Iowa News Notes on Power Dam and Local Incidents
Iowa reports electric power from the Migslaaipp river dam to Des Moines, with feasibility of transmitting power and annual output rivaling 40 percent of state coal. Pension grants, arrests, court actions, fires, and local incidents fill a crowded bulletin from Waterloo to Atlantic and Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Hugh L. Cooper
Iowa
Western Jews Editorial Association
Council Bluffs
W. BH. Wells
Red Oak Express
D. P. Chase
Atlantic News-Telegraph
H. A. Stevens
Silver City Times
Everett Spillars
Cedar Rapids
Sigma Chi
Iowa City
Spillars
B. C. West
Adel
Geo. L. Hewitt
Fifty-fourth Regiment
Iowa National Guard
Lasteen
T. P. Hollowall
Titty Fourth Regiment
Weaver D. Smith
Fort Madison
Harry Rockwood
George Angerer
West Liberty
Angerer
Fred Boarts
Mercy Hospital
Ben Boarte
Iowa State Conference of Charities and Corrections
Cedar Rapida
Tom Majors
Near Albis
Hfe
E. G. Dunn
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association
Brain Dosleras’ Association
Henry Biller
Carroll
Honey Creek
Kate Shelly
Biller
State Board of Parole
Charite Thomas
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Washington
Gillette Dry Goods
Atlantic
W. W. Parker
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Belle Plaine
Mount Pleasant
Fay H
Gillet
Corning
Farmers’ Grain Dealors' Association of
Port Dodge
Mason City
Wellsburg Elevator Company
Wellsburg
Columbia Hotel
Lake City
J. J. Thompson
Creston
M. W Gray
Kansas City
Iowa Miners Aim to Raise Wages and Shut Mines
Miners in Iowa plan to demand a 10 cent per ton raise and 20 percent for day work at their March 14 convention in Des Moines. Operators expect not to meet the hike, sparking a coal mine shutdown on April 1. Other states and local buyers brace for higher coal prices as protests spread.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Union Miners of
State Operators’ Association
Ohio
Indiana
Olivota
Pennsylvania
E. C. Smith
Ralitoada
J. H. McConologue
Mason City
United States
Wisconsin Supreme Court
MAKE FARM COLONIES LEGAL Campaign pushes farm colonies for criminals
A state wide drive by the Men and Religion Forward Movement proposes legalizing detention farms and workhouses for criminals. A farm colony and workhouse committee will seek legislative support, inviting Frank R. McDonald to explain current workhouse plans. Community groups across the state will be asked to back the proposal.
Happiness in a Kansas shack promised a new home
In Kansas City Kansas a 78 year old Grandma Bass endures a bone board shack kept warm by a broken stove. She smiles as police promise a new home to spare her from the cold and fear of the poorhouse. Her son, tuberculosis and hardship left her living in a bare room with earth floor and shifting snow.
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Kansas City
Kan
Grandma Base Ceda
Janet
Grandma Bass
Newing
Beo
Missouri River
Howls
Grandma
Ub Tle
How He Found The Culprit From A Skunk Farm Tale
A Tennessee farmer who kept a skunk farm noticed missing animals and tracked them at night. He found two people loading skunks into a bag while music from a banjo played softly. The farmer shot one intruder with 27 No 6 shot and the skunks stopped.
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Tennessee
Louisville
Darkles
Fighting Parson Named Indian Service Chief Officer
The Riverside area Native communities react to Denver’s announcement that Rev. Charles C. Brannon the famed “fighting parson” of the Methodist faith will take over as chief special officer of the Indian service replacing Coggeshall who moves to New Mexico. Brannon famed for surviving numerous shots and many fights is tasked with halting illegal liquor sales among Indians and assumes a role long held since Pussy Foot Johnson’s resignation.
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Banning
Cal
Riverside
County
Denver
Charles C. Brannon
The
Indian Service
Coggeshall
New Mexico
Brannon
Indiana
Pussyfoot" Johnson
Profitable Flax and Wheat Farming in Western Canada
Western Canada shows large wheat yields with 20 to 110 bushels per acre reported in Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta. A Baska ton farmer notes 25 pounds seed per acre yielding 29 bushels and a Rosetown grower totals 8800 bushels on 100 acres summer follow. Cattle horses roots and vegetables also feature in government literature and praise Western Canadian farms as money makers.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Onte
Baskatchewan
New York
White
Rosetown
Western Canada Farma
Irascibility Explained in a Witty Exchange
Mrs Bhortscot questions a husband about his temper. Mr Leedout replies that his husband has learned a stereotype about brainy men being cranks and is aiming to cultivate a reputation.
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Mrs. Bhortscot
Mr. Leedout
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New Hampton
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Marshalltown
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