Hospitals rise in Des Moines and road wins in Clarinda
The Iowa Congregationalists begin erecting the women and children’s hospital in Des Moines as the auxiliary campaigns for funds progress. Good Roads Day in Clarinda unites town and country crews with over 400 men and 100 teams, building three miles of road and claiming top highway approaches in the state.
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B. H. Temple
Burlington
Pittsburgh
Iowa-Texas Fuel, Oil & Gas Company
Chariton
Texas
Charles F. Thrane
Rolfe
Sarah A. Wilcoxen
Belle Plaine
Louise M. Wington
Mount Ayr
Elizabeth Hays
Sheldon
John T. Watson
Boone
Frank Fugate
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O. H. Schulte
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Mason City
James Wilson
Washington
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New York
Christian Church of Nevada
George H. Nichol
Pairfield
Christian Church
Red Oak
Dallas City
Ill
Wapello County
Institute
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Davenport
Gladys Starr
Meyer and
Meuman
Various Global Notes From Washington To Pittsburgh
Secretary McAdoo offers financial help to western and southern banks for crop movement. Overman is renominated unanimously. Raleigh convention supports repeal of the Panama tolls exemption and a state wide primary law. Coal output in 1913 breaks records at 81,718,680 long tons. Talking machines reach Ceylon as antitrust debate nears. Polo results dampen American fans. Harley Beard, 19, sentenced to death for triple murder in Ironton. Bitter Root pine yields 9482 pounds of seed at 41 cents per pound. Income tax enforcement to broaden after next month collections. Turkish officers in England plan coal and vessel purchases amid tense Greece-Turkey relations. Captain Griffiths admits embezzling 8000 dollars. Times ceases publication. Secretary Wilson seeks excursion rates to Midwest states for bumper crops. Los Angeles police chief promotes aero patrols. Westinghouse strikers' pickets disarmed. guards shift to night sticks.
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Lee S. Overman
North Carolina
Wilson
Raleigh
N. C
Typewriter Adapted to Bengalese and Other News Tangles
Summary of varied items: the American typewriter adapted to Bengalese. over 44 million Red Cross Christmas seals sold. Cincinnati wins police chiefs convention 89 to 61. navigation fog test by the Canadian Northern Royal George liner. Maine noted as top gem state except for diamonds. Treasury agents to pursue income tax dodgers urged by Secretary McAdoo. Governor Glynn urges graduates to blaze their own path. International Circulation Managers Association tours lakes and elects officers. George Fred Williams departs Athens to mediate Albania conflict. four Chicago state banks closed with deposits totaling 6.41 million and cash 1.43 million. estate of James Campbell valued 30 to 40 million left to widow Flora Campbell and their child.
Notable Mixed Marriage in London and Global Storm Casualties
The American singer Alma Gluck and Russian violinist Efrem Zimbalist were wed in London after an engagement announced last February. Paris endures storm damage as sixty feet of Rue de Belleville sidewalk collapses and related upheaval. Lightning killed six, including four children, at Wandsworth Common amid a severe storm. many buildings were struck. The hospital ship Maine, gifted by American women during the South African War, went ashore in the Firth of Lorne and may be a total loss. White Wolf the Chinese brigand and 1,000 followers broke through siege on Lily Mountain near Lanchow. Ulster volunteers faced criticism in the House of Commons for not suppressing nationalist volunteers. Steps honor France’s role in building the Panama Canal by presenting the steam launch Louise and honoring the ship with a place of distinction. George Pike, who invaded Buckingham Palace on June 17, has been released after a lenient magistrate ruling aided by King George.
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Black Hawk County
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le Mars
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Shenandoah
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Cambridge
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Greater Iowa
Linn County
Edward E. Cook
Buffalo
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Bagley
Edmund A. Hart
Dow City
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Livermore
Jacob B. Powers
Murray
Ida Grove
D. E. Sussec
Logan Township
H. J. Huse
Maine
Firth of Lorne
Scotland
George Pike
Buckingham Palace
Geoaze
Sioux City Races Draw Twenty Five Fast Cars
Sioux City prepares for a 300 mile meet with twenty five top cars from Europe and America entered to date. A $25 000 purse attracts drivers amid practice this week and grandstands ready to seat a full crowd while garages and electric setups support crews.
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Delage
Indianapolis
Europe
America
Lyons
France
Tacoma
Wash
Hereford Breeder Killed Near Avoca
J B Ashby a leading Audubon Hereford breeder was instant death when the car he rode in with J A Shade of Kingsley Iowa swerved off a ten foot embankment half a mile west of Avoca. Shade injured but not seriously. They had just left a stock sale in Harlan and were bound for Omaha on business. The muddy road caused the heavy car to skid and overturn.
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J. B. Ashby
Avoca
J. A. Shade
Kingsley
Ashby
Shade
Harlan
Omaha
Plan to Form Milk Trust in Waterloo
A leading milk dealer weighs forming a monopoly to cut duplicative deliveries. He pledges to supply high quality milk at 5 or 6 cents per quart if granted a monopoly, aiming to reduce the 35 milkmen now serving patrons and curb needless deliveries across streets. The move will be discussed with city authorities as a measure to lower living costs.
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Waterloo
Drag Man From Under Bed In Dubuque Tale
Emory Faatz a Wells Fargo Express driver aged 26 was dragged from beneath a bed in his father’s house and placed under arrest after a tip indicated he had returned to town. He had vanished two months earlier with 500 silver dollars and 200 in collections.
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Dubuque
Emory Faatz
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Bloodhounds Track Thieves In Joy Ride Case
Bloodhounds traced a trail of joy riders who stole the automobile of H. T. Giles from a garage and drove it through the city all night before abandoning it.
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Mason City
H. T. Giles
Quimby Fire Destroys Business District
A large blaze in Quimby near Sioux City destroyed the business section incurring about 50 000 dollars in losses. The post office drug store two groceries a barber shop and a furniture store were completely wiped out.
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