Wilkerson jailed over Red Oak raid plot and accusations
J N Wilkerson ex Burns detective linked to defense in the Lyn George J Kelly case was arrested at Red Oak on conspiracy charges. Confessions from William Walker Ed Boiler and Harry Nave say Wilkerson furnished weapons and cars for a February Red Oak store raid targeting F F Jones papers. Bonds set at 1000 each. Havner says trial will proceed.
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Havner
Corning
Wilkerson
Atlantic
Try Out Auto Tractor in Iowa County Road Work
In Al lamakee county a farmer and county engineer test an auto tractor wheel and car attachment replacing four horses for road tasks. The experiment near Waukon proves faster and more efficient, with plans to add more tractor wheels and attachments across roads.
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McGregor
Iowa
Allamakee County
Waukon
Fifty Years as Principal Celebrated in Dubuque
Prof. Thomas Irish completed fifty years of service as principal of Prescott school and received a rousing reception. For three hours a constant stream of men, women and children filed through the building offering congratulations. Telegrams poured in from nearly every part of the country, each greeted with enthusiasm.
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Dubuque
Thomas Irish
Prescott School
Gypsum Mills Halt Operations as Strike Spurs Wage Fight
Five gypsum mills in Ft. Dodge suspend work awaiting settlement. Operators reject a 10 percent offer while laborers demand 65 percent increases. Millmen seek 25 cents hourly rise to 55 cents. Operators warn the higher wage would force shutdown. Eight hundred workers have quit.
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Ft. Dodge
Auto Crash Fatal for Woolstock Driver At Crossing
Louis Caquelin of Woolstock was fatally injured when his car struck a westbound Illinois Central mail train near Blairsburg while speeding. He died at the hospital after the collision. Passenger Leon Paquet escaped unharmed.
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Webster City
Louis Caquelin
Woolstock
Illinois Central
Blairsburg
Caquelin
Leon Paquet
Manson Man Killed in Train Crash Near Home
Lewis Weidemann was killed and Arthur Weidemann severely injured when their automobile was struck and destroyed by a Rock Island passenger train near their home in Manson. Both victims were sons of farmer Julius Weidemann.
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Manson
Lewis Weidemann
Arthur Weidemann
Rock Island
Pays
Julius Weidemann
Balloon Lands at Rowley After Omaha to Rowley Flight
A United States Army balloon landed at Rowley after a roughly 280 mile trip from Fort Omaha. The craft completed the journey in about three hours and fifty minutes, averaging seventy miles per hour, before returning to Omaha.
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Rowley
Fort Omaha
Omaha
Booze Shippers Convicted in Iowa Liquor Laws Case
A ferryman and two men running launches between Caswell Wis and Turkey River Ia were fined 50 dollars each for transporting liquor into Iowa. Farmer Kregel received a 100 dollar fine for liquor law violations in a trial before Judge Flannagan last night.
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Elkkader
Cassell
Wis
Turkey River
Iowa
Kregel
Flannagan
Sac City Boy Drowned At Coon River
Sac City 18 year old Peter Tharkish drowned while swimming near the pumping station with three companions. He cramps while crossing a deep hole and another boy barely saved him. Bodies recovered in about 45 minutes. pulmotor failed. He was a clerk at Farmers' Savings Bank and son of John Tharkish.
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Sac City
Peter Tharkish
Coon
City
Farmers’ Savings Bank
John Tharkish
Robbers Busy Across Duncombe and Fort Dodge
A gang robbed nine Duncombe stores and four Fort Dodge offices on the Fourth of July. They stole a Chandler car owned by H. M. Fowell and about 1700 dollars in money and stamps, with P. J. Nugent the heaviest Fort Dodge loser. Robberies extended to farm houses and Illinois Central station at Duncombe. mail sacks were plundered.
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Fort Dodge
Duncombe
H. M. Fowell
P. J. Nugent
Tlinois Central
Iowa Sees Growth in Consolidated School Districts
Des Moines Iowa now has 235 consolidated school districts with modern buildings rural school programs and high school courses. State Superintendent A M Deyoe notes rapid growth since 1913 with about 20 new buildings dedicated since last November and more under construction. Costs range from twenty to eighty thousand dollars averaging thirty to fifty thousand.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. M. Deyoe
Supt
Deyoe
Hall Out of Danger From French Battle Injury
Colfax Iowa aviator Norman Hall of the Lafayette Escadrille was seriously wounded after a German plane attack and a crash in France. A telegram to his mother in Colfax says Hall is out of danger, conscious, and recovering at a military hospital in Soissons after being shot through the breast and badly bruised.
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Hall
Colfax
Norman Hall
Lafayette Escadrille
France
A. W. Hall
Boston
Iowa
Soissons
Camp Dodge Permanence Seen For Des Moines Cantonment
Major General Leonard Wood told a Little Rock dinner that Camp Dodge and other cantonments are likely to become permanent training centers after the war. He argued dry territory is advantageous for camps and warned that liquor harms soldiers.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Leonard Wood
Little Rock
Ark
General Wood
Big Price for Iowa Wool Greene
The Sheep and Wool association has delivered nearly 1600 fleeces by its 35 members and earned about 8000 dollars this year. Fleeces sold for roughly 61 1 2 cents per pound, nearly double last year's price, providing an average of about five dollars per head.
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Iowa
Greene
Sheep and Wool Association
Des Moines Man Registers Over Age After Inquiry
Charles Donohue born in Conception Missouri faced an age dispute after his parents died in infancy. He contacted Missouri officials but registered in Des Moines on June 3 and learned he was said to be 33 years old.
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Des Moines
Charles Donohue
Conception
Donohue
Missouri City
Strange Insect Destroys 100 Acres of Corn in Iowa
A pest unfamiliar to western Iowa has destroyed one hundred acres of corn owned by D. H. Seabury north of Pisgah. The insect is about a half to three-quarters of an inch long, lighter gray than loam soil, with a long snout that bores into the stalk and eats the heart, killing the crop.
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Logan
D. H. Seabury
Pisgah
Iowa
Bakers ban bread waste returns nationwide action
Des Moines report says stores and individuals may not return stale bread to bakeries for credit. The rule was approved by a meeting of forty five bakers from thirty six counties, on the War Emergency Council of the Baking Industry recommendation.
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Des Moines
War Emergency Council of
Baking Industry
Railroad Crossing Fatality at Webster City
B Cottrell aged 38 a farm laborer near Duncombe was killed and his companion J E Springler injured when an Illinois Central passenger train struck their automobile at Webster City.
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Fort Dodge
B. Cottrell
Duncombe
J. E Springler
Illinois Central
Webster City
Lamoni Mayor Killed in Town Car Crash at Crossing
Lamoni mayor Charles F Graham was killed when his auto collided with a freight train in the town center. Passengers Arthur H Smith Doris Rogers and Robert Lewis were injured but expected to recover. Witnesses say Graham appeared to lose control while approaching the crossing.
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Lamoni
Charles F. Graham
Arthur H.smith
Doris Rogers
Robert Lewis
Graham
Wilkerson to hold mass meeting despite injunction
J N Wilkerson Burns detective under district court ban on further public meetings in Iowa announces plans for a monster gathering in Omaha Nebraska. Montgomery county residents urged him to reveal the ax murder probe status and Attorney General Havner's stance.
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Omana
Red Oak
Towa
J. N. Wilkerson
Burns
Omahi
Neb
Wilkerson
Montgomery County
Havner
Burma beans poisonous and should be guarded against
Ames botany chief declares Burma beans found in Iowa markets are poisonous and resemble lima beans. He notes imports came via India through Japan and British Columbia, and urges avoidance despite some culinary use in India. He blames unscrupulous dealers for cheap imports rather than German spies.
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Burma
India
Iowa
L. H. Pammel
Ames
H. N. Osher
Graettinger
Japan
British Columbia
Age limit myths slow filling Iowa officer camp
Iowa's 355 men quota for the Fort Riley second officers training camp draws few applicants. Ralph Faxon says age confusion keeps 21 to 31 year olds from applying, noting lack of prior service is not a barrier. He stresses brains and adaptability, not old military experience, as key to officer potential. A Chicago group backs recruiting younger men.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Riley
Ralph Faxon
John Smith
Faxon
Wharton Clay
Military Training Camp Association
Chicago
Ames Students Aid Farm Labor From 862 High Schools
Reports from Iowa high schools show 11 165 boys and 4 542 girls helping on farms, with 18 000 pupils caring for gardens and 21 000 more on college studies. Of the boys, 2 408 left for farms before school closed, 6 346 after, and 2 411 ready for emergencies. girls mostly join farm homes. Sixty five farm labor bureaus exist in 85 counties, Sioux leads with 18 bureaus, Henry 11, Sac 9, Pottawattamie 8, Delaware 8, many units employing around 100 men.
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Ames
Ames Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa
Sioux
Henry
Sac
Pottawattamiee
Delaware
Young Chinese ruler restores Manchu monarchy amid edict
Peking reports a new edict under Liuan-Tung restoring the monarchy with Li Yuan Yung named duke of the first class. General Chang-Hsun guards the legation quarter as Pekin soldiers mingle and an Imperial emblem is displayed.
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Peking
Liuan- Tung
Chang-Hsun
Li Yuan Yung
Li Yuan Lung
Legation
Pekin
Hsuang Lung
Yuan Shi Kai
Chinese Republic
China
Hsuan-Tung
Greece Breaks With Kaiser Nations In War Crisis
Athens reports Greek government breaks diplomatic relations with Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey as war looms. Le Temps confirms Greek minister Caradja orders diplomats in Berlin Vienna Sofia Constantinople to sever ties and depart with archives handed to Netherlands legation.
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Athens
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Bulgarian
Turkey
Paris
Graphing
le Temps Sys
Switzerland
G. Caradja
Berlin
Vienna
Sofia
Constantinople
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Netherlands
Fatal Crash during Train Chase Near Ft. Dodge
William Craig, 27, of Craig Hollow, died of internal injuries after his Ford overturned on the Hawkeye highway ten miles from Ft. Dodge while attempting to race a train. A second occupant survived without injuries. Craig was blinded by oncoming car lights and left the road into the ditch.
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Ft. Dodge
William Craig
Craig Hollow
Hawkeye Highway
Craig
Iowa Girl Made Corporal in France Ambulance Corps
Council Bluffs reports Corporal Ruth Harl, an ambulance driver who went to the French front earlier, has been promoted to corporal. She previously served on the Salonika post before transferring to the western front.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
Ruth Harl
France
Miss Harl
Salonika
Reports on Crops in Western Canada July 2
Toronto notes 260 crop reports for the week ending June 20 from areas served by the Canadian Northern Railway in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Seventy six report excellent crop condition while ninety three indicate need of rain and one hundred sixty five show rain has fallen. Grain height ranges from eight to fifteen inches in wheat across the district.
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Toronto
Canadian Northern Railway
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
New Russian Minister Presented Credentials in Washington
Boris Bakhmeteff, new Russian minister, presented credentials to President Wilson and was received as the first permanent diplomat of the new Russian democracy. He affirmed Russia’s loyalty to the Allied cause against Germany and Wilson promised full support and cooperation.
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Washington, D. C
Boris Bakhmetieff
Wilson
Russia
Germany
Plot to dynamite stands disrupts Earlham Dexter game
Discovery of an alleged plot to blow up the crowded grand stand at the ballpark led to the arrest of Warren Fry, 26. Fans were ordered to evacuate quietly during the Earlham and Dexter game as fourteen sticks of dynamite were found under the stands and more dynamite and caps were found on Fry.
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Warren Fry
Earlham
Dexter
Iry
British Destroyer Sunk After Mine Strike in North Sea
London reports an old type torpedo boat destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. Eighteen survivors were rescued.
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London
North Sea
Two Women Die in Car Crash In Manistee
Two women were killed and 20 people injured when a Manistee and Northeastern railroad train collided with a trolley car and its two trailers in Manistee Michigan on July 6.
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Manistee
Mich
Manistee & Northeastern
Greek Destroyer Doxa Blown Up Near Crete
Paris reports the Greek destroyer Doxa blown up in the Mediterranean by a mine or torpedo. All officers perished along with twenty one crew members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mediterranean
American Railroad Commission Welcomed in Russian Orthodox Service
Petrograd July 4 The American railroad commission received a rare honor as they were welcomed and blessed in a special Russian Orthodox church service marking the visit by U S officials to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Church
Petrograd
American Railroad Commission
Till He Come He is coming back and the Lord's Supper
The article argues the Lord Jesus will return as promised, contrasting his coming with the Holy Spirit, and cites scriptures from John Acts Thessalonians and Revelation. It emphasizes readiness, faith in Christ, and view of the Lord's Supper as a sign of Christ's return.
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Christ
Calvary
John the Evangelist
Patmos
Jesus
Thessmonten
Jesus Christ
Galilee
Paul
First Thessalonians
Second Thessalonians
Peter
John
the Evangelist
Jno
David Friedrich Strauss
Earth
Strauss
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