Mount Ayr Mobilizes Good Roads Drive and City Paving
Mount Ayr community leaders raise funds for Ringgold county road improvements. State official contributions accompany local gifts as the good roads push advances on county lanes and to the city paving project. The hitching racks vote is set for an upcoming Community club ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Ayr
Ringgold County
H. C. Beard
F. E. Sheldon
A. JL. Nutt
W. V. Sawyer
Earl Newton
C. A. Fry
John C. Holden
Brutal Murder Shocks Percival. Couple Shot at Dinner
In Percival an elderly ex merchant 85 S E S Bailey and his wife were shot in the back during dinner. The assailants were believed to fire through an open window. Mrs Bailey remains unconscious as their 12 year old son found them unaware of the tragedy.
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Sioux City
Percival
E. S. Bailey
Bailey
Electrocution during Storm Claims Life in McGregor
William Jones of McGregor was fatally electrocuted when a live fallen wire touched him on his way to his blacksmith shop. Contractor Charles Klei, present at the scene, attempted to move the wire with a folding rule but Jones was shocked by 2000 volts and died instantly while still gripping the wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North McGregor
William Jones
McGregor
Charles Kleinow
Jones
Motorcycle Cop Hurt In Riding Park Incident
Motorcycle Policeman Jas Flockhart was seriously injured at the North Side driving park while trying his new 100 mile an hour bike. A cow darted onto the track forcing him to swerve to avoid a collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Jas. Flockhart
North Side
Flockhart
Lutherans Plan School in Denison on West Broadway
The German Lutheran association of Denison awarded J F Kabler the contract to build a new school near the Lutheran church on West Broadway for 7797 dollars excluding heating.
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Lutherans Plan School
Denison
The
German Lutheran Association of Denison
West Broadway
Lutheran Church
J. F. Kabler
Hardware Store Robbed in New Hampton Mystery
Burglars entered Gaennen & Forkenbrack hardware store through a rear window and escaped with several revolvers and knives. There is no clue to the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampton
Gaennen & Forkenbrack
Pioneer Couple Leave Denison for California
A. J. Bond and his wife, longtime Denison residents for fifty two years, will soon relocate to California. Both are active in the G A R and W R C organizations in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
A. J. Bond
California
G. A. R. and
Pioneer of Iowa Dead in Avoca
John Fletcher Sr a pioneer of this section died at his Hancock home aged 77 after sixty seven years in Iowa His death ends a long period of local residence and service to the community.
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Iowa
Avoca
John Fletcher
Hancock
Fletcher
Harlan Man Killed In Auto Crash Near Town
Walter Hoover, a retired farmer, was killed when a car overturned after a broken front shock absorber failed. His wife was trapped beneath the vehicle in the eight miles south of Harlan.
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Harlan
Walter Hoover
Here
Hoover
Big Elevator Picnic In Buena Vista Draws 4000
A loyal spirit brings about 4,000 Buena Vista area residents to the annual farmers' Elevator picnic at the fair grounds.
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Alta
Buena Vista
Vicinity
Fair Grounds
Alleged Forgery Suspect In Fort Dodge Check Fraud
A 22 year old man calling himself Joyce is reported to have forged a $445 check on the Hawk Eye Motor Co of Fort Dodge. He allegedly used the check to purchase a Saxon automobile.
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Fort Dodge
Joyce
Hawkeye Motor Company
Consolidation Held Legal in Blairsburg School Case
Webster City Iowa Judge McCall of Nevada rules the formation of the independent consolidated Blairsburg school district legal and valid after a years long dispute. The suit was brought by P C Smith George S Williams and Williams township against the Blairsburg district. An appeal to the supreme court is expected.
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Webster City
McCall
Nevada
Blairsburg
Hamilton County
Independent Consolidated
Supreme Court
Albrook
Eldora
Clinton to Host Next Year Convention of Iowa Sunday School
Des Moines reports Clinton will be the next convention city per state officers after the jubilee of the Iowa Sunday School association. Resolutions praise President Wilson for war leadership and endorse prayers for peace, temperance laws, and prohibition. Eva Marshall Shonts urged Wilson’s peace policy. petitions for a peace conference will be circulated. The Des Moines pageant 500 pupils closed the event at the Auditorium. Marion Lawrence Mary Foster Bryner and W A Brown led departmental meetings on education and administration.
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Des Moines
Wilson
Iowa Sunday School Association
Plymouth Congregational Church
Eva Marshall Shonts
Chicago
Women’s Peace Party
General Assembly
Clinton
Marion Lawrence
Mary Foster Bryner
W. A. Brown
Muster In New Company Cherokee
The new Company M of the Second regiment was mustered in by Col N P Hyatt of Webster City with sixty one enlisted men and three commissioned officers Captain Walter P McCulla First Lieutenant Collins and Second Lieutenant Lewis L Totman. The officers will attend the officers school at Des Moines and the first drill will be led by Sergeant Geiger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee
Joy Ride Costs $100 in Local Case
A. Myers of northwest Missouri Valley was charged with taking a joy ride in a damaged carriage belonging to John S Rowe. He failed to stop or give his name and aid to occupants, and costs totaling $100 were imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
A. Myers
Missouri Valley
John S Rowe
One Hundred Frisco Specials to San Francisco Exposition
Milwaukee officials announce over one hundred special trains will run this summer on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line. The trips will carry fraternal and industrial organizations to the San Francisco exposition.
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Perry
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
San Francisco
Lightning Strikes Kill Two Girls in Traveling Family Camp
A traveling family bound for Nebraska in a covered wagon camped near here when a lightning bolt struck their tent killing two young girls and stunning the rest of the family. Neighbors raised a purse of $90 to aid the travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adair
Nebraska
Here
Professor Enlists in Canadian Army Plea
Ames Professor A E Potts of Iowa State College dairy department has traveled to Canada to enlist for active service in the English army. He hopes to obtain a Canadian volunteers commission, having previously served as an officer in a Scottish regiment before arriving in America.
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Ames
A. E. Potts
Iowa State College
Canada
America
Carrie Chapman Catt Granted Million Dollar Estate
Mrs Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, former Mason City schools superintendent, holds 1 500 000 from the late Mrs Frank Leslie according to her will. The substantial fortune was placed in Catt’s possession twenty five years ago and now rests with her.
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Mason City
Carrie Lane Chapman Catt
Frank Leslie
Catt
Boone County to Build New Courthouse Vote
Des Moines reports Boone county will fund a new 200000 dollar courthouse through a public election. The state supreme court overturned a Boone district court ruling and affirmed the election’s validity.
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Des Moines
Boone County
State Supreme Court
Kamrar
Boone District Court
First Fourth of July Victim in Iowa
Glenn Hutchinson aged 16 dies after a tin can cannon cracker explodes injuring his eye while he and other boys were making it. The incident marks the first Fourth of July fatality in Iowa for the year.
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Sioux City
Glenn Hutchinson
Iowa
Reverend Cavanagh Assigned as Assistant at Local Catholic Church
Denison receives Rev. A. A. Cavanagh, transferred from Murray County Minnesota to serve as assistant to Father Farrelly at the Catholic Church. The move places a new clergy member at the city parish.
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Cavanagh
Denison
A. A. Cavanagh
Murray County
Minnesota
Father Farrelly
Catholic Church
Oldest Mason in Iowa Dies at 96
Robert Wharton ninety six, the oldest active Mason in Iowa, died at his home in Bussey. He was a pioneer and widely known.
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Oskaloosa
Robert Wharton
Iowa
Bussey
Publisher Badly Hurt in Spencer Car Crash
George W. Van Aalten publisher of the Banner at Royal and former publisher of the Union of this city sustained a fractured skull in an automobile accident near Spencer. Doctors consider the injury potentially fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
George W. van Aatten
Banner
Royal
Spencer
Union
Doctor Drowned in Union Iowa River Incident
Dr. Walter F. Hammill of Union drowned after being swept over a dam in a boat on the Iowa river. His body was recovered five hours later. Two others escaped.
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Eldora
Walter F. Hammill
Union
Iowa River
Centerville Catholic Church Hospital Fund Reaches Milestone
The Centerville Catholic Church reports $8,009 of $15,000 needed for the new 360000 hospital project secured. Once the $15,000 goal is reached the church will supply the remaining funds and proceed with construction.
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Centerville
Centervile
Convention Vote Chooses Waterloo for Iowa Bankers Session
The Iowa Bankers Association selected Waterloo for its 1916 convention after Des Moines failed to secure it. Nearly all members attended, with about 1500 bankers registered. the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce helped invite. John Dinwiddie of Cedar Rapids was elected to the executive committee of the American Bankers Association, succeeding John McHugh of Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Bankers Association
Waterloo
Davenport
Des Moines
Iowa Bankers’ Association
John McHugh
Sioux City
Mr. Dinwiddie
Leo Stevens
Frank Epperson
Eddyville
Army Horses Coming to Iowa National Guard Batteries
The Iowa National Guard artillery units are to receive thirty six horses each with five caretakers. Captain R S Whitley of Battery A I N G reports orders to secure suitable stable space for the contingent. The horses are provided by Congress in the last session for national guard batteries.
Will Rebuild Phone Lines In Hamburg
After an indignation meeting the Iowa Telephone Company agreed to rebuild lines from Hamburg into northwestern Missouri. Legal complications previously threatened to cut Hamburg communication with outlying points.
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Hamburg
Iowa Telephone Company
Missouri
Mgisourt
Remarkable Essex student sets perfect attendance record
Miss Mabel Newquist of Essex High School graduates with a flawless attendance record over ten years, never absent or tardy. Her overall average stood at 92 314, marking a standout achievement in local schooling.
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Wecprd
Essex
Mabel Newquist
Essex High School
Fifteen Years For Forgery in Ottumwa
Frank Stephenson pleaded guilty to forging several checks and was sent to Anamosa for a fifteen year sentence imposed by Judge M. Hunter. George Brizendine received ten years on the same charge.
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Ottumwa
Frank Stephenson
Anamosa
M. Hunter
George Brizendine
Former Mayor Henry Wilson Dies in Ames at 74
Henry Wilson aged seventy four longtime public servant and former mayor of Ames died at his home in Ames. He held every possible municipal post during his career and contributed to city affairs for years.
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Ames
Henry Wilson
Farmer Andrew Danielson Dies by Own Action Near Decorah
Decorah reports Andrew Danielson, wealthy retired farmer, died by self harm on his farm ten miles north of the city. He had been in town in the morning and went to the farm at noon.
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Decorah
Andrew Danielson
Veteran railroader dies in Creston yard accident
Adam Walker a Burling ton railroad veteran who started in Ottumwa forty years ago and had remained in service died after an accident in Creston yards in which he lost both legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Adam Walker
Burlington Railroad
Ottumwa
Pioneer Teacher Marion Duncan Dies After 48-Year Career
Marion Duncan, longtime Clear Lake teacher, died here at age unknown. She spent forty eight years teaching at a single school, a record likely unmatched in the state.
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Clear Lake
Marion Duncan
Farmer Dies by Self Guarding Wife’s Grave
Charles Briges an elderly farmer near Rockford killed himself at his wife’s grave using a revolver. The death occurred on his farm area in Charles City. Investigators report no other persons involved in the incident.
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Charles City
Charles Briges
Rockford
Californias Imperial valley rocked by deadly earthquake
A series of shocks from Calexico to El Centro caused widespread damage and loss of life. More than a score dead and buildings ruined across the valley. Telephones and telegraphs disrupted as the quake struck at 7 20 p m with subsequent shocks.
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el Centro
Cal
Imperial Valley
Calexico
Yuma
San Bernardino
Zepplin Bombing Strikes South Shields Arsenal
A message from Christiania reports Zeppelins dropped many bombs on the Armstrong works at South Shields England during the night of June 15 16 destroying the navy yard and arsenal. Seventeen people were killed and forty injured as several buildings burned through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Overseas Agency
Christiania
Jotum
Stavanger
Armstrong Works
South Shields
England
Navy Yard
Arsenal
Allies kill 1300 Turks at Dar danelles attack
Cairo reports an official bulletin saying 1300 Turks were killed in an all day fight for a Turkish position at the Dar danelles. Allied troops rushed the trenches and drove the enemy from the area.
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Cairo
Dardanelles
Reservists Ready Across Switzerland for Regimental Call Up
Geneva dispatch notes Swiss reservists are kept in readiness to rejoin their regiments at a moment's notice as their government gears up military preparedness. The report highlights the maintained alert status among Eul pire 2"76'ersters, reflecting wartime measures.
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Tyne
Switzerland
Geneva
French Take Sondernach in Alsace Drive Toward Rhine
Paris June 25. French troops report progress in the renewed Alsace push toward the Rhine. The official communique says Sondernach, a town south of Metzerol, has fallen to French forces.
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Sondernach
Paris
Alsace
Rhine
Metzerol
Steel Plants Busy in June Restart Efforts
Pittsburgh June 23 The Carnegie Steel Company orders resume of operations at Homestead Duquesne and Edgar Thompson plants in July and has begun work at Sharon Pennsylvania signaling broader restart activity across its mills and departments.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel Company
Homestead
Duquesne
Edgar Thompson
Zuly
Sharon
Five Condemned to Hang in Jackson Mississippi
Five murderers were condemned to die August 6 by the Mississippi supreme court in Jackson. Mississippians hail the court's action as remarkable given the clemency once shown to Leo M. Frank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
Leo M. Frank
Warden's Wife Slain at Joliet Penitentiary
Joliet Illinois June 22 Mrs Edmund M Allen wife of the warden was killed in the administration building. An inmate in the men’s quarters is suspected and believed to have attacked her before setting the bed on fire with wood alcohol. Warden was away at West Baden Indiana and Mrs Allen planned to join him later.
Russians Repel Teutons in Six Day Dniester Battle
Petrograd reports a major Russian victory on the Galician front. The right wing Austro German forces were defeated after six days on the Dniester river line with more than five thousand prisoners taken.
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Dniester River
Petrograd
Galcia
War Office
Teutonic
Dniester
Teutons Retake Lemberg in Galicia
Vienna reports the recapture of Lemberg by the Austro-Hungarian second army after a violent fight as part of the Galicia campaign. The official announcement confirms the city is back under control.
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Vienna
Lemberg
Galicia
Weather Forecast Wireless Service Expands Illinois
Washington June 24. Weather forecasts for Illinois will be distributed by wireless from Illiopolis NL. The department of agriculture announced that amateurs may receive the messages flashed from 12 45 to 1 p m.
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Washington
Illinois
Illiopolis
Department of Agriculture
Firemen killed in chemical explosion at city plant
In Philadelphia on June 24 two firemen died when chemicals exploded and buried them under a wall. William Jones battalion chief and John Hillman hoseman of Pot wid lows were among the dead. Grace Stewart pianist found after national search. Kristian de Wet found guilty of treason in Bloemfontein trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiladelphia
Thomas Potter & Sons
William Jones
John Hillman
Kago
Jen. de Wet
Bloe
Fontein
South Africa
Kristian de Wet
Lansing Accepts Secretary of State Post in Wilson Cabinet
President Wilson offered Robert Lansing the post of permanent secretary of state and Lansing accepted. Secretaries Garrison and Daniels visited his office while Tumulty telephoned congratulations. Lansing, 50, Water town New York, has long served as counsel in international law and advised on notes to Germany and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Robert Lansing
White House
Lansing
New Hampshire
Ate
Department of State
Garrison
Daniels
Tumulty
John W. Foster
State Department
John Bassett Moore
Watertown
N. Y
United States
Bering Sea Claims Commission
The
Hague
Great Britain
Germany
Bryan
Lusitania
William P. Frye
Haiti
Frye
Balloon record and world news notes from June telegraphy
Reports from San Francisco El Paso St Louis London Valparaiso and Washington summarize aviation height claims a hospital fire rumor a railroad leadership change a French backed fleet move land grant to Druilla Carr and Red Cross relief for Guerrero Mexico amid widespread hunger among 20 000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Edward Unger
el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Mexico
St. Louis
Wabash Railroad
Edward F. Kearney
London
Taranto
Tenedos
Dardanelles
Exchange ‘Telegraph
Copenhagen
Valparaiso
Ind
Drusilla Carr
Gary
Washington
Guerrero
American Red Cross
Oust Big Financiers Rally in British Court
Court efforts targeted Sir Edgar Speyer and Sir Ernest Cassel in a drive to remove trusted British citizens of German birth from positions of influence. The action was spearheaded from London with June 25 date framing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edgar Speyer
Ernest Cassel
Air Fleet Might End War
H G Wells proposes a tactic for ending the war by sending Allied aeroplanes to strike German rear areas and destroy ammunition factories. The idea envisions a decisive aviation campaign to cripple munitions production and hasten victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
H. G. Wells
U S Trade Balance Hits 976 Million For June
Secretary Redfield announced a June 19 U S trade surplus of 976 million dollars. He projected the fiscal year balance to exceed one billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Redfield
U. S
Shootout in Miluskee County Kills Two Whisky Peddlers
Sheriff H. M. Wilson and two deputies encountered two unidentified whisky peddlers near Welty, Miluskee county. In the gun fight that followed, the officers killed the two liquor sellers as the assailants fired two shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okemah, Okla
8. M. Wilson
Welty
Miluskee County
Taggart 15 Indicted in Indiana Election Corruption Case
Indianapolis June 24 Thomas Taggart Democratic national committee man for Indiana Mayor Joseph B Bell Samuel V Perrott chief of police and 125 others indicted by Marion county grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit felonies through election law violations bribery and blackmail Bond set at 5000 for Taggart and Bell More than a dozen officials and police officers named among the indicted including city attorney Fred Barrett former police chief Robert Metzger and others The case涉及 high political figures and election irregularities with witnesses noting returns from Terre Haute and ties to Bell's official family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Joseph B. Bell
Samuel V. Perrott
Marion County Grand Jury
Taggart
Bell
French Lick
Fred Barrett
Robert Metzger
Frank P., Baker
Herman Adam
Dennis Bush
Edward Lyons
John W. Sluss
Donn M. Roberts
Terre Haute
Charles Coval
Jacob H. Hilkene
Oscar Merrill
U S Warned by Mexico Over Yaqui Threats to Americans
Washington reports Mexico's Sono state authorities warned Americans face Yaqui threats and demanded no landing of U S forces on Mexican soil. Secretary Daniels said no further instructions would be sent to Admiral Howard, leaving landing decisions to his discretion. El Paso dispatch notes General Villa and troops capture San Luis Potosi, a major northern city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
Sono
Howard
Tvho
Secretar Daniels
Navy
Howar
el Paso
Tex
Villa
San Luis Potosi
Australia to Raise More Troops
The Australian defense minister received an imperial appeal for logistics to raise three infantry brigades. Efforts will mobilize as many men as possible to support this request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
London
U S Denies Suggestion Barring Japanese Troops Use
Washington on June 25 Secretary of State Lansing denied a report that the United States suggested to Great Britain to prevent the use of Japanese troops on the European continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Lansing
United States
Great Britain
Europe
British Steamer Sunk by German Submarine
The British steamer Carisbrook was sunk by gun fire from a German submarine on June 21, forty miles north of Kinnaird's head. Eleven crew members were saved and thirteen are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Carisbrook
Kinnaird’s Head
Italy to Declare War on Germany Expected
A Berlin dispatch says Italy is about to declare war on Germany. If Italy acts, it will likely send an army into France, signaling a broader conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Berlin
Germany
Italy
France
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Rebekah Jlodges
Odd Fellows’ Orphan Home
Iowa Assembly
Lens
Arras
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Souche
Lea
Uy Rietz
Givenchy En
Les Tillenls
Edmund M. Allen
Joliet Prison
Teutons
RUSS
Beit Give Bond
MEXI
Stora
Admiral Howard
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