Power Company Plans Northern Iowa Plant and Cedar River Dam
A large power company moves to develop northern Iowa operations near Orchard. It has purchased Ed Hassellmann’s land and seeks additional property for a Cedar River dam and a 27 foot water head to support a central lighting and power plant. The firm already runs multiple plants and aims to expand across northern Iowa and southern Minnesota.
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Company
Iowa
Osage
Towa
Orchard
Ed Hassellmann
Cedar River
Minnesota
Baby Saved After House Fire Ends in Heroic Search
Mason City reports a house fire at Jesse J. Kennedy’s home. The family escaped but a three months old baby was believed missing after Kennedy and his son Albert were burned while seeking the child. The infant was later found unharmed at a neighbor’s, carried by Dave Farrell during the blaze.
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Babe
Mason City
Jesse J. Kennedy
Kennedy
Albert
Dave Farrell
Narrow Escape of Boy Scout in Wapsie Creek
West Liberty Scout Ward Chase was buried under a heavy log two feet beneath Wapsie creek water. S. H. Archibald, cashier of People's Bank, led the excursion and freed the boy as companions pulled out another. The two boys rolled the log into the water to bridge a high bank.
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West Liberty
Wapsle Creek
Ward Chase
S. H. Archibald
People’s Bank
Chase
Girl’s Neck Broken by Falling Window Sash
Cedar Falls report of 18 year old Alpha Madsen daughter of A O Madsen a farmer living six miles northwest of here killed at a country schoolhouse when a window sash fell. She was found hanging from the sill with her head fast after trying to enter through the window before the teacher arrived.
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Cedar Falls
Alpha Madsen
A. O. Madsen
Here
Madsen
Two Women Jump From Ninth Street Bridge
Pedestrians on the Ninth street bridge reported two women climbing the rail and leaping into the river. Police are dredging the water. no missing person complaint has been filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ninth Street
Veteran Ends Own Life Near Council Bluffs
Police found William Bishop, an elderly veteran, dead in the woods near Council Bluffs. He died by self inflicted arterial cut, after a search by Tri Cities authorities failed to locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Tri-Cities
William Bishop
Here
Return Home to Fight Ottumwa Workers Leave for Russia
Three Russian employees at a packing house Emilian Woytuk Simeon Mikoluk and Emilian Kostuck quit their jobs and withdrew savings from a local bank to return to their homeland.
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Ottumwa
Emilian Woytuk
Simeon Mikoluk
Emilian Kostuck
Clinton County approves $100000 drainage project
The Clinton county board of supervisors approved a drainage improvement costing 100000 dollars. The project will affect 48000 acres of land and create a ditch over seventeen miles long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Clinton County Board of Supervisors
Clinton man retires on full pay pension
Clinton S P Jordan wire chief for the Iowa Telephone Company retires on full pay after thirty four years of service making him the second Iowa man to qualify for a pension.
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Clinton
S. P
Jordan
Iowa Telephone Company
Iowa
Primghar Principal Appointed to Philippine Schools
E. J. Russell, principal of the Primghar high school, has been appointed to a supervisory position in the Philippine Islands and will soon depart for his new assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primghar Man
Philippines
Primghar
E. J. Russell
Philippine Islands
Robbers Crack Safe At St. Francis Church
A break in at St. Francis Polish Catholic Church in Sioux City opened a small safe in the pastor’s study. The Easter collection, about $100, was taken. Police seek clues and describe the intruders as masked robbers who forced an entrance.
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Sioux City
St. Francis
Auto Keeps on Move in Downtown Incident
Ottumwa street scene shows a white wing cleaner shoving an automobile aside as it moves in a series of turns and crashes through a plate glass window. No injuries are reported and the car continued after the impact.
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Ottumwa
White Wings
Main Street
Passenger Train Ditches Again Near Mason City
A southbound Mason City Rock Island passenger train was ditched for the fifth time in five weeks as wreckers forced switches open. The engine baggage car and smoker left the track in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Rock Island
County Jail Burned. Elkader Suffers Total Loss
Elkader county jail was totally destroyed by a fire caused by a defective chimney. High building altitude and distant hydrant left city water pressure deficient, hindering firefighting efforts.
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Elkader
Des Moines Area School Superintendents Re-Elected
Boards of education across Iowa counties elected county superintendents under the new law. A large majority of incumbents were re elected with competitive races in several counties. Re elected names include Mina Whittum Adams Mary C Larson Allamakee Wilbur L Peck Appanoose Janet Wilson Audubon Ella Stearns Black Hawk H C Moeller Boone Gracia Tucker Buchanan A E Jewell etc.
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Des Moines
Boards of Education
Adair
Mina Whittum
Adams
Mary C. Larson
Allamakee
Wilbur L. Peck
Appanoose
Janet Wilson
Audubon
Ella Stearns
Black Hawk
H. C
Clinton
Cozens
Crawford
F. N. Olry
Dallas
Carolyn Fairgrove
Davis
Agnes McConnell
Decatur
Mabel Horner
Delaware
F. P. Walker
Theresa Tiedemann
Dubuque
Joseph Flynn
Floyd
Mary Korinke
Franklin
O. W. Maxwell
Fremont
Mabel Jones
Greene
H. C. Roeloft
Guthrie
O. G. Hamilton
Hancock
J. R. Baggs
Hardin
Blanche
Stoddard
Harrison
Susan Faith
Henry
Caroline Campbell
Howard
Zina Fessenden
Ida
Wilson Jones
Iowa
G. A. Yoakum
Jasper
Olive Shriner
Jefferson
June Chidester
Johnson
C. H. Hullin
Jones
Kate Maurice
Mason City Aims for First Class Status
Mason City seeks first class city status after a 27000 population census. Mayor-elect Truman A. Potter and Auditor George Frost travel to Des Moines to lobby the legislature for a special act to place the city in the first class, boosting salaries for the mayor and commissioners and extending city liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Truman A. Potter
George Frost
Des Moines
Osage Firms Plan Cedar River Power Plant
An eastern company lines up a large Cedar river project at Orchards with a 27 foot dam to supply power across the region. Ed Hassellmann farm sale closed and options secured on nearby lands. operations expected across several northern Iowa and southern Minnesota counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osage
Cedar River
Orchard
Ed Hassellmann
Iowa
Minnesota
Iowa City High Receives Interscholastic Rifle Championship
Iowa City High School has been officially awarded the United States Interscholastic Rifle Association championship after a close victory over Deering High School of Portland Maine. The Little Hawkeyes advance to compete for the Astor Cup, a title they and their locality previously held.
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Iowa
City
City High School
United States
Washington, D. C
Deering High School
Portland
Little Hawkeyes
Five Power Plants Change
Cedar Water Power company owner of plants in Charles City Parkersburg Nashua Clarksville and Hampton sold to the American Gas company of Philadelphia. The firm previously operated five plants with headquarters in Charles City.
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Charles City
Cedar Water Power Company
Electric Corporation
American Gas Company of
Philadelphia
Parkersburg
Nashua
Clarksville
Hampton
Death of William Huttig founder of Huttig Manufacturing
William Huttig 79 founder of the Huttig Manufacturing Company in Muscatine died of pneumonia. His firm is noted as a leading sash and door concern in the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
William Huttig
The
Huttig
Convicted Clinton Brother Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
George Jackson, one of three Clinton brothers charged with murdering A. K. Gadsey a St. Joseph Missouri saloonkeeper, was found guilty and sentenced to life. Anthony and William Jackson will be tried next.
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Clinton
George Jackson
Clinton Brothers
A. K. Gadsey
St. Joseph
Anthony
William Jackson
Timmerman Dies of Tetanus After Facial Injury
Nodaway reports H. A. Timmerman aged 47 is dead from tetanus after a minor facial wound from a wood splinter. He leaves a wife and children.
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Nodaway
H. A. Timmerman
Caesarean Operation At Monticello Sanitarium
Mrs. Michael Hogan was taken to the sanitarium at Anamosa where the Caesarean operation was performed. At present both mothers and child are doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Michael Hogan
Anamosa
White Slave Case Arrest Tied to Detroit Slavers
Walter Niebert of Muscatine is held in Detroit charged as a member of a gang that allegedly transported more than thirty girls from Peoria Illinois to Detroit in a white slavery operation.
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Lowan
Muscatine
Walter Niebert
Detroit
Mich
Peoria
Newsboys Age Rules Save From Street Trade Use
Des Moines Iowa newsboys between 11 and 14 win a revision saving them from street work. The Allen child labor bill passed the senate 28 to 6 and heads to the house for approval. The bill strengthens Iowa’s long standing child labor laws and targets underage workers in amusements merchandise distribution and messenger roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Allen
Senate
House
Farr
Kimball
Harry M. Bremer
National Child Labor Committee
Bremer
Iowa
Heald
Linn and
Woodbury
Iowa House Rejects Breweries Right to Ship Beverages
In Des Moines the Iowa House refused to allow breweries to manufacture beverages for shipment out of state until July 1 1916. The Sawyer near beer bill was killed 24 to 65 while amendments to allow non intoxicating drinks were withdrawn. Speakers warned of vast property losses as prohibition winds down.
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Des Moines
Billy
Drys
Iowa
Iowa General Assembly
House
Kane
Taylor
Buchanan
Green
Grundy
Ball
Jefferson
Sawyer
Lee County
Arm-less but active: Snow reelected county school superintendent
Webster City Professor H I Snow, who lost a right arm and left forearm in an early childhood accident, was reelected on the first ballot as county superintendent at a delegate convention in the courthouse. He remains a leading Hamilton county schoolman, active in teaching, dressing, feeding, shaving, driving, and managing daily duties despite his handicap.
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Webster City
H. I. Snow
Court House
Professor Snow
Unois Central
Hamilton County
North Central Town
Suspects Located After Northwestern Brakeman Shot
Suspects are located and arrests are expected soon in the shooting of Delahunt, a Northwestern brakeman, who was shot in the head through a caboose window as his train passed a road crossing north of Slater. He was taken to Ames and then placed on a fast train to Clinton for company hospital care.
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Ames
Delahunt
Northwestern
Slater
Company
Clinton
Jury awards $15000 in breach of promise case
A district court jury at Le Mars awarded Margaret Morgan of O'Brien county $15,000, the full amount of her claim against F. J. Muench, an auctioneer and real estate man, in a breach of promise case heard here. The trial was described as very sensational with a four hour deliberation.
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Sioux City
le Mars
Margaret Morgan
O’brien County
F. J. Muench
Two Killed In Fall At St. Francis Home
Two men died when a scaffold at St. Francis Home collapsed in Dubuque. Warl Porter was killed instantly while Andrew Akers suffered critical injuries and later died. both arms and legs were broken and internal injuries reported.
Denison Citizenship Applicants Thwarted by Judge
One half of the fourteen applicants for citizenship before the district court were rejected by Judge Hutchison. An agent of the naturalization office at Washington was present to ensure enforcement of United States laws.
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Brammer
Senate Cities and Towns Committee
Polk
District Court
Civil Service Commission
Mason City
Senate Committee On Elections
Klinker
Darrah
Supreme Court
Kimball
Allens. Denison
Hutchison
Naturalization Office
Washington
United States
Mason City Man Confesses to Rail Wrecks
Ross Johnson, once a section foreman in Mason City, confessed to wrecking four Rock Island passenger trains by opening a switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Ross Johnson
Rock Island
Northwestern Iowa teachers back Senate Bill 543 on tobacco
The Northwestern Iowa Teachers Association adopted a strong resolution urging support for Senate File No. 543, a tobacco bill introduced by Senator Hagemann. The group emphasized student health and educational standards in its action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Northwestern Iowa Teachers’ Association
Hagemann
Senate
Manheld for assault on child in Rock Island yards
Mason Clay Dave Griffin, 32, is jailed on charges of assaulting the six year old daughter of Philo Stephens in the Rock Island yards. He waived examination and did not post 5000 dollars bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Clay
Dave Griffin
Philo Stephens
Rock Island
The Calla And Its Culture
Bess ie L Putnam explains how to force calla bloom in winter with rich soil, warm moisture, and careful pot care. Rest in summer, repot in September with charcoal drainage and manure topped by compost, then water freely as growth resumes. Use warm water, provide bottom heat with bricks, and protect stems with tin if needed. Liquid manure weekly, watch for buds after two leaves, and combat red spider and scale with sprays.
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Bessie L. Putnam
Keeping Up the Lawn
Weed control by pulling or cutting below the crown is advised. Avoid close mowing during heat, prevent weeds from seeding. Thorough pulverization, fertilization, raking and rolling produce a smooth level lawn. Use fresh seeds from a reliable seedsman, and seed late August to early September for best growth.
Perennial Flower Border Plan for Home Gardens
A 1930s era guide outlines creating a border of perennial and biennial plants. It suggests border dimensions from twenty to forty feet long and six to fifteen feet deep, with a north south orientation facing east if possible. Background plantings include hollyhocks and meadow species, while foregrounds feature pearl echillea and selected cana densis and chrysanthemum hybrids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Adams Powell
Designing a Hardy Perennial Border as a Garden Classic
The article outlines a variety of hardy perennials for a two-height border. It emphasizes plant choices such as larkspur, daisies, foxglove, color varieties, and bee balm. It advises light porous soil, avoiding soggy ground, thorough mulching with stable manure before winter, and careful pruning of spooky branches.
Ashes Benefit Gardens Though Some May Question
The author argues ashes improve soil by adding phosphates and sweetening it. They discourage pests and strengthen plant beds especially asters and gladiolus. Ashes should be spread on surface after fertilizing and not mixed with manure to avoid reducing fertilizer value.
Phlox For The Greenhouse In Busy Pot Culture
Perennial phlox adapts to greenhouse culture when treated like chrysanthemums. Take cuttings at two inches, root in small pots then move to six inch pots, feed with liquid manure as roots fill. Use loam and well rotted manure for potting soil, plunge pots outdoors to rim, finish inside the greenhouse, and water liberally through summer.
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Green House
Ornamental Grasses For Gardens And Borders
Ornamental grasses enhance flower beds with beauty and grace during summer and can be cut in bloom for winter decoration. They require well drained soil and ample water to thrive.
Practical work proves true education in agriculture
A speaker argues that education without practical work is worthless and a half-baked education harms. He urges agricultural students to apply lessons through hands on labor to avoid waste of time.
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Underworld
Whitmore
Bronson
House of Representatives
Holbert
Boards of Animal Health
Thirty-Sixth
General Assembly
Voorhees Farm Mortgage Bank
Francis
Appropriations Committee
Turner
Foster
Gilmore
Balkema
Fleck
Etta Jopling
Colfax
Robert Jopling
Mount Pleasant
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senator Fleck
Judiciary Committee
Senate Fish and Game Committee
Gillette
Doran
Hamilton County Schools
Calla
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