Northwest Iowa Conference Meets at Girard This Week
The fiftieth annual session of the northwest German conference of the Methodist church meets at Girard with Bishop W. O. Shepard presiding. 135 ministers and many lay delegates attend as the district covers northern Iowa, South Dakota, southwestern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois.
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W. O. Shepard
Towa
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Illinois
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Iowa Railway and Light Company
Charles E. Knight
Sioux City
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Keokuk
Mississippi River Power Company
Ask
Internal Revenue Office
Burlington
Dubuque
Susie Smyth
Iowa City
Uncle Sam
Fred Thompson
Mason City
Allamakeeunty
Washington D. C
Iowa
Jerome Connor
Glenn Post Office
Homer Kier
Charles Record
William M. Donelan
W. H. Fickle
Isaac Richardson
Davenport
Arthur Windrum
Richardson
Thirty-third Iowa Infantry
Oskaloosa
Waterloo
Albert Tracey
Percy Hopkins
Hopkins
Tama
Washington and Nation Digests on Tariff and Trade
The Senate passed a measure to aid Americans in Mexico while House action included a $100,000 appropriation. Bills seek $25 million for roads. Tariff talks proceed with no public interim deals. Other items cover gold output, reforms in banking, political finance, and adjournment plans.
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Argentine beef consignment sold in New York markets
A 100 ton shipment of Argentine beef arriving in New York has been fully sold. Parts moved to dealers in the city and entered retail channels. Separately, a murder sentence was handed down in Estancia New Mexico and a large strike by transport workers disrupts jobs and trades, with potential 6,000 more workers at risk. Temperature hit 127 at Silver Lake California on Sept 17 with crop damage reported.
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New York
United States
Silver Lake
Cal
Des Moines Arrives at Puerto Plata Amid Dominican Blockade
The United States cruiser Des Moines has reached Puerto Plata Dominican waters after Washington ordered it to safeguard American interests. Dominican gunboats were blockading the port when the cruiser arrived.
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Des Moines
Washington
Puerto Plata
Rebels and bandit chiefs counted as war threat grows
A compiled list shows forty three rebel chiefs leading bands from thirty to six hundred men. Ranch owners, refugees, and officials report fifteen thousand six hundred armed against the government as unrest spreads. Meanwhile a great railway strike looms in England with Liverpool as the center, sparked by Dublin freight refusals.
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Liverpool
Dublin
Birmingham
Teacher Attack Shocks Council Bluffs Juvenile Case
Carlo Caruso twelve was sent to the state industrial school after a stiletto attack on teacher Mrs Dessie Cook. His fourteen year old brother Joe and a third ally faced $200 bonds to keep peace. The court heard they plotted for days and practiced throwing a butcher knife.
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Carlo Caruso
Snyder
Joe
Dessie G. Cook
Homer Post Office Closed Ends Northern Iowa Town Era
Washington orders discontinuance of Homer post office effectively ending a town once the region’s largest in northern Iowa. Homer served as county seat of Hamilton and Webster counties before 1857 and played a central role in early north central Iowa history, flourishing until rail lines bypassed it.
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Homer
Iowa
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Webster
Fort Dodge
Five Generations At Re Union Eldora
A Radcliffe family reunion brings together a father, son, grandson and great grandson. S Sampson originated in Norway sixty years ago and later settled near Radcliffe. He bought an interest in a local general store, still run by his heirs. The elder Sampson is over eighty and active in town daily.
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Radcliffe
S. Sampson
Norway
Big $1000 Prize Offered for Best Acre of Corn
In Cedar Falls a prize of 1000 dollars is offered for the best acre of corn grown in Black Hawk county next year. The offer was turned over to the Black Hawk County Crop Improvement association by a leading local bank. A. A. Burger, crop expert, says plans for a county wide seed corn campaign are near completion. The association will announce the date soon and intends to reach all farmers with an automobile tour through every township.
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Black Hawk County
Crop Improvement Association
A. A. Burger
Fox Hunters Pick Des Moines For Next Meet
Sioux City hosts the final day of the Iowa Fox Hunters association week in Stone park. J. W. Glass of Ida Grove is elected president with H. M. Swaley of Mondamin as vice president and R. D. Casady of Sioux City as secretary.
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Iowa Fox Hunters’ Association
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H. M. Swaley
Mondamin
R. D. Casady
Baptists Observe 59th Dubuque Association Anniversary
The Dubuque Baptist association marks its 59th anniversary in Waukon from September 30 to October 2. The Rev. Edward M. Jeffers of Dubuque will deliver the annual sermon and Dr. John A. Earle, president of Des Moines College, will give the principal address.
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Dubuque Baptist Association
Edward M. Jeffers
Dubuque
John A. Earle
Des Moines College
Fall from Pole Fatal in Mason City
Grover Winney of Milford employed by Western Electric Telephone company broke his neck and died within minutes after falling from a telephone pole in Mason City.
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Grover Winney
Millford
Western Electric Telephone Company
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