Iowa News Sells, Strikes, and Storm Tolls Across State
A wide array of Iowa items: Newburg votes for consolidated schools. Corwith man dies after a baseball injury. Red Cross safe relieved of about $600. Waterloo man dies of hydrophobia after dog bite. Waukee man killed by lightning while threshing. Osage Mason dies after initiation. Hull seeks superintendent housing. Des Moines banker sells farm. shopmen strike affects Boone yards. Hancock and Plymouth counties vote for good roads and bonds. Iowa Falls seaman dies aboard Curlew. American Legion convention plans. Oxford bound graduate to study in England. Davenport replaces streetcars with buses. Dubious stock concerns persist in Des Moines. Drowning near Independence and Camp Dodge Cantonment aging fast.
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Iowa
Newburg
Orrin
Goodhart
Corwith
Red Cross
Fort Des Moines
Arthur Schubert
Waterloo
Sioux City
Waukee
William Rippey
G. W. Genung
Osage
Hull
John A. Cavanagh
Des Moines National Bank
Emmet
W. R. Riley
Jolley
Chicago & Northwestern
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Interurban
Boone
Hancock
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Robert I. Simpson
Iowa Falls
Curlew
North Sea
Navy Department
American Legion
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Oxford University
England
Beryl G. Hart
University of Iowa
Miss Hart
Columbia
Oxford
Davenport
Hancock County
South Dakota
Chickasaw
Jefferson
W. W. Gilroy
Guernsey
Middle West
Des Moines
Harry Davis
Independence
A. B. Crooks
Rowley
Davis
Camp Dodge Cantonment
Fred Weitz
Weitz
Mai
Railroads Accused of Large Stock Bonuses and Land Hoarding
Washington charges allege eighteen railroads issued stock bonuses totaling 450 million dollars from 1900 to 1910 and paid millions in dividends on those bonuses. Glenn Plumb testifies before the Interstate Commerce Committee naming several systems and asserting public land holdings and Morgan Rockefeller Gould influence.
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Washington
United States
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Glenn 3. Plumb
Chicago
Plumb
Morgan
Rockefeller
Gould
Congress
Committee of Congress
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern
Great Northern
Ihindgs Central
Southern Pacific
Big Eastern Roads
A. B. Garretson
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Striking Actors Sued By Managers in Major Cities
New York reports the Producing Managers Protective Association instructed its attorneys to file injunctions against Actors Equity in Chicago Boston and Philadelphia to stop strike interference. Shubert interests filed $500 000 suits against Equity and about 800 members, with more suits expected in the millions. Ten theaters in New York have closed and several in Chicago and other cities are dark.
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New York
Actors’ Equity Association
Producing Managers' Protective Association
Equity
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Shuberts
Eat Less Meat Says Barnes in Cost of Living Talk
Julius H. Barnes, United States wheat director, urges housewives to curb meat eggs and butter use to cut living costs. He cites a drop in US flour per capita from 285 to 171 pounds, arguing bread is a cheap wholesome substitute.
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Barnes
New York
Julius H. Barnes
United States Whent
Mr. Barnes
America
Prince of Wales Lands in Canada on Northward Tour
Edward Windsor, heir to the British throne, landed at St Johns Newfoundland after sailing from England. He plans to tour Canada and enter the United States. The prince is 25 and known as Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor.
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Prince of Wales
Canada
St. Johns
N. F
Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor
England
United States
Auto Crash Kills Two in Phantom Canyon
Two people die and five are injured when a large touring car plunges off a highway into Phantom Canyon near Colorado Springs Colorado. Three of the injured are reported in serious condition.
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Canyon
Colorado Springs
Colo
Phantom Canon
Here
China Declares Peace With Germany Resolution Passed
Parliament authorizes the president to issue a mandate stating that no state of war exists between China and Germany. Peking reports the measure moves toward formal peace.
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China
Germany
Peking
Belgium Ratifies Peace Treaty and Annex With Allied Powers
Brussels reports the chamber of deputies ratified the peace treaty with Germany. It also approved the annex concerning military provisions with France, the Vatican, and Great Britain.
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Belgium
Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
France
Vatican
Great Britain
Lenox Mourns Andrew Carnegie World’s Greatest Philanthropist
Obituary notes Andrew Carnegie at 84 in his Berkshire County mansion near a lake. It details his final illness, belief that it is a sin to die rich, and his vast philanthropy totaling over 300 million dollars including library buildings and educational foundations.
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Lenox
Mass
Andrew Carnegie
Berkshires
Carnegie
Pan-American Union
Washington
Foundation For
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
Steal Baron
Carnegie Corporation of New York
American Institute of Architects
National Civic Federation
American Philosophers’ Society
Chamber of Commerce of New York
Legion of Honor of
Rance
Order of Orange, Nassau
Order of Dannebrog
Reds Gaining In Siberia Forecast Collapse Of Kolchak
Reports indicate Kolchak forces have retreated up to 200 miles from their advance line and Omsk faces evacuation. Bolshevik troops with veteran officers including Germans push back, while supplies fail to reach Kolchak. Officials doubt his success unless drastic outside action occurs.
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Siberia
Washington
Kolchak
Omsk
Alled
Russia
Congress
Salvage Recovers Laurentic Gold From Irish Wreck
Gold ingots valued at 1 000 000 pounds have been recovered by salvagers from the Laurentic wreck off Fasadight Ireland. The Laurentic of 14 892 tons was sunk after hitting a mine on January 28 1917 while serving as a British auxiliary cruiser. Of 470 personnel 120 were saved and many died in open boats from exposure.
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Buncrana
Ireland
White Star Dominion
Laurentie
Fasadight
Laurentic
Demand to Sell War Department Surplus Autos
A House resolution by Rep Goodykoontz of West Virginia urges the secretary of war to declare a surplus of motor trucks and automobiles and to sell them promptly at reasonable prices. The bill asks for reasons no surplus was declared earlier and why the cars were left to weather exposure.
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U. S
Washington, D. C
Secretary of War
Department
Goodykoontz
West Virginia
Chicago shopmen refuse return while wage demand stands
Striking railway shopmen in the Chicago district will not answer the administration’s call to return to work until their wage demands are considered. The men waive other grievances if the pay rise is granted. About twenty eight thousand workers remain on strike amid reports of returning workers being denied.
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Ochicago
Chicago
Wilson to Talk On Food During Forthcoming Trip
Washington report says President Wilson will discuss domestic problems with the public during his forthcoming trip to promote the peace treaty. The plan aims to engage citizens directly on the nation’s food and economic concerns.
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Wilson
Washington, D. C
Thousands On Strike In Capital Labor Turmoil Grows
Washington workers and families face intensified disruption as strikes, lockouts, and industrial controversies affect more than 100000 people, with Labor Department conciliators reporting the spread of labor unrest.
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Inbor Department
Roosevelt Memorial Drive Planned In Oyster Bay Park
The Roosevelt Memorial Association announced full preparations for a fundraising campaign to fund a monument to ex president Theodore Roosevelt in Washington and to establish a public park at Oyster Bay.
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Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt ‘Memorial Association
Washington
Oyster Bay
Palmer urges county price committees to curb retail food profiteering
Attorney General Palmer proposes county panels with a grocer dry goods dealer consumer housewife labor rep and public members to investigate retail prices and report hoarding. He notes no law to punish profiteering and urges publicity while district attorneys act on evidence of violations. Public scrutiny would drive price reductions.
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Washington
DD. C
Walmner
Paler
Palmer
Palmer Gald
Wilson Rejects Senate Data Request on League Covenant
President Wilson refused to provide papers used in peace talks to the foreign relations committee. He stated most documents remain in Paris and many are confidential, unfit for use outside the conference. He did send the American covenant draft and the pre-return covenant draft.
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Wilson
Washington, D. C
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Paris
Europe
Michigan Dons Armor Against High Cost of Living
Lansing reports a statewide probe by the attorney general into the high cost of living with rigid grand jury investigations in every county. The plan includes a special legislative session to enact laws curbing profiteering and other price abuses as prosecutors mobilize the right against rising costs.
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Michigan Dons Armor
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Attorney General’s Department
Germans Drilling Chinese Army
Washington reports Marshal von Mickensen commands German officers in China training a Chinese army of 5,000,000. Dr. E L Scharf says a letter from Germany confirms this as one of the first communications since the resumption of all service between the United States and Germany.
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Washington
Marshal von Mickensen
China
E. L. Scharf
Germany
United States
Germainy
Gouging in Colorado Prices Surged Since 2019
The State Department of Labor reports to Governor Shoup that retail prices for basic goods in Colorado have risen since January 1 2019, in some cases as much as 112 percent, as officials probe the high cost of living in the state.
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Colorado
Denver
Cub
State Department of Labor
Shoup
Cities to Take Food Allotment
Under an arrangement with the War department New York state municipalities will take the entire surplus army food stores allotment for distribution and there will be no parcels post sales or sales by other federal agencies in the state.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
New York State
Prices Fall in Chicago Amid Cost of Living Campaign
Federal state and municipal officials press campaign against high living costs leading to lower prices for many articles and produce for Chicago consumers.
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Chicago
Clemenceau Likely to Attend League Meet in Washington
The Echo de Paris reports Premier Clemenceau probably will attend the League of Nations meeting in Washington this autumn, signaling France’s active role in the international forum.
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Clemenceau
Paris
League of Nations
Washington
Echo de Paris
City Backs Mayor Seizure of Food Warehouses
Minneapolis city council empowers mayor to seize and take control of all food warehouses in the city. Officials aim to undertake distribution of seized food at cost to consumers.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Plowing with tractors vs horse-drawn plows explored
Agricultural notice explains two tractor plowing methods. It discusses elevating plows with end skips and continuous plowing, noting field layout, field corner waste, and tractor handling, including turning challenges and efficiency implications for daily acreage.
Plowing Techniques Improve Field Finish and Efficiency
Farmers are advised to measure field centers precisely and leave equal headland margins for turning when using multiple plows. The article stresses keeping headlands evenly wide to ensure straight first furrows and to reduce finish time, noting fencing and turning radius influence the margins.
Prairie dog eradication plan boosts New Mexico range
Federal and state agencies plus extension services report protection of 212992 acres of crops and active involvement of nearly 5000 landowners. Cost to treat range land under new methods runs under four cents per acre with potential crop living value around 500000 dollars for one season. Legislative support and rancher cooperation aim to eradicate prairie dogs across the state in coming years.
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Fon “Ment
Cac Ico
United States’ Department of Agriculture
New Mexico
State Counell
Défense
Extension ‘Service
New Mexico ‘College. of Agriculture
Biological Survey
Seed Potatoes Must Be Replaced For Better Yields
Specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture say using seed potatoes from the previous season should stop to improve crop quality and yield. Fall harvest is ideal to assess each plant’s yield and tuber quality. good seed is pure to the variety, from healthy vigorous plants, and should be firm and sound with early sprouts at planting.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department ‘of Agriculture
Importance of Sterilizing Dairy Utensils for Quality
The article emphasizes that sterilization of dairy utensils is essential for producing high quality dairy products such as milk and cream. It argues washing alone is insufficient to ensure freedom from infection and contamination.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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