Iowa coal and gypsum mine reports show fatalities and output
Iowa coal mines in 1915 yielded 7,530,088 tons with 11,09 employed and 34 fatal accidents. Gypsum mines had two deaths. nonfatal accidents reached 245. 1914 production was 7,$12,734 tons with 15,740 workers. Other items note a Packard Rock Island wreck, Penn College fire aftermath, and alfalfa campaign in Clinton county.
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Iowa
Itf
Monroe County
Grinnell College
Arlo Palmer
Malcom
Serena Norton
Thorsby
Ala
Sally Hughes
Forest Grove
Ore
Harriet White
Traer
Robert Aborn
Sheldon
Albert Noyes
Urbana, Ill
Helen Richter
Clinton
Dorothy McCune
Belle Plaine
Towa
State Department
Rock Island
Packard
Waterloo
Penn College
Oskaloosa
T. R. Wilson
Valley Junction
Raccoon River
L. 2
Holstell
Wilson
Ida Lewis
Iowa Odd Fellows' Orphans' Home
Mason City
Lewis
F. J. Horne
Fairfici
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mississippi
Dubuque
Hampton
McGregor
Misassaippi
Punk River
Council Bluffs
Mahaska Coun
Suffrage in Hourt Sioux City Man Leads Governor Race
W L Harding of Sioux City led as the Republican candidate for governor with 23 487 votes from 325 precincts as late returns showed. Casson and Alien trailed with 12 802 and 10 908 respectively with Kuehnle at 3 106. Suffrage amendment appeared adopted though stated close. Democratic and Progressive tickets listed with various state and congressional races. results incomplete.
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Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Sioux City
Harding
Casson
Alien
Kuehnle
James R
Hanna
Clinton
Dubuque
Davenport
HE. R. Moore
W. S. Allen
R. A. Hasselquist
Allen
Hasselquist
H. M
F. B. Whitaker
Hillsboro
M. F. Cronin
Muscatine
J. C. Murtagh
Waterloo
Carl Evans
West Union
Sant Kirkpatrick
Ottumwa
L. S. Kennington
Newton
C. S. Cooter
H. B. Bracewell
Corydon
J. C. Pryor
Council Bluffs
J. R. Files
Fort Dodge
T. J. Steele
M. J. Wragg
S. H. Basher
Yy. L. Pelt
W. D. Patterson
Winterset
Jerome Smith
Corning
J. W. Cooner
H. A. Brown
Forest City
Phil Livingston
Boone
L. R. Rosebrook
Oskatoona
L. 8
Kennington
Sam Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Havner
Pletcher
Robbing
Sampson
Wilson
Whitmore
Ames
Bradley
Gusher
Hubel
Kulp
State Mine Inspectors Would End Housing Camps
Iowa mine inspectors urge abolition of mining camps in favor of workers living in established cities with work trains. The 1915 coal output reached 7.53 million tons employing 16 369 men, with 34 fatal and 245 non fatal accidents. Monroe County led coal production. Polk County second. The report notes districts and 232 mines statewide.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Mine Department
Towa
W. E. Holland
Albia
Rhys T. Rhys
Ottumwa
Ed Sweeney
L. E. Stamm
Monroe County
Harding Elected Temporary Chairman at Republican Convention
Chicago June 7. The Republican national convention opened with Charles Warren Harding of Ohio chosen as temporary chairman. Harding delivered a keynote on harmony, defense, and nationalism, as committees were named for credentials, permanent organization, rules, and order of business. The hall was packed with delegates, alternates, press, and spectators awaiting routine business.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Charles D. Hilles
National Committee
Hillen
Washington
Hilles
John Timothy Stone
Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago
James B. Reynolds
Massachusetts
United States
Charles Warren Harding
Ohio
Harding
Europe
Mexico
Philippines
Western Canada opportunities for farmers and stockmen
Western Canada offers affordable land and 160 acre free homesteads attracting farmers. A Saskatchewan resident recounts rapid growth from oxen to horses and cattle, with yields of 25 bu wheat, 65 bu oats, 40 bu barley per acre. Minister predicts lucrative long term gains from stock breeding as Europe reopens markets after the war. The article urges stock-raising readiness to meet upcoming European demand and boost Saskatchewan production within three years.
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Lloydminster
Saskatchewan
Canada
Western
Europe
United States
Dominion
Patent Aims to Recycle Tinplate Waste in England
A South Wales tinplate worker filed a patent for a process to remove solder tin and chemicals from scrap and galvanised articles and to reuse the base metals. He already holds municipal contracts to treat down refuse such as tin cans containers and similar metallic waste products.
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England
South Wales
Sufficient for Amusement Ragtime Demand in Conversation
A settlement worker asks a distressed woman what he can do to ease her distress. She admits limited singing ability and the man suggests singing ragtime songs, noting they have not attended a cabaret in two years.
Then, Coster Speaks On Father and Family Loss
A London Punch excerpt depicts Then Coster addressing a visitor about his late father. He recalls eleven siblings and notes his father never raised his hand except in self defense, implying enduring hardship and the idea that wealth can shield a person from consequences.
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Coster
Pariah
London
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Iowa News
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Miss Hawk
Iowa State College
Maryland
New York
A. R. Ogden
Iowa Conference of Seventh Day Adventists
Nevada
J. W. Dorcas
D. D. Watts
E. W. Wolf
Cresco
W. K. Smith
Keokuk
A. P. Hanson
Extra
W. C. Foreman
A. R. Smouse
Flora B. Dor- Cas
Skunk
Polk
Jasper
Story
National Guard
Clinton County
Nicholas Lindblad
Kiron
Navy
Mr. Lindblad
Igatorp
Sweden
Federal Post Office
Grand Lodge
Masonic Fraternity
Masons
Washington Band
Drum Corpa
Folk County
State Mining Department
John B. Kingsley
Webster County
Friends of the Suffrage Movement
F. S. Shaw
Toledo
H. FE. Hull
Williamsburg
B. FE. Sweet
Waverly
G. N. Haugen
Northwood
J. W. Good
Cedar Rapids
C. W. Ramseyer
Bloomfield
H. M. Towner
W. R. Green
D. Riniker
Rock Rapids
George C. Scott
A. G. Lehr
E. T. Meredith
J. J. Doty
Shenandoah
J. T. Clarkson
J. P. Manatry
Fairfield
W. G. Noth
J. Ti. Keefe
H. P. Hansen
Manning
Secretary of State
State Board of Control
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Dixon
Independence
Knoxville Inebriate
A. L. Urick
Anamosa Reformatory
Board of Control
Flynn Farm
Albert Yates
Clarke
Oos
State Automobile Department
A. R. Corey
State Fair Board
Vey
Western Canada
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