Iowa Wesleyan Endowment Drive Aims to Save College
Mount Pleasant Iowa Wesleyan faces potential merger as county residents race to raise 160000 in three weeks. A 100000 goal by Jan 21 plus three year 1080 unknowns could keep the school in Henry county. Campaign led by George Holcombe to meet North Central Association endowment requirements and avoid relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan
Mississippi
Ileary County
North Central Association of Colleges
University Senate
Henry County
George Holcombe
Burlington
Many Improvements at Waterloo in 1915
Waterloo shows a prosperous 1915 with 2,230,000 spent on new buildings and improvements. Two hundred thirty new structures rose, led by the ten story Leavitt Johnson National bank building the Plymouth Congregational church and the Black Hawk Fruit company building. City and public service firms also added extensive improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Plymouth Congregational Church
Black Hawk Fruit Company
Beck Family Receives Large Holiday Gift from Pioneer Farmer
M G Beck, a Crawford county farmer, distributed 18000 dollars as a holiday gift among his six children. The beneficiaries are John W Beck of Boone Charles H Beck of Guthrie Center Mrs Maggie Foster of Greely Colorado Mrs Lucy Farnham William Beck and Frank Beck of Farnhamville Iowa. Beck has lived in the area for 36 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
M. G. Beck
Crawford County
John W. Beck
Charles H. Beck
Guthrie Center
Maggie Foster
Greely
Colo
Lucy Farnham
William and
Frank Beck
Farnhamville
Iowa
Beck
Iowa Wool Output Rises to 5.4 Million Pounds in 1915
Government estimates show Iowa produced 5,319,000 pounds of wool in 1914 and 5,400,000 pounds in 1915 with an average fleece weight of 7.5 pounds. Iowa ranks 15th among states, behind 11 western states plus Missouri Michigan and Ohio. The fleece average of 7.5 pounds exceeds all but six western states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Union
Missouri
Michigan
Ohio
West
Sisters Buried In Same Grave In Sidney
A double funeral was held in Sidney for Louella Mae Richards aged 14 and Alma Maude Richards aged 13 who died of scarlet fever. The younger girl died first and the elder followed while preparations were made for burial.
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Sidney
Louella Mae Richards
Alma Maude Richards
Land Transfers Near Logan at 775 An Acre
J I Nelson sells 168 acre farm northwest of Logan for 160 per acre and buys adjoining Logan tract of a little over nine acres at about 775 per acre totaling 7000. The improved property includes a good house barn other buildings and four acres of fine orchard.
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Logan
J. I. Nelson
City approves $300000 paving project in Ames
Ames city council authorizes eight miles of paving costing about 300000 to begin in spring aiming to make Ames the best paved city of its size. Sewer work totaling 85000 has just been completed.
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Ames
Mason City Fire Ravages Main Block Bursting To 75000 Loss
Fire originated in the B F Ferguson stationery store threatened Mason City main business block and caused about 75000 in property damage. Owners Ralph S Stanberry 6000 Charles R Barber 8000 BE Hubbard 2000 suffered losses. over 50000 in losses to occupants as about a dozen roomers in the burned buildings were affected.
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Mason City
B. F. Ferguson
Ralphs. Stanberry
Charles R. Barber
BE. R. Hubbard
Dry town end of saloon era in Dubuque
Dubuque Iowa joined the dry ranks on December 1 8 with the city for the first time in about a century without saloons. The change occurred quietly with little public demonstration and most saloons closed at the scheduled hour. Watch parties occurred citywide as residents marked the closing of the bars.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Dry Law Reduces Arrests in Waterloo Reports
Waterloo police say $5,997.20 in fines were collected in the year ending Nov 30 1915 as saloon closures reduced crime. Half of 2617 arrests were for drunkenness and 28 were for keeping disorderly houses with 88 inmates arrested.
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Waterloo
Myers
On Trial for Kidnapping in Des Moines
Edward Wegener former Valley Junction saloonman faces trial for kidnapping Charles Ashworth for ransom. The case appears on the January criminal docket after Wegener's December robbery sentence and appeal to the supreme court. The kidnapping charge carries a 20 year minimum and up to life in prison.
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Des Moines
Edward Wegener
Valley Junction
Charles Ashworth
Wegener
Supreme Court
Record Making Cattle Sale in Carroll
The second largest sale of pure bred cattle in U S history was made when Charles E Escher Jr of Botna pur chased the entire 201 head Aberdeen Angus herd from W A McHenry of Denison for about 70000 dollars. McHenry has led Aberdeen Angus breeders for thirty years.
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Carroll
United States
Charles E. Escher, Jr
Botna
W. A. McHenry
Denison
America
Mr. McHenry
Will Say More Paving in Rockwell City 1916
Rockwell City plans two miles of new paving in 1916 as part of a broader program. The city currently has about five miles of paving and eight miles of sidewalk with sewerage improvements costing 33000 dollars. The treasury holds between five thousand and six thousand dollars, signaling prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell City
War contract for 40,000 horses and 25,000 mules
Harlan Clinton Hoover of Harlan leads a four man party to supply the French government with 40,000 horses and 25,000 mules in four months. Delivery at 3,000 animals weekly. The deal totals about $20,000,000 with $14,600,000 for animals and $6,750,000 for freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Clinton Hoover
Coroner Rules McNerny Death Suicide Near Shenandoah
A coroner's jury in Shenandoah found the body of 54 year old Alex McNerny with a throat wound in a creek, a suicide while a barn on his property burned. He lived with his ailing mother who is near death from the shock.
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Shenandoah
Alex McNerny
Here
McNerny
Jones Recovers From Illness In City
Perry C Durant Jones prominent Iowa prohibitionist and Chautauqua manager has recovered from a serious illness at his home. He can sit up part of the time and plans to travel to Sulphur Springs Arkansas to spend the remainder of the winter.
Peace Restored in Modern Brotherhood of America
Peace is restored in the Modern Brotherhood of America with the insurgent movement ended. Nine legal actions pending in district and federal court as a result of dissensions will be dismissed after an extended conference.
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Cedar Rapids
Brotherhood of America
Boy Saves Man From Freight Train Peril
Simon Farley a magazine and newsboy rescued an intoxicated man from a freight train. The man stepped into the path of the moving locomotive and Farley grabbed him by the clothing to pull him clear. Both men escaped with a narrow margin.
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Boone
Simon Farley
Farley
Iowa Boy Minnesota Governor Dayton
Governor Joseph Burnquist of Minnesota, an Iowa native born in Dayton on July 22, 1879, is the state’s lieutenant governor who succeeded to the governorship after W. S. Hammond’s death. He is 36, son of John A. Burnquist and Louise, with pioneer Webster county roots. He finished Dayton High in 1896 and earned a law degree from the University of Minnesota in 1905.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Dayton
Joseph Burnquist
W. S. Hammond
John A
Louise Burnquist
Webster County
University of Minnesota
Annual Draft Horse Show at Des Moines Fair Grounds
The state board of agriculture schedules its second annual draft horse show at the Des Moines fair grounds February 9 to 10. The Iowa Draft Horse Breeders' Association will hold an auction sale of registered draft horses. Dean Charles F. Curtiss of Ames inspired the event to boost Iowa's draft horse industry toward world leadership.
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Des Moines
State Board of Agriculture
Fair Grounds
Iowa Draft Horse Breeders’ Association
Dean Charles F. Curtiss
Ames
Iowa
Auto Owners Pay Over Million in State Fees in 1915
Des Moines reports total state automobile department fees for 1915 reached 1,533,053.42 dollars, a rise of 492,918.82 from 1914. About 145,100 cars were registered in 1915 with 175,000 projected for 1916, and 7,070 motorcycles in 1915 expected to rise to 8,500 in 1916.
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Des Moines
State Automobile Department
Department
DAIRY CONGRESS DATE SET
Waterloo announces the 1916 dairy cattle congress exhibition will run October 9 to 14. The event, held annually except 1915, plans permanent facilities to insure operation regardless of weather as support grows among central west dairymen.
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Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Congress
Central West
Ames Instructor Kellogg Dies of Pneumonia
Miss Harriet S. Kellogg age 55 longtime curator of the botanical department at the State college died in a Marshall town hospital. Death followed pneumonia contracted after a hospital operation for cancer removal.
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Ames
Harriet S. Kellogg
Botanical Department
State College
Marshalltown
Miss Kellogg
Prohibition Law Lowers Sioux City Court Docket
For the first time in years no drunk appeared in the police court on the fifth day after Iowa's prohibition law took effect. Disturbing the Peace cases fell markedly as unemployed men congregations and fights near corners have deserted areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Brewery Reopens as Creamery in Iowa City
The Iowa Brewing Co. closed January 1 and resumes as Iowa City Creamery and Produce Co. to manufacture butter daily up to 2,700 pounds and ice, shifting from beer production.
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Iowa City
Iowa Brewing Co
Iowa City Creamery and Produce Co
Woman Dies After Extra Appendix Operation
Mrs. Katherine Titus wife of Dr H S Titus of Rhodes died in a Marshalltown hospital from peritonitis after removing a supernumerary appendix. Surgeons found a second appendix that had ruptured causing an abscess and subsequent peritoneal trouble. She was 63 and survived by her husband and six grown children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Katherine Titus
H. S. Titus
Rhodes
Titus
Paroled prisoner Bowie escapes in Cedar Rapids run
Jasper Bowie, a paroled offender awaiting return to Anamosa, bolted from Deputy Sheriff I O Nichols at Cedar Rapids and fled on a street car. This marks his second parole violation. Bowie previously served time at Anamosa for breaking and entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Parole
Jasper Bowie
Anamosa
I. Oo. Nichols
Cedar Rapids
Nichols
Bowie
Government to Act on Persia Submarine Sinkage Facts
Washington reports the White House says the president and secretary of state will use every means to obtain full facts about the torpedoing of the Persia. President Wilson canceled a cabinet meeting and conferred with Senate Foreign Relations leaders as inquiries continue in Vienna and other capitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Persia
White House
Wilson
Hot Springs
Tumulty
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congressional
Congress
Golden Book created to honor Belgian war relief
Belgian decree announces the Golden Book to recognize acts of generosity toward Belgium during the war. Separate items note Henry Ford’s peace group return to Detroit, Theodore Roosevelt’s West Indies trip schedule, a deadly explosion aboard the Norwegian steamer Aztec at a Brooklyn dock, and Italy’s pledge to Greece on Epirus frontier.
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Havre
Belgium
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Hague
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
West Indies
Roosevelt
Brooklyn
Interocean Transport Company
France
Philadelphia
London
Athens
the Times
Italy
Greece
Epirus
Pinkerton Detective Head Matthew W Pinkerton Dies in Chicago
Matthew W Pinkerton longtime head of the Pinkerton United States Detective Agency died at his Chicago home after a long career beginning in Mount Eaton Ohio where he was born in 1852. He led the agency for thirty four years and left a lasting mark on law enforcement.
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Chicago
Matthew W. Pinkerton
Pinkerton United Stages
Mount Eaton
Railway earnings rise 84 percent in November
Washington reports railroad earnings for November surged 84 percent from the prior year as disclosed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The release shows broad gains across lines and regions, highlighting improved traffic and revenue in a recovering economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ford Peace Commission Expenses Climb to 300000
Copenhagen January 7 The Ford peace commission has spent 300000 in expenses so far. Officials say costs will reach at least 500000, not counting the permanent tribunal.
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Ford
Copenhagen
Ford Peace Commission
Plantiff
British Capture German Armored Steamer Kingani
British vessels on Lake Tanganyika in South Africa captured the German armored steamer Kingani after a brisk action. The German ship surrendered and was brought into port.
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London
Lake Tanganyika
South Africa
Kingani
Austro German Forces Claim Czernowitz Evacuation
Reuters dispatch says Austro German troops evacuated Czernowitz Bukowina with many prisoners taken including Germans. Russian reports partial. battles near Toporoutz Hegehaus Okna and Buczacz trenches continue as 2300 Russian casualties and 800 more taken prisoner reported in the area.
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London
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Reuter Petrograd
Ivanoff
Galicia
Toporoutz
Hegehaus
Rarnczle
Okna
Useziebko
Buczacz
British Recruit Call Drives New War Manpower
London reports Sir John Simon resigns as home affairs secretary while Premier Asquith announces a government call up of the sixth to ninth Derby groups. About 5,011,441 men of military age in Britain, with 2,829,263 already enlisted, are accounted for. Unmarried men total 1,150,000 and 1,679,263 are married.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
Asquith
Lord Derby
United Kingdom
Fire in U S Building Causes $2000 Loss
A Washington blaze in the basement of the state war and navy building caused about 2000 dollars in damage. Officials ruled the fire as spontaneous combustion from old rags rather than arson. The building houses priceless documents including early copies of the Declaration and Constitution, separated from the White House by a narrow street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State, War and Navy
White House
Editor C. W. Knapp Dies at 69 in Times Office
Charles W. Knapp aged sixty nine treasurer of the New York Times and former editor and publisher of the St. Louis Republic died suddenly in the Times office from heart disease.
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C. W. Knapp
New York
Charles W. Knapp
The
New York Times
St. Louis Republic
Times
Vesuvius Active Says Rome Observer
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Rome quotes Professor Maladra, official observer at Mount Vesuvius, declaring the volcano has remained in active eruption since Monday. The report notes ongoing seismic activity and warning signs near the crater.
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London
Rome
Maladra
Mount Vesuvius
Count Salis Seevia Appointed Governor General of Serbian Territory
Berlin reports Count Salis Seevia commander of Vienna has been named governor general over the Serbian territory occupied by Austro Hungarian troops marking a major administrative appointment in the war zone.
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Count Seevia
Serbia
Berlin
Sayville
Salis Seevia
Vienna
Legislator Slain in Ozark Ambush
Allen Nixon, Arkansas legislator, was shot and killed in an ambush at his Ozark Franklin County home as advices reach Little Rock from the region. The incident marks a fatal attack targeting a state lawmaker.
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Little Rock
Ark
Allen Nixon
Arkansas
Ozark
Franklin County
Britain Sees Split Over Conscription as Irish Fight Deepens
London report says John Redmond opposes the government bill for compulsory military service as Ireland is exempted. Asquith backs limited age class draft while Kitchener argues conscription need not end voluntary service. A new munitions act also passes.
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London
House of Commons
John Redmond
Asquith
Ireland
John Simon
Great Britain
Derby
Warl Kitchener
House of Lords
Many Die On River Boat Kanawha Capsizing Near Parkersburg
Reports from Gallipolis Ohio say more than twenty people drowned when the steamer Kanawha capsized on the Ohio River near Parkersburg West Virginia on Wednesday. Of the sixty five aboard only fifteen were accounted for. The accident was caused when the Kanawha struck a pier at Dam No 20 sinking in thirty feet of water. The boat was owned by the Kanawha Packet company of Parkersburg.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Parkersburg
W. Va
Kanawha
Dam No. 20
Kanawha Packet Company
Buchanan Released on Bail After Indictment For Strike Conspiracy
Congressman Frank Buchanan of Illinois surrendered in New York after indictment for conspiring to foment strikes in munitions plants. He pleaded not guilty, posted 5000 dollar bail, and was granted until January 20 to change his plea. Judge Clayton noted no movement to restrain trade.
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New York
Frank Buchanan
Illinois
Clayton
Buchanan
Former Ambassador Kerens Enters Johns Hopkins in Ill Health
Richard C. Kerens, 73, former ambassador and notable Midwest financier, was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital from his St. Louis home in a serious condition. He suffers a complication of disorders difficult to treat due to age. doctors expect surgery will not be required.
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Baltimore
Richard C. Kerens
Middle West
Johns Hopkins Hospital
St. Louis
Kerens
Kaiser’s Illness Described As Slight
London dispatches report from Berlin say the German emperor’s illness is slight with only Paris Rome and Copenhagen suggesting a serious condition.
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Kaiser
London
Berlin
Paris
Rome
Copenhagen
King Cole Dies in Bay City After Illness
Leonard L. Cole known as King Cole a former Cubs and New York baseball pitcher died at his Bay City home after several weeks of serious illness. The news notes his major league career and prior teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King” Cole
Bay City
Mich
Leonard L
King
Cole
New York American League Baseball
Chicago Cubs
Browns Must Pay O Connor Damages Affirmed
A court of appeals affirmed a 1912 jury verdict ordering the St. Louis American League club to pay John O Connor 5000 dollars after his discharge from the club. The ruling upholds the May 1912 damage award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browns
O’connor
St. Louis
John O’connor
O’conner
Court of Appeals
Girl Hero Rescues Boy From Icy River in Auburn
Six year old Laverne M. Imp son rescued seven year old Clayton Brooks after he fell through the ice on the Coon river in Auburn Iowa on January 6. She ran to the scene and pulled him to safety.
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Auburn
Laverne M. Impson
Clayton Brooks
Coon River
British War Report Details Gallipoli Tragedy And Heroism
General Sir Jan Hamilton’s Official Gazette summary recounts Gallipoli battles at Suvla Bay and Anzac Cove. It notes severe Turkish assaults, heavy Allied losses, water shortages, and brave actions by officers Baldwin Cooper and Street amid a brutal summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gallipoli Peninsula
Tan Hamilton
Lord Kitchener
Sir Jan Hamilton
Hamilton
Great Britain
Anzac Cove
Sulva Bay
Suvla Bay
Anzaca
Chunnuk Bair Hill
North Lancashire
Wiltshire
Hampshires
Baldwin
Chunnuk Bair
Street
Cayley
Cooper
Ladysmith
Delisle
Oklahoma on Official Trip Heads to Maine Coast
The battleship Oklahoma the largest warship built in Delaware aside from the Argentine Moreno steamed from Philadelphia for its official trip to the Maine coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Philadelphia
Delaware
Moreno
Maine
Peace Offer to Italy Reported by Petit Journal
Paris reports that Germany acting for Austria proposed peace with Italy while Italy prepared to sign the London pact among allied nations against separate peace. The Petit Journal notes the potential mediation amid European diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Paris
Germany
Austria
The
Petit Journal
Wabash River Rising Forces Connersville Evacuations
The Wabash River continues to rise in Lafayette area with Connersville residents moving to higher ground as water reaches second stories. Authorities warn of worsening flood risk and urge precautions.
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Wabash
Lafayette
Ind
Connersville
Carnegie's Nephew George Lauder Jr. Dies
Greenwich Conn Jan 6 George Lauder Jr nephew of Andrew Carnegie dies in Greenwich Tuesday afternoon from pneumonia. He was forty a millionaire and widely known as a sportsman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Greenwich
Conn
George Lauder, Jr
Andrew Carnegie
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