Iowa News Briefs From Albia To Camp Dodge
A long Iowa item mix reports the shooting death of J W Noel a Villisca photographer at Albia with unclear cause. Alabama workers reach Camp Dodge while housing plans change. Other notes cover ex soldiers social, sugar shortages, promotions, public notices, trials and local incidents across Des Moines Dubuque Grinnell and Cedar Rapids.
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Albia
J. W. Noel
Villisca
Burlington
Noel
Wilkerson
Montgomery County
Byrne
J. Z. Jones
Camp Dodge
Cantonment
Baker
Masons
Knights of Pythias and
Odd Fellows
National Army
Waverly
Camp ‘Dodge
Bremer County
Gotch
Humboldt
Chicago
Centervite
Greenleaf
Boone
Army
Dea Moines
Dubuque
Maurice Connolly
Chanute Aviation Field
Rantoul
France
A. Chappell
Leonidas
Des Moines
United States Army
Chappell
Nina Willard
Western Union
Cherokes
Privonera
Farragut
Missouri
Uncle Bam
Frank ©. Lowden
Illinoi
Lowden
Company 4
John Bean
New Market
Federal Grand Jury
Council Bluffs
Grinnell
Great Loss of Bees: Winter Colony Survival
United States Department of Agriculture outlines that U.S. beekeepers lose at least one tenth of colonies each winter, with higher losses in some areas. Primary causes are inadequate stores and excessive heat production. proper insulation, packing, and controlled feeding with sugar syrup or honey improve survival.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Cost of Keeping Farm Horses and Horse Labor Survey
United States Department of Agriculture bulletin 580 summarizes a study of 310 horses on 27 farms in Illinois, Ohio, and New York. It compares annual keep costs, hours worked, and cost per hour, noting a 1,053 hour average per horse in Illinois with 9.56 cents per hour and contrasting Ohio and New York figures.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Minois
Ohio
New York
Illnois
War Information Committees Run Like Newsrooms
Government committees on public information operate like a centralized newsroom with an editor in charge, a staff of reporters, feature writers, and a photo department. About 25 trained newspaper men support a larger organization of over 100, distributing war news and government stories to papers nationwide.
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Pashington
George Creel
Chatimany
Alti
Thia
Committée of Public Information
New York
United States
Reward for Doing a Helpful Thing on the Street Car
A street car encounter shows two women sharing a moment of courtesy amid weariness and chatter. One offers a seat and the other explains she is spinster, while a stranger jokes about class and coins. The tale ends noting the value of helpful acts and a thread of shared humanity.
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Brnckses
Big Chief Recognized by Washington Crowds
In a busy city scene a tall, immaculately dressed man draws no special notice. Bela, internationally renowned, passes the White House area unnoticed by most passersby despite his commanding presence. Only when compared to top officials would he draw a crowd, for he is merely President Wilson.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
Tilton
Des.Moinss
Odd Fellows
Towa
Joseph B. Jones
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Jones
Healy
Tutter Lathrop
Children's Bureau
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
Des Moines
United States
Americana
A. W. Trout
Perry
Washington
Seventieth Illinois Infantry
Trout
Marshal Moore
Peter Bishop
Dyarsville
Dubuque
Kater
Camber
Omaha
Sioux City
Perkins
Omeds
Nebraska
F. A. Schick
Nick Blitgen
Bellevue
Blitgen
Psn
Bela
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Madison Place
McAdoo
Lansing
Daniels
President Wilson
When Society Reporters Turned Wine Into Water
Washington wedding gala exposes a congressman who hid a dual life and sought to appease constituents by swapping champagne for apollinaria and ginger ale. Reporters recounted the ironic scene as a district sensitive to prohibition watched the celebration with wary eyes.
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Washington
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Iowa News Oe
The
Unitarian Church
Griswold
John Hughes
Clare
Fort Dodge
Thomas Arthur
Frank Wallace
Glenwood
Cunte
August Borgers
Cedar Falls
Amperica
Germany
H. D. Kennady
Brone Conrad
Paula Meeds
Iowa City
Frank Dole
Agricultural Department
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