Rail commission inspects Illinois grade crossing gates
State railroad commission members travel to Illinois to study automatic crossing gates and safety devices after rising deaths from collisions between trains and automobiles drive calls for action. J A Peabody, chief engineer of the Chicago and North Western, accompanies the delegation.
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State Railroad Commission
Ilnos
J. A. Peabody
Menal
Chcagro & North Western Railroad
Commission
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
O. K. Marshall
Dayton
College Springs
Hubert Utterback
Des Moines
John Griffin
Rock Island
Ames
Mary Greeley
Wallace M. Greeley
Story County
Greeley
Graeley
Wie
Perking
Harvard University
Carl Samuelson
Shenandoah
Harvard Preparatory
Burlington Railroad
Town State Ecollege
Iowa State College
Kansas City
Pew
Chris Christensen
W. 3. LeGrange
L. KE
Wheeter
J. L. Evans
W. B. Patera
S. KE
Tucker
Boone
Coach Ward
Town Library Association
Hotel
Colfax
Iowa to Open Epileptic Colony at Woodward Soon
Iowa moves to care for epileptics with The Meadows hospital and colony at Woodward near Des Moines. First unit of fourteen buildings nears completion, with plans to open about February 1 1917 and eventual capacity 1200 to 1500 patients.
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Des Moines
Woodward
bé@&t
Woodward Institution
Board of Control
Woodward Colony
Iowa
State Board of Control
W. J. Dixon
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Woodward Hospital
Broadway Barroom Saga of a Panhandler and a Lender
A New York bar owner recounts a strange incident with a well dressed man who begged a dollar, acted desperate, and returned the next day for the remaining seventy five cents. The tale ends with the owner’s terse warning and the borrower’s demand.
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Galoonkeeper
Panhandler
New York
Broadway
Law Fields
Elderly Pastor Elopes in Monterey Marriage
Aged Rev James Sunderland, eighty two, marries Mary Ham, seventy five, in Monterey after four church weddings. The bride is sister of his fourth wife and had been keeping house for him since her sister’s death.
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A.L. Urick
Sioux City
Linn County
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Polk County
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Black Hawk
Dubuque
Cerro Gordo
Clinton
Stenth
Lee
Wlliam’ Rouse
Perry
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Vaterans
Iowa
Adal
Jefferson
Raccoon
Webster City
Kamrar
H. Tapper
Orange Township
Waterloo
Church of the Brethren
United States
Wapello County
State Highway Commission
Jon Morrison
State Commission
Ottumwa
Hampton
Alice Smith
Smith's Lake
Little Sioux
Boone
Luther
Grand Prairie
Marshall County
Rex Yockey
Lows State College
Chicago
State Board of Control
Nelson W. Wehrman
Tabor College
Highwaymen
Fayette
Bea
James Rhodes
Duncumb
National Guard
Brownsville
Ranoke Narinjos
Fruitvale
Cal
James Sunderland
Mary Ham
Monterey
Sunderland
Miss Mary Ham
Demand for Participation in Voting Discussed by Miss Cayenne
Miss Cayenne argues women seek to vote to learn from experience how men have made political blunders. She suggests experiencing both sides clarifies mistakes, noting that enduring errors is harder than creating them oneself.
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Miss Cayenne
Cleansers and Ointment Offer Free Mail Sample
Purporting to relieve itching burning crusting scale and disfigurement this advert touts Cuticura soaps and ointment as superior for all ages. It promises a free sample by mail with a postcard request and lists Boston Dent L as the address.
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Avery
Cutleura
Dent. L
Boston
Germany could build 26 battleships or battle cruisers
Naval critic Hector C. Bywater argues that about 90 shipbuilding ways and plants in Germany could support a simultaneous program including 26 capital ships and accompanying light cruisers destroyers and submarines. He contends many yards, though unable to construct battleships, can produce fighters, with a total wartime workforce around 100,000 across the yards.
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Hector C. Bywater
Germany
The Imbrogilo And The Absentminded Senator
The speaker in New York mocked the Mexican situation by invoking the Imbrogilo as a result of absentmindedness. He proffered a fable about a dry goods clerk in love whose blundered line about washing, cooking, and chores led to a sharp rebuke from the spirited girl at hand.
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Fall
New York
George
One Exception in Syracuse Ice Cost Debate
A fragment notes Billy Sunday’s Syracuse visit with a reported cost of 61854.60 dollars for ice display or service, equating to 8.80 dollars per unit, framed as a contrast to comforts or cold weather. The text hints at a public or promotional event during the summer.
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Billy Sunday
Syracuse
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