Iowa News From Ottumwa and Surrounding Areas
Iowa towns contribute to Liberty loan bonds while students enlist for war efforts. Ambulan ce units from state university prepare for France. Land sales set records near Glidden as Web ster county boosts Red Cross and nursing staff. Des Moines reports large eggs in storage and aliens warned near factories. Citizens campaign for Red Cross chapters and officers training camps as Iowa sends volunteers and recruits nationwide.
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Ottumwa
Liberty Loan
Green
Miitary Service
Iowa
France
State University
L. W. Garner
Glidden
Algona
Wapello County
Red Cross
Amos
Cherokee
Sioux Valley Medical Society
Des Moines
City Council of Food
Nat €. Edenburn
Katherine Ohlsen
I¢a Grove High School
Clifford
Webster City
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Strawberry Point
Adie Donahue
Postmonsters
Oliver Kelso
Company E
First Lawa Infantry
Fort Des Monnee
Kelso
Charles City
Lyn G. J. Kelly
Logan
Caliléon
Fifteenth Judicial Court
Webster County
J. E. Wooten
State Agricultural College
Grinnell
W. A. Evans
Evans
United States
Towa State College
Uncle Sam
Hancock
Treasury
War Department
Lawa State Agricultural College
H. P. McCain
Washington
Ames
Yintos
American Red Cross
Macony
Grand Lodge of
Waterloo
B. J. Carney
First Town Cavalry
Red Crogs
Odebolt
Columbus Junction
Dubuque
Ankeny
Polk County
Charles Edward Largent
Adaly
Sac City
Wilson
Red Oak
Magnolia
Fort Snelling
Ambulance Corps
University of Chicago
Grinnell College
Allentown
Pilot Mound
Council Bluffs
George Hughes
E. E. Shoup
M. F. Arey
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Fort Dodge
Teachers’ College
Volunteer Food Producers’ Association
Lows State College
Ruth Paxson
China
Y. WC. A
Java State University
the University
iMing Paxson
Mika Paxson
Iowa Coal Costs and Mining Output in 1916 Report
The Iowa mining department report states it cost $2.55 per ton to produce a ton of screened coal, with coal selling at about $6 soon. In 1916 Iowa produced 117,979 tons from 243 mines, employing 11,195 workers. Polk County led production with 1,697,097 tons, while Monroe County had the largest share of output. Gross earnings for Polk mines reached $2,363,242, averaging $1.49 per ton produced. The report also covers small crop findings including strawberries, cabbage, onions, and other vegetables, plus officials named to appraise land for Camp Dodge training grounds and Iowa draft enlistment figures and county quotas.
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Des Moines
State Mining Department
Monroe County
Polk County
Iowa
State
Federal Agricultural Department
Muscatine
Missouri River
Towa
Council
Labor co operation urged with Commercial clubs
State labor commissioner A L Urick writes to 24 cities urging cooperation to secure factory laborers. He highlights the state free employment bureau already aiding farmers and asks clubs to survey local factories for labor needs and wages. Governor Harding on tour to June 9 focusing on food conservation and Liberty bonds. Road patrol law takes effect July 4 with appointed patrolmen. Agricultural society calendar requests for 1917 with a state map showing 78 highways. State Pharmacy Commission held meeting in Iowa City for pharmacist certificates. Iowa crops in good condition despite cool weather though corn planting delayed in the south and risk from curworms remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Urick
Commercial Club
State Free Employment Bureau
Iowa
Weather and Crops Bureau
World War News Roundup From The Day
Enlistments in the U S Army on Thursday totaled 2367, raising the April 1 to date total to 92680. Reports say the American sailing ship Dirigo was sunk by a German submarine with one drowned and others landed. The Brazilian senate approved an alliance with other states to defend the republics, and President Wilson prepared to release his war objectives from Washington once ambassador Francis confirms receipt of a copy in Petrograd. The schooner Margaret B Rouss was sunk near the French Italian coast with crew robbed, and Wilson urged action at Arlington memorial exercises, saying America must serve mankind in the world war.
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London
John Ray
Wilson
Washington
Francis
Petrograd
Margaret B. Rouss
French-lialian
Fred L. Foot
France
Arlington Cemetery
America
Washington War Tax Proposals Hit Revenue Bill
The Senate finance committee in Washington drafted a graduated War tax on automobiles and consumer goods, with a $7.60 tax on cars valued at $500 or less and a $25 flat tax above $4,000. They also seek $80 million from consumption taxes on coffee sugar cocoa and tea substitutes, and eliminate the existing 12 1/4 percent war munitions tax. The panel advised direct excise taxes and set penalties for food hoarding and anti registration meetings. Also noted are a roll call free Lever food survey bill passage and various incidents including tornado deaths and a plane crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Senate
Mexican revolt and executions amid Juarez siege
Reports from the Mexican conflict describe Maj. Elaterio Soto of the Carranza army being paraded through Juarez and executed by a Carranza firing squad for allegedly supplying ammo to Villa forces. Carranza troops move to strike the Villistas who seized Ojinaga, while a separate note from Vienna notes Emperor Charles addressing the Reichstag. Brazil’s chamber approves neutralities revocation measure by a large margin as Petrograd announces wartime production paralysis plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juarez
Mex
Elaterio Soto
Carranza
Villa
European War News from the Front Lines
The Kronstadt workers and soldiers delegates take control of Kronstadt by 210 to 40, guarding Petrograd and serving as a Baltic entry port. Italy reports Austrian casualties near 300,000. Capt. Guynemer adds five more German planes, total 48. British raids east of Michecourt L Ayoue. two German planes down, six out of control. five Hun machines mining. French troops seize a German post north of Vachernaville in Verdun. two German Champagne-front attacks repulsed. Russian Black Sea fleet lands at Chivi east of Bamson, burns Turkish post and store, with two large antiques taken to Tre wonder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Baltic Sea
Poris
George Guynemer
Ees
London War Office
Michecourt-L'Ayoue
Vachernaville
Verdun
Paria
Champagne
Galters
Black Sea
Chivi
Bamsun
Anatolian
Trewond
Liberty Bond Appeal Amid War Effort and Moral Duty
A reader urges saving and investing in Liberty Bonds to support the Allied cause and defend civilization. The message argues for wartime thrift, warns against devalued currency, and extols bonds as a safe, patriotic instrument in the fight against tyranny.
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Lead
Mining Department
Camp Dodge
Havner
George E. Call
Sioux City
Alfred. B. College
LeNers
Smith Brook Hart
James F. Marvey
Leon
R. B. Wallace
W. H. Stellmacher
Lone National Guard
Selective Service
Ora Wilciama
Mr. Williams
Woodbury County
Linn County
Scott County
Davenport
Pottawattamie County
Blackhawk
Civnto
Webster
Les
Wapello
Marehall
Cerro Gordo
Ap- Pancose
Boone
Mahaska
Fayette
Jasper
Johnson
Story
Monroe
Dallas
Sioux
Clayton
Page
Benton
Harrison
Kossuth
Marion
Plymouth
Tema
Hardin
Winneshiek
Keokuk
Carroll
Jackson
Crawford
Hamilton
Poweshiek
Wright
Cass
Buchanan
Jones
O'Brien
Delaware
Guthrie
Warren
Floyd
Butler
Calhoun
Henry
Cedar
Monona
Allamakee
Montgomery
Buena Vista
Union
Decatur
Sac
Bremer
Jefferson
Shelby
Taylor
Greene
Wayne
Chickasaw
Fremont
Frank Mn
Pocahontas
Madison
Lyon
Lucas
Pato Arto
Mills
van Buren
Adair
Clay
Mitchell
Grundy
Howard
Winnebago
Ringgald
Davis
Humboldt
Louisa
Audubon
Ida
Emmet
Worth
Adams
Clarke
Osceola
Dickinson
Total
Foster
A. R. Corey
The
Agricultural Society
State Pharmacy ‘Commission
Iowa City
U. S
Teutonic War News
Whallington
Brazil
Gregory
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Wall Street
Mineral Point
Fred W. Zimmer
Buffalo
N. Y
Hig
Seymour H. Knox, Jr
Oficin
New York Harbor
New York Navy Yard
Cleveland
Marble Hill
Zoling
Bollinger County
Laster P. Barlow
John Clarke Black
Continental and Commercial National Bank
Chicago
Nn Hness
Black
Middleburg
Sea
Villista
Ojinaga
Preshilo
Tex
Charles
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Zurich
Switzerland
Budapest
Joe Hus Andrags
Hungary
Germany
Italy
Rome
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