Grain Entries Fine at Iowa State Short Course
Ames Iowa State College wrapped up the twelfth annual short course with strong events and good attendance. Notable moments included a grand champion single ear of corn won by Carl Wohland Elkhart and ten ears by Otis B Sims Newton. Five Armour scholarships awarded to Freeman Fontanelle Taylor Nevada Hunter Woolstock Longworth Polk City Pearson Mitchellville.
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Ames
Armour
Iowa State College
Young and
Cummins
W. C. Brown
New York Central Railroad
Iowa Grain Improvement Association
Carl Wohland
Elkhart
Otis BE. Sims
Newton
Page County
R. L. Freeman
Fontanelle
C. A. Taylor
Nevada
D. H. Hunter
Woolstock
H. A. Longworth
Polk City
E. Pearson
Mitchellville
Thomas Case a Mystery In McClelland Disappearance
Thomas, who vanished from his McClelland business on December 29 while traveling to Council Bluffs to buy goods, reappeared wandering near his mother in law Mary Craft's home. He collapsed, was in serious condition from a drug, and carried no part of the $1,000 he had when missing. He wore a different suit and had a shaved head, with the means of reaching McClelland by night unsure and mysterious.
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Thomas Case
Council Bluffs
McClelland
Albert Thomas
Thomas
Mary Craft
Davenport Women's Club urges state to aid dependent children
The Davenport Women's club urged the legislature to require counties to remove noncriminal dependent children from poorhouses and place them in the state orphans' home at Davenport or provide a similarly suitable home elsewhere. Mrs. Ella G. Bushnell Hamlin spoke on the plight of dependent children in Iowa counties.
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Davenport
Tax figures show Mahaska County tax bill rise in 1911
The Mahaska county tax books surrendered to new treasurer C. E. Munroe fix a total levy of 392033.98 dollars an 11000 dollars higher than 1910. The county lists 352714 acres of land 7361 voters and 2562 dogs. State share amounts to 28764.81 dollars.
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Oskaloosa
C. E. Munroe
Mahaska County
Wife sues saloonmen for ten thousand dollars
Mrs. A. J. Kirk of Rockwell City files a $10,000 damages suit against W. H. Smerdon W. A. Heath and W. A. Sheridan alleging they supplied liquor that caused her husband’s death found in a Court street alley shortly before.
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Rockwell City
A. J. Kirk
Court Street
W. H. Smerdon
W. A. Heath
W. A. Sheridan
Kirk
Peckham, 82, Former Iowa Baseball Leader, Dies
John A. Peckham aged 82 father of the late L S Peckham and former Iowa baseball league president died at the home of his son’s widow Mrs Lydia H Peckham in Marshalltown after ten days illness due to old age and general debility.
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Marshalltown
John A. Peckham
L. S. Peckham
Iowa Baseball League
Lydia H Peckham
Woman's Burns Fatal in Marshalltown
Miss Independence Anson aged 50 niece of Henry Anson founder of the city died at her home in Marshalltown from blood poisoning after doctors treated a burned left foot from a hot iron while attempting to restore circulation to an injured thigh.
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Marshalltown
Independence Anson
Henry Anson
Shoemaker Poet Crosby Dies in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge resident D. M. Crosby died at his home at age 83. The first Fort Dodge shoemaker, he lived here 52 years and gained wide fame for his poems earning the nickname the Shoe maker Roe.
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Ft. Dodge
Fort Dodge
D. M. Crosby
Roe
Exclude Many From School at Muscatine Over Scarlet Fever Fear
Forty five Jackson school students are barred from attending classes by the board of education due to fear of scarlet fever contagion. Local authorities approve the precautionary measure to protect pupils and staff.
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Muscatine
Jackson School
Board of Education
Des Moines Pardons and Restorations Reported by Gov Carroll
The annual report from Gov. B. F. Carroll details pardons suspensions restorations revocations commutations and remissions issued in the last year. It lists pardons by order of the Thirty third general assembly and by board of parole, plus various categories for prison and jail authorities and citizenship restoration.
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Des Moines
B. F. Carroll
Thirty-third General Assembly
Board of Parole
Board of Control
Board of Parole Remissions
Resulted Practically as Predicted and Deadlock Continues
The first ballot for United States Senator to succeed J. P. Dolliver was taken separately in the senate and house of the Thirty-fourth Iowa General Assembly on Tuesday the 17th. The joint session announced the ballot results and a subsequent joint ballot followed. Sullivan introduces several bills including street car design, district judge increases, county attorney appointments and salaries, condemnation costs, and street car braking requirements.
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United States
J. P. Dolliver
Senate
House
W. Bls Byte Sal
Guy Feeley
Cc. F. Franke
S. F. No
Polk County
Ss. F. No. 17
S. F. No. 18
Carroll County Representative Seeks Uniform Bridge Design
Robert Odendahl from Carroll County argues for standardized bridge construction to reduce accidents and costs. He notes some bridges are built far stronger than needed while others lack sufficient strength.
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Robert Odendahl
Carroll County
Committees named to chair contests for several seats
The house appoints panels from multiple counties to investigate contests for seats held by H. S. Boomgaarden Olaf Olson F. P. Spencer and W. H. Dent with members from counties including Sac Cherokee Dickinson Henry Jones Polk Grundy Van Buren Cass and Des Moines. Senator James A. Smith promotes an Oregon plan variant while Polk County reports 1910 personal property value gains of 1.5 million. Polk’s taxable value is 375 thousand. Lieut. Gov. George W. Clarke, after becoming senate president, thanks the body for the honor.
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House
Dixon
Sac
Dawson
Cherokee
Bascom
Dickinson
Leach
Henry
Eyerly
Jones
H. S. Boomgaarden
Olaf Olson
Lyon County
Shankland
Polk
Finlayson
Grundy
Bauman
van Buren
Hogan
Cass
Taylor
Union
F. P. Spencer
A. V. Penn
Fremont County
Goodykoontz
Boone
Jacobs
Calhoun
Huff
Hardin
Escher
Shelby
Ritter
Des Moines
W. H. Dent
H. N. Newell
Plymouth County
James A. Smith
Mitchell
Senate
Oregon
Polk County
George L. Dobson
Lew Burnett
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Ghrist
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W. M. Hayden
Poole
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Iowa Telephone
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Ames, Iowa
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