Experts get busy rates will affect interior Iowa cities
Des Moines reports governors and railroad officials prepare to resist Western freight rate increases. A coalition of state accountants and Iowa officials plan a two week study then return home to develop detailed action. Central Freight Association tariffs seek 10 to 35 percent raises on thousands of articles.
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Nebraska
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Hillman
South Dakota
Clifford Thorne
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Kansas
Good Roads Meeting Planned at Mason City
Mason City hosts a Good Roads meeting to review plans for extending the interstate trail north from Des Moines to the Twin Cities. Former Senator Lafayette Young to speak on Good Roads Good Homes Good Iowa plus talks by Prof. T R Age and Thomas H MacDonald on route organizations and cooperation with public road officials.
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Kansas City
United States
Lafayette Young
Iowa
T. R. Age of
Ames
Department of Highway Engineering
Thomas H.macdonald
Iowa Highway Commission
Sheriff Hosts Farewell Dinner for Jail Inmates
Sheriff R. Lund served a turkey dinner to sixteen men and one woman confined in Fort Dodge county jail during a Sunday noon meal. Two murder suspects sat at the table as part of the jail’s farewell event before the sheriff’s retirement and the accession of William Hahn.
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Fort Dodge
Lund
William Hahn
Injured While Hunting Town Falls Man Loses Eye
Peter Bergenson near Alden suffered a hunting accident when a gun discharged and bullet entered the head near the nose, passing through the eye into the skull. He was brought to Ellsworth hospital where the eye was removed.
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Peter Bergenson
Alden
Ellsworth Hospital
Boy Smothered to Death in Corn Bin Chute
Seven year old Donald Taylor fell into a chute while his father Robert Taylor emptied a bin of shelled corn. The boy died before the father could open the chute after hearing his sister’s screams.
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Vinton
Donald Taylor
Robert Taylor
Barn Fire Destroys Nearby Cascade Farm Loss Estimated at 10000
A new barn on the business farm near Cascade burned with twenty five cattle three horses and hundreds of bushels of grain hay and farm implements lost. The origin is listed as mysterious with total damage around ten thousand dollars.
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Dubuque
Cascade
Second Trichinosis Death Reported in Family
In Council Bluffs Dordie Olds two year old daughter of Mrs Leroy W Olds died from trichinosis marking the second death in the same family from the disease.
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Council Bluffs
Dordie Olds
Leroy W. Olds
Prominent Banker Dead in Des Moines
Joseph D. Whisenand vice president of the Central State Bank and financier for other Iowa institutions died suddenly at his Greenwood Drive home leaving a gap in Des Moines finance and local banking circles.
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Joseph D. Whisenand
The
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Greenwood Drive
Davenport Plans 1915 Street Equipment Purchases
Davenport will buy a motor driven street sweeper for 2500 dollars a turbine sewer cleaning machine for 1500 dollars and two street flushers at 950 dollars each for use during 1915.
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Davenport
Humboldt editor Al M Adams seriously ill with pneumonia
Editor Al M Adams of the Humboldt Independent remains seriously ill as pneumonia threatens his recovery. A complication of diseases has set in, leaving his prognosis in doubt.
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Fire destroys barns and fourteen horses in Iowa Falls
A blaze at the Iowa Falls bus and transfer line property owned by M. Hogan destroyed barns and fourteen horses. The loss exceeds $5,000 and was partly covered by insurance. The fire’s origin remains unknown.
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Iowa Falls
M. Hogan
Wealthy Charles City Couple Weds in Quiet Ceremony
Charles City pair Mrs Amanda Wall er, 65, and Anson Brackett, 88, prominent locals, were married yesterday in a discreet ceremony reflecting their social standing.
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Charles City
Amanda Waller
Anson Brackett
Iowa banking deposits rise sharply under state system
The biannual state banking report shows state and savings banks’ deposits increasing by 182.66 million dollars over ten years. Private bank failures occurred last year, with 56 new banks formed, including 14 former private banks.
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State Banking Department
Iowa
State Department
Return of the Quarantine in Iowa Johnson County
Iowa City reports insurgency against foot and mouth disease quarantine for cattle in Johnson county. State Vet Dr. J I Gibson warns breaking rules could trigger a statewide quarantine. Two new cases found near Williamsburg and Tipton. Tipton supervisors reinforce enforcement with road blockade and on farm inspector. Thirty days without new local cases but concern remains.
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Johnson County
J. I. Gibson
Des Moines
Federal Department
Denison Pioneer Albert F. Bond Dies at Old Age
Albert F. Bond one of Denison's oldest settlers died. He arrived in 1857 and helped establish the Hirst Baptist church. Bond helped burn the first brick used in the town, served as postmaster for three years, was among Denison's first mayors, and long served as justice of the peace.
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Albert F. Bond
Hirst
Bond
Iowa Auto License Fees Hit Record Over Million
Des Moines reports a record 1,012,547.28 dollars in automobile license fees collected by the Iowa state auto department, up from about 850,000 the prior year. The department is overwhelmed with 1915 license applications.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Turkish government seeks release for two inmates
The Turkish government has hired two attorneys to obtain clemency for Saph Sasson and Suler main Gasson, brothers imprisoned in the Anamosa penitentiary. They received 25-year murder sentences, but new evidence has emerged suggesting their innocence of the crime.
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Shenandoah
Saph Sasson
Sulermain Gasson
Anamosa Penitentiary
Girl Rescued After 30 Minute Well Plunge
Boone Ladine Potts, seven, fell through a well platform and hung by a strap for about a half hour. Her mother summoned help as the girl cried for aid saying she could not hold on longer.
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Ladine Potts
Iowa Teachers to Hold 1916 Convention in Des Moines
Mason City leader F. M. Hammitt, chairman of the executive board of the Iowa State Teachers Association, announces the next year’s convention will again be held in Des Moines.
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Mason City
F. M. Hammitt
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Iowa
George Cosson
Grant Fellows
Michigan
W. L. Moose
Arkansas
National Association
Mail theft charges in Delmar involve Hicks and Taylor
Davenport reports John Hicks and Bert Taylor were bound over to the federal grand jury on charges of stealing mail sacks from the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul railroad station at Delmar Iowa. Each man posted bonds of 3000 dollars.
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Davenport
Delmar
John Hicks
Bert Taylor
Federal Grand Jury
Fox Population Reported High in Greene County
In Greene County a large number of foxes is reported this year. Rabbit hunters note fox tracks nearly equal rabbit tracks since the snow, indicating abundant fox activity in the area.
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Greene
Waterloo Counterfeit Ring Arrests Reported
J. J. Lyons and Fred Miller were arrested on counterfeiting charges in Waterloo. Lyons confessed he knew the fake dollars were made by Miller and another man now at Oelwelh.
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Waterloo
J. J. Lyons
Fred Miller
Lyons
Miller
Oelwelh
Rehearings Loom in Iowa Nonpartisan Judiciary Fight
In Des Moines a new push heads to reexamine the nonpartisan judiciary law as 31 legislators prepare to seek changes or repeal. The Iowa legislature faces calls to shorten ballots, reform county offices, and adjust tax and county funding rules amid ongoing rate fighter planning and public notices.
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John L. Bleakly
Bleakly
Kaw
Palmer to retire as state railroad commissioner after 29 years
Colonel D. J. Palmer ends a long public career after 29 years in state service including nonstop work as railroad commissioner. He will devote 1915 to leading the G A R as commander in chief and may consider a 1916 gubernatorial bid later. He rose from county auditor to state senator before his railroad post.
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D. J. Palmer
Hoe
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Washington County
State Senate
C. L. Davison
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Washington, D. C
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Des Moines Faces Split Over Saloon Closures and Bootlegger Risk
Des Moines residents debate closing saloons as a district court ruling on a consent petition looms. Dry supporters lobby for immediate closure while two council allies vote against renewal. If the petition fails, officials fear a rise in bootlegging and vice problems.
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Oficenses
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Weonard
Relief Funds Continue for Belgian Aid in Des Moines
Belgian Relief association will close after March 15 though grain and cash donations keep arriving. Chairman D S Chamberlain reports receipts of 47,015.99 dollars and shipments including shelled corn 3,317,742 pounds flour 466,446 pounds corn meal 850,000 pounds dry salt pork 60,000 pounds lard 9,900 pounds canned meats 14,400 pounds canned corn 10,250 dozen.
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Belgian Relief Association
D. S. Chamberlain
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Pleads Guilty to Double Holdup in Town City
Andrew Walding pleaded guilty after a double holdup in Town City that seriously injured one female victim. Police arrested him shortly after the crime.
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Town City
Andrew Walding
Fire destroys St. Anthony's parochial school in West Dubuque
A three story brick building housing St. Anthony's parochial school and a convent operated by the Sisters of Holy Ghost was completely destroyed by a blaze of unknown origin in West Dubuque.
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St. Anthony's Parochial School
West Dubuque
Sisters of Holy Ghost
Youth Hangs Self on Mondamin Farm Barn
County coroner Logan W. H. reports Clarence Davis aged 15 found hanging in a barn on a Mondamin area farm. No cause given.
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Hog Cholera Ravages Muscatine Island
An epidemic of hog cholera spreads across Muscatine island with several new cases reported in recent days and the disease proving highly virulent.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Island
Beginning Harvest of Ice Crop in Pella
Local ice men begin packing ice for next summer in Pella. Ice is high quality, twelve to fourteen inches thick, and is the earliest packing in several years.
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Pella
Finesse Defined as How You Do Things Not Just What
George Vaux Bacon explains finesse as a French loanword whose core meaning is elusive. He traces its whist sense of taking a trick with a lower card to broader slang for nimble execution. The piece emphasizes that the essence lies in the manner of doing, not the act alone.
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Louisiana Purchase
George Vaux Bacon
Manners Of American Man And The American Spirit
A discussion of American self control praising its discipline while noting its dulling effect on intellectual friction and inner life. The piece contrasts this restraint with perceived benefits such as motive certainty appetite health and agreeable social manners that separate Americans from Europeans.
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Atlantic Magazine
Real Home Is Found In Heart Of Family Life
The speaker argues that real homes in Missouri today are defined by active family life not by fireplaces or radiators. He emphasizes loving parents guiding children and shared daily tasks, with no idle family members and no servant dominance. The home lives in the hearts of its makers.
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Missouri
Aluminum in India’s Aluminum Potential for Future Supplies
India offers rich laterite and beauxite deposits for aluminum production. Analysts say Indian output could be marketed at about half current prices. High costs hinder use, but cheaper aluminum could expand its applications with more accessible factory sites noted across the country.
A Lawyer Recounts Rule of Reason Tale From Ancient War
A lawyer recalls a famous case where the rule of reason was read out of an agreement. An ancient conqueror kept faith literally by dividing each war galley into halves and returning one half of every ship to the conquered realm.
Deadly Shrapnel Wounds from Exploding Shells
Describes how shrapnel causes severe circular bullet wounds from projectiles and jagged metal from the broken steel case. Explosive force shatters surrounding structures, creating widespread destruction beyond direct hits.
Trinidad Island Geography and Elevation Details
The island of Trinidad measures about 65 miles in length and 40 miles in width, covering roughly 1,800 square miles. A continuous mountain chain runs the length of the island, with its highest peak near three thousand feet above sea level.
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Trinidad
Safe That Time sportsman conversation
A brief, dialogue style note presents a hunter speaking to a boy by a roadside field. The boy responds that his luck is poor and he lacks a gun to shoot, while the judge is present in the scene.
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Sonny
Time for Salvation Matters at Busy Life's Pace
A preacher argues that lack of time for religion is not real, citing workers who find time for faith and a young man who sacrificed meals to attend meetings. He warns against delaying salvation, urges immediate decision, and recalls Moody pressing for prompt choice to avoid deadly outcomes.
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