Iowa Taxes Rise as Schools Led the Increase
Iowa counties plan to levy over 50 million dollars in 1916 up about four million from 1915. School taxes rise about 1.2 million, road taxes up 316 thousand, and bridge taxes up 225 thousand while the state levy falls slightly to 4.33 mills. A snake ball is found by J. T. Jones near Knoxville, and various local notices cover dairy train tours, oil prospects, a 90th birthday farmer, and other state events.
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W. H. Williams
Auditor of State
J. T. Jones
Illinois Central Railroad
State Dairy and Food Commission
State Dairy Association
L. C. James
Wapello
Aledo
Ill
James
James H. Lees
James Fenlon
Des Moines
United States
Fenlon
Iowa
Dubuque
Wilkinson Brothers
Patrick McGrain
Patrick McComish
Fort Madigan
C. F. Street
New York
Citizens’ Water Company
Citizens’ Company
Roma Wheeler Woods
Sutherland
Iowa Suffrage Association
Woods
First
Literary Society
Equal Rights Society
Taxpayers
Mt. Auburn
Benton County
Sanders
Vinton
Washington
Trumps
Jim” Kennedy
Harrison County
Disease Prevention Plan Aims for Statewide Action
Dr. G H Sumner head of the Iowa state board of health proposes a conference with the governor, educators, and university and state institutions to study disease prevention. He seeks a proclamation of a disease prevention week and broader immunization research including the Schick test for diphtheria.
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Des Moines
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
State Board of Education
Board of Control
Sumner
Schick
Iowa mail carriers age 60 plus tally long service records
Fourteen Iowa rural and city carriers have logged 21 to 36 years on the job. Des Moines lists two over sixty with 29 and 25 years respectively. Davenport notes a 76 year old on a 26 year route. Burlington reports a 64 year old with 36 year service, the state’s longest tenure. The Iowa anti tipping law was ruled unconstitutional by District Judge George Jepson, in a case involving a Bronx City barber T. J. Donahoo who took a 25 cent tip. The Iowa State College agricultural extension plans a statewide seed corn organization with three extension crews newly completed training. Postmaster A. C. Trindie of Van Meter died of cancer after twelve years in that role.
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Des Moines
St. Joseph
A. J. McClelland
Iowa
Centerville
Lankford
Ottumwa
Appanoose County
Hiram Toms
Iowa City
Wellman
Albert Garnett
Ayres Lumber Company
Hardin County
Board of Supervisors
Ke, W. Dunn
United States
Keith Edwin Dalrymple
Charles City
C. M. Palmer
Palmer
Dalrymple
Smith Dodge
Fort Madison
Hannibal
Missouri
Dodge
C. O. Robb
Creston
Post Office
State News
Uncle Sam
Davenport
Burlington
Walter
George Jepson
T. J. Donahoo
Bronx
Toy
Seed corn caution from Iowa dairy and food department
State officials warn farmers against seed corn from southern states, arguing southern seed will not mature well in Iowa. Home grown seed is preferred, with guidance to use local seed, test germination, and buy from reliable dealers. Banks may help coordinate exchanges of home grown seed among neighbors.
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Iowa
W. B. Barney
Food and Dairy
Missouri
Barney
Des Moines
State Dairy and Food Department
South
Mr. Barney
Prizes For Home Planners At Ames For Farmhouse Plans
Farmers housemakers architects and builders are invited to submit ideas for a model farmhouse at Ames. A $50 prize will go to the best plan suited to low farm conditions with total cost not exceeding $3,500. Plans due by April 15 to President R A Pearson. The winning ideas may shape the agronomy college farm house budget about $3,600.
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State College
Ames
R. A. Pearson
Record Breaking Corn Sale At Logan Iowa
Logan sale by Tupper and Son J P Rourke east of Missouri Valley sold 900 bushels of 1914 shelled corn for 900 dollars setting a western Iowa record. Seed corn in Harrison county has fetched from 2.50 to 4 dollars per bushel.
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Logan
Tupper & Son J. P. Rourke
Missouri Valley
Harrison County
Iowa
Cedar Falls's Street Railway Tops Paying List
Cedar Falls gains a rare distinction as the only U S city under 200000 population with a street railway system not showing a loss. President L B Cass of the Cedar Falls & Northern railway touts the line as the best paying system in the area.
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Cedar Falla
Cedar Falls
United States
L. 8
Cass
Waterlolo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
Canada War Revenue Plan Targets Big Profits
Sir Thomas White outlines Canada’s plan to tax profits above seven percent for incorporated firms and ten percent for partnerships, with a quarter of excess profits remitted to the government. Transportation, banking, mining, and other large firms face the levy while farmers, life insurers, and small capitalization under fifty thousand dollars are exempt. A 50 cent per barrel apple duty and a half cent per gallon oil duty are proposed, designed to burden big profits without harming farmers.
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Canada
Sir Thomas White
Sir Thomas
Harold’s Future Question Sparks Family Debate
A couple at the fire discuss the fate of their son Harold who shows a mean streak toward his siblings. The mother fears his future and laments his hurtful behavior, while the father suggests a drastic, humorous career pivot as a remedy.
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Father
Mother
Harold
Rough on the Water
A bedraggled hobo at the municipal lodging house endures a bath. The attendant asks for a response and the man retorts with the quip that water is the curse of bathtubs.
Projecting Personality Recruit Dilemmas Revealed
A Louisville Courier Journal quote portrays a football recruit weighing 350 pounds as a challenge for line placement. The staff muses that placing him upfront disrupts alignment, while placing him behind keeps him at the front, highlighting strategic concerns about weight and position.
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Louisville Courier: Journal
First Taste of Coffee Taught Me the Habit
A former coffee user recounts starting as a child and suffering nervousness and insomnia until switching to Postum. The testimonial endorses Postum Cereal and instant Postum from Postum Co., Battle Creek, Michigan, with price details.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Grenville M. Dodge
Robert B. Wallace
General Dodge
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Hampton
Katherine Nugent
al Winters
Old Fair Ground
Traer
Old Fair Grounds Association
Library Board
Carnegie Library
Walker Bros
Knoxville
State Health Board
Nevada
Cosson
Wapello County
Atate
Sioux City
High Court
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A. A. Swan
Clarks
Louis Chirikos
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Mason City
Chirikos
Atate Board of Parole
Cleveland
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Clevelands
State Executive Council
University Hospital
Steele
House Committee On Agriculture
A. M. Deyoe
Superintendent of Public Instruction
P. E. McClenahan
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