Iowa States soil surveys and hog cholera fight plan
Iowa State College will start soil surveys in Clay Mitchell and Ringgold counties this summer in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Soils. The work will take six months and guide farmers on fertilizer lime and soil management. A county soil map will be issued a year after. follow up experiments will aid farmers. Hog cholera eradication campaigns focus on sanitary farms and quarantine, with a high county tax impact.
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Clay
Mitchell
Ringgold
Acils
Iowa State College
United States Bureau of Soils
Iowa
J. J. Gibson
Gibson
Anamosa
Chicago, Anamosa& Northern Railroad
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northernine
Cedar Fails
Iowa Patent Grants and State Progress Report
A list of Iowa patent grants includes John Bardrick Indianola and others across Burling ton North McGregor St Charles Bancroft and Clarinda among several towns. The article notes 11 000 people in state institutions and comments on management costs food drains tile production dairy cattle and beef gains with Grinnell aviation school plans and crisscrossing weather data. It also covers military camp plans at Iowa State College and local road oil experiments, bootlegging arrest and flood disruption news from Muscatine to Portage des Sioux.
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W. G. Stephens
Clarinda
Winfred QC
G. Whitmore
Madrid
State Board of Control
Iowa
Globe
Mason City
Lowa
Union
State Board of Agriculture
Towa
John Hoffert
Denntson
Hoffert
Grinnell
Jong
O. W. Timm
Kenmore
N. D
Hal Wells
Cadet Corps
Iowa State College
Rush Lincoln
Washington County
Board of Supervisors
Lew Younkerman
Council Blaffa
Younkerman
Melbourne
Charles J. Schneider
Schneider
General Dodge
Muscatine
Mississippi
Various Global and Local News Items Briefly Summarized
The report lists mixed items: a boxing draw between Chick Slaves of Indianapolis and Benny Chaves of Colorado in Kansas City. Zeppelin destroyies off Schleswig and Saloniki. Belgian government guarantees via France and Russia. 36 casualties from a recent Zeppelin raid on England and Scotland coasts with 100 bombs dropped.
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Chick ‘Slaves
Indianapolis
Benny Chaves
Colorado
Kansas City
England
Scotland
International sweep stakes nominations and major sports updates
Eighteen cars nominated for the international sweepstakes at Independent Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Lincoln club signs two pitchers Gardner from Kansas City and Willetts from St Louis. Strangler Lewis defeats Mort Henderson in Madison Square Garden wrestling. Joe Stecher pins Henry Ordeman twice in Minneapolis. Freddie Welsh may box Ad Wolgast in Denver May 30 if 15 000 offer and 60 percent receipts option. Frank Gotch cancels circus appearances due to stomach trouble. Edward C Russell sets collegiate strength record with 1965 points for Penn football surpassing 1770 by M Dorizas.
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Independent Motor Speedway
Indianapolis
Denver
Freddie Welsh
Ad Wolgast
Colorado Capital
Delegates Uninstructed at Chicago Convention
Eight Republican delegates chosen at Pueblo will go to the national convention in Chicago uninstructed. Other items note Mexican troop withdrawal anticipated in two months and wage deals boosting anthracite pay by about 9 million dollars over four years.
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Massachusetts
Chicago
Pueblo
Mexico
O'Gorman to Retire From Senate Next March
Senator O'Gorman of New York will retire from the senate next March. The Hollis farm loan bill approving rural credits passed the senate 68 to 6. House leaders hope to settle army conferees’ disagreement and move rural credits and shipping bills within ten days. The interstate commerce commission orders cancel higher meat rates in the Midwest while railroads may file new tariffs with small increases. Federal aid for vocational and industrial training is promised if the Smith-Hughes bill passes. The House plans to consider a non attendance heavy measure during convention weeks. A bill authorizes $200,000 for militia field training at Topeka, Sparta, and Fort Riley camps.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
Congress
Tobyhapha
Sparta
Wis
Fort Rilay
Kans
Germany to United States on submarine warfare reply
The German government delivers its response to the U S note on April 20 1916 denying deliberate intent in the Sussex case and outlining restrained submarine use while accusing Britain of violating international law It renews readiness for peace and calls for U S pressure on Britain to observe freedom of the seas and lawful conduct in naval warfare.
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Berlin
Germany
von Jagow
Gerard
United States
James W. Gerard
Bega
Great Britain
U. 8
Europe
U. S
Britain
Unclear wartime debate transcript fragment
Fragmentary newspaper excerpt shows a speaker challenging preparedness arguments and an auditor replying. The text is garbled with multiple illegible sections, obscuring full names, locations, or events. The visible lines suggest a public discussion or debate format but lack concrete details.
A Bare Way to End Liquor Traffic Claim
A Detroit quote suggests a drastic anti liquor stance: “Everybody quit drinking” as a proposed method to shut down liquor trade without prohibition. The exchange frames a radical advisory linked to a temperance view.
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Detroit
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Laverne W. Noyes
M. J. Wade
Booneville
George Swallow
Missouri
Iowa County Superintendents’ Association
Sioux Rapids
Spirit Lake
Ottumwa
George W. Rote
Charles City
Rote
Floyd County
Clarence Imlay
Iowa Teachers’ College
Springfield
Imlay
C. E. Mikel
Webster City
Carroll
State University of Iowa
J. B. Grinnell
WAR News
London
North Sea
Schleswig
Saloniki
Anchorage
United States Railroad
Aleska
James M. Sullivan
New York
Santo Domingo
Ireland
Methodist Episcopal Church
Patrick H. Pearse
Thomas J. Clark
Thomas MacDonagh
Hallen
Carranza
Verdun
Kut-Hl-Amara
Bagdad
Dublin
Mamekhatum
Erzerum
Richard Hill
American Committees For Armenian and Syrian Relief
Sporting
Lincoln Baseball Club
Gardner
Willetts
St. Louis
Strangler” Lewis
Loulaville
Mort Henderson
Masked Marvel
Altoona
Madison Square Garden
Joe Stecher
Nebraska
Henry Ordeman
Minneapolis
Frank Gotch
Philadelphia
Edward C. Russell
University of Pennsylvania
M. Dorizas
Swift & Co. Packers
Foreign Trade Department
the National City Bank of
New York City
I T
Philippine Islands
Islands
Baptiste Hugo
Barnum & Batley Circus
Hugo
South Dakota
C. Caldwell
Methodist Epiacopal Church
Saratoga
Bar
Taylor
Board of Foreign Celanions
Washington
O’gorman
Senate
Hollis Farm Loan
Majority
Kitchin
House
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