Winneshiek Wheat Crop Shown With Strong Returns
The 1913 county wheat report notes 91,935 bushels of spring wheat produced nationwide, with 5,701 harvested acres averaging 18 bushels per acre. Expect 360,000 bushels if 20,000 acres are planted this year, aiding home demand. Military township led, Calmar and Springfield close behind. Glenwood smallest. Winter wheat last year yielded 6,449 bushels from 360 acres in Decorah township.
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Military Township
Banner
Calmar
Springfield
Glenwood
Decorah
Ngfield
Frankville Township
Bloomfield Township
Ridgeway Corporation
Castalia Corporation
Jackson Junction Corporation
Death of Archbishop Keane in Dubuque Cathedral
The death of His Grace Archbishop John Joseph Keane, retired, occurred at 4 30 this morning at St Raphael s Cathedral parish home. Archbishop James J Keane and Fathers Brady and Rohlman were at his bedside. He had been ill for several weeks and had shown declining health since retirement in 1911. Prayers were asked last Sunday at all Masses and his condition was not public until then. He was 79.
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Dubuque
John Joseph Keane
St. Raphael's Cathedral
James J. Keane
Brady
Rohlman
Keane
Floating Chicken House Burns in Flood Waters
After floods surround Town City, the Crocker family is moved to a neighbor’s home. From a distant view they witness their poultry house aflame while still waterlogged. A barrel of lime in the wet hen house overheated and ignited the building.
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Town City
E. W. Crocker
Make Baby a Present From Cedar Rapids Company
Eighty men of Company D Cedar Rapids now stationed at Camp Cody ordered to France announce a plan to gift their captain’s baby, Baby Jane Meyer, a $100 Liberty bond in her name. The baby and her mother will move to Deming next week to stay with Captain Walter Meyer until orders for overseas service arrive.
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Cedar Rapids
Camp Cody
France
Walter A. Meyer
Jane Meyer
Jane
Deming
Strawberry Point Deputy Arrests Max Wendorf
A deputy U S marshal arrested Max Wendorf in Strawberry Point and transported him to Dubuque on a presidential warrant. The case awaits federal judge action on bonds and parole, potentially detaining him for the war duration.
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U. S
Strawberry Point
Max Wendorf
Dubuque
Fire Blast at Cedar Rapids Laundry Injures Engineer
Joseph Kara, an engineer at a Cedar Rapids laundry, is hospitalized with severe burns from a steam driven explosion of a water tank at the plant. The blast shattered nearly all windows and sent flying metal injuring him.
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Joseph Kara
Cedar Rapids
Kara
Tend Soldier's Farm Near Salem Church Tracr News
Twenty three teams and plows tilled a corn field owned by Hennis Landt near Salem church in Tracr as neighbors planned to tend the crop while Landt, unexpectedly drafted, left for military service last month. Local shoppers at De Renina Filer noted the busy scene and aid plans were forming.
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Tracr
Hennis Landt
Salem Church
World Food Shortage Warns of Global Starvation Risk
The Food Administration warns hundreds of thousands have died of starvation in the war era as world production collapses. Finland faces cereal scarcity with 150 grams of bread daily, Belgium and Holland contend with livestock losses, and Denmark sees similar strains. Europe’s demand for U.S. wheat requires national sacrifice. conserve to feed others.
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Federal Food Administration
Belgium
Finland
Russia
Sweden
Holland
Denmark
Mower Severes Hand in Hayfield Accident
Osage News reports Pete Amundson, the season’s first mower victim, will lose his left hand after a hay mowing mishap near Rock Creek. While checking a mailbox, the horse team spooked, reared, and struck him as he reached for the mail box. The sickle cut his left wrist and caused severe lacerations to his head and arm.
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Osage News
Pete Amundson
Rock Creek
Amundson
Baby Dies Suddenly Near Waukon
The 3 year old son of Mr and Mrs Bert Dee living near Waukon was found dead in its bed after showing illness. A physician treated the child and nothing serious was believed. later, while the family were briefly on the porch, they found him lifeless. It is thought the child may have eaten poisonous weed while tasting onion tops from the garden.
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Bert Dee
Waukon
Conductor Halts Train for Red Cross Parade
Conductor Gilmartin of train No. % held the train on Old Settlers day in Chester to honor the Red Cross parade. The train paused beside the depot as the procession began and passengers were invited to watch the event, a gesture Chester residents call a noble deed.
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Lime Springs
Gilmartin
Chester
Red Cross
Mason City liquor transport case yields short federal sentences
Steve Pantza pleaded guilty in Fort Dodge federal court after an earlier arrest for transporting liquor into Mason City. Judge Henry T. Reed sentenced him to three months in Webster County jail and a $150 fine. George Palatious, another Mason City Greek indicted on a similar charge, received a $100 fine. Adeas appears in sequence with the case details.
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Steve Pantza
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Henry T. Reed
Webster County
George Palatious
Pmanthe
Tariff panel backs offshoring matches from America
The tariff commission, after a broad study of tariffs, reports that U S matches in 1917 totaled about 28.8 million gross and that Sweden and Japan are its main rivals. It notes Sweden’s access to potash and wood and Japan’s potash and cheap labor, while wages vary little in shaping trade. The panel implies displacing U S production to these nations and dismantling about 25 domestic plants with $12 million in capital and 2,000 workers redirected.
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Tariff Commission
Sweden
Japan
Germany
Russia
Commission
America
Convicts Escape From Reformatory Through Sac County
Three inmates working on the new women's reformatory at Rockwell City escaped and moved through Sac County. They entered a farm home to obtain clothing food and money and attempted to steal a car from Rev. John Herbst of Coon Valley township. They also took a new Chandler from Harvey Madison west of Sac City and abandoned it near Storm Lake after running out of gasoline.
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Rockwell City
Sac County
John Herbst
Coon Valley Township
Chandler
Harvey Madison
Sac City
Storm Lake
Girl Hana on Big Farm Helps Uncle Sam in Iowa War Effort
Miss Ida Maiers of Union township eight miles west of Iowa City is the only Iowa girl with such a war effort distinction. At seventeen she assists her father on a 380 acre farm driving six horses and operating a Case tractor, plowing with up to twenty horse power.
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Uncle Sam
Ida Maiers
Union Township
Iowa City
Iowa
Miss Maiers
Little Girl Rescues Grandfather Near Randalia Creek
In Randalia near West Union J J McNaul tried to move a drag through a narrow opening by a creek when his granddaughter Hazel led the effort. The drag hit a rock threw him onto the rocks and he was knocked unconscious. Hazel lifted his head from the water and ran for help. He is expected to recover.
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Randalia
West Union
J. J. McNaul
Hazel
Ticket Agent Clyde Phillips Found Dead In Home Cistern
Clyde Phillips a railroad ticket agent was found dead in the cistern at his New Hampton home after a note on the dining room table suggested suicide. Railroad officials reviewing his books did not reveal whether a shortage existed. Phillips is survived by his wife and a four year old child.
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Clyde Phillips
New Hampton
Phillips
Protesters Paint Word German on Lutheran Church
Indignant residents of Ryan village in Delaware County gathered Tuesday night at the German Lutheran church and painted the word German across its name plate. The crowd included many of the village’s leading citizens who did not conceal their identities.
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Ryan
Delaware County
Wheat Requisition Drive Delivers 11,000 Bushels Statewide
Food administration workers report a two week campaign to secure surplus wheat from farmers for soldiers in France and allies. Letters urged early delivery and no seed stock from the 1917 crop. Mills and elevators were asked to receive wheat and ship by local freight if car shortages occurred.
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France
Eat Fruit and Vegetables for War Time
U S FOOD ADMINISTRATION urges use of fresh produce over canned goods to free supplies for soldiers and Allies. Emphasizes substituting carrots for eggs in puddings, trimming waste, and conserving staples to lower living costs while supporting the war effort. Iowa’s wartime food program highlights patriotism and shared sacrifice.
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Iowa
Igram
Towa
France
Democracy
Weather forecast for Upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys
Forecast for June 24 to June 29 shows showers at the week’s start and end with moderate temperatures. Issued by the U S Weather Bureau in Washington D C. Text also notes limited time for timber cutting in Switzerland with sparse timbering detail.
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U. S
Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Early Motorcar Race of 1895 Recalls Horsepower Debate
Waldemar Kaempffert recalls a 1895 horseless carriage race as a mechanical test. Cars started bravely, then failed with repairs. one inventor traded for a horse team. The winner averaged seven and a half mph, and the engine later tested at four horsepower.
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Waldemar Kaempffert
Harper’s Magazine
Red Cross Ear of Corn Sells for Charity Across States
A yellow ear of corn with a red cross on it, raised on a forty acre Bernard Town field by Joseph B. Connley, is offered for temporary sale in Cedar Rapids to fund Red Cross efforts. Proceeds are sent to the next Red Cross headquarters as the ear travels to every chapter nationwide.
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Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Bernard
Town
Joseph B. Connley
United States
Wreck Narrowly Averted At Vinton Train
A Rock Island train entering Vinton at about 40 mph lost a wheel rim and broke the driving rod causing engine damage. A passenger who viewed the wreck was badly burned by steam but received medical attention and continued with the train when it departed.
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Vinton
Rock Island
Booze haul thwarted as keeper arrested near Northwood
George Thomas a saloon keeper from Blooming Prairie Minnesota was arrested on a highway nine miles east of Northwood while about to transfer 200 pints of whiskey from his car to a handcar approaching via the C. G. Wi tracks from the south.
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George Thomas
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Northwood
C. G. Wi
Pigeon Found In Wadena With Aluminum Band
A carrier pigeon was found on the streets of Wadena last week. It appeared exhausted and tame and was easily caught. An aluminum leg band marked J. 17, 4130 was on the bird. After feeding and watering it, the pigeon took flight again.
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Wadena
Two Little Comforts for the Boys Over There
In the Soldiers All section of the July Woman's Home Companion two practical hints are offered. An air cushion, packed in a rubberized envelope, is prized by a returned soldier for rest after long tramps, while tablet ink dissolved in water provides a reliable writing fluid for dry fountain pens. A note on sheet metal work highlights its ancient roots across civilizations.
Rice Flour Mills Shortage Spurs California Plant Expansion
Rice flour demand rises sharply under the wheat substitute program with California seeing only four of ten mills capable of producing rice flour. Reports indicate plans to increase capacity as several producers form a new corporation to build and operate a rice mill.
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California
The
Food Administration
Constipation Dangers and Cathartic Tablets Ad
Advertisement from Engbertson's Pharmacy urges treatment for neglected constipation warning of serious bowel complications. Promotes Cathartic Tablets described as effective gentle and non injurious to the stomach, though warns about habit forming drugs and claims suitability for overweight individuals.
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Engbertson’s Pharmacy
Ady
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Strawberry Pointer
Renina Filer
de- Ie
Globe
Europe
Mike
Adeas
Girl Hana
Food Administration News
Mississippi Valley
U.S. Food Administration
Ry J. F. Deems
Weather Report
Switzerland
Red Cross Ear of Corn
Dangers
Ingvoldstad Lumber Co
Bear’s
Palm Beach
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