Iowa Dairy Association Reports Many Cows Unprofitable
The Iowa State Dairy association says out of 1.4 million cows in Iowa only one third are profitable and the rest largely unprofitable or just covering costs. 1916 dairy product values total 84.5 million dollars with creamery butter and farm butter leading. The organization, formed in 1876, notes state legislative appropriations since 1909 and plans more educational work and dairy trips, dairy shows, and partnerships with Ames College and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Iowa State Dairy Association
Dairy and Food Commissioner
United States
Dairy Association
National Dairy Congress
Waterloo
The
Agricultural College At
Ames
United States Department of Agriculture
Contesting Association
Railroads and law join to curb bootleg liquor
In Des Moines a pledge by common carriers to deliver liquor only to the purchaser and require in person signing at the railroad office is now in effect. Attorneys for railroads and express companies met with Attorney General H. M. Havner to enforce the rule. Express firms will still deliver within districts but must compel the buyer to sign before release.
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Des Moines
Railroad and Express Company
H. M. Havner
Express
Second Walkout Strikes Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats Plant
For the second time in a month the Quaker Oats factory at Cedar Rapids shut down by a strike. About 1250 workers walked out after a foreman refused a worker's question to Supt George Laird about a wage increase. The company plans to bring in strikebreakers to operate the plant.
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Cedar Rapids
American Federation of Labor
George Laird
Former Iowa President MacLean Rebounds After Surgeries
George Edwin MacLean former president of the University of Iowa from 1899 to 1911 is slowly recovering at his temporary home in Bournemouth England after two major operations. He fell ill last autumn and was first operated on November 15 in London. the second operation on December 14 was more complete.
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IIL
Iowa City
George Edwin MacLean
University of Iowa
Bournsmouth
England
MacLean
London
Children Saved From Burning School in Shenandoah
Fire at Northboro school endangered children as sparks ignited the roof. A neighbor发现 the blaze, teachers alerted, and pupils marched to safety without injuries.
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Shenandoah
Northboro
Boys Win Corn Contest in Ames Sweepstakes
Raymond McDermott of Pottawattamie county won sweepstakes in yellow corn. Harry Christensen of Humboldt won sweepstakes in white corn. Walter Ridgett of Council Bluffs won sweepstakes in other than white or yellow class. Two hundred eighty boys entered exhibits across Iowa State College extension program.
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Ames
Raymond McDermott
Pottawattamie County
State Acre
Harry Christensen
Humboldt
Walter Ridgett
Council Bluffs
Acre
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Boys Kill Wildcat at Local Sighting
Albert Lawler a high school boy shot a rare Canadian lynx in Hardin county and brought it to the state university. Homer R. Dill of the museum training department describes the specimen as exceptionally rare with tracks four by seven inches and hind foot prints larger. weight slightly over twenty eight pounds.
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Iowa City
Hardin County
Albert Lawler
State University
Homer R. Dill
Museum Training Department
Pioneer Railroader Dead at 73 in Manchester
Captain J. F. Merry longtime Illinois Central man and former Iowa G A R department commander died at his Manchester home. Born March 24 1844 in Ohio he joined the Twenty first Iowa in 1862 and later served as general passenger agent for the Illinois Central before retiring in 1911. He helped promote settlement near the southern lines and was known as Father of Vicksburg Park.
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Manchester
J. F. Merry
Illinois Central
Iowa G. A. R
Here
Captain Merry
Ohio
Iowa
Twenty-first Iowa Infantry
Illinois Central Railroad Company
General Western
Western Lines
Ilinois Central
Grand Army
Vicksburg Park
Cummins
Iowa Vicksburg Park
Audubon High School Receives $10,000 Bequest for Equipment
The late Mrs. Lois G. Stewart leaves $10,000 to Audubon for high school equipment. Audubon funded a $75,000 building with bonds, and will equip the school with unusually complete manuals and home economics facilities, far surpassing typical costs.
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Audubon
Lois G. Stewart
Iowa
Stewart
Audubon's
Gas Tank Bursts After Freezing On Des Moines Tracks
A carload of 5,000 gallons of gasoline froze on railroad tracks in Des Moines yards. When thawed the railroad tank burst spilling fuel worth an estimated $1,000 across the area. Sand and dirt covered the oil to prevent sparks from engines and potential fires near nearby buildings.
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Des Moines
Steele Leads In Contest in Sioux City
Final recount of all ballots in Sioux City except one precinct shows Congressman Tom Steele ahead of George C. Scott by 49 votes. The last precinct recount will be submitted to Congress for action. Scott had held the certificate of election, but the contest now shows a miscount.
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Steele
Sioux City
Tom Steele
George C. Scott
Congress
Scott
Former State Senator Dies in Denison Home
Ex State Senator Rudolph Lehfeldt died suddenly at his Denison residence while talking with friends. He was a large sheep raiser with ranches in Montana and a wide farm near Denison.
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Denison
Rudolph Lehfeldt
Senator Lehfeldt
Montana
Record Hog Price Hit in Farragut Iowa
Shenandoah reports a new hog price record in Farragut where Whisler & Son paid 11 dollars per hundredweight to BE H Stevens. A total of 72 hogs fetched 1,980 dollars, likely a regional record for southwestern Iowa.
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Shenandoah
Farragut
Polk County Election Costs in 1916 Totaled 23871.97
Polk county spent 23871.97 for three elections in 1916. The presidential primary cost 8051.11 and June primary registration 2724.50. The general election cost 5340.58 and the registration 2779.11.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Gas Plant Explosion Leaks Gas in Independence
The Independence gas plant owned by C. D. Jones and B. Hoover exploded destroying the gas house and machinery. Loss reaches several thousand dollars covered by insurance. The town is left without gas for cooking or lighting.
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Independence
C. D. Jones
B. Hovey
Recount of Woodbury County Votes in Steele Scott District
Sioux City recount completes vote tally in the eleventh district congressional contest. Steele supporters claim a lead near sixty votes for the Democratic candidate while Scott backers estimate thirty to forty votes. Other twelve counties to be recounted.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
Steele
Scott
Movie men seek state protection for exhibitors
Cedar Rapids reports Iowa moving picture exhibitors plan to urge the legislature to require producers to guarantee the return of money placed with them if the company fails. They already must deposit funds with each producer and provide thirty five days notice before contract cancellation.
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Cedar Rapids
Moving Picture Exhibitors
Iowa
Germany Okays Unrestricted Submarine War Anew In Note
German ambassador presented a note to Secretary Lansing detailing Berlin’s intent to resume unrestricted submarine warfare. The reply aligns with prior Berlin statements, urging neutral rights, self governance, and open seas while warning Britain’s blockade and war of starvation. The note discusses armed measures and safe routes for neutral ships to Britain and Mediterranean theaters.
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Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Senate
Gerard
Berlin
Germany
United States
Sussex
Notable Small Inventions and Feats Stir Curious Interest
A soapstone and asbestos stove for limited heating or cooking is described. A fountain pen reservoir holds a compact ink amount and fits the hand. The Armory band of Hartford, founded in 1944, is the nation’s oldest active band. City semaphores with electric button control are proposed. Two Californians patent a device to measure a pipeful of tobacco and load a pipe without touching the tobacco. A German chemist reports 18 500 degrees temperature from liquid air experiments, 3 500 degrees hotter than the sun’s surface.
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Armory Band
Hartford
Wilson Vetoes Immigration Bill for Literacy Test
President Wilson vetoes a recently passed immigration bill citing the literacy test as a radical policy change that would penalize lack of opportunity. He notes it could create delicate diplomatic issues and would hinder admitting aliens seeking asylum from religious persecution.
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Wilson
Congress
Taft
Cleveland
House
United States
Secretary of Labor
Baruch Sweeps $476,168 From Market On Peace Note Hint
Bernard Baruch testified he earned $476,168 in profits from December 10 to December 23, 1917, by anticipating a peace note. He credited foresight in reading speeches by Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and Lloyd George as signaling a coming peace. E. F. Hutton & Co. executives testified about a six hour advance warning of the note. Ch. W. Bolling, Wilson’s brother-in-law, is with F. A. Connelly & Co., which had guided the warning.
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Belgium
United States
Paris
New York
E. F. Hutton
E. F. Hutton & Co
F. A. Connelly & Co
Washington
Ch. W. Bolling
Wilson
Connelly
Debate on Wilson world peace plan ends in senate
Senator Cummins mov e to take up exclusive debate on the president's peace proposals was blocked 38 to 30. He warned the United States would face near constant war or rebellion against a world sovereignty he says the plan would set up.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Cummins
United States
Spanell Found Not Guilty In Alpine Wife Killing Case
A jury in San Antonio returned a not guilty verdict for Harry J. Spanell of Alpine Texas after under two hours of deliberation on the charge of killing his wife Crystal Holland Spanell last July. Spectators cheered as the verdict was announced.
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San Antonio
Tex
Harry J. Spanell
Alpine
Crystal Holland Spanell
Spanell
Butler
Sixth Cavalry
Oregon passes bone-dry prohibition bill in lower house
Oregon's bone-dry prohibition bill clears the lower house by a 58 to 7 vote. The measure now advances in the state legislature as Salem reports the outcome on Monday.
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
Extreme Cold Hampers Eastern Front Operations
Berlin reports on February 8 that severe cold disrupted military operations on the eastern front with only limited fighting in a few areas as the German war office released the bulletin.
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Berlin
German War Office
Japan Protests Anti Alien Land Bills At Legislature
Washington report states the Japanese government protests anti alien land bills before Oregon and Idaho legislatures, objects similar to California's law, and urges reconsideration from officials.
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Japan
Washington
State Department
California
Oregon
Idaho
Mrs Byrne to Be Freed on Pardon
New York February 3. Counsel for Ethel Byrne said she would accept Gov Whitman’s pardon releasing her from prison with the condition she cease disseminating birth control information. The announcement follows Mrs Byrne’s legal appeal and ongoing national debate on contraception rights.
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Mrs. Byrne
New York
Ethel Byrne
Gov. Whitman
Two Die in Wabash Train Derailment Near Dillon
Engineer T. Norman and Fireman H. Yoder both of Montpelier Indiana were killed when Wabash passenger No. 12 derailed one mile west of Dillon. An unidentified man sustained serious injuries.
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Wabash
Dillon
Ind
Ingineer BE
T. Norman
H. Yoder
Montpelier
Here
Sixth German War Loan Rumor Circulates in Europe
A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam reports the Frankfurter Zeitung hints at an imminent sixth German war loan. The note circulated in London on February 3.
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London
Frankfurter Zeitung
Reuter
Amsterdam
British Loss in January Reported Casualties
London reports January published lists show 960 officers and 31,394 men killed or wounded. Since the Somme offensive began total casualties reach 352,371.
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London
Somme
Three Washington and Jefferson Athletes Volunteer for Ambulance Service
Three athletes from Washington and Jefferson College announced they would leave studies and travel to France to volunteer for service with the American ambulance corps.
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Wiil
Washington
Washington and Jefferson College
France
American Ambulance
Detroit Journal sale announced by new owners
Sells the Detroit Journal Detroit Mich February 1 The sale of the Detroit Journal an afternoon newspaper was announced The new owners are N C Wright H S Thalheimer C C Vernam and Paul Block Announcement was made by E D Stair.
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Detroit Journal
Detroit
Mich
N. C. Wright
H. 8S
Thalheimer
C. C. Vernam
Paul Block
E. D. Stair
British foil plot as four arraigned in Derby police court
Four well known Derby residents including Mrs. Alice Wheeldon and her daughter Miss Ann Wheeldon were quietly arraigned at the Guildhall on a charge of plotting the murder of Premier Lloyd George and his war council aide Arthur Henderson. The accused denied the charges claiming they were retaliation for conscientious objection to conscription.
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Derby
England
Guildhall
Lloyd George
Arthur Henderson
War Council
Alice Wheeldon
Ann Wheelon
Alfred George Mason
New Mexican Constitution Advances with Radical Provisions
Delegates to the constitutional assembly signed a two month labor draft. The document abolishes the vice presidency and bars presidential re election while enforcing strict labor laws and compulsory military training. Foreigners must renounce allegiance to their homelands to hold real estate. Church property may pass to the government.
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Queretaro
Mex
Constitutional Assembly
Luis Cabrera
Ygnacio Bonillas
Fomento
Mexico
Millions for Army Navy Aid Defense Budget Grows
Washington reports the $800 million defense package shaping in Congress with the fortifications bill over 51 million for coast defences and the naval appropriation exceeding 351 thousand. Army funding tops 360 million exclusive of border mobilization and material costs while the navy asks total 851.4 million for ships and auxiliaries including three battleships and multiple cruisers destroyers and tenders.
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Washington
House
House Military Committee
Guards Sent Home From Border Stations
It was announced at General Funston's headquarters that Indiana brigade headquarters and Second infantry at Llano Grande Iowa brigade headquarters and Third infantry at Brownsville and First North Carolina infantry at El Paso are scheduled to start home from border stations before night.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ex Premier of China Prince Ching Dies
Ex premier and former foreign minister Prince Ching died at Tientsin. He celebrated his eightieth birthday last April.
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China
Peking
Prince Ching
Tientsin
Great Fleet of Submarines Proclaimed by Germany
Amsterdam reports Germany has sent to sea the largest fleet of submarines ever known to enforce the blockade in the waters of allied nations, signaling a bold naval escalation.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Transport Sunk 141 Dead in Saloniki Trek
Paris announces the transport Admiral Magon carrying 950 soldiers to Saloniki was torpedoed, escorted by the Destroyer Arc. Of those aboard 800 were saved.
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Paris
Admiral Magon
Saloniki
Arc
Burton Nominated for U of M Presidency
Dr Marion LeRoy Burton president of Smith College was tendered the University of Minnesota presidency to succeed Dr George E Vincent, in Minneapolis on February 2. The selection aims to lead the Minnesota campus with Burton noted as a prominent educator from Northampton Massachusetts.
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Burton U. of M
Minneapolis,Minn
Marion LeRoy Burton
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
University of Minnesota
George E. Vincent
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