Iowa considers custodial farms to employ jailed men
Des Moines reports push by reformers to pass a bill in the senate creating custodial farms to employ prisoners and reduce idle jail terms. The plan would limit farms to four sites, fund epileptic and reform institutions, and shift sentencing toward 30 to 90 day terms. Census work at the statehouse continues as legislative costs rise.
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Des Moines
House
Jawa
Friends of the Reform Movement
General Assembly Oy
Senate
John F. Ream
Oskaloosa
Cosson UN
Board of Control
Cosson
Iowa
Senate bill to tax counties for crop experts aid faces hurdle
Senator Doran, chair of the agricultural committee, warns the bill authorizing a county tax to fund agriculture, dairying, and horticulture promotion may struggle in committee. The plan mirrors a prior capital extension bill, raising concerns over limitless funds while aiming to support agricultural interests. The measure targets an association of 200 plus members forming for agricultural promotion, with county supervisors levying the tax. The agricultural subcommittee backs passage, but the full committee will decide.
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Senate
Colties
Jevy, & Batt
Agricultural Committee
Doran
Senator Doran
Repeal and revision of primary law debated in house
A bill by Turner of Town proposes repealing the primary law and substituting a revised version. It shifts the primary date to eight weeks before the general election, adds a second set of judges, returns to partisan nomination, and alters convention timing and other provisions. The second judges would count primary votes on election night. some precincts are exempt from double judges.
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Brammer
Polk
Cochrane
Adams County
Iowa State at News Iowa State Data In Baptist Yearbook
The Baptist Annual reports Iowa with 22 associations 392 churches and 44928 members. It notes 351 Sunday schools 397 officers and teachers and 29742 scholars. Church property valued at 2845920 with debt 95122 and total expenditures 369620.40 for all benevolences current expenses 267541.64 and 50759.22 other items. The report covers baptisms 2457 and a total benevolence of 56853.98.
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Baptist State Annual
Iowa
Texas
Charles Neff
Wanella County
Sioux City
Dallas
Randolph
Kerr-Keyser
Thos. J. Capper
Elgin
Patrick H. Donlon
Emmetsburg
Wiliam Court
Gladbrook
Jesse A. Winger
Newton
Ella
Frank McShane
Springville
Liberty
Dorcas Brazzell
Tatbugie
Ananasa
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ferfection Manufacturing Company
Perry
D. Bubridge
Union Pacific
Rock Island Railroad
Council iBluffs
Kokohama
Japan
New York
Marshalltown
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
United States
Lake City
Lake City Board of Ercation
Boone
Vera Cruz Rule Could Force Diplomatic Exit From Mexico City
Carranza, asserting centralized control, ordered that all external communications to his government pass through Vera Cruz. Diplomats in Mexico City may be barred from direct contact with the de facto government, delaying recognition and hindering foreign diplomacy. The U S and consular officials fear broader impact on policy, food relief, and treatment of foreigners. The Vera Cruz decree escalates tensions as Spain’s reprisals and recent shootings draw protest.
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Washington
Venustiano Carranga
Constitutionalist
Carranza
Rafael Zubaran Gapmiany
Carrainza
Vera Cruz
United States
Mexico
America Consus
W. Hf
Canada
Department of State
Apizaco
Embargo Proposed on Wheat Exports to Curb Bread Prices
New York report from Mayor Mitchells food committee chaired by George W Perkins urges an immediate wheat export embargo to curb bread costs. It warns continued exports will push prices higher and cites farmer withholding and speculation as causes. Mitchell has sent the report to President Wilson.
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New York
P Mitchell
George W. Perkins
Mitchel
Wilson
Perking
Zeppelin and Planes Battle Near Belfort In Alsace
A thrilling aerial clash occurred when a Zeppelin from the Black Forest clashed with three French planes south of Mulhouse in Upper Alsace. After a forty minute battle the dirigible withdrew at high speed as the aeroplanes attempted to gain altitude to attack from above.
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Geneva
Paris
Muethausen
Alsace
Black Forest
Belfort
Forth
Dutch Vessel Stopped by Germans in North Sea
London dispatch from Rotterdam reports the Dutch steamer Duideriijk tied to the Dutch Nag was halted by a German submarine in the North Sea. The ship was forced to display papers and then allowed to continue on her course.
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London
Rotterdam
Duideriijk
Northsea
Chicago's oldest Theater Burned by West Side Fire
Chicago's Academy of Music, the city's oldest theater, in the Crowder Westside area, was destroyed by a blaze causing an estimated loss of 127 thousand dollars. Fire crews battled flames through the night, with no immediate word on casualties or causes.
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Chicago
Academy of Muale
Crowder Westside
Woman Credits Pinkham Compound For Health Recovery
A Richmond Pennsylvania woman recounts improved health after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She suffered internal troubles and extreme nervousness, slept poorly, and endured headaches until two bottles eased symptoms. She urges other women to try the remedy and notes its forty years of use and wide demand.
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Richmond
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lenith
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia
An Old Convention in a House Dance Talk
A playful dialogue questions if a woman chose a man as her soul mate while recounting a man dancing at her home and breaking a vase. The speakers muse on women’s philosophy and how such choices are often unclear.
Marine Eye Remedies Ad Promises Quick Cure
An old style advertisement from Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago offers a free eye book and personalized guidance. It claims their remedy strengthens weak eyes, soothes pain, and does not smart, with sales pitched for various eye ailments and eyelid granulation.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Babs
Noted Claims on War Casualties Spark Debate
The text asserts an average of 5 867 bullets to kill a single man in the current war and questions bystanders' safety, attributed to Bacon Jet and Egbert Why. The fragmentary line hints at concerns over civilian casualties and the plausibility of lethal metrics in combat reporting.
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Egbert
Mixed Ad Copy From Early 20th Century Trade Notices
An oddly fragmented ad-style extract references Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product sold by grocers, urging trust in its quality. It also notes Straw Nuts shipped abroad from British factories in 1912 numbering nearly 8,000 units with a value around $2,500,000.
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State Food and Daily Commission
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Lee Hammil
Keokuk
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Albl Frodden
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Getting
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Burlington Railroad
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Rock Rapids
Alice Thomas
Sam Thomas
Greene
England
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Africa
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Sidney Smith
F. B. Ingersoll
J. W. Williams
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Centerville
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Askwith
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R. C. Christian
Serl Ball
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Joshua McMahon
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Fred A. Canfield
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Mexico City
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