Iowa Boy Lieut Beatty Killed in Verdun Aerial Fight
Lieut Carl Beatty of Iowa, serving in France with the Canadian air corps, was killed over Verdun after being shot in the air. Born in Avoca and a graduate of the Iowa State University, he worked in railroad construction in Canada before enlisting. The report notes his skill in calculating distances and range for batteries, and that he fell from his wrecked plane after being shot.
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Carl Beatty
Iowa
France
Serial Corps
Verdun
Beatty
Avoca
Towa
Heatty
Ames College
American Royal
Kansas City
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Missouri
Randolph
Waterloo
Wilson
Ames
Thornburg
Keokuk County
E. K. Bruce
United States
Hansman
Story County
Oskaloosa
C. Powell
Oskeloosa
H. A .Allen
Inwa
Funston
Coopertown
Buxton
Joss
Cooper, Drug “Company
Livery Atable
Odd Tellows
Maronic
Odd Fellows
Wester City
Tha
The
State University
State aid sought for Iowa county fairs after season end
Iowa counties and district fairs seek state aid under a 800 dollar cap, citing record prizes, attendance and receipts while affadavits claim no gambling occurred. Aid amounts listed for multiple counties and fairs. total may reach forty thousand dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Agriculture
State Department
Audubon
Benton
Jackson
Hancock
Lee
Cedar
Henry
Johnson
Boone
Humboldt
Taylor
Calhoun
Prankin
Winpeshiek
Rockwell City Fair
Tabor
Linn County
New Sharon
North Town
Cerro Gordo County
Muscatine County
Iowa County
Milton
van Buren County
Henry, Johnson and
Cerro Gordo
Clarke
Allen
Socialist Labor
Nonpartisan
Judiciary Ticket
German U boat menace off U S coast sinks six ships
Newport Oct 9 official reports say nine ships were sunk and three submarines active off Nantucket as German submarine raids reach the eastern U S coast. US destroyers rescue crews at Newport while ships like Kingston and Kansan encounter subs near Boston harbor. Submarine activity is centered near Nantucket shoals with at least one submarine identified as U 53 and possibly two others nearby.
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Newport
R. 1
Ericeon
Nantucket
Nantucket ‘Shoals
United States
Nantucket Shoals
United States Atlantic Fleet
R. I
Kingston
New York
Genoa
Boston Harbor
Submarine U-54 Spotted in Newport Harbor
Inland headlines describe the German submarine U-54 dropping anchor inside the three mile limit at Newport harbor. It displayed two guns and eight torpedoes while a crew member claimed a new Atlantic crossing record. The episode included a planned mail stop for Count von Bernator and sparked widespread curiosity among American naval officers.
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Newport
R. T
Wilhelmshaven
Newport Harbor
Hans Rose
Atlantic
Count von Bernator
Farm Seeks Public Auction Sale Near Eartham
A 282 acre farm near Eartham is set for public auction by Pallas County District Court. The sale aims to fetch a high price with purchaser listed as John Willamina of Wartham.
Harried town notes guard teams training in Jacksonville
Fragmented report mentions Kenyon's mother dead and Harriet Fort Dodge to December 18 with October 23. References to Tows guard teams and training at Jacksonville. Mentions Mal and Brookhart to be in charge of the town.
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Fort Madison Penitentiary
Sen
Kenyon
Fort
Dodge
Harriet
Jacksonville
Mal & Brookhart
Ike
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Tiorneys
Town
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Kexefick & Kiesling
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Walter Fraser
Calle
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Elanor Seiler
Mary C. Keir
Mary Dunn
Ruth Lundell
Catherine Wert
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Langdon & Long's Grocery
KAIN
Entist, Algona, Lows
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Opera Horse
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H. R. Gibson
Algona, Iowa
Lewis H. Smith
Theo
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Jos W. Wadsworth
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Ass't Cashier
Kossuth County State Bank
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EB. V. Swetting
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Arthur C. Ferguson
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Hooma Beet Court House Square
Adi
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Arate
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Board OF Dirrotors
John Gondeee
the County Savings Bank, Capital and Gurpius
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Ma Dodds
Iuote
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Hawkeye
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Marshalltown
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Burke
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Moulton
August Post
National Bank of Moulton
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Post
Anamosa
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D. Wheeler
Clarinda
Englund
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Ah Town City
Iowa’ College For the
Winton
Atudentes
State Board of Health
Ming Anna’ Samson
Mies Jeanette Evans
Tew
Benjamin Corel
Reyupli
Iis
Att Cles College
Adj
Guy EB. Logan
War Department
Lewa
A.J. Litteer
Taylor County
Helga Korassen
Winneshisk
Ole Rassing
Humboldt County
Chafin S. Howard
John Coler
Chicakasaw
Edwin Pratt
Page County
John M. Bryne
Dubuque County
L. H. Utley
Hardin County
Isabella Carmichael
Carlton P. Mitchell
Allamakee County
Andrew J. Scott
Calhoun County
State Highway Commission
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Yaas
Tate
Incvéase
State Executive Council
Alien
American Prison Association
Buffalo
Board of Control
Board of Parole
William J. Dixon
Sac City
State Board of Control
James H. McConlogue
Mason City
Control Board
James E. Howe
D. C. Mott
Thomas Mott Osborne
George Cos Bon
Davenport
Cosson Has Received Word That the Federal Grand Jury
Polk County
Army
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Chicago
Ani. Food. Commission
Germany
U. & Coast
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Woodward Fleet
Sioux City
Benjamin
Booné
Unitarian Church
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Yon
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Mphning
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