Nation wins when the Sixty-fourth Congress prepared for war
The Sixty-fourth Congress ended with vast naval and army build ups, a three year ship construction plan, and large appropriations. It enacted a ship purchase bill, eight hour railroad law, child labor and immigration measures, rural credits, and vocational education, reshaping the US toward a fighting nation.
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Porto Rico
Supreme Court
Wilson
Taft
Cleveland
United States
Congress
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Could Afford the Newest Mrs Casey at the Ball
The Boston Transcript notes Mrs Van Astor wore a two hundred year old mask impression at the ball last night. Mrs O’Brien also wore a two hundred year old face, remarking on the extravagance and wealth on display.
Miscellaneous Historical Notices and Inventions
A collection of short items covers banana tree yields versus wheat, a hand held night lamp for drivers, a patent for hollow steel bar rolling, medieval use of carpet, a day nursery for munition workers, teacher associations in Memphis, a permanganate trick for keeping flowers fresh, coal shipments to Paris by motor car, Cincinnati meat packing growth, electrolysis to remove absorbed metals, British auto train control with cab signals, Grady county farmers seeking rail transport, a Kentucky man seeking a stepmother for four daughters, color vision and blue yellow danger signals, and new glass number plates read from porch lights at night.
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Acton
England
Memphis
Tenn
Paris
Cincinnati
Grady County
Kentucky
Connecticut
Grain Des Moines Blockade Ties Up 100000 Cars
Iowa farmers and elevator operators face millions in losses as contracts expire March 1 and loaded grain sits on sidetracks. Railroads report more than 100000 cars blocked east of Chicago, unable to load for ships, hurting brick and tile makers and manufacturers. Authorities seek drastic relief.
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Des *Moines
Iowa
Iowa Railroad Commission
Chicago
Nebraska
George Wrightman
Iowa Manufacturers’ Association
Mr. Wrightman
Railroad Commission
State Digest notes Iowa liquor decline since 1916 repeal
Des Moines reports Iowa’s liquor consumption at a minimum due to dry law effects. State agents and court actions, bootlegging prosecutions, and Attorney General Havner securing railroad cooperation have reduced illegal sales, with hundreds of thousands of quarts destroyed in the last year.
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Iln
Des Moines
Iowa
Havner
Iowa potato and onion supplies cited in New York appeal
Hungry New Yorkers ask Iowa for food. A. R. Corey reports New York seeks growers with potatoes and onions for sale. He cites Iowa crops, noting 20 year average 10,516,639 bushels, but 1916 crop fell to 4,287,000 bushels.
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Iowa
Ames
A. R. Corey
State Agricultural Department
New York
Cory
Health Survey In Wapello Iowa City
At the request of the Wapello school board University of Iowa experts conduct a health survey of the city children. More than 400 pupils will be inspected during the investigation. The project aims to show what can be accomplished with current facilities rather than replicate other places work.
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Wapello
Iowa City
School Board of
University of Iowa
Bequest of 30000 To First Methodist In Sioux City
The will of Edward Bender a retired Sioux City capitalist includes a gift of 30000 to the First Methodist Episcopal church Bequests of 1000 to Morningside college Helping Hand mission and the Boys' and Girls' home are also listed His estate is valued at more than 200000.
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Sioux City
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Edward Bender
Morningside College
Country Schools Get Flags Plan in Denison
Denison reports all county school houses will receive American flags this spring with flag poles installed where needed. The Iowa Patriotic fund chaired by W. H. Herrick of Cherokee has created a $400,000 fund to buy and maintain the flags. Teachers will ensure the flag is raised on school days when weather allows.
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Denison
Iowa Patriotic Fund
W. H. Herrick
Cherokee
Postoffice Robber Anticipated Leaders Plead Guilty
James O Day and Thomas McGuire accused of leading an Iowa postoffice gang pleaded guilty before Federal Commissioner Fitzsimmons. Charles Riggins pleaded not guilty. Authorities say the confessions break up a two year theft ring operating from Angus Iowa.
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Des Moines
James O’day
Thomas McGuire
Iowa
Fitzsimmons
Charles Riggins
Angus
Col McConlogue Dies After Illness In Des Moines
Col James H. McConlogue, longtime Mason City lawyer and member of the Iowa state board of control, died at a Des Moines hospital after a prolonged illness. He previously rested in Colfax, then suffered a stroke. He served on the state tax commission and the governor appointed board of control, plus roles in the Iowa militia and Boies staff.
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Des Moines
James H. McConlogue
State Board of Control
McConlogue
Colfax
Mason City
Carroll
Clarke
State Board of Control of
John F. Wade
Iowa Militia
Boies
Iowa Seeks Spring Tax Payment Move And Levy Increase
Des Moines reports a proposed change to tax law to collect all state taxes in spring by amending Section 1413, aiming for a working balance in the treasury. Officials foresee higher spring payments but say total tax take remains small. levies statewide are expected to rise to cover deficits.
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Des Moines
W. H. Williams
Revenue Department
State Auditors’ Office
Holstein Dedicates New Grade School
Holstein dedicates its new grade school built last summer at a cost of 70000. The city of 1150 people takes pride in a modern facility featuring a 400 seat auditorium gymnasium with stage and kinetoscope. It includes locker rooms, commercial room, physics and chemistry labs, two manual training rooms, domestic science rooms, and an assembly for about 200 students.
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Holstein
Railways Orders $750000 in New Locomotives
The Illinois Central railroad announces a $750,000 purchase for this division to ease congested freight. The order covers seventy-five new engines including thirty-five mikado types, twenty switch engines, and twenty Pacific types, averaging $10,000 each.
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Fort Dodge
Illinois Central Railroad
Interstate Farmers Board Calls End to Interstate Inspection Laws
A resolution from the Interstate Farmers' and Breeders' association urges Iowa and neighboring states to repeal livestock shipment inspection laws at state lines. The group calls for funding to eradicate tuberculosis and other diseases on farms where present.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Interstate Farmers’ and Breed‘ars’ Association
Massena Banker Named Manager of Federal Loan Bank
D. P. Hogan of Massena has been appointed manager of the federal loan bank to be set up in Omaha. His salary is $6000, and he is regarded as a leading expert on rural credits with study abroad for the government. Iowa is in the Omaha district.
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Lowan
Federal Bank
Massena
D.P. Hogan
Federal Loan Bank
Omaha
Hogan
Iowa
Potatoes Held Back by Davenport Area Farmers
Davenport area farmers keep large potato stocks to flood the market when prices rise to five dollars a bushel. John H. Strobelin of Walcott stores about 15,000 bushels while current carload prices start at 3.50 a bushel.
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Davenport
Scott County
John H. Strobelin
Walcott
Sioux City Hog Market Sets Record High Price
The Sioux City hog market posted a top price of 12.80 per hundredweight, the highest ever here and the fifth record this winter. Prices are about 4.30 higher than the prior year, when the top was 8.25.
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Sioux City
Iowa Bohemians pledge loyalty to national Sokols
Two hundred members of the Cedar Rapids Sokols, a Bohemian group, have offered their services to the national organization for wartime duty against Germany.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Order of Sokols
National Organization
Germany
Good Work on Roads Des Moines Iowa Bridges Spending
Des Moines Iowa spent more on bridge and culvert construction than any state last year. Iowa’s road program included permanent grading tiling and surfacing to build a modern highway system. Total road and bridge outlay reached 14 237 050 dollars across 104 000 miles of county and township networks with two thirds allocated to county roads.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Judge Deemer Dead
Justice Horace E. Deemer of the Iowa Supreme Court died at his Red Oak home after weeks of illness. He was 58 and had served on the bench since 1894, the longest continuous service on the court, with his decline linked to overwork and worry over his wife’s illness.
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Deemer
Red Oak
Horace E. Deemer
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Peace Congress Hopes Face Opposition to Grant Armed Neutrality
President Wilson met with a pacifist committee led by Jane Addams urging neutrality and restraint. Congress races to push a bill granting the president authority to arm merchant ships and defend national interests, while White House resists expanding powers beyond arming ships. Cabinet members express confidence the president will secure the requested authority even as some lawmakers and opponents warn of overreach.
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Committee
Washington
United States
Wigon
Jane Addams
Chicago
Foreign Affairs Committee
Henry B.ood
Virginia
White House
Europe
Congress
Ameritas
Hoyas Died In Open Boat In Ocean Turbulence
In a fragmentary witness account from the Laconia tragedy, Mrs Mary Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Hoy of Chicago and Cedric Ivatts of London perished after the lifeboat ordeal. Mrs Hoy died in her daughter's arms and the body slipped away as waves tossed the boat. the daughter died shortly after.
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Liverpool
Daughster
House Approves Prohibition Bill for District of Columbia
The House passed the Leppard bill by 273 to 137 establishing prohibition in the District of Columbia. It bans saloons but allows personal use of intoxicants. no amendments were adopted. Senate passage and presidential signature are required to enact the measure into law.
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Congress
Washington
National Capital
House
District of Columbia
Cleveland Building Trades Strike Grows After Lockout
In Cleveland on March 3 twenty thousand construction workers walk out led by Building Trades Council Business Agent Smith following the lockout of 1,175 men.
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Cleveland
Smith
The
Building Trades Council
Germans Raid British Town on Kentish Coast
The war office announced a German air raid hit Broadstairs, a seaside town on the Kentish coast. One woman was injured by a bomb dropped from a German aircraft.
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London
Broadstairs
Kentish
War Office
Ontario Women Assured Vote in Ontario Legislature
Toronto March 2 Ontario women are virtually assured of the vote as Premier Hearst endorses J W Johnsons equal suffrage bill. The move signals parliamentary approval and broad enfranchisement prospects in the province.
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Ontario
Toronto
Ont
Hearst
J. W. Johnson
Austrians Sentence 150 Bosnian Serbs to Death
Amsterdam reports rapid action by Austria ordering death sentences for 150 Bosnian Serbs accused of Serbian nationality. Authorities cited officials say the condemned are inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Amsterdam
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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