Winneshiek County Crops Shown In County Report
The Republican prints Winneshiek County harvest figures from Geo M Chappel showing county crops. Wheat oats and corn levels are compared with the prior year, noting barley gains and potato decreases. Statewide crop value reaches 465,793,419 with Winneshiek above average in flax and barley among counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. M. Chappel
Town Weather and Crop Service
Winneshiek County
Bates
Fayette
Allamakee
Howard
Clayton County
Baggage by Parcel Post At Cedar Falls College Hill
Hundreds of Teachers College students used parcel post for luggage on returning to Cedar Falls last week. The cheap service undercuts local dragage and baggagemen, lowering receipts. Many sent fifty pound parcels from home directly to Cedar Falls rooms, while others routed luggage via Cedar Rapids to College Hill. Uncle Sam briefly entered draying to cope with the heavy parcel volume at the Cedar Falls post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
College Hill
Cedar Rapids
Sam
Boy Smothered in Bin at Garrison Farm
Don Taylor seven, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Taylor of Garrison, was playing in a corn bin when workers removing corn through a spout drew him under the pile until he disappeared. His sister alarmed rescuers who opened the bin bottom and dumped about 400 bushels of corn. the boy was dead when recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Robert Taylor
Garrison
Delivery Man Narrowly Escapes Train Collision
New Hampton reports D A Weaklin, a delivery man for Togstad Grocery, had a miraculous escape when his wagon was struck by a Great Western passenger train yesterday. He jumped free and was only slightly hurt. his horse remained uninjured as a freight train blocked his view and the passenger train hit him unexpectedly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampton
D. A. Weaklin
Togstad Grocery Company
Great Western
Weaklin
Permanent Owner of Cup Named in Oelwein
T. KE. Sadler of Oelwein became the permanent owner of the large silver loving cup offered by Prof. M. Mortenson of Iowa State College for the eight months educational contest after being awarded the honor for the third consecutive time. Sadler also won several medals and cash prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. KE. Sadler
Oelwein
Prof. M. Mortenson
Iowa State College
Sadler
Dynamite Damages Buildings in Elkader Dam Project
Contractors building a power dam on the Turkey river at Elkader for Schmidt Bros. & Co. used excessive dynamite to breach a coffer dam. Resulting damages exceeded $2,000 with punctured roofs broken windows and signs, cut phone wires, and stones hurled 700 yards. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey River
Elkader
Schmidt Bros. & Co
Towa Brand Butter Approved At Ames Convention
The Towa Buttermakers convention in Ames unanimously approved a uniform trade mark and grading system for top quality Iowa butter. A committee led by R. E. Clemens will design the trade mark and standards and seek legislative approval and aid in advertising. The state food and dairy inspector will enforce brand misuse.
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Towa
Towa Buttermakers
Ames
R. E. Clemens
Burt
The
Buttermakers’ Association
W. B. Quarton
Algona
State Dairy Association
W. B. Barney
Counterfeiting Gang Rounded Up in Waterloo
Police say leader Clifford Smith with Fred Miller and J J Lyons were seized as a major midwest counterfeiting gang. Smith was moved to Anamosa for safekeeping while the others remain in Dubuque county jail. Smith has prior federal prison terms at San Quentin Leavenworth and Atlanta. Evidence shows they operated since early last summer producing dollars and passing the notes in surrounding towns.
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Clifford Smith
Fred Miller
J. J. Lyons
Waterloo
Federal Grand Jury
Dubuque
Mid-West
Smith
Anamosa
San Quentin
Cal
Leavenworth
Kan
Atlanta
Corn show champions named from Lycurgus and Waterville
Good Corn Growers from Lycurgus Andrew Laughlin and Waterville Theo Gronna won state honors at the Ames corn show. Laughlin topped class AA with ten ears and took sweepstakes in the ten ear class, while Gronna earned second in northern Iowa and placed high in a thirty ear class and in best bushel. Both youths bring distinguished county honors.
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Waukon Democrat
Ames
Andrew Laughlin
Lycurgus
Theo
Gronna
Waterville
Laughlin
Northern
Towa
Fatal Burns From Kitchen Fire At 200 Second Ave
At 5 45 am Monday a deadly fire at 200 Second Ave left Sam Witkin fatally burned and dying at the city hospital after surgery. Mrs Witkin suffered severe burns to head neck and arms while the baby incurred facial and hand injuries. the blaze began when kerosene was used to light the kitchen stove.
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Oelwein Register
Second Ave
Sam Witkin
Soup for the Poor Initiative at Mason City Shop
A local Mason City meat shop launches a daily soup giveaway for the poor. Under Miss Gibbs, the city overseer of the poor, fresh soup will be prepared each day and served to shoppers including school children, aiming to aid many deserving residents.
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Mason City
Miss Gibbs
Wrestler Harmon Williams Dies After Fall at Match Near Grundy Center
Harmon Williams, a young farmer near Grundy Center, died at home from rib injuries after a fall in a friendly wrestling match with a neighbor. He had just rented a farm and was to be married within days.
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Harmon Williams
Grundy Center
Williams
Fall Proves Fatal In McGregor Sewer Accident
Mrs Winterlin died hours after stepping into an open sewer on a McGregor street. She fell headfirst into the opening and struck the rock bottom with great force. Her death ends a family that includes two daughters and five sons.
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McGregor
Major Ossian Merchanise Deal Ends Long Career
One of Ossian's largest merchandising deals in years closes when F J Klein, after seventeen years with R W Anderson, buys a half interest in the store building and merchandise stock from Mr Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian Bee
Ossian
F. J. Klein
R. W. Anderson
Anderson
Iowa Officials Debate Textbook Uniformity and Board Powers
The Iowa legislature faces debates on county uniformity in school textbooks and state control. A committee led by T V Stone proposes county boards select books with free pupil lending, while a state price standard for publishers is sought. Officials clash over Board of Education versus state department standards, risking friction among inspectors and city superintendents.
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State Teachers’ Association
T. VV. Stone
Randolph
Fremont County
Board of Education
Kansas
State Board of Education
State Educational Department
de Yoe
State Department
Deyoe
McClenahan
Gov. Clarke
San Francisco
Iowa Commission
Iowa
Sioux City
Senate committee to be finest legal dissertation praised
A senate committee is described as the finest legal dissertation of an intricate proposition, and Mr. Salinger received a government warrant for $500 for the work he did, with a vote of thanks awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin J. Salinger
Carroll
Waverly
Iowa
Abraham Slimmer
Supreme Bench
State House
Salinger
Webb-Kenyon
Judiciary Committee of the
United States Senate
Senate Committee
Ding Feature Cartoon Highlights Iowa Immigration Figures
The Greater Towa bulletin notes a booster cartoon by Ding from The Register and Leader. It reports Iowa admitted 9,307 immigrant aliens and lost 1,469 in the year ending June 30, 1914, a net gain of 7,838, with monthly details from July to September 1914 showing incremental increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Pleasures of Supervisors in Winter Travel
A county board voyage to Nordness for a road dispute turned comic when an auto stalled in a snow drift two miles from the destination. A farmer improvised a rescue with his team, freeing the car and letting the officials return for supper, missing their dinner. The anecdote mocks officials craving attention.
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Nordness
Call of the Cumberlands opens Lyceum season with strong cast
St Joseph Gazette notes Hugo B. Koch stars as Samson in Hugo B Kochs adaptation of Charles Neville Bucks novel. The drama set in Kentucky mountain feud life contrasts wild Kentuckians with metropolitan ideals. Cast praised for meritorious work. performance at Decdrah Grand Opera House on Saturday Jan 30.
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Call of the Cumberlands
Hugo B. Koch
Charles Neville Buck
Lyceum
Kentucky
Samson South
Blood
St. Joseph
Clyde Fitch
City
Samson
Koch
Decdrah Grand Opera House
The Wily Husband and His Cornet Purchase
A wife scolds her husband for buying a cornet claiming the neighbor’s worry. The husband urges calm, defending the purchase as the item just bought. The exchange reveals a playful domestic mischief over a new instrument.
Thieves Escape in Farnhamville General Store Robbery
Thieves fled Farnhamville after entering Carlson general store and stealing 400 dollars worth of silks and 200 dollars in other merchandise plus cash, aided by an automobile used to make their escape.
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Carlson General Store
Farnhamville
Adler-i-ka Promises Quick Relief for Stomach Ailments
Decorah residents are told Adler-i-ka, a buckthorn bark and glycerine mixture, can be obtained at R. A. Engbertson's. A single dose is claimed to relieve sour stomach gas and constipation by removing old foul matter from the body.
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Decorah
R. A. Engbertson’s
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Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers’ Association
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Wyoming
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Spokane
Seattle
Portland
Judge Salinger
Ding
Bulletin
L. Kopfmann
Smith Costume Co
Marquette Ave
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