Iowa Dairy and Food Commission Reports 1916 Inspections
In 1916 the Iowa Dairy and Food Commission inspected 24 852 town establishments to check food quality, cleanliness, and weights. Lab chemists analyzed 2700 official samples, while 1780 paints and related products were tested for purity. Milk and cream samples numbered 14 356. Some foods failed to meet state standards and corrective actions followed. Eight cream eries may soon qualify for the Iowa State Trade Mark.
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State Dairy and Food Commission
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Barney
Iowa
New York
Iowa Colleges Donate Hefty Sums to YMCA European Relief
Mount Vernon Iowas city contribution to the national YMCA European prison relief drive totals 20930 dollars. Cornells Mount Vernon college tops state gifts per capita with Ames leading overall 4000 dollars, followed by Cornell 2535, State Teachers College Cedar Falls 2525, Iowa University 1980, and Grinnell 1500.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
Cornell College
Ames
Cornell
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Iowa University
Grinnell
Bellevue Fisheries Station Sees Record Year 1916
The Bellevue station of the United States bureau of fisheries reports the 1916 season as the biggest in its history. Capt. L H Bennett led a crew of twelve to ship twenty four cars of fish nationwide including two cars to Rothchild's Chicago aquarium, one to the Louisville exposition, and another to the Oklahoma state fish and game commission.
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Bellevue Station
United States Bureau of Fisheries
L. Hf. Bennett
Bellevue
United States
Rothchild
Chicago
Louisville Exposition
Oklahoma State Fish and Game Commission
Wolf Killed by Hounds Near Church in French Creek Township
Joe Zoll and three hounds chased a wolf across French Creek township. The wolf was killed near Jack May place north of Church. May found the carcass and paid Zoll half of a $20 bounty, a sum Zoll deemed a square deal. The wolf was a good sized one.
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Waukon Standard
Joe Zoll
French Creek
Jack May
Church
Joe
Somnambulist Wanders From Home In Freezing Night
Roy Triplett a 12 year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Triplett, wandered barefoot from two miles northeast of Frederick in a frosty night with 20 degrees below zero. He reached a neighbor's half a mile away, was taken in, parents notified, and a physician called. His feet were badly frozen.
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Nashua
Roy Triplett
Wayne Triplett
Frederickaluty
Arrests in Cedar Rapids for Blackmail Threats
Doris Byrne and Peggy Reed of Cedar Rapids were arrested on bench warrants from Judge Milo P. Smith for threatening to extort $15,000 from F. Jun kerman. A warrant is issued for Harold W. Jirka of Chicago and he is expected to be arrested there soon.
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Doris Byrne
Peggy Reed
Cedar Rapids
Milo P. Smith
Linn County District Court
F. Junkerman
Harold W. Jirka
Chicago
Allamakee's Cheese Boom Expands Factories in Lycurgus
Allamakee county will become a center of Iowa cheese industry as Hon. D. J. Murphy builds two more cheese factories at Lycurgus. He plans a $10,000 warehouse for cheese storage to boost production and distribution.
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Allamakee County
Iowa
D. J. Murphy
Lycurgus
Labor solve on farm via exclusive hired men room
Henry Vreese of a 425 acre farm near Marshalltown created a dedicated room for hired help. The space includes hooks, boot storage, sinks, a dining area, desks, card tables, chairs, and a cabinet for gear. The men manage the room themselves and it serves as a social center.
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Henry Vreese
Marshalltown
Mr. Vreese
Street Car Motorman Robbed at Gunpoint in Marshalltown
Cleve M. Whiting, a Marshalltown street car motorman, was forced to surrender eighteen dollars, mostly company funds, by a masked highwayman who also took control of the car lever. He walked away to report the crime as police investigate a dark spot near the railway viaduct. Whiting had been held up and beaten three months earlier by three men.
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Cleve M. Whiting
Marshalltown
Whiting
Electrification Rumors Hit Rock Island Corridor
Rumors say Decorah division of the Rock Island railroad may be electrified soon. Reports suggest branch lines could be disposed of as large electrical companies plan routes from Urbana or Brandon toward Vinton and Independence.
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Decorah
Rock Island Road
Urbana
Brandon
Vinton
Independence
Our Jealous Neighbor Delwein Towan
The Decorah Republican notes the first robin sighting near town with a wry question about whether it marks a change of season or the last bird of its kind.
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Delwein Towan
Decorah
A Fine Donation Toward National Park at McGregor
Mrs. Martha Buell Munn through her attorney Chapin of Cedar Rapids pledges a land donation if Congress within two years secures twenty thousand acres for a National Park. She will donate Pike's Peak and Pictured Rocks lands totaling parts of section 35 township 95 north range 3 west to the United States at no charge. The letter expresses hope for successful park establishment.
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Martha Buell Munn
Chapin
Cedar Rapids
McGregor
Congress
United States
Pike's Peak
Pictured Rocks
Township 95
Range 3
Foot of the Fly and the Sucker Principle
A description of how a boy uses a soaked leather sucker to lift a brick from a stone and how a fly uses foot suckers to cling to surfaces. The Popular Science Monthly explanation notes air pressure drives adhesion for both.
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Popular Science Monthly
Cresco Residents Push Move to Make County Seat
Fifty years ago The First National Bank moved to new quarters. J J Marsh and W J Cremer form a farm implement sales partnership. Hutchinson and Alsip to build a brick building on Frazine farm. Cresco citizens propose a brick 24 by 40 foot building to deed to Howard County if the county seat moves from New Oregon. The board accepted the plan, Cresco may become county seat. Nightwatchman Johnson saved a fire by pulling kerosene soaked papers from Bolles Wilson and Payne stores.
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First National Bank
J. J. Marsh
W. J. Cremer
Frazine
Hutchinson & Alsip
Cresco
Board of Supervisors
Howard County
Oregon
Johnson
Bolles & Wilson and
Payne
Rat Steals Glasses in Stable Rat Chase
John Stark, a merchant, struck at a rat in his stable causing the animal to dash away with Stark’s glasses. The lenses formed a yoke in the rat’s path and it ran into a hole carrying his favorite lenses. Stark dug the hole but found no glasses and believes the rat still has them.
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John Stark
Stark
Farmer Fires On Wolf Pair Near Shellsburg
Jesse Evans a farmer living east of Shellsburg chased two wolves in his Ford sedan driving them into a neighbor’s field where he shot and killed a large female. The surviving wolf fled. The sighting occurred in a creek bottom as the farmer’s son headed to school.
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Jesse Evans
Shellsburg
Fire destroys three Estherville business buildings
A blaze Monday night last week wiped out three commercial structures in Estherville's business district. Estimated losses total about 200000, with the Graafe building alone valued at 175000. The Grand Theatre and H B Lawrence Clothing Co. premises were among those destroyed.
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Estherville
Graafe
New Grand Theatre
H. B. Lawrence Clothing Co
Will of William Hecht Found in Old Shirt
The will of William Hecht, recently burned to death in a Hot Springs hotel, has been found. It was discovered inside an old shirt in a traveling bag at Ida Grove just as the garment was to be discarded for rags.
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William Hecht
Hot Springs
Ark
Ida Grove
Ossian Water Works System Completed and Local Incidents
The Ossian water works system was completed on the 8th. Forty high school boys of Osage were suspended for smoking cigarettes. Joseph Dudek, a yardman at Belle Plaine, had both legs cut off by the cars. Fifty three blocks in Independence will be paved this season at a cost of 99 500. Taxes in Fayette county total 602 308 an increase of 44 680. The New Hampshire opera house opened last week with a musical comedy. The McGregor building and loan association declared a seven percent dividend. The Harmony Farmers shipping association moved 268 922 29 in business last year. Frank Berton of St Anthony woke to find his wife dead beside him. Fred Folkerts near Kelsey fatally injured by an accidental gunshot wound in the shoulder. Quaker Oats workers at Cedar Rapids struck for higher pay. works closed. Advertised letters at Decorah post office include Miss H Haugen Mr Peter Hegge Mrs Clara Hanson. Judge Hobson sent two men to Fayette county penitentiary for brass and cloth theft. John Clark North McGregor paralytic supports family by bees selling over 3 000 pounds last November.
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Ossian Water Works
Osage
Joseph Dudek
Belle Plaine
Independence
New Hampton
Building and Loan Association of
McGregor
Farmers’ Shipping Association of Harmony
Frank Berton
St. Anthony
Marshall County
Fred Folkerts
Kelsey
Franklin County
Quaker Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
H. Haugen
Peter Hegge
Clara Hanson
Portland's Mighty Motor Boat Embarks on Global Voyage
The city of Portland has launched the largest motor boat built in the U S to start its first long journey. Departing from the Columbia River bound for Australia last month, she carries 2 250 000 feet of lumber. The 290 foot vessel has a 44 foot beam and twin 320 horsepower Diesel engines.
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Portland
United States
Columbia River
Australia
Baby
Dean
Ady
Bird Organs and a Political Reform Bill
A German peasant device uses two nested sheet iron cylinders with water in the lower, weights and pulleys in the upper to generate musical tones. Washington drafts a campaign expense act limiting spending to two cents per voter in cities and five cents in rural districts, aiming to curb election costs. The piece urges readers to scrutinize newspaper ads as a tool against rising living costs and to seek value in well written advertising.
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Harz Mountains
Washington
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Medicine Ad
An advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar for quick relief from colds coughs and croup. It claims to heal throat and bronchial irritation loosen phlegm ease breathing and stop throat tickling with no opiates. Adv Engbertson's Pharmacy.
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Foley
Engbertson’s
Gallinger Plans Return to NH Senate Campaign
Senator J H Gallinger of New Hampshire signals he will actively campaign in two years to defeat his Democratic successor and elect a Republican who represents the state’s voters. He notes his long Republican roots from Fremont to Lincoln and pledges to advocate those principles again.
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J. H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Gallinger
Fremont
Dayton
Lincoln
Twin Beds at the Grand Tomorrow Night
The international comedy Twin Beds debuts at the Grand tomorrow night to a likely large audience. The show is described as a sure fire laugh producer with strong demand, promising hearty amusement and a memorable evening for theatergoers.
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the Grand
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