Cole
Webster City
Plath’ Brothers
Davenport
Vintons
George Hughes
Council Bluffs
Pilot Mound
Red Crosse
Stewart
Stuart
Sheldon
Christian Reformed Dutch Church
Carroll County
DW. Garner
Glidden
Lea Windrem
Iowa City
Lan “Dacress
Tha.t
Kas
Clarke County
Osceola
K. W. Stouder
Agricultural Extension Department
Melvin F. Arey
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falla
Iowa
Grinnell
Columbus Junction
Rock Island Tracks
Army
Quinnell
Theodore Marburg
Belgium
Mahaska County
Oskalooga
Toledo
Frank
James Hala
Bedford
N. Joyce Place
Maine
Frank B. Joyce
Towa
Charles Brooks
J. E. Wooters
Extension Division
State Agricultural College
Webster County
Cedar Rapids
Healy
Mt. Snelling
University of Iowa
France
Grand Lodge of Iowa Masons
Waterloo
Iowa coal costs and crop reports highlight 1916 data
Des Moines reports state mining costs set at 2.25 per ton for screened coal ready for shipment, with 7,217,879 tons produced in 1916. Polk County led output with 1,697,097 tons. 2,692 miners earned 2,630,242 dollars in Polk. The state had 243 mines employing 16,195 people. Also noted are crop studies on strawberries, cabbage, onions, peas, and asparagus across Iowa, plus land condemnation plans for Camp Dodge training grounds and Iowa National Guard enlistment context.
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Des Moines
State Mining Department
Monroe County
Polk County
Iowa Fears 188864 Views For Draft Day In June
Iowa figures indicate about 190000 registrations expected from the census data and actuarial estimates. Des Moines and Woodbury County show notable totals while counties statewide tally thousands. labor officials urge factories to co operate and report labor needs to improve employment. Governor Harding tours state on a conservation and Liberty bond focus as road patrol plans move toward July 4.
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Iowa
Selective Service
Des Moines
Ora Williams
Mr. Williams
Cedar Rapids
Scott County
Davenport
Dubuque
Pottawattamile
Cornell Bluffs
Blackhawk County
Waterloo
Clinton
Webster
Lee
Wapello
Marshall
Cerro Gordo
Appancose
Boone
Mahaska
Fayette
Muscatine
Jasper
Johnson
Story
Monroe
Dallas
Sioux
Clayton
Page
Benton
Harrison
Kossuth
Marion
Plymouth
Tama
Hardin
Winneshiek
Keokuk
Carroll
Jackson
Crawford
Hamilton
Washington
Poweshiek
Wright
Cass
Buchanan
Jones
O'Brien
Delaware
Guthrie
Warren
Floyd
Butler
Calhoun
Henry
Cedar
Monona
Allamakee
Montgomery
Buena Vista
Union
Decatur
Sac
Bremer
Jefferson
Shelby
Cherokee
Taylor
Greene
Wayne
Chickasaw
Fremont
Franklin
Pocahontas
Madison
Lyon
Lucas
Pato Alto
Mills
van Buren
Adair
Clay
Mitchell
Grundy
Howard
Hancock
Winnebago
Ringgold
Davis
Humboldt
Louisa
Audubon
Ida
Emmet
Worth
Adams
Clarke
Osceola
Dickinson
Total
State
A. L. Urick
Commercial Club
State Free Employment Bureau
Treason Plot Arrests Sparked In Iowa County
Federal authorities refuse to disclose arrestees names amid six detained for alleged treasonable utterances. Most detainees are Socialist party members or German sympathizers importuned by a railroad official’s son. Seizure of Socialist literature tied to anti draft talk. Arrests begun after drenching rain, from Linon county. Authorities say plot confined to Marion and Linn counties, Iowa, with further arrests anticipated.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Marshal Healey
Secret Service
Socialist Party
Linon County
Marion
Iowa
Provinces Rebel Against Peking Government in China
Eleven provinces including Chi Li reject Peking authority as Li Yuan Hung faces rising opposition. Kwang-Tung Kwang-Si and Yung- Nan back the president, demand dismissal of military governors, while Sun Yat Sen and Tang Shao Yi hasten toward Canton. Martial powers isolate Peking as censorship tightens.
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Peking
China
Chi-Li
M Kwang-Tung
Kwang-Si
Yungi Nan
Li Yuan Hung
Kwang-Tung
Sun
Yat Gen
Tang Shao-Yi
Canton
South China
Kwang
Work of Woman Agent Cedar Falls Dandelion Canning
One thousand quarts of dandelion greens canned in Black Hawk county this spring, a local impact of Miss Tara G Hawk county home economics agent. Sixty four clubs formed, 49 canning and others focused on corn, gardens and poultry. Twelve thousand people reached, 1,986 miles traveled by ten demonstrators under Hawk, collaborating with schools, Iowa institutions, International Harvester, and federal programs. In Sioux City, Ivan Muscovich, a Russian near 97 by his birth, is listed as 80 in America and advised to register for the draft under the Julian vs Gregorian calendar difference. Mayor R J Andrews urged compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
Tara G. Hawk
Iowa
Sioux City
Ivan Muscovich
Ruspis
America
Jand Muscovich
R. J. Andrews
Calhqua County Bankers Liberty Loan Association Funds Pledged
Fifteen banks in Calhqua County Bankers Liberty Loan Association have pledged 165000 dollars toward liberty loan bonds. The group aims to reach 200000 as more subscriptions are reported from session meetings and the fisho area.
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Galhonn
Liberty
Rockwell City
Calhqua County
Liberty Loan Abgosiation
Jena
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el Allivar & McMahon
Attorneys AT Law
Bey Ta Loan
L. Bonar
Algona State Bank
Algona, Ia
F Sarnington
J. Digkinson
Hassinaroton & Dickinson
Algona, Iowa
E. A. Adams
H. O. Adams
Algons
Algona Hospital
M. J. Kenepice
Alogna
C. M. Oretzmeyer
John Galbraith
Enet
E. C. Hartman
M. D
First National Bank
Phon
V. Andrews Doosa General Prades Ries
Walter Fraser
Elanor Seiler
Mary C, Kain
Mary Dunne
Mise
Ruth Lundell
Catherine Wernart
A. L. Bis
County Savings Bank
Tatert Burgeo
Eterina
Oper House
H. R. Gibson
Peterinariar
Jows
W. Wadsworth
Lewis BH. Smith
H. E. Rist
J. Morvoy
Ass't
Kossuth County State Bank
10Wa
Capital
Lewis A. Smith
Theo
Chris Lee
Ble. Sayers
T. RH. Wadsworth
EJ. Molvoy
H. E. Hist
Jos
Chubb
Beardele Deahler Aplay
Veeren J
Nicoulin, Jr
Asst
Cashler
Asalavarics
Bapety
Board OF Directors
Ceubbio
Bee Geo. L. Galbraith
Batbenuk
Diogle
A Soba Goeders
the County Savings Bank
Gapital
Fal Papkin
Tay
Piseonn Vike Pres
Blackford
J. Gilmore
Andrew Peterson
Spear
McMahon
W. Iyanvan
Rahm
Pees
Onalian
Ree
Erika Hawkeye
State News
Navy
National Guard
National Association of Déaf Mutes
Waring of
Gost
Lead
Mining Department
Federal Agricultural Department
Missouri River
Omaha
Camp Dodge
Havner
George B. Call
Alfred DB. College
LeéMare
Smith Brookhart
James F. Harvey
Leon
R. B. Wallace
W. H. Stellmacher
Geverall
Iowa National Guard
Jowa
Foster
A. R. Corey
Agricultural Society
State Pharmacy Commission
Weather and
Cropa Bureau
Atates Moat
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