Perry Bureau plans 50 mile gravel road in Iowa
The Perry Bureau of Commerce backs a fifty mile gravel road linking the Lincoln highway with the River-to-River road. Begun this fall, it will be clearly marked and registered with the secretary of state, starting at Beaver or Ogden and ending at Guthrie Center, aiding westbound Lincoln highway travelers. Also notes exams for teachers in 44 counties and shortages in rural schools, hazing ban at Town State college, and new hires and incidents across Iowa.
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Perry Bureau of Commerce
Secretary of State
Beaver
Ogden
Perry
Guthrie Center
Lincoln Highway
Junction Point
Omaha
Department of Public Instruction
Indiana
Town State College
Raymond A. Pearson
Pearson
Palo Alto County
Iowa
Bert L. France
Iowa State College
France
Moville
Missouri
Logan
Harrison County
Chi Chun Lin
Fu Lin
Sing Hua College
Peking
China
United States
Lin
J. C. Sanders
Des Moines
Calvin R. Gaunt
Marshalltown
C. K. Berry
United Delivery Company
Berry
Katharyn Kennedy
John FP. Kennedy
Charles A. Kennedy
Montrose
Denmark
Woodward
State Board of Control
Frank O. Lowden
Law Department
State University of Iowa
Sinois
State watchdogs curb underweight produce and public notices
Iowa officials report fines for selling underweight apples in Belle Plaine and a seed corn case in Dubuque county. The public instruction department promotes Iowa Day October 20 with calls for knowledge of state wealth and welfare.
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State Food and Dairy Department
J. Ginsberg
Belle Plaine
Sjostrom
Case Bros
Marcus
Dubugte County
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Albert M. Devoe
William Bayard Craig
Drake University
Iown
San Francisco
State University of Iowa
Yale
Iowa City
Church of Christ
Central Church
Denver
San Antonio
Tex
Drake
Charles W. Price
Marshalltown
International Harvester Company
America
National Safety Council
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Wisconsin
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
J. I. Gibson
Ides Moines
Richard J. Allison
Charles City
Canada
United States
Allison
Giese
Iowa State College
Greene
First Presbyterian Church
Bloomfield
al New Church
H. C. Duckett
Davenport
Scott County
C. O. Macy
Lynnville
Grinnell
Prossers
Poweuhlek County
Iowa Regiments on Mexican Border Well Supplied and Saving Money
Des Moines reports say Iowa regiments on the Mexican border receive ample food and save cash for meals. Third Iowa Infantry alone saved 150 to 250 dollars per company in August, totaling 2700 dollars for the month, as officers plan how to use the surplus.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Adj
Guy E. Logan
Third Iowa Infantry
Logan
Villisca
Iowa Brigade
Brownsville
World News Condensed Across Balkans and Beyond
Prince Frederick William of Hesse killed at Cara Orman, Berlin War Office reports. Greece's King Constantine asks M Dimitracopulos to form a new cabinet, and he accepts in principle. Bosphorus tunnel discussed in Constantinople as feasible and profitable. United States considers Serbia’s minister appointment. Serbia lacks a formal embassy in Washington. Britain bans further relief rations to neutral nations. vessels blocked from landing. Concrete ship from Christiansfjord floats as first stone vessel, touted for safety. Russia pressures Romania on liquor ban and Russian-appointed officials in finance and policing roles. Romanian rail admin to Russians. Belgian National Bank funds seized by Germans worth £30 million, offered 5% interest, return after war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Frederick William of
Herse
Cara Orman
War Office
Berlin
Balkan
Illinois Renomination News and National Affairs
Governor Dunne wins renomination for Illinois governor with Frank Lowden as GOP challenger. National Guard units prepare to move to the Mexican border as mobilization continues. Insurance firms curb policies on women, citing higher costs and limited sums. Rioting arrests total 267 in Scranton amid coal disputes. Shipping rail workers win eight hour day. wage raises contested. Theodore Roosevelt to campaign for Hughes in the West. Mary the circus elephant is executed in Tennessee. Chicago trains police 200 to deter auto thieves. other cities considering similar steps. Great Northern railway forest-fire damages case proceeds. Gotch retires from wrestling. steel boss Farrell predicts 1917 steel capacity. Michniuk bank closes in Chicago. Dupont reports large smokeless powder contracts for Allies. Indian peyote bean trade to be restricted by federal authorities amid religious use concerns.
Mexican Trouble and Army Movements Across the Border
General Funston was told two Tennessee infantry regiments are bound for the border, to be stationed at Fort Clark near Eagle Pass. Cattle on the Omaha market hit 11.25 a pound for a fancy Colorado steer. A record march of 14,063 officers and men from San Antonio to Austin will last sixteen days. Enlisted men protest trial by a court with four black officers at Fort Sam Houston. A first Rio Grande cross-fire near Brownville was reported with Lt. Parker Finley on patrol.
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Funston
War Department
Tennessee Infantry
Fort Clark
Eagle Pass
Regular Army
National Guard
San Antonio
Austin
Fort Sam Houston
Rio Grande
Brownville
Tex
Parker Finley
Third
Iowa Infantry
Brownsville
Finley
Edison to Observe Atlantic Fleet Target Practice in Virginia Coastal Area
Thomas A Edison while chairman of the naval advisory board will spend several days watching tar get practice of the Atlantic fleet near the Virginia capes and in Tangle sound. Hearings on locating a government armor factory closed with about 125 communities requesting the plant. The selection likely will take over two months. Meanwhile the Pennsylvania scored five hits nine miles from the target during a twelve gun broadside. The Turkish government agreed to allow relief shipments from the United States to Syria. President Wilson's sister Mia Howe died Saturday in New London Connecticut. burial was in Columbus Ohio.
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Thomas A. Edison
Naval Advisory Board
Virginia Capes
Tanglesound
Daniel 3
General Board of the Navy
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Mia
Aw Me Howe
New London
Conn
Columbus
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W. H. Williams
State Auditor’s Office
Atlantic Southern
Chicago, Anamosa & Northern
Iowa Northern
W. S. Allen
Prohibition Party
Eagle Grove
Estherville
Iowa Falla
Knoxville
Missouri Valley
Spencer
Vinton
Waverly
Glenwood
Abandor
Algona
Milwaukee Railroad
Cal. Palmer
Milwaukee
State Railroad Commission
Washington, D. C
Iowa National Guard
Department
Congress
Cc. C. McCloughry
Anamosa Reformatory
Anamosa
Supreme Court
Attorney General
Clarke
A. KE. Kepford
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Ellsworth
Emmet County
State Board of Health
M. F. Boyd
Council Bluffs
Wabash
Claude Porter
State Board of Parole
Ora Williama
E. R. Harlan
Iowa Historical Department
Brownaville
Sterfaal
News OF the
WAR News
Constantine
Greece
M. Dimitracopulos
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Serbia
Washington
New York
England
Norway
Sweden
Holland
Christiansafjord
Russia
Roumania
Roumanian
Secret Police
Department of Finance
Belgisch Dagblad
Dunne
Illinois
Frank 0. Lowden
Scranton
W. W
Bai
Colorado
National Republican Committee
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Hughes
Mary
Kingaport
Tenn
Chicago
Great Northern Railway
Lewis and Clark Forest Reserve
Great Falls
Frank Gotch
Gotch
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Iron and Steel
Stephen Michniuk
Michniuk & Sons
E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Co
Wilmington
Del
Eeds Hein
Pine Ridge
S. D
Mexico
State Department
Syria
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