Iowa News Roundup Includes Wills Crimes and Land Deals
State notes reward for kindness brings $37,500 inheritance to Ward of Columbia Cross Roads. A fatal shooting by George De Laire leaves Mrs. John Allen dead near Hopkinton. Postmasters appointed in several towns. major land trades total $87,200. Creamery market moves and a suspension of “blind pig” enforcement precede Luther League events and a Spirit Lake encampment.
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R. Maxwell Ward
Columbia Cross Roads
Ward
Sioux City
Oscar J. Wanderley
John Allen
Hopkinton
George de Laire
de Laire
Ryan
Manchester
Cleghorn
Cherokee County
Chauncey S. Fulton
E. A. Allen
Melcher
Marion County
Forest T. Conroy
Clinton
Scranton
Greene County
Lyon
M. J. Cool
Baxter
Newton
John Roberts
Roberts
Cool
Iowa
Dairy Department
Central Iowa Luthor League
Slater
United Lutheran Church
George W. Dickinson
National Engine Company of
Waterloo
Blackhawk Creek
Horticultural Department
Iowa State College
Carroll
T. J. McCary
St. Joseph's Church
Mans
Madrid
William Reinking
Grant Township
Ida County
Chris Kemming
Ricketts
James Vane
Charles Griffey
Taintor
State Board Delays Livestock Tax Equalization
Des Moines Iowa The State Equalization Board postpones personal property tax equalization across counties until more detailed data from county auditors is secured. The figures reveal wide value differences for yearling colts two year old colts horses and cattle, prompting changes after review. The council warns counties may bear higher or lower tax shares as the law requires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Executive Council
Keokuk
Plymouth County
Crawford County
Greene County
Tama County
van Buren County
Keokuk County
Floyd County
Greene
Dickinson County
Winnebago County
Wright County
Boone County
Muscatine County
Cedar County
Appanoose County
Wright Coun
Lyon County
Harrison County
Story County
Appanoose
Iowa
Rebel Chief Refuses General Amnesty Demand Threatens Peace Talks
Washington dispatch reports General Carranza will not grant general amnesty before assuming power in Mexico City. The stance clashes with U S expectations and could derail the Mexico peace conference. Felicitas Villareal cites Carranza’s conditional stance and warns against forgiving Huerta loyalists.
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Washington
D. C
Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Madero
Suarez
Huerta
Carbajal
Felicitas Villareal
Treasury
Villareal
Felix Diaz
Toronto
Harvest Bringing In Up To Standard Yields
Marshalltown reports the small grain harvest is underway with oats expected to be large and winter wheat above average. Timothy stands are decent though not heavy and pasture remains good but needs rain. Corn is progressing well and in the silk, likely to benefit from rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Methodist Camp Meeting in Stratford Opens
The Fort Dodge district conference and camp meeting of the Methodist church began in Stratford last Sunday and runs through August 9. A large tent by the Des Moines River hosts sessions with evangelist Rev. W. M. Runyan and district leaders including W. T. Macdonald and Rev. W. H. Spence. The event is described as one of the largest district gatherings in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Fort Dodge
The
Methodist Church
Stratford
Des Moines
W. M. Runyan
Baldwin
Kan
W. T. Macdonald
W. H. Spence
C. H. Kemphoefner
Cedar Falls Chooses Site for Soldiers Memorial Hall
Black Hawk county plans a soldiers memorial hall funded by about 16000 in taxes to be levied by October. A committee of C D Becker William Smith and John Call will supervise construction and select a site with Cedar Falls offering a free site and Waterloo likely to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers’ Memorial Hall
Nectar Falls
Black Hawk County
C. D. Becker
William Smith
John Call
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
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Hawkeye
Knights Templar
Spirit Lake
J. Hall
Louis H. Moore
J. E. Brownwell
Marion
C. A. Schlichter
Burlington
S. L. Goodell
Sac City
Robert Hunter
Thomas H. Whitney
Atlantic
David A. Brownlee
Board of
C. L. Clark
Cedar Falls Record
Cedar Falls Gazette
Waterloo Courier and Reporter
Waterloo Times-Tribune
Cedar Rapids Republican
Cedar Rapids Times
Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette
Iowa City Republican
Iowa City Citizen
Iowa City Press
Iowa City Daily
Iowan
Davenport Ais
Big Lakes
Charlies Ridell
Sheldon
F. Graff
A. W. Howell
DeSoto
Howell
Dallas
Boone
Guthrie
Wise’s Grove
Dawson
Monona County
H. J. Thomas
Onawa
Humeston
Ames Library
Daughters of the American Revolution
First National Bank of Lawler
Capital
Ettle Parker
May P. Bailey
Fannie P. Himes
G. E. Himes
Henrietta Martin
Lewis Johnson
W. 8. Johnson
Newton Record
Jonson, Jr
Coe College
Johnson & Johnson
Epworth League Assembly
Colfax
Odd Fellows
Order
Storm Lake
William E. Riggs
van Meter Reporter
van Meter
Mercy Hospital
Aneer
J L. Muir
Warren County
Frank Phillips
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Lake Okoboji
William Dudley
Indianola
W. M. Michaelson
Near Storm Lake
Lawdense
State Equalization Board
Ues
A. H. Davison
Counci
Dubuque Mattress Factory
Dubuque
Terminal Transfer Construction Co
Cedar Rapids
Forest City Produce Co
Independence
Palmer Building Co
Board of Control
Woodward
Knoxville State Hospital
George Donohoe
Knoxville
M. N. Voldeng
Ray Weirick
Adel
Dairy and Food Department
George Cosson
C. A. Robbins
Grand
Mount Ayr
Nebraska
Adj
Guy E. Logan
War Department
Nebraska National Guard
Camp Dodge
Ashland
Neb
United States Army
Texas City
Tex
Red Oak
Logan
Parole Board
State Reformatory
Anamosa
District Court
Marshall County
Methodists
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