Indians Still Make Rain as Did Their Fathers Long Ago
Washington granted a Sioux sun dance on a Northwest reservation confined to religious aspects. A Creeks guide recounts Euchie rain making at Hempstead Long Island, detailing a naked medicine man’s ritual with a tub, water, and cow tails while a medicine man invokes His sak it a Eemisa. The chief notes rain reliant on the medicine man's control and the link to buffalo tails.
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Washington
Northwest
Sitting Bull
Sam Geer
Tallequah
Okla
Hempstead
L. I
Old Creek
Indian Territory
John Sixshooter
Euchies
John
Huchie
Kirst
Hitchie
Mr. Indian
Fossil Hunters Bring New Specimens to Wisconsin Museum
Dr. M. G. Mehl and assistant G. M. Schwartz returned from New Mexico and Arizona with a valuable fossil collection for the University of Wisconsin. Their journey involved a 60 mile desert trek, water scarcity, sandstorms, and threats from Indians while crossing to Flagstaff and securing a wagon and guide.
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Madison
Wis
M. G. Mehl
G. M. Schwartz
Biological Museum
University of Wisconsin
New Mexico
Arizona
Mehl
Mr. Schwartz
Flagstaff
Ariz
Little
Colorado River
GROCERS PLAN WAR 28 Start Campaign to Cut Food Costs
Des Moines grocers and butchers, nearly 100 strong, met at the Kirkwood hotel to seek cooperative action with business men and consumers to address high living costs. H S Chase argues manipulation, not real value, drives price increases and predicts a future slump as wholesalers cite Germany and Russia for sugar and grain markets.
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Des Moines
Kirkwood
H. S. Chase
Iowa
Germany
Russia
Europe
Hawaii
Cuba
United States
San Francisco
New York
Boston
Chuck Burge Injured in Motorcycle Crash
Cedar Rapids Iowa former Ames football star Chuck Burge was removed from St Luke s hospital to his Mount Vernon home after a motorcycle crash. He has been unconscious most of the time and plans to travel to California where he has a faculty post at the State Agricultural College.
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Cedar Rapids
Charley
Chuck
Burge
Ames
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mount Vernon
California
State Agricultural College
Prall
T. M. Prall
Emmetsburg
State Educational Board of Examiners
Pratt
Grant Park
Des Moines
Prali
Prati
State Board
Warden arrests two fish sellers near Charter Oak
Denison residents Peter Goff and H Mitch ell were arrested at Charter Oak by Deputy Game Warden Polthast for selling fish from a car. Each was fined 10 dollars plus costs totaling 46. The fish were seized from the Little Sioux near Smithland.
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Denison
Peter Goff
H. Mitchell
Mapleton
Charter Oak
Polthast
Smithland
Explosion Damages Tank Wounding Two Men Near Stratford
An acetylene gas charging tank exploded on the Oscar Erickson farm east of Stratford injuring two workers. They were tending the tank when it suddenly blew, causing serious injuries to both men.
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Stratford
Oscar Erickson
Train Hits Auto Killing Four In Iowa Collision
A Milwaukee freight train struck an automobile near Herndon Iowa killing two men and injuring two others all four Rippey residents en route home from Jamaica after a baseball game George Murphy 20 died instantly Demby Dullman 14 died later at King’s Daughters hospital Perry Max Van Secoy 20 and Cale Duitman 18 suffered bruises.
War Department Seeks Beach Details From Ottumwa
The War Department mails Ottumwa Mayor Pat Leeny asking for information about the municipal bathing beach. It cites a letter allegedly from Lafayette Daily of South Ottumwa charging city officials with river obstruction and running the beach for profit for 15 cents admission. The letter calls the beach’s reputation undesirable.
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War Department
Pat Leeny
Lafayette Daily
South Ottumwa
City Commissioners and Park Board
Four-Week Threshing Crew On Large Iowa Wheat Farm
On the Kiick farm near town a four week threshing crew finished 580 acres of wheat. The yield averaged 28 bushels per acre making this long job notable in a region of small farms.
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Iowa
C. B. Kiick
17 Year Old Fined for Drawing Revolver in Platteville Restaurant
Dubuque-Leslie Webb of Platteville Wisconsin aged 17 was fined $50 and costs after drawing a revolver in a local restaurant. It stands as the largest penalty for this offense in the county.
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Dubuque
Leslie Webb
Platteville
Wis
Land Sold Near Shelissburg at Two Hundred An Acre
A quarter section six miles northwest of Shelissburg the Collinger farm, owned by Martin Werning, sold to Mr Claus Behrens for $200 an acre. Possession will not be given until March 1916.
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Shelisburg
Shelissburg
Martin Werning
Collinger
Claus Behrens
Iowa Painters Meet In Davenport Opens Debate On School Art
The Iowa Master Painters association closed a three day convention in Davenport after Seth J. Temple urged schools to teach painting and decorating and criticized the current system of competitive bidding in contract work.
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Davenport
Iowa Master Painters’ Association
Seth J. Temple
Two Drown In Skunk River Picnicers Near Here
Lyman Patterson aged 25 and Zetta Miller aged 20 both of New Sharon drowned while boating with others at a Skunk River picnic north of town. The tragedy occurred during outing when the couple were part of a group.
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Oskaloosa
Skunk River
Here
Lyman Patterson
Zetta Miller
New Sharon
Forger Breaks Jail At Buxton
Albin Fred Madiford, jailed for forgery at Buxton, broke from his cell using bricks. He offered freedom to fellow prisoners if they aided him, but they refused. Bloodhounds were sent to track him.
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Forger
Albin
Fred Madiford
Buxton
Railroad Man Killed by Trolley Wire in Fort Dodge
Louis Zorn aged 26 single was killed after contacting a trolley wire on a track used for car transfers between the Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern and the M and St L railroads.
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Fort Dodge
Louis Zorn
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Carlisle Editor Files for Bankruptcy
Jasper C. Bennett editor and publisher of the Carlisle Optimist filed a federal bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 5679.42 dollars and assets of 1799.59 dollars in Des Moines.
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Carlisle
Des Moines
Jasper C. Bennett
The
Carlisle Optimist
Bear Pursuit Through Woods After Dog Driver Loses Control
Frank Lewis driving on North Mountain sees a large dog leap from the carriage and later return with a black bear in pursuit. The dog hides under the carriage while the bear trails, spurring the horses to bolt as the chase lasts about two miles through the vicinity of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania.
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Wilkes-Barre
Frank Lewis
North Mountain
Soldier River drainage bonds finalized ending litigation
Auditor J M Albertson reports the Soldier river bonds of 41000 and a sight draft have been forwarded to Toledo. The authorization and sale close the Soldier river drainage district litigation.
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Logan
Soldier River
Toledo
J. M. Albertson
Soldier River Drainage District
Bids Opened for Ames Hotel Plan Exceed Budget
Bids for the Ames hotel project by Munn and Sheld on have been opened. The lowest bid, 785000 by W. J. Zitteral of Webster City, is considered too high. Plans will be changed to reduce cost.
Ninth Visit of Burglars at Yonkers Sporting Goods
Burglars in Yonkers N Y carried off a stock of revolvers during their ninth annual visit to Frank Knapfer's sporting goods store, continuing a long running pattern.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Frank Knapfer
Birds Very Like Humans in a Rural Robin Family
In Burlington Kansas a robin family stages a bustling feeding scene on the Baker lawn. A slim father robin leads a brood of two hungry youngsters as he forages for worms and grubs, feeding them while the young beg for provisions for over an hour.
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Robin
Baker Lawn
Bayonne Theater Offers Free Matinee for Dead Files
Bayonne theater manager launches aid to the swat the fly movement offering free matinee admission to any boy or girl who brings 50 dead files on Saturday.
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Bayonne
N. J
Record corn trade at Fairfax in eight days
Farmers' Grain company received 976 loads of shelled corn over eight days at Fairfax, averaging 122 loads daily and 74 cents per bushel.
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Fairfax
Farmers’ Grain Company
Farmers' Cooperative to Ready Elevation by October Fifteenth
Denison based Farmers' Cooperative promises an elevator ready by October 15 to receive grain. Sioux City company holds the construction contract for the project.
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Farmers’ Cooperative Company
Denison
Sioux City
Adel Light and Power Plant Destroyed in Fire
Adel residents lose power and water after a fire destroys the Adel Light and Power plant. Estimated loss reaches 50000 dollars, leaving the town without electricity or water service.
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Adel
Adel Light and Power Company
Dissolve Incorporation Sparks Local Separation Bid
Farmers with land inside city limits have begun action to detach from the town's incorporation and form a separate community alignment.
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Tabor
Child On Tracks Causes Tragic Freight Incident
A seven hour old child named Atlantic Thomas Jopson died instantly after leaping in front of a moving freight train with apparent suicidal intent. Police and railway officials are investigating the incident and the circumstances surrounding the death.
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Atlantic
Thomas Jopson
Greene Votes Bonds for High School Addition
In a special election Greene approved bonds totaling 4500 dollars for a two story brick east side high school addition.
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Greene
East Side
New Editor at Thornton Town Falls
Mr Bilderbeck takes charge of the Thornton Enterprise. Former editor of the Hampton Globe, he has recently been at Atlantic and Wichita Kansas.
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Thornton
Town Falls
Bilderbeck
Thornton Enterprise
Hampton Globe
Atlantic
Wichita
Kansas
Thresher Crew Plunges Bridge Near Logan
Henry Dungan and other threshing crew members narrowly escaped death when their engine and separators broke a county bridge and crashed four miles south of Logan. The crew survived as the machine went into a heap, ending a perilous collision with the span.
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Logan
Henry Dungan
Iowa Man at Berlin Appointed Vice Consul
Harold Quarton of Algona named vice consul in Berlin after two year wait since taking the U S State Department exam. He is the son of Judge Quarton of Algona and will represent Iowa interests in Germany.
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Iowa
Berlin
Algona
Harold Quarton
Judge Quarton
State Department
George Cosson
Department of Justice
Building Boom Punctuates Waukon Growth
Waukon reports an unprecedented building boom. New business buildings exceed $22,000 in value, residential projects over $40,000, and street improvements surpass $75,000 as the city expands.
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Waukon
Fatal Stabbing Affray in Milwaukee Coal Yards
An unknown Black woman stabbed a Black man in the Milwaukee coal yards at Manilla, killing him instantly. Bloodhounds from Manning were used to track her but proved ineffective.
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Denison
Milwaukee
Manilla
Manning
Cooperative Creamery Organized at West Liberty
Assistants in the department of food and dairy have completed plans for a large cooperative creamery at West Liberty. A meeting was held and farmers pledged the produce of 625 cows to start the venture.
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West Liberty
Department of Food and Dairy
Fall Festival Draws Good Attendance in Denison
Germans of Denison held a fall festival with strong turnout. Denison band provided music while participants enjoyed various sports activities throughout the day.
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Denison
New Rectory Planned for St. Anthony Church
A substantial improvement for St. Anthony Catholic parish in Marshall county includes a new rectory costing $5,000. Construction begins next month.
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St. Anthony
Marshalltown
Marshall County
Big Union Ranch Sold on Grand River Farm
Talmage Harper and Murphy of Talmage sold 504 acre Spring Valley Ranch on Grand River to Charles Bunzendahl of Creston for 75 600 dollars. Sale priced at 150 dollars per acre. Possession to begin March 1.
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Big Union Ranch
Talmage
Harper & Murphy
Charles Bunzendahl
Creston
Grand River
Spring Valley Ranch
Bunzendahl
I O O F Grand Lodge Session at Winterset
More than 150 delegates from 35 lodges attended the I O O F grand lodge special session in Winterset. Over 100 delegates were given degrees during the gathering.
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Winterset
I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge
Des Moines Merchants Talk Flour Costs and Prices
Des Moines merchants meet with local millers and packers to discuss high flour costs and the effect of wheat speculators. They note No 1 northern wheat at 1.27 per bushel and a barrel of flour costing 6.35, with plans to lower prices if producers assure Des Moines trade.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
Beaver Valley Milling Company
Northern
Iowa
Des Moines Packing Company
Trades and Labor Assembly of
Alvin Amend
Cuba
Hawaii
United States
Washington
England
America
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