Railroads and Income a Growing Crisis for Rates
The article argues a 5 percent increase granted to eastern rails strengthens western rate pleas. It explains railroads face tighter control from Congress and public commissions, while profits support labor, taxes, and debt. It notes 1913-14 income and expenses, depreciation issues, and warns of looming financial ruin without rate relief. It emphasizes railroads as a national prosperity barometer impacting workers, industries, farmers, and overall economy.
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Inter- State Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Utility Commissions
Congress
Public Service Commissions
Washington
United States
Jaying
Lumder
Hon
Wabash
Botil
James J. Hill
North
Horse Breeders Meet Moves to Des Moines Amid Quarantine
The Iowa Draft Horse Breeders Association holds its annual meeting in Des Moines due to a foot and mouth disease quarantine forcing Ames cancellation. The gathering, moved from Ames, aims to seek new laws as a horse market boom continues from recent heavy Brit purchases.
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United Press
Des Moines
Des
Iowa Draft Horse Breeders Association
Ames
Iowa
Horse breeders face draft and law reforms in 1917 session
The piece outlines planned legislative aims for horse breeders including a 50 percent fee appropriation, interstate certificates, vet fee regulation, and elimination of grade stallions and certain mares for 18 months. Speakers from Des Moines Ames and Ankeny are listed, with a banquet and a lively sports betting tone tying into broader themes of economic retrenchment and proposed saving measures in baseball.
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Europe
William Crownover
A. W. Hawley
G. E. O’brien
Des Moines
W. H. Pew
Ames
Rank Berkey
Ankeny
Savery Hotel
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Promises Instant Croup Relief
Classic ad copy touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick remedy for dangerous croup and coughs. It claims to thin mucus, ease swelling, stop the strangling cough, and restore quiet sleep with no opiates, urging readers to keep it at home and buy from local druggists.
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Croup
Foley
Willard Faces Lingering Challenge From Levinsky
Boxing note from New York reports Battling Levinsky pressing for a Willard bout. Dan Morgan, Willard’s manager, notes Levinsky’s claim to meet Willard after recent wins over Gunboat Smith and Bearcat McMahon. Levinsky dismisses Willard as slow and a wooden figure, urging promoters to arrange the match.
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Hal Sheridan
United Press
New York
Battling Levinsky
Jess Willard
Dan Morgan
Battling One
Manny
Tess Willard
Jack Johnson
Gunpoat Smith
Bearcat McMahon
Youngstown
Willard
Big Jess
Levinsky
Gunboat Smith
Divorce Notice in Casas County Iowa 1916
Hazel Lipp files for divorce from Arthur Lipp in Casas county Iowa district court Atlantic. Petition asserts statutory grounds and asks for decree. Defendant must appear by January term 1916 and if not, default will be entered.
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District Court of Town
Tor Gass County
Hazel Lipp
Arthur Lipp
District Court
Casas County
State of Iowa
Atlantic
Gass County
State of
Iowa
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White Hope
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H. K. Willams
Falcon
News-Telegraph
Complete County News
United Press Reports
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