Backward Children Need Special Help in Iowa
Nearly 50,000 of Iowa's 450,000 school children are backward in studies, with about 15,000 so far behind they learn little without individual aid. Dr. R. H. Sylvester cites school nurses, dentists, physicians, ungraded schools, and auxiliary teachers as current methods, noting that special help is experimental but showing valuable results.
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Union News Service
Waterloo
Iowa
R. H. Sylvester
University of Iowa
Iowa State Conference of Charities and Correction
Sylvester
Glenwood
College Merger Nears Between Parsons and Iowa Wesleyan
Ottumwa report notes college heads of Parsons and Iowa and Wesleyan adopting a resolution recommending a merger. The move would create a single denominational college in southeastern Iowa with future maintenance to be decided on location. No location recommendations were made.
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Ottumwa
Parsons
Iowa
Wesleyan
Accused Robbers Free After Ma rengo Hearing
Three alleged bank robbers Ray Martin J B Williams and John Murphy were discharged after a preliminary hearing in the Iowa county court at Marengo. They were charged in the Parnell Savings Bank robbery but evidence was insufficient to convict. Murphy was rearrested on a separate gambling charge and will be taken to Centerville.
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Iowa City
Ray Martin
J. B. Williams
John
Brooklyn Red) Murphy
Iowa
Marengo
Parnell
Murphy
Centerville
Champion Corn Grower of Plymouth County
Eugene Dugan of Kingsley is named champion corn grower in Plymouth County after judges at Ames select him in the boys' acre corn contest. He will visit San Francisco with all expenses paid by the First National Bank of LeMars. Dugan produced 111.15 bushels per acre with a remarkably low moisture content of 13.5 percent.
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LeMars
Eugene Dugan
Kingsley
Plymouth County
Ames
San Francisco
First National Bank of
Dugan
Death of Dr. Braun in Joua City Postmortem Solves Death
Surgeons held a post mortem examination on the body of Dr. Frederick A. Brau formerly of Town university's faculty and late professor of German at Princeton. They determined he died from a glioma, a rare central nervous system tumor with unknown cause and beyond treatment.
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Braun
Joua City
Frederick A. Brau
Town University
Princeton
To Eliminate Mail Route LeMars Iowa
Plymouth county farmers express dissatisfaction with the post office plan to cut one rural free delivery route from LeMars effective December 1. Ten routes remain in operation. the route to be eliminated partly covers LeMars Tinton and Merrill. Mr and Mrs H H Low of Maxwell celebrated their fiftieth anniversary with five generations present.
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LeMars
Plymouth County
Post Office Department
Tinton and Merrill
H. H Low
Maxwell
Runaway horse terrifies Iowa City department head
Albert W. Davis, 66, department manager at Yester's dry goods store, was left alone when his wife went on an errand. A runaway horse frightened him badly, causing him to collapse and lie prostrate for about 30 minutes during the incident in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Albert W. Davis
Yester
Hie
Pratt Couple Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Emory Pratt celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at Waukon with family and friends gathered to mark the milestone.
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Emory Pratt
Waukon
Workmen Victorious in Iowa Supreme Court Case
Iowa Supreme Court upholds the workmen compensation law with a narrowed clause removing employer contributory negligence pleas in Ryan vs Colfax Consolidated Coal. Justice Salinger authored the 90 page opinion, the court’s longest.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Iowa
Ryan
Colfax Consolidated Coal Company
Salinger
Rabies Victims Recovering in Iowa City Hospital
Two mad dog bite victims are improving under Pasteur treatment at the University of Iowa laboratories. Mrs. A O Carnes of Des Moines and Hazel Hickle, 3, of Ames,are expected to escape hydrophobia.
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Iowa U Hospital
Iowa State Board of Education
Iowa City
Iowa University
W. T. Graham
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
L. W. Dean
College of Medicine
Josephine Creelman
State University of Iowa Hospital
Graham
Pasteur
University of Iowa Bacteriological Laboratories
A. O. Carnes
Little Hazel Hickle
Ames
Martinsdale post office opened with Shoemaker as postmaster
Iowa notes report a Martinsdale Warren county post office established with William E. Shoemaker named postmaster. The 1915 state high school football championship remains disputed among five undefeated teams: Davenport Fort Dodge Ida Grove Burlington Spirit Lake. Also, wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs William Guilford in Storm Lake marks 63 years. Shucking 35 bushels of corn in half a day noted. Della Lutchforth of Northboro claims top corn husking in southwest Iowa. Death of George P Criswold, 85, a former Michigan attorney and 1854 Republican convention attendee, recorded in Marshalltown.
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Martinsdale
Warren County
William E. Shoemaker
Daven
Port
Fort Dodge
Ida Grove
Burlington
Spirit Lake
Storm Lake
Orland
Cal
William Guilford
Guileford
Della Lutchforth
Northboro
Iowa
Ten Killed In Wreck Of Train And Carnival Show
Ten persons dead and twelve injured after a head on collision eight miles from Columbus Georgia between passenger train No 2 from Birmingham to Macon and a carnival special carrying Don T Kennedy's show from Atlanta to Columbus. Fire followed the crash as Fred Kempf proprietor and his wife perished. Kempf begged to be killed to escape burning. Kennedy shows had finished a week in Atlanta and were due to open in Columbus Tuesday. Engineers escaped. The passenger train reportedly had orders to sidetrack but collided on the main line.
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Columbus
Central of Georgia
Cohumbus
Birmingham
Macon
Don T. Kennedy Carnival Company
Atlanta
Fred Kempf
Multiple political and social notes from Chicago and beyond
Chicago reports Captain P D OBrien suspended as civil service probes a police slush fund linked to Halpin and Walter O'Brien with L E Larkin acting chief. O'Brien nephew Walter O'Brien convicted on payoffs while Halpin faces bribery trial. London reports Ted Sloan an American jockey and a French actress arrested ahead of deportation. Indianapolis notes Mrs Thomas R Marshall underwent abdominal surgery at St Vincent's Hospital. doctors say operation succeeded and avoids future complications. Coliseum Chicago hosts second annual six day race with Lawrence and Hanley winning Berlin finish scoring 32 points. Ryan and Thomas second with 35. Walker and Walthour third. Mitten and Hansen fourth. four teams finish out of 15.
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Chicago
P. D. O'Brien
Civil Service Commission
John J. Halpin
Detective Bureau
Walter O’brien
Healy
Charlies L. Larkin
Halpin
London
Evening News
Ted Sloan
Sloan
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
St. Vincent's Hospital
C. G. Pfaff
Walthour
Mitten
Hansen
Teuton Ministers Threatened in Teheran Scene
Geneva reports Munich Neue Nachrichten says German Austrian and Ottoman ministers in Teheran were forced to depart after crowds threatened lynching them. The dispatch notes rising anti foreign sentiment and political tension in the region.
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Teuton Ministera
Geneva
Munich
Neweste Nachrichten
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Teheran
French Rush to Take Loan Victory Paris
Paris reports subscriptions to the government's Loan of Victory surge beyond expectations with financial circles estimating Paris subscriptions alone near 5 billion dollars on Thursday.
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Paris
Italy to Aid Serbia in Monastir Battle Report
London reports Italian troops begin landing in Albania to aid Serbia. French forces hold Rajec gorge and Bojharsti bridgehead against Bulgars and Cerna river battles rage. Simultaneous dispatches say Monastir saw ten thousand Bulgarians killed or wounded with an assault repulsed.
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London
Serbia
Chiasso
le Suisse
Zurich
Dedengatch
Aegean Sea
Rome
Mount Zetovaty
Léshovac
Paris
Kavadar
Rajec
Bojharsti
Cena
Saloniki
Brand Whitlock Returns to New York Amid Belgium News
Brand WhitlockAmerican minister to Belgium arrived in New York aboard the Ryndam after a fifteen day voyage. He denied plans to retire from service saying he would return to Brussels and sail December 28 on the Rotterdam. He declined to discuss the war from any angle.
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Belgium
New York
Brand Whitlock
Ryndam
Whitlock
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Rotterdam
Teutons Face U S Court In Double Trial
Four Hamburg America officials led by Karl Buenz go on trial before Judge Howe on charges of oath to false clearances and manifests. Prosecutors say the scheme aided German commerce raiders. Also Australia to raise 50,000 more soldiers bringing total to 300,000 for the war effort.
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New York
Howe
Federal District Court
Karl Buenz
George Koetter
Adolph Hackmeister
Joseph Poppinghaus
Doctor Buenz
America
Australia
Melbourne
Commonwealth
Italians Lose One Million Men in Battle Claims
Vienna reports a sensational claim that one million Italians have been killed or wounded in fighting with Austria, representing the total losses Italians are supposed to have suffered on all fronts.
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Vienna
Clash on border 12 dead in Nogales clash
A Nogales battle left three U.S. soldiers wounded and Stephen Little of Fairmont N C killed. Villa forces and Carranzistas clashed as Obregon troops occupied Nogales while 300 garrison troops fled southward. They reported 40 Villistas slain and 32 Carranza soldiers killed.
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Nogales
Ariz
Villa
Stephen Little
Fairmont
N. C
United States
Sonora
Sage
Villistas
Obregon
Adolfo Menger
Lloyd Forrest
James S. Walton
Washington
Carranza
Frederick Funston
Fort Sam Eston
Tex
War Department
Mexico
German Cruiser Frauenlob Destroyed by Allied Submarine
London reports an allied submarine sank the German protected cruiser Frauenlob of 2,672 tons built in 1901. Its sister ship Undine was previously sunk off the south Swedish coast on November 7, with nearly all crew saved. Both ships carried 275 men. Also, Karl Schultz the German deserter arriving as a stowaway was ordered excluded at Ellis Island and to be held there until war’s end.
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Little Rock
Ark
Rock Island
Springs
EB. E. Edwards
George Turner
Paul Canada
Hayden Poe
Hot Springs
Pate Hite
Army and Navy
Sweden
London
Hag
Petrograd
Berlin
New York
Karl Schultz
Board of Inquiry
Ellis Island
Schultz
Eltia Island
Witness in Frank Case Held for Murder
Atlanta November 29 W W Rogers a state witness in Leon Frank trial was bound over for murder after authorities say he struck Mrs S C McIntosh with his automobile in a fatal crash Rogers testified in the case earlier and faces further proceedings in the homicide action
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Frank
Atlanta
W. W. Rogers
Leon Frank
Rogers
S. C. McIntosh
Greece Yields to Allies Amid Balkans Expedition Plans
London reports Greece meets British demands cited by Earl Kitchener after Athens talks. Italy will send a military expedition to the Balkans to aid the Allies. Greek minister Rhallis assures no disarming of Allied forces and offers to establish a retreat cordon for them.
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London
Foreign Office
United Kingdoms
Greece
Italy
Balkans
Earl Kitchener
Athens
D. G. Rhallis
Skoulandis
Daily Mail
New hitch in peace plans in Berne congress
Promoters of a durable peace congress in Berne report a new obstacle as German delegates decline to attend the December 14 meeting, following French representatives. It is believed the German government instructed this nonparticipation.
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Berne
Switzerland
Schmidt verdict upheld in New York murder case
Albany reports the court of appeals affirmed the conviction of Hans Schmidt for the murder of Anna Aumuller. Judge Cardoso wrote the opinion with all judges concurring, marking the decision Tuesday. Mile. Renkin, Belgian minister’s sister, has been filed as a spy in Brussels with no sentence yet. Viscountess Benoist D'Azy recommended for a war service medal for hospital work in France and years teaching in Washington.
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New York Court of Appeals
Anna Aumuller
Albany
N. Y
Hans Schmidt
New York
Court of Appeal
Cardoso
Mile
Renkin
Amsterdam
Juliette Renkin
Brussels
Belgium
Washington
Viscountess
Benoist D’azy
France
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