Iowa’s May Opening of Canning Season Aims Global Reach
Iowa begins its canning season with 53 facilities across cities like Des Moines Atlantic and Cedar Rapids. In 1913 forty factories employed 3,828 workers and produced 1.77 million dollars in outputs while paying 305 thousand dollars in wages.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Labor Commissioner
Atlantic
Audubon
Belle Plaine
Burlington
Brighton
Cambridge
Cedar Falls
Pella
Sandusky
Sac City
Shellsburg
Storm Lake
Toledo
Tipton
Tripoli
Waterloo
Waverly
Illinois
Iowa Furnishes Large Revenue Figures
The Iowa annual report of the commissioner of internal revenue shows total state collections for the year ending June 30 at 2,562,859.08 dollars. Individual income tax paid by Iowans totals 277,098.45 dollars while corporation income tax reaches 517,887.56 dollars. Emergency revenue amounts to 1,181,446.50 dollars and ordinary revenue excludes emergency at 86,426.07 dollars. Documentary stamp taxes lead emergency revenue at 769,073.74 dollars.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Child Is Cholera Victim in Fort Dodge
The first fatality in fifty cholera infantum cases is the Emerson infant daughter who fell ill only a few days ago. Doctors urge better care in hot weather feeding and attribute many cases to improper diet. Peaches and cream are named as a common cause.
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Fort Dodge
New University Head for Iowa State University
Dr Walter A Jessup the university college of education dean was elected president by the state board of education and accepted the post after a conference with board members President Macbride was named president emeritus.
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New University
Iowa
State University of Iowa
Walter A. Jessup
University College of Education
State Board of Education
Macbride
Burglars Blow Safe At Illinois Central Depot
burglars blew the depot safe to pieces with explosives at Rockwell City Illinois Central depot and stole a small money drawer sum no cash in the safe this is the second burglary in under two years at this office
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Rockwell City
Illinois Central
May Not Accept London Call For Local Pastor
Cedar Rapids Reverend J F Newton who was offered the City temple London post to replace Rev J R Campbell has arrived in New York from Liverpool and reports he may not accept the position.
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London
Cedar Rapids
J. F. Newton
City Temple
J. R. Campbell
New York
Liverpool
Heavy Oats Yield Report From Grand Junction Farmer
Perry Dan Wessling near Grand Junction north of Perry reports the community's top oat harvest with 104 bushels per acre on a four acre tract.
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Perry
Dan Wessling
Grand Junction
Onion farming could boost Iowa land values, says expert
Professor C L Fitch reports soil tests across Iowa show corn land valued at 200 per acre could rise to 500 to 1000 per acre with onion cultivation. He urges hiring onion growing experts and proper management to build a large commercial industry.
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Ames
Iowa
C. L. Fitch
Fitch
Iowa City Engineers May Be Mustered Out
Company A of the Iowa National Guard in Iowa City faces possible muster out as twenty student members return to the university. Loss of those men could drop the unit below the required peace strength, potentially fusing remaining members with another brigade's engineering company to continue training.
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Iowa City
Company A Engineers
Iowa National Guard
University
State's Sixty Acre Garden at Clarinda Hospital Noted
The Clarinda hospital for the insane showcases a diverse sixty acre garden thriving after recent rains. Five acres tomatoes, three onions, four melons, and other crops fill the fields along with a strong fruit harvest. Superintendent Dr. M. E. Witte emphasizes flowers’ positive effect while 1224 patients, 692 men and 432 women, populate the institution.
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Clarinda
M. E. Witte
Prohibitionists Fill Ticket for State Office
The Iowa prohibition state central committee has named a full slate for November. At July's Oskaloosa convention several nominees declined but the ticket shows W. O. Tannsreuther of Waterloo for governor O. D. Eellett of Marshalltown for lieutenant governor Carl Lewis of Marshalltown for secretary of state Morris Bailey of Des Moines for auditor and M. D. Evans of Dewitt for treasurer.
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Oskaloosa
Prohibition State Central Committee
Ww. O. Tannsreuther
Waterloo
O. D. Ellett
Marshalltown
Carl Lewis
Morris Bailey
Des Moines
M. D. Evans
Dewitt
Rail Strike Would Cripple Perry Iowa Town
Perry, a division point, would suffer if a nationwide railroad strike occurs. About 600 families depend on the railroad for income, with 160 conductors 100 firemen and 75 shopmen employed locally. A shutdown would reduce business and force layoffs across related workers.
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Perry
Iowa
Plan State Dairy Week in Iowa September
Waterloo reports Iowa dairy week set for September 11 to 16. The Iowa State Dairy association, with local creameries, plans meetings on care feed breeding and management of dairy cattle and creamery operations. The goal is to boost Iowa dairy by uniting producers and manufacturers.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Iowa State Dairy Association
Small Farm Profits From Pigeon Raising in Iowa
Adel man J. F. Tawney quit the grocery business to run a pigeon farm on less than five acres. He ships pigeons daily, sending birds to every state and to Canada, and his operation is described as the largest of its kind in the western United States.
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Adel
Iowa
J. F. Tawney
Tawney
United States
Union
Canada
Iowa Baby Beef Contest Offers Washington Trip Prize
Iowa boys entering the baby beef contest at the state level will win a free trip to Washington D C with expenses paid. Fifty two county winners will receive free trips to the 1917 International Live Stock Show in Chicago. Boys may send their names to C. Bishop of Iowa State College in Ames for instructions.
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Ames
Iowa
Washington, D. C
Chicago
C. Bishop
Iowa State College
Bees Drive Family From Home In Perry Segment
Ten to twelve swarms of bees settled in the Fessler house in Perry forcing the family to abandon part of the home. Bees were removed from boards and 400 pounds of honey were found packed in the floor joints eight inches deep and eight feet long. About fifty pounds of honey were secured from the hive.
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Perry
Guy Fessler
County Fairs Draw Record Interest And Profits
Des Moines reports county fairs draw large crowds with profitable results for associations previously in debt. Farmers boost displays of agricultural products and livestock. A strong demand for racing horses strains supply as managers worry over adequate racing stock.
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Des Moines
Insurance Deposits Rise as Iowa Life Firms Expand Business
Iowa life insurance companies totaling 46 have deposited securities with the state, showing a net gain of 15.75 million over two years through July 1, with deposits rising from 56.79 million in 1914 to 92.68 million, while withdrawals total 21.39 million leaving a 71.29 million balance. The leading Iowa company posted a 4.31 million two year gain.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Insurance Department
Storm Wrecks Iowa Camp in Texas Warnings
A hurricane like storm battered Brownsville Texas injuring camps of Iowa troops forcing militia to abandon sites. Tents were blown down and supplies destroyed while rails and wires were damaged. The town faced risk to lights and water as equipment and wooden buildings fell. No fatalities were reported.
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Brownsville
Texas
National Guard
Parker
Iowa
Iowans Lead Rail Talk on Eight Hour Day
Cedar Rapids conductor union head A B Garretson, born Winterset and educated in Osceola, fronts the Iowa contingent. Warren Stone of the engineers, born Ainsworth and a Rock Island career man since 1879, serves as grand chief of the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
A. B. Garretson
Winterset
Osceola
Order of Mailway
National Civic Federation
Warren
Stone
of the Engineers
Ainsworth
Washington Academy
Western College
Rock Island
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Industrial Eace Commission
Increase in Hunters Licenses in Iowa
Des Moines reports a rise in licensed hunters despite spring shooting bans. Biennial license receipts show $176,000 for 1914 and $204,000 for 1916, indicating averages of 88,000 hunters in 1913-14 and 102,000 in 1915-16.
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Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
Plan to Boost Iowa Cheese Industry Proposed
Iowa dairy and food department studies a plan to be presented to the general assembly next January to expand cheese manufacturing. The state has only fifteen cheese plants versus Wisconsin with hundreds, and jobbers urge development to match Wisconsin quality.
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Ames
State Dairy and Food Department
General Assembly
Iowa
Wisconsin
Bread Prices To Raise in Iowa City
Independent bakers in Iowa City announce a shift from a 6 cent loaf to a 10 cent loaf within two weeks. They view selling a 6 cent loaf as impractical and expect a general price rise across Iowa.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Russians Reach Near Lemberg After Zborov Capture
London report says General Sakharoff's right wing reached 49 miles from Lemberg after seizing Zborov on the Strypa. Letchitsky's left wing advanced on Halicz and took Tustobaby, 18 miles from the objective. Austro-German denial followed Petrograd's confirmation of Zborov.
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London
Zborov
Strypa
Sakharoff
Galicia
Lemberg
Crownland
Letchitsky
Halicz
Tustobaby
Zlot
Berlin
Stanislau
Girl's assailant captured near Lee after Morris shooting
Guy O'Brien, who shot Ida Torkelson of Morris Illinois, has been captured and jailed in Yorkville Michigan. He was arrested at midnight Sunday while walking a country road west of Lee. Authorities moved him from Lee to Nendall county jail to prevent possible lynching by local farmers.
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Morris
Guy O’brien
Ida Torkelson
Morris, Ill
Yorkville
Lee
O’brien
Nendall
Wheat and bread policy talks and Mexico envoy delay
Chicago report notes William Cowan of William Cowan & Son mills discussed wheat and bread with the U S district attorney and Charles F Clyne. In Washington the president delays selecting U S commissioners to parley with Mexico, citing other pressures.
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Chicago
Wiliam Cowan
William Cowan & Son
Miller
United States District Attorney’s Office
Charles F. Clyne
Washington
United States
Mexico
Wilson
Lansing
British Forces Advance in German East Africa
British military and naval forces are cooperating in German East Africa. The War Office reports naval forces occupying Bugamojo and land forces capturing Mpapua.
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East Africa
London
German East Africa
War Office
Bugamojo
Mpapua
German Socialists Push Peace Petition in Germany
Amsterdam Aug 19 Socialists in Germany are circulating a petition for a speedy peace without conquests. Seventeen thousand signatures have been secured among workers at Breslau.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Breslau
Germany proposes territory swap to Romania for neutrality
The Epocha reports Germany offers territorial compensation to Romania at Austria Hungary's expense as a reward for maintaining neutrality.
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Bucharest
Epocha
Germany
Roumania
Austria- Hungary
Mother and Child Killed in Train Collision
Galesburg Illinois August 18 An automobile driven by Chester Clague of Kirkwood carrying his wife and son Arnold was struck by a train. Mrs Clague and the child were killed while Mr Clague was injured.
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Galesburg, al
Chester Clague
Kirkwood
Arnold
House Approves Navy Building Program Amid Broad Defense Plan
Washington Aug 17 The House passed by 283 to 51 the senate naval building program adding eight capital ships four dreadnoughts and four battle cruisers next year. It also approved a navy personnel level of 74 000 and backed army reorganization with peace strength to 187 000 expandable to 220 000. The sweeping defense package totals 661 418 000 and includes aeronautics funds armor plant plants nitrate munitions and coast defenses. Navy and Army academy enrollments were increased with Annapolis finances provided.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eigct
National Guard
Reorganized Army
Congress
Army Hill
Army
Navy
Naval
M Military Academies
Military Academy
Annapolis
Progressives Likely Headquarter in Indianapolis for Campaign
Edwin M. Lee, Indiana state chairman, has moved to new offices billed as the Progressive national committee headquarters. A national campaign entry is undecided but a statewide fight is planned, with a national committee meeting expected in Indianapolis after Hale completes membership.
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Indianapolis
Progressive Party
Edwin M. Lee
Indiana
Progressive National
Lee
Hale
Boston
Progressives Discuss Campaign Role With Wilson
Washington August 19 Progressives debated their campaign participation in a conference between President Wilson and the Progressive campaign committee members of the party.
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Wilson
Moose Cenfer
Washington
Progressive Campaign Committee
Anthracite Miners Strike Hits Shamokin Area
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on August 19 12 000 miners walked out after a button inspection revealed over 500 workers were not union members prompting a partial regional strike across the anthracite collieries.
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Shamokin
Allies Close In On Doiran Front As Bulgars Suffer Losses
At Lake Doiran on August 17 an Anglo French headquarters statement says operations by the allies are progressing as normal. Bulgarian forces incurred heavy losses in the engagement with allied troops.
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Saloniki
Lake Doiran
Boxmakers Strike Ties Up New York Work
Ten thousand boxmakers in New York City walked out on Tuesday. By week’s end they estimate fifteen thousand additional workers in the trade will join the idle ranks.
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New York
New York City
Allies Break German Lines on Somme Front in Thrilling Assault
London reports French and British forces struck in three directions on the Somme, gaining deep trenches and flanking Maurepas and Cleary. French troops also pushed south of the Somme near Belloy en Santerre, taking prisoners as Combles looms to the north. Berlin says British attacks along Thiepval Pozieres line failed under German fire with no gas attack by the French.
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London
Somme
Maurepas
Cleary
Paris
Maurerpas
Guillemont
Combles
Belloy-en-Santerre
Berlin
Thiepval-Pozieres
War Office
Armentieres
Artois
Pozieres
Ovillers
Moulin-Sous-fouvent
Aisne
Mothers Fail to Save Sons in Pike Lake Tragedy
In Warsaw Indiana on Wednesday Lawrence Crist eleven and Arthur Stanford eight drowned while swimming at Pike Lake. Both mothers Mrs Elimer Crist and Mrs A H Stanford were pulled from the water unconscious. Lelia Crist thirteen reached shore unaided. Daniel Daisy rescued Mrs Crist diving into the lake.
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Warsaw
Ind
Lawrence Crist
Arthur Stanford
Pike Lake
A. H. Stanford
Arthur
Elimer Crist
Lelia Crist
Lawrence
Mrs. Crist
Daniel Daisy
Soldier shot to death in Texas court house incident
Corporal J Leo Clement of the Second Virginia Infantry was shot through the heart in Brownsville while pursuing the man who had wounded a 16 year old girl, Carl Dunches of the quartermaster department. Dunches surrendered two hours later at the county jail. Clement leaves a wife at Warrenton Virginia. He was a jeweler and watchmaker, formerly from Michigan.
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Brownsville
Tex
J. Leo Clement
Second
Virginia Infantry
Carl Dunches
Quartermaster’s Department
Dunches
Josefa Valdez
Clement
Valdez
Clements
Warrinton
Michigan
Savage Attacks in the Balkans Reported by Bulgaria
An official Bulgarian statement from Sofia says allied forces launched strong infantry attacks on the Balkan front near Lake Doiran northwest of Salonika near the Greco-Serbian border but were repulsed. Multiple encounters have occurred in the area recently as larger allied forces engage Bulgarian positions.
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London
Balkan Front
Sofia
Lake Doiran
Saloniki
Emperor Francis Joseph's Eighty-Sixth Birthday Celebrated
Vienna marked the eighty six birthday of Emperor Francis Joseph with nationwide celebrations across the dual monarchy. German cities also observed the occasion reflecting widespread enthusiasm for the longtime ruler.
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Austria
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Worker Slain Pickets Held in La Salle Plant
In La Salle Illinois on August 19 two guards at the German American cement plant Joseph Burkhardt and W A Davy were arrested following the killing of a Polish worker who was prowling around the facility.
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la Salle
Ill
Joseph Burkhardt
W. A. Davy
Snakebite Kills Carnegie Institute Taxidermist
Gustav A. Link, renowned taxidermist for the Carnegie Institute, died from a rattlesnake bite after presenting a den of reptiles to a University of Pittsburgh class in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on August 48.
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Pittsburgh
Gustav A. Link
Carnegie Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Woman kills at Burlington Station in Marysville scene
At the Burlington station in Marysville Missouri on August 18 Mrs Ella ape also of Ma was the target of four gunshots fired by Mrs Q A Gilmore forty five. The event drew a crowd of travelers as the shooting occurred in full view of bystanders.
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Marysville
Burlington Station
Q. A. Gilmore
Ella Ape
Finance Committee Seeks $130 Million Bond for Mexican Situation
The Senate Finance Committee, with Treasury accord, urges a $130,000,000 bond issue to cover extraordinary government outlays tied to the Mexican emergency. A further $86,000,000 appropriation is proposed to fund border operations if conditions persist beyond December 31, 1916. The report aligns with the $205,000,000 revenue bill and Treasury’s 1917 disbursement estimate of $1,126,248,000 with a $72,000,000 surplus.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury Department
Finance Committee
Senate
Simmons
Siam Prince Says He Was Roughly Handled in Honolulu
Prince Mahidol Songkin of Siam, brother of the king, arrived in San Francisco recounting an assault by a U S customs officer in Honolulu who mistook him for a Japanese. Minister Karavongse will seek action through the state department, but the prince refuses to escalate matters. He says he was shielded by fellow passengers and had papers proving his identity.
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San Francisco
Mahidol Songkin
Siam
Far East
Honolulu
United States
Karavongse
Washington
State Department
Rail crisis holds militia movements to border
Washington reports the war department will not move remaining militia units to the border until the threatened railroad strike is averted. The order to mobilize state camp troops for border service is rescinded and these units will stay in place for now.
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Washington
War Department
Senate U K Island Bill Approved by Senate
The Philippine bill as reported from conference with the Clarke amendment for independence within four years was approved by the Senate on Wednesday. The vote was 87 to 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Formal notification set for Wilson on September 2
Washington Aug 17 Formal notification to President Wilson of his nomination will occur September 2. Arrangements place the ceremony in Long Branch New Jersey with the President likely remaining there before traveling to Hedgensville Kentucky for the Lincoln ceremony on September 4.
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Wilson
Washington
Long Branch
N. J
Hedgensville
Russians Capture 358000 Austro German Troops
Between June 4 and August 12 the Russian armies under General Brusiloff captured 358 002 Austro Hungarian and German troops including 1 757 officers. The War Office released the report from Petrograd dated August 18.
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Petrograd
Brusiloff
War Office
Slars Drive Man to His Death in San Francisco
J. Kelly Neal of Duck Hill Mississippi ended his life by poison in San Francisco on August 18 after friends in his hometown mocked a speech impediment he had struggled to overcome.
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Slars
San Francisco
J. Kelley Neal
Duck Hill
Miss
Japanese Rescue Force Rebuff Chinese Attack at Cheng-Chiatun
Japanese troops rushed to aid a besieged unit near Cheng-Chiatun were ambushed in a defile by Chinese forces on Sunday but repelled the attack and held their position.
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Tokyo
Cheng- Chiatun
Three Die In Wreck At B&O Double-Header Collision
Washington Pa Aug 17 three men killed and at least six injured in head-on crash of double-header freight trains on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Vancess Station.
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Washington, Pa
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Vancess Station
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