Dubuque Woman of Mystery and Other Iowa News Blitz
Mrs Mary Ann Deering of Dubuque dies after a long life in the city s first families later living as a washerwoman. Her home reveals priceless furniture and items including 250 year old silver. Alf Grinnell recalls Billy Robinson s fatal altitude plunge. Des Moines election returns place John MacVicar as mayor with liberal council prospects. Iowa Independents meet in Des Moines to discuss telephone rates and service. City projects. Davenport finances. Oskaloosa church fire losses. Joe Nowles turns farmer in Marion County rising corn seed trade. Edison plant expansion talks in Dubuque as the city leads phonograph distribution. Various civic, transport and education developments across Iowa towns reported with weather, coal and mining notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Deering
Dubuque
England
Tate
Alf Grinnell Jaid
Billy’ Robinson
Fueral
Grinnell
Ellis
Aero Clubs
United States
First Presbyterian
Oskaloosa
John MacVicar
Des Moines
Iowa Independent Telephone Association
Iowa Falls
Pridge
Ellsworth Zoo
Chautauqua Park
Six Mile
Ier
Givin
Hve
Uye
Karlham
Earlham Roosters
Iowa
Davenport
Edward Henderson
J. H. Henderson
Commerce Cynsel
Towa
Marengo
Ender
Muscatine
Jews City
Rock Island Ag
Growth of Iowa High Schools Across Fifty Years
Iowa's accredited high schools show rapid growth with enrollment rising from 40,085 in 1913-14 to 48,001 in 1915-16 while population stays steady. The report notes 851 accredited schools housing 402,438 volumes with libraries valued at 324,982 and strong equipment in manual training, domestic science, and agriculture. It highlights strong library and facility expansion and aims for broad high school access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Pp. E. McClenahan
J. E. Foster
Lesle J. Reed
William T. Harris
United States
Encampment Plans and Rural Line Debate Highlight Iowa News
The military advisory board set tentative August encampment dates for Iowa National Guard units with camps in Des Moines Camp Dodge and other sites in Wisconsin and Virginia. Meanwhile rural telephone lines face a costly conversion to metallic systems that could raise costs and reduce access. Reformatory plans for Rockwell City progress with multi-building layouts and twenty eight inmate cottages. Statewide seed corn stocks are ample as farm operations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa National Guard
Military Advisory Board
Adj
Guy E. Logan
War Department
Iowa Infantry
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Sparta
Wis
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Engineering Corps
Mount Vernon
Camp Douglas
W. J. Dixon
State Board of Control
Rockwell City
Deaths and deals in Iowa state news notes
The death of Billy Robinson leaves Eagle Grove aviator Elling O Weeks as the state’s only pilot. Weeks plans daily flights around Eagle Grove by April, with summer dates set. The Iowa Taxpayers league forms to oppose wasteful public spending and road funding without plans. Beaver’s Justin R Doran named president. Frank W Tusey Creston secretary. James T Johnson Chariton VP. J C Judge Ames treasurer. A 300‑strong volunteer aviation unit ready for service in 24 hours under Adj Gen Logan, with Col Sowell in charge, four troops, ammo and jmissary lacking. Carliste undertaker H H Young dies of heart trouble. burial day two years old. Farm sales reach 300 per acre at Gus Lancing near Bode. Bakkan farm sells at 200 per acre. Iowa coal mines employ 16,000 workers with output rising as new fields open. See Sree
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Robinson
Elling O. Weeks
Eagle Grove
Weeks
Willy Rab{ngon
Chicago
Iowa Taxpayers’ League
Des Moines
Justin R. Doran
Beaver
Frank W. Tusey
Creston
James T. Johnson
Chariton
J. C. Judge
Ames
Towa
Johnson County
Adj
Guy E. Logan
R. P. Sowell
Iawa
E&. H H. Young
Bode
T. C. Bakkan
Short Fruit Crop Prospects For 1916 in Iowa
Des Moines reports state horticulturist Wesley Greene says Iowa will have a short fruit year in 1916 with strawberries as the sole crop likely to yield normally. Cherries and peaches suffer from frost and zero weather, while apples may drop to around 50 percent. An official report will follow in April. sugar prices rising may limit canning fruit, though protected strawberries escape damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Wesley Greene
Mr. Greene
Greene
Four Auto Wreck Victims in One Day On Town Roads
In Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas four people were killed in two separate accidents. Thomas J. Fitzpatrick a Dubuque attorney and his wife perished when their overturned car crushed them. Mrs. Morrison Mrs. Fitzpatrick's mother and Mrs. David Hack were injured. The couple had wed two months earlier after a honeymoon in the Philippines. Edward S. Lowenberg Ottumwa and W. C. Arnold died when Lowenberg's car struck a bridge near Bloomfield and overturned trapping the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
Dubuque
Morrison
Middle West
Mrs
Starts Split Over Dead Hogs and Serum Case
Mayor Jack Bruce investigates hog cholera and serum treatment after 96 hogs die at his farm following a sale in which some animals carried cholera. He sues a Des Moines serum company and the vaccinating veterinarian for $2000. Case to be heard in Adel district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Jack Bruce
Bruce
Des Moines
Adel
Death Takes Prominent Banker in Indianola
Edgar C. Lane longtime First National Bank president died of paralysis at his Indianola home at age 66. A former Guthrie Center and Waterloo leader, Lane had moved to Indianola two years ago after a 25 year tenure in Guthrie Center. He had previously moved from Waterloo to Guthrie Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
Edgar C. Lane
First National Bank
Guthrie Center
Waterloo
Lane
Seed Corn Shortage Forces Organizing Effort in Southeast Iowa
Preliminary seed corn surveys by extension agents in Monroe Wayne Appanoose Davis Wapello Mahaska and Lucas counties show an urgent need for organization as the shortage worsens. Special seed corn agent T R Douglass warns the situation is more serious than people realize with new corn unlikely to yield satisfactory results and old corn becoming very scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Monroe
Wayne
Appanoose
Davia
Wapello
Mahaska
Lucas
T. R. Douglass
Extension Department
Cascarets touted as quick relief for constipation
An advertisement promises Cascarets will cure constipation, indigestion, biliousness and headaches. It urges nightly use to cleanse the stomach and bowels, claims a 10 cent box brings months of health, and notes availability in stores and a children’s version.
Cuticura Ad Promotes Ointment and Soap Kit
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for fiery red pimples on finger skin with a five to ten minute application followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water. It claims relief for skin troubles from infancy to age and offers a free sample by mail with a booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. L
Boston
Dean Lee Provokes Osgoode Hall Students With Quote
McGill Law Prof R W Lee spoke to the Ontario Bar Association as Osgoode Hall students filled the room with noise. He contrasted responses from seasoned lawyers with an Osgoode hall student's retort saying I don't know. The interruption faded as the dean continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Lee
McGill University Law School
Ontario Bar Association
Osgoode Hall
Dean Lee
One Good Shot
A dialogue recalls a bear encounter where Bill fires a rifle twice. Jill questions the single ammunition load. Bill admits missing the first shot and hitting the bear on the second. He then reveals he threw the gun at the bear to finish the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Jill
More Than Ever Increased Capacity for Work Since Leaving Off Coffee
An Illinois woman reports coffee cessation raised kidney function nerves and heart stability and enabled renewed mental work. She credits Postum Cereal and Instant Postum with improved health, energy, and ability to perform hard mental tasks again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Thad
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
Reagan
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John Nowles
Knoxville
Nowless
Marion County
Charles Edison
Edison
Orange
N. J
Veterinary Division
Town State College
H. E. Bemis
Ralph Ellis
Charles Thomas
Thomas
Waukon
Jefferson
State Highway Commission
John BP. White
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Nile
Sahara Desert
Hess
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Asslut
Upper Egypt
Otto Mull
Clinton
State House
Railroad Commission
W.S. Allen
Barney
Board of Control Rooms
W. B. Harney
TY. E. McCurdy
Capitol Extension
Capitol
Tle
State Free Employment Bureau
A. T. Crick
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Urick
H. W. Livers
Farmers’ Telephone Companies
State Railroad Commission
Board of Control
State News
Ottumwa
Marine Eye Remedy Co
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