Iowa News Roundup Highlights Thefts and Local Events
Readers in Mount Pleasant report a feud sparked thefts in the Junior class editorial rooms stealing Croaker materials and equipment. Centerville Light and Traction buys Southern Iowa Traction stake, expanding toward Cincinnati and Seymour. Police probe Keokuk death of Inez ODonnell. husband denies involvement. A state college fruit judging team is chosen for Lincoln contest. Oyster pearls found in Toledo, and big orders from Waterloo for agricultural gear accompany bank staffing changes in Marshalltown. Public notices include municipal lighting talks, war museum funding, and drug enforcement campaigns in Waterloo.
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Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant
Southern Iowa
Centerville
Centerville Light and Traction Company
Southern Iowa Traction Company
Albia
Cincinnati
Seymour
Keokuk
Inez O'Donnell
F. D. Miller
Muscatine
P. C. Tomlin
Marshalltown
Silas Hall
Toledo
Waterloo
Charlies C. Trine
Marshalltown State Bank
Phineas S. Balch
Trine
Larsen & Peterson
Winfield
George
John Hendricsmelier
Honey Creek
Bonaparte
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Grand Lodge
Masonic Lodge
Manchester
Black Hawk County
Margaret Myers
Great Western
Towa
Des Moines
Oelwein
Ottumwa
John W. Gray
Gray
Grace Hastings
Fred Hammer
Arthur Hirscher
Donnellson
Hirscher
Franklin
Peer Kehoe
Castle Grove
Monticello
Burlington
Harold ©Ratzer
Waukon
Farmers’ Institute
State to Spend 25000 to 35000 on Iowa Lakes Improvement
The Iowa Sportsmen plan to invest 25000 to 35000 in 1914 for dredging and dam projects to deepen and clean Little Wall Rush Goose Four Mile Liz zard and East Twin lakes and to build a state dam at East Twin. E L Masqueray named official capitol grounds designer with a 2 percent fee. New corporations listed and progressive tickets in Kossuth Webster and Humboldt counties.
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Will
Des Moines
Plang
Iowa
E. C. Hinshaw
Spirit Lake
Fish and Game Commission
Hunters’ License Fund
Hinshaw
Wall Lake
Executive Council
Little Wall Lake
Hamilton County
Rush Lake
Palo Alto
Goose Lake
Green County
Four Mile Lake
Emmet
Lizzard Lake
Pocahontas County
Kossuth
Webster
Humboldt
B. ©. Aylesworth
Bull Moosers
Algona
Fort Dodge
New Electric Line Sought for Muscatine Route
Muscatine north and south railway may be electrified from Muscatine to Burlington with power supplied by Muscatine Lighting. An estimate of costs has been prepared. If the pumping plant contract is won the line would extend twenty three miles beyond Muscatine toward Burlington along the railroad right of way.
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Capitol Extension
I Jester
Muscatine
Burlington
Keokuk Suit Claims Wires Devalue Lot
Keokuk attorney Maj. W. B. Collins sues the Iowa Telephone Co seeking injunction and $1,000 exemplary damages. He alleges wires strung from a pole in the alley run over his vacant lot and constitute a wanton aggression on his rights.
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Keokuk
Maj. W. B. Collins
Iowa Telephone Company
Major Collins
Progressive organizers in Humboldt form county committee
Progressives in Humboldt county plan a vigorous campaign for upcoming primaries and election. A county organization meeting elected I Lund of Thor county as chairman, H Hack as vice chairman, A O Clave as secretary, Omen Nervig as treasurer, and W J Taft, T W Rogers and M C Welcott as executive committee members.
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Humboldt
Humboldt County
I. Lund
Thor County
Ll. D. Hack
A. O. Clave
Omen Nervig
W. J. Taft
T. W. Rogers
M. C. Welcott
Needs New Schools Board Faces Four Inadequate Buildings
The school board confronts the problem of four inadequate buildings. In two cases a teacher handles about 54 and 55 pupils per room. In the First ward district Garfield school is used despite being condemned as unsafe.
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First Ward
Garfield
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