May Start Work In Spring On Fort Dodge Rail Link
Fort Dodge officials study a 35 mile connecting line from the M and St L network to Story City to improve distribution to eastern markets. If funded in 1915, the project could boost local jobbing trade and regional business along an untraveled corridor. A separate suit in Sioux City seeks $3000 after J R Nelson was thrown from a Milwaukee train and lost a leg while riding as a passenger.
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Fort Dodge
M. & St. L. Railroad
F. H Davis
Iowa Central
Marshalltown
Story City
Sioux City
J. R. Nelson
Milwaukee
Corn Picker Injured in Attempted Record Picking
Scranton Corbin Thomas, resident south of town, broke a blood vessel in his head while attempting a record corn pick. He lies in a dangerous condition at his parents home Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thomas. Recovery doubtful.
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Scranton
Corbin Thomas
Howard Thomas
Lad Seeks Death After Hockey Punishment
Adel-tes Ruggles, a 12 year old boy, shot himself in the abdomen in an attempted suicide. He is in a serious condition, and reports say he acted after being punished by his father for playing hockey at school.
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Lad
Adel—tes Ruggles
Abomen
Marriage of Bell and Best Ties 40 Year Romance
Judge K E Willcockson officiated the wedding of James J Bell of Bell Plain Kansas and Martha Best of Iowa county at his home. The ceremony marked the culmination of a romance spanning about 40 years.
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Sigourney
K .E. Willcockson
James J. ‘Bell
Bell Plain
Kan
Martha Best
Iowa County
Judge Willcockson
Auto crash near Selma leaves two injured and 13 year old dead
In an auto accident near Selma Eldon Steve Wilkins and his 13 year old daughter were riding when the car ran off a bridge. The vehicle overturned pinning them beneath it. Wilkins sustained broken legs.
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Eldon
Steve Wilkins
Selma
Wilkins
Switchman Killed In Rock Island Yard Crash
A. C. Slade of Valley Junction, a switchman, died in the Rock Island yards after being crushed between two freight cars while making a switch. He was riding one car when another on an adjacent track closed the gap.
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Valley Junction
A. C. Slade
Rock Island
Disagreeing Jury Reassigns White Slave Case
In Keokuk the jury in the white slave case of Dr. George E. Maley of Galesburg Ill disagreed and the case was reassigned for trial at the next April term of the federal court in Keokuk.
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Keokuk
George E. Maley
Galesburg
Ill
Diphtheria scare in Cedar Rapids debunked
The Cedar Rapids board of health reports only 24 diphtheria cases in the city and notes none are serious, contradicting earlier epidemic fears.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Health
Des Moines Surgeon Joins Red Cross in Europe
Des Moines physician Dr. W. A. Guild has left the city to sail for Europe and join the Red Cross division serving as a surgeon with the French army on duty.
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Des Moines
W. A. Guild
Europe
Red Cross
Interest in Big Corn Contest Grows in Cedar Falls
With husking and weighing under way the big $1,300 acre corn growing contest draws 571 entrants, the largest of its kind in America, as participants await the outcome in Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
America
Eight year old boy killed by auto in Charles City
Allen Wright aged eight, only son of Mrs Ruth M Wright, was instantly killed when run over by an automobile in Charles City.
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Charles City
Allen Wright
Ruth M. Wright
Davenport Ends Banner Year of Road Building
Des Moines Davenport, Scott county reports a banner year with $70,000 spent on road work. Over 100 miles of roadway were repaired and three miles of permanent highway constructed.
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Des
Davenport
Scott County
Mulhollen Couple Depart city on bond obligations
Dubuque reports Mr. and Mrs. Mulhollen left town without farewells. They had bonds totaling 5400 dollars on pending charges. Bondsmen must liquidate the sureties to settle the case.
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Dubuque
West Liberty Creamery to Build New Plant at Clay and Fourth
West Liberty Cooperative Creamery company buys W A Parvin residence at Clay and Fourth to clear site for a brick plant. Officers report sufficient funds and pledged products to start operations by early January.
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West Liberty
W. A. Parvin
Clay and
Fourth Streets
West Liberty Cooperative Creamery Company
Judgment Against County in Webster City Personal Injury Suit
Jury awards J F Weber against the City of Webster City twenty five thousand dollars with six percent interest for two and a half years totaling about twenty eight thousand five hundred. Weber, an engineer at the Municipal Electric Light and Power plant, was severely burned when a water heater exploded. He uses a wheeled chair and sought thirty thousand dollars.
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Webster City
J. F. Weber
Weber
Iowa
Municipal Electric Light and Power
Car Cleaner Killed by Train in Council Bluffs
William Stromberg 40 a Northwestern railroad car cleaner was instantly killed in Council Bluffs when he fell under a Chicago Great Western passenger train entering the Union Pacific transfer.
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Council Bluffs
William Stromberg
Northwestern Railroad
Chicago Great Western
Union Pacific
Boy Dies After Auto Accident Injuries
Harold Williamson, a 9 year old from Sheldon, died of tetanus a week after being struck by a car driven by Mr. Bunker of Remsen who was not at fault as the boy rushed into the street.
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Sheldon
Harold Williamson
Mr. Bunker
Remsen
Revolver Accident Kills Toddler in Cedar Rapids Home
A revolver seized from a dresser top accidentally discharged, killing Mildred DeLamater two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs B R De Lamater in Cedar Rapids. The De Lamaters are said to be prominent railroad workers with the Northwestern Railway.
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Cedar Rapids
Mildred DeLamater
B.R. DeLamater
Mr. DeLamater
Northwestern Railway
Hogs Die of New Disease In Carson Manning Edie Herd
Carson Manning Edie reports thirty six hogs die from indigestion after eating green sprouts of corn that blew down and sprouted from moisture in the field. The veterinarian blamed the peculiar cause.
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Carson
Manning Edie
Child Killed by Auto in Charles City
Eight year old Allen Wright son of Dr. Ruth Wright was killed by an automobile near the Main Street bridge. He was the youngest and only son in a family of six.
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Charles City
Iowa County Boy Earns Royal College of Surgeons Fellowship
Dr. Thomas J. Williams formerly of Iowa County has been elected to a fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons in Scotland. He is now pursuing medical work abroad in Scotland joining a prestigious professional society.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Thomas J. Williams
Iowa County
Scotland
Royal College of Surgeons
Farm Improvement Association
Ralph Bolton
Greater Des Moines
Black Hawk County
Wilbur Marsh
Waterloo
Polk County
To Have New Theater Waukon Opera House Foundation Nears
The foundation is nearly completed for a new 40000 opera house on Allamakee street built by M J Barthell. The 140 by 66 foot two story structure will rise as the town’s new cultural venue.
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Waukon
M. J. Barthell
Allamakee ‘Street
Young Wife Ends Life in Red Oak Despair
Mrs. William Edwards aged 24 a young farmer's wife near Red Oak took poison in an act of self harm. Despondency was given as the cause.
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Red Oak
William Edwards
Keokuk County Home Ownership and Farm Housing Counts
Sigourney notes Keokuk County has 3,370 homes with 2,646 farm homes. Of the farms 1,031 are owner occupied and free of mortgages.
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Keokuk County
Sigourney
Farmer Clarence Gregory Dies by Self-Inflicted Gunshot
Clarence Gregory, 82, a Kingsley area farmer near Le Mars, is found dead from a self-inflicted revolver shot. No cause is given for the suicide.
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Farmer
Self
le Mars
Clarence Gregory
Kingsley
Trackman Killed by Street Car at Crossing
Dubuque street car company employee Jeffers onyear aged 685 was fatally struck by a car at a crossing. The incident occurred as the vehicle moved onto the crossing injuring the worker.
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Dubuque
Jefferson Onyear
Cooperative Creamery Success in Waukon September
The Postville Cooperative Creamery in Waukon reports September deliveries of 176,703 pounds of cream leading to 452,556 pounds of butter produced. Total butter fat payments amounted to $14,460.71.
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Cooperative Creamery Success
Waukon
Postville Cooperative Creamery Company
Creamery
Fall Into Well Fatal in Storm Lake
Emil Kluge a well known machinist of Alta died after falling into a well while trying to remove the curbing He was overcome by gagged air or gas in the confined space the accident occurred in Storm Lake authorities reported the coroner will investigate further.
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Storm Lake
Emil Kluge
Alta
Mitchellville girls craft gifts for European war children
Des Moines report says students at the state industrial school in Mitchellville are busy making Christmas presents to be sent as gifts to children in war torn Europe.
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Des Moines
State Industrial School
Mitchellville
Europe
Fire Damages Joice. Major Losses Hit Businesses
A fire of unknown origin caused $12 373 damage in Joice. The Huso and Osland Hardware Company suffered $6 500, the Huso garage $600, A A Saxer Lambert yard $5 000, and other losses totaled $272.
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Mason City
Joice
Huso & Osland Hardware Company
Huso
A. A. Saxer
Lambert Yard
Bordeaux Star Rugby Player Earns War Honors
Georges Andrea, celebrated French rugby threequarter and London Olympics contestant, is promoted to sergeant after dispatches. In Lorraine he led a six-man group into a village, killed two with a saber, seized a German flag, and outran pursuing enemy forces, earning a military medal recommendation.
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Bordeaux
Georges Andrea
Andrea
Lorraine
Germany Surpasses France in Naval Tonnage
Germany leads in naval tonnage with 943,338 tons completed or under construction, compared to France at 661,002 tons. The assessment reflects recent progress in German naval capacity within the past few years.
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Germany
France
Terrible Experiences on the Firing Line
New York reports from George De Coerk a Belgian artist who served in the civil guards near Ghent during early war weeks. He recalls 20,000 guards facing 76,000 Germans at Tirlemont, noting they were treated as militiamen and doomed. A night in a tent left him and seven comrades alive. other statements describe fear of death and brutal odds. Frazer Kammemeyer, a German on board, claims a private mission to Count von Bernstorff and pride in traveling from Berlin unseen.
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New York
George de Coerk
Philadelphia
Ghent
St. Lovie
Tirlemont
Sipal
St. Louis
Frazer Kammemeyer
Count von Bernstorf
Berlin
England
Convict labor eyed for erection of state buildings
The Iowa state board of control seeks to amend law to allow convict labor on public building projects including an epileptic colony and custodial facilities. They want fair pay, family wages sent home, and to produce own materials, noting previous prison labor at Worth Madison and a planned southern tour of institutions.
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Deg Moinens
Woodward
State Board of Control
Board of Control
W. J. Dixon
Worth Madison
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
State Hospital
Clarinda
School For
Glenwood
Fort Madison
State Board
Sanders
Mount Plaagant
Thenebriate Asylum
Jenoxville
Soldiers' Home
Marshalltown
Reformatory For
Hidora
Ihdora
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Switchman
Cooperative Organization
Duffell and
Lierre
Antwerp
Ostend
A. Cook
Supreme Court
M. Railly
Woodmen of
State College
Pharmacy Commission
State Pharmaceutical Association
Towa
L. H. Pamnol
al Amen
A. M. Deyoe
Alala
Greater Iowa
Devon
Greater Iowa Association
Deyoe
Clarke
Praff
State Board of Educational Examiners
T. M. Pralt
Monroe Buena Vista
Winnebago
Industrial Commission
Ninth and Locust Street
Commissioner of Labor
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