Greater Iowa backs Home Patronage Week for Iowa made goods
Iowa seeks a Home Patronage Week in October with thousands of pledges from retail merchants to display Iowa made goods in show windows. Consumers and Jawa women will pledge to buy Iowa products, aiming for 66 000 households and 300 000 people, with quality and price checks. In Knoxville, farmers push a 14 mile road improvement plan along the main highway to Melcher, grading and ditching then oiling the surface.
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Greater Iowa Association
Iowa Made
Clinton
Iowa
Club Women of
Jawa
Knoxville
Melcher
Railroad Shops Burn at Illinois Central in Waterloo
Fire gutted the car repair department at the Illinois Central shops in Waterloo. About forty box cars were ruined and two engines hauled to the yards for repairs were badly damaged. Origin undetermined but believed sparked by a engine spark. Firemen stopped spread to the roundhouse. loss about 40000 dollars.
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Waterloo
Illinois Central
Woman Seeks Damages From Bar retts Over Farm Injury
Mrs. Martha Verstraeten files a suit for $1,000 against Daniel and Joseph Barrett near Hinton alleging she was forced to perform farm labor while employed as a housekeeper at 4.50 per week. She slipped on broken bottles while removing barbed wire, causing an artery cut in her arm.
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le Mars
Martha Verstraeten
Daniel
Joseph Barrett
Hinton
Housekeeper Sues for Breach of Promise to Wed
Mrs. Margaret Adsit sues Henry Mattox of Shelby township alleging breach of promise to wed and seeks $5,500 for services as a housekeeper after three years in his home. Mattox, a Pioneer, is reputed to be worth $50,000 and has two prior marriages with grown children.
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Harlan
Margaret Adsit
Henry Mattox
Shelby Township
Adsit
Mattox
Cherokee Board Awards Contract for New High School
The Cherokee school board has awarded contracts to erect a new high school at a cost of 67,800 dollars with completion expected by August 1916. Construction will begin immediately to start the project.
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Cherokee
Cherokee School Board
Tragic Accident Falls Under Moving Train in Davenport
Kenneth McComb of Kansas City aged 28 fell beneath a moving train while attempting to board here. He lost his left arm and leg and is reported in critical condition.
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Davenport
Kenneth McComb
Kansas City
Booze Censor Mason City Report Claims Success
Mayor Potter says Booze Censor Mason cuts alcohol sales by half amid murders and drunken brawls. In a month inspectors checked 815 beer barrels 105 beer cases and 201 gallons of whiskey about half shipments. Of this, 183 beer barrels and 79 whiskey gallons were returned to shippers.
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Mason City
Tom Parker
Potter
Mason
Operation Restores Lost Sight in Sioux City
After more than a year of blindness Riley Cowell has recovered his sight. Four years ago his vision began failing until total blindness. He sought oculists in many cities but funds ran out and charity assisted his wife and children. Five weeks ago he underwent an operation and now sees perfectly and has resumed his former job.
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Sioux City
Riley Cowell
Mr. Cowell
Pickpockets Study Watermelon Festival Heist
A Webster City crowd at the annual watermelon celebration was robbed of about 2000 in a noon surge for free fruit. Police say several holdups followed, with one woman victim and one thief captured in a cornfield after being chased by bystanders. Similar fairs statewide report raids, but this was likely the largest.
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Webster City
Iowa
Des Moines Saloons Closed Benefit City Says Treasurer
Des Moines reports show fewer arrests for intoxication and crime after saloon closures from Feb 1914 to July 1915. Building permits rose sharply with 440 issued in early 1915, including 72 permits for homes valued at $4,500 or less. City Treasurer Floyd Miles cites business leaders supporting the move.
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Des Moines
Floyd ¥. Miles
Miles
Waterloo Doctor Held for Murder
Dr Anna Longshore Moon must defend herself against additional charges in the killing of Minnie Ballard of Tripoli. The county attorney filed new counts as a separate indictment from her already overturned Rebecca Shade conviction. A change of venue away from Blackhawk county is requested due to public sentiment.
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Waterloo
Anna l Longshore- Moon
Minnie Ballard
Tripoli
Supreme Court
Rebecca Shade
Blackhawk County
Heaters In Corn Field
Paton faces possible crop loss from frost. L G Culbertson a wealthy farmer near Paton has fitted his farm with smudge pots to protect corn. He says such protection is lighter than fruit crop measures due to corn height and wind shielding needing about one tenth as many pots per acre.
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Paton
L. G. Culbertson
Married Sixty Four Years In Fayette County
West Union reports Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah House have 64 years of marriage, claimed as the longest in northern Iowa. He is 92, Fayette county’s oldest Civil War veteran and the city’s oldest man. They were wed to Nancy Cobb in Bradford Wisconsin.
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West Union
Jeremiah House
Iowa
House
Mr. House
Fayette County
Nancy Cobb
Bradford
Wis
Atlantic Northern Railroad Seeks 50000 From Tax Plan
The Atlantic Northern railroad from this city to Kimballton faces financial trouble needing $50,000 to cover overdue $3,000 interest and to fund new ties and bridge work. A joint Elkhorn and Kimballton Commercial club meeting launches a voluntary 5 percent local tax to raise the funds. The manager testified at a Des Moines hearing that the line is profitable, amid questions over finances.
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Atlantic
Atlantic Northern Railroad
Kimballton
Villisca
Elkhorn
Store Manager Held for Theft in Cedar Rapids
Russell H. McKenzie manager of the S. S. Kresge Co. five and ten cent store in Cedar Rapids has been arrested for embezzlement. District superintendent P. T. Evans reports a $3,085 shortage in McKenzie’s accounts. The 26 year old, promoted from clerk, is being held in the city jail.
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Cedar Rapids
Russell H. McKenzie
S. S. Kresge Co
P. T. Evans
The
Kresge Co
McKenzie
Engine Through Bridge Near Mt. Vernon
A traction engine owned by Edward Conklin broke through a bridge near Mt. Vernon tearing away a fifty foot span. The engineer was thrown but not seriously injured. Inspectors found rotted stringers and noted this is the second time the engine has fallen through a bridge.
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Mt. Vernon
Edward Conklin
Record oat yield sets Washington county mark
C A Ruebsam a farmer southeast of Washington reports the largest oats yield in Washington county. From 10 acres this season he produced 933 bushels or 93.3 bushels per acre by weight. The oats measured 76.8 bushels but weigh more this year than standard measure.
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Washington —C
A. Ruebsam
Washington County
Ruebsam
Meet After Thirty Years in Mason City
William C. Younker of Mason City finally meets his brother Louis Younker, 49, in Port Wing Michigan after thirty years apart. Their separation began before William was born, keeping them apart by distance and time until this reunion.
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Mason City
William C. Younker
Port Wing
Mich
Louis Younker
Younker
William
Herd Held as German Prisoner in France Battle
Cedar Falls Georgia man Herd left Cedar Falls last February to join British forces in France. A May 3 battle in northern France reportedly led to his capture by German forces. Mrs. John Francis received a British War Office message stating he did not respond to roll call and was not listed among dead or wounded.
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Lowan
Cedar Falls
Geo. Herd
France
War Office
London
John Francis
Herd
Invalid Seeks Brothers in Shenandoah Tale
Bedfast nine months with a limb amputated for bone tuberculosis Mrs John Geist pleads for word of her two brothers, last traced in Nebraska City Nebraska and Denver. Her husband a street laborer struggles to support four children and the disabled wife.
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Shenandoah
John Geist
Nebraska City
Neb
Denver
Investigation into Death of Mrs. Stuhr by Local Officials
Shelby Coroner Cutler and Sheriff Groneweg pursue an inquiry into the mysterious death of 37 year old Mrs. William Stuhr. A rumor driven probe has not produced arrests or warrants though autopsy results may reveal sensational leads. She was the wife of a prominent farmer living south of town.
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Shelby
Cutler
Groneweg
William Stuhr
Probes Father's Death in Nevada Case
D B E Allyn of Glasgow Kentucky is under investigation by his son Alfred T Allyn a farmer near Cambridge He died after being taken ill on July 22 and his son believes foul play led to death and plans to have the body exhumed.
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Nevada
D. BE. Allyn
Glasgow
Alfred T. Allyn
Cambridge
Young Allyn
Editor’s Wife Dies in Des Moines Headline
Mrs. W. A. Noel wife of the Rockwell City Advocate editor died at her sister’s home in Des Moines. The funeral was held in Rockwell City with burial at Adel.
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Rockwell City
W. A. Noel
Des Moines
Adel
Boy Shot by Playmate in Rock Rapids Tragedy
In Rock Rapids 11 year old Donald Frank died instantly after playmate Gerald Hoben, thinking the rifle empty, pointed it at him during a late shooting session. The incident marks a second family fatality after a May skylight fall.
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Rock Rapids
Donald
J. H. Frank
Gerald Hoben
Hoben
Frank
Suits Filed Over 1914 National Life Presidency
Henry Pyle, ousted president in 1914, sues state officers and the company for 20000 damages from Attorney General Cosson and aides, ex State Auditor Bleakly and assistants, and Trustee Hewitt alleging coercion. He also sues Insurance Commissioner English for 25000 claiming election interference in the association's board.
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Henry Pyle
National Life Association
Cosson
Bleakly
Hewitt
English
Austrians retreat as Italy advances on Monte Rombon
Milan reports Austrians retreating at two points in Italy. In Val Sugana they blow bridges and destroy roads as they withdraw. Italian Alpini press toward Monte Rombon and threaten Predil pass while Austrians hold Tarvis Tolmino and Goritz with defenses weakened in the Val Sugana.
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Milan
Val Sugana
Isonzo
Piezzo
Monte Rombon
Mt. Vernon farmer dies by ingesting carbolic acid
Asa Sergerson of Mt. Vernon area committed suicide taking an ounce of carbolic acid amid crop loss worries. He leaves a widow and five children. In Pinole California three workers died when two trams carrying eight tons of explosives exploded at Hercules Powder. New York reports the pound sterling at 4.5744, a new low in the foreign exchange market.
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Mt. Vernon
Asa Sergerson
Pinole
Cal
Hercules Powder Company
New York
Zapata Backs Pan American Plan for Mexico Pacification
Gen Emiliano Zapata has assented to the Pan American program for pacifying Mexico. His reply to the conference note was delivered to Zapata by J W Russell and Frank Azzis, messengers for Secretary of State Lansing. The messengers also carried favorable replies from Generals Manuel Palofax and Pacheco.
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Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Mexico
J. W. Russell
Frank Azzis
Lansing
Manuel Palofax
Pacheco
Train Hits Car Killing Two in Normal Crossing
Martin Fisher of Normal and Mrs. R M Browning of Bloomington were fatally injured when a Chicago and Alton fast train struck their automobile at a crossing in Normal.
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Bloomington
Martin Fisher
Normal
R. M. Browning
Chicago & Alton
Big Steel Mills Start in Granite City
Granite City Illinois September 2 The American Steel Foundry company mill reopened Monday after nearly two years of closure. About twelve hundred workers were put back to work as production resumed at the plant.
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Granite City
Ill
American Steel Foundry Company
Auto Wreck in Canon City Claims Life and Injuries
In Canon City Colorado on September 1 Mrs W K Wright was fatally injured and her daughter Gertrude along with Mr and Mrs John Blue of Sedalia Missouri were seriously hurt when their automobile overturned at the bottom of Sky Line road near here.
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Canon City
Colo
W. K. Wright
Gertrude
John Blue
Sedalia
Frost Hits Mason Iowa With Heavy Ground Frost
Mason, Ja September 1 30 degrees above zero greeted Monday morning as a heavy frost covered the ground. Vegetation sustained considerable damage from the cold snap.
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Iowa
Mason, Ja
United States Moves Toward Mediation on Freedom of the Seas
Washington reports indicate State Department officials see momentum for U S efforts to persuade England and Germany to accept freedom of the seas, affecting neutral trade with Germany. A key cable from Ambassador Gerard to Secretary Lansing prompted a White House visit, with Britain signaling willingness to modify orders in council restricting exports and Rotterdam shipments.
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Washington
State Department
United States
England
Germany
Lansing
Gerard
White House
Berlin
Cecil Spring-Rice
Great Britain
Rotterdam
John D. Long Dies Former Secretary of Navy and Governor
John D. Long of Hingham Massachusetts former secretary of the navy and former Massachusetts governor died at his home after a trip to Maine. Born 1838 in Buckfield Maine he rose from Harvard graduate to four term state legislator and three terms speaker of the house later lieutenant governor and three terms in Congress. He led the navy during the Spanish American War and served in Roosevelt’s cabinet for a year.
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Hingham
Mass
John D. Long
Navy
Massachusetts
Mr. Long
Maine
Long
Navy Department
McKinley
Roosevelt
Buckfield
Boston
Harvard
Benjamin F. Butler
Congress
Senate Naval Chairman backs navy increase
Washington September 3 Senate naval affairs chair Tillman met with President Wilson to discuss national defenses. He later stated his support for a reasonable increase in the navy.
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Washington
Sept
Tillman
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Wilson
Submarine Sinks Grimsby Trawler Steamer Cinerama
London reports the Grimsby trawler Steamer Cinerama with nine men aboard was believed sunk by a German submarine in the war zone. The crew has been given up for lost.
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London
Grimsby
Cinerama
Jost
Allies in Furious Bombardment Halt German Attack
A Central News dispatch from the north of France reports that Allied forces opened a furious bombardment of German lines. An attack by a strong German force west of Lille was repelled by Allied artillery.
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London
France
Lille
Submarines Resume Operations After 48 Hour Lull
London reports German submarines resumed their patrols after a 48 hour lull. The announcement credits the destruction of the British steamer Sir William Stephenson.
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London
Sir William Stephenson
Germany Accepts U S Interpretation of Submarine Rules
Ambassador von Bernstorff informed Secretary Lansing that Germany will henceforth warn and search passenger ships before sinking, sparing noncombatants. The note covers Lusitania and Arabic issues and hints at later talks on damages. Washington will press Britain for redress over trade interference.
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Callf
Lansing
Great Britain
Washington
Germany
America
Count von Bernstorff
State Department
United States
von Bernstorff
Mr. Lansing
J. Bernstorff
England
Thaw Seeks Divorce From Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K Thaw filed for divorce in Allegheny County Court against Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. The petition names John Francis as the other party, alleging desertion in 1909 1910 at various New York locations. Thaw is in San Francisco for the Panama Pacific exposition and is represented by Stone and Stone.
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Pittsburgh
Harry K. Thaw
A.B. Reid
Allegheny County
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
John
Jack
Francis
West Thirty-first Street
New York City
Matteawan
Naval School Head Quits
Rear Admiral William F. Fullam resigns as superintendent of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and is reassigned to Puget Sound navy yard. Captain Edward W. Eberle will become the new superintendent, while Admiral Charles F. Pond is transferred to Portsmouth navy yard.
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William F. Fullam
E. W. Eberle
Annapolis
Washington
United States Naval Academy
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Wash
Edward W. Eberle
Washington Navy Yard
Fullam
Naval Academy
Charles F. Pond
Portsmouth
N. H
Spaniards Demand Answers After Ship Esadera Sinks
The crew of the Spanish ship Esadera, sunk by a German submarine, arrived at Balboa. Madrid press calls for energetic government action immediately.
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Madrid
Esadera
Balboa
Austro-Hungarian Munitions Workers Face Punishment
The Austro-Hungarian government warns that its munitions workers in neutral countries, especially the United States, are liable to imprisonment or death for aiding the war effort.
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Amsterdam
America
Cholera Warning Issued by Berlin Police Chief
Berlin authorities publish a public cholera warning after cases appear along the Oder and Spree rivers. Nachricht from Zurich reports officials urge caution as the disease spreads in Germany.
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Germany
Zurich
Berlin
Oder
Spree
War Minister Millerand Inspects Winter Campaign Lines
Paris reports that Minister of War Millerand completed a tour of the Alsace and Vosges battle lines to inspect measures prepared for the winter campaign.
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Paris
Millerand
Alsace
Vosges
Arabic Sinks Allied Liner Arabic Squadron Vessel Sunk By Patrol
German submarine that sank the White Star liner Arabic was sunk the next day by a British patrol boat. All crew died, and the incident is seen as aiding a settlement of the U S and Germany dispute over the Arabic affair. The sinking removes the obstacle to Bethmann-Hollweg's pledge of complete satisfaction.
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Liverpool
United States
Germany
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Orozco slain by American cowboys near Sierra Blanca
Gen Pascual Orozco a former revolutionary and Huerta general was killed with four companions by American cowboys after robbing a ranch house near Sierra Blanca Texas. Army units including the Fourth Fifth Infantry and Sixth Cavalry were ordered to the Mexican border per Secretary Garrison in Washington to bolster border security.
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el Paso
Tex
Pascual Orozco
Madero
Huerta
Sierra Blanca
Orozco
Vanhorn
Houston
United States Infantry
Texas City
Garrison
Washington
Funston
Aviator Pegoud Killed in France After Loop-the-Loop Fame
Adolphe Pegoud the renowned aviator known for the loop the loop was killed on Tuesday as France mourns. He long stood as a premier flyer, first to perform the loop the loop and offered his services at the war's outset. In March he earned a military medal for valor.
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Paris
Adolphe Pegoud
France
Pegoud
F-4 Submarine Disaster Bodies Recovered After Wreck
In Honolulu on September 2, the bodies of twenty two sailors who perished when the submarine F-4 sank on March 26 were found entangled in the interior wreckage. One body has been recovered.
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Honolulu
T. H
Four Editorial Staff Members Die In Lake Accident
In Grand Rapids Michigan on September 2 four men drowned when a high speed motor boat capsized at Reed's Lake. The victims are Paris C Jameson Arthur G Hunter Paul W Weston and J Harvey Smith.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
The
Grand Rapids Press
Street Railway Company
Reed’s Lake
Paris C
Jameson
Arthur G. Hunter
Paul W. Weston
J. Harvey Smith
Arrest 30 Warsaw Bankers
Amsterdam reports that thirty Warsaw bankers who refused to accept German promissory notes were arrested and interned in Germany, according to information reaching here.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Beseler Named Governor General of Polish Territory
Berlin reports General von Beseler has been appointed governor general of the part of Russian Poland occupied by Germany. The announcement came via wireless.
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Beseler
Poland
Berlin
von Beseler
Mexican bandits killed near Katherine Texas
Two Mexican bandits were shot to death near Katherine Texas after a posse captured them while they attempted to escape. They had been involved in a fight on Thursday.
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Texas
Corpus Christi
Tex
Katherine
Detective Confesses to Wife Murder in New York
Samuel Leitner, private detective, confessed to Coroner Irael Feinberg that he fired five shots that killed his invalid wife Sarah. He said the couple quarreled.
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New York
Samuel Leitner
Irael Feinberg
Sarah
Leitner
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