For Better Iowa Roads Major Candidate Pushes Plan
A gubernatorial candidate argues for state financed road reform focusing on cutting hills, grading and draining roads, permanent bridges, and gravel surfaces. He cites cost savings, time efficiency, and farm profitability to urge a no tax increase program while criticizing the Taxpayers League and pledging clear road-planks aligned with voters.
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Iowa
Union
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ohio
Indiana
Tax Payern’ League
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Iowa National Guard Ready for Mexican Border Duty
Adjutant General Logan reports all Iowa National Guard units meet minimum strength and are in camp or en route to mobilization. Des Moines crowds bid farewell as First and Third Infantry join, with Second Infantry and artillery arriving. Col. George Morgan orders muster and oath, while the War Department approves keeping a noncommissioned officer in each city to recruit to war strength. Recruits will enlist in regiments and travel in five-man groups to Des Moines for deployment.
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Adj
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War Department
Iowa National Guard
Logan
Creston
Osceola
George Morgan
United States Army
United States
Military Department
Adjutant General
Cldea
Iowa Cavalry Troop B Rallies Fast in Iowa City
Iowa County troops mobilize quickly as Captain Glenn Laffer of Riverside raises sixty five men in twelve hours after orders to report to Major Howell in Iowa City. Troop B, organized April 14, 1915, marks Riverside as birthplace of the first cavalry unit, with Washington County claiming early organizational honors and similar troops forming in West Branch North English and Oxford.
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Iowa City
Mid River Park
Iowa
Glenn L. Laffer
Riverside
R. P. Howell
Laffer
Washington County
United States
West Branch
North Engish
Oxford
Man Held on Murder Charge in Marshalltown Case
E. C. Tompkins, 48, jailed on murder charges in Ferguson resident Henry Alexander's death around April 1. Police say robbery was motive. Alexander's body found in Linn Creek near Marshalltown. Investigation indicates death occurred before body was disposed in water.
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E. C. Tompkins
Henry Alexander
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Praise for Lowe Troops in Washington Mobilization Remarks
Praise for Lowe Troops in Washington DC quoted General Mills head of militia division saying Iowa should prepare and that General Logan will be ready when he reports. A senior army officer claimed Logan did not repeat past mistakes of rushing troops to mobilization camps without proper control measures.
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Washington,d.c
Iowa
Mills
Militia
Logan
Woman Avoids Operation After Pinkham Vegetable Compound
A reader recounts long illness with chills, headaches, and fatigue. Worried doctors recommended surgery, but after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improved within weeks, avoiding the operation. She credits the remedy and notes future health.
Scheme Proves A Failure In A Humorous Scene
An old man seeks a doctor upon a friend’s hint and is quoted a fee schedule. He arrives with four dollars, pays two, and expects examination. The physician locks the drawer and declines a second exam, telling him to keep using the same medicine. The scene ends with the man bemused.
Comedian Hayal officer comments at naval ball debate
A Hayal officer at a naval ball questions a pretty girl about her introduced comrades. She replies that she is in a nice mess, as the surrounding companions witness the exchange, per the Baltimore American account.
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Baltimore
Health Diet Said to Build Strong Bodies and Minds
In this matter of health one is either with the winners or with the losers. It's largely a question of right eating right food. For sound health one must cut out rich indigestible foods and choose those that are known to contain the elements that build sturdy bodies and keen brains.
Grape-Nuts Balanced Food Promises Health and Economy
Grape-Nuts is promoted as a balanced ready to eat cereal made from whole wheat and barley. The ad claims it provides essential nutrients for body and brain, is easy to digest, economical, and widely trusted by many in Hawaii.
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