Election Results Iowa Victory Details From State Returns
Semi official returns from ninety five counties show Governor Clarke reelected by 26 172 votes over Hamilton with Cummins winning a 40527 plurality over Connolly. Supreme Court justices Weaver Ladd and Salinger elected. Withrow ran fourth. Republican gains strengthen majority in legislature as districts shift and university enrollment grows.
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John T. Hamilton
Weaver, Ladd and Salinger
Supreme Court
Des Moines
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Connolly
Supreme
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B. I. Salinger
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Schenk
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Hamilton
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Mercer
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Prouty
Wapello, Lee, Scott
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Black Hawk
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Pottawattamie
Wapello
Clinton
Johnson
Monroe
Lee
Woman Heroine of Soissons Faces Germans and Wins Indemnity
Mme Jeanne Watteau Macherez, president of the Dames Francaises, ran civil duties in Soissons during shelling and German threat. She persuaded the German commander to accept limited indemnity, while vowing to stay and guide relief efforts. The interview notes her bold leadership and resolve with France’s women and allies behind her.
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Mme
Jeanne Watteau Macherez
William Philip Simms
United Press
Paris
Soissons
Mme. Macherez
Dames Francaises
Dames
Maderez
Ike
France
Tale of Dutch Thrift
London report tells of a northern factory that shipped goods to Hamburg before the war. German seizure led the English firm to write off the loss, but a Rotterdam agent now demands payment of 7.50 dollars, noting the Germans had sent the goods to Rotterdam.
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London
Hamburg
Rotterdam
Rot
Tea Takes Wine's Place Amid War Front Letter
A front letter describes marching through destroyed villages and fields filled with odor from shallow graves. It notes French gains of three villages by bayonet and claims German troops are starving, bombs kill about four per blast, and French shells record 30 deaths each. The writer boasts tea replaces wine and claims morale remains high despite horrors.
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Paris
Temps
Chicago
Germany
Jacob A. Rosenfield
B. C. Frank
Constance
Mr. Frank
Army Post Office Keeps Mail Flow Fast in War Effort
London reports thousands of letters bearing Army Base Post Office marks arrive daily showing swift delivery contrasting with slow civilian mail. The army post office corps, formed from London post office staff in the territorial service, staffs field tents with sorting racks and mail bags. In 1882 they first served in the negotiation campaign, later expanding in the South African War to 648 personnel, delivering over 813 thousand letters and 19 thousand parcels in a week.
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London
Army Base Post Office
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Army Post Office Corps
Army Post Office
London Post Office
Humane slaughter reform stops horse exports to Holland and Belgium
London reports a commercial company formed with Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals backing to convert worn-out horses into salable products. Horses will be treated humanely and given a painless death instead of continental slaughter methods that sparked a parliamentary law.
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London
Holland
Belgium
Royal Society For
Continent
England
Dutch Overcharges Put Burden on English Firm to Pay Deficit
The article notes that expenses of capture and related charges, along with low sale prices, created a deficit the Dutch expect the English firm to cover, highlighting financial strain from the affair.
Germany Allows Food Imports for Belgians
Berlin informs Washington it has no objection to the importation of provisions for Belgian civilians. The démarche signals easing of wartime supply constraints for occupied Belgium.
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Berlin
Germany War News Returns to Normal Life in Berlin
A Chicago Daily News Berlin dispatch reports life in Berlin returning to relative normalcy as casualties rise and morale shifts toward inch by inch resistance. The piece highlights General von Hindenburg as a national hero and notes a claim that 590000 socialist union members were found at the front through September 7.
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Germany
Chicago Daily News
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Vorwaerts
How Two Fought A Dozen
London reports a Royal Irish Dragoon Guards trooper recalling two soldiers holding a farmhouse against a dozen uhlans. One wounded man and his mate used furniture barriers to kill or wound several attackers before the Germans withdrew and brought a machine gun. They rushed out to seize the gun and died at the doorway, inspiring others with their stubborn courage.
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London
Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
Call of Belgian Dogs Heroes at Front
A Belgian soldier notes the dogs aid in searching for the wounded and in dragging carts with quick-fire guns. He says the canines remain unfazed by the loud cannon fire.
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Paris
In Training While at War
London soldiers at the front may qualify for civilian work later, with Lord Granville noting Wellington’s trust in an old soldier’s adaptability. Mr Arbuthnot told Lord Clanwilliam a color sergeant of the Coldstreams served as a gardener, adding that he had prior thefts in France.
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Lord Granville
Duke of Wellington
Arbuthnot
Lord Clanwilliam
Coldstreams
France
Swindler in North Iowa Bath Tub Confidence Scam
A smooth talker in Orange City sold P Noteboom a bath tub set for 125 dollars and proposed a county wide venture. Noteboom gave a 38000 note for 3000 tubs before bankers balked. Friends intervened, paying 400 dollars to the swindler who then disappeared.
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Notohoom
Noteboom
Jury Awards $19,028 in Johnson Estate Case
A Mills County jury awards Ella Johnson Administratrix of George W. Johnsons estate nineteen thousand twenty eight dollars against Page and Fremont counties. Johnson was killed when a threshing machine he operated crashed through a bridge on the defendants boundary.
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Glenwood
Mills County
Ella Johnson
George W. Johnson
Page
Fremont
Hunter Seriously Hurt In Rural Knoxville Shooting
Knoxville barber C. A. Inman was shot in the right thigh by his own shotgun on a hunting trip west of town. He rode a bicycle on a public road with the gun across the handlebars when it slipped and fired.
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Hunter
Knoxville
C. A. Inman
Prominent Citizen Shot Near Wood Lake
Oscar Keeline prominent retired merchant of Council Bluffs was accidentally shot by companion John Mitchell secretary of the Council Bluffs Commercial club while hunting at Wood Lake Ned. Both were shooting from blinds when the accident occurred.
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Council Bluffs
Oscar Keeline
Wood Lake
Ned
John Mitchell
Woman Takes Poison On Train In Richland Center
Mrs Lea McCasky on a trip home from Boscobel after a quarrel with her husband attempted suicide by poison in a car on the Richland Center branch line. She was in Lone Rock in critical condition with slim chances of recovery.
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Richland Center
Lea McCasky
Boscobel
Lone Race
Auto Victim Wins Damages In Ida Grove Case
Bertha Paters secured a district court verdict totaling 1501.60 against Jochim Hansen after being tossed from a buggy when his automobile frightened the team. The decision stems from injuries suffered in Ida Grove.
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Ida Grove
Bertha Paters
Jochim Hansen
First National Bank of St. Ansgar proposed with $25,000 capital
The controller of the currency has received applications to organize the First National Bank of St. Ansgar in Washington D C with capital of 25000 dollars. Applicants listed include A N Lund T M W Hume T A Groth I B Carlson and George M Brown.
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New Iowa Bank
Washington, D
First National Bank of St. Ansgar
A. N. Lund
T. MW. Hume
T. A. Groth
B. Carlson
George M. Brown
Youthful Hunter Killed in Boat Accident Gone Wrong
George Messenger aged 16 was shot through the heart after stumbling into a boat while carrying a rifle during a hunting trip. His younger brother Roy accompanied him as they planned to cross a stream.
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Cliinton
George Messenger
Roy
Autoist Fatally Hurt In Turbulent Turn
Vinton reports Carl Detrick a popular young farmer was fatally injured when a large automobile turned turtle at high speed. The other occupants escaped without injury.
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Vinton
Carl Detrick
Pensions Granted to Iowa Residents Listed
Des Moines Iowa announces recent pension grants to Anna M. Byrd of Audubon Mary Fowler of Lamont and Sarah A. Yocum of Clarion each receiving twelve dollars total to date.
West Branch Leader Heads Belgian Aid Drive
Herbert Hoover a native of West Branch heads a committee in London distributing American aid to starving Belgians.
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West Branch
Herbert C. Hoovera
Towan
Juondon
Mexican Held at Ottumwa for Jewelry Theft
Jose Servantes, a Mexican national who spoke little English, was bound over to the grand jury in Ottumwa after being charged with taking a $50 diamond ring from a local jeweler and substituting a ten cent circlet bought in a nearby ten cent store.
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Ottumwa
Jose Servantes
Retired Farmer Edward Harzfeld Drowned in Lime Creek
Edward Harzfeld a 68 year old retired farmer drowned in Lime creek near Mason City He was found by a fishing party with no witnesses to the accident The report notes the death occurred in the creek locally reported by the paper
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Mason City
Edward Harzfeld
Lime Creek
Here
Injured While Duck Hunting Near Maloy Iowa
Two men were injured by a mysterious shotgun discharge while duck hunting north of Maloy Iowa G W Boyer suffered near total loss of his left hand and Charles Tracy had serious injury to his right hand according to local reports
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Lenox
Maloy
G. W. Boyer
Charles Tracy
Centenarian George Stroeber Dies in Muscatine at 100
George Stroeber aged 100 died at his Muscatine home on Sunday. A native of Germany his life bridged the Napoleonic era and today’s conflicts in Europe. He lived in this city many years and was widely known.
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Muscatine
George Stroeber
Mr. Stroeber
Germany
PLAN WHITE RIBBON TRAIN TO HAUL WCTU DELEGATES
A White Ribbon Special train will run from Chicago to Atlanta over Pennsylvania rails to carry western delegates to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union national convention in Atlanta November 11 to 18. Elizabeth P. Hutchinson chairs the transport committee and has many reservation requests. A large Des Moines delegation has signed up including Mrs. Laura Tale and several other Iowa members from Des Moines Indianola Sioux City Cedar Falls Mount Vernon West Branch and Cedar Rapids among others.
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Des Moines
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Atlanta
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Elizabeth P. Hutchinson
Transportation Committee
Laura Tale
Tattle L. Wright
Kort Dodge
Luele B.C. Osgood
Manoa City
Harford
Indianola
M. Ke, Patterson
Sioux City
Mra. Lichenwalter
Mra, Salzman
Toledo
Roger Leavitt
Cedar Falls
T. A. Gormly
Mount Vernon
Milen K
West Branch
Ida B. Wise Smith
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Cities Compete to Host 1915 Highway Convention
Iowa delegates at the Northwestern Road congress in Milwaukee anticipate bringing the 1915 convention to Iowa. Four towns have bid to host the event led last year by T. R. Age of Amos Des Moines. Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Waterloo seek the honor.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Northwestern Road Congress
Milwaukee
Towa
T. R. Age of
Crop of Pigs In Town Des Moines Reports Hopeful Hog Crop
Iowa department of agriculture reports from counties indicate the 1914 hog crop nearly normal despite earlier hog cholera impacts. Many counties show 100 percent crop and cholera has had little effect this year.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Nine Foot Coal Vein Found on Wapello County Farm
Des Moines reports Captain W A Duckworth, custodian of the state house, received notice of a nine foot coal vein at 210 feet depth on his Wapello county farm. A Des Moines coal company has options on 1000 acres and notes only one larger vein in town remains undiscovered.
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Des Moines
W. A. Duckworth
State House
Wapello
First Services In Church Held At New St Patrick’s Cathedral
Sunday services marked the first use of the new St Patrick’s Cathedral in Wauukon with the interior nearly finished. Marble altars communion wall and Mimich stained glass windows cost 26000 dollars, making it a notable church edifice in the city.
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St. Patrick’s
Extra Crop for Waterville Man and Twin Calves
The third pair of twin calves for the season were born on the John Tryder farm near Waterville. Mr Tryder, a potato grower, harvested 225 bushels from a single acre this fall, with ten spuds weighing 28½ pounds each.
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Waukon
Calvern
John Tryder
Waterville
Ttyder
Wheat Car Train From Cornell Bluffs Heads For Mast
A West wheat harvest is evident in long freight runs. On Saturday a train of 85 cars carried the crop from Cornell Bluffs to Mast, with a segregated tonnage of 3 400, over 120 000 bushels.
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Cornell Bluffs
New College President Accepts Waldorf Post
Forest City Rev. Martin Hegland, pastor of Zion United Lutheran, has accepted the presidency of Waldorf College Forest City and the pastorate of the First Lutheran Church there. He will assume office January 1.
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Forest City
Martin Hegland
Zion United Lutheran Church
Waldorf College
First Lutheran Church
Blacksmith Holl Killed in Greene Auto Accident
Longtime Greene blacksmith Bert Holl was killed when a car driven by William Meyne struck him. Holl reportedly dodged a second vehicle before stepping into the path of Meyne’s slowly moving car, making the collision unavoidable.
To Hear Billy Sunday in Des Moines Revival
Muscatine residents look to Billy Sunday revival meetings in Des Moines. Several churches plan bus parties to take members to the capital to hear the famed evangelist during his campaign.
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Billy
Muscatine
Des Moines
Aged Farmer Ends Life in Vinton
James Sawyer a prominent retired farmer aged 76 shot himself while brooding over ill health dying almost instantly. Both shots were near the heart in Vinton.
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Vinton
James Sawyer
Record Potato Yield by Local Farmer
Will Johnston, a nearby farmer, harvested a record tuber yield of four hundred fifty bushels per acre by exact measurement. The great crop highlights local agricultural progress and Johnston’s successful farming method.
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Humboldt
Will Johnston
Finds Relatives After 18 Years in Search
Waukon Emerson Merril aged retired citizen located long lost relatives after an 18 year search and left for New York at the start of the week.
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Waukon
Emerson Merril
New York
Pella Suffers Water Shortage After Pump Station Break
Howell pumping station motor failures cut Pella’s water supply for fire protection and household use, leaving residents without service until repairs are completed.
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Pella
Howell
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