Iowa News Highlights on Epileptic Hospital and Coal Crisis
Superintendent M M Voldeng aims to open the state epileptic hospital at Woodward by March 1917 with an initial capacity of about 20 patients. Bailey Marsh Co of Minneapolis built 13 structures for about 264000 dollars, with more buildings planned. Mayor MacVicar seized a coal carload to aid Des Moines families during a coal famine amid calls for a grand jury probe of operators. Maria Gonzales and Will Wruck faced immigration and annulment issues after a rushed Texas marriage. Coal shortages persist in smaller Iowa cities. Des Moines mine inspector notes 7000 tons daily in the area. A new dental building at Iowa City is nearly complete at 175000 dollars with 77000 dollars for equipment. isolation hospital and campus improvements add value. Winter wheat acreage rose by ten percent to 451090 acres with a crop condition around 92. Draft horse exhibit gains permanent status at shows beyond Iowa. Des Moines banks record an all-time year with over 1.2 billion in transactions and 327 million in clearings. Keokuk county levies 439787 in taxes for all purposes on property valued at 42 1 92 000.
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Brownsville
Texas
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Fort Dodge
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Ed Sweeney
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Iowa Co-Operative
Chicago
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Bankers’ Association
Keokuk County
Iowa boards seek five year funding for fairground improvements
The state board of agriculture asks the legislature for a five to six year appropriation to finish the cattle and horse barns, a dairy building with a model creamery, a horticultural and floral pavilion, and space around the grandstand plus an auto show and a poultry building. Thorne to resign as railroad commissioner to lead an interstate livestock rate inquiry and join Corn Belt Meat Producers as counsel. Bell system employees receive bonuses, Osceola basement fire causes $60,000 damage and Ames reports record 1916 improvements totaling over $1.8 million with college upgrades included.
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Iowa
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Shelton
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Chicago
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Fort Dodge
Western Union
Davenport
Illnois Atate Board of Health
Frank Smith
Alice Gerlach
Unionville
Cornell
Centerville
Greene County
Registration for 1917 Opens in Iowa Autos
Iowa's state automobile department begins 1917 registration as 1916 closes with 198,050 licensed cars and $1,854,501 in fees. 1916 shows gains over 1915 in cars and revenue, with many vehicles on half rate for older models. Plans for a peace jubilee are announced alongside legislative prep and election law reforms.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Automobile Department
Iowa Banks See Record Deposits As Farm Prices Rise
The Iowa banking department reports total deposits across 880 savings banks 334 state banks and 21 trust companies rose to 384 483 604 76 by Dec 1. Higher farm prices and bumper crops boosted deposits with thrift clubs noted as influential. Advances include new banks and higher profits with increased gold coin and reserves.
Explosion at Elkhorn Reunion Kills Four and Injures Many
An explosion at the Faaborg home near Elkhorn which lifted the house twenty feet and reduced it to kindling killed four people and seriously injured eight others. Fifteen relatives were at a holiday reunion when the blast occurred as gas from an acetylene plant ignited near the kitchen stove. electrician John Nelson, who came to inspect the gas system, and three Faaborg family members died instantly.
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Atlantic
John Fanborg
Elkhorn
Faaborg
John Nelson
Kimballton
Fanborg
Nelson
Western Canada lands offer solution for postwar farming
An editorial argues farming will lead recovery and feed the world after the war. It praises Western Canada lands in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as cheap productive homesteads ideal for cattle, wheat and stock production. It notes rising land prices and government free homesteads as entry points for settlers seeking to join the farm economy.
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United States
Europe
Western
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchtwan
Alberta
Prices Rise in Iowa Apples and Grains Report
A government crop report dated December 1 shows Iowa apples priced at 4.35 per barrel on average, higher than the national rate of 2.75. Corn and oats run cheaper in Iowa while hay sits at 9 per ton, with national figures higher across the board.
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Ames
Nnion
Lowa
Iowa
Death of Prominent Pioneer in Marshalltown
Mrs. Bleanay Wildman aged 70 died at her Marshalltown home. She was mother to W. B. Wildman, news editor of the Times Republican, and J. W. R. Wildman, cashier of the Times-Republican Printing Co. She was the widow of B. Wildman and longtime resident in the state oil belt. Funeral plans were to be announced.
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W. B. Wildman
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Times Republican
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Times-Republican Printing Co
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B. Wildman
Nothing to It Bad Man Threats Sheriff at Camp
A rugged speaker vows to smash a rival as the sheriff questions the provocation. The confrontation centers on a tense camp dispute with a crude confrontation and implied threats. The exchange highlights local tension and enforcement presence.
Fractured Snippet Signals Mixed Advice and Violence
The text presents a garbled dialogue about literature and electricity manuals, then abruptly shifts to a baneful clue linking quinine misuse to a man’s downfall and a wife knocking him out when drunk. It ends with fragmented phrases suggesting danger or conflict.
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