State cuts antitoxin prices and expands stations
Iowa reports saving 53178 over two years through state contract antitoxin supply.14,722 packages distributed at consumer prices far below market. New contracts cut prices further. 300 stations by January with vaccines offered. Commissioner Thorne resigns to lead livestock-rate inquiry as special counsel.
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Iowa City
Iowa
State Board of Health
State Board of, Health
Board of Health
Thorne
Des Moines
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Substitute for Gravel Improves Rural Road Surface Near Perry
Residents along the Okoboji trail northeast of Perry report a substitute for gravel that outperforms top gravel grades. Long-abandoned Angus coal mine stacks, once prominent in local fields, were tested as road surface material. A stretch with a long haul from the pit packed hard and smooth, solving an efficiency problem. The slack will be used widely next spring to surface nearby roads.
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Perry
Okoboji
Angus
Horsemen Seek Permanent International Show Draft Horses Exhibit
The Iowa Draft Horse Breeders association, citing unprecedented success and strong praise for the Iowa cooperative draft horse exhibit at Chicago's International Livestock Show, authorizes its executive committee to pursue making the display a permanent feature at all international shows and state fairs beyond the Iowa fair.
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Ames
Chicago
Iowa Draft Horse Breeders’ Association
Many Improvements At Ames
Ames reports 1916 public and private improvements totaling 1 845 048 29 dollars, surpassing all other Iowa towns of 6 10. Iowa State College received 225 000 for improvements. Major items include 140 new houses costing 400 000 and paving at 213 292 47 dollars not yet complete.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Christmas Eve Elks entertain Mason City youngsters
The Mason City Elks organized a Christmas party for about 300 local children, distributing candy and nuts as part of their longstanding annual charity event. The event spread holiday cheer across Elks Lodge activities and community service.
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Mason City
Elks
Good Fellows
Clear Lake
Tks
Postmaster Bronson’s South-law Bad Ty Thiured
Spencer Ta December 22 Demon G Burdick of Prineville Oregon was seriously injured in an auto wreck when the car slid off a high embankment. Two companions were killed and Burdick suffered a broken arm several broken ribs internal injuries. He had been chosen state representative in his home district in November.
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Spencer, Ta
Demon G. Burdick
Prineville
Oregon
Burdick
Hone
Maurice Connor Wins Case in Supreme Court
Webster City Iowa December twenty two Attorney Maurice O Connor of Fort Dodge appeared in the Town supreme court in the case of the executors of the estate of the late J HW Carlton against Ellsworth college in which a decision was handed down. The will left the college three hundred sixteen thousand dollars. Carlton had loaned the institution nine thousand dollars before his death. College officials contended this loan in addition to the ten thousand named in the will, but Mr O Connor represented the estate and won the case.
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Webster City
Maurice O'Connor
Fort Dodge
Supreme Court
J. HW. Carlton
Ellsworth College
Carlton
O'Connor
Daylight Bank Robbery Report at Nora Springs
A man about 25 entered the First State Bank at Nora Springs Iowa on December 21 at 12:15 PM, presented a threat and demanded cash in a daylight robbery. Authorities pursued details and description as the investigation continued.
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Nora Springs
Mason City
First State Bank
Thrust
Curlew Christmas Visitors and Local Updates
Curlew residents welcomed Mike Brennan and son Dick from Des Moines for Christmas. Others from Emmetsburg Mason City Fort Dodge and Graettinger visited or returned. Christmas travel included Ethel Hattie Easton and Carl Corell. School closed for two weeks while teachers left for holidays.
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Mike Brennan
Des Moines
Emmetsburg
Airs
Jim Williams
Mason City
Cecil Easton
Mercy Hospital
Port Dodge
Chris
Wieland Breckler
Fort Dodge
Harry Degnan
Hatch
Havelock
John EB. Dickinson
Barnum
Ethel
Hattie Easton
Carl Corell
Griffin and Sons
McDonald
Graettinger
W. H. Dempsey
Cedar Rapids
Orrin Crown
John Cross
Chicago
John Cullen
Stomach trouble remedy promoted in local ad
An advert recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach troubles, claiming many users were restored to health. The cost is 25 cents and Bert Hughes sells them. 49-4
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Bert Hughes
Sheriff’s sale notice for West Bend debt in 1916 Iowa
Notice of sale under special execution from Palo Alto District Court directed to Sheriff. West Bend Savings Bank sues George G Schrieber Bertha C Schrieber and J L Reid trustee. Debt 4006.42 with costs 93.18, sale of defendants property in West Bend Iowa including poultry house electric plant typewriter offices and coop stock to satisfy the claim. Sale date January 7 1917 between 9 am and 4 pm local time at West Bend Iowa.
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Nulice
Sherif
District Court
Palo Alto County
Towa
West Bend Savings Bank
George G. Schrieer
Bertha C. Schrieber
J. L. Reid
George G. Schrieber Egg and Poultry House
West Bend
Palo Alto
Iowa
Emmetsburg
Young Algona Man Vandalizes Car Tires in Whittemore
A Whittemore report notes a young Algona man visiting friends Sunday evening had his car left in the street. While attending to his business, someone with scant brains cut all four tires, according to the Whittemore Champion.
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Whittemore
Algona
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Howard C. Yerger
Yerger
Patata
Pennsylvania
Ringsted Thursney Ringsted
Ringsted Dispatch Office
Pocahontas
Pocahontas, Ia
Roy Pager
Howard & Bookman’s Hardware Store
Webster County
Lehigh, Va
L. B. Armstrong
Plymouth Products Company
Plymouth and Lehigh Sewer Pipe and Tile Company
Sioux City
Boone Boone
Francis M. Archer
Richmond
Cal
First Baptist Church
Ft. Dodge Fort Dodge
Justice Court
George A. Shipman
Spencer
Forest City
Clifford Moody
Fort Bodee
Sevks
Fort Dodge Wimhe
Central Association
John F. Ford
Old Town League
Tee
Charles City
Feurt Dodge
Hint
J. Hanson
Williams
Marsn
Waterloo
Bronson
Ty Thiured
Maurice Connor
Alex Cullen
J. W. Jackson
Emmetsburg National Bank
the White Bank
Minnesota
Soper
Rodman
Aan
Moon
Rock Island
Deering Binder
C. E. Lambertson
F.L. Dorris
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