County Auditors In Conference In Iowa Talks Rates And Quarrels
Des Moines reports county auditors met at Joe Wall’s office to review uniform county accounts blanks now being revised for broader use. Iowa rates debate arises from shippers seeking reductions after interstate cuts. Wall lake land quarrel among speculators, bankers, and a Dows convention motive. Hog cholera eradication plans restart in Dallas county with full fact gathering. City rail franchise talks stall as E G Schmidt delays until after elections. A Des Moines worker suffers shock injury but will recover. Ada Holman Burgess faces murder charge for infant poisoning in Mason City.
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Des Moines
Joe Wall
Bureau of Uniform County Accounts
Iowa
Iowa Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wall Lake
Wright County
Dows
Panker
Wallake
Dallas County
E. G. Schmidt
Des Moines City Railway Company
Hanna
William Wharf
Des Moines Interurban Railway
Mason City
Ada Holman Burgess
Burgess
Louis Chirokos
Total corn yield forecast in Oct. crop report
Washington reports Oct 10 preliminary crop estimates from the Crop Reporting Board. Corn yield on planted area is projected at 2.373 billion bushels this year, down from 3.125 billion last year, with 106.884 million acres harvested. Wheat and oats yields and area are also outlined, along with a Ferris murder case jury disagreement and a note on corn husker labor shortages across the state.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Ferris
Los Angeles
Ralph Sterling Ferris
Rawlins
Wyo
Michael Wiezorek
Uuit
A. L. Urick
Mr. Urick
Iowa library to exhibit famous paintings in public libraries
Council Bluffs Iowa October 9 the state library commission plans to exhibit copies of famous paintings in public library buildings across the state The exhibitions are loaned and will stay briefly open to the public The show in Council Bluffs opens Saturday and runs through October 25 with free admission to view color photogravure reproductions of world renowned works.
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Edward E. Steiner
Grinnell College
Tolstoi
Iowa Library Association
Sioux City
Johnson Brigham
W. R. Orchard
Council Bluffs
Julia Robinson
State Library Commission
Leslie T. Reed
Missouri Valley
Joseph L. Newton
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Library Commission
President detonates dynamite to open canal link
President Wilson pressed a White House button sending an electric charge along land and sea to the Panama Canal, exploding dynamite that breached Gamboa dyke, the final obstacle to water passage between oceans. Two earth slides at Cucaracha and Gold Hill require cutting before opening. Destruction of Gamboa dyke celebrated on the Pacific coast.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Panama Canal
Gamboa Dyke
Cucaracha
Gold Hill
Gatun Lake
Culebra
Gamboa
Pacific Coast
Yuan's Inaugural Message Emphasizes Peace with Foreign Powers
Peking Oct 10 President Yuan Shi Kai in his inaugural address to parliament stressed friendly foreign relations. He pledged to observe all treaties and contracts of previous governments and to confirm rights and privileges of foreigners in China as part of maintaining international amity and peace. The message urged citizens to understand and strengthen international friendship.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Cianes
Republcan
China
Athletics Triumph Over Giants In Polo Grounds
Philadelphia Athletics rout New York Giants 8 to 2 at the Polo Grounds as Schang hits a homer and Tesreau allows five first inning runs. Bush strands five hits, Doyle sparks a defensive double play, and over 35,000 fans witness the win. Connie Mack’s youngster Bush earns praise for steady control.
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New York
Philadelphia Athletics
Giants
Bush
Collins
Schang
Athletics
Baker
Association of
Tesreau
Doyle
Polo Grounds
Connie Mack
Baseball Hall of Fame
Investigation of the beef trust to be held in December
Washington reports a sweeping probe promised by the house judiciary committee based on Representative Kin of New Jersey who introduced the resolution. The inquiry aims to reveal possible criminal violations and may use evidence gathered by Senator Kenyon as assistant to the attorney general. The focus includes price matters and free meats speculation.
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Washington
Beef Trust
Kinkead
New Jersey
House Judiciary Committee
Kenyon ‘Wncovered
Lkely
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County Auditors
Lake
State Library Meetings
Logan
Guy E. Logan
National Guard
National Association of Guardsmen
Chicago
War Department
William M. Straight Snot
Clarence Grimm
SE. Baldwin
Connecticut
United States Senate
American Press Association
8. E. Baldwin
Frank Brandegee
Folk
State Department
Underwood
Simmons
Walter Schang
Yuan
Supreme Court
Denver
Midwest Oil Company
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Wyoming
California
England
Hongkong
Hawthorne
Julian Hawthorne
Dr. Morton
Atlanta
Mackien
Cubs
Chicago Nationals
Jim” Vaughn
Philadelphia
Fletcher
Burns
Shafer
Denei Murray
McLean
Ae Wilson
Cooper
Merkle
Wiltse
Crandall
Tvirg
SATS
House
London
Home Secretary
May Richardson
Central Iowa Poultry & Egg. Company
Fred Alexander
Pride of
Atlantic Produce Co
Creamery Department
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