Teachers Meeting in Clarinda Promises Entertaining Program
Prominent educators from Iowa and other states will attend the Southwestern Iowa Teachers association meeting in Clarinda April 1 to 3. A banquet breakfast, a band concert by the Iowa Regimental Band, and free automobile rides to the state hospital for the insane are among the features. Speakers include Dr. Wm H Kilpatrick, Charles H Judd, Mrs Edith Smith Davis, Hattie Moore Mitchell, Prof J L Meriam, and Prof W H Davis, with other nationally known educators.
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Clarinda
Southwestern
Towa Teachers’ Association
Fifty
Iowa Regimental Band
Iowa
State Hospital
Wm. H. Kilpatrick
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Charles H. Judd
School of Education
Chicago University
Edith Smith Davis
National ‘Bureau of Scientific Investigation
Hattie Moore Mitchell
Women In Pittsburgh Manual ‘Training Normal School
J. L. Meriam
Missouri University
W. H. Davis
Department of Agriculture
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Train Kills 70-Year-Old Woman at Nodaway Crossing
Mrs. Samuel McKowan, age 70, was killed by a train in Nodaway as she attempted to cross the tracks while waiting for a passing train. The crash occurred at the crossing when the engine struck her as she stepped onto the rails.
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Nodaway
Samuel McKowan
Southern Iowa Tragedy Reported in Beeks Double Murder
News from Council Bluffs reports Barney Beeks and his wife commit a murder suicide near the Iowa Missouri border. Mrs Beeks is identified as Manda BH Vance former stepdaughter of Clarence and Mrs Spurlock, Page County farmers.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
Missouri
Barney Beeks
Beeks
Manda BH. Vance
Clarence Spurlock
Page County
Fort Dodge Population Up 22 Percent at Census
The Commercial club announces Fort Dodge completed its city census with a population of 19,304, marking a 22 percent rise from the national census five years earlier which reported 15,758.
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Fort Dodge
The
Commercial Club
Mason City Drugist Fined Record $600 for Liquor Violation
Judge Joseph J. Clark imposed the heaviest fine yet in Mason City for liquor law violations. Charles Berryman of the Berryman Drug Company was fined $600 plus costs.
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Mason City
Joseph J. Clark
Charles Berryman
Berryman Drug Company
Plans Forming for Cedar Rapids Coliseum Complex
Plans are forming in Cedar Rapids for a new coliseum seating 5 800 with an auditorium municipal dance hall exposition hall and an armory to be developed as a combined civic complex.
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Cedar Rapids
Body Found by Fishermen Near Prairie Creek
Two fishermen in Cedar Rapids discovered the body of Harry Landheer in Prairie Creek. The discovery follows a $400 reward posted by his brother F. C. Landheer of Sterling Illinois after the man fell from a train while it stood on a trestle over the creek near Beverly.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry Landheer
Prairie Creek
F. C. Landheer
Sterling, Ill
Beverly
Day In Jail for Bigamist Cromwell Sentenced
Bedford R R Cromwell a Red Oak traveling man pleaded guilty in district court to bigamy Judge Evans sentenced him to one day in jail and a $200 fine.
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Bedford
R. R. Cromwell
Red Oak
Evans
Cromawell
Crowds Pack Cedar Falls Revival by Evangelist Lowry
Hundreds attend nightly sermons by evangelist Lowry in Cedar Falls with crowds around 2,500. Converts stand near 600 so far and the total expected by close may reach about 1,200.
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Cedar Falls
Lowry
Life Term For Slayer In Des Moines Slaying
Frank Amedeo an Italian man will spend the remainder of his life in Fort Madison penitentiary for shooting and killing his wife and daughter at his home 205 Hillside Avenue on February 25.
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Des Moines
Frank Amedeo
Hillside Avenue
Fort Madison
Fiddler Clarke Found Dead in Dubuque Boathouse
The body of Fiddler Clarke, 71, was found in a river boathouse in Dubuque. Police say he starved to death after a precarious life playing on the streets of the city.
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Fiddler” Clarke
Dubuque
Fiddler’ Clarke
Explosion Injures Two in Webster City Ovens Blast
A sixty five leaf gas oven exploded wrecking the building and badly burning proprietor Miss Etta Brewer and assistant Mrs Fill Millard. Brewer’s injuries may prove fatal as emergency crews respond.
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Webster City
Etta Brewer
Fill Millard
Educator Willett Resigns From Albia Schools
Albia superintendent G. W. Willett resigns after two years in post and will move to northern Minnesota for an $809 yearly advance. His replacement has not yet been named.
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Albia
G. W. Willett
Will Ge
Minnesota
Five Year Old Summons Help In Waterloo
A five year old boy Walter Frehse urgently called for help when his grandmother Mrs. W C Frehse fell in the cellar and broke her right ankle prompting prompt aid from neighbors and bystanders in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Walter Frehse
W. C. Frehse
Children Die After Runaway in Webster City
Vivian and Cato Closy children of Charles Closy a Webster City businessman died from injuries sustained in a runaway incident. The accident occurred in Webster City as the horses dashed the buggy causing fatal harm to the youngsters.
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Webster City
Vivian
Cato ‘Closy
Charles ‘Closy
Sioux City Chief of Police Indicted on Bribery Charges
Sioux City chief of police George Pierce is named in three indictments for bribery and a fourth for conspiring with saloonist George Ford to overlook bootleggers and permit houses of prostitution. Ford faces one conspiracy indictment. The grand jury questions how the Tribune obtained the indictment story over an hour before the grand jury returned its true bills.
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Sioux City
George Pierce
Grand
Pierce
George Ford
Ford
Grand Jury
Tribune
Cedar River
Heald
Linn County
Cedar Rauids
Senate
Rock Island
Fourth Street
Railroad Commission
Boy Injured by Dynamite Cap Near Knoxville
A 9 year old son of M R Buttrey living four and a half miles northwest of town lost the left palm when he picked up a dynamite cap and tried to dig out the fulminate of mercury with a nail. The blast tore away the palm.
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Knoxville
M. R. Buttrey
Town
Physician Shoots Wife in Le Mars Domestic Trouble
Dr J L Reeves a well known Le Mars physician shot his wife inflicting three wounds. One bullet struck her neck another her chin and a third in the stomach. The act is attributed to domestic trouble. The couple married about a year ago she being his second wife.
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le Mars
J. L. Reeves
Nurses Converge in Iowa City for State Convention
The Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses holds its annual convention in Iowa City on April 27 to 29. The group becomes the first state nurses organization to seek National Society for the Prevention of Infant Mortality membership.
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Iowa City
Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses
National Society For the Prevention of
Marcus Votes Bond for Waterworks in Special Election
In Marcus a special election approved a $25 000 waterworks bond by 308 to 24. One hundred ten women voters cast affirmative ballots.
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Marcus
Muscatine Ministerial Group Bans Sunday Burials
The Muscatine Ministerial association unanimously approved a resolution to discontinue holding burial services on Sundays. The action targets Sabbath funerals and aims to shift services to other days.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Ministerial Association
Humboldt Co operative Declares 50 Percent Dividend
The Humboldt Farmers' Co operative Association declares a 50 percent cash dividend to its stockholders. The group has paid steady, good interest since its organization.
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Humboldt
Humboldt Farmers’ Co-operative Association
Large Land Deal Waterloo 240 Acres Sold for 66000
John J. McGarvey and wife sold 240 acres in Eagle township sections 14 and 23 to Peter Beck for 66000 dollars, averaging 275 dollars per acre. The deed bore 64 dollars in revenue stamps.
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Waterloo
John J. McGarvey
Eagle Township
Peter Beck
Paroles Granted to Sixty-Eight Prisoners Since January
The board of parole announced that sixty eight inmates were paroled from the state penitentiaries since January one. Employment has been found for more than half of those released.
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Tes Moines
Board of Parole
Women's Clubs Back Measure Visitation Plan to Insane Hospitals
Des Moines reports that women’s clubs statewide support Senator Larrabee’s bill to appoint a female visitor by the state board of control to visit insane hospitals. The proposal aims to ensure oversight and humane treatment in state facilities.
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Des Moines
Larrabee
State Board of Control
Kimball
Senate
Methodists Buy Camp Ground On West Okoboji
Forty acres of camp ground on West Okoboji lake have been purchased by Methodists of the Sheldon district. A camp meeting will be held there July 15 to 23.
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Methodists Bay
Spirit Lake
Okoboji Lake
Sheldon District
Davenport Judge Rules On Interstate Liquor Orders
Judge E D Letts of Davenport holds that collecting orders for liquor outside Iowa violates state law. The decision clarifies legality of cross state liquor solicitations under Iowa statutes and may affect merchants and customers seeking interstate purchases.
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Davenport
E. D. Letts
Iowa
Hannibal Wakefield Couple Mark 58th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Hannibal of Gilbert Nevada celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary with a quiet family gathering including their children and grandchildren.
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Nevada
Hannibal, Wakefield
Gilbert
Spencer Herald Sold to Mason City Buyer
During the past week Harl Bronson sold his paper the Spencer Herald to Wilbur N. Bowman of Mason City.
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Spencer Herald
Spencer
Harl Bronson
Wilbur N. Bowman
Mason City
Land Transfer Records in O'Brien County
On March 1 6722 acres of land sold for 1107251 dollars were transferred in O'Brien county at an average price of 164 72 dollars per acre. The prior year average was 146 dollars per acre and 186 dollars in 1913.
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O’brien County
Primghar
O’brien
Engineer H T Herring Retires After 45 Years Service
H T Herring of Boone has retired from the C N W railroad after 45 years of service. He began with the company June 3 1868 as a fireman and rose through the ranks to engineer before pensioning.
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Boone
C. & N. W. Railroad
H. T. Herring
Indicted for Bigamy in Local Court
Bedford Red Oak traveling man R. E. Cromwell, jailed here, has been indicted on bigamy for having a wife locally and another in Red Oak. He will face trial before Judge H. K. Evans.
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Bedford
R. E. Cromwell
Red Oak
H. K. Evans
15 Percent Conversion in Swan Mission
Des Moines report says a gospel team from town visited Swan last Sunday and converted 36 of Swan’s 250 residents, marking a strong revival record.
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Des Moines
Swan
Still Some Chance To Pass Chase Measure In Iowa Senate
Iowa senate debates the Garst state fund plan under the workers compensation act with votes on postponement and committee recommendations. The bill seeks higher benefits funded by premiums while shifting loss adjustment costs to the state treasury.
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Chase
Des Moines
Senate Insurance Committee
Senate
Jackson
Insurance Committee
Crist
White
Iowa
Hversmeyer
Heald
Henighbaum
Strailey
Robinson
Schrup
Foskett
Bee
Hagemann
Fleck
Caswell
Warren Garst
Howard Clark
Clarkson
Manufacturers’ Association
Garst
Insurance
Senate Committee On
Farr
General Assembly
Enger
House
Clarke
Fish and Game Committee
Thirty-third General Assembly
Guy Feely
Supreme Court
Cosson
Road Bill Passes Abolishes State Highway Commission
Iowa house passes Johnston bill by 64 to 43 to abolish the state highway commission and reform road statutes. The measure includes shifting control to county boards, creating a state highway engineer with $2,500 salary, and altering tax allocations between counties and cities. Bronson amendments altering tax shares were defeated.
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State Highway Commission
Des Moines
Johnston
Tucas County
Iowa
Friends of
Barry
Linn County
Bronson
Representatives
Board of Supervisors
Humboldt Men’s Get-Together Club Banquet Highlights
The Humboldt monthly banquet proved a success with Rev. Howland Hanson of Des Moines delivering the main address on "The New Meaning of Old Glory." Frank Gatwin was named president and I. N. Clark secretary in the annual officer election.
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Humboldt
Humboldt Men's
Howland Hanson
Des Moines
Frank Gatwin
I. N. Clark
School Board Allows Junior Reception Outside School
The Keokuk school board approves for the first time a reception for the junior class to the seniors in a building outside the high school. A motion to ban dancing at the event was voted down by the board majority.
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Keokuk
Settles Damage Suit After Rail Crash Injuries
Dr Mayer Rudyk, injured in an Illinois Central wreck near Callender on July 23, 1918, accepts 1091 from the railroad, settling the damage suit out of court.
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Wt. Dode
Mayer Rudyk
Illinois Central
Callender
Keokuk Woman Dies In Suspected Self Harm
Keokuk Mrs Jene Arnold aged 66 died after drinking carbolic acid. Reported as a victim of drugs and unable to obtain rape protection under the Harrison act, she killed herself.
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Keokuk
Jene Arnold
Harrison
Lincoln School Abandoned After Bond Rejection
The Lincoln school building will be condemned as unsafe. Voters recently denied authority to issue 150000 dollars in bonds for a new school building.
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Fort Podee
Lincoln
Farmer Killed While Operating Wood Saw Near New Hartford
Waterloo S P Denson aged 45 a farmer living near New Hartford Iowa was killed when he fell into a running wood saw his leg and arm were severed and he died almost immediately at the scene
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Waterloo
S. P. Denson
New Hartford
Tree accident kills man while felling near Sidney
Arthur Ellston was cutting trees at Asa Tackett's home near Sidney when a lodged tree shifted and fell trapping him. He died instantly.
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Shenandoah
Arthur Ellston
Asa Tackett
Sidney
Boiled Beef Economies in Soup Stock and Oul Meat
The article explains buying two and a half pounds of heel of the round to yield three quarts of bouillon and boiled beef stock. It notes soup bones rise in price, favoring economical cuts and describes preparation, salting, and long slow simmering.
How to Serve Apples in an Elegant Baked Dish
Bright red apples are hollowed to form cups. A filling combines dry rice cracker crumbs chopped apples sugar raisins almonds milk eggs butter lemon rind and juice nutmeg and a dash of salt. Bake in a moderate oven until set then serve with whipped cream or custard sauce.
Metropolis Pudding Recipe From Old Ledger
A vintage pudding directions item details a dessert layer method with milk flour butter lemon rind and sponge biscuits. It describes boiling flour and butter to a paste add milk and lemon, cook ten minutes, fold in egg yolks, bake forty six minutes then top with beaten egg whites and sugar until golden.
Jelly Whip Dessert Variations
Dissolve gelatin in cold water then add sugar and boiling water. Split into three parts for marshmallows with grapes, pineapple and oranges, and an orange mix. Serve in individual glasses with whipped cream and decorate with cherries candied peel and nuts.
Ironing hint for dampening rough dry garments
A tip suggests when ironing a rough dry garment at once to dampen it, roll tightly, wrap in cloth and paper, and place in a hot oven. Evaporation heats the garment quickly, but care must be taken not to scorch the fabric.
Potatoes a la Golden Red Recipe
Peel and cube boiled potatoes and mix with chopped egg whites and mashed yolks. Fold into hot white sauce. Place in a serving dish and garnish with parsley.
Celery Blanching and White Sauce Method
Celery is peeled and cut then blanched in boiling salted water for five minutes. Drain and simmer with salt pepper and peppercorns until tender. Transfer to a fireproof dish, use the celery cooking water to make a white sauce, pour over the celery and brown in the oven.
Fish Chowder From Leftover Halibut Recipe
Fish chowder uses two cupfuls halibut, one quart milk, two tablespoonfuls butter, pinch salt and pepper. Boil then add three cold boiled potatoes and one chopped onion. Cook five minutes for a delicious soup.
Lemon Hard Sauce Recipe Instructions
Cream two tablespoons of butter until soft add one tablespoon of lemon juice and a pinch of nutmeg Beat in sifted confectioners sugar to form a light fluffy mass Let it harden slightly before serving.
Three Christian Portraits Abram Lot and Sodom in Faith
A sermon contrasts three biblical figures to illustrate living for self versus serving God. The men of Sodom embody self focus and athe dismantle faith, Lot represents a half hearted Christian torn between wealth and God, and Abram embodies total devotion choosing God as master and trusting divine guidance over sight. The message concludes that God's way is best.
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Abram
Lot
Sodom
Salf
God
Thair
Pita Mun
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John M. Jamieson
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8. B. Sutcliffe
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