Billion Dollar State Shown in 1915 Farm Values
Official figures from the state agricultural department affirm Iowa's billion dollar status for 1915 farm output and livestock. Field crops reached 408 million, dairy 75 million, poultry and eggs 41 million, wool 1.5 million, totaling 525.7 million. Livestock on farms January 1 stood at 451.6 million, with horses 166.3 million, mules 6.7 million, milch cows 81.4 million, other cattle 104.8 million, swine 84.3 million, sheep 8.0 million. Combined farm crops and livestock total 977.3 million.
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Towa
State Agricultural Department
Supreme Court targets exaggerated mail advertising as fraud
The court ruled that advertisers can be charged with mail fraud if exaggerated campaigns mislead buyers, even when money's worth is received. Justice McKenna held fraud exists when the product fails to serve the claimed purpose, regardless of value.
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Supreme Court
Justice McKerman
District Court
Florida
New South Farm and Home Company
McKenna
Close Call At New Hampton Fire Attempt
Art Healy tried to light a fire at the Robinson billiard hall in New Hampton by pouring gasoline into the front damper. The stove flare leapt up, he grabbed the bottle and moved for the door but blocked by a passerby. Healy saved the passerby and himself with a quick jerk and throw, suffering only a minor finger burn.
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New Hampton
Art Healy
Robinson Billiard Hall
Healy
Improvements at Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown
The state board of control plans a 10 man nonvets colony from Anamosa reformatory to upgrade the Town Soldiers' Home grounds from the main entrance gate north to the Town river. Work includes buildings, clearing the old dry lake bed for an artificial lake, and cemetery improvements.
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State Board of Control
Anamosa
A Bad Piece of Road in Ossian on Larson Hill
J H Meyer of Calmar became stalled on the Larson hill on Ossian’s outskirts last Thursday morning with his oil wagon. It required seven horses to pull it out, and four hours of work. An unusually bad stretch of road in Winneshiek county needs prompt repair.
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Ossian Bee
Ossian
J. H. Meyer
Calmar
Larson Hill
Winneshiek County
Found Drowned at Gunder Farm Cistern
Miss Gertie Emma Ness aged about 18 was found dead in a cistern on the Louis Reierson farm near Gunder where she had been employed. Coroner W J Beerman was called and an inquest held. The coroner's jury ruled accidental drowning as the cause of death.
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Guttenberg Press
Gertie Emma Ness
Louis Reierson
Gunder
W. J. Beerman
Allamakee Cattle to North Dakota Deal
Messrs Mathew Duffey and P C Stenhjem of Esmond Benson County ND represented a Farmers club and bought twenty one head of registered milking Short Horn heifers from John H Logsdon near Rossville Allamakee county.
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Waukon Standard
Messrs
Mathew Duffey
P. C. ‘Stenhjem
Esmond
Benson County
Farmers’ Club
Allamakee County
John H. Logsdon
Rossville
Clean-Up Week and City Developments Across Iowa
Waukon declares clean-up week while Cresco plans a new Adventist church and Fort Dodge Elks seek a new home. Frederika schools close for smallpox, Mississippi River at McGregor hits 1888 highs, and Waverly Nashua cancel races. Sheldon buys a $1,400 power flush cart. Fayette jail houses nineteen inmates. Waukon Standard sold to M A Potter.
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Waukon
Adventists
Cresco
Fort Dodge
Frederika
Bremer County
Decorah
K. Kirkeby
Hy. Snyder
John Wheaton
Thomas Scott
Boone
Dorothy Smith
Cedar Rapids
African Methodist Episcopal Church At
Tama Jim Honored as National Agricultural Society President
James Wilson of Tama and former secretary of agriculture under McKinley Roosevelt and Taft was elected president of a newly organized National Agricultural society in New York. The group aims to speak for U S farmers on nationwide agricultural issues, including rural credits, uniform legislation, urban outreach to farm interests, and cooperative marketing. Headquarters will be in New York for now, with a permanent Washington location planned.
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James Wilson
Tama
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
National Agricultural Society
New York
United States
Washington
Closing of da Hostelry at Prairie du Chien
The Dousman house at Prairie du Chien was sold at foreclosure and will close. Owned by the C M and St Paul railway, the hotel once stood as a premier local establishment. Col H L Dousman owned and managed it for years before C W Hufschmidt took charge in 1882 and died in 1908.
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Dousman
Prairie du Chien
C., M. & St. P. Railway Company
Col. H. L. Dousman
C. W. Hufschmidt
Lansing
Sink Hole Report Near Chas Erickhoff Farm
A large sink hole was found on the main road near Chas Erickhoff’s country home last Sunday. Passersby on their noon return noted a hole about four feet wide and eight feet long, with a nearly fifty foot depth. A five foot water depth stream flows at the bottom, creating a mood of concern among nearby farmers.
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Wykof Enterprise
Chas
Erickhoff
Ice Loss Drowns May’s Summer Supply at New Albin
George B. May of New Albin lost his entire summer ice supply when flood water flooded the ice house. Water undermined the structure and forced the ice to slide, destroying the entire stock. He must buy ice as needed next summer.
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George B. May
New Albin
Mr. May
Burdock Blood Bitters Ad Promotes Pure Blood Digestion
An old advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters with claims that impure blood causes disease and pure blood plus sound digestion prevents illness. Sold at all drug stores for 1.00.
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Soldiers’ Home
North Dakota
Mississippi River
McGregor
Sink Hole Farms
Adams Seed CO
Marsh
Iowa
Schaffner & Marx
Bear's
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Square
The
New England Co
America
Ben Bear
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