Iowa City to Monroe City capital plan altered in 1847
The Iowa legislature moved to relocate the state capital to a site near Des Moines but repealed the law soon after, vacating Monroe City in Jasper County where speculators bought lots. Rail and road projects, wage talks, and a dairy train tour highlight state activity.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Jasper County
Des Moines
Prairie City
Monroe City
Iowa Journal of History and Politics
The
State Historical Society
Rock Island Railroad
Colfax
Burlington, Northwestern and
Rock Island
Good Roads
R. A. Pearson
Iowa State College
Ames
Polk County
Knoxville
F. J. Alber
Slinois Central Railroad
State Dairy and Food Commission
State Dairy Association
Cedar Falls
United States
L. S. Cass
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
Lehigh
Oscar V. Peterson
Peterson
Iowa patents granted to Sioux City and others
List of recently granted Iowa patents includes David Anthony of Sioux City for horseshoe and Johann Balke of Le Mars for signalling device among many others. Also noted are Balke’s and others’ filings on friction clutch hog pen fountain churn shoe stretching device road drag gate hinge gear mechanism and more from Waterloo La Porte City Newton and other cities.
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Iawa
David 8. Anthony
Sioux City
Horseshoe
Johann H. B. Balke
le Mars
Clinton C. Butler
Waterloo
John P. Charles
la Porte City
Albert R. Clement
Newton
Wilder B. Crandall
Mount Pleasant
Hilder Erickson
Palmer
William A. Fravier
Geneva
William H. George
Dexter
Mathew A. Heinen
F. A. Hense
Dubuque
Henry J. Hickey
Fort Dodge
Melvin Holloway
Norwalk
Edward H. Martin
Webster City
Charles A. Nathoo
Muscatine
E. W. Paulsin
Smithland
Ernest F
PUREFOOD WARNING Issued Against Fraud in Foods
Des Moines and Iowa officials issue a broad bulletin warning the public about fraud in foods such as pepper beans dried apples canned tomatoes and bulk oysters. The notice cites adulterated pepper with hay and notes moldy beans high moisture in dried apples and water in canned goods. It warns of bulk oyster water limits and urges buying milk in bottles and careful handling of eggs and sausage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. B. Barney
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Barney
Iowa
Chicago
Bulletin
Diverse Iowa Notes Highlight Education and Local Development
Four years after entering Morningside College Leroy Gingerich a poor Manson youth earned a scholarship and worked to stay in school. He secretly married Mrs. A W Chapin and will live near a farm her late husband left. Also reported are Mastodon fossils found by Matt Flynn and Indian relics around Dorchester. Grinnell men plan to lead educational work in China with A B DeHaan presenting the project. Iowa postmasters named in several towns. Fairfield reports Parsons College president Lowell M McAfee resigning. Lincoln Nebraska’s Frederick D Mason to head the board of directors. Diagonal to build a $10 000 auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Gingerich
Manson
Morningside College
Sioux City
A. W. Chapin
Gingerich
Dorchester
Grinnell
A. B. DeHaan
Grinnell College
Iowa
George F. Althouse
Ackley
William B.trullinger
Farragut
Charles F. Irons
Garrison
Clyde L. Woods
Garwin
Fred L. Ives
Hamburg
Mangus A. Merkel
Keystone
James Duggan
Melrose
Harold H. Holmes
New Albia
George Ritz
Rockwell City
Philip D. Switser
St. Charles
James B. Lower
Scranton
William Hi. Moore
Shelby
Joseph J. McMahon
Toledo
Thomas J. White
Whittemore
Fairfield
Lowell M. McAfee
Parsons College
Frederick D. Mason
Lincoln
Neb
Thomas I. Foeter
Ottumwa
Auto Registration Drive High as 1916 Fees Loom
Des Moines reports 1916 auto registrations surpassing 100000 with over 1 million dollars in the state auto fund and a projected 150000 total for 1915. A spring distribution of about 1.5 million to 99 counties will fund road work, requiring timely registration before April 1 and imposing multipliers for delinquency.
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State
Des Moines
W. S. Allen
Humboldt Residents Seek 5000 Dollar Villa Reward
Humboldt county residents plan a 5,000 dollar reward for the capture of Gen. Francisco Villa. James Dean, a former Humboldt farmer slain in the Columbus raid, prompted local interest. Donors pledge 100 to 250 dollars each, with payment on Villa whether dead or alive. Dean's son lives nearby and burial is planned here.
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Humboldt
Humboldt County
Francisco Villa
Villa
James Dean
Columbus
N. M. Dean
Dean
Merchant Proves Successful Farmer
Knoxville-John Nowles a former merchant turned farmer six miles southeast of Knoxville. He became Marion county’s top farmer and Iowa’s notable corn raiser on a forty acre field. His corn sold at $2 a bushel for seed. about 600 bushels fetched nearly $1,200 after feeding seed dealers.
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Knoxville
John Nowles
Oskaloosa
Nowles
Marion County
Iowa
Gorge Demolished Inch by Inch Near Givin
Des Moines river ice gorge near Givin threatens six miles of waterfront forcing a new channel. Residents hire mine shot firers to dynamite a path through the block, but only clear about 100 yards of the gorge despite using a large amount of explosives.
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Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Givin
Missing Man Hiram Tome Found Dead Near Riverside
The body of Hiram Tome, a Civil War veteran, was discovered in a Wellman area pasture near Riverside, about three weeks after he vanished from his daughter's home. He had been dead roughly three weeks and was found in a frozen state. Tome was visiting Wellman at the time of disappearance, Wellman being fourteen miles from the discovery site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Hiram Tome
Wellman
Riverside
Mr. Tome
Germany’s War Tax Proposals And Home Front Letters
Germany plans taxes on war profits for individuals and corporations with a two tier structure and hidden surtaxes tied to increased income. Authorities caution soldiers’ families to keep letters from home understated to avoid aiding the enemy. A Berlin hospital director predicts infant mortality drops with broader education and sex hygiene programs. A Basle bank failure shocks the Map War economy as soldiers’ savings fund it.
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Germany
Berlin
Langstein
Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria House
German Empire
Sweden
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Ft. Dodge
F. C. Wolters
Otto A. Olson
Oregon
Wolters
Webster County
Recorder
S. S. Dilenbeck
Iowa Portland Cement Company
R. O. Stutsman Company
Des Moines Packing Company
Des Moines Casket Company
Hoopes Manufacturing Company
Coliseum Company
Auditorium Company
Aluminum Manufacturing Company
Des Moines Baseball Club
Beaver Milling Company
Ankeny Linseed Company
D. I. Brady Company
Adel Manufacturing Company
Central Anadillo Silo Company
W. C
Billy” Robinson
Grinnell Aero School
Robinson
Davenport
Ole O. Roe
Iowa Paint Manufacturing Company
Prusia Hardware Company
Iowa Wholesale Egg, Butter and Poultry Dealers’ Association
L. M. Hastings
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
John Ramker
Greene
Spencer
Moore and Miller
Arnold's Park
Purefood
Irs
State Hospital
Senator McColl
Board of Control
McColl
Iowa Supreme Court
James Sultzbach
Frank Smith
Cecil Smith
Sultzbach
Jogan
Washington
Iowa National Guard
J. F. Wall
County Accounting Department
Hamilton County
Harry Shropshire
State Board of Control
Clarke
Iown
Land of the Kaiser
Admiral von Pohl
Hugo von Pohl
Breslau
von Pohl
Admiralty
Wilhelmshafen
Admiral von Ingenohl
Page
London
Foreign Office
China
Asiatic
High Seas
America
Constantinople
von Heseler
Antwerp
Novogeorgievsk
Poland
Basen
Hall Savings
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