Lost Auto Plates Spur New Plans In Des Moines
Two carloads of automobile number plates vanished between St Paul and Des Moines causing delays in 1916 registrations. The secretary of state’s auto department lags 25 000 plates behind while railroads are blamed for disruptions. Every 1915 registrant now subscribes to Greater Iowa and is urged to attend the state fair.
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Des Moines
St. Paul
Secretary of Plate’s Department
Greater Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Auto Department
Agricultural Department
Pioneers Claimed By Death In Madison County
Winterset Iowa reports nine pioneer residents of Madison county died in the past week due to a grip epidemic. The deceased include A. J. Rollstin who arrived in 1857 Daniel Mee Conlee a longtime resident since 1856 David Griffith here since 1865 Robert McCalman a large farm owner near the area since 1868 Peter Moore who arrived in 1852 at age 91 Mary J. Griswold a resident since 1865 Elizabeth Duff here since 1859 James Thompson in the county for fifty five years and John F Ivins here a quarter century.
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Winterset
Madison County
A. J. Rollstin
Daniel Mee Conlee
David Griffith
Robert McCalman
Peter Moore
Mary J. Griswold
Elizabeth Duff
James Thompson
John F. Ivins
Widow of Senator Wilson Dies in Fairfield
Mrs. Mary A K Wilson widow of James F Wilson longtime Fairfield resident died after a brief illness at nearly 84. The late senator helped frame Iowa’s constitution and served as a wartime representative and U S senator from Iowa from 1882 to 1895. He died in 1895 a month after retirement.
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Sen. Wilson
Fairfield
Mary A. K. Wilson
United States
James F. Wilson
Wilson
Iowa
Senate
Auto Thief Warning Plates Issued by Iowa Protective Assn
Neat brass plates signaling Iowa Automobile Protective Association membership will replace old pasteboard cards. President John Griffin received several thousand new plates for distribution. The plates bear the inscription Stop thief This automobile is protected by the Iowa Automobile Protective Association.
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Des Moines
Iowa Automobile Protective Association
John Griffin
Knoxville Man Ends Life Over Financial Troubles
C A Koenig, a Knoxville resident for 25 years, died after swallowing strychnine and cutting his throat. Three surgeons attempted to save him but the poison and injuries proved fatal. Officials believe financial troubles prompted the act.
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Knoxville
C. A. Koenig
Koenig
Big Butter Business in Tama Tama with Strong Local Trade
Tama's butter hub shows a local firm handling 276,406 pounds of product and paying about $75,000 for cream last year. The company also reported substantial activity in poultry and eggs.
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Tama
Prominent Iowa Businessman Charles Fleming Dies at 56
Charles Fleming of Meming Brothers died at his Des Moines home after a heart ailment. He had suffered over a year with the disease, a recent grip attack hastened his death. Fleming was 56 years old.
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Des Moines
Charles Fleming
Meming Brothers
Fleming
Kindness to Animals Week Promoted Across Iowa
Preachers and teachers in Iowa will urge kindness to animals as part of a Humane Association movement. May 21 is designated Humane Sunday with ministers delivering sermons. The preceding week is Kindness to Animals Week to inform schoolchildren about the Humane Association’s work.
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Des Moines
Iowa
American Humane Association
Humane Association
Keokuk Liquor Case Tangle
Keokuk faces another tangle in the repeal test case as defendant Phil Nickell is sent to the grand jury. Lawyers expect the grand jury to continue the case, with a dismissal risking nullifying habeas corpus actions and an indictment likely to complicate matters.
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Keokuk
Phil Nickell
Grand Jury
Grand
Coe College Offers Free Education for Belgian Youth
Cedar Rapids authorities propose to educate a Belgian child at Coe College if Mrs. Helen Hayes Gleason brings one from Belgium. Gleason, a Cedar Rapids nurse, has returned to the front and promised to fulfill the request. The offer stems from a chapter in Hilda of the Wars by Arthur Gleason that recounts a Belgian orphan saved after a shelling tragedy.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Helen Hayes Gleason
Hilda
Belgium
Seed Corn Report urges thorough testing for 1916 crop
Reports from Ames and counties across Iowa show abundant seed corn, with high germination in 1914 and 1915 lots. In Algona and Wright county testing reaches 82 to 100 percent, while some 1913 seed hits 100 percent germination. Professor Hughes cautions testing every ear before planting.
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Ames
Iowa
Algona
Kossuth
Wright County
Waverly
Bremer County
Muscatine County
H. D. Hughes
Farm Crops Department
Iowa State College
Father charged with kidnapping in Nevada case
Fred Baldwin thirty seven of Colfax Washington is jailed awaiting Washington sheriff to return him for trial. He and his ex wife divorced months ago and the children were given to the wife. The wife says Baldwin took the children on a car ride to Canada and back to Colfax before his arrest.
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Nevada
Fred Baldwin
Colfax
Wash
Washington
Baldwin
Canada
Co'o
Knoxville's First Citizen Returns to His Old Town
S. C. Conrey, whose father staked the Knoxville site seventy two years ago on the present Marion county courthouse grounds, visits after more than fifty years away. He recalls the town’s first village school from seventy years past and now lives in Fremont Nebraska.
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Knoxville
S. C. Conrey
Marion County
Fremont
Neb
Presence of Mind Caves Life
Knoxville area farmer W. P. Durham was seriously burned when a gasoline can exploded while refilling an engine tank used to grind feed. He rolled in the snow to smother the flames, a quick act that saved his life.
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Knoxville
W. P. Durham
Vinton Sees Record Growth With $300,000 in Improvements
The past year brought Vinton its greatest growth, with about $300,000 spent on two churches a theatre homes and store buildings plus city work including paving sewer boulevard lights and more. The town is described as growing by leaps and bounds.
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Vinton
Saloonmen Still Hopeful in Prohibition Test Cases
Davenport saloon men cling to hope of victory in the prohibitory law cases. Most stay open and sell soft drinks to pass the day. Many have paid rent three months in advance hoping the saloon side will win.
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Davenport
Monument Plan Under Way for General Dodge in Council Bluffs
A national plan to erect a monument or statue for General Dodge in his hometown Council Bluffs has been launched, honoring the general as per his expressed wish for a home city memorial.
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Dodge
Council Bluffs
This Boy Regular Winner Claims Baby Pork Prize
Logan Bernard Smith of Harrison county is informed by Prof E C Bishop of Ames that he won the baby pork contest and earns a short course instruction at Ames for the victory.
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Logan—Bernard Smith
Harrison County
E. C. Bishop
Ames
Mulci Repeal Case Postponed in Keokuk Courts
The hearing of the mulci law repeal test case brought by Phil Nickell, a veteran local saloon keeper, was postponed. No new hearing date is set and it is believed the case will not reach the Supreme Court before March.
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Keokuk
Phil Nickell
Supreme Court
Costly Fire Destroys Lilley Dry Goods in Muscatine
In Muscatine the B E Lilley dry goods store one of the citys oldest firms was destroyed by a morning fire discovered at 5 oclock. Loss estimated over 200000 dollars.
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Muscatine
B. E. Lilley
Farmer Killed Crossing Train Near Clarion
Robert Crabtree a farmer was killed when his top buggy was struck by a Great Western passenger train three miles northeast of Clarion He failed to see the train while attempting to cross a grade crossing and died at the scene.
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Farmer
Clarion
Robert Crabtree
Great Western
Here
Ames Team Wins Stock Judging Contest at Denver Show
The Iowa State college live stock judging team captured the silver trophy at the western stock show in Denver defeating teams from Kansas Missouri Colorado Utah Idaho Wyoming Nebraska Oregon and Washington. Coach W. H. Pew led the effort with team members C. G. Mason O. H. Tuttle J. P. Eves T. H. Roberts and G. A. Noble.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Denver
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Nebraska
Oregon
Washington
W. H. Pew
Animal Husbandry Department
C. G. Mason
O. H. Tuttle
J. P. Eves
T. H. Roberts
G. A. Noble
State Buys Land Near Prison for Chair Factory
The state and Fort Madison Chair Co. signed papers making the state owner of a tract of land adjacent to the prison. The 250 foot frontage on Fourth Street had housed storage for the chair company and may be used similarly for the new chair factory the state is installing at the prison, expected to operate in a few weeks.
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Fort Madison
WILL NOT RAISE FARES NOW
Des Moines reports railroads in the middle west likely will not raise Iowa and surrounding states passenger rates from 2 to 2.4 cents per mile immediately to match interstate fares. A railroad representative said inter state rates will be tested first and that enforcement is going smoothly. He noted little evidence of evasion and that the public appears willing to test the new rates.
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Des Moines
Middle West
Iowa
State House
Pony Dispatch Rider Dead
Cedar Rapids IA veteran Aldrich dies at 85 after brief grip illness. He joined the 1849 California gold rush and later served as a pony dispatch rider between western boom towns. He helped survey the Illinois Central railroad across Iowa and was mail clerk on the road’s first train into Sioux City.
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Cedar Rapids
Hi” Aldrich
Iowa
Aldrich
California
Illinois Central
Sioux City
Prisoners Break Jail In Marengo Escape
A wholesale jail delivery occurred when three prisoners escaped the county jail. Eugene Cahill, bound for Ft Madison for burglary, was captured at Wintersburg. Ernest Brundage and Henry Cetlin remain at large.
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Marengo
Eugene Cahill
Ft Madison
Wintersburg
Ernest Brundage
Henry Cetlin
Electrician Survives Six Hour Tank Ordeal
Roland Joseph Haversten city electrician entered a water tank using a rope for access. Halfway up his numb hand slipped and he fell into the tank. He cried for help for six hours before being found, though he appeared none the worse for the experience.
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Roland
Joseph Haversten
City Electrician
Stuckslager Named to State Board of Education
Governor Clarke appointed Willard C. Stuckslager of Lisbon to the state board of education to replace A. B. Funk who resigned to become industrial commissioner. Stuckslager, a banker, has served on Cornell college trustees and held seats in the Iowa General Assembly from 1902 to 1905 and later in the Senate through the Thirty-fifth Assembly.
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Funk
Clarke
Willard C. Stuckslager
Lisbon
State Board of Education
A. B. Funk
Stuckslager
Cornell College
Senate
Montenegro Surrenders to Austria in Unconditional Peace
Montenegrin forces unconditionally surrender to Austria and will lay down arms. The move makes Montenegro the first belligerent in the 18 month war to seek peace. Terms likely include cession of Mount Lovcen and Scutari. Barbed celebrations erupt in Berlin and Vienna after the announcement.
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General Headquarters of
Army
Berlin
Montenegro
Austria
Mount Lovcen
Scutari
Little Mountain Kingdom
Tisza
Vienna
Serbia
King Constantine Rumored to Flee Greece Amid Coup Talk
Paris dispatches report French and British troops land at Corinth as Berlin hints at a revolutionary shift in Greece. A republic may be proclaimed and former premier Venizelos could be named president while Constantine allegedly plans to withdraw to Larissa to preserve neutrality.
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Amsterdam
Corinth
Greece
Athens
Europe
Berlin
Constantine
Venizelos
Larissa
France
Great Britain
Entente
Du Pont Blast Kills One at Hopewell Plant
A nitrating house explosion at the Du Pont Powder company plant in Hopewell Virginia killed Thomas A Meehan of Savannah Georgia and injured several other workers. Authorities investigated cause and safety measures following the blast today.
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du Pont
Hopewell
Thomas A. Meehan
Savannah
du Pont Powder Company
German Losses Reach 2 535 768 Men in War
London reports in the house of commons that total German casualties to date amount to 2 535 768. The figure was announced by Hi J Tennant under secretary of state for war.
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London
House of Commons
Hi. J. Tennant
Pere Marquette Car Ferry Stranded North of Ludington
Pere Marquette car ferry No 19 on the Ludington to Milwaukee run ran aground four miles north of Ludington in a northwest gale Monday night. The Lake Michigan vessel is unable to maneuver. Local harbor crews monitor the situation as salvage prospects are awaited.
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Lake, Detroit
Mich
Pere Marquette
Ludington
Milwaukee
Steamer Brings Millions Amid Torpedo Safeguards
The Tuscania liner arrived in New York with bullion and American securities valued at several million dollars. Great precautions were taken to prevent torpedoing of the ship.
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New York
Teutons Win Battle on 81 Mile Front in Bessarabia
Vienna announces a 24 day battle across 81 miles in eastern Galicia and Bessarabia ends with Austro Hungarian victory. Russian losses exceed 70 000 killed and wounded plus about 6 000 prisoners. Russians retreat while Austro Hungarian forces claim to hold positions. Kiev reports Lutsk fortress evacuation by Germans with 4000 prisoners.
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London
Bessarabia
Vienna
Galicia
Bessarabian
Austria
Hungary
Kiev
Russia
Petrograd
Lutsk
Volhynia
Eastman Kodak to be dissolved by federal decree
In Buffalo on January 21 the Eastman Kodak Company deemed a trust in restraint of trade by the U S district court will be dissolved. Judge Hazel said he will issue a decree ordering separation of the business but will allow objections to the decree’s form. Dissolution was sought in a June 1913 suit by Attorney General McReynolds.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Eastman Kodak Company
United States District Court
Hazel
Eastman Company
McReynolds
Raid Homes Seizure of Liquors Hits Seattle
Deputy sheriffs entered the homes of two wealthy lumbermen in Seattle on January 22 and confiscated large quantities of wines and liquors. The haul included old champagnes valued at more than 60 dollars per quart, highlighting a broad crackdown on illicit possession.
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Seattle
Chicago Train Wreck Kills Engineer in Missouri Derailment
Louis Col Her of Trenton Missouri was killed and four trainmen injured when a double header on the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific derailed near Trenton Missouri on January 22.
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Chicago
Trenton
Louis Col Her
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Plot In Chinese Palace Sparks Arrests In Peking
In the imperial palace in Peking several servants and high officials were arrested over an alleged bomb plot. All detainees were later released after no case could be proven.
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Peking
Imperial Palace
2000 Atlas Portland Cement workers receive raises
Allentown Pennsylvania January 21 2000 workers at the Northampton plant of Atlas Portland Cement were given wage increases ranging from seven to ten percent.
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Allentown
Northampton
Atlas-Portland Cement Company
Senator Hoker Smith Denounces British Trade Edict
In Washington on January 22 Senator Hoker Smith of Georgia condemned Great Britain's interference with neutral trade. He argued the United States must defend neutral rights as Britain seeks to dominate commerce and press cotton and foodstuffs through northern European ports to noncombatants in Germany and Austria. He urged firm yet peaceful action to secure neutral shipping rights against both belligerents.
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Washington
Great Britain
Senate
Hoker Smith
Georgia
England
United States
Germany
America
Smith
Russia
Europe
Austria
Congress of the United States
Ultimatum Sent to Greece Report Intensifies
Dispatches from Sofia corroborate a British French ultimatum demanding the Greek government dismiss all central power diplomats and consuls. The alert follows official denials and signals a steeply escalating crisis in Greece amid entente pressure.
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London
Greece
Sofia
The
Star
France
Great Britain
Chicago Sleuth Sentenced for Bribe Acceptances
John J. Halpin former chief detective of Chicago was sentenced to one to five years in Joliet penitentiary for accepting bribes from criminals. He began serving after failing to obtain a stay from the county jail. His attorney will seek a writ of superseders to stay the sentence during appeal for a new trial.
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J. J. Halpin
Chicago
John J. Halpin
Joliet
Supreme Court
Halpin
Orrin Carter
Ports at mercy of enemy fleet say general
Washington January 22 two great American seaports New York and San Francisco would be at the mercy of an enemy fleet armed with modern long range naval guns according to General E M Weaver
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Washington
Jan
New York
San Francisco
E. M. Weaver
Ten Trains for Refugees
El Paso Texas January 22 American mine owners in Mexico plan to dispatch ten special trains to bring employees in peril from raiding bands of bandits to various districts. The move aims to save workers facing deadly danger amid violence in border regions.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Deati
Smoker Causes Burns to Woman at Reception
A cigarette spark at a New York reception ignited Mrs. Albin Marsh's gown and caused serious burns that may be fatal. Three guests rushed to her aid and also suffered burns.
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New York
Albin Marsh
Kaiser Meets Bulgar Czar in cordial review
Emperor William of Germany met King Ferdinand of Bulgaria in Nish. The monarchs exchanged cordial greetings and reviewed a procession of Bulgarian and German troops nearby.
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Kaiser
Bulgar Czar
Nish
William
Germany
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Wood urges universal military service for national defense
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood told a Senate committee that the U S coastline is vulnerable to attack and that a 210 000 strong regular army is needed while militia should be absorbed by the government or abandoned. He said compulsory service could mobilize 3 500 000 men aged eighteen to twenty five and every citizen should bear some duty in war. He warned the nation remains unprepared for a first class power and may require 2 000 000 troops to deter invasion.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Senate Military Committee
United States
Wood
Fire devastates Wirt Oklahoma killing houses and homes
The town of Wirt Oklahoma faced a major blaze that destroyed business and residence districts leaving about 1000 people homeless. Four looters were shot during the aftermath as citizens appeal to Governor Williams for state militia protection.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Wirt
R. L. Williams
London
Ryndam
Southend
Los Angeles
Cal
Washington
House Committee On Labor
Keating
Colorado
Updike Brothers Indicted on Conspiracy to Murder
Herbert and Irving Updike were indicted on six charges of conspiracy to murder in three indictments returned Wednesday. They allegedly plotted to kill their father mother and sister. Oak Park Police Chief Lee says the elder Updike fears his sons and opposes bond release to prevent further murder attempts.
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Chicago
Herbert
Irving Updike
Lee
Oak Park
Updike
Gold bullion at U S mint totals 257 million dollars
San Francisco January 22 claim reports in the United States mint gold bullion and coin amounting to 257 million dollars with more expected from various directions per a statement by Superintendent T. W. H. Shanahan.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States
T. W. H. Shanahan
War Impacts Customs Revenues in 1915 Drop
Washington reports customs revenues fell from 283.7 million dollars in 1914 to 205.8 million in 1915. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce cites the war as the cause of the decline.
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Washington
Jan
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Panama Canal to Reopen to Largest Ships February
The Panama canal will reopen to the largest ships now afloat on February 15. Col. B. F. Glenn of the U.S. Army announced the plan after returning from a six week visit to the canal.
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Panama Canal
New York
Col. B. F. Glenn
U.S. A
Canal
Rebel Plot Frustrated in Brazil Amid Arrests
In Rio de Janeiro on January 20, authorities thwarted a well planned revolution by arresting more than 100 petty army officers stationed in the capital, halting efforts to overthrow President Braz.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Braz
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Teutons
Kodak Firm
King
Updike Brothers
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