Notable Victory for the People in Western Freight Case
Des Moines March 18. Iowa chairman Clifford Thorne led a coalition of sixteen western state rail commissions in securing suspension and revision of Western Classification No. 61 by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The ruling, affecting thousands of articles and hundreds of changes, will go into effect March 31, benefiting shippers and consumers from the Mississippi to the Pacific. The decision, one of IC C's most epoch making on classification, involved 900 railroads and a long hearing spanning about a year.
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Iowa State Board of Railroad Commissioners
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Books Speak of Charm and Shelves of Used Volumes
A passage extols used books for their warmth and liveliness in a room. It notes how books convey cosy drawings beside the evening lamp and how shelves filled with secondhand volumes enhance home comfort.
Roosevelt Names for 1916 and Beyond
A New York Evening Post editorial argues for renaming Roosevelt to cover 1920 1924 and 1928 in addition to 1916 to save time and convention costs. It critiques repeated naming while proposing wider applicability.
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Roosevelt
New York Evening Post
Hen Attempts Self Destruction Over Inability to Lay Eggs
Tarrytown naturalists report a hen tried to kill itself due to an inability to lay eggs. The note adds that someone may have shown the bird what eggs were fetching in New York.
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Tarrytown
New York Evening Sun
Modest Man and Tallor Debate Inheritance
In a dialogue between Modest Man and Tallor, Tallor urges settlement of a bill tied to inherited wealth. Owens retorts that his wealth has not altered his simple habits and declines to be seen as departing from those restraints.
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Tallor
Owens
Must Love the Little Folk
A guide for girls entering the children s nurse profession stresses loving the young, empathizing with their feelings, and avoiding cynicism. It advises treating them as comrades and mentors while maintaining balance, and highlights the need for proper training and overseeing health, behavior, and education.
Not Long to Wait on the Water Wagon
Dialogue fragment shows Bumble notes no seats now, but promises a seat later if persistence continues. The exchange frames a humorous delay and social impatience in a light, drudge-like voice.
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Bumble
Removing Grease From Paint Paste Method
A paste made from ordinary whiting applied wet and allowed to dry before rubbing off removes grease from paint without injuring the paint, offering a simple home remedy.
Old School Minister Tests Children on Isaac Question
A minister catechized children in a traditional lesson asking who Isaac was. A small girl replied eagerly that Isaac was Rebekah's son, highlighting a playful misunderstanding in a church classroom.
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Isaac
Rebekah
Those Bills and the Busy First of Month
Mrs. Trifle muses on many callers when she is away as the first of the month brings a steady parade of visits from neighbors and townsfolk alike. The neighbor offers a knowing smile at the recurring scene.
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Mrs. Trifle
Cleaning Ivory Knife Handles Instruction Card
Cleaning ivory knife handles with half a lemon dipped in hot salt makes them white. Rub well, then rinse in cold water and thoroughly dry.
Pickford bill on rural school aid postponed by house committee
The Iowa house appropriations committee voted 16 to 10 to indefinitely postpone the Pickford bill providing state aid to consolidate rural schools. The measure would have funded equipment and maintenance for two to four room schools. Proponents said consolidation expands high school access. opponents warned of failures in consolidation.
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Sioux City
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Postmastership slate sent to general for Iowa towns
Recommendations for twenty eight Iowa postmasterships have been presented to the postmaster general by Congressman Pepper Connolly and Kirkpatrick Judge Wade and Nick Reed. Names include W H Carmody Sr Valley Junction H G Kruse Vinton John McGloin Wall Lake and others across Marshalltown Valley Junction Indianola Estherville.
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Valley Junction
Indianola
Estherville
Pepper
Connolly
Kirkpatrick
Wade
Nick Read
W. H. Carmody
H. G. Kruse
Vinton
John McGloin
Wall Lake
W. W. Finn
Wealey
Elmer Hopkins
Whiting
Arthur Goshorn
Winterset
Henry Ippers
Montrose
Peter Jungers
Hospers
W. B. Fletcher
Lewis
Anton Huebsch
McGregor
J. J. Herbater
Milford
G. C. Booth
Prescott
M. L. Helmer
Sanborn
Warren Edington
Sheldon
George M. Waterman
Sidney
Edward McConnaughey
Allerton
R. C. Spencer
Audubon
J. H. Schultz
Breda
A. W. Lee
Britt
Co. W. Harris
Coin
C. L. Price
Frank Carpenter
Wetherville
Brandley Hopkins
Forest City
C.hal Woodward
Gowrie
D. 1
Darby
Hamburg
J. J. McDermott
Manilla
A. C. Johnson
Boone woman jailed after matrimonial mail scam plea
Mrs Florence Gamble of Boone Iowa pleaded guilty to misuse of the mails in running a matrimonial scheme. Judge Smith McPherson sentenced her to 60 days in Red Oak county jail and a $500 fine. Prosecutors traced payments from fourteen victims in nine states totaling $292.41.
Threshermen Elect New Officers at Fifth Annual Meet
Des Moines reports I N Snook of West Point re-elected president of the Town Threshermen association at the Coliseum closing of the fifth annual convention. New officers include Henry Masser Blue Grass vice president James Devin Valley Junction secretary treasurer J C Gregory Percy G J Brown Schaller Andrew Lemky Griswold directors for 1913. Legislative committee members are S B Powers Kellogg R D Finnegan Viola and Phil Grace Rose Hill with James Winters as state organizer.
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Des Moines
I. N. Snook
West Point
Lamb Sentenced Five Years For Attempted Killings
Bedford. Harrison Lamb a farm hand was found guilty of assault with intent to kill and given a five year sentence in the state penitentiary. He allegedly tried to kill E. P. Prerson’s family, including Letha Prerson, after pursuing the farmer’s daughter. Lamb had previously wounded two family members before his arrest.
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Familly
Evangelist Holds Union Meetings at Colfax Tabernacle
Evangelist Charles Cullen Smith preaches in Colfax under Baptist Christian Methodist and Presbyterian auspices. Main's garage is converted into a tabernacle for the series of meetings.
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Charles Cullen Smith
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Main
Nutwood Driving Association to Host Big West Racing Event
Dr. James Grant of Cleveland closes deal with Nutwood Park Driving Association Secretary Baldwin. From August 25 to 30 the group will stage the west’s largest racing event headlined by a $15,000 futurity.
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James Jr. Grant
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Escape of Charles Gray From County to Eldora School
Charles Gray, sent from this county to the Eldora industrial school for forgery, escaped. He was recaptured a few miles south of Rockwell.
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Eldora School
Mason City
Charles Gray
Eldora
Rockwell
Member of Church for 82 Years in Boone
Mrs. Mary N. Walden 96 longtime Baptist member dies at home in Boone after eighty two years of church membership. Friends note the record length of service and her lifelong faith in the local community.
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Baptist Church
Mary N. Walden
Injured in Runaway In Logan Carriage Crash
Charles Plath his wife and daughter were thrown from a carriage in Logan and severely hurt. Miss Plath sustained a head injury while Mr Plath suffered internal injuries in the accident.
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Logan
Charles Plath
Miss Plath
Mr. Plath
Mount Athos Republic Emerges From Balkan War Tensions
Mount Athos the sacred peninsula near Salonica could become a new republic as delegates from allied states meet under the Russian consul to draft laws. The remote monastic enclave houses 21 monasteries founded in the 12th and 13th centuries, with strict rules and ancient Greek manuscripts.
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Turkey
Europe
Mount Athos
Aegean Sea
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Constantinople
Fly Swatter Touted for New York City
Dr. Jean Dawson a Cleveland Normal Training School teacher is urged to join New York City as an official fly swatter. Dr. William Henry Hie endorses her, comparing her work to eradicating yellow fever and urging multi department cooperation before spring to curb surviving mother files. The board defers to Comptroller Prendergast on the proposal.
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Jean Dawson
Normal Training School
Cleveland
Board of Estimate
William Henry Hie
Brooklyn
Hale
Dawson
Health Department
Misa Dawson
Panama Canal Zone
Prendergast
Preference for widows grand forks ND
Father to thirty seven children, H T Hertsog, a Palermo area rancher, has married widows three times. At seventy, he tends thirty five head of cattle and eleven horses, and grew twelve hundred bushels of grain last year and hauled it to market himself.
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H. T. Hertsog
Palermo
Hertsog
Eagles Fall From Sky Grab Goatherd in Aosta Valley
A goatherd named Gigoran ni Sanui was seized by two eagles while tending his flock in the Aosta valley. The birds carried him to more than 30 feet elevation before dropping him. He was found unconscious with severe head and shoulder lacerations and a fractured leg, and is hospitalized in a semi conscious state.
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Rome
Gigoranni Sanui
Aosta Valley
Cat Triggers Divorce in San Francisco Case
In San Francisco a physician husband faced divorce after feeding the family milk to the cat and locking it in the bathroom for safekeeping. Mrs. Jacob Fox filed for divorce citing the incident as grounds and the couple separated.
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San Francisco
Jacob Fox
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