Hay Crop Show Boosts 1913 Figures in Decorah District
The Republican of Decorah reports Winneshiek hay crop totals show a substantial year over year gain. The latest showing exceeds 1912 by about 7,000 tons, signaling strong harvest activity and regional agricultural strength for the season.
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Springfield
Jackson
Fremont
Bluffton
Canoe
Pleasant
Washington
Military
Bloomfield
Castalia Co
Ft. Atkinson Corp
Jackson Junction Corp
RirWay Corp
Spillville Corp
Guthrie Resigns as Dean of Tow a University College of Medicine
Dr. James R. Guthrie of Dubuque resigns as dean of Tow a University College of Medicine after 25 years on the faculty. The Board of Education accepts the resignation and appoints Dr. Lee Wallace Dean of Town City as his successor, naming Guthrie dean emeritus. Dean Wallace served 19 years on Hawkeye faculty and has held national medical society offices.
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Jas. R. Guthrie
Dubuque
College of Medicine
Towa University
Towa State Board of Education
Lee Wallace
Town City
Guthrie
Dean
Hawkeye
Towa State Medical Society
Fifty Years Ago in Brief News T:
Fifty years ago rebels raided Maryland and retreated rapidly. A bill passed the lower house creating national banks to stabilize currency then issued by state banks. Rumors placed Grant near Petersburg and Sherman near Atlanta. The 3rd district convention set for August 24 at West Union. Wm. B. Allison stood as sole candidate. Sheridan planned another Virginia raid. Wm. Jennisch bought the Hutchinson and Thomas meat market. A. D. Thomas to stay briefly. D. B. Ellsworth sold 31 acres north of town, ice cave included, to Mr. Ransom of New York at 20 per acre.
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Maryland
Congress
Grant
Petersburg
Sherman
Atlanta
West Union
Wm. B. Allison
Sheridan
Virginia
Wm. Jennisch
Hutchinson & Thomas
A. D. Thomas
D. B. Ellsworth
Mr. Ransom
New York
Many Teachers Fail In State Examination
A. M. Deyoe announced results of the June teachers exam showing 2,544 of 6,532 applicants failed, 3,988 qualified. The department issued 373 first grade, 2,303 second grade, and 1,312 third grade certificates. Going forward all teachers must teach agriculture and pass an agriculture exam to receive a certificate. About 27,000 teachers exist in the state, 21,000 lacking life certificates, prompting urged study during vacations.
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A. M. Deyoe
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State House
State Department
Five Weeks Without Water at Winton Farm Hog Discovery
In Winton on July 17 a five week confinement story ends with a hog of nearly 300 pounds found under a corncrib. Richard Kerr, watching chickens and pigs, spotted the animal after a hidden floor boarded up entry kept the hog in. The mystery of how the hog survived without water remains.
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Winton
W. J. Kerr
Little Richard
Richard
Stranger named Herbert Moore found injured on railroad tracks
From July 14 to the present a man identified as Herbert Moore lies in McGregor hospital with a fractured skull and crushed foot after a southbound freight struck him just north of Guttenberg. The incident occurred when the engine, unable to stop, passed over him. a following passenger train stopped at Guttenberg where he received surgical aid.
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Herbert Moore
McGregor
Guttenberg
Gobbler Acts as Foster Parent for Orphan Turkeys
At Virgil McGinnis farm near Waterloo a turkey gobbler steps in to care for a motherless brood after the hen dies following an accident. The gobbler covers the young turkeys with his wings, struts, and hunts for bits as the orphaned birds thrive under his care, leading McGinnis to believe barnyard fowls show reasoning power.
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Virgil McGinnis
Waterloo
Iowa Corn Crop Matures Early This Year
The first crop report from the Western Drain Dealers' association notes corn reaching peak maturity sooner than ever before. Iowa leads with two to three weeks advance, while other states show varied growth. A bumper oat and corn crop is forecast. beef and hog numbers drop except in South Dakota.
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Western Drain Dealers’ Association
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Towa
Llinois
Minnesota
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Girl Hurt by Torpedo Dynamite Explosion Near New Hampton
Gertrude Roths a 14 year old girl and eldest child of Mr and Mrs Peter Roths living northwest of town suffered a severe injury when a torpedo detonating dynamite cartridge exploded. Her little cousin had picked up the cartridge at the railroad track and, while trying to remove the cap, she struck it with a hammer. The blast cut a gash across the base of her throat requiring six stitches.
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New Hampton
Gertrude Roths
Peter Roths
International Summer School at Lake Okoboji Opens
An international summer school of missions will be established at Arnold Park Lake Okoboji on July 25 under the auspices of the women's missionary society of the Protestant churches of Iowa. Mrs W M Dudley of Indianola is general secretary and Governor Clarke will deliver the opening address Saturday July 25.
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Arnold Park
Lake Okoboji
Women's Missionary Society
Protestant Churches of
Towa
Runnner
W M. Dudley
Indianola
Governor Clarke
Weather Forecast Myth Busted by Officials
Weather forecast notes debunk the old St Swithin’s Day rain rule. Washington weather officials say the forty day rain superstition is bunk and not supported by statistics.
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Washington
Freight Cars Wreck Building in Mason City
Twenty four loaded freight cars broke loose from a Milwaukee switch engine and plowed into two cars at the side track foot, smashing Drummond street side and Mason City and Clear Lake railway barns. Forty feet of front wall collapsed, rear wall shifted, interior ruined. brick building total loss estimated at 160 dollars by superintendent Frank Hanlon. No injuries reported.
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Mason City Times
Milwaukee
Drummond Street
Drummond
Mason City
Clear Lake
Frank Hanlon
Interurban Company
May Appeal Blue Sky Ruling
Judge Smith McPherson of the United States district court informs Attorney General George Cosson that an appeal is allowed the state in the blue sky law case to the United States circuit court. The issue will go to the Supreme Court to decide if states have authority to pass blue sky laws. The Towa law is described as the mildest such measure yet adopted. If the Supreme Court finds it unconstitutional, Cosson says a legal state law may be impossible to obtain.
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Smith McPherson
United States District Court
George Cosson
United States Circuit Court
United States Supreme Court
Cosson
Water Tank Bursts At Sheffield Depot
A railway water tank at the Minneapolis and St. Louis depot in Sheffield burst its iron hoops and discharged about 0,000 gallons of water. An empty freight car on a siding beneath the reservoir was crushed, smashed to splinters, and derailed from the track by the flood.
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Minneapolis & St. Louis
Sheffield
Fined for Selling Bad Eggs in Payette County
Farmer Elmer Cousins of Payette County sold twelve dozen eggs to a West Union firm. The state food commissioner found sixty nine eggs were bad after inspection. Cousins was arrested and fined 820.
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Elmer Cousins
Payette County
West Union
Cousins
County Pays Heavy Bounties for Extermination
Clayton county paid out 1872.65 in bounties during the first half of the year for killing pests including gophers woodchucks rattlesnakes and crows. A total of 12585 pests were killed with woodchucks leading at 7987 followed by pocket gophers 3403. rattlesnakes 542 and crows 603.
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Clayton County
Bride Shot by Former Suitor in Hopkinton Ambush
Mrs. John Allen a bride of a week was shot in the side by a man hidden along the roadside while returning from Hopkinton with her husband. She died half an hour after being wounded. The suspected shooter identified as George DeLair, a former suitor, is linked to the case as authorities investigate the ambush on the farm route home.
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Hopkinton
John Allen
George DeLair
First Consolidated School Nearing Completion for Sept 1 Opening
The first strictly rural consolidated school to be built in Town, located five miles north of St Anthony and Clemens in Marshall county, is nearing completion and will open September 1. It will serve both educational and community social interests, with furnishing costing about $12,000.
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St. Anthony
Clemens
Marshall County
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Decorah
A. K. Bartey & Son
Dr. Guthrie
Gobbler
Bear & Rose
First Consolidated School
Dr. T. Felix Gouraud
Rai
A Sayre
Ford
T. Hopkins & Son
Props
Great Jones St
N.Y.C
Ben Bear
Square Dealer
N. E
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