Hall Returns From War as Grinnell News Letter
Norman Hall, Grinnell class of 1910, who served in the British army on the French front, received an honorable discharge and sails home soon. Governor Clarke and Senator Kenyon helped arrange his release. Hall, an Iowa boy from Colfax, was a special correspondent for the Des Moines Register. Letters from service to Grinnell College president Main and his mother in Colfax were published in Iowa papers. Alkali Spots Reclaimed by Drainage and Manure. Iowa State College soils dept says white salt deposits mark alkali areas and two tile lines around sloughs, plus manure and green crop plowing, hasten reclamation. full drainage is needed for permanent results.
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Union News Service
Grinnell
Clarke
Kenyon
Norman Hall
France
Hall
Iowa
Colfax
The
Register of Des Moines
President Main
Grinnell College
Ames
Soils Department
Iowa State College
Trail of Gamblers Targets Des Moines Officials
Des Moines Chief of Police Edward Crawford announced plans to purge gamblers from the city after a bribery attempt. He named nineteen men to police for evidence gathering to present to the grand jury. If the grand jury does not act, the chief says he will act independently. Several of the nineteen are prominent, with one recently drawn on the district jury panel.
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Des Moines
Edward Crawford
Feigns Illness and Escapes from Jail
Mrs. Adam Mohr alias Anna Koch, a swindler accused of operations in several western states totaling about 15000 dollars, escaped from Muscatine jail after feigning illness. The jailer’s wife left a door unlocked as she hurried to the medicine cabinet, allowing the prisoner to flee.
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Muscatine
Adam Mohr
Anna Koch
Seilor
Blacksmith Held on Attempted Murder Charge
LeMars resident Struble blacksmith Frank Smith is jailed on a charge of attempted murder after a gun he allegedly pulled on Dr. W. J. Knebel failed to fire while riding with the doctor in an automobile. The revolver’s misfire is cited as saving Knebel’s life.
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LeMars
Frank Smith
Struble
W. J. Knebel
Express Fire Loss Hits $100,000 in Cedar Rapids
Wells Fargo express car exploded and burned near Marion last week destroying merchandise valued at $100,000. Packages destined for Omaha Lincoln and other western points were ruined, according to company officials.
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Cedar Rapids
Wells Fargo
Marion
Express Company
Omaha
Lincoln
Fires Reported in Charles City for Fiscal Year
Charles City shows twelve actual fires in the last fiscal year with a total damage loss of $1,950, according to the fire department report. The city maintains 106 fire hydrants and eighteen miles of mains.
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Charles City
Difficult to Save Corn This Season in Greene
Farmers face heavy losses saving corn after husking with reports of a crib heating up and catching fire, burning both the corn and the crib.
Durant Jones Stricken at Home with Neuritis
Lt Perry C Durant Jones prominent Iowa prohibitionist and head of the Jones Chautauqua system is critically ill at his home in this city following an attack of neuritis.
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C. Durant Jones
Perry
Iowa
Plan for 20000-fowl feeding station in Mason City
W S Wilcox vice president of E B Higley Produce Company announces plans to erect a feeding station in Mason City to accommodate 20 000 fowls. The facility will feed kill and market the birds under the company’s operations.
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Mason City
E. B. Higley Produce Company
W. 5. Wilcox
Brother dies in battle near Riga reach family in Germany
Charles City resident William Blumenstier received word from his mother in Germany that his youngest brother died from wounds and exposure sustained in a battle near Riga.
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Charles City
William Blumenstier
Germany
Riga
Iowa State Fair Dates Set for 1916
The 1916 Iowa State Fair will run from August 23 to September 1, dates agreed at a Chicago meeting of fair managers. Iowa will again head the western fair circuit, with Minnesota Nebraska and Indiana fairs following the Iowa schedule. The article also covers health, education, and governance notes from the period.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
A. R. Corey
Minnesota
Nebraska
Indiana
Iowa News Notes Highlights Local Crime and Stories
Three stores at Keo Hoggs were robbed in one night. Dr Charles Humber of Logan won second prize with his Blue Orpington cockerel at the Panama Pacific exposition. A wireless club forms among Missouri Valley High School students with Prof Kemp as honorary president. Gerard aged 35 died after a stick pierced his side from a kitchen door near Malloy. State banking dept notes towns may join federal reserve, none yet asked. Eldora plans municipal Christmas tree with community backing. A hairpin accident may cost Mrs Emma Garney her hearing. Mrs Helen Hayes Gleason, back from Europe with Arthur Gleason, presents a Leopold medal from King Albert of Belgium earned while aiding wounded.
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Kée Hogg
Charles Humber
Logan
Missouri Valley High School
Kemp
Gerard
Malloy
Hns
State Banking Department
Federal Reserve System
Eldora
U.S. Seeks Indemnity for Ancona Sinking
The United States has sent a peremptory note to Austria Hungary demanding full satisfaction for American deaths when the liner Ancona was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. The demands include disavowal of the act, punishment of the submarine captain, full indemnity to victims' families, and assurances against repetition.
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Washington
United States
Penfield
Vienna
Ancona
Mediterranean
Lusitania
Germany
Austria
War Plot Prevention Weighs Cabinet Conference
Washington December 9 plans to prevent or punish neutrality violations were discussed in a long meeting at Secretary Lansing's office. President Wilson urged swift action to crush disloyalty and archy with Attorney General Gregory Postmaster General Burleson and Secretaries Garrison and McAdoo present. The group reviewed enforcement across the post office treasury and justice departments and agreed to share non-jus tice findings for action when warranted.
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Lansing
Wilson
Congress
United States
Gregory
Burleson
Garrison
McAdoo
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Departtment of Justice
Department
Wilson says Democrats ready for 1916 campaign
President Wilson told the Democratic National Committee at a White House luncheon that no one should doubt their ability to win the 1916 election. He urged plain talk and said the party is in good order after meeting its pre election promises. In New York, gold imports hit 400 million dollars with the St Louis bringing 80 boxes of gold sovereigns from London valued at 2 million dollars.
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Washington
Wilson
Democratic National Committee
White House
Democratic Party
New York
St. Louis
London
Steamer Communipaw Safe Amid War News
Washington reports a second dispatch from Ambassador Page in Rome saying Communipaw has been captured by a warship and towed to an unnamed port. Earlier reports claimed the tanker Communipaw was torpedoed and sunk near Tobruk while the Standard Oil tanker Petrolite was attacked by a submarine in the Mediterranean.
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Washington
State Department
Ambassador Page
Rome
Tobruk
Tripoli
Petrolite
Mediterranean
Navy Yard to Build Warships in Two Yards
Washington December 13 The two superdreadnoughts approved by Congress will be constructed at the New York and Mare Island navy yards. Secretary Daniels awarded contracts for the ships last Friday.
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Navy Yard
Washington
Congress
New York
Mare Island Navy Yards
Daniels
Town Fire Sweeps Citronelle Business District
Fire in Citronelle Alabama on Friday damaged about $200,000 erasing a hotel and eight stores. Guests at the hotel were rescued by firemen as flames swept the area in the business district.
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Citronelle
Ala
St Louis Wins Democratic National Convention Seat
Chicago lost the Democratic national convention to St. Louis as Missouri Senator Reed helped St. Louis secure the bid. The final count was St. Louis 28, Dallas 9, Chicago 15 after two ballots with Chicago gaining two votes and St. Louis gaining three to reach a majority. Chicago officials had campaigned with Senator Lewis Governor Dunne and Roger Sullivan but officials said the cards were stacked.
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Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
Reed
Missouri
Democratic National Committee
Dallas
G. O P
Lewis
Dunne
Roger Sullivan
British Sink Turkish Warship in Marmora Sea
Paris dispatch says the British submarine torpedoed and sank the Turkish destroyer Yar Hissar in the Sea of Marmora. Two officers and 40 men of the crew were captured.
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Paris
French War Office
Yar Hissar
Sea of Marmora
Fire Sweeps Genoa Quays Destroying Vast Stores
A devastating blaze in Genoa Italy on December 11 swept the quays. Oil and cotton fueled the fire causing explosions from thousands of oil barrels and destroying seven thousand bales of cotton in warehouse storage.
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Genoa
Italy
Wilson Urges Business Mobilization For National Defense
President Wilson in Columbus urges businessmen to mobilize national resources as a defense measure amid US Austrian German tensions. He calls himself a militant Democrat and says the state of industry ties to national history, urges ships for commerce, supports banking reform, and opposes monopolies while stressing liberty for all peoples. He also highlights the world role of the United States and the church as a social force.
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Wilson
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
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Austria
Germany
Ohio
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Mexico
Woodrow Wilson
Conference On
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Great Memorial Hall
Washington
Kaiser recalls attaches as recall pleases emperor William
Secretary Lansing announced that Emperor William personally withdrew Captains Boy Ed and Von Papen, the German embassy attaches, and requested safe conducts for them and successors. The recall pleased the emperor who approved the action. Berlin reports Turkey widens women’s work as participation in war grows. Women will be employed in money order post offices.
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Emperor
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Washington
William
Boy-Ed and
United States
Lansing
Berlin
Turkey
One Killed In Shop Blast In South Bethlehem
In South Bethlehem on December 13 a blast at the Bethlehem Steel plant killed one worker and left fifteen others injured. The explosion occurred at the facility producing shells for the Entente Allies of Europe.
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South
Bethlehem
Toflera
Bethledes ' Steel Company
Europe
Big Fire in Hopewell and DuPont Plant Threatened
A large fire in Hopewell Virginia destroyed the entire business district after a man was arrested for placing a high explosive in a DuPont warehouse. Looting and rioting occurred as state soldiers were dispatched from Petersburg to quell the chaos. The blaze threatened the DuPont powder plant and caused an estimated 3 million dollars in losses with thousands displaced.
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Richmond
Hopewell
DuPont
Petersburg
Arredondo Named Mexico's New Ambassador to U S
Eliseo Arredondo, Carranza's confidential Washington representative, is chosen as Mexico's next ambassador to the United States. Secretary Lansing announced the appointment, with the U S likely to name a new ambassador to Mexico City later. Arredondo is Carranza's cousin.
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Washington
Eliseo Arredondo
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Lansing
Arredondo
Henry P. Fletcher
Chile
Mexico City
Rulers Congratulate Mackensen on Balkans Campaign
Emperor William and King Ferdinand of Bulgaria sent autograph letters to Field Marshal August von Mackensen congratulating him on his brilliant campaign in the Balkans.
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Mackensen
Berlin
William
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
August von Mackensen
Balkans
Italian Troops Take Strong Austrian Work Near Gorits
Udine Italy Dec 13 Italian troops before Gorits strengthened their positions Thursday afternoon by capturing a strong Austrian defensive work on Calvary heights west of the Isonzo fortress. This advances Italian lines and tightens control near the fortress area.
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Udine
Italy
Gorits
Calvary Heights
Isonso
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