Contests for Jobs Stir Iowa Assembly Organization Seats
In Des Moines the race for house speakership and committee chairs heats up for the Thirty-fifth General Assembly. The chief clerk post draws six candidates including Walter P. Jensen Myron L. Burt Walter Newcomb S A Power W C Ramsey and Ben Rockersmith as the scramble for desk positions among both chambers intensifies.
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Des Moines
House
Assembly
Senate
Thirty-fifth
General Assembly
Walter P. Jensen
Pocahontas County
Waterloo
Myron L. Burt
Bedford
Walter Newcomb
Corning
S. A. Power
Fairfield
W. C. Ramsey
Belmond
Ben Rockersmith
Prairie City
Davenport Woman Alleges White Slavers Target Girls
Mrs. J. Etta Heslop of Webster City tells police a Davenport gang of white slavers lures and poisons girls to render them helpless then attempts kidnapping. Detectives watch the post office, alleged gang hangout, after she says she saw a member stab a girl in the wrist with a needle.
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Davenport
J. Etta Heslop
Webster City
Auto trouble doctor to visit five Iowa towns
Iowa State College plans mobile automotive institutes to offer free personal service. A liveryman who owns a car in about thirty Iowa towns will have a specialist diagnose hidden ills. The five towns chosen will receive the service first this winter.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Large Poultry Barn Fire Damages Leon Area Farm
A big fire destroyed several poultry barns owned by J. Ceslar near Leon. Aaron Poultry occupied one barn temporarily. About 1,000 chickens and as many turkeys were lost. Ceslar suffered substantial feed loss. No live stock burned. Estimated damage ranges from 5 000 to 10 000 dollars with partial insurance.
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Leon
J. Ceslar
Aaron Poultry Company
Poultry Company
Ceslar
Couple from Mason City wed in Hampton ceremony
Jay Phelps of the Mason City Globe Gazette and Amy L. Small of Mason City secretly married in Hampton. The secret was exposed when clerk records revealed the nuptials officiated by Mayor Parks.
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Iowa Falls
Jay Phelps
Mason City
College Receives Pipe Organ Gift From Chicago Church
Mt Pleasant Iowa Wesleyan College announced by President Edwin A Schell that it has been presented with a pipe organ. The organ was donated by St James Methodist Church of Chicago as a twenty year dream fulfilled.
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Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Wesleyan College
Edwin A. Schell
St. James Methoist Church
Chicago
One Hundred Prize Herefords Slaughtered Under Quarantine
About 100 prize Hereford cattle and 35 hogs owned by A. P. Matthews were killed on his farm by state veterinary quarantine workers in charge of foot and mouth operations. Matthews stands to gain roughly $10,000 in damages.
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A. P. Matthews
Matthews
Moir Sets Rare Record as Lodge Treasurer
Iowa Falls reports Hon. W. J. Moir of Eldora has been elected treasurer of an Odd Fellows lodge for the ninety third time. This repeated achievement is described as possibly unequaled in Iowa and notable in the nation among Odd Fellows.
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Iowa Falls
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
W. J. .Moir
Eldora
Tim McCurdy
Tim’ McCurdy
McCurdy
Capitol Grounds
State House
Capitol
New Swedish Mission Church Opens in Ogden
The Swedish Mission church at Ogden has been completed. The new structure is large and commodious and built of dark red rough faced brick.
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Ogden
New Swedish Mission Church of
Land Brings Big Price Near Logan
Simon Ashcraft sold a 159 acre farm seven miles southeast of Logan to E. C. Klopping of Avoca for 19400 dollars.
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Logan
Simon Ashcraft
E. C. Klopping
Avoca
Prominent Farmer Dies in Shellsburg Area
Robert A. Pritchard, a leading Benton county farmer, died at his home near Garrison. A two year ago silo fall left him with a severe back injury from which he never recovered.
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Shellsburg
Robert A. Pritchard
Benton County
Garrison
Mr. Pritchard
Turtles Shipped Eastward From Alta
More than a ton of snapping turtles have been shipped from Alta to Chicago by one man. Large numbers are now moving eastward as shipments continue.
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Alta
Chicago
Public Playground Gift to Waukon High School
A generous citizen, O. J. Hager of Waukon, donates a complete playground equipment package to Waukon High School through the school board. The $1,000 gift supports outdoor recreation for students and community use.
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Waukon
O. J. Hager
Fire Causes Significant Perry Loss
A blaze in Perry caused at least 25000 in property damage destroying the Diddy block. Total insurance coverage was reported at 9500.
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Perry
Diddy
Clinton County Farm Improvement League advances agri cultural work
Two hundred farmers voted to continue organized agricultural work with M. L. Mosher as county agent. The Clinton Commercial club pledged $1,000 and government funds added $1,200. Dean Curtiss praised Mosher as an excellent agent. W. W. Ellen elected president. Clinton was first in the state to start this effort. nine counties now have similar groups. Dr. Paxton indicated foot and mouth quarantine may lift soon. Over $1,000,000 in stock tied up, costing about $5,000 daily.
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Clinton
M. L. Mosher
Clinton Commercial Club
Dean Curtiss
Ames
Mosher
W. K. Lloyd
Mr. Mosher
W. W. Ellen
Clinton County
Farm Improvement League
Dr. Paxton
Iowa
Tragic Collision Kills Three on Work Train at Cornelia
Fort Dodge reports three workmen on a Great Western work train were killed when a local freight crashed into the caboose at Cornelia aboard the Clarion line five miles away. Four others were injured, while the freight crew escaped unscathed.
Eagle Grove Sets Up First Municipal Christmas Tree
Eagle Grove will raise its first municipal Christmas tree in the street near the public library. It will glow with five hundred colored lights and feature a five foot star at the top also lit with colored lights. Local pupils and Sunday school members are practicing old carols for Christmas Eve.
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Eagle Grove
Cream standardization meeting outlines dairy grading
Delegates from multiple states representing agricultural colleges food and dairy commissions and creameries met to agree unofficial methods for grading cream. They described three grades in resolutions aiming to guide legislature toward state statute adoption, separating cream into two main categories.
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Des Moines
Agricultural Colleges
Food and Dairy Commissions
Robbers Hit Bentley Stores and Postoffice
In Bentley near Council Bluffs, both the general store and the postoffice were robbed by three men. Warrants or searches were not detailed, but the trio departed calmly and even built a fire inside the postoffice store before leaving.
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Council Bluffs
Bentley
Spirit Lake Reports $300,000 in New Building
Spirit Lake and its business men completed improvements totaling $300,000 this year, a record for a town of its size and the most successful building year Spirit Lake has known.
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Spirit Lake
Believe Gang Broken Up In Minnesota Iowa South Dakota
The Sheldon gang of robbers that operated across southwest Minnesota northwest Iowa and eastern South Dakota for ten to twelve years has been broken up by the arrest of Jim Daily the gang’s leading figure.
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Sheldon
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Jim Daily
Methodist Church Burns in Des Moines Fire
Asbury Methodist church suffered partial destruction of the interior in a fire yesterday afternoon. Damages are estimated at 15000 dollars. the cause of the blaze is not yet known.
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Methodist Church
Des Moines
Asbury Methodist Church
Sheldon to Pave In Spring
Petitions circulated in Sheldon carrying the required signatures to authorize an extra mile of street paving in the town this spring.
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Sheldon
Bonds Are Voted for Urbana Electric Light System
By a special election in Urbana the town approved a $3000 bond issue to install an electric light system.
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Shellsburg
Urbana
George M. Younglove Dies on Street at 75
George M. Younglove a prominent race horse owner and driver died suddenly on Bieson Street Atlantic of heart failure. He lived in the city thirty five years and in the county forty.
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Bieson Street
Atlantic
George M. Younglove
Farmer killed by train near Sawyer in Fort Madison
Henry Flessenkemp er, a 49 year old farmer living near Sawyer, was killed when struck by the pilot of a locomotive along the railroad tracks. The incident occurred near Fort Madison as the man sat on or beside the line. Authorities reported the fatal accident and began inquiries into the train’s movements.
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Fort Madison
Henry Flessenkemper
Sawyer
Cedar Rapids Bank Merger Creates Major Local Deal
The Commercial National and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank were acquired by Cedar Rapids National in a record landmark deal exceeding one million dollars. Cedar Rapids National boosts capital to 500000 and surplus to 250000 as James L. Bever, longtime head of Commercial, retires from banking.
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Cedar Rapids
Commercial National and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids National
James L. Bever
Commercial
Iowa
New Iowa high schools report strong attendance gains
State inspector P H McClen nahan reports every Iowa high school visited last year shows marked attendance increases up to 40 percent. He notes sanitary upgrades replacing water buckets with fountains and better conditions. The piece also covers reformatory population rise, a pistol gift to the historical society, and various state administration items.
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State Inspector of
Iowa
Des Moines
P. HE. McClennahan
Iowa Cities
Toledo
Grand Junction
Tama
Sheffield
Extra
Guthrie Center
Iowa’ Falls
Bank Robber Slain After Cincinnati Bank Siege
Frank Hohl, a Philadelphia man, robbed the Provident Savings bank on Eighth Street for about 7,600 dollars and the Liberty Savings bank for 6,610 dollars before a street duel with Officers Knaull and Imnwood left Hohl mortally wounded and Knaull fatally wounded.
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Cincinnati
Énie
Frank Hohl
Philadelphia
Edward Knaull
Knaull
Hohl
Eighth Street
Provident Savings Bank
Liberty Savings Bank
George Winter
Liberty Bank
Fred Walker
West Ninth Street
Henry Imnwold
Walker
Freeman Avenue
Ninth Street
Hahl
Imwold
Chase
Altoona
Lions Rampage In New York Theater Attack Audience
Five lions escaped from a stage performance at a Highty-sixth Street theater, triggering panic as about a hundred patrons fled. Four animals were corralled after a half hour. the fifth charged into the street, was shot by police, and a sergeant and two officers were wounded. The lions were exhibited by Mme Andrea, with six in total.
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New York
Highty-sixth Street
Po Hce
Sergeat Samuel Glynn
Non
Mme
Andrea
Russia Upholds Cracow Offensive Amid Heavy Teuton Counterstrikes
Dispatches from Lemberg report the Russian push toward Cracow continuing despite strong Allied Teutonic counterattacks. The Bourse Gazette notes Russia tightens the iron circle around Cracow as Austrian forces retreat to forts and only rear-guard units remain in trenches. The front line lies about one hundred paces apart with constant Austro-German fire.
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Petrograd
Cracow
Lemberg
Russia
Bourse Gazette
French trench fighting in Flanders tightens grip
Paris reports desperate hand to hand fighting as French troops bayonet attack and seize several German trenches in Flanders. An official statement notes rapid French gains with forces preparing to defend against counterattacks. London confirms Allied pressure on the German left center in the Mire region.
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Paris
Flanders
Caser
London
Mlanderg
Washington Cruiser Readiness Sought for Panama Mission
Portsmouth navy yard asked by the navy department how quickly the cruiser Washington can be ready for service. Department aims to send the Washington to Panama, while Col. Goethals warns neutrality risks without patrol ships. The cruiser Tacoma departed Guantanamo for Cristobal today.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy Department
Washington
Panama
Goethals
War Department
Canal Zone
Tacoma
Guantanamo
Cristobal
Gen Hugh L Scott Ordered to Naco to Halt Border Fighting
Washington reports Secretary of War orders Gen Hugh L Scott chief of staff to travel to Naco Arizona after cross border Mexican fire killed and wounded residents. He aims to persuade rival Mexican factions to stop endangering American lives and property.
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Washington
United States
Naco
Ariz
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Aviator performs four loops in Staten Island test
F A Thompson of the army reserve corps rose above the government aviation field in Oakland Heights Staten Island in a high wind and bitter cold. He completed four loop the loops before returning to the ground and becomes the fourth US army aviator to pass the looping test.
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New York
F. A. Thompson
Army Reserve Corps
Aviation
Oakland Heights
Staten Island
Thompson
United States Army
Four Steamers Sink in North Sea Mine Field Off Flamborough
Four steamers were sunk by mines in the North Sea off Flamborough head on Wednesday night. Only two vessels identified so far. the Elterwater with twelve saved and seven missing, and the Princess Olga whose eighteen crew members reached shore by lifeboat.
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South Shields
England
North Sea
Flamborough Head
Elterwater
Milwaukee Road changes designation to Milwaukee only
Official statement from the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway declares the line will be called Milwaukee when the full name is not used. The change applies to branding and public references starting now.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Dietz to Be Pardoned by Wisconsin Governor
Madison Wisconsin December 18 John F Dietz serving life for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp will receive a Christmas Eve pardon from Governor McGovern The decision follows the long legal process and grants clemency ahead of the holiday season
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Madison
Wis
John F. Dietz
Oscar Harp
McGovern
Crow Indian Red Fox James Reaches White House Request
Crow Indian Red Fox James completes a 3000 mile ride from Crow Reservation Montana to Washington and seeks national recognition of Indian Day with President Wilson. He asks that October 12 be a national holiday honoring his race and receives a meeting with the president.
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Washington
White House
Red Fox James
Crow Reservation
Montana
Wilson
Mexican General Executed in Mexico City
General Fuentes and four minor officials were executed in Mexico City on Wednesday, after his son married General Huerta’s daughter, according to advices to the state department.
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Washington
General Fuentes
Huerta
Mexico City
State Department
Leiter Wins Grain Suit in Federal Court
A jury in Judge Humphrey's Federal Court awarded Joseph Leiter $380,933 in the suit brought by Interior and Monarch Elevator companies to recover the sum.
Public executions ordered in Zocalo by Gutierrez
Mexico City December 16 Provisional President Gutierrez ordered that political and military prisoners sentenced to death be executed publicly in the Zocalo the great square in front of the national palace.
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Mexico City
Gutierrez
Ootical
Zocalo
National Palace
Post Office Appropriation Bill Reported to House
Washington December 16 the post office appropriation bill for the next fiscal year was reported to the house. It carries 321 700 500 dollars and is about 4 000 000 dollars less than the estimates submitted.
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Washington
Post Office
House
Inauguration Date Uncertain as Clarke Awaits Address
Des Moines reports confusion over the governor elect Clarke a is set to take oath and deliver a inaugural address after January 14. The law leaves inauguration date vague while officials and the governor prepare for the traditional Thursday ceremony amid high public interest in the content of the forthcoming message.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Clarke
Monticello Farmers Plan Cooperative Packing Plant
A Monticello meeting of township farmers at the public library discussed organizing a cooperative packing plant. J. T. Lanigan of the Jones County Times led the initial talk, with support from others. A three member committee was appointed to investigate cost and equipment and report in one month.
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Monticello
Monticello Public Library
J. T. Lanigan
Jones County Times
Davis County High Declamatory Contest Honors
Miss Iva Demack won first honors and the gold medal with A Few Bars From the Key of G at the Davis County high school declamatory contest. Forest Collier took second with A Perfect Tribute and Bernard Guernsey placed third with In the Tolls of the Enemy. the first prize qualifies the county winner for the state contest.
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Bloomfield
Davis County
Iva Demack
Forest Collier
Bernard Guernsey
Shenandoah Commub Club Opens Employment Bureau
The Commercial club in Shenandoah sets up an employment bureau to ease cold weather suffering. The secretary handles applications from those needing help and will provide workers to eligible families requesting aid.
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Shenandoah
Commercial Club
Boone Honors Holtz at Banquet Before Move to Waterloo
Former Boone Commercial Association president J. B. Holtz received a banquet hosted by the association directors at the Hotel Crary. He will relocate his Black Label Grove Company to Waterloo soon, resigning the presidency.
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Boone
Holtz. Boone
J. B. Holtz
The
Boone Commercial Association
Association
Crary
Holtz
Black Label Grove Company
Waterloo
Shenandoah Inventor Wins Patent for Street Sprinkler
Shenandoah resident Orrie A Yonkers was granted a patent by the U S Patent Office for a street sprinkler. This follows another Shenandoahan patent issued two weeks earlier to Dr E R Stealy for a dental appliance.
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Shenandoahan
Shenandoah
Orrie A. Yonkers
United States Patent Office
E. R. Stealy
Veteran engineer Benjamin Fehr dies in Cleveland at 71
Rock Island engineer Benjamin Fehr aged 71 died in Cleveland Ohio and will be buried in Pennsylvania. He served in a Pennsylvania regiment during the Civil War.
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Jlowan
Widon
Benjamin Fehr
Rock Island
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Boy Scouts Run Christmas Seal Sale Contest
Red Oak reports Boy Scouts of America under Scoutmaster Raymond launch a Christmas contest to sell Red Cross seals. The effort aims to raise funds through these charity seals and engages local Scouts in fundraising activity.
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Boy Scouts
Red Oak
Boy Scouts of America
Raymond
First Municipal Christmas Tree in Story City
Story City displays the town’s first municipal Christmas tree at the intersection of two business streets. A giant evergreen is lit by one hundred electric lamps.
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Story City
Digs Deep Well on Farm in Shellsboro
Mr H A Gnagy had a well drilled on his farm for 790 dollars requiring 473 feet of drilling before a good water flow was secured.
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Shellsboro
H. A. Gnagy
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