Des Moines Okays Major Skunk River Drainage Project
Polk Story and Jasper counties submit 400000 dollar drainage plan for 25000 acres along the Skunk River. Petitioning landowners claim river enlargement and levees will end floods, boost land value from under 1 dollar to around 200 dollars per acre, with 18000 acres in Polk alone. Engineers to study feasibility as 25 farmers with over 7000 acres back the plan.
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Des Moines
Middle West
Iowa
Polk Story
Jasper Counties
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Polk County
Story
Jasper
Scout Militancy Argued By Des Moines Pastor
Rev A B Leamer pastor of St John Lutheran church plans to organize a Boy Scout troop and personally drill youths at St John as part of spreading the gospel of militarism. He contends the program builds patriotism and provides valuable preliminary training for Iowa youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A. B. Leamer
Third
Iowa Infantry
Iowa
Leamer
St. John Lutheran Church
Two Killed By Train Near Malvern
Two unidentified young men died when a Wabash freight train struck them about one mile east of Malvern. They were asleep on the track and not seen by the engineer until the train was upon them. One man stood about six feet tall, around 30, the other five feet six inches, about 20. Both wore neat plain clothes and appeared clean shaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
Here
Stolen Team Traced to Pittsburgh Buyers
West Liberty coal dealer J. D. Potter says sheriff E. J. Grimes reports evidence shows the horses stolen from his barn over two years ago were sold to Pittsburgh parties. Potter will not pursue recovery.
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West Liberty
J. D. Potter
E. J. Grimes
Keokuk County
Potter Barn
Pittsburgh
Potter
Hog Cholera Strikes Boone Herd Prompt Vaccination Effort
Hog cholera has broken out in the herd of Hans Noth at Boone. A veterinarian examined the sick pigs and found signs of cholera. He vaccinated 25 of 35 pigs, and officials believe most will be saved due to quick action.
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Boone
Hans Noth
First Iowa bootlegging case yields penitentiary sentence
Mike Flanagan of Sioux City became the first Iowa man sent to the penitentiary for bootlegging under the new law, receiving a one year term after conviction.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Mike Flanagan
Falla To His Death
Jesse K. French a 48 year old traveling man from St Louis died after falling or leaping from a fourth story window at the Pilgrim hotel in Marshalltown Mo His home was listed as Kirkwood Missouri.
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Falla
Marshalltown
Pilgrim Hotel
Jesse K. French
St. Louis
Kirkwood
Well Known Iowa Editor Buried
Fontanelle editor and postmaster W. H. McClure, 66, longtime Fontanelle Observer figure, ex Audubon Republican editor, dies and is buried in Fontanelle. He left a widow and four children. brother E. B. McClure, division superintendent at Sioux City. son F. H. McClure, editor of the Pomeroy Herald. and D. B. McClure.
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Iowa
Fontanelle
W. H. McClure
Fontanelle Observer
Audubon Republican
Audubon
Mac
E. B. McClure
Northwestern
Sioux City
F. H. McClure
The
Pomeroy Herald
D. BD. McClure
Secretary says Iowa explorer alive plan failed for lack of funds
Secretary Burt McConnell claims Vilhjalmur Stefansson and his Arctic party may be alive but the rescue by air failed due to a $160000 shortfall. He says ammunition and provisions enough for three men and six dogs could sustain them for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Postmaster Oxley Arrested in Cedar Rapids
Jacob A. Oxley former Kenwood Park postmaster was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Healy on charges of failing to deposit post office money order funds. Information was filed by a Test Office Inspector. Oxley arraigned before a U S Commissioner and held to the grand jury in 1500 dollar bonds. He claimed a burglary at his post office but no evidence of force was found.
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Cedar Rapids
Jacob A. Oxley
Kenwood Park
United States
Healy
Oxley
Griffith
United State
Farwood
Permanent Iowa exhibit at State House urged for publicity
Des Moines reports W B Barney Iowa dairy commissioner proposes a permanent display of Iowa products at the capitol to advertise the state's resources. He suggests a cost effective exhibit on the capitol extension tract with preserved fruit jars and local literature to inform visitors and travelers about Iowa industries. He plans to discuss the idea with the governor.
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Des Moines
W. B. Barney
Barney
Iowa
Iona
State House
Capitol Extension
Canada
Dover Farmers Pay Heavy Fine for Beer Theft
Judge W J Springer presided a special term in New Haupton hearing guilty pleas from three Dover township farmers for stealing a barrel of bottled beer valued at 12.50. Arraigned on county attorney information, two were fined 209 plus costs each and one a minor’s fee and costs. They paid 20 and costs, closing the incident within five days after the theft.
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West Union
W. J. Springer
New Haupton
Dover Township
Reunion of Famous Regiment at Des Moines Fair
Iowans visiting the state fair on August 31 should seek the soldiers hill assembly tent to witness a reunion of the Highth Town cavalry remnants. W. W. Wilcox, former Company H bugler and now regimental association colonel, organized the event. Civil War veterans will be admitted free to the fair this year.
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Des Moines
Old Highth Town Cavalry
W. W. Wilcox
Polk County Schools Enroll 82654 With Female Teacher Majority
Census figures from the county superintendent show Polk County enrollment at 82 654. Des Moines and Altoona districts skew male in student counts while rural schools show a wider gap favoring boys. Women teachers dominate the staff. Des Moines reports the highest male and female wages among districts.
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Polk County
Des Moines
Altoona
Doctor Guild Returns From War Zone In France
Dr. Guild, recently with hospitals in France, has returned to Des Moines. He notes the French approach to war is light hearted yet sincere when necessary, observing officers celebrate after passing their medical examinations as the final step to service.
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Des Moines
Guild
France
Coolest Summer In 40 Years In Des Moines
The Iowa Weather Service records this summer as the coolest in 40 years. From May 1 to August 16 the average daily temperature deficit is 3.9 degrees, slightly higher than 1891. Rainfall has been below average in June and August so far, keeping overall conditions wet in common perception but cool in fact.
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Des Moines
Iowa Weather Service
Belle Plaine Man Arrested Over Elopement Case
Leon Spooner a married man from Belle Plaine was arrested in Iowa City and jailed in Belle Plaine on allegations he eloped with fourteen year old Bernice Dunebauld of Tama. Police found him in a rooming house with the girl in a separate room.
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Eloper Ig
Iowa City
Leon Spooner
Belle Plaine
Bernice Dunebauld
Tama
Miller
Train Ditching Near Harlan Leaves Porter's Leg Broken
An eastbound Chicago Great Western passenger train No. 16 left the track three miles north of Harlan yesterday. All cars derailed into the ditch but only a porter suffered a broken leg while others escaped serious harm. The incident was described as a miraculous escape.
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Harlan
Chicago Great Western
Here
Washington-Preston Smithers the youngest old man at 92
Was Schoolmate of Wallace, Smithers claims the title of Iowa’s oldest living man at 92. He recalls schooldays with Lew Wallace in Indianapolis in 1834 and notes marriage to Mary Davis in 1847, marking 69 years of wedded life.
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Wallace
Washington
Preston Smithers
Iowa
Lew Wallace
Detective loses arm in switch engine accident
Orville Morgan a 38 year old Rock Island railroad detective was run over in Valley Junction yards while examining a freight car seat. He stepped onto the opposite track as an engine moving about ten miles an hour struck him, hurling him twenty feet and severing his right arm before help could reach him.
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Des Moines
Orville Morgan
Rock Island Railroad
Valley Junction
Morgan
Leo Frank Lynched Near Marietta in Georgia
The body of Leo M. Frank was found hanged from an oak near Marietta two miles from town on Roswell road at 8 30 Tuesday morning. Mob leaders had taken him from the Milledgeville prison farm Monday night and warned he would be hanged near Mary Phagan's grave. Identification was by a scar from a recent prison fight. Frank’s body wore only a nightshirt with his initials and was bound with hands behind him and feet dangling four feet above ground.
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Marietta
Leo M. Frank
Roswell Road
Milledgeville
Mary Phagan
Frank
Cobb County
William Creen
J. N. Burke
Rome bars Italians from leaving as 6000 cited reservists held
A Bucharest dispatch reports the Turkish government revoked permission for Italians to depart. Among those detained on Turkish soil are about 6000 Italian reservists. Meanwhile London reports two more neutral ships sunk by German submarines, the Norwegian vessels Mineral and Romulus, whose crews were saved. Paris notes Albert Thomas warns manufacturers that coal delivery may lag unless orders are placed early due to rolling stock shortages.
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Rome
Bucharest
London
Mineral
Romulus
Paris
Albert Thomas
Galveston Survives Storm as Coast Busts with Losses
A massive hurricane battered the Texas coast with Galveston protected by a sea wall. Officials estimate up to 400 deaths across Galveston and surrounding towns, and property losses ranging from 10 million in Galveston to 30 to 52 million elsewhere. The sea wall held, despite broken pavement and undermined sections, prompting relief and rebuilding efforts.
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San Antonio
Tex
Galveston
Virginia Point
Texas City
la Porte
Houston
Novo Georgievsk Fortress Captured in Poland
Berlin reports the Russian fortress Novo Georgievsk with over 20 000 men has fallen after stiff resistance. The garrison and vast war material were taken. the emperor traveled to Novo Georgievsk to thank General von Beseler and his troops.
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Berlin
Novo Georgievsk
Poland
von Beseler
1000 Die On British Transport Royal Edward Sunk
The British transport Royal Edward was sunk by a submarine in the Aegean while carrying troops to the Dardanelles. Official reports say 1,602 aboard, with about 600 saved and fears that 1,000 perished. The Admiralty confirmed the loss in its statement.
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London
Aegean Sea
Dardanelles
Admiralty
Mail Carrier Narrowly Escapes After Bridge Collapse
Fred Rector, rural mail carrier, crossed the Waubonsier ditch bridge as rains weakened it. The structure gave way and his team and wagon plunged into the swollen stream. He escaped by opening a side door and swimming to shore. only one horse reached a small island.
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Bartlett
Fred Rector
Waubonsier Ditch
Otumwa Review Sold To Wisconsin Printer
A. J. Stump sells the Otumwa Review to H. L. Cowgill of Madison Wisconsin. Cowgill assumes control immediately and will install a Goss perfecting press and three typesetting machines. He aims to make the Review a leading Democratic daily in Iowa.
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Ottumwa
A. J. Stump
The
Ottumwa Review
H. L. Cowgill
Madison
Wisconsin
Injured In Auto Accident Near Iowa Falls
Iowa Falls residents narrowly escaped death after a returning trip from Geneva ended in a ditching crash. W. Surls D. D. Goodenough and John Benshoof rode with Charles Steers. the car went off the road and overturned into water trapping them. Other occupants fled the scene. Surls suffered a broken arm and Benshoof internal injuries.
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Iowa Falls
Geneva
Surils
D. D. Goodenough
John Benshoof
Charles 8S
Surls
Burls
Benshoof
Minion Seeks Humboldt Independent Plant in Specific Performance
Humboldt-A. E. Minion secured specific performance against the administrators of the late Albert M. Adams to hand over the Humboldt Independent plant. Judge D. F. Coyle ordered the transfer based on a contract with Adams, under whom Minion worked thirty years. The plant is valued around $7,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
A. E. Minion
Albert M. Adams
D. F. Coyle
Humboldt Independent
Adams
the Independent
Minion
Interstate Commission approves higher rail rates regionally
The interstate commerce commission approved increased rates on iron and steel shipments from the Mississippi and Missouri river region to Utah Colorado and Kansas. An exception covers iron bars steel bars steel sheets and structural steel carloads from St Louis to Denver originating east of the Mississippi.
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Washington
Mississippi
Missouri
Chicago
Intermediate
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Denver
General Villa Accepts Pan American Peace Offer
Laredo Tex Aug 21 Seven hundred dead and many wounded followed a Tuesday battle near Monterey as Villa and Carranza forces clashed. Villa losses around 500 and Carranza 200 with Villistas retreating westward. Villa’s reply to Pan American peace offers urges a reunion of delegates to reach a satisfactory agreement, directed to Secretary Lansing and Latin American diplomats.
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Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Villa
Monterey
Nuevo Laredo
Villistas
San Benito
Austin
Sebastian
Mercedes
Windhouse
el Paso
Chihuahua
United States of America
Mexico
Robert Lansing
Consuls Accused in U S Neutrality Violations Indictments
Indictments publicized by U S district attorney allege the Imperial German consulate and British consul A Carnegie Ross of San Francisco funded suspects tied to neutrality violations. Attorney General Gregory told President Wilson that no general investigation had been ordered, but any charges would be examined by the Justice Department.
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San Francisco
A. Carnegie Ross
United States
John W. Preston
Washington
Gregory
Wilson
Department of Justice
Cardinal Vannutelli Dies at Age 81 in Rome
Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli, dean of the Sacred College and influential cardinal bishop of Porto Santa Rufina Ostia, has died at eighty one. Born November 26 1834 in Genazzano he served as papal nuncio secretary in Bavaria apostolic delegate to Ecuador and Peru and nuncio at Brussels and Vienna.
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Rome
Serafino Vannutelli
Sacred College
Cardinal Vannutelli
Porto
Santa Rufina
Ostia
Leo XII
Genazzano
Bavaria
Ecuador
Peru
Brussels
Vienna
Lava Forms Lake of Fire at Stromboli Volcano
Stromboli eruption reported by chief signal officer on Stromboli island forms a lava lake between crater and sea. Emission is accompanied by loud detonations and smoke clouds as lava flows outward from the volcano.
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Messina
Sicily
Island of
Stromboli
Stromboli Volcano
Dr Johnson Elected President of Education Association
Dr David B Johnson president of Winthrop Normal and Industrial College Rock Hill S C wins the national education association presidency by 479 votes to 184 for Grace C Strachan Brooklyn district superintendent of schools New York City August 20 Oakland California reports the result of the election within the association.
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Oakland
Cal
David B. Johnson
Winthrop Normal and Industrial College
Rock Hill
S. C
National Education Association
Grace C. Strachan
Brooklyn
N.Y
Four Killed as Train Hits Auto Near Norristown
Four people died when their automobile was struck by an express train near Norristown. The victims are Frank Murphy and his sisters Blanche and Clara, and Lena Bitzer.
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Philadelphia
Norristown
Frank Murphy
Blanche
Clara
Lena Bitzer
British Warships Sunk Off Jutland by German Torpedoes
Berlin reports German torpedo boat destroyers sank a small British cruiser and a British destroyer in an engagement with British small craft off the west coast of Jutland. The German admiralty announced the losses as of the August 21 wireless bulletin.
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Berlin
Jutland
Root Heads Bar Association President of American Bar
Salt Lake City August 20 Elihu Root of New York was unanimously elected president of the American Bar Association.
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Root Heads Bar Association
Salt Lake City
Elihu Root
New York
American Bar Association
Norway protests seizure of mail aboard Haakon
Norway's government ordered its Berlin envoy to protest the Haakon mail seizure of August 7 and to demand the mail's return. The action concerns postal traffic during tense European events.
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Norway
Copenhagen
Berlin
Martial Law Declared in St. Marc Haiti by US Marines
Martial law has been declared in St. Marc Haiti, Admiral Caperton notified the navy department. It marks the third Haitian city now under U S. Marines control.
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St. Marc
Washington
Haiti
Caperton
Navy Department
United States Marines
Villista Soldiers Executed in Nogales Dawn
Several Villista soldiers in the Nogales garrison across the border were executed at dawn after being charged with complicity in an assassination attempt on Governor Jose Maytorena.
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Villista
Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Jose Maytorena
Veterans elect Hartung the new VFW commander in chief
Detroit Aug 21 The Association of Veterans of Foreign Wars elected Gus H Hartung of Denver as commander in chief and Chicago was chosen for the 1916 encampment with the location to be announced.
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Detroit
Mich
Association of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gus H. Hartung
Denver
Chicago
Mob attacks in Alabama target freed Black men
In Montgomery on August 20 a mob near Nopehull fatally harmed three Black people recently freed on poisoning charges. One victim remains unnamed while the others are identified as Wid Jackson and Frank Russell.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Nopehull
Wid" Jackson
Frank Russell
Machine Gun Makers Strike in Pawtucket
Between eight and nine hundred machinists at Potter and Johnston walked out seeking higher wages. The shop manufactures machinery used in the production of machine guns.
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Pawtucket
Potter & Johnston
Torreon Falls To Carranza Forces In Vila War
El Paso Texas reports Torreon, Villa's fortified base, was captured Tuesday by Carranza forces led by General Alvaro Obregon. Official advices received via Carranza agents confirm the victory and mark a significant setback for Villa in the campaign.
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Torreon
el Paso
Tex
Turkish authorities impose war tax on foreigners in Smyrna
Dispatches from Saloniki report Italian readers that Smyrna authorities ban Italian departures and levy a heavy war tax on foreigners, affecting travelers and residents.
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Rome
Saloniki
Giornale d'Italia
Tribuna
Smyrna
Secret service warns on two new counterfeits
Washington August 21 secret service officers warn of two counterfeit notes a five dollar bill labeled First National Bank of Omaha Illinois and a two dollar silver certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secret Service
First National Bank of
Omaha
Ill
Highly inflammatory I. W. W posters appear in Vera Cruz
Warned by advices to the state department, posters signed I. W. W. denounce the United States and are being posted in Vera Cruz as authorities monitor the unrest from the region on August 19.
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U. S. Washington
United States
Vera Cruz
State Department
Allies Repulsed at Gallipoli Peninsula
Constantinople reports reinforced Allied assaults on Gallipoli have been repulsed and a hostile torpedo boat was hit. The Turkish war office issued the statement on August 19.
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Constantinople
Gallipoli
Turkish War Office
Kovno Falls as Germans Drive on Vilna and Brest
Berlin reports the fortress of Kovno captured after a costly assault. Russian lines retreat toward Brest Litovsk as German forces under Hindenburg Mackensen and Scholtz press on to Vorone, with Novogeorgievsk forts stormed and 600 prisoners taken. Vilna likely to fall as evacuation plans advance.
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London
Kovno
Brest-Litovsk
Warsaw
Berlin
Poland
Russia
von Hindenburg
von Scholz
von Gallwitz
Bialystok-Bielsk
Novogeorgievsk
Prince Leopold
Bavaria
Kamionka
Siemiatyeze
Bug
Marshal von Mackensen
Wlodawa
Chelm-Brest-Litovsk
Mazurian Lakes
Germany
Vilna
Mackensen
Viodava
Ire
von Scholtz
Bialystok
Brest- Litovsk
Bielsk
Petrograd
Bislystuk
Zeppelins Make New Raid Across England
London reports a Zeppelin raid Tuesday night that killed ten people and injured thirty six. The government press bureau states one airship was hit during the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Four Die In Swiss Train Wreck Near Zurich
The Zurich Geneva express collided with a local train at Dietikon near Zurich on Tuesday night. Four people were killed and forty eight injured in the accident reported from Geneva Switzerland.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Diettikon
Zurich
General John C. Black Dies at Palmer House
Chicago Aug 19 Gen John C Black Civil War veteran former congressman and former United States commissioner of patents died suddenly in his room at the Palmer house He was seventy five years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Black
Chicago
John OC. Black
United States Commissioner of Patents
Palmer House
Receiver Appointed for Missouri Pacific Railroad
In St Louis on August 19 Federal Judge Adams appointed B F Bush as receiver for the Missouri Pacific railroad. The decision follows agreement by the reorganization committee and petitioning creditors.
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Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
B. F. Bush
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Adams
Bush
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