Iowa Farm and population totals and wartime funding notes
Iowa farmers report 1 241 383 horses 2 953 796 cattle and 4 249 767 swine this year with values per head and totals amid state good roads fund proposals by D W Norris Marshalltown. The piece also covers drownings, guard service rulings, lightning at Camp Dodge, school bonds and other regional items.
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Iowa
D. W. Norris
Marshalltown
State Good Roads Commission
Norris
Wilson
James
William
W. S. Kelsey
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Skunk River
Kelsey
Jerrell Venable
Venabie
Venables
National Guard
United States
Charles A. Dudley
Eagan
Thomas Eagan
Patterson
Company A
Clarinda Trust and Savings Bank
H. R. Spry
J. J. Amen
Amen
Shaw
Clarinda
Spry
Clarke
Logan
Col
George Morgan
Allen
State Board of Health
Ottumwa
van Horn
Benton County
Councel Bluffs
Dodge Light Guards
Edward O. Righter
New Orleans
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Lloyd Maxwell
Baltimore
Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque
National Organization
Marshall County
le Grand
Grade Crossings and Rail Crossing Costs Dominate Iowa Board
Iowa rail commission investigates grade crossings as a major problem with costs estimated at 20 000 to 30 000 per crossing for subways or overheads. New Jersey requires annual changes. California study cites similar costs. The article also notes praise for Iowa troops, minimal tax value changes for railroads, and state actions on streetcar work and stock shipments.
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Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowa
California Board of Railroad Commissioners
New Jersey
State Highway Commission
Boards of Supervisors
Prohibitionists Close In On 1940 Nominee Trio
At the St Paul convention three names stand out as likely standard bearers William Sulzer J Frank Hanly and Eugene N Foss with Ford speculation and fusion talk stirring tensions between radicals and conservatives Col John M Parker is floated as a potential candidate but lacks broad support.
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St. Paul
Minn
United States
Sulzer
Eugene W. Chafin
Chafin
Mr. Chafin
Radicata
Fusion
John M. Parker
The
Moose
Colonel Parker
Prohibition
Big Public Buildings Bill Aims $35 Million Federal Construction
Washington reports an omnibus public buildings bill authorizing about 35 million dollars for federal construction. It would abolish the supervising architect's office in the Treasury and create a Bureau of Public Buildings led by a commissioner. The committee criticized current administration and will not press the measure this session, but it will be ready for passage when Congress reconvenes in December.
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Washington
House
House Public Buildings Committee
Supervising Architect
Treasury Department
Bureau of Public Buildings
Public Buildings
Supervising
Federal push for progressive minimum wage plan
Washington july 18 the labor group in the house fights to pass the Nolan bill prescribing a minimum wage of 3 a day 890 a month or 1080 a year for all government employees as a model for industrial wage reform urged by the federal government.
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Washington
Sheriff Killed by Bandit in Opelousas Parish
Marion L. Edwards longtime Opelousas parish sheriff was shot and killed by Hilaire Carriers, a bandit who twice escaped prison and was being returned by the sheriff. The bandit also killed two Black men.
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New Orleans
Marion L. Ewards
Opelousas Parish
Hilaire Carriers
Russians Capture Kirlibaba Frontline Town in Carpathians
Multiple fronts report Russian advances and German retreats across the eastern front. Kirlibaba falls near Radautz, with 326 officers and 5 872 men taken, plus 24 guns and 14 machine guns. Berlin admits Volhynia retreat as British and French actions continue along the Somme and Verdun fronts.
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Petrograd
Kirlibaba
Carpathian Mountains
Transylvania
War Office
Kirlibuba
Radautz
Riga
Sakaroff
Svinhul
Svintusky
Vladimir Dragmiroff
Lower Lipa
Volhynia
Berlin
von Linsingen
Lutsk
Lipa
Luga
Ovillers Wood
Somme
Verdun
Meuse
London
Ancre
Bazentin-tve-Petit Wood
Warterlot Farm
Ovillers
la Boisselle
France
Paris
Champagne
Fleury
Blaches
Ham
Kaleor
Amsterdam
Emperor William
Kaiser
von Falkenhayn
Ultimatum Aims to Oust Carranza and Obregon in Mexico
Reports from Chihuahua City say northern Mexican generals plan a bloodless coup backed by most of the military. They hope to install Francisco de La Barra as president, refinance the government, and exterminate bandits before seeking foreign recognition. Villa’s forces cut lines of communication as Trevino’s loyalists move to isolate Chihuahua City.
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Francisco de la Barra
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Carranza
General Obregon
Chihuahua City
Obregon
United States
Pershing
Generalg Treyino
Murgula
Calles
Nafarette
Gonzales
Herrera
Trevino
Mex
Vila
Mexico City
Jiminez
Villa
Jacinto Trevino
Parral
Torreon
Cerro Gordo
Orpet plans to drop from public view after acquittal
Will H Orpet, found not guilty of murdering Marlon Lambert a Lake Forest high school girl, will avoid publicity and make no future plans public. At the Cyrus H McCormick estate home in Lake Forest a noncommittal reply said there is nothing to say and nothing will be said about his plans. Reports suggest a summer outing in Michigan.
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Chicago
Will H. Orpet
Marlon Lambert
Lake Forest
Waukegan
Young Orpet
Orpet
Cyrus H. McCormick
Will Orpet
Michigan
Nine British Ships Sunk in German Submarine Attacks
London reports from Lloyds that the steamships Mopsa and Alto were sunk with crews saved. Sylva Hedesla also said sunk. Ecclesia unarmed. Patrol trawlers Onward Hull Bra Aberdeen Nellie sunk by submarines. eleven survivors landed from trawlers.
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London
Lloyds
Mopsa
Alto
Sylva
Hedesla
Ecclesia
Hull
Bra
Aberdeen
Nellie
Central News Agency
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Iowa News
Council On Christian Union
Foreign Christian Missionary Society
General Convention of Churches of Christ, Men and Millions Movement
National Benevolent Association
National Board of Christian Endeavor
Camp Dodge
Iowa Guard
Harold Kingsbury
Blackhawk
Waterloo
D. F. Fairchild
Iowa Brigade
America
Funston
Barry
Ohio
New York
G. Walter Barr
Highland Park College
George P. Magill
Barr
Supreme Court of the State
Frey of Boone
Hampton
Iowa City
First Iowa Cavalry
F. L. Love
South Grant
Story County
North Grant
State Railway Commission
Thomas H. Barry
Central Department
George K. Hunter
Hunter
State Executive Council
Des Moines City Railway Company
East Grand Avenue
A. H. Davison
Executive Council
He Saga
Iowa Animal Health Commission
State House
J. J. Gibson
Hanly
Foss
Fullon
Lipa River
Constantinople
Chovok
Cherrokh
Caucasus
First Chief
Chihuahua
Plane of Law
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