Congress Pushed to Build Strong Navy and Army
The Sixty-fourth Congress pushed national preparedness with large naval expansion and army increases while advancing acts on immigration, labor, rural credits, and port Puerto Rico governance. Key measures included a ship purchase program, eight hour railroad law, and federal land banks for farmers. The era featured debates over a Continental army versus federalized National Guard and ongoing friction over literacy tests and prohibition impacts.
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Ehielly
United States
Uncle Sain
Great Britain
Congress
Representative Kitchin
House
Means
Ind
Garrison
Wilson
Representative Hay
Virginia
Continental Army
Hay
National Guard
Garvison
Adamson
Porto Rico
Taft
Cleveland
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Buried Details From a Fragmented Archive Item
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Wong Chee a Chinese highbinder wearing a heavy shirt of steel mesh and a 25 pound weight. It discusses Guatemala corn production of 6,000,000 quintals and beans as a major national food. Jefferson’s dinner is referenced with a basket owned by J A McDonald in Virginia. Burrinjuck dam in New South Wales is described as completing an irrigation project benefiting 7000 farms.
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Wong Chee
Guatemala
Thomas Jefferson
J. A. McDonald
Lee County
Virginia
Burrinjuck
New South Wales
Made 5 000 Out of Hogs From Western Canada Claims
A. E. Merriam of Dalroy Alberta describes migratory farming success from Devil's Lake North Dakota. He arrived with horses and cattle and $1,500, expanded to hogs, cattle and horses, built a four room house, and profits from hog feeding totaled about $5,000 in 1916. He asserts land values rose, climate suits farming, and predicts strong farm labor demand plus high wages with government assurances, in a January 12 1917 note.
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A. E. Merriam
Devil's Lake
N. D
Western Canada
Merriam
Alberta
North Dakota
Dalroy
Dakota
Canada
Monotony in Sales Tactics Sparks Quick Rebuttal
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt shows a disputatious exchange where one party resents desk pounding as a sales tactic. The other side responds with a plan to shift approach and demonstrate variations while preparing to leave the danger zone.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Cascarets and health tonics advertisement mix
A collection of old time ads tout Cascarets for liver and bowels with a 10 cent box, promising relief from constipation and indigestion plus various ailments. Also mentions Doctor Pierce's Medicine Discovery, Garfield Tea, and assorted health advice in a fragmented ad style.
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Cascarets
Prosperity in Hogs Shows Iowa Livestock Value Soars
Readings from the Iowa Department of Agriculture show a sharp rise in hog and livestock values from January 1, 1916 to January 1, 1917. The total value of Iowa hogs reached about 137.7 million dollars, with overall farm animal values also climbing significantly amid higher herd numbers and market demand.
State Digest In History
Os Moines notes that liquor laws tightened in January 1916 and state agents along with federal and state courts pursued bootlegging probes. Attorney General Havner won rail cooperation and deterred illegal buyers, with hundreds of thousands of quarts destroyed in the past year reducing consumption.
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Os Moines
Havner
Ames toowa appeal for food crops sparks cross state query
Ames Hungry New Yorkers seek Iowa potato and onion growers to supply New York. ALR secretary receives telegram from New York mayor's committee for food supply. Cory notes Iowa's 20 year potato crop average about 60 million bushels, with 191% yield at 4,287,000 bushels.
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Towa
Ames
ALR & Y
State Agricultural Department
New York
Iowa
Cory
Veteran Conductor Jackson Dies on Sioux City Platform
Sioux City report says Conductor George A. Jackson, veteran Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad employee on the Sioux City division, collapsed and died on the station platform just before starting his run. He had long directed trains between Sioux City and Manila and served thirty eight years with the railroad.
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Sioux City
George A. Jackson
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Jackson
Manila
Thirteen Year Old Forger in Davenport Case
Walter Jansen, 13, a grammar school pupil, confessed after four forged checks totaling 28 dollars were used to buy baseballs and candy. He found a check book, watched a man fill a blank check at a bank, and signed a neighbor’s name to imitate the signature.
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Davenport
Walter Jansen
Laconia Passenger Former Iowan
Des Moines journalist Floyd Gibbons of the Chicago Tribune, a passenger on the torpedoed Laconia, previously lived in Des Moines. His parents, Mr and Mrs B J Gibbons, moved from Des Moines in 1962 to Minneapolis.
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Laconia
Des Moines
Floyd Gibbons
The
Chicago Tribune
B.J. Gibbons
Minnepolis
Record Car of Hogs Sells Forty-Four Hog Car
Greene-Oliver McGee sold a car of fifty two hogs averaging 135 pounds on weigh in day November 1 1916 for 42.50 a head. They weighed 226 pounds when finished and gained 201 pounds in under four months with an average weight increase.
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Greene
Oliver McGee
City to Grow Potatoes in Des Moines Parks
Des Moines plans a summer move into truck gardening. About twenty acres of municipally owned land will be converted into potato plots. A nineteen acre section sits within the city and the remainder lies on vacant lots around town.
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Des Moines
Iowa Sheep Top Market Record in Chicago Sale
Des Moines Polk County sheep market records fell as 87 fat ewes shipped by A Findley from his West Johnston farm sold in Chicago at 11 dollars per head, 25 cents above the previous record.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Poli County
Chicago
A. Findley
Johnston Station
Citizenship applications surge at county clerk office
Des Moines reports a rush in naturalization work with applicants swelling beyond capacity. A deputy already spends full time swearing in new citizens and issuing papers as nearly 10 percent more applicants sign up since the break with Germany, prompting fears of needing an extra deputy.
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Des Moines
Germany
Plan New Dairy Campaign In Ames
Ames dairy campaign aims to boost farm cleanliness and up to date practices. A state contest with prizes for patrons of creameries will run through local creameries. Professors and the Dairy Commissioner prepare a scorecard emphasizing cleanliness, sanitary separators, cooling tanks, mile houses and ice houses. The plan promotes cooling tanks to preserve milk if cooled promptly after milking.
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The
State College
Diploma Debt Ties ILS Jordan to Boone Alumni
In a Boone Illinois story an alumnus named ILS Jordan could not pay a diploma fee at the state college around forty years ago. The diploma remained in the college vault until Miller of Los Angeles secured it after Jordan’s death. Jordan left an estate valued at nearly half a million dollars, and Miller recalled the gift on campus during a recent visit with three fellow classmates from the seventy seven group.
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Ames
Ils
Jordan
Boone
Tows State College
White
Miller
Los Angeles
Cal
Robbers Convicted In Federal Post Office Hit
P O Robbers Bhuff Janes O Day and Thomas McGuire were indicted by a federal grand jury for robbing post offices at Woodward and Extra. They received eight and nine year sentences in Leavenworth. The jury ignored similar charges against Giggins based on confessions from O Day and McGuire.
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P. O
Council Bhuff
Janes O'Day
Thomas McGuire
Woodward
Extra
Venworth Penitentiary
Giggins
O'Day
McGui
Interstate Farmers and Breeders urge repeal of livestock checks
A resolution passed at the annual convention urges Iowa and four neighboring states to repeal state line inspection laws for livestock shipments. It calls for funds to eradicate tuberculosis and other farm diseases where they are known to exist. The move targets reform by shifting focus from inspections to disease elimination.
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Sioux
Iowa
Iterstate Farmers’ and Breeders’ Association
Rock Island railroad workers pledge against war
Twenty Rock Island rail road shop employees sign a pledge of support for dent Wilson in a war against Germany. The petition was telegraphed to Congressman Good in Washington. A separate petition protesting war was also forwarded to Washington by several Rock Island employees.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railroa
Dent Wilson
Germany
Congressman Good
Washington
Rock Island
Massena Banker Named Manager of Omaha Federal Loan Bank
Massena banker D. P. Hogan is appointed manager of the federal loan bank to be established in Omaha. His salary is 6000 dollars. Hogan is regarded as a leading expert on rural credits and has studied the subject abroad for the government. Iowa is in the Omaha district.
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Lowan
Federal Bank
Massena
D. P. Hogan
Federal Loan Bank
Omaha
Marshall County to Hire County Agent for Iu Improvement
The Marshall County agent job will be filled to serve Marshall County. The Iu Improvement Association of Marshall County was formed with that aim. About 100 farmers attended the organizing meeting, showing strong interest in the temporary setup.
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Marshalltown
Marshall County
Iu Improvement Association of
Scott Now Claims Lead City in Buena Vista Recount
Congressman-elect Scott asserts a 90 vote gain over Tom Steele in the Buena Vista recount and now leads by 60 votes statewide in the Eleventh district. Steele had protested after official returns showed Scott winning by 131 votes.
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Scott
Tom Steele
Buena Vista
Steele
Iowa Bohemians pledge loyalty to wartime service
Cedar Rapids reports that about two hundred members of the Sokols, a Bohemian group, have offered their services to the national organization for duty in case of war against Germany, signaling strong local support and readiness.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Order of Sokols
National Organization
Germany
Big Prices at Marshalltown Shorthorn Sale
At Marshalltown, the Shorthorn Breeders association sale set a record with 55 head selling for $11,590, an average of $207 per animal. The top bid of $50 went to Harry Karly of Liscomb for a male named Early, with Early becoming the largest buyer by purchasing seven head for $1,440. the second highest price was $450.
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Marshalltown
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Praised by Lowell Woman
Mrs. Margaret Quinn of Lowell Massachusetts reports three years of change related symptoms including nervousness headaches and backaches improved after using Lydia B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised as the best remedy for sick women She notes warning symptoms such as hot flashes suffocation and dizziness and offers to contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential advice.
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Lowell
Mass
Lydia B. Pinkham
Margaret Quinn
Worthen St
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass. Ry
Epitaph Truth From a Narrow Road Speech
Report of a recent upstate county auto crash that killed the driver and injured two passengers. A farmer witness near the scene quips that the young man died trying to gain 60 miles from a 1 mile road, highlighting road conditions and speed.
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Coroney
Five Fat Men Ride Elevator With Beer Joke
On a hot Atlantic slope day five stout men ride a New York building elevator. Sweat pours from them as one jokes about a beer saloon up high. The boy assisting the ride quips there is likely more than a keg aboard this elevator.
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Atlantic
New York
Coney Island
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