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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1913

Page

6

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.

Marion County 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Department of Agriculture United States Europe Africa Australia

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State Teachers’ College State Teachers’ Association M. J. Hurd Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Mar Ba‘stown Pgs Hurd Fair Grounds Fair Board Pres G. H. Cameron A. R. Corey Nike O. A. Olson Cameron Hull Clarke Board of Parole Roy Hill Tama County Anamosa Reformatory G. W. Burnham Dan Leary Conn Kin Leary State Highway Board Highway Commission Fremont Shelby George W. Clarke Commission Aake Supreme Court B. H. Gish Iowa Falls Township Hardin County Secretary of State Gish Town Falls State Department Iowa Falls General Assembly State Highway Commission A. Schell Shelby County Schell Board of Supervisors Shelby County Board of Supervisors Ames State Board of Health Health Department Sumner Britt A. J. Cole Hancock County Hancock Kossuth Strinner Eb Higgins A. E. Kepford Iowa National Guard War Department Adj Guy E. Logan James Riugh Lincoln David 8 Fairchild Medical Corps Smith W. Brookhart Logan New Company Incorporated Dixon Coal and Lumber Company Rockwell City W. J. Dixon State Board of Control Vera. Dixon New York Paul H. Nixon G. W. Clarke Federal Council of Churches National Reform Association Portland Oregon Christ In Churches Towans Sophia Crambill Dudley Rebecca McKrell Marshalltown Addie E. Todford Abbla Elizabeth A. Walker Woodburn Susannah Atwood Mount Ayr Setphia. A. Ingram Seymour Eliz MH. McVicar Easle Grove Mary JE. Thomas State Baptists State Baptist Convention Baptists’ Churches of Wilcox Postoffice Tower Uies
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