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A mixed digest reports U S officials sending the cruiser Des Moines from Guantanamo to guard Puerto Plata and Mona Passage amid Dominican gunboat fire. Washington debates deficienc y measures, a $4 million Potomac bridge plan is eyed, tax foreclosures and notable legal actions wind through New York and Chicago, along with sports, aviation, and cultural items from across the globe.
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Government to distribute crop news by telegraph in Iowa
The department of agriculture in Washington unveils a new telegraph news system to deliver immediate crop conditions to Iowa farmers and local weather bureaus. Iowa joins six states, including Missouri and Texas, in testing the method which speeds up information delivery from twelve to eighteen hours to small weeklies and newspapers statewide.
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Missouri
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Texas
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Panos Resigns as Greek Ice House Foreman Amid Theft Probe
Marshalltown reports officers found 1500 dollars in cash and CDs in the trunk of Gust Panos, a Greek ice house foreman, during a search tied to a forty theft investigation. Panos, now vanished, was under suspicion of the missing amount.
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Gust Panos
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New Clear Lake High School Opens in Modern $60,000 Building
After nearly two years of classes in church basements and temporary rooms, Clear Lake students move into a new school costing 60,000 dollars. The structure measures 100 feet by 148 feet, is three stories tall, and contains twenty eight rooms.
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Clear Lake
Perry editor Harry Hazelett Dies at Home
Harry Hazelett editorial figure in Perry and former Ida Grove Record editor died at his home Saturday from heart disease brought on by heat. He was fifty years old and long noted as a Democrat in the Eleventh district.
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Pioneers' Memorial for Scott County settlers
Davenport to honor pioneer settlers of Iowa by erecting a fog cabin replica. The cabin will be fitted as seventy years ago and serve as the site for future annual meetings of the Scott County Pioneers Association.
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Auto Collision Kills Driver and Injures Team Members
A head on crash between a car and a team near Milford left driver Milford Jay Bickelhaupt dead as the horses reared and fell. Miss Gene Kumba was badly injured and Lydia Kumba along with Henry Skyllingstad sustained bruises in the collision.
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Drainage War Sparks Forest City Debate Over Drought Cause
Forest City resident Samuel Merrick, a wealthy retired farmer, has published literature arguing droughts stem from drainage policy. He urges press discussion to rally public agitation and awareness of what he sees as the country’s drainage failures.
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Samuel Merrick
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Escapes State Insane Hospital At Sioux City Sought
Cherokee Graham of Meadville escaped from the state insane hospital after testimony by his wife and stepdaughter that had led to his commitment. The two women later admitted their testimony before the insanity commission was perjury and that they planned to gain his release by court action. In Davenport Otto Peterson, 27, of Germantown Pa, was slain near Delmar, Iowa while with James Burns of Pittsburgh returning to a railway camp. A stranger shot Petersen after being refused liquor and fled. Denison reports a Large Land Sale of the Langan farm two miles south of West Side. The 649 acre property sold at auction with average price about 161 per acre. homestead and forty sold for 180 and 190 per acre respectively.
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Loss and fire devastates Creston ice house and neighbors
A spark from a passing engine ignited heavy logs at Creston causing $150,000 loss and threatening the best residence section. The blaze started in C. Rex & Son’s ice house and spread to Swift & Co’s poultry plant, a five story frame structure, which was destroyed along with two nearby frame houses. New lights appear in Humboldt as business districts glow with electric illumination and a relief fund nears $3,000 to sustain the system for two years. Portland-style notes cover pensions attempts in Sioux City, Perry’s bid for 1914 grand lodge of the Town Odd Fellows, Charles City fraternal ban, and a New York pastor call for Mason City.
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Master Builders of Iowa hold steamboat convention voyage
The Master Builders of Iowa plan a September 13 convention on a Davenport steamship traveling to Regicuk. The voyage departs from Davenport and will ferry about 200 people after a Mississippi steamer collision damaged a vessel.
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Live Wire Kills Boy At Crown Dairy Plant
Dubuque a Crown Dairy plant worker child 11 years old named Dale Howard was instantly killed when he touched a live electric wire at the factory. The accident occurred on site and authorities began investigation into safety measures at the Crown Dairy facility.
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Fontanelle Awards Lighting Contract to Greenfield
Fontanelle votes to build a lighting system with a transmission line to Greenfield. Light and power will be supplied from Greenfield, connecting Fontanelle to regional electric service.
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Nab Alleged Deserter Arrested Near Marshalltown
Walter Ayers was arrested at his mother Elnora Barton’s home six miles southwest of town. Ayers is alleged to have deserted from the U S Army Fort Morgan Colorado on April 11.
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Pastor Hedstrom Resigns for Chicago Call
The Rev J H Hedstrom pastor of the Swedish Evangelical Mission church for five years submits his resignation effective December 7. He has accepted a call to a church in Chicago.
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Council Moves to Bolster Fire Department
In reply to a second major blaze, the council votes to purchase 1000 feet of hose and install a new pump at the city standing to double the department’s efficiency, aiming to prevent another catastrophe.
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Alee
Pumpkin Days Celebrated in Greenfield Jamaica
The eighth annual Pumpkin Days festival in Greenfield Orient 12 draws one of the region's most popular street carnivals. Community events include festive activities, local vendors, and residents enjoying the parade atmosphere in southern Jamaica.
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Iowa to study hog cholera with German veterinary expert
Dr Kurt Schern from the German empire arrives at Iowa State College to lead investigations into animal diseases causing big annual losses to Iowa farmers. Hog cholera will be the initial focus with a statewide survey this fall and later recommendations to fight the disease. Schern cites Germany’s quarantine and serum practices and notes no known cure for encephalomyelitis, the recent horse plague.
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