Food Commissioner Hails License as Prosecution Cutter
Des Moines reports show State Food and Dairy Department head W B Barney says license provisions cut prosecutions, with licenses from 1 to 3 dollars and revocation power as a strong enforcement tool. Revenue has risen from 9500 to 58000 dollars in six years as honesty and licensing deter dishonesty in the dairy trade. Hughes urged to attend Iowa State Fair on August 30 with plans for large crowds and grandstand speeches.
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Des Moines
Food and Dairy Department
W. B. Barney
National Association of Dairy, Food and Drug Officials
Detroit
Barney
Hughes
Iowa
A. R. Corey
Iowa Fair Association
Charles B. Hughes
Denver
Corey
Trusty Makes Escape From Fort Madison Prison
Warden J C Sanders trusted his top trusted inmate P D Cotton to guard his word at Fort Madison. While Sanders spoke to him Cotton vanished into crowded Des Moines streets, proving the honor system may fail when the trusted prisoner deserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
J. C. Sanders
Ft. Madison Penitentiary
Trusty
Sanders
Des Moines
P. D. Cotton
Cotton
Trichinosis Claims Victim Carson James Braden
James Braden aged 20 died here from trichinosis after three weeks illness. He reportedly contracted the disease from eating sandwiches with raw pork. He leaves a young widow and infant child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
James Braden
Heat kills hundreds of farm animals in Dubuque county
Veterinary reports indicate over 300 animals died in a week in Dubuque county due to extreme heat. More than 100 of the fatalities were horses as farmers and rural residents cope with the heatwave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Dubuque County
Drainage Contracts Soon Awarded in Logan
Logan plans multiple drainage contracts including an $85,000 project on the Upper Willow and an $8,000 job on Upper Boyer and Rowley creeks. Megger and Fischer engineering ventures are also expected to proceed with smaller amounts.
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Logan
Willow
Boyer
Rowley Creek
Megger and
Fischer
Penn College to Build New Campus on Current Site
After lengthy sessions the Penn College board of trustees decides to construct the new buildings on the present campus site in Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Penn College Board of Trustees
Plague Increase Continues in Iowa as Infantile Paralysis Cases Rise
Two new infantile paralysis cases were reported to the state board of health. Cerro Gordo County records fourteen cases, Polk County reports a second near Berwick, bringing Iowa to forty nine cases total as officials anticipate cooler weather to curb the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Health
Cerro Gordo County
Polk County
Berwick
Iowa
Cerro Gordo
Absent Voters Law Explained For Iowa Electors
Des Moines reports that 40000 to 60000 Iowa voters may benefit from the absent voters law in the November general election. Proponents say it will save thousands of dollars for those it serves and be thoroughly explained before voting to ensure participation this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
U S Fish Station Opened North McGregor
The government fish house at North McGregor opens for the season under M. Clark of Manchester. It supports a self sustaining program begun twelve years ago to boost food and game fish nationwide. Tanks hold young fish and artesian water supplies the tanks. The season for rescuing fish runs from late July to river closure, distributing 78 000 to 100 000 fish via Department of Commerce and Labor fish cars.
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North McGregor
M. Clark
Manchester
Interior
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department
Power Company Fights Taxes Over Keokuk Plant
The Mississippi River Power Company at Keokuk disputes Iowa tax jurisdiction claiming the plant is in Illinois. Assistant Attorney General C A Robbins ruled the powerhouse lies in Iowa and should be taxed on an 8 million dollar valuation. The company and its opponents plan further battles.
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Power Company
Keokuk
Mississipp River Power Company
Illinois
Iowa
C. A. Robbins
Mississippi River Power Company
Fruitgrowers Entertained by Seedmen Tour Sources
Ninety guests hosted by seedmen and nurserymen for Iowa and Nebraska horticulturists. The party toured Henry Field seed houses Mount Arbor and Shenandoah nurseries then visited F. P. Spencer’s orchards at Randolph and Guy’s at Tabor. Stops included Malvern and Glenwood before returning to Council Bluffs.
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Shenandoah
Iowa
Nebraska
Henry Field
Mount Arbor
F. P. Spencer
Randolph
Guy
Tabor
Malvern
Glenwood
Council Bluffs
Hospital Nearing Completion in Des Moines Iowa
Work on the new Iowa Congregational hospital progresses rapidly and the board of directors is confident it will be completed and ready for occupancy by January 1. Outside construction is finished and workers install plumbing and heating systems.
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Des Moines
Iowa Congregational Hospital
Capitol Dome
Iowa
Surgeon Faces Suit Over Drainage Tube Incident
Dr. F C Timzell, professor in the college of homeopathic medicine, is defendant in a $30 000 suit filed by Hugh Burris of Cherokee county. Burris says negligence occurred in an operation during which a drainage tube was left in his body. The tube was removed in a Davenport hospital two weeks ago.
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Sab
Iowa City
F. C. Timzell
College of Homeopathic Medicine
Hugh Burris
Cherokee County
Burris
Davenport
Lightning Strikes Second Time at New Hampton Church
A recent electrical storm struck the Baptist church steeple in New Hampton, repeating a past bolt that hit the same point years ago, challenging the adage that lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
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New Hampton
Baptist
Big Price For Land Near Waterloo
A. E. Glenny sold a farm two and a half miles south of Waterloo for 40000 dollars, about 265 dollars per acre. The buyer paid this four times the land’s price from thirteen years ago. Glenny previously bought it eight years ago for 115 dollars per acre, while the earlier owner had paid 65 dollars in 1903. No buildings were added to the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
A. E. Glenny
Mr. Glenny
Three Drownings In Cedar Rapids River Tragedy
A triple drowning occurred at Cedar River near Ellis Park. Edna Whitney 15 and Bea Whitney 20 died, and Ralph Olney 26 drowned while attempting to rescue them. This brings the season’s drownings to twelve in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Edna and
Beatrice Whitney
Cedar River
Ellis Park
Ralph L. Olney
Diphtheria Strikes Black Family in Audubon
In Audubon Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Black mourn three children lost to diphtheria within days. Two died the same day and a fourth is very ill. Three other children remain uninfected as officials monitor the outbreak.
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Audubon
B. J. Black
More Race Victims Found Swindle Claims Grow
Des Moines reports two more complaints to Attorney General Cosson from farmers swindled in a fake horse race scheme. One man lost 10000 dollars and another 5000 dollars. Victims increasingly fear exposure as names are requested kept secret.
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Des Moines
Cosson
Many Iowa Railway Employes
Ottumwa reports 49,877 railroad workers in Iowa as of June 30, 1914 with little change since. Excluding general officers, 49,675 employees earned a total of 37,692,222.81 yearly, averaging 2.46 dollars per day.
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Iowa Railway
Ottumwa
Iowa
State Railroad Commission
Hughes in Detroit Delivers Six Day Addresses to Workers and Suffragists
Charles E. Hughes campaigned in Detroit delivering six speeches to welfare workers suffragists and automobile employees. He toured the city in a long automobile procession met by crowds proclaimed labor sympathy and urged federal suffrage and industrial harmony while posing for photos with baseball figures after a Tigers Athletics game.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles E. Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Woman's Party
Dodge Automobile Plant
Cadillac
Athletics
Tigers
Sam Crawford
Nap Lajoie
Hughey Jennings
Ty Cobb
Witt
Connie Mack
Hughes
Danish West Indies Purchase Treaty Signed for 25 Million
Secretary of State Lansing and Denmark's Minister Brun signed the treaty in New York authorizing the United States to buy the Danish West Indies for 25 million dollars. Officials say details will wait until ratification by the U.S. Senate and Danish parliament.
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Washington
Lansing
Brun
Denmark
New York
United States
Danish West Indies
Polk
United States Senate
Food Riots in Petrograd Reported Deaths and Wounds
A dispatch from Berlin dated August 9 reports that 28 persons were killed and over 100 wounded in food riots in Petrograd, as observed by Overseas News Agency observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Berlin
Overseas News Agency
A B Stickney Founder Of Chicago Great Western Dies
A B Stickney founder of the Chicago Great Western railway died at his St Paul home after a long illness. He was born in Walton Missouri on June 27 1840.
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A. B. Stickney
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago Great Western Railway
Wallton
Aitken Captures Double Auto Race Wins at Indianapolis
Johnny Aitken won the 25 mile and five mile races plus the tire change contest in Indianapolis. He completed the 25 miles in 16 minutes 40 seconds and the five miles in 3 minutes 18 and 4-5 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aitken
Indianapolis
Ind
Johnny Aitken
Bulgars May Align With Allies Soon
A British War Office official says it is very probable Bulgaria will shift allegiance within weeks and declare affiliation with Russia’s foe, signaling a possible change in alliance in the war.
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London
British War Office
Bulgaria
Russia
Eastern Forwarding Ships Nickel and Rubber to New England Port
The Eastern Forwarding company, which loaded the German submarine Deutschland in Baltimore for its return trip, is sending large quantities of nickel and rubber to a New England port.
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Nickel and Rubber
Washington
Eastern Forwarding Company
Baltimore
New England
New York Ends Street Car Strike After Two Days
Mayor J P Mitchel announced settlement of the New York street car strike that ended two days of suspended surface traffic across most boroughs except Brooklyn. Interborough Rapid Transit workers will receive an extra dollar a day while patrols contained a large strike sympathizer crowd.
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New York
Greater
Brooklyn
J. P. Mitchel
Mitchel
Oscar 8. Straus
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough
G. O. P. Names Western Campaign Chief
Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky named western manager for the Hughes campaign with headquarters in Chicago. The selection was announced byWilliam R. Willcox after western party leaders met. Hert, a Louisville manufacturer and Kentucky national committeeman, was a Fairbanks ally and delegate at the recent Republican convention.
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Chicago
Alvin T. Hert
Kentucky
Hughes Campaign
Hert
William R. Willcox
Republican National Committee
Louisville
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
Public Health Conference Planned on Infantile Paralysis
The federal public health service asked state health authorities to send representatives to a conference in Washington on August 17 to discuss preventing further spread of infantile paralysis.
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Federal Public Health Service
Washington
Cure Man's Broken Neck Healed in Duluth Case
Duluth Minnesota August 10 reports the only known successful treatment of a broken neck in J R Johnson of Colbyville Minnesota. He was discharged from a hospital as cured.
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Duluth
Minn
J. R. Johnson
Colbyville
Palmer to Succeed Admiral Blue as Navy Chief
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Commander Leigh Palmer to be chief of the bureau of navigation. He would succeed Rear Admiral Blue, who resigned from the post.
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Palmer
Admiral Blue
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Leigh Palmer
Bureau of Navigation of the
United States
Blue
Bombmaker Is Killed in Colorado Springs Blast
John Barr died from injuries after an infernal machine exploded at his residence in Colorado Springs. His wife was injured in the blast and is being treated. Barr had been working on the device when it exploded and he did not regain consciousness.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
John Barr
George F Considine Dead
New York on August 9 George I Considine a leading sportsman died at his home after an operation for mastoiditis. He passed away Monday following the procedure.
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George F. Considine
New York
Considine
Iowa Soldier Frank Small Dies After Appendicitis
Des Moines reports the first Iowa National Guard fatality of the 1916 mobilization. Private Frank Small aged 20 from Oskaloosa died at Fort Brown hospital after an appendicitis operation following a five hour hike back to camp. The body was sent home for burial as comrades recalled his quick decline.
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Des Moines
Iowa Guard
Frank Small
Third Infantry
Oskaloosa
Fort Brown
Small
Fort
Income From Automobiles Swells Iowa Treasury
Des Moines reports show W S Allen secretary of state collected 3 420 470 08 in fees for the biennial period ending July 1 1916 more than doubling the prior two years total. Auto registration fees totaled 3 127 069 32 and were returned to counties after costs. Other income sources include filing articles of incorporation and various licenses. Oil inspection fees moved to the oil inspector and are now reported directly to the legislature.
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Des Moines
W. S. Allen
General Assembly
Iowa
Secretary of State
Highway Commission
Allen
Praise for Iowa Soldiers on the Border
Brownsville Texas reports Major HE John son of the First Iowa infantry receives high praise from L F Smith St Louis and Southwestern Rail road agent noting the battalion as the best and most orderly troops seen by him. General Parker also commends the Iowa units saying they are the best since 1898.
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Iowa
Harry Shockley
Company B
Shockley
Brownsville
Tex
HE. C. Johnson
Thirst Iowa Infantry
Iowa Bridgade
L. F. Smith
St. Louis
Smith
Parker
Fort Brown
Strike Averted as Cement Workers Gain Raises
In Fort Dodge a threatened 500 cement mill workers strike was averted when mill operators granted a five cent an hour raise and recognition of the workers union. The lowest paid worker will earn thirty cents an hour for ten hours or three dollars daily for unskilled labor, with time and a half for overtime holidays and Sundays for those on a six day week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Cholera Infantum Fatality Reported in Fort Dodge
The first death in fifty cholera infantum cases occurred in the Emerson infant daughter. The child was ill only a few days. Doctors urge better summer feeding of children as improper diet blamed for many cases, with peaches and cream cited as a common cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
C. Emerson
College Instructor Promoted at Iowa State College
Ames reports L S Gillette of the animal husbandry faculty has been placed in charge of dairy husbandry work previously led by Associate Professor Kildee. Gillette replaces Kildee who resigned to become a professor at the University of Minnesota.
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Ames
L. S. Gillette
Iowa State College
Kildee
State Board of Education
Gillette
University of Minnsota
Oskaloosa Raises Record 266000 for City Improvements
Oskaloosa reported a year of significant fundraising totaling 266000 for improvement projects. Gifts include 11000 to the YMCA swimming pool 20000 to the Presbyterian church 15000 to the Central M H church 5000 to Iowa Wesleyan 10000 to a Jewish synagogue 30000 for brick plant bonds and 155000 of 400000 raised for Penn college endowment.
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Oskaloosa
New Presbyterian Church
Central M. H. Church
Iowa Wesleyan
Penn College
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Iawa
U.S. Fish Station
Government Fish House
NEW York Telegram
Michigan
Republican National Fight
Army Hospital
Hird
Fred S. Hird
Des Moines Machine Gun Company
War Department
Bartley
First Iowa Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Uncle Sam
Thomas B. Lacey
Third
William C. Rathke
Company I
Lacey
Rathke
Jacob Koenig
Company K
Second
le Mars
Iowa National
State Census Department
Story County
Nevada
A. M. McColl
Board of Control
Woodward
Flynn
State Dairy and Food Department
State Free Employment Bureau
Charles City
Border
Fort Des Moines
Ralph P. Howell
Donna
Texas
Mexico
Iowa State Board of Health
Guilford H. Sumner
Fourth United States Infantry
Nels B. Soderholm
Webster City
Harold M. Putnam
Thomas 8. Munson
William B. Rothermael
Preston B. Waterbury
Sioux City
Ralph S. Gieger
Cherokee
Walter B. Thompson
Boone
Prison Congress
Clarke
The
American Prison Association
Buffalo
N. Y
W. S. Withrow
Mount Pleasant
W. J. Dixon
C. C. McClaughry
Anamosa
L. E. Francis
Spirit Lake
Joseph R. Failey
T. J. B. Robinson
Hampton
James M. Wilson
Centerville
United States Bureau of Education
W. H. Williams
Auditor of State’s Office
Executive Council
State Hospital
State Board of Control
Krupxville
M. C. Mackin
Ora’ Williams
Office of State Document Editor
Adjutant General
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