Interstate tariffs to be reopend by commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission will reopen and hear Iowa rate cases including western tariff questions. It will reconsider the Iowa interior rate case and proportionals within the Central Freight Association area as railroads are accused of failing to apply previously decided rates. The request to differ upper Mississippi and St Louis rates faces resistance from the Iowa commission.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa Railroad Commission
Iowa
Iowa Interior
Central Freight Association
Upper Mississippi
St. Louis
Iowa Commission
Druggist Loses Case Permanent Injunction Issued
E. F. Mulvehill of Masonville loses his suit in Delaware County Tem perance actions. Court grants a permanent injunction against the defendant and a writ of abatement against the Selvie drug store building. All druggists resign permits. injunctions issued against all clerks except N A Gerhart. Defendants taxed with costs and $25 attorney fees. Crop report forecasts poorer conditions townwide as heavy rains delay field work and may force replanting of corn.
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E. F. Mulvehill
Masonville
Delaware County Temperance Association
A. M. Selvie
N. A. Gearhart
Hopkinton
Association
School Case to High Court Seeks Bench Ruling
Maple River school district in Carrol county appeals to the supreme court to lift an injunction blocking renting a room in a Catholic school and employing their own teacher. The district claims no public funds support a denominational school, but the district court found otherwise citing lack of an alternative school building.
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Maple River
Carrol County
Supreme Court
District Court
Rural mail routes cut sparks Iowa complaints
Complaint sweeps almost every Iowa county over reductions in rural mail routes. Carriers face longer journeys and many counties report halved carrier forces, hindering daily ground coverage. The retrenchment policy, aimed at a self sustaining postal department, originated in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington
Postal Department
Swine Plague Less Common in Iowa This Year
Reports to the state veterinary department indicate hog cholera remains uncommon in Iowa this year and losses have been slight. Officials warn weather could worsen during hot spells as serim factories see little activity and farmers await midsummer outcomes.
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State Veterinary Department
Iowa
Serim
Fruit Prospects Dented by Cold Rains and Frost
The June report by state horticulturist Wesley Greene says cool May rains and frosts on the 9th and 17th trimmed fruit prospects. Average fruit yield stands at 55 percent of a full crop, down 15 percent from May estimates.
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Wesley Greene
Loss From Tuberculosis in Iowa Bar's Last Year
The state department of tuberculosis estimates the value loss to the community from an average person dying of tuberculosis at 2400 dollars. The report notes Iowa's loss for the bar's last year as vo.
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State Department of Tuberculosis
Iowa
Labyrinth Taken by French Troops on Western Front
French forces pushed forward along a broad front from Arras to La Bassée and seized parts of the labyrinth defensive works near Hebuterne and Soissons, while Russians report Pruth and Piniester movements and Italians cross the Isonzo. Progress on Gallipoli and in the Caucasus is noted with Allied near victory claims.
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Arras
Aisne
Oise
la Bassee
Hebuterne
Soissons
Thut
Western Front
Pruth
Kolomea
Petrograd
Piniester
Galicia
Dubysa
Tisonzo
Vienna
Isonzo
Trieste
Udine
Italy
Gradisca
Turkish War Office
Mitylene
Winston Spencer Churchill
Dundee
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Turkey
Caucasus
Asia Minor
Italy joins war worsening American trade blocks
The entry of Italy into the European war tightens British and German restrictions on neutral trade. U S firms face halted shipments as Berlin and London insist on onerous controls, inspections, and guarantees, delaying potash and otherGerman-supplied goods. Mediterranean traffic now faces new restrictions as Italy aligns with the Allies.
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New York
Italy
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Chicago
England
Britain
Berlin
Mediterranean
Squirrels Dig Up Fossils and Bones at Topanga Beach
A Santa Monica report describes a fossil bed unearthed by ground squirrels at the Topanga Canyon mouth. Observed were clam shells fossils and what appear to be human bones. Experts speculate the bones may be ancient Indian remains buried beneath shifting sands.
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Santa Monies
Cal
Topanga Canyon
Gallipoli Guards Turkish Peninsula Fortress City
Washington reports a National Geographic bulletin describes Gallipoli as a key fortified port guarding the neck of the Gallipoli peninsula where the Dardanelles meet Marmora. It notes modern defences since 1878, neglect and decay in its streets, and a muted reawakening under the Young Turk regime amid Allied interest in the region.
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Washington
Gallipoli
Dardanelles Strait
Sea of Marmora
National Geographic Society
Dardanelles
Marmora
Constantinople
Chatalja
Europe
Aegean Sea
Ixallipolis
Near East
Not a nibble fined twenty for fishing without a license
Perth Amboy New Jersey Alec Buckowski fished beside Kessler's pond with no bite since daybreak a game warden arrested him Justice Pickersgill ruled he was a fisherman and fined him 20 for lacking a license In Paris soldiers at the front faced a beard ban triggering protests from many soldiers on the firing line.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
New Jersey
Alec Buckowski
Kessler
Justice Pickersgill
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Interstate Commission
Gase
Carroll County
Towa
War Office
Dniester
Diplomag
Turkish Peninsula
Paris
Laurens
The
Vanter
Lm Sioux Rapids
Sioux Rapids
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