Iowa Guard Engineers Recall Border Training Brillian tly
Second Lieutenant W. J. Brush of Company A Iowa engineers returns on furlough from border duty where guardsmen learned trench digging barbed wire entanglements and grenade throwing. They built a 162 foot pontoon bridge in minutes and a corduroy road to the parade grounds while facing Mexican snipers and storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
National Guard
W. J. Brush
Company A
Jowa Engineers
Engineering
Towa
L. R. Walrall
Rio Grande
Texas
Iowa
Brush
Great Church Convention Opens in Des Moines
Forty missionaries from ten foreign lands and thousands of delegates arrive for the international missionary convention of the Disciples of Christ. Dr. W. F. Richardson of Kansas City Mo, president of the convention, is among the first to register, accompanied by R. A. Long, noted for major mission giving.
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Great Church
Bes Moines
International Missionary Convention of the
Disciples of Christ
W. F. Richardson
Independent Boulevard Church
Kansas City
Richardson
R. A. Long
Fewer Iowa students seek drill exemptions this year
University of Iowa faculty committee on military instruction reports only six of about 700 required to train asked for exemptions, with one withdrawing. In prior years, as many as two hundred sought immunity from cadet training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa Faculty Committee On
Prizes Offered for Iowa Song Contest in Chicago Alumni
Iowa alumni now in Chicago have posted prizes totaling 250 dollars for winners of a prize song writing contest. Entries are due by February 1 1917, extended from October 1. The aim is a patriotic song like the Marseillaise and suitable for all occasions. Open to all entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa City
Chicago
Farm Brings Big Price at Dallas County Auction
A 282 acre Earlham area farm brought $36,682 at public auction ordered by the Dallas County District Court. John Williamson of Earlham purchased the property.
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District Court
Dallas County
Earlham
John Willamson
Logan to Get 24000 Feet Sewer Network
Logan mayor and council awarded the contract to lay 24000 feet of sewer system at an estimated cost of 17245 dollars. The project approved in a council session aims to upgrade the town’s sanitation infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
O. 1
Case
Kenyon Senator Mourns Mother’s Death in Fort Dodge
Mrs. Harriet Kenyon mother of United States Senator W. P. Kenyon died at her Fort Dodge home after a long illness. The senator requested privacy as the family announced the passing. Funeral arrangements were to be announced locally.
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Sen. Kenyon
Fort Dodge
Harriet Kenyon
United States
Sen. W. &. Kenyon
Logan Hog Shipment Sets Local Record For One Day
Harry Latta delivered 600 head of fat hogs from his Logan area farm to market, a possible Logan daily record for a single farmer. W. W. Latta owns 2,000 head of sheep and plans purchases in Omaha markets. He previously set a wool sale record exceeding $7,000 in the prior season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Harry Latta
W. W.latta
Omaha
W. W. Latta
Civilian Rifle Team Names Nine Members for Jacksonville Shoot
The civilian rifle team Choven lists ten selectors for the national guard shoot in Jacksonville Florida. Members include G M Agner of Cedar Rapids W E F Kessler and Ernest Coler of Des Moines Sidney S Smith of Washington M K Kurtz of Cedar Rapids A T Carter and D W Price of Des Moines R R Mayberry of Cedar Rapids C A Barnes of Grinnell Y T M Sutherland and D W Weufrey of Des Moines.
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Choven
Des Moines
Wau
National Guard
Jacksonville
Florida
G. M. Agnér
Cedar Rapids
W. EF. Kessler
Sidneys. Smith
Washington
M. K. Kurtz
Ernest Coler
M. A. Fawcett
A. T. Carter
R. R. Mayberry
C. A. Barnes
Grinnell
YT. M. Sutherland
I. A. Fuller
D. W. Price
Iowa City
T. VW. Weufrey
Iowa women raise large love gift for missions
Des Moines reports the Christian Woman’s Board of Missions in Iowa started four months ago to raise 1000 dollars in half dollars for debt relief. At the Iowa’s hour ceremony during the general convention of Churches of Christ the gift reached between 5000 and 6000 dollars. Hundreds of local mission boards contributed and tens of thousands of Iowa women gave, with a scroll listing each donor.
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Des Moines
Christian Woman’s Board of Missions
Board of Missions
Iowa
General Convention of Churches of Christ
Iowan Returns From Trenches In France
Robert J. Shaw, after four weeks in the American ambulance corps in France, returned to Iowa City for a brief visit before entering the University of Chicago. He sailed from New York on the Lafayette July 29, crossing safely with a cargo of ammunition. Shaw served near Verdun with Sector Pour, headquartered at Le Mort Homme near the front.
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Trenches
Iowa City
American Ambulance Corps
France
Robert J. Shaw
University of Chicago
Mr. Shaw
New York
Lafayette
Paris
Shaw
Pour
Verdun
le Mort Homme
Iowa's Iron Mines at Waukon Feature 128 Proposed Plants
The Mississippi Valley Iron company's Waukon mines in Iowa cover 257 acres, located 23 miles from the Mississippi. Owned by a St. Louis company with $5,000,000 capitalization, the site employs about 0 men and has received substantial new machinery in the past year.
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Iowa
Waukon
Mississippi Valley Iron Company
Great Waterway
Mississippi
St. Louis
Robbers Raid Ames Stores After Slugging Night Policeman
A gang burglarized six Ames stores escaping about $340 in merchandise and cash. Night officer M A Miller was slugged during the raid. Suspects are believed to be the same group that hit Polk City and Boone post offices and sacked the college dormitories for roughly $1 000 in goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
M. A. Miller
Polk City
Boone Post
Railroad to Abandon Colfax to Valeria Line
Colfax Northern seeks permission from the state railroad commission to abandon its eight mile line from Colfax to Valeria. No objections were filed at the hearing. Owners say mines and other industries along the route have closed, and there is no traffic. the line has not been leased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colfax
State Railroad Commission
Colfax Northern Rail Ad
Valeria
Graveling Bee Held For New School Building
A graveling bee at the town site attracted twenty six farmers with teams to haul gravel for the streets around the new school. Residents dug sand and leveled the area while eighty members of the home economics class provided dinner for the workers.
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Roland
Oldest Active Minister in Unitarian Church
Rev Benjamin Brunning of Boone aged ninety six is the United States oldest active minister in charge of a pulpit. At the state conference in Sioux City he said he expects to live beyond 100 years.
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Sioux City
Benjamin Brunning
Boone
United States
Unitarian Church
Unitarian Association
Brunning
Iowa Leads In Autos as Des Moines Reports
Agriculture department statistics show one person out of forty nationally owns a car while one family in eight does. Iowa surpasses all states with one in twelve persons owning an automobile.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
United States
Former State Senator Perkins Dies After Illness
Delhii E. C. Perkins, former state senator, died at his home after a year of illness. Acute anemia was the cause of death. He was well known throughout the state.
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Delhii
E. C. Perkins
Woman Died After Car Train Collision Near Home
Mrs Alfred Van Auken 60 of North English died when her son's car struck by a train in Cedar Rapids while en route home from hospital. Her daughter in law Mrs Miller suffered probable fatal injuries. Mrs Van Auken had been advised to travel home by auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred van Auken
Cedar Rapids
Frank Miller
van Auken
Miller
Combine Dairy and Swine Show in Waterloo Conference
In Waterloo a conference was held to merge the national swine show with the Dairy Cattle congress. The swine show, with 12 000 members, was conducted in Omaha. L E Frost secretary of the show met with President J R Vaughan and BE Estes secretary of the cattle congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Omaha
L. E. Frost
J. R. Vaughan
BE. S. Estes
The
Cattle Congress
Commercial Club
Iowa Recruits Arrive At Brownsville For Border Guard Duty
Des Moines reports ninety one Iowa recruits reach the border near Brownsville distributed among three infantry regiments and a battery. Company H of the Second regiment leads with fifteen newcomers from Sioux City. Recruits wear O D suits and carry overcoats, while seasoned guards are sun tanned from months on duty as heavy rains flood the Texas mud. The brigade plans new square tents and tent stoves at Brownsville, with winter clothing stored for possible use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Brownsville
Iowa
Sioux City
Texas
Iowa Infantry
Farmer Arrested for Arson in Persia Fires
Logan John Coffman a 23 year old farmer and member of a prominent local family is jailed on arson charges. He allegedly set fires at Hughes farm and Hansen farm destroying barns hay cribs and other property as six barns burned in the Persia area prompting farmers to detain him? The sheriff says Coffman confessed and offered no explanation.
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Logan
John Coffman
Persia
Cass Township
Coffman
Myers
Hughes Farm
Hansen Farm
Hughes
Hansen
Fish Station Busy North McGregor Exceeds Shipping Records
The government fish station led by Ira B. Clark of La Crosse Wisconsin reports record shipments of rescued Mississippi slough fish this season. Oct 6 car 1 carried 100 cans with 2 200 sunfish 100 catfish 450 yellow perch and 5 900 black bass to Chester Illinois. Oct 9 car 1 carried 100 cans with 250 yellow perch 4 500 catfish 2 000 sun fish 3 500 black bass to Galena Illinois.
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North McGregor
Mississippi
Ira B. Clark
la Crosse
Wis
Chester
Ila
Galena
Illinois
More Than Twenty Autoists Fined In Dubuque
State agents Brunson and Shipley arrived unexpectedly at the Dubuque police station and summoned local autoists for violating state automobile laws. See we expect violators will be given a limited time to comply with the law.
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Dubuque
Brunson and Shipley
Woodward Postoffice Robbed in Nitroglycerin Blast
The Woodward post office was robbed when the safe was blown open with nitroglycerin. About twenty dollars in cash and stamps were taken, and a portion of the building was destroyed by the blast. No suspects or crew were identified.
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Woodward Postoffice
Woodward
Hog Cholera Outbreak Tied to Unvaccinated Pigs
Hog cholera appears near Rolfe and Spencer as hogs from St. Paul and Kansas City arrive unvaccinated. State veterinarian warns this violates the law and may lead to action. Railroads and individuals who bring in unvaccinated hogs are liable for violations.
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Amies
Rolfe and
Spencer
St. Paul
Kansas City
Librarians Close Colfax Convention With Elections
The state library annual meeting at Colfax closed after officers were elected. President Miss Jane Armstrong Council Bluffs first vice president Helen McBaith Sioux City second vice president Mrs Irving C Johnson Oskaloosa secretary Miss Miriam Wharton Burlington registrar Miss Mary Ditch Ottumwa treasurer Miss Fannie Wolf Cedar Rapids honorary president W C Payne Nevada.
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Colfax
State Library Convention
Jane Armstrong
Council Blatts
Helen McBaith
Sioaux City
Irving C. Johnson
Oskaloosa
Miriam Wharton
Burlington
Mary Ditch
Ottumwa
Fannie Wolf
Cedar Rapids
W. C. Payne
Nevada
U-Boat Promises Tied To U S War Policy
President Wilson holds Germany to all wartime promises on submarine warfare. Count von Bernstorff assures compliance. Secretary Daniels says U S neutrality intact and passengers safe. Secretary Lansing questions violations of international law so far and plans a Wilson meeting on German raids off the American coast. Bernstorff leaves after 15 minutes stating merchant ship attacks follow cruiser warfare.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
White House
Washington
United States
Nantucket
Germany
von Bernstorff
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
State Lansing
Lansing
U.S. Open To U-Boat
Washington reports the United States will not bar neutrals from harboring submarines, rejecting entente demands that all submarines be denied access even in neutral ports. Officials note the U-583 raid from Newport caused heavy shipping damage, with estimates near six million dollars.
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Washington
Newport
New England
Counselor Polk
State Department
United States
London
Cyclone Ravages St Thomas and St Croix
A cyclone swept St Thomas causing extensive damage to nearly every building. Island damage is estimated at about 1 million dollars. The storm also did great damage on St Croix.
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St. Thomnas
D. W
St. Thomas
St. Croix
Death of Mad King Otto of Bavaria in Munich region
Former King Otto of Bavaria, long known for insanity, died suddenly at Fuerstenried Castle near Munich where he had been confined since 1873. The death occurred October 14 in London news coverage noting his lifelong mental illness and exile.
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Otto
London
Bavaria
Fuerstenried Castle
Munich
Adriatic Sails For England With War Supplies
The White Star liner Adriatic departed for England defying potential submarines, carrying 18 000 tons of war supplies and 240 passengers including 40 in first class.
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New York
White Star
England
Gasoline Shortage Reported by Berlin Ambassador
Gasoline has become so scarce in Germany since the war started that Ambassador Gerard must obtain his personal supply from Holland in sealed cans upon his arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New York
Germany
Gerard
Holland
Deportation of Aliens Suspended at Atlantic Stations
Washington October 12 The deportation of aliens at Atlantic and Gulf immigration stations was suspended by Assistant Secretary Post of the labor department due to submarine danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic and Gulf
Department of Labor
Gerard Won't Discuss Visit to Germany Dispatch
New York October 13. James W. Gerard American ambassador to Germany arrived aboard the freighter Scandinavia American. He declined to confirm or deny reports he was returning to the United States on a peace mission for the German emperor. Mrs Gerard accompanied him and received roses. Mayor Mitchiel’s reception committee including Oscar Straus greeted them at quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
United States
Frederik VIII
Gerard
Mitchhel
Oscar Straus
Public Service Commission
One Dead and Six Shot at Beech Grove Polls
In Breathitt County Beech Grove precinct during a school trustees election several women voting for Ike Short were challenged. Alfred Kkeene was killed, Anderson Spicer shot five times and Ike Short four times. Four other men were wounded as bullets pierced dresses.
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Louisville
Beech Grove
Breathitt County
Ike Short
Alfred Kkeene
Anderson Spicer
Hurricane hits Danish West Indies causes $2 million damage
Washington reports from American Consul Payne at St. Thomas that the hurricane sweeping the Danish West Indies damaged properties estimated at 2 million dollars and left many residents homeless.
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Washington
Payne
St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Immany
Brig. Gen. Macomb Retires From Active Service
Brig. Gen. Montgomery Meigs Macomb U.S.A. retires from active duty at age sixty four. He has served as president of the Army and War College. The retirement occurred on Thursday in Washington.
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Macomb
Washington
Cen
Montgomery Meigs Macomb
Army and’ War College
British Lose 22 852 in Week Reported by War Office
The War Office announced on Wednesday that Britain's total casualties for the week ending October 18 across all fronts reached 22 852, including soldiers killed wounded and missing.
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London
War Office
German Losses From Start of War Through September
British compilation released in London reports German casualties from the war’s start to the end of September totaling 3,556,018. The figure was issued on a Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wilson Names Seven To National Defense Advisory Council
President Wilson released seven distinguished figures appointed to join the council of national defense. Daniel Willard, Samuel Gompers, Franklin H. Martin, Howard K. Coffin, Bernard Baruch, Hollis Godfrey, and Julius Rosenwald are named to coordinate transportation and mobilization efforts and inform manufacturers of their national emergency roles. The advisory group marks a nonpartisan entry of engineers and professionals into federal governance with service conducted without pay.
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Crain
Harrisburg
Wilson
Council of National Defense
Congress
Daniel Willard
Baltimore& Ohio Railroad
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Franklin H. Martin
Chicago
Howard K. Coffin
Detroit
Bernard Baruch
New York
Der
Hollis Godfrey
Philadelphia
Julius Rosenwald
Naval Consulting Board
Doctor shoots surgeon in Chicago after years of grievance
Dr Arthur McLaren wounded Dr J B Weintraub in the Delaware building after claiming a botched operation ruined his life. He said he planned to marry, learned he could not, and announced he shot the surgeon, who was once a prominent militiaman.
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Chicago
Arthur C. McLaren
J. B. Weintraub
Delaware Building
McLaren
Weintraub
Doctor McLaren
Armour to Cut Big Melon at Next Board Meeting
Armour and Company plans to cut 2 400 percent melon at the upcoming board meeting. R J Dunham vice president disclosed a proposed increase in capitalization from 20 million to 100 million by capitalizing 80 million of surplus earned between 1901 and 1912 when dividends were scarce and earnings reinvested in plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Armour and Company
Starvation Report From Zacatecas Hits Public Ear
A missionary reports many deaths from starvation in Zacatecas Mexico as he found exhausted men lying in the streets and appearing drunk due to extreme hunger in the region as of October 14 in El Paso Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fl Paso
Tex
Zacatecas
Portuguese Advance in Africa Reports Northward Push
Lisbon reports the Portuguese commander in East Africa stating after a clash with German troops, Portuguese forces repulsed the enemy and advanced about 19 miles north of Royuna.
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Africa
Lisbon
East ‘Africa
Royuna
Professor Levi L. Conant Killed in Worcester Accident
Prof. Levi L. Conant, 59, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute faculty member, was struck by an automobile and killed as he crossed the street in front of his home on October 13 in Worcester Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi L. Conant
Worcester
Mass
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
U-boat captain praised as "good fellow" after rescue
Gustav Remolds steward of the sunken Norwegian tanker Christian Knudsen credits Captain Rose of the U-boat with valued conduct. Rose towed the wrecked crew to a lighthouse after U-53 sank their vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
New York
Gustav Remolds
Christian Knudsen
Captain Rose
Sox Clinch World Title as Shore Shuts Dodgers
In Boston on Oct 14 1916 Ernie Shore pitched a strong seven innings earning the victory as the Red Sox defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 4 to 1 in front of a record crowd of 42620. Duffy Lewis doubled and drove in the tying run in the second and Homer Hooper scored later.
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Shore
Dodgers
Ele
Duffy Lewis
Lewis
Gardner
Cutshaw
Olson
Boston
Hooper
Janvrin
Charles Ebbetts
Brooklyns
Braves’ Field
Mowrey
Hi Myers
Three Killed in Bayonne Strike Battle
In Bayonne New Jersey Oct 14 a clash between Standard Oil strikers and a group of 250 guards and officers at Prospect and Twenty second streets left three dead and about twenty wounded. Inspector Cady ordered dispersal before the gunfire erupted and later feared a militia appeal if violence resumes.
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Bayonne
N. Jes
Standard Oil
Prospect
Twenty-second
Tidewater Oil Plant
Cady
British General Philip Howell Killed in Action
Brig. Gen. Philip Howell aged thirty nine was killed in action in London on October 18. He had been mentioned in dispatches last year and was made a commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Philip Howell
Howell
Order of St. Michael and St. George
Kaiser Calls Old Men? Examinations in Brandenburg
London reports the Tageblatt says 1870 1878 class men aged fifty eight to sixty three will undergo examinations this month in Brandenburg province. The note mentions military class reviews as part of ongoing conscription related procedures.
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Kaiser
London
Tageblatt of
Berlin
Brandenburg
Schoolgirl Strangled Found in Tenement Cellar
New York on October 12 a sorrowful murder case reports eleven year old Tittle Brown found dead in a Monroe street tenement cellar after an attack and strangling with her own book-strap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tittle Brown
Monroe Street
Lower East Side
Berlin Vorwaerts Suppressed by Reichstag Foreign Affairs Plan
Amsterdam dispatches report Berlin Vorwaerts was suppressed following a ruling to appoint a reichstag committee for foreign affairs. The action was described as the latest step in German political measures announced from Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
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