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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
2
Iowa's 1914 manufacturing shows strong gains across establishments wages and product value with 6114 plants and 010,740,000 output, while reports from Oakdale and dairy weeks reflect rural advancement, farm populations rising, and state projects like tuberculosis care and farm loans shaping the economy.
Life insurance companies of Iowa totaling forty six have boosted state deposits to a new peak over two years ending July 1 1916 with net securities increases of 15736810 58 and total deposits rising to 92682066 32 while withdrawals stand at 21388841 leaving 71293724 41.
The joint commission starts inventory work before government returns the Mexican Railway line to stockholders. Carranza officials question U S delays in appointing delegates to the border conference. A Sonora strike by 500 telegraph operators faces execution threats as patriotism claims. Militiamen report Villa's forces defeated near Chihuahua with 8 wounded and a captain dead. California and other states report political results and mining inquiries amid broader crisis. Infantile paralysis cases rise nationwide with New York leading in deaths.
Six Hawaiian sugar plantations distributed $491000 in monthly dividends, with Oahu plantations contributing $300000. Also noted are Rockefeller offering a hospital site in Pocantico Hills for infantile paralysis care and multiple unrelated items.
Notification to President Wilson of his nomination is set for September 2 with a speech by Senator James. Revenue figures for the year ending June 30 total $512,723,238, up $97,042,264 from 1915. Wilson signs agricultural and military academy appropriations. vetoes army bill over retirement provisions.
News notes Canada will recruit for the British navy while land forces remain the focus. Reports from Bucharest suggest Germany may offer territorial concessions to Romania in exchange for neutrality. Berlin reports the Deutschland submarine reached Bremen from the United States. Portugal’s war involvement is announced by Minister Norton Mattos. British casualty figures for mid July total 1,799 for one week, with ongoing officer losses since the war’s start. A Whitgift torpedoing is now believed confirmed, with a sole survivor Japanese.
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