Wanderlusted youths return home after missing out on world voyage
Two Fort Dodge youths who left for school to see the world were later found shoveling coal for a Boone firm and returned home safely. The article notes other local topics including road gravel plans west of Jefferson, county finances, a Des Moines burglary thwarted by a farmer’s wife, and various regional developments in Iowa towns.
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Ft. Dodge
Boone
Fort Dodge
W. Ss. Guthrie
Dallas County
Walter Jennings
Sheldon
Yan
Marshalltown
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Iowa State College
Des Moines
Iowa
Jefferson Electric Company
Iowa Light and Power Company
Jefferson
Odd Fellows’ Lodge of
Gilman
Lyon County
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
M. H. Church
Mazon ‘City
Ha Tee
Igon M. Parker
County Fair Debate Spurs State Aid Rules Clarification
Des Moines reports A R Corey seeks Attorney General ruling on what qualifies as a county or district fair for state aid. Four new expositions seek aid, with reorganizations possible. Iowa fairs show profits, while assessors push for reimbursements to veterinarians and other agency actions.
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Des Moines
A. R. Corey
Department of Agriculture
George Coston
Corey
L. M. Enger
Decorah
Winneshick County Fair
Sedlacek seeks state potato contract with Iowa institutions
F J Sedlacek, likely Iowa's top potato grower, travels to Des Moines aiming to supply the state board of control with 30,000 bushels for state institutions next year from his 200 acre patch near St Ansgar. He reports 40,000 bushels produced this season at 200 bushels per acre, with market prices around 30 to 45 cents.
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F. J. Sedlacek
Iowa
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Sedlacek
St. Ansgar
Mitchell County
Iowa State Education Budget Grows to 2 Million for 1916-16
The Iowa state education system covering the State University at Iowa City the State College at Ames and the State Teachers College at Cedar Falls will operate with 2,089,500 for 1916-16 an increase of 447,675 over the prior year. Tuition revenues rise with the State University from 0 to 100,000 and the Teachers College from 26,000 to 40,000 while the State College keeps 50,000. Property values total 9,863,000 with Ames 4,160,000 Town City 4,298,000 and Cedar Falls 1,205,000 as the consolidated valuation.
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Primghar
Laurens
Pocahontas
O'Brien County
Ed C. Schaefer
Sioux City
William Flanagan
Mary Peterson
Schaefer
Peterson
Flanagan
Anamosa
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Marshalltown
Tama
Blairstown
LeGrand
Gilman
Montour
Toledo
Chelsea
Longpoint
Belle Plaine
Gladbrook
Berlin
Reinbeck
Morrison
W. C. Coffee
Des Moines
Middle West
Collier's Weekly
Coffee
Odd Fellows
Creston
Cumberland
Fontanelle
Orient
Greenfield
Bridgewater
Mas- Bena
United States
William Swanson
Elmer Coggswell
George Fox
Dallas Center
Sutherland-Petergon
Rock Island Railroad
Keokuk & Des Moines
Tom Long
Manson
Jack Dalton
Manson Democrat
Rockwell City
Willam Kautz
Muscatine
Mississippi
Grand Council
The
Knights of Pythias
Waterloo
Grand Lodge
Supreme Lodge
Portland
State Center
J. L. McMahon & Bon
William’ Dudley
Manchester
Dudley Iain
Paul Parwin
Germany
Veterinary School’ of
Iowa
State College At
Ames
State University
Jomvital
State Board of Education
Iowa City
State College
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Walls
Amoant
Teachers’ College
Town City
Owan improves wireless revolution sighted in Iowa link
Fort Dodge and Waterloo papers report Rob ert Woolverton Iowa born federal wireless expert announces that large high towers are no longer needed for transmitting wireless messages. The breakthrough promises cheaper equipment and less static, impacting wireless and wireless telephone sectors. Elks plan a new Iowa home in Waterloo with 10 000 dollars in improvements including a club house and dancing hall. Ella M. Snyder wins 17600 dollars in a federal court auto street car death case in Sioux City. plaintiff sought 40000 for her son Rae Snyder’s death.
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Fort Dodge
San Francisco
Robert Woolverton
Federal Wireless
Middle West
Woolverton
Iowa
C.R. Woolverton
Western
Marconi
Elks
Waterloo
Haere
Elke Lodge
Sioux City
Ella M. Snyder
Sioux City Service Company
United States District Court
Rae Snyder
Young Bayter
Iowa University
War Horse Damage Suit Over Rough Handling
Oviatt and Gibson, horse buyers, sue Agolnet Express Co for 12000 dollars alleging rough treatment of a war horsey Shenandoah and delays in shipping from Buffalo New York to European cavalry buyers. The shipment reportedly suffered damage while en route in a worn car in harsh condition.
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Shenandoah
Oviatt & Gibson
Horse-Uuyers, Hays
Agolnet
Express
Buffala
Felt in the Heart Love beyond explanation in Christian life
A United Presbyterian-article style meditation on the Ephesians petition to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge. It argues some truths are felt rather than understood, praising mystical experience and urging Christians to seek experiential knowledge of Christ’s love beyond cold reason.
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Paul
Christ
Jesus Christ
Jesus
United Presbyterian
Expedient That I Go Away
A distressed account of Jesus delaying to visit Lazarus in Perea. Mary and Martha anxiously await his arrival as their brother lies near death, and the moment Jesus finally arrives is too late, leaving the sisters to confront grief and mystery surrounding his timing.
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Jesus
Perea
Mary
Martha
Lazarus
Jenna Arrivan
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House of Representatives
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Alta
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