German Prisoner Angers Army After Red Cross Shooting
British correspondent describes German wounded in France and a Prussian officer accused of shooting Red Cross attendants. A hospital officer says the case will go to court martial. Prussians show mixed reactions and pride amid Allied care and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Griggs
New York World
France
London
Mngland
Whielay
Red Cross
Caln
Hamburg
America
Saved from pedlar's cart New York police horse Loughlin retires
After twenty three years with the New York Police Department the horse Loughlin is retired to a Connecticut farm. Retired real estate dealer E. Crissman and the Ride-a-Wee home aided the transition. The horse, once a parade favorite, was bought for 50 dollars by charitable bidders to end his service. Patrolman John L Wendell rode Loughlin daily on Central Park duty and posed with the animal in the post sale photo.
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New York
Loughlin
City of
Crissman
Connecticut
John L. Wendell
Central Park
Thirteen-Year-Old Sentenced to Whipping for Tree Scraps
Edward Schultz, fifteen, was sentenced by Justice Ryan to thrashings over three weeks for chopping switches from three trees on a neighbor's lot. The boy's father agreed to administer the punishment.
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Jamaica
Edward Schultz
Justice Ryan
Mules At The Front Undergo Silence Operation
Paris reports a military measure to suppress mule braying by a small operation. The change aims to keep the animals silent to avoid alerting enemy forces during sensitive moments on the front.
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Paris
France's new infantry units show modern battlefield lesson
An Associated Press report describes French infantry reforms after the Marne. Battalions and companies now act as self contained small armies with independent capability, each unit including grenadiers, rifle grenadiers, snipers with automatic rifles, bombards, and riflemen trained for specialized roles, sustaining operations without external support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Marne
Associated Press
English Actor’s Daughter to Wed American Artist in New York
Miss Inis Tree daughter of Sir Herbert Pree the renowned English actor will marry Curtis Moffat the American artist. The couple plan a New York wedding in the near future.
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Inis Tree
Sir Herbert Pree
Curtis Moffat
New York
Court rules dog is property in appeal decision
In Atlanta Georgia the court of appeals holds a man may lawfully claim his dog as property and notes the lower court erred by ruling a dog was not property. The ruling clarifies that a dog is legally recognized as property for theft and related cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Court of Appeals
Columbia to Get Big Bell for Morningside Heights
New York reports Columbia University will receive a 2000 pound memorial bell from the class of 1803 to toll hours over Morningside Heights. The Ninety three Memorial bell will hang over St Pauls chapel and be operated by a clock mechanism sounding hourly and at prayer time.
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New York
Columbia University
Morningside Heights
Nicholas Murray Butler
St. Paul’s Chapel
Crow by the Clock Solves Rooster Crowing Problem
Dalton Georgia resident W D King trains his roosters to crow at six oclock every morning under his window solving the long running nuisance with a clockwork routine.
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Dalton
W. D. King
May consolidate 12 would curb duplication and improve efficiency
Iowa lawmakers consider merging the state labor department with the industrial commission. A L Urick endorses a three member commission for both fields to cut duplication and share data. Other ideas include moving hotel inspections to the food and dairy department and abolishing the state bee inspector's office.
Shenandoah Coal Shortage Sparks City Action
Shenandoah faced alarming coal shortages as Mayor MacVicar and the power plant intercepted coal cars billed to Omaha to keep the lights on. The move ensured gas heat and power despite the Omaha purchaser's inability to supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
MacVicar
Des Moines
Omaha
Barney's Dairy Farm Highlighted in Hoards Dairyman
W B Barney state dairy and food commissioner is featured as a pioneer dairyman of Iowa in Hoards Dairyman. He aided Iowa dairy growth and bought 280 acres at 30 dollars per acre, now valued at 230 dollars per acre. The issue is illustrated by Barney farm views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney
Ames
W. B. Barney
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Iowa
Hoard’s Dairyman
Cereal Factory Workers Strike at Quaker Oats Plant
In Cedar Rapids 100 packing department boys walked out followed by 1,300 other Quaker Oats employees, all quitting amid wage disputes. Superintendent George Laird called the trouble local and says it will be settled at once as strikers march through the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
George Laird
Lyon County to Probe Ballot Tampering Investigation
Lyon county supervisors ordered a vigorous inquiry into alleged ballot tampering in the recent election. County Attorney Simon Fisher urged the board to name special counsel to assist in the probe.
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Sioux City
Lyon County
Board of
Lyon County Supervisors
Simon Fisher
Board of Supervisors
Opening of the Thirty-seventh Iowa General Assembly
Des Moines reports the Thirty-seventh general assembly convening with Governor-elect Harding presiding in the senate. James B. Weaver heads the house as M. B. Pitt becomes speaker. The opening day features oaths for members, employee swearing in, and Governor Clarke's lengthy budget and road finance message. Inauguration and receptions follow with new appointments to state boards and commissions.
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Des. Moines
General Assembly
Senate
Harding
W.H. Arney
Boon
Moore
James B. ‘Weaver
Polk County
House
M. B. Pitt
Hose
Clarke
Iowa Assembly
A. B. Fynk
WS. Withrow
D. N. ‘Lewis
Railroad Commission
Warning On Ice Safety From Iowa Public Health Labs
The Des Moines river ice harvest is labeled unsafe due to bacterial contamination. Iowa State University public health laboratories advise ice companies to shave off the top and discard opaque or dirty ice as streams and ponds are polluted and shallow ice can carry dirt and debris with many bacteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Des Moines
Public Health Laboratories
The
State University
Church Burns Second Time in Urbana Fire
Fire destroyed the Methodist church at Urbana and endangered neighboring houses as sparks drifted onto roofs. A defective furnace is suspected as the origin. This marks the second church loss for Urbana Methodists, the first in 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Urbana
Gas Plant Explosion Injures Attica Worker
A gas plant connected with the consolidated Attica school in Knoxville County exploded fatally injuring Grant Maddy. He was blown forty feet, unconscious, as he tried to adjust the tank mechanism. The tank was demolished and windows in the school building shattered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Attica
Grant Maddy
County Board Calls Warant For 30 Year Old School Loan
Woodbury county supervisors issue a warrant for 1575 to the state to cover a loan made 30 years ago from state school funds. The land securing the loan was washed away by the Missouri River, making the payment a dead loss to the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Woodbury County Board of Supervisors
Missouri
Miners Reject Special Convention Call in Iowa
Albia reports district leaders of United Mine Workers of America announce that a plan to convene a special congress of Iowa coal miners to press higher wage demands was defeated by 5263 to 675. The ballot result was released from District 13 headquarters.
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Albia
Iowa
District 13
United Mine Workers of America
Plan Jessup Inaugural at Iowa State University
Walter A. Jessup will be inaugurated president of the state university with ceremonies on May 4 and 5. Delegates from other colleges will attend the first day while the governor and Iowa officials will be present for the main exercises on the second day.
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Plan Jessup
Iowa City
Walter A. Jessup
Iowa
Flag Presented to Little Brown Church in the Vale
Mrs. I. M. Fisher of Allison presented a large silk flag to the Little Brown Church in the Vale in memory of Civil War soldiers from the Bradford area. The ceremony included a program marking Iowa’s 70th anniversary as a state and noted more than 150 volunteers from the neighborhood.
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Charles City
Little Brown
The
Vale
I. M. Fisher
Allison
Brandford
Iowa
May Adopt Manager Plan in Iowa City
A mass meeting of leading citizens adopted resolutions urging Iowa City to adopt the commission-manager form of government. A committee was appointed to promote the plan and push its adoption.
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Iowa City
Polk County Receives New Farm Agent Kennedy
Polk County has a farm agent after years of effort. Carl N. Kennedy, a former Polk County boy and Ames graduate, will start March 1. He has worked with Texas and Oregon agricultural colleges and now serves as an instructor at the Oregon Agricultural College.
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Polk County
Des Moines
Carl N. Kennedy
Ames College
State Agricultural Colleges
Texas
Oregon
Farm Improvement Association of
Kennedy
Oregon Agricultural College
Boy Champion Hogg Raiser
Fred E. Ferguson an eighteen year old from Laurens won first place in Iowa’s pig club contest at Iowa State College with a score of 99.1 percent. He topped 900 entrants and will join 43 other winners on a free trip to the Ames winter short course funded by Senator Joe Allen.
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Ames
Fred E. Ferguson
Laurens
Iowa
Iowa State College
Hoe
Joe Allen
Missing Stockman Returns in Panora Funeral Note
Rumors that G. J. Turner stock buyer from Panora was robbed and murdered in Chicago were proven false by his return to Panora to attend his son Miles Turner’s funeral. Turner went to Chicago with stock and learned of his son's death, traveling home by Milwaukee Road then leaving the train at Kirkland Illinois due to worry over the accident.
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Panora
G. J. Turner
Chicago
Miles
Turner
Milwaukee Road
Kirkland
Ill
Reappoints Staff in Iowa Pure Food Department
W B Barney Iowa dairy and food commissioner reappoints 29 staff members for the coming year naming acting deputy commissioner William H Harrison and state chemist HE Redfern among others scattered across Des Moines Waterloo Oelwein Atlantic West Bend Newton Spencer and Ottumwa with new chief inspector weights and measures and several assistant dairy and food inspectors listed. Budget calls for big sum for 1917 1919 biennium approves 17 272 100 with increases for education penal and charitable institutions and several departments including dairy and food commission. New committees shift ends federal relations panel while motor vehicles and land titles add ons are planned. Legislature debates liquor shipment bans and soldiers must repay federal wages upon muster out. Blind representative Frank Oertel gains access via mother’s aid as he pursues law practice. Electoral vote carriers named and state officials prepare for ongoing reforms and budget adjustments.
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Des Moines
B. Barney
Hia
William H. Harrison
L. Redfern
Oo. P. Thompson
Waterloo
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H. W. McElroy
Ottosen
S. O. Vande Bogart
J. 8. Bittner
Cedar Rapids
C. S. Bogle
Fairfield
C. O.frazer
Council Bluffs
G. H. Chittick
Aww. Day
R.'V.' Murphy
Margie Garrity
Elma ‘Schnack
Vera” Acklin
Valley Junction
J. W. Lytton
Des. Moines
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Iowa
Bartley
War Department
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Guy E. Logan
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Labor Department
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United Taxpayers League
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Ottumwa
Frank Oertel
Keokuk
Gate City
Dale ‘Re Andre
Burlington
Towan
Draké Law School
Kéokuk
Oertel
S. W. Needham
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Messenger
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Ralph Pringle
Red Oak
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