New Laws Planned For Rural School Improvement
Des Moines report outlines 23 school measures to be pushed in Iowa. Key items include voluntary rural school consolidation, support for rural high schools, funding for normal training, creation of four more normal schools, higher superintendent salaries, and a move to township school units. The plan also calls for simplified school funds and a complete codification of laws.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Educational Council of the State Teachers’ Association
Reno
Elkader
Ensign
The
State University
Farmers' Grain and Seed Company forms in Lamoni
Decatur county farmers organize a grain and seed company to operate as Farmers' Grain and Seed Company with $25,000 capital. Articles filed with the secretary of state. Officers: J. P. Haas president, Eli Hayer vice president, Oliver Hayer secretary, W. A. Greenawalt treasurer. General produce and seed business planned. Iowa Horticultural Society notes. The thirty-eighth annual session of the Southwestern Iowa Horticultural Society will meet at Council Bluffs auditorium December 3 4 and 5. The year highlights public interest in Iowa as a fruit state.
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Iowa
National Congress of Farmers
New Orleans
St. Louis
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Wabash
Illinois Central
Oskaloosa
Congress
D. W. Unsicker
Minneapolis
Ackerman Advertising Agency
L. Ackerman
B. L. Ackerman
Mineola State Bank of
Mineola
H. F. Kruse
L. M. Lord
Charles F. Nipp
Rosa L. Nipp
Continental Assurance Society of Illinois
Decatur County
Farmers’ Grain and Seed Company
Lamoni
J. P. Haas
Eli Hayer
Oliver Hayer
W. A. Greenawalt
Iowa Horticultural Society
Southwestern Iowa Horticultural Society
Council Bluffs
Iowa and Nebraska Business Leaders Hear Rail Talk in Chicago
Iowa and Nebraska commercial interests secured a favorable hearing before the Western Passenger association in Chicago on appeals for reduced passenger rates to fairs, agricultural gatherings, and events. Railroad representatives showed strong interest and asked many questions, with a decision pending after full consideration.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Western Passenger Association
Chicago
Iowa Firm Admits Misbranding in Pure Food Case
The department of agriculture at Washington announced a judgment in a pure food case against Sac City Canning Co of Sac City Iowa after seizure of 1000 cases of canned corn shipped to Kansas City. Misbranding due to short weight was charged and the company admitted the allegations and posted a bond to comply with the law.
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Flynn
Katzenmeyer Brothers
Iowa City
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Sac City Canning Company
Sac City
United States
Western Missouri
Kansas City
Dr Kepford decries state health funding disparity
A State University paper by Dr A E Kepford, tuberculosis lecturer, argues that assigning monetary values to babies and students highlights the mismatch in state spending. He notes the state spends hundreds of thousands on livestock health while only 5000 is allotted to public health.
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State University
A. E. Kepford
Fire Commissioner Probes Atlantic Blaze Spree
State fire commissioner Ole O Roe says an arsonist is at work in Atlantic after several fires. He reports multiple suspects but no arrests yet as investigations continue.
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Ole O. Roe
Atlantic
Roe
New Iowa Corporations Formations and Amended Capital
Green Chemical Company of Le Mars is capitalized at 10000 dollars. Doelling Nelson Company of Davenport files amended articles changing capital stock to 50000 dollars.
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Green Chemical Company
le Mars
Doelling-Nelson Company
Davenport
Supreme Court Grants Barr Divorce and Alimony
Hannah Barr of Delaware county receives a divorce from D. W. Barr and $5,000 alimony after the supreme court finds his debts inflated and property values misrepresented. Cruel and inhuman treatment cited as grounds. A separate note reports a Chicago conference on fair rates with Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska railroad officials.
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Supreme Court
Hannah Barr
Delaware County
D. W. Barr
Barr
Fort Peck Reservation to Open for Settlement Next Spring
Two million acres in Montana’s Fort Peck Indian reservation will be opened to settlers next spring. Officials estimate wheat barley and oats yields possible across the lands, with Indians showcasing rapid progress in agriculture at the forthcoming county fair. The article notes tribal modernization alongside preserved traditions and a Sioux festival drawing three thousand people in traditional attire.
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Butte
Mont
Montana
Fort Peck Indian Reservation
Thomas Shaw
Shaw
Fort Peck
Great Northern Railroad
New York
Boys Trapped by Tide Rescued After Nightfall
Edward Haberle aged 18 and Winfield Toy aged 16 from Collingdale were stranded on a five foot high tree trunk amid rising waters in Darby creek. They fired shotgun shots to attract help until Charley Hutt alerted police, who rescued them with the tide still coming in as darkness fell.
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Philadelphia
Darby Creek
Edward Haberle
Winfield Toy
Collingdale
Haberle
Toy
Charley Hutt
Hutt
Diehl, Jones
Trumback
Greens
Jail Restores His Memory in Everett
Robert Carlson a logger who had forgotten his name and past life regained memory at sight of prison walls and was booked as John Doe Christensen. When questioned he blurted I was here before I recall being in the upstairs corridor four years ago. Records confirmed his statements.
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Everett
Wash
Robert Carlson
Arlington
John Doe Christensen
Judge Hooper Sentences Rush for Rail Theft
In Joliet Illinois Judge Hooper condemns theft of nine dollars by John Rush, a colored man, urging thieves to aim high and steal nothing less than a railroad. The remark accompanies Rush's sentencing for the crime.
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Joliet
Hooper
John Rush
Brooklyn Girl Hooks Shark For Record Costa Rica Catch
Miss Cecile des Place, a tourist from Brooklyn, hooked and reeled in a 3800 pound shark off Port Limon Costa Rica after fifteen minutes of fishing. Her feat made headlines in Costa Rican papers and she returned home aboard the Prinz August Wilhelm with the shark teeth as souvenirs.
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New York
Costa Rica
Brooklyn
Cecile Des Place
Miss Des Place
Port Simon
Port Limon
Nine Stitches Saved Man After Heart Operation
Philadelphia reports John Thompson, a Black man, left Pennsylvania Hospital after nine stitches were taken in his heart in a stabbing incident from seventy seven days earlier. Surgeons operated within two hours and the patient recovered quickly, showing strength comparable to before the injury.
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Philadelphia
John Thompson
Pennsylvania Hospital
Thompson
Dee
Coffees Doped Escape Near Denver Endangers Man
Denver man George W. Smith nearly died after drinking five cups of coffee laced with strychnine in a cabin he found while lost with a friend during a mountain storm. A cattleman confessed to doping the coffee to deter thieves, then fled. The incident underscores dangers of remote shelter theft on the range.
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Smith
Denver
Radman
Important Bills Push for Action on Women's Suffrage
Des Moines report notes the Thirty-fifth General Assembly will handle more major measures than in years past. George Cosson, attorney general, lists topics for winter action including arbitration, workmen’s comp, tax reform, direct election of U S senators, good roads, school laws, prison reform, Australian ballot, public utilities, mothers’ pension, and more. He emphasizes the need to move progressive reforms into operation.
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Cosson
Alienation suit seeks $20000 in district court
Croston Mrs. Alien Lowthers sues John Lowthers and Mrs. Jane Lowthers in Ringgold county for $20000 claiming parental hostility damaged her marriage and alienated her husband from their infant child. The couple lived with the parents after marriage and alleged harsh treatment.
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Croston
Alien Lowthers
John Lowthers
Jane Lowthers
Ringgold County
Grovar CG. Lowthers
Alicea Lowthers
Corn too big for the machines in Emmetsburg
In northwest Iowa the heat and rains in August and September caused oversized corn ears. Operators of corn husking machines must fit larger rollers to handle the crop. Many machines are in Palo Alto county and despite the larger crop, labor needs remain similar to older methods.
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Lowa
Emmetsburg
Towa
Palo Alto
State Veterinarians Meet at Ames Officers Elected
At the Ames convention of the Town Veterinarians association two hundred delegates gathered. FR H Miller of Council Bluffs was elected president, W A Heck of West Liberty first vice president, J A Scott of Waterloo second vice president, H H Stang of Ames college as secretary and treasurer, and H H Stewart of Lacona joined the executive committee.
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Ames
Town Veterinarians Association
Fr.h. Miller
Council Bluffs
W. A. Heck
West Liberty
J. A. Scott
Waterloo
H. Stang
Veterinary Department
Ames College
HH. S. Stewart
Lacona
Aged tailor in Dubuque takes own life
Andrew Gehrig, 84, a longtime Dubuque tailor born in Switzerland, shot himself after years of increasing infirmities. He had worked at the bench for twenty years and lived in Dubuque for fifty years, despondent over health declines.
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Dubuque
Andrew Gehrig
Tailor’s Bench
Tie
Switzerland
Death by Own Action in Jealousy Cure Case
In Council Bluffs Mrs. James Turner, colored, returns home from the movies to find her husband dead by a bullet wound. Letters imply Turner chose death as the cure for jealousy, indicating a self inflicted tragedy.
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Council, Bluffs
James Turner
Turner
Swine Cholera Decreases in Decorah Area
Hog cholera has devastated many hogs in the region but is now decreasing due to cold weather. Experts say the chill has checked the outbreak and slowed transmission.
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Decorah
Doctor Stumbaugh Shoots Self at Lacona Home
Dr W B Stumbaugh age 45 prominent Lacona resident shot himself with a revolver at James Brower’s home near Lacona Thursday afternoon. Local authorities investigate motive and confirm the fatal self injurious act.
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Milo
W. B. Stumbaugh
Lacona
James Brower
Lacone
Fall In Gymnasium Fatal
Joseph A. Paulista reporter for the Cedar Rapids Republican and Times died in St Luke s hospital after a fall from a horizontal bar at the local YMCA gymnasium.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph A. Paulista
Republican and Times
St. Luke's Hospital
The Death of Christ A Deep Christian Doctrine
A sermon style reflection explains the extraordinary death of Jesus Christ as a voluntary sacrifice. It argues Christ bore sins for all humanity, outlining justification reconciliation and salvation from wrath through his death. It emphasizes divine love and righteous justice guiding humanity to faith.
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Noc
Wiijah
Christ
Plata
Jesus
Paul
Stephen
Jesus Christ
Apostles
God
Man
Lfe
Incorruptible Treasures and Eternal Companionship
A devotional reflection on extracting spiritual value from moments and hardships. It cites Habakkuk and Revelation figures, urging that wealth includes the Great Companion and the ability to transform transient life into incorruptible treasures.
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J. H. Jewitt
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