Iowa Towns Organize to Fight Hog Cholera and War News
Farmers form Marshall county branch of the Iowa Animal Industry association led by C. E. Arey with county delegates to prevent hog cholera outbreaks. Dr. W. W. Knowles to extend organizing efforts to Tama county. Iowa National Guard preparations on the border include new buildings, stoves, and winter plans as troops stay in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall County
Iowa Animal Industry Association
C. E. Arey
Albion
Earl Willits
Bangor
W. W. Knowles
Tama County
Iowa National Guard
Brownsville
Tex
Adj
Guy E. Logan
Funston
Second
Iowa Regiment
Town State College
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Springfield
Mass
W. L. Henderson
Randall
Ames
United States
Nebraska
Kansas
Henderson
J. A. Sturtevant
Sioux City
L. V. Wilson
Grinnell
East Waterloo
Middle West
Iowa National Buard
Logan
W. S. Allen
Warshall
Mason City
Iowa
J. H. Etrief
Iowa State Federation of Labor
National Clay Works
Penn College
Oskaloosa
College Farm
Knoxville
Roy Stuart
Charles City
King Howe
Buffalo Center
Mr. Stuart
B. K. Hoffert
Marshalltown
Oakdale
H. V. Scarborough
Iowa to Increase Workers Compensation Minimum and Maximum
Iowa officials advocate raising the minimum weekly compensation from five to six dollars and the maximum from ten to twelve dollars under the workmen’s compensation law. In the two years ended July 1, 1916, 31,742 injuries occurred, but only 6,869 workers received compensation, many employers failing to insure. Other notes cover convict food law prosecutions, railroad decisions, amusement hall plans at Independence, auto fee notices, and state efforts on fish, game, safety, and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ell P. Gale
Marshalltown
Gale
Jesse A. Fonda
Fonda
Christian Science
Gales
Dean Franklin
Indianola
Charles H. Bryant
Mason City
Bryant
One Hundred
New York Infantry
Thomas F. Riley
Keokuk
Keokuk & Des Moines
Riley
Vinton
Lee Fleming
Shenandoah
Fleming
Frank Wirth
Union
Wirth
Post
Moulton
Bloomfield
Miss Lane
Moulton High School
Bloomfield Hospital
David Tipton
Elinor
Mississippi River
Quincy
Sydney
St. Pau
St. Louia Dry
A. M. Devoe
Iowa
Deyoe
der Vordern
Des Moines
Lown
A. B. Funk
Funk
Industrial Commission
Towa
Condensations Of Greater Or Lesser Importance War News
Entente allies recognize Greece's provisional government in Crete under Venizelos. Norway bans belligerent submarines in its waters. Deutschland sailing canceled. Bremen's loss broadly suspected. Italians push offensive toward Trieste amid heavy Austro losses. Von Kluck appointed chief of Sixth Pommeranian regiment. Venizelos government lobbies Britain for proposals. Somme battle devastates Allied divisions. Russian losses reach about one million. Argentina wheat and crop figures listed. Wilson era incident in Pittsburgh prompts mental observation. World Sunday schools appeal for Armenian relief. Muensterberg claims Russia and Germany may seek separate peace before spring.
Iowa Troops to Vote on Border Election Choice
Iowa troops on the Mexican border will be allowed to vote under a decision by Attorney General George Cosson at Des Moines. The New York voter list tops Chicago in 808,728 voting population for November, a record for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rail Commission
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Colfax Northern Railway
Colfax
Valeria
Dallas County
Interurban Railway Company of
Des Moines
Woodward
Witthoot Bros
Page Center
Burlington Railroad
C. A. Robbins
Executive Department
Government Service
Washington, D. C
Washington
Iowa
George Cosson
Wilson
United States
Conference of Nations
New York
American Neutral Conference Committee
Chicago
Farm Loan Board
Gregory. Gee
Mexican Trouble Flares as Bandits Attack Train and Villa Moves
Three Mexican bandits and several constitutionalist soldiers died when bandits tried to hold up a train between San Luis Potosi and Rio Verde. U S cavalry co and Pershing reports show Villa commanding 1800 men near Guerrero and Villistas within ten miles of Pershing's column. Pancho Villa controls western and southern Chihuahua as Mexican forces regroup in Chihuahua city amid warnings on the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Luis Potosi
Rio Varde
National Guard
Frederick Funston
Southern Department
United States Army
Pershing
Villa
Guerrero
Chihuahua State
Pancho Villa
Juarez
Carranza
Mexico
Chihuahua City
Four dreadnought names announced by Acting Secretary Roosevelt
Roosevelt revealed the four upcoming dreadnoughts will be named Colorado Maryland Washington and West Virginia. Other items note tiny gasoline pumps costing millions yearly and a Fresno land opening sequence with dates November 14 and December 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Colorado
Maryland
Washington
West Virginia
Fresno
Monterey
San Benito Counties
Cal
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Iowa News
L. P. Anderson
State Food and Dairy Commission
Simon Miller
Ashton
Lindquist Company
Spencer
Charles Lockner
Meridan
F. W. Stevenson
J. J. Marcuses
Maquoketa
State Board of Control
Cherokee
Independence
W. J. Dixon
State Automobile Department
State House
Wealey Greene
State Dairy and Food Commission
Game Department
State Fish and Game Department
E. C. Hinshaw
State Fish and Game
Hinshaw
Buffalo
David C. Matt
Marengo
Iowa Board of Parole
John E. Howe
J. C. Sanders
Fort Madison
Mott
State Dairy and Food Department
State Board of Education
Statehouse
Pearson
Iowa State College
Bremer County
J. F. Wall
County Accounting Department
State
State Hospital
Little, Sioux
State Automobile Registration Department
Pennsylvania
WIII
Edward Lytton
Provisional Government of
Greece
Crete
Venizelos
Haakon
Norway
Norwegian
Amsterdam
Atlantic
Bremen
Trieste
Rome
Teutonic
von Kluck
France
Emperor William
Constantine
Athens
Saloniki
Somme
Argentina
Richard Cullen
Pittsburgh
America
Hugo Muensterberg
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass
Russia
Germany
Japan
Canada
First National Bank of Centralia
Okla
National Association of Master Bakers
Pensacola
Fla
Margaret R. Owen
New York City
Colonia Dublan
Carrizal
Francisco Villa
San Andres
Federal Bureau of Standards
Tllinois
War and Navy Departments
Ales
Commissioner of Pensions
Secretaries of War and Navy
Regular Army
Baker
Reserve
Cobra
W. R. Rush
Boston Naval Yard
Vera Crus
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