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Iowa in 1916 era notes broad trends and events
The report catalogs varied Iowa news including a prominent death of J. M. Mulroney a summary of farm sales including the Bondurant fire damage a record of new paving and housing in Denison Vail High School narrowly escaping fire and major endowment progress at Grinnell College with a 1 million dollar drive. It covers tax cases highway fatalities and traffic counts railroad earnings and state automobile registrations along with local magistrate decisions and notable Oskaloosa and Cedar Rapids incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.M. Mulroney
Ft. Dodge
James Maroney
Bondurant
Denison
Vail
Cne College
Cedar Rapids
Max D. Peterson
Scott County
Supreme Court
A. B. Holbert
Greely
Delaware County
Iowa Bee Keepers’ Association
Des Moines
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Iowa City
Poweshiek County
J. F. Russell
Oskaloosa
Runnells
Willis Hammer
Polk County
Fort Madison
State Automobile Department
State Penitentiary
Iowa
Supreme Court of the United States
Sioux City
Farr
Keokuk
A. B. Funk
Alex Bliss
Great Britain
Grinnell College
Bucknam
Osage
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
McGregor
Gophers
Mahaska County
Kimball
Council Bluffs
Liberty Township
Marshall County
State Board of Education
General Assembly
M. C. Davis
Iowa College of Grinnell
William Jepson
Second Infantry
Iowa National Guard
A. C. Kellogg
Jackson County
Chicago
Glenn Sams
Virgil Hurst
Odra Barngrover
First National Bank
Webster City
Eldora
Jasper County
County Sunday School Association
Minnie Rohmer
Grundy County
Stanley Hughes
Centerville
Somme
Manning
Temp
Algona
Kossuth
Ben Salinger
Iowa State Supreme Court
Maurice O’connor
Fort Dodge
Kenyon
Cherokee
Theodore Martin
Bellevue
J. C. Westrof
Harlan
William Herkelman
Ellwood
A. R. Fennern
Avoca
Uppermill
Wapello
J. McClellan
Lowden
L. C. Oloff
Ireton