Vast Iowa river project to reclaim swamps for farms
Engineers and crews begin the Marion county stretch of the Skunk River improvement, promising thousands of acres of arable land reclaimed from swampy areas. Concurrently, Iowa Baptist convention officers are listed, with Vaughn of Waterloo as president and others from Des Moines Shenandoah and Pella.
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Skunk River
Iowa State Baptist Convention
Waterloo
J. R. Vaughn
H. J. Tosket
Shenandoah
Setrond
C. W. Britton
Sioux City
S. E. Wilcox
Des Moines
R. R. Sadler
Pella
G. F. Reinking
Iowa City
Mason City
Nes
Cedar Rapids
Clear Lake
Rochester
Minn
Council Bluffs
Royeara
Minnesota
Joseph H. Tucker
Major M. Meigs
Keokuk
Meigs
Tucker
Temperance
Presbyterian Synod
Storm Lake
E. P. Worrell
Chicago
Leslie Hawkins
Baptist Church
George Whipple
Burlington
West Liberty Opera House
West Liberty
W. A. Tetley
Missouri
Iowa River
State Fish and Game
Davenport Coliseum
Supreme Court
Rev. Thompson
Elliott
Montemery County
Buena Vista College
R. Rehlin
Knox Presbyterian Church
James P. Linn
L. A. Christopherson
Home Hospital
Waukon
Baptist State Convention
State Association
Iowa
Malvern MeDougal
C. L. Wood
Garwin
G. L. Swanson
Stratford
McMillan and Sons
John Doblift
Henry Peterson
J. M. Perry
D. EB
P. Merrill
J. J. Reutter
Rock Rapids
Ethel Applegate
TE. B. Applegate
Knoxville
Judge Applegate
Miss Applegate
A. W. Montfort
National Society of Photographers
Grinnell
F. L. Abel
Abel
Keith Blow
L. €. Benett
Charles Potter
Carl Fravera
J. H. Griffith
Edward Strand
Lee Cunningham
Harry Anderson
Synod of Town of the Presbyterian Church
Washington
Lucinda Taylor
Newton
Nettle Wetherbee
Spencer
Catharine C. Wright
Bedford
Ella Fagen
Elizabeth M. Winship
Winterset
McGregor Electric Light and Power Company
Monona
Oscar Alberts
Marengo
Tr. R. Hammell
M. B. Flynn
Cherry Mound
Yellow River
McGregor
Skirt and Garment
Waverly
G. M. Hoffman
United States
Frederick Goff
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lawter
Ossian
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
James Davin
Davenport
Spirit Lake
A. F. Metelman
National Bank of
Probing Plumbers Restraint of Trade Charge
Federal grand jury probes Iowa Master Plumbers association for restraint of trade. Officers including secretary Robert Knauer and R. J. Knauer to testify in Sioux City as books and papers from last year are summoned. Possible indictments of Des Moines and Sioux City plumbers associations under the Sherman act.
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Des Moines
Federal Grand Jury
Sioux City
Iowa Master Plumbers’ Association
Federal Puiiding
George Bidwell
United States
Georges N. Murdock
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
Robert Knauer
R. J. Knaver
Knavers
Murdock
Iowa Master Plumbers' Association
Sioux City Plumbers’ Association
Des Moines Plumbers’ Association
Mystery light at Washington Postoffice Tower persists
In Washington the Postoffice Department tower light has disappeared from the clock area leaving a darkened apex. Old questions about why the dazzling glow appeared during Taft Hitchcock and Burleson administrations remain unanswered as officials refuse to explain the electrical switch on and off history.
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Fashington
Postoffice Department
Washington
Wilson
Burleson
Taft
Hitchcock
Weed
Post Office Department
Saratoga
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rit
Revolver Wax Bullet Practice At Washington Fencers Club
The Washington Fencers Club plans a wax bullet dueling feature using 44 caliber revolvers at its new Connecticut Avenue venue. Competitors will stand 80 feet apart with protective gear and metal shields, while M Francois Darriculat arranges outfits from Paris. The event aims to attract military officers and society spectators amid club reorganization led by Robert M. Thompson with Henry Breckinridge as secretary-treasurer.
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Lo Ching
Washington Fencers’ Club
Connecticut Avenue
Baslista
Salle D’armes
M. Francois Darriculat
Warmes
Paria
M. Darriculat
Washington
Paris
Galle D'Armes
Gordon Strong
Arthur Casains
Nita
Robert M. Thompson
Cecil Spring-Rice
Henry Breckinridge
Scott D. Breckin-ridge
Salle D'Armea
Whistle of a wreck rumor alarms city crowd
A long shriek from a locomotive at the Union station area sparked panicked reports of mass wrecks and steamboats sinking. Investigations clarified the distress call came from a broken whistle in a railroad yard and no deaths or donations were reported.
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Union Station
Willard
New Jersey Avenue
Onion Devastator Invades U S Becomes Threat To Onion Industry
The Department of Agriculture warns of the tylenchus devastatrix, the onion earworm, now invading the United States after Europe Africa and Australia. The pest attacks all bulbs, resists chemicals, and may survive two years of complete eradication efforts.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Europe
Africa
Australia
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