Prosperous year for Iowa public improvements in 1916
The 1916 Iowa year saw widespread building, paving and public works. Mason City led with over 3.75 million dollars in improvements, Ames added over one million, and Sioux City paved over three hundred blocks. Fort Dodge opened a municipal waterpower plant, Fort Madison built a municipal boathouse, and many cities invested in sewers sidewalks libraries and schools. Plans already indicate continued progress in 1917 with rising bank deposits and new businesses.
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Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Ames
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison
Iowa
Iowans Lose Money in Idaho Orchard Scheme
In Des Moines investors including sixty six Iowans faced loss after the Twins Falls Deep Creek Orchard Co. suspended operations last July after taking in 200000. Contracts holders have engaged George Cosson Robert Lappen and Frank Shankland to file a petition in U S district court seeking insolvency and a receiver to manage the property pending resolution of all claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Idaho
Twins Falls
Deep Creek Orchard Co
George Cosson
Robert Lappen
Frank Shankland
United States District Court
Vote 120000 For Schools In Oskaloosa Bond Issue
Oskaloosa voters approved a 120000 bond issue to buy land and add to the high school building. The plan includes classrooms, a large auditorium, a gym, equipment, and grounds with construction starting next spring. Men backed 396 315 and women 178 84 in the totals.
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Oskaloosa
Division of $50,000 from railroad sale approved
Judge Reed signed orders dividing the proceeds of the Chicago Anamosa and Northern sale. After Master in Chancery Herman Ternes was paid and court costs deducted, the remaining balance was allocated among the claimants and intervenors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Reed
Chicago, Anamosa
Babe Burned To Death Near Keota
Mrs Harl Striegel left her 6 month old asleep while she checked the mail one mile north of Harper and six miles northwest of Keota. Returning she found the home on fire as the roof collapsed. The 6 month old died. two older children were at school.
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Babe
Keota
Harl Striegel
Harper
Pioneer Attorney Dead in Oskaloosa at 73
George W. Seevers a prominent Oskaloosa lawyer died at his home after a nine month illness. He was 73 and survived by his wife and one son. Death was attributed to impaired digestion. Seevers had ties to several railroads and once held offices in New York and Minneapolis. He retired due to ill health years ago after many years of law practice in Oskaloosa.
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Oskaloosa
George W. Seaevers
Oskeloosa
Seevers
New York
Minneapolis
Fire Loss Reduction Marked in Iowa 1916 Records
Iowa fire losses in 1916 totaled about half a million less than 1915, per state fire marshal O O Roe. December losses reached 1 million, with Cedar Rapids and other towns suffering major blazes. The report notes winter fires are harder to fight and some deaths may exceed 1915, amid instances of arson for insurance.
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Des Moines
fFire
Iowa
O. O. Roe
Cedar Rapids
Oskaloosa
Fort Madison
Creston
Osceola
Law Enforcement Department of the Marshal’s Office
Aged Convict Kilmer Walks Free at Fort Madison
William Kilmer, 69, spent Christmas outside prison for the first time in nearly 33 years behind bars. The veteran inmate finds liberty unfamiliar and fears he may never adjust to the changed world, describing life beyond the walls as a burden.
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Fort Madison
William Kilmer
Liberty
Let Contract For Schools In Iowa City
Seventy five firms attended the opening of bids for three new Iowa City school buildings to be erected next year. Reed McDonald Brews ter Inc of Minneapolis bid 181982 for the buildings. Capital City Electric Co of Des Moines bid the lowest for electrical fixtures and wiring. The authorized bond for the three buildings is 250000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Reed, McDonald & Brewster, Inc
Minneapolis
Capital City Electric Company of
Des Moines
State Board Adopts Music Standardization in Iowa
The state board of musical examiners adopts an examining system to standardize music in Iowa. Music teachers seeking accreditation and active membership in the state association must pass the board outlined examinations. The board will consist of eleven past presidents of the association.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
State Board of Musical Examiners
Students Raise Relief Fund at Iowa State College
Ames report says nearly 5000 dollars was raised at Iowa State College to aid college students in European war prisons. It was the largest school response in Iowa with women students making sacrifices such as forgoing Christmas presents and Santa Claus funds. Sororities gave up gifts and parties and cut desserts for a month to boost the drive.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Europe
Iowa
Mrs Kenyon Injured in Washington Breakfast Fall
Mrs W S Kenyon wife of the senator suffered serious injuries when a broken chair toppled her against a radiator at their Washington home. Her head was hurt and narrowly escaped fracture. she remains under medical care.
Miners May Strike In Iowa Coal Region
In Des Moines the probability of a coal miners strike grows as every miner votes on calling a special convention to demand higher wages from coal operators amid ongoing coal shortages.
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Des Moines
Coal Famine Forces Eldora Plant Shutdown
The coal shortage hit Eldora's electric light plant causing a two day shutdown to conserve coal and operate at night. Many motors were put out of commission by the shut down.
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Eldora
City council buys modern motor fire truck for Bay
Following a recent disastrous blaze in Oskaloosa the city council approved purchasing a motor driven combination fire truck and pumping engine of the newest type to bolster firefighting capacity.
Land Price Rise Signals Tama County Value Spike
The Graham farm in Tama county was bought from the government at $1.25 per acre by Mr. Graham, then sold by the Graham estate for $250 per acre cash. The 140 acres carry ordinary improvements, yet the all cash sale reflects strong land value. Mr Nembendh preferred cash investment in the property.
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Tama
Graham
Tama County
Nembendh
Meredith Reappointed Director in Federal Reserve Bank
E. T. Meredith is reappointed as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank in the Chicago district. He resumes the post after resigning last spring to run for Iowa governor as a Democrat, a move aligned with the act’s spirit rather than its letter, which bars directors from selling political office. No objection to his candidacy is noted.
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Meredith
Des Moines
E. T. Meredith
Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago
Iowa
Federal Bank
Prohibition Reduces Arrests in Iowa Cities in 1916
Police reports show arrests fell in Cedar Rapids Keokuk Council Bluffs and Burlington after saloons closed on January 1 1916. Drunkards arrests dropped sharply vagrancy cases declined and aid requests to charities eased Merchants received steadier pay as liquor spending dropped across the state with Sioux City data unavailable.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Keokuk
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Burlington
Woman offers land for national park at Pike's Peak area
Mrs Martha Buell Munn of New York offers to donate 12 000 acres of Bluff or adjacent land near Pike's Peak and Pictured Rocks to form a national park if Congress secures title to the area within two years. Attorney A Chipin presents the offer to the McGregor Commercial club, noting the land is valued at no less than 15000 dollars. The lands, once owned by James Buell, are part of McGregor's early region and would be included in a department of the interior report to Washington if accepted.
Death adds name to Smith Farm tragedy list
Centerville notes another death at Frank Smith's Soap Creek Hills home after Maurice Burns eight is dragged to death by a bolting horse on frozen ground. The Burns family resides in Smith's former home where prior deaths and a son's mysterious death occurred the same day.
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Smith Farm
Centerville
Frank Smith
Soap Creek Hills
Aice Gerlach
Maurice Burns
Burns
Smith
Iowa corn show to feature ten thousand entries at state event
Ten thousand entries by about 700 Iowa farmers compete for ninety silver trophy cups and 250 other prizes at the fifteenth annual state show of the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association. The event runs with the short course and farmers week at Iowa State College January 29 to February 3, and will be the largest state corn show in the country. The show extends one week after the short course closes.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Iowa State College
Panora Man Missing After Chicago Trip Robbery Fears
Panora police scour Chicago to locate H. J. Turner aged 52 believed robbed and possibly murdered. Turner, who went to Chicago to buy stock with several thousand dollars, learned his son was killed in Panora and did not reach the railroad station.
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Lowan
Chicago
Panora
H. J. Turner
Turner
Entente Rejects German Peace Call as Insincere War Maneuver
Paris reports the Entente notes refuse to consider any proposal it deems empty and insincere. They demand reparations and security for small states before any conference, labeling Central Powers’ terms as a war maneuver. Belgium seeks peace with restoration of justice and guarantees for the future.
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Paris
Germany
William Graves Sharp
Briand
London
Belgium
Teutons Capture Two Towns in Dobrudja Move
Berlin reports Teutons seized Matchin and Jijila in northern Dobrudja while Russo Romanian forces were driven back west and south of Focsani. Attacks on Moldavian front failed with heavy losses. Barsimsi and Topesci towns and several hill positions also taken.
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Berlin
Matchin
Jijila
Dobrudja
Roumania
Focsani
Barsesci
Topesci
Harding appoints canal zone chief and Hawaii court judges
President Wilson named Lieut. Col. Chester Harding as governor general of the Panama Canal Zone to replace General Goethals. He also selected Lieut. Commander William C. Watts to be judge advocate of the Navy and James L. Coke of Honolulu as associate justice of Hawaii’s supreme court.
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Washington
Wilson
Chester Harding
Panama Canal Zone
General Goethals
Wiliam C. Watts
United States Steamship
Michigan
James L. Coke
Honolulu
Supreme Court of Hawaii
Eleven Killed in Train Smash Near Edinburgh
Eleven people were killed and forty injured when a train full of New Year travelers collided with a switch engine ten miles outside Edinburgh. The crash occurred as passengers returned to the city after the holiday.
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Edinburgh
Industrial Accidents In Pa 1916 Totals 251,488 Cases
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania Industrial accidents for 1916 reach 251,488 with 2,587 deaths. State Labor and Industry department released the statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Labor and Industry
Wabash Express Wrecked in Illinois
Wabash Express train No 8 from Decatur to Kansas City struck a broken rail at Sinopolis Illinois. The baggage car overturned and two cars derailed. No passengers were injured.
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Sinopolis
Ill
Decatur
Kansas City
Deserting Carrancistas Desert From Juarez Forces
Five hundred Carranza soldiers fled from Juarez after being attacked by Villistas at Los Medinos and joined the commands of Colonels Ochoa and Tames, according to reports received in El Paso Texas.
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el Paso
Tex
Los Medinos
Carranza
Juarez
Ochoa
Tames
Mexico Bars Pact After Carranza Refusal
Washington reports the American Mexican joint commission ended talks after Carranza refused to sign the protocol. The plan called for the withdrawal of US forces and their replacement by Carranza troops. Secretary Lane said the refusal was final and Pershing’s withdrawal was being contemplated, with Fletcher likely to assume duties soon.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Pershing
Wilson
Henry P. Iletcher
White House
I W W S Gusted by Sheriff
Virginia Minnesota January 5. Two hundred fifty woodsmen strikers and I W W agitators were arrested at Cussan and rushed here on a special train. They will be held in a vacant building under guard until arraignment. Sheriff John Mening said the situation is well in hand.
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Virginia
Minn
Cussan
John Mening
Senator Stone Attacks Lawson on Senate Floor
Senator Stone of Missouri, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, bitterly arraigned Thomas W. Lawson on the senate floor and declared that no public official is guilty of wrongdoing regarding the leak to Wall Street on the Wilson peace note.
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Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Missouri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Thomas W. Lawson
Senate
Wall Street
Federal Grand Jury Probes High Fuel and Food Costs
January grand jury in New York sworn in and immediately examines the government's inquiry into the high cost of fuel and food products. It has access to testimony from the December grand jury session.
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Federal
New York
Ferryboat Sinks on Moselle Collision
Amsterdam dispatch reports 22 women and children drowned when a ferryboat sank after a collision near Deilstein on the Moselle.
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Crown
London
Amsterdam
Moselle
Deilstein
Explosion Kills Three Miners in Montana Mine
Dillon Montana January 6 Ten miners trapped by a gas engine explosion at the Pittsburgh mine on the 400 foot level were rescued unharmed while three men died in the blast.
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Dillon
Mont
Pittsburgh
750 German Planes Shot Down
Paris reports figures for 1916 showing French aviators destroyed 450 enemy aircraft while British airmen downed 250. An additional 50 were brought down by high angle guns.
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Paris
U S Tax Rule Claim on Foreign Government Incomes
Washington January 4 Osborn the Commissioner of Internal Revenue announced a regulation enabling the income tax to be collected on incomes received from sources within the United States by foreign governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Osborn
United States
Carranza Aid Shipments Targeted in U S Arrests
New York January reports Juan T Burns Carranza consul arrested amid a conspiracy to ship arms and ammunition to Vera Cruz violating Wilson embargo. Three indictments allege false manifests and illegal shipments valued at 300000 using boxes labeled candy machinery and plumbing supplies. Burns held on 10000 bail as investigators raid an import export firm run by Mexicans.
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New York
Juan T. Burns
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Wilson
Burns
Department of Justice
Reuben Mier
Houston
Tex
Mier
Federal
Galveston
Ao Dock
Louis Gotting
Wenceslan Mont
Jose de la Pas
Wilson Peace Terms Rumors Stir London Budapest Dispatch
Budapest dispatch via Cent News says Count Andrassy claims Wilson knows Teutonic peace terms. In Washington, Senator Lodge criticizes German ambassador von Bernstorff for publicly praising Wilson note, saying it fuels misinterpretation and suggests Germany seeks favorable peace terms.
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London
Wilson
Julius Andrassy
Hungary
Budapest
Cent
Amsterdam
Washington
Senate
Lodge
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
Fire at St. Ferdinand asylum kills 45 inmates and 1 sister
Sisters of Charity fought to rescue inmates at St. Ferdinand de Halifax sane asylum in Megantic county Quebec as fire destroyed the old building at night. Forty five women inmates died before rescue efforts saved 185 others.
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Quebec
Sisters of Charity
St. Ferdinand de Halifax
Megantic County
Stone Named Peoria Postmaster by Wilson
Congressman Claudius A. Stone a Democrat defeated for re election in Illinois sixteenth district is to be appointed by President Wilson as postmaster at Peoria Illinois The appointment and confirmation are not expected to occur until just before the present House of Representatives dies on March 8.
Navy Firemen Perish in Cavite Ship Rooms
Three Filipino firemen aboard the naval collier Ajax moored at Cavite died of asphyxiation after being confined for hours in a room above the boilers. The incident occurred in Manila on January 5.
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Navy
Manila
P. I
Cavite
Quake Rocks Tennessee Towns
A seismic disturbance centered on Mascot Tennessee produced a loud thunder like noise over a wide area. The quake showed pronounced intensity but caused no material damage.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Mascot, Tenn
De Baca Takes Oath in Bathrobe as New Mexico Governor
In Bathrobe As He Takes Oath Santa Fe January 4 E C De Baca New Mexico's new governor wore a bathrobe to take the oath at a local sanitarium His chief desire is to be the servant of the people his remark after taking the oath.
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Santa Fe
N. M
E. C. de Baca
New Mexico
Fire destroys Valdez business district in Alaska
A major blaze in Valdez, Alaska, wiped out the business district including the Seattle hotel and S Blum's store, the town's largest. Officials estimate damages may reach $500,000. Five blocks were burned, with fire departments from nearby areas aiding in containment.
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Alaska
Valdez
Seattle
S. Blum
Suspect Ends Life After Visit to Model’s Room
Bernard W. Lewis a Pittsburgh millionaire linked to the Grace Colbert case shot himself in Atlantic City as detectives closed in. He had been sought on a murder charge tied to Maizie Colbert and may have witnessed the killing. Police say the real murderer is still at large and Lewis died during an arrest attempt.
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Philadelphia
Bernard W. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Maizie Colbert
Atlantic City
Lewis
Mabel
Ethel Kyle
Germantown
Bellevue Stratford
Fifteenth and Poplar Streets
Wilton
Kyle
May Kyle
Grace Colbert
Roberts
Grace Roberts
Yale
Union
Pittsburgh, Country
Oakmont
Ivernia Sunk. 150 Missing After Submarine Attack
The British troopship Ivernia of 14 278 tons was sunk by an enemy submarine in the Mediterranean on January 1 in bad weather while carrying troops. Official notice reports 150 officers and men missing, including four officers and 146 men.
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London
Ivernia
Mediterranean
Hurley Resigns From Trade Board to Return to Chicago
Edward N. Hurley of Chicago, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, abruptly resigns to resume business in Chicago. He held a personal conference with President Wilson, and the resignation was accepted. The resignation takes effect February 1.
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Federal Commission
Chicago
Washington
Edward N. Hurley
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Hurley
Russian War Office reports captures at Botech heights
Petrograd reports 600 prisoners captured in the Romanian theater of war along with three cannon and several mine throwers and bombing mortars seized on Botech heights.
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Petrograd
Botech Heights
Roumanian Theater
Russian War Office
McNamara Placed in Dungeon for Refusing Jail Work
James B. McNamara, serving a life sentence for the Los Angeles Times building bombing, was ordered into the disciplinary dungeon at San Quentin after he refused to work in the jute mill. The move reflects jail policy on inmate labor and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNamara
San Quentin
Cal
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Conference assemble in Berlin with Austria Bulgaria and Turkey
Corriere d Italia reports foreign ministers from Austria Bulgaria and Turkey meet in Berlin with the German foreign minister for a joint conference. The gathering signals coordinated diplomacy in postwar European affairs and charts potential alliance alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Corriere d'Italia
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Berlin
Germany’s bread corn harvest to surpass last year by 1.5 million tons
Amsterdam dated report says Germany will harvest 1.5 million tons more bread corn than last year. Potatoes fall short, but a strong turnip crop largely offsets the deficit.
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Germany
Amsterdam
Two Autoists Killed by Train in Noblesville
Noblesville January 5 A. Jacob s and Charles Thomas were instantly killed when a north bound Pennsylvania railroad passenger train struck the automobile they rode in. The car was demolished in the crash.
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Noblesville
Aaron Jacobs
Charles Thomas
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Entente
Teutons
Will
Goethals
Panama Zone
Hawaii
Fletcher
Lawson
Carranza Aid
Quebec Institution
Trade Board
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