Water vehicle registration plan for 1917 including fees
Secretary of State W S Allen to mail letters to water vehicle owners urging early motor car registrations for 1917 under the new law. Annual fees due January 1 with 10 percent penalty after April 1 and 6 percent monthly thereafter. Warmer notes on hog cholera, farm sales, and local incidents accompany a broad Iowa news page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Allen
Lnet
McGregor
Mississippi
Ira B. Clark
la Crosse
Wis
Chester
Towa
Galena
Illiois
Robert Shaw
Hayaville
Iowa University
American Ambulance Corps
Verdun
Shaw
Edward Kelly
Philadelphia
Americas
Rolfa and
Spencer
St. Paul
Kansas City
Harry Latta
Logan
W. W. Latto
Omaha
Liston
Cumberland
State Library Convention
Colfax
Ione Armstrong
Council Bluffs
Halan McRaith
Sioux City
Irving C
Ames
Ames Women’s Club
Plan for Recruits and Labor Studies in Iowa
Iowa splits into Davenport and Omaha districts for Army recruiting under a 100,000 annual target. The Des Moines area proposes a single station but Davenport and Omaha remain as regional hubs. The piece covers labor conditions among telephone workers, women in laundries, corn as a cheap staple, vocational training plans, election ballots, and various state administrative notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
War Department
Iowa
Davenport
Ane
Mitchell
Worth
Appanoose
Wayne
Omaha
State Department
A. M. Devoe
State House
Towr
Fond Wife To Two Husbands At Once
Mary Vollen confessed to Alderman P J Martin that she wed two men within a year and remained their wife. Husbands Matthew Karacits and Vincent Vollen, stunned in court, were told of her double life on a single block and constant secrecy between homes. Bail set at 5000 dollars. she notified both spouses after the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Coffman
Logan
Jall
Persia
Cass Township
Coffman
Sherrif, Myers
Hughes Farm
Hansen Farm
Parsta
Iowa
Lana Construction Company
Council Bluffs
Dammiow
Wheeler
Treynor
Alfred van Auken
North English
Cedar Rapids
Frank Miller
Wifo
van Anken
Miller
Pottsville
Sarge
Mary Vollen
P. J. Martin
Fonda
Mary ¥Ollen
Matthew Karacits
Vincent Vollen
Mary
Vollen
Karaels
Martin
Electric Iron Fatality in Damp Basement
Mrs. Augusta Tichorowski died in Cleveland when standing on a damp basement floor while adjusting an electric iron plug. Police say she likely touched the live prong without turning off power, causing current to pass through her to the wet floor. Her two children cried for help as neighbors found her unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Augusta Tichorowski
License Torn Pasadena Couple Weds Again
A torn marriage license fragment scene at Cleveland Ohio led license clerk Frank Zizelman to issue a new license after mistakingly tearing up a prior certificate issued to Robert B. Jones and Julia B. Barta. The couple, a teen and her escort, appeared radiant as the incident unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frank Zizelman
Lcense
Nearly Drowned by Big Fish at Lake Erie
Greene a Greenville merchant nearly drowned at Van Buren point on Lake Erie after hooking a 56 pound muscallonge. A H Belding was aboard as Greene reached over the side the fish pulled him overboard. Both men were thrown into the water but managed to land the fish and escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Greene
van Buren Point
Lake Erie
A. H. Belding
Young Women Told How to Avoid Pain with Remedy
A Buffalo mother reports her daughter relieved from monthly back and side pains by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges young women with painful or irregular periods to try the remedy and write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Lydia E. Pinkham
Matilda Kurtzweg
High St
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Provoking Prose and Pledges from Providence Jitney Buses
A jumble of wry maxims and city trivia notes Providence Rhode Island reports 1000 jitney buses amid reflections on labor effort and personal resolve. The lines mix philosophy with local transit trivia and a self deprecating tone.
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National Guard
Jacksonville
Florida
G. M. Agner
W. E. Kessler
Sidney 8. Smith
Washington
M. K. Kurtz
Ernest Coler
M. A. Fawcett
A. T. Carter
R. R. Mayberry
Cedric A. Barnes
Grinnell
Thomas M. Sutherland
T. H. Venfrey
RB. A. Fuller
DP. W. Price
Iowa City
Marshalltown
Christian Woman’s Board of Missions
Board of Missions
M. J. Kennedy
Dubuque
Brunson and Shipley
Dubuque Auto
J. O. Mankin
University of Missouri
Iowa State College
State Board of Education
A. Tt. Corey
Iowa State Fair Association
EM C. Perkins
Baker
W. H. Harrison
Harrison
Minnesota
Industrial School For Girls
Sauk Center
Mion
J. H. McConlogue
Iowa Board of Control
McConlogue
State Department of Agriculture
Poultry Department
Crescent Poultry Company of
State Railroad Commission
Iawa
Corey
John C. Simpson
A. R. Corey
Simpson
Faw
Corning
Grenwood
Ida Grove
Lone Tree
Manchester
Oxford
Riverside
Sheldon
Tipton
Willison
West Branch
Williamsburg
Winterset
Boone
Burlington
Cedar Falls
Goday Rapids
Centerville
Charles City
Clarinda
Clinton
Hkag
W. J. Dixon
Col. J. H. McConlogue
State Board of Control
Ann Arbor
Mich
Iowa Board of Education
Michigan State University
State University
Town City
Psycopathic Hospital
Gaye
Prohibition
Socialist Labor
Independent
Judiciary
Emory H. English
Mrs. Kurtzweg
Providence, R. I
Japan
Doan
Schierhola
Boon
Seony Stern
Bee Bes
Ed Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Carter
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co
Aruy
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
Chicago
Jil
Parker
Waseem Setamnee
Ven. Uy
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