Bumper Crops Mix With Grasshopper Damage Across Iowa
Des Moines reports indicate oats and corn prospects are strong with a potential state bumper crop near 450,000,000 bushels aided by recent rains. Grasshoppers raid scattered fields. labor shortages persist as women drive binders in Buchanan county. Mitchell and Linn counties note harvest activity and adequate yields, while Harrison county suffers windstorm damage to corn and small grains.
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Des Moines
Buchanan
Mitchell County
Bert Hansen
Stacyville
A. A. Kugler
Osage
Carl Spaanum
Herb Bartlett
H. C. Hills
Harrison County
WII Silence German Talk In Iowa Town Tour
United States Marshal Moore and Deputy Healy toured over twenty Iowa towns to curb pro German activity. They warned more than 200 Germans to stop treasonable utterances or face detention or internment, with leaders in towns like Gladbrook Garwin Berlin and Reinbeck exposed as traitors to the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
United States
EF. R. Moore
M. L. Healy
Federal Grand Jury
Gladbrook
Garwin
Berlin
Reinbeck
Marshal Moore
Hospital at Ft Des Moines to house 1000 beds
Des Moines reports a base hospital will be established at Ft Des Moines after the colored officers training camp ends. Larger fort buildings will serve hospital purposes and all U S forts are handed to the medical department to speed wartime needs. Authorities claim 200000 wounded will be transported from Europe this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Des Moines
Des Moines
Fort
United States
Europe
Iowa Man Named Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
President Wilson appointed Raymond A. Pearson of Ames Iowa as assistant secretary of agriculture. The Iowa appointment, alongside Clarence Oustley of College Station Texas, was made under the food survey bill provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Wilson
Raymond A. Pearson
Iowa
Clarence Oustley
College Station
Texas
Nine Cars of Supplies Arrive at Camp Dodge
Nine cars of supplies were delivered to Camp Dodge quartermaster. Seven cars carried foodstuffs for September consumption while two carried straw. Twenty seven quartermaster corps men have joined the installation. Dr. D J Glomset a former state bacteriologist and first lieutenant in the officers reserve corps reported for duty.
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Camp Dodge
Camp Quartermaster
Quartermaster’s Corps
D. J. Glomset
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Dead Man to Court Over Liquor Charge
Sionx City says Charles Young, former Sioux City bartender, will not appear in Dakota county Nebraska court to answer illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. A warrant for arrest cites unlawful possession within the last thirty days. County records show Young has been dead and buried since January.
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Sionx City
Charles Young
Sioux City
Dakota County
Neb
Young
Friends of
Des Moines Miners Strike Over Sanitary Conditions
Seventy five miners from the American Coal Mining company walked out demanding improved sanitary conditions. Samuel I. Parks led a committee to the city council as Mayor John MacVicar and Health Department officials faced questions. Dempsey cited ten days notice. Sayler said the company must have time to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
American Coal Mining Company
Samuel I. Parks
John MacVicar
City Health Department
Mr. Parks
Judd J. Dempsey
Dempsey
H. L. Sayler
Purify German School Books in Des Moines Schools
Des Moines school officials remove German passages from language texts. A committee of three German teachers from West High, North High, and East High edited frontispiece to Die Wacht am Rhein to purge German kultur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Sara Loring
West High
Grace Behr
North High
Katherine Bush
East High
Militia Burns Controversial Motto Display in Ottumwa
Henry W. Luechting owner of a shop in Ottumwa displayed the motto Deutschland Uber Alles. Militiamen visited the shop and marched him to the newspaper office where the motto was burned in a large crowd. He was given an American flag to carry and led back with a band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Henry W. Luechting
Mother and Child Die in Interurban Collision Near Glencoe
Mrs George Co Whitaker aged 83 of Glencoe Iowa and her 5 year old daughter Elizabeth were killed in an interurban wreck near Glencoe. Elizabeth died instantly and her mother died a few hours later. Bodies reached here for burial.
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Marshalltown
George Co. Whitaker
Glencoe
Elizabeth
Aged Woman Mrs Dennis Aids Red Cross
Mrs Elizabeth Dennis 91 years old and wife of Captain Isaac Dennis spends summers knitting and crocheting for the Red Cross. She recently shipped a box of garments and was a member of the Ladies Aid, a Civil War era group that preceded today’s Red Cross.
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Town City
Elizabeth Dennis
Isaac Dennis
The
Red Cross
Dennis
Ladies Aid of Civil War Fame
Oxford foreman loses left foot after train collision
James Crissinger of Oxford, bridge foreman for Rock Island in Iowa City, was struck by an engine near Dubuque street crossing. He was thrown twenty feet, then run over his left foot, which required amputation. Doctors expect recovery.
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Iowa City
James Crissinger
Oxford
Rock Island
Dubuque Street Crossing
Keokuk Man Kingman Released on Bond Ahead of Grand Jury
Charles M. Kingman was arrested by a deputy U S marshal for failing to register and released on 500 dollar bond. A hearing before the grand jury is scheduled. Kingman will not reach 31 until October 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
U. S. Keokuk
Charles M. Kingman
United States
Kingman
Girl Offers Ambulance Service in U S Corps
Mrs C C Loomis daughter of the late state senator John M Terry offers her services to the United States ambulance corps. She is an expert automobile driver.
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Cedar Rapids
C. C. Loomis
John M. Terry
United States Ambulance Corps
Mother Dies of Shock Over Son's Departure in Iowa War
Mrs Elizabeth Bouldin died after a stroke following the news that her son Charles IR Bouldin and other Company D members were transferred to the Third Iowa for French service. He left for Des Moines, leaving a widow and four younger children. This marks Iowa's first war related death.
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Mason City
Elizabeth Bouldin
Charles Ir.bouldin
Des Moines
Second Iowa Infantry
Third Iowa
Iowa
Charles
Meets Death In Wreck In Dubuque
James Harrington aged 20 of Cedar Rapids was killed in Dubuque when a Milwaukee freight collision with a switch engine crushed him between cars while riding the bumpers in the yards. He was employed in Dubuque over the summer and died from the wreck caused by orders misunderstanding.
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Dubuque
James Harrington
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee
Hubbard County Faces Threats of Tar and Feather Safety Rally
Anger runs high in Hubbard county as pro German sentiment rises amid fears of a mob response. Local leader W V Knowles warns government action may fail and a necktie party could erupt. business leaders urge suppression of treason while many Germans remain loyal to the U S. A German woman vows to resist draft, a Hubbard German contemplates self harm rather to serve.
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Hubbard
iHardin
Wardin County
Uncle Sam
W. V. Knowles
Knowles
Hardin County
United States
SENDING MAIL TO SOLDIERS AT CAMP DODGE IOWA
Des Moines reports guidance for soldiers reporting to Camp Dodge Iowa mail procedures. It advises addressing mail with known unit details as Private John Jones A Company 1st Infantry Camp Dodge Iowa and instructs those unsure of their unit to use the state of origin in the address. When units are organized mail will be delivered to each company and regiment. until then mail is sorted by state.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge Cantonment
Iowa
John Jones
1St Infantry
Camp Dodge
Minnesota
Tlinois
North Dakota
First Infantry
Girl Shot At Marion Fairgrounds by Unknown Man
Esther Trine an 18 year old Chautauqua singer from Perry was shot five times as she entered the Marion fairgrounds with Marion Robb. An unknown assailant fired from behind a tree with a small caliber revolver striking her head and thigh. Doctors in Cedar Rapids hospital say the wounds likely are not fatal and she has been moved to her grandmother’s home.
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Marion
Esther Trine
Perry
Marion Robb
Cedar Rapids
Negro Troops Kill Officers in Houston Uprising
In Houston Texas twelve white civilians police officers and guardsmen were killed and more than twenty injured in an outbreak by the Twenty fourth United States infantry troops stationed to guard Camp Logan. The riot began after two Negro soldiers were arrested for disturbing the peace.
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Houston
Tex
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry
Camp Logan Cantonment
Pioneer Leaves Peculiar Will In Iowa Estate
Abraham Slimmer of Dubuque died recently and left five thousand dollars to the Home of the Aged in Des Moines. He also bequeathed two thousand dollars to Joseph F. Grave, editor of a newspaper in Waverly, Iowa, praising Grave for running an honest newspaper. Slimmer’s estate is valued at five hundred thousand dollars.
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Pioneer
Dubuque
Des Moines
Abraham Slimmer
St. Paul
Joseph F. Grave
Waverly
Ija
Slimmer
Grave
French Victory at Verdun Front Penetrates Deep, Captures Prisoners
The war office reports a major French success on the Verdun front with German defenses across eleven miles breached. French troops reached a depth of over a mile and a quarter, taking more than 4,000 unwounded prisoners as artillery and assault followed from Avecourt wood to Bezonvaux.
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Paris
Verdun
War Office
Meuse
Bar-Le-Duc
Temps
Avecourt Wood
Bezonvaux
National Guardsmen arrest 27 IWW members in Spokane
A company of Idaho National Guardsmen now in federal service arrested 27 IWW members in their Spokane headquarters on the eve of a threatened four state strike. Among those held is James Rowan district secretary. They were confined as military prisoners.
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Spokane
Wash
United States
Idaho National Guardsmen
James Rowan
Lafayette squadron aids raid as 28000 pounds bombarded Germany
Paris reports Lafayette squadron of American aviators helped in a large air raid on German military targets with 28 000 pounds of bombs. Corporal Harold Willis from Boston is missing after the raid. Two French groups protected the bomber, while another squadron followed. Seven German planes were shot down and a balloon was damaged.
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Paris
Lafayette
Harold Willis
Boston
Lafayette Squadron
Lieut
Rooul Lufbery
Wallingford
Conn
Didier Masson
San Francisco
Rhine
French War Office
Draft Men Sent to Prison in Draft Board Conspiracy
Dr Samuel J R Berngeld and Louis Cherry former members of New York exemption board No 99 were sentenced to two years in the Atlanta federal penitentiary for conspiracy to violate the selective draft law. They pleaded guilty after entering court. Kalman Gruber, alleged go-between, pleaded not guilty and asked for a jury trial.
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New York
Samuel J. R. Berngeld
Louis Cherry
Exemption Board No. 99
Atlanta
Exemption Board
Kalman Gruber
Many Have Volunteered in War Effort
Washington reports that since America entered the war about 1,500,000 men volunteered for service. The public information committee released figures showing 948,141 in land and naval forces, with 710,024 joining the army and 238,117 the navy.
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Washington
America
United States Army
Navy
Italians Break Isonzo Front Advance Seizes 7500 Prisoners
Rome reported that Italians on the Isonzo front crossed the river after launching an offensive begun Sunday and have taken 7,500 prisoners to date, according to the war department.
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Isonzo
Rome
Italy
Talians
Lve
War Department
Japan Mission Arrives in Washington to Discuss WWI Role
Japan arrives in Washington to present its plans and intended contribution to the world war. The mission will lay out future wartime contributions as talks proceed in the capital.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Son of Daniels Imposter Arrested in Atlantic City
Joseph Levy twenty from New York was arrested in Atlantic City for posing as a son of Secretary of the Navy Daniels and swindling businessmen. He was held on one thousand dollars bail.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Joseph Levy
New York
Daniels
Levy
Red Cross Worker Resigns From Black Relief Effort
St Louis August 22 announcement by the Red Cross disaster committee chair shows Miss Mary Pulliam no longer heads relief work among Negroes in FR St Louis I A resignation notice cites changes in local relief leadership and plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
of the Red Cross
Mary Pulliam
FR. St. Louis
Bombing raid targets Belgian munitions plants
London reports British naval air planes dropped heavy bombs at midnight on the Middlekerke ammunition plant and Brugeoise German works in a nighttime strike. The admiralty statement confirms the targets and scope of the attack.
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London
Middlekerke
Brugeoise
Admiralty
Russian private hospital hid German espionage center
In Petrograd on August 23 a private hospital raided by military order was found to be the headquarters of a German espionage organization in the city center.
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Petrograd
Quarter of Monastir Razed by Bulgarian Bombardment
Corfu reported on August 22 that one quarter of the Serbian city Monastir was destroyed by a fire set during Bulgarian bombardment. The Serbian press bureau says casualties are not yet known.
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Monastir
Corfu
Shipyard Strike Expands With 800 New Workers Walkout
Eight hundred additional workers in New York shipbuilding plants joined a strike led by union leaders demanding a ten percent wage hike. The walkout broadens labor action in the industry as talks continue.
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New York
Two Student Flyers Die In Smoke Bomb Airplane Fire
In Buffalo on August 22 Charles A. Wall Jr and Richard H Mead were killed when the aircraft they were testing smoke bombs in caught fire aloft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles A. Wall, Jr
Richard H. Mead
Survivors Tell of Fight With German Submarine Campana Sunk
Third Officer J H Bruce and 40 crew members arrive in France recounting a four hour battle at sea with U 2 to defend the Campana. The tanker fired 180 shots while the diver fired 400. Captain Albert Oliver was captured and later released by a French warship.
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Atlantic
J. H. Bruce
Bruce
Albert Oliver
Campana
France
Mr. Bruce
Rich taxed 75 million more
Washington action raises war revenue by 75 million dollars through Lenroot and Gerry amendments. Senate split 35 to 31 approving higher tax rates for incomes over 0.5 million, 0.75 million, and over 1 million dollars. The measure follows a unanimous vote on Gerry amendments.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Gerry
Thirty Vessels Sunk in Week, Submarine Casualties Rise
London reports a slight rise in U boat losses last week with 15 British ships over 1,600 tons sunk along with three smaller vessels and two fishing boats. This follows a prior week when 14 large ships, two small ships, and three fishermen were lost.
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London
East St. Louis Riots Defendant Pleads Guilty
8 L Schulz of East St. Louis pleaded guilty in circuit court to conspiracy and assault with intent to kill connected to the East St. Louis race riots. He received an indeterminate term of one to fourteen years for the assault charge and five years for conspiracy, to run concurrently, at Chester penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Schulz
East St. Louis
Belleville, T
L. Schulz
Chester
German crosses awarded in large numbers
Deputy Marquardt in the reichstag urges broader distribution of iron crosses as Kaiser declares 2,250,000 second class crosses awarded.
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Amsterdam
Marquardt
Reichstag
Kaiser
Germans to ban smoking in streets nationwide
The Morgen Post reports German police plan a street smoking ban due to falling tobacco stocks. The prohibition would extend across Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Die Morgen Post
Germany
Price on Wheat Not Set by Aug Rumor Relief
Washington August 23 rumors of a wheat price set were dispelled by the food administration announcement that a September 1 figure will be issued. The policy aims to establish a national price for the country’s grain supply.
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Washington
Food Administration
Auto Crash Kills Eight At Connecticut Grade Crossing
Saybrook Junction Conn Aug 23 All but one of eight persons who died when their automobile was struck by an engine on a grade crossing of the New Haven railroad were identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saybrook Junction
Conn
New Haven Railroad
Pope Peace Note Counseled With German Stance on Alsace
Copenhagen reports the Reichstag main committee expected Chancellor Michaelis to say the pope's note aligns with Germany's December peace proposal but no talks on Alsace Lorraine status. Berlin prepares to discuss the note while Rome says Britain will study the papal note in a benevolent, serious spirit.
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Copenhagen
Reichstag
Michaelis
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Kundesrath
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Berlin
Count Hertling
Rome
Mail to National Army troops receive addressed guidance
Washington dispatch explains how to address letters to soldiers headed to cantonment camps. If the recipient’s company and regiment are known, mail should be labeled A Company First Infantry. If unknown, letters go to the soldier’s state, Minnesota, via the state section until assignment is known.
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National Army Camp
National Army
Washington
Post Office
SAVE DAIRY GOODS HOOVER WAR NOTICE
The Food Administration warns that dairy conservation must continue after the war. World dairy supplies are decreasing while population grows, yet more dairy products must be shipped to allies. Citizens are urged to save milk and butter wastes to ensure milk for children in crowded cities.
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Washington
Food Administration
Eleven Die In Dover Raid By German Planes
Eleven people were killed and thirteen injured in a Dover raid by ten German airplanes. Two enemy planes were shot down in Kent, while bombs also fell on Margate and Ramsgate after the assault on Dover.
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Kent
Yorkshire
London
Dover
North Sea
Margate
Ramsgate
Perfect Draft Record Made In Lincoln Birthplace
Louisville report notes Larne county Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, achieved a perfect draft record. It cites Larne county's National Army quota set at 182 men according to officials.
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Louisville
Larne County
Abraham Lincoln
Graves to be interned as international spy
Instructions to intern Karl Armgaard Graves, self styled international spy, were received here from Washington by U S district attorney Francis M Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. A. Graves
Kansas City
Karl Armgaard Graves
Washington
Francis M. Wilson
United States
Iowa Farmers Arrested for Disloyal Talk
Cedar Rapids August 23 William Detlefsop and John Zunbach both farmers were arrested by US Marshal E R Monroe on charges of using disloyal talk. Behavioral details and locations Coggan Ta Ryan Ia present in report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
William Detlefsop
Coggan
John Zunbach
Ryan
Ija
United States
E.R. Monroe
Destruction Ordered for Burma Beans Containing Strychnine
Helena Montana August 23 reports that tons of burma beans suspected to contain strychnine and shipped to dealers have been ordered destroyed by the state board of health. Federal authorities suspect German agents are involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
State Board of Health
Pera
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Corporal Willis
Samuel Bernard
Army
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Pope
Britain
Michael
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