Wreck Kills Forty Five on Detoured Iowa Train
A Chicago Rock Island line train wrecked four miles north of Green Mountain Iowa on March 22 killing forty five and injuring forty. The No 19 and No 21 combination was detoured over Chicago Great Western tracks when a spread rail caused a crash. Many victims were from Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Cedar Falls with several unidentified passengers.
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Marshalltown
Green Mountain
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Milton Parish
Cedarville
Jacob Nauholz
Cedar Rapids
Ross
Ross Charter
Archie Price
R. A. Robinson
L. W. Parrish
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Mrs. Lewis
Valley Junction
Lewis
W. W. Berger
West Branch
Ingebret L. Tangen
Northwood
Earl T. Main
Williamsfield
Ill
Caesar C. Hoff
Andrew J. White
St. Paul
Jennie Young
Vinton
Lauren Auschwager
Ogden
Path of Halley's Comet Eye About March 25
Omaha reports astronomer Father William F. Rigge explains Halley's Comet's path from late March through June with visibility windows before sunrise and after sunset. The piece also records a severe day coach wreck near Waterloo with numerous injured and deceased, detailing gruesome injuries and a muddy, bloodstained scene.
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Omaha
William F. Rigge
Creighton University
Halley
Lincoln Reappointed as Iowa Warden for Three Years
Des Moines reports George A. Lincoln of Cedar Rapids, state fish and game warden, named to a three year term by Governor Carroll. His new term runs until 1931. Lincoln plans to use a $100,000 hunters license fund only for propagation of fish and game by placing eggs and young birds with farmers, not for preserves, with any unneeded funds reverting to the fund.
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Des Moines
George A. Lincoln
Cedar Rapids
Carroll
Lincoln
Lakes Safe From Drainage In Iowa Reclamation Plan
Des Moines reports Chief Charles G. Elliott of the U S drainage bureau will meet Iowa drainage commission leaders later this month. An Ottumwa river improvement convention estimated 800000 acres of fertile land now idle due to poor drainage. The commission says the focus is on reclaiming mud hole regions, not targeting lakes.
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Des Moines
Charles G. Elliott
United States Drainage Bureau
Iowa Drainage Commission
Ottumwa
Iowa
River-to-river road boosters plan cross-town effort
In Carson Iowa on March 22 a group of about twenty five local boosters and prominent men will join Griswold residents to travel to Atlantic and aid their town in securing a new river-to-river road project.
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Carson
Griswold
Atlantic
Taft Defends Payne Aldrich Tariff at New England Jewelers Dinner
President Taft reiterates support for the Payne Aldrich tariff bill during a New England Jewelers and Silversmiths Association dinner in Providence with Senator Aldrich beside him. The text also oddly advertises ZEMO skin cure claims and druggist endorsements, along with unrelated house rental ads and flour branding.
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Taft
Providence
Senator Aldrich
Payne-Aldrich
New England Manufacturing Jewelers’ and Silversmiths’ Association
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U.S
ED. Miller
N. Kellogg Ave
Mutual
Story County
Nevada
Sorenson
Union National Bank
Ames
W. M. Greeley
B. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
Opweta
C. E. Hunt Dentist Offices
P. C. Ames
G. J. Snyder
le Sans Drug Store
Poenss
Mutual Seas
Morgle
Ames Savings Bank
O. L. Waltmire
Bell
M. J. Adams
Rock Island Train
Great Western
Irene Lowan
Waterloo
J. S. Goodenough
G. W. Thompson
L. E. Eggleston
Lizzie Anderson
August Swanson
Florence Winn
L. Patterson
Louisiana
Nora Wilcox
Charles Davis
Indian
Minn
P. J. Swift
Daily Reporter
G. W. Newman
Mount Vernon
P. A. Russell
Grand Fords
A. S. McDonald
Perth
N. D
A.S. McDonald
J. Switzer
L. M. Wallin
Washburn
L. D. Kennedy
Burlington
A. H
Muscatine
George Downing
BE. S. Pritchard
Brown
Francis Swanson
Will H. Arnett
Independence
C. W. Peterson
W. I. Southwell
Washington
Edward Will
EB. L. Burdge
Davenport
E. F. Posegate
Ames, Iowa
T. L. Rice
Keating
Daniel McCarthy
J. Y. Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys-At-Law
Story County Bank
Olympia Candy CO
Olympia
Pullertom
Great Northern Seed CO
Rose St
Rockford
Illinois
Frank E. Morris
Onondaga
E. B. Bush, M. D
Baker’s Jewelry Store
D. M. Ghrist
Jennie G. Ghrist
Drs. Ghrist
Ghrist
Onondaga St
Masonic Elk
John Allan
Miller
Commission
Carson, Griswold
Zemo
Mr. Cagwin
Cagwin
Parley Sheidon
J. Sheiden
Cash
A. Keenan
THE
Knauth
Nachod & Eee
York National Bank of Commerce
New York
Natio Bank
Des Moines Savings Bank
First National Bank
H. L. Mann Lumber Co
Onondaga Street
Duff Avenue
Bosworth Drug Store
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