Building Record Showcases City Expenditure Over Half Million Dollars
Jefferson reports unprecedented spending on improvements totaling about $560,000 this year surpassing previous records. About 70 new homes are rising or planned since January 1918, with estimated costs around $173,080. Five miles of paving, sewer extensions, water mains, new street lighting, and a Kendall well buildings project are noted amid a bustling development period with few vacant houses.
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Jefferson
Jefferson Produce
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Ginseng Prospects Reported By Iowa Grower
Muscatine reports optimistic ginseng production figures with yields from 15000 per acre to 28 000 per acre discussed by FPF Schotter of Pleas the Iowa Potato and Track Growers association. He noted growth under orchard and in forests and cited his own harvest of one sixth acre yielding 2000 dollars while claiming averages of 96 per acre to 315 400 in some cases.
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FPF Schotter
Iowa Potato and Track Growers” Association
Schutter
Waods
Iowa State Team Places Second in Stock Judging Contest
Ames report says Iowa State College student team finished second in the stock judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition. Team members included John L. Evans John M. Buoy L E Wheeler A D Coy Floya F De L V Wilson Carin Christensen E T Graff A E Wilkinson RB Lorenz and John A Day Buoy won with 85 points earning 2 gold medals. Purdue won with top honors Ohio placed third with 2 volts.
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Iowa
Ames
Iowa State College
Reid
John L. Evans
John M. Buoy
L. E. Wheeler
A. D. Coy
Floya F. de L. V. Wilson
Carin Christensen
E Tgraff
A. E. Wilkinson
Lorenz
John A. Day Buoy
Purdue University
Ohio
Employees Given Raise in Waterloo Iowa Paper
An announced raise benefits Ela employees of the Iowa pany. The official said the increase helps meet rising costs. Other departments report similar adjustments as the company expands and plans further machinery production.
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Waterloo
Ela
Iowa Pany
Cial
Meat Machinery Corporation
New College Library Memorial Fund Names Widow Beneficiary
Mrs Mahala Douglas of Linn County widow of Walter Douglas of Minne is to build a memorial library at Concoliexe Cedar Rapids in her late husband’s memory. The Douglas estate is reported to be above four million dollars with Walter Douglas among those who perished on the Titanic.
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New College Library
Cedar Rapids
Concoliexe
Walter Douglas
Minneis
Zai
oGween
Mahala Douglas
Linn Counts
Douglas
Scott's Election Contested by Steele After Count Errors
Congressman-elect George Srott faces a contest by Congressman Tom Steele over the eleventh district race. Democratic leaders say errors in the tally will form the basis of the challenge announced at a conference.
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T Scott
George Srott
Tom Steele
Not Stock Plaque Amés
The Iowan veterinary department reports that federal officials found no evidence of hog cholera or hog disease in cattle under quarantine at Kanbay City. Town authorities expect opposition to livestock shipments from Missouri Nebraska and Kansas to be withdrawn immediately by all states.
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Iowan Veterinary Department
J. J. Ferguson
United States Live Stock Sanitary Association
Kan- Bey City
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Des Moines Coal Haulers Strike Threatens Fuel Supply
Forty wagon mine teamsters at Eagle and American coal companies stage a sit down demanding a 20 percent wage increase. EC Smith, president of the Iowa Coal Operators Association, calls the dispute local with no formal demands on the association. Miners say high living costs require wage readjustment beyond recent union-operator agreements. observers fear a wider strike may spread to all Des Moines District mines.
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Qvice
Coal Teamsters
Des Moines
Farm Fire Causes Heavy Loss at Bondurant Farm
A fire of unknown origin swept the Bondurant farm of James Maloney, destroying barns and granaries and ruining about 404 bushels of corn and 599 bushels of oats along with twenty tons of hay. Livestock was saved, and the loss is placed around 2004.
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Bondurant
James Maloney
Chasse Appointed Commissioner Tes Moines
Edward D. Chasse of LeMars, noted 33a business figure and former state binder, was named railroad commissioner by Governor Clarke for a two year term starting January 1. Salary set at 3000. Chasse previously served 1907 to 1812 and sought the Republican nomination for secretary of state, losing to W. S. Allen, after an earlier 1885 bid.
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Tes Moines
Edward D. Chasse
LeMars
Clarke Tell
W. S. Allen
Much Road Work Done in Tama County
Over the last year Tama County completed eleven miles of road with a 6 percent maximum grade, and some sections graded slightly steeper. Grading expenditures exceeded $25,950 and about 129000 cubic yards of earth were moved at roughly 27 cents per cubic yard. Land was cleared in several acres to straighten routes by removing bad curves hills and crossings.
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Tama
Washington native joins Canadian engineers in France trenches
Frank W. Nelson, once a Washington boy, serves with a Canadian engineering corps in the French trenches. The former railroad worker and Northern Hancock resident volunteered at the war’s start, sending letters home through Mrs. Alex Miller detailing life in the Als war zone.
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Jowan
Washington
Frank WW. Nelson
France
Alex Miller
Isi
Population rises in Marshalltown per new estimate
Marshalltown’s population is estimated at 118,382 an increase of 17 since the state census of 3414. The book, twenty pages larger than the last, is said to show the largest uptick among recent editions by the publishing company.
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Marshailtown
Marshalltown
Wool sale nets big haul for local farmer
Logan W sold the clip of wool from his herd here for 12,709 dollars. Mr Latta recently bought several hundred sheep at the Omaha markets, boosting his flock to about 3,990 head. The sale is regarded as the largest wool sale by an individual farmer this season in the state.
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Logan
Latta
Omaha
County Agent movement gains countywide support
Want County Agent in Liberty township Marshallton Farmers urge employment to protect farmers. Fifteen signatories commit to three years funding and aim to extend the movement countywide. Reports from Hardin Blackhawk Muscatine and Henry counties show county agents work well for farmers.
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Marshallton
Liberty Township
Hardin
Blackhawk
Muscatine
Henry
Need More Funds State Revenue Department Says More Money Required
State revenue head Des Moines W. H. Williams, in a biennial report, estimates receipts at 13 721 408 for 1917 19 and expenditures at 12 996 860. He urges maintaining a permanent working balance in the general treasury to cover ongoing needs and warns that future general assembly enlargements will require added revenue. He notes prior years' budgets relied on approximations and calls for stricter funds management. The piece covers related fiscal concerns, telephone regulation talks, and other state policy items from the Iowa context.
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Treasuy
Thirty-seventh General Assembly
Must Pay Food Tax Bremer County Court Rules
Bremer county district court upholds the Iowa stock food law and authorizes the state dairy and food department to collect about $20,000 in delinquent license fees from stock food companies operating in Iowa for five years without paying the $700 annual license. Of 65 companies, 26 paid, 4 refused. 49 challenged the law as unconstitutional. The decision says fees can be recovered over five years, with about $5,200 collected annually. Commissioner W. Barner leads the department.
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Henry E. Sampson
Bremer County
State Dairy Nd Food Department
W. B. Barner
Iowa Boys Win Big at International Livestock Show
A large judging panel selected winners in the beef feeder classes at the Chicago International Livestock Exposition. Iowa entries topped the juvenile feeders of beef with Lenn Mitchell and others placing highly, while Charles Irvine of Ankeny captured the blue ribbon with an aged Belgian stallion.
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Iowa
Lenn Mitchell
Marcus
Duran H. Summers
Malve
G. Alden Wright
Mount Pleasant
Glenn A. Windom, Jr
Nodaway
Henry Kruse
Council Bluffs
Leon
Mitchell
Sioux City
Minnie Rohner
Beaman
Alfrida Johns
Movie
Charles Irvine
Ankeny
Bee Inspectors Report Seeks State Honey Boom
Frank C. Petlett, Iowa state bee inspector, urges abolishing his job and placing beekeeping with Iowa State College at Ames. He notes Iowa should produce honey to offset sugar imports, calling for counties to boost yields from hundreds of thousands to over a million pounds annually. He argues bees can turn nectar into honey to help pay the sugar bill.
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Iowa
Ames
Frank Cr. Petlett
Atlantic
Clarke
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Latger
World’s Longest Bar in Manning Closes at New Year
The famed Manning bar, claimed as the world’s longest at about 150 feet, shut its doors January 1 after drought-era closure and brief revival by two temporary owners both failing to sustain business. The structure, built in a horse shoe shape, stood in Carrollm, near World’s Longest Bar records.
Iowa youths claim awards at interstate livestock show
Twelve year old Ralph Peak of Winchester Indiana won the first annual interstate boys and girls feeding at the International Live Stock show from twenty eight contestants. Leon Mitchell of Marcus Iowa finished second. Callie awards meluged, Hereford senior yearling steer belonged to Cyrus A Tow of Norway whose junior yearling steer also carried Tow's name. Lista entered by Charles Crown over of Hudson won the nominated grand champion Belgian mare.
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Ralph Peak
Winchester
Leon Mitchell
Marcus
Iowa
Callie
Cyrus A. Tow
Norway
Cyr A. Tow
Lista
Charles Crown Over
Hudson
Congress to Halt High Cost Expenditures Fight Begins
Washington December 6 Three major congressional battles loom over high living costs campaign expenditures and Penrose’s bid to loosen Democratic grip on the Solid South. Senator Owen pushes a probe into recent campaign spending while Penrose adds a rider to curtail practices. Dozen bills aim to lower food prices as lawmakers brace for a strenuous session.
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Congress
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Oklahoma
Boles Penrose
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Seurtor
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Owwetls Curtups
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Conkre
German Sees End of War Report From Berlin
Der Veossische Zeitung analyzes international sentiment sparked by Roumoumin abu developments and Entente moves. It says peace talks in the United States rose after England's policy became clear and cites Anglo American solidarity. The paper warns US interests favor England as the war nears conclusion and hints at a potential US clash with Japan in the Pacific.
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Vossische Zeitung
Roumonin
United States
England
We He Zeitung
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Pacific Ocean
Watson Seated in Senate After Contest Vote
A Senate fight led by Senator Reed to block seating Senator-elect James E. Watson failed 32 to 24, and Watson was seated. He succeeds Thomas Taggart, following the vacancy from Senator Shively's death. Reed sought referral to the elections committee.
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Senate
Reed
Missouri
Indiana
Watson
Thomas Taggart
Senattor Shively
Lloyd-George Quits Post As War Secretary
London December 6 David Lloyd George, secretary of state for war and known as the Strong man of England, has resigned from the cabinet. The Exchange Telegraph reports the resignation resulted from Premier Asquith’s unwillingness to approve plans for a small war council from which the premier would be excluded.
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England
Pritteh
Exchange Telegraph Company
Fremier Asquith
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