Company M Aims for Field Contests at Iowa Falls Encampment
Company M I N G of this city plans full attendance at the Iowa National Guard encampment at Iowa Falls on August 12. Captain J F Ready notes the unit hopes to win prizes in hasty entrenchments wall scaling equipment race retiring sharpshooting relay shelter and conical tent pitching and cavalry events. Fort Des Moines Sixth Cavalry detachment will hike to the camp with about 400 men, staying ten days, while the board of administration will oversee maneuvers and judge events.
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Iowa National Guard
Iowa Falls
J. F. Ready
Ready
Company M
Logan
Cavalry
National Guard
Sixth Cavalry
Board of Administration
John E. Hemphill
Regular Army
John H. Merckens
Mary
Denver
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Merckens
Iowa
Grand Keepers of Records and Seal
Miss Mary
Hemisphere
F. W. Porterfield
Waterloo
Early Morning Fire Damages West Grimes House
A fire at 107 West Grimes street destroyed part of a house owned by Wm. C. Ball and occupied by Van Ipsen, foreman for the city sewer project. Building loss about 1000 dollars with 1400 dollars insured. contents suffered substantial loss for occupants who were uninsured. Ipsen’s tenants also faced minor losses. origin under investigation.
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West Grimes Street
Wm. C. Ball
van Ipsen
Ipsen
Fairfield Tomatoes Weigh Three Pounds
W O Harper of 105 West Briggs Street shows a Fairfield home grown tomato weighing three pounds and nearly twenty inches in circumference. He notes the crop is exceptionally fine though not all are of this size.
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Fairfield
W. O. Harper
West Briggs St
Harper
IOWA Burbank Has August Strawberries
Marshalltown Iowa August 4 ripe strawberries on the market a novelty revived tastes since home grown berries left. Harlow Rockhill Marshall county's Burbank has grown an overbearing variety for five years and picked three crates last week. He says vines hold blossoms and green berries and with moisture ripe berries may continue until frost.
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Marshalltown
Harlow Rockhill
Marshall County
Man Arrested in Clarinda Impersonation Case Linked to Villisca Slaying
Creston Iowa Aug 5 A man arrested in Clarinda by Deputy U S Marshal W S Bryant on impersonating a federal officer faces a hearing tomorrow. Police suspect he knows something of the Villisca family murder but the incoherent statements and a small axe suggest possible mental disturbance. He wore several badges with nonsensical inscriptions and claimed to target those responsible for the Villisca case.
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Creston
Iowa
Clarinda
United States
W. S. Bryant
Villisca
Objection to Government Control of Coal Mines
Quote marks a debate on coal mine control with a skeptical remark about who governs. The exchange hints at distrust in political power and raises questions about rightful oversight.
trouble comes easy to some folks who borrow it
A compact aphorism notes that some people invite trouble so readily that it seems effortless for them to conjure misfortune. The line wryly observes human tendency to create problems rather than avoid them.
Jefferson County Fair Opens With Free Exhibitor Entry
The thirty fourth annual Jefferson County Agricultural Association fair opens this week with free entry for livestock and farm product exhibitors. The event runs Wednesday to Friday and features liberal premiums, plus aviator Robert G. Fowler making two daily flights and other attractions. County farmers are urged to participate and spectators urged to attend.
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Jefferson County Agricultural Association
Jefferson County Association
Jefferson County
Robert G. Fowler
Fair Management
Fair Association
Report on National Sanatorium for TB Treatment
Dr Porterfield has prepared an exhaustive study to aid the supreme lodge in deciding the advisability of establishing a national sanatorium for tuberculosis treatment for members. The report aims to enable intelligent action by the supreme lodge.
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Porterfield
Supreme Lodge
Report of United Charities Secretary Details 1912 Relief
The Secretary A K Harper of the Associated Charities filed a report with the county auditor showing 2382.25 dollars collected and disbursed for relief of the needy since February 1, 1912. The work involved distributing cash and clothing, food and other necessities to the city’s poor, a laborious effort led by Harper and a few helpers. Credit is given to officers, association members and generous citizens who donated funds and goods for a harsh winter.
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A. K. Harper
Associated Charities
Harper
Farmers Buy Autos Boosting Jefferson County Prosperity
Local firm Murray and Allender reports six auto sales in eight days, five to Jefferson County farmers. Murray notes that farmer buyers are the strongest proof of progress and prosperity in the area, reflecting broad acceptance of automobile benefits among rural households.
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Jefferson County
Murray
Murray & Allender
Mr. Murray
Methodists Hold Old Fashioned Picnic At Chautauqua Park
Fairfield circuit of Methodist churches hosted a large popular picnic at Chautauqua park on a Saturday. Rev. W. B. Ireland oversaw arrangements and the event was judged a success with out of town guests Reverend Russell from Libertyville and Reverend Pool from Brighton among attendees.
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Chautauqua Park
Fairfield
W. B. Ireland
Russell
Libertyville
Pool
Brighton
Farmers' Quarrel May Prove Fatal Near West Liberty
In West Liberty Indiana on August 4 John Dexter a respected farmer was allegedly killed in a quarrel with neighbor Charles Foster at Simon Shetler's home south of town. Foster allegedly struck with a pitchfork fracturing Dexter's skull and ejecting his eyes, after Dexter made repeated verbal attacks. Authorities caution no haste in arrests.
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West Liberty
John Dexter
Charles Foster
Simon Shetler
Foster
Dexter
Fairfield to showcase largest state fair exhibit in Machinery Hall
Fairfield will host the state fair's largest single exhibit in Machinery Hall, spanning Section H and featuring major local manufacturers such as Louden Machinery Joel Turney Co Fairfield Glove Mitten Iowa Malleable Iron and Hawk Eye Pump. The display emphasizes Fairfield’s industry and city offers, with a 153 foot bright sign along the street car track inviting visitors.
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Fairfield
Louden Machinery Company
Joel Turney & Co
Hawkeye Pump Company
Dexter Manufacturing Company
Fairfield Glove & Mitten Company
Iowa Malleable Iron Company
Fairfield Enterprise
Profitable Iowa Crop Winter Wheat Gains Favor
Iowa State College experts urge winter wheat as a top Iowa money crop citing higher per acre returns than spring wheat or corn over five years. Bulletin 133 details yields, adapted varieties, and cultural methods, with free distribution upon request. The article also notes a free home economics and agriculture lecture course at the state fair grounds August 26–30 led by Director W. J. Kennedy, featuring demonstrations and talks on animal diseases crops soils silos horticulture and more.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa
L. C. Burnett
Lowa
Iowa_ State college
W. J. Kennedy
Friends of Woman Hard to Locate in Iowa Death
Mason City Iowa Aug 4 a woman known as Mrs E J Cannon but otherwise unknown died at a local hospital Saturday aged 74 years. Up to a late hour Saturday night nothing had been learned of her relatives though several letters directed to persons living in England Eau Claire Wisconsin and
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Minneapolis
Twenty-first Street
Eau Claire
England
Mason City
E. J. Cannon
Wis
Father Beats Up His Son in Law in Mason City
An irate father entered J W Dickinson cafe in Mason City Iowa on August 4 claiming Dickinson ran away with his daughter and abused her after marriage. He assaulted Dickinson, knocked him down, and beat him severely before being arrested. He gave his name as J O Carter a farmer ten miles south of the city. Dickinson and Miss Carter had married recently.
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Mason City
J. W. Dickinson
Dickinson
J. O. Carter
Miss Carter
Former Iowa Man Wins Prizes in Seattle and Tacoma
Frank H Parks a former Jefferson county resident now of Tacoma Washington won two silver cups as second prizes in automobile parades. One cup came from Seattle Potlatch parade of 250 decorated cars and the other from the Montamaro Festa in Tacoma.
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Jefferson County
Frank H .Parks
Tacoma
Washington
Parks
Seattle
Y W M Hold Picnic At Church Basement
The Young Women’s Missionary Society of the Methodist church held a Monday evening picnic in the church basement due to bad weather. Attendees enjoyed the usual picnic supper and good company, with plans for a lawn gathering at the L A Power home canceled.
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Young Women's Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church
L. A
Character and Aims Define a Man's Rise
A compact reflection on ambition and virtue stating that a person’s worth is limited by their goals. It emphasizes that lofty aims shape character and determine the height of achievement.
Farmers urged to think ahead as they work
A columnist notes that farmers should wear their thinking cap with overalls, stressing planning and practical labor as keys to productivity and success in agriculture.
Fairfield Hospital Nears Public Opening After Completion
Fairfield's new hospital is nearly finished with last construction tasks to complete by next Saturday. A formal opening is planned about ten days after completion, featuring talks by Dr Munger of Spencer and Rev Kepford of Des Moines along with local supporters. Dr J Fred Clarke praises the project noting the facility equals any hospital of its size in the country.
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Fairfield
Dillon Turney
Board of Trustees
Dr. Munger
Spencer
I Owa
Kepford
Des Moines
Great Tuberculosis Authority
the Enterprise
J. Fred Clarke
Clarke
United States
Elementary and high school education costs cited
The United States Bureau of Education estimates the average daily cost per child for elementary and high school education at eighteen cents, indicating modest per pupil spending in the nation’s schools.
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United States Bureau of Education
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Gaines Bros
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