Iowa National Guard to Expand Strength Under New Pay Bill
The Iowa guard faces a major staffing increase as a congressional pay measure aims to raise active personnel from about 4 640 to 10 400 and from 3 649 to 10 490 in terms of monthly pay. The plan, sent to the president for signature, would take effect July 1 and could triple the guard’s current strength across infantry, cavalry, and artillery units.
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Congress
Agi Gou
Uuy FE
Logne
Corydon
Stah
Leutenant
Dervica
Ta Comrauice
Iowa Guard
War Department
Veelge
Cavatry
Wii
Artillary
Laws Guard Powie Brig. Geo
Crimp Rapids
Dea Moines
Iowa
National Guard
Postal Deposit Limit Raised to One Hundred Dollars
The maximum deposit upon which interest can be earned from the postal savings department increased from one to one hundred dollars. An amendment to the Postal Savings net, approved by Providence Wilson, removed the prior one hundred four dollar monthly limit.
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Marshalltowl
Tostal Savings Department
Ue Poutal Savings Net
Providence Wilson
Record Price for Castle Iowa City
Milton Tudor broke the state record for black Angus cattle, with an average price of 352 dollars per head. The sale's top bid reached 1,778 dollars for a bull, marking one of the highest prices nationally in a decade, as Glen C. Forsy of Engansport, Indiana purchased the animal.
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Castle
Iowa City
Milton Tudor
Mis
Bni Builiners
Glen C. Forsy
Engansport
Ind
Accused Man Hangs Self in Davenport
Police report a 34 year old man, M. T. Carpenter of St. Louis, hanged himself in Davenport after an alleged land deal fraud involving about $30,000. Officers found his body when delivering breakfast. Investigators are examining links to the case.
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Davenport
M. T. Carpencer
St. Louis
Jni
Carpenter
Shenandoah Power Plant Sale Under Contested Bid
Continental Gas and Electric Company has not completed the purchase of the Shenandoah power plant at Cole. The new plant was bought from an unnamed concern in which C. 5. Richtel held the controlling interest.
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Purchase
Shenandoah
Cole
Continental Gas and Electric Company
Ideal
Girl Bitten by Skunk Joins Campus Pasteur Treatment
Isma Grover of Vinton a Minnesota academy student in Mankato receives Pasteur treatment at the university labs after a skunk bit during a fishing trip. Also: kerosene explosion at Clinton burns a farmer’s daughter, and Poweshiek Sheriff George Binegar dies after a long service and Civil War veteran.
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JoWn Cliy
Isma Grover Ot Vinton
Minnesota Academy
Mankata
Ankmal
Aha
Mankato
Clinton
Duan
Poweshiek
Northwestern Hand Farmer Iowan Boona-Richard WH Alshton
Alshton, elected president of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, claims no prior employment elsewhere. He started with the Chicago and Northwestern as an axman in 1375 and has risen over the past decade. Known in Iowa for early railroad work, he once served as a Boone boss and rose to the Iowa division’s superintendent.
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Northwestern
Reformatory Eldora Graduates First Class at Eldora
Nine boys graduated from the grade school at the state reform school for boys in Eldora. Superintendent Kudler presided and W. J. Dixon spoke. Graduates will enter high school or be paroled with homes, marking Eldora's shift to high school level study.
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State Reformatory
Eldora
Clave
Superitendent
Eldora School
Lr Huting ‘i
Adventists Plan Grand Iowa Conference in Nevada
Arrangements are made for the thirty third annual conference and camp meeting of the Iowa Seventh Day Adventists at Ganventioh Nevada. Delegates from Des Moines and many other cities will attend with over seventy five churches represented and an attendance of about twelve hundred expected.
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Ganventioh
Nevada
Iowa
Warning to town women on tuberculous meat risks
Cedar Rapids W F Clowes executive secretary of the Iowa Anti tuberculosis association asks town women to avoid meals from packers that lack federal inspection or dairy products from cattle tested for tuberculosis. The association notes many are unaware of the large number of TB cases in town and urges suitable legislation as the state animal health commission struggles to control the situation.
Movie Men Elect Officers At Fourth Annual Convention
Des Moines hosts the fourth annual convention of the Town League of Motion Picture exhibitors where Des Wolnes A H Blank was elected president. W D Ingredue of Marshalltown became first vice president HH DeBiysta of Colfax second vice president and J C Collins of Des Moines secretary treasurer.
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Des Wolnes
A. H. Blank
Des Moines
Will of Josiah Kempthorne Provides For Ministers and Welfare
The will of the late Josiah Kempthorne a Hampton farmer who died May 13 provides 31 000 to the fund for superannuated Methodist ministers in Town and similar amounts for blind women. Das Molacs charitable and benevolent organizations are named as beneficiaries to the extent of 6 000.
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Hampton
Josiah Kempthorne
Kempthorne
Das Molacs Charitable and Benevolent Organizations
Iowa Bishop Transferred to Chattanooga See
Sioux City Bishop Frovs W. Bris tol of Gorsha, head of the episcopal area including Iowa, has been assigned to the Chattanooga area in Tennessee by the general conference at Saratoga Springs. No announcement yet for the Iowa and Nebraska region.
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Iowa
Sioux Cly
Frovs W. Bristol
Gorsha
Chattanooga
Tenn
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Towa
Nebraska
Hospital Change Reported in Knoxville
A Knoxville report says the Ine Urlace hospital will close in the next months and be converted into two hospitals for the insane due to overcrowding at four state facilities.
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Knoxville
Iowa Doctors In Demand Among 1916 Graduates
Iowa university senior medical students have secured internships in Town and other states, with 27 of 29 class members of 1916 awarded posts across the nation and abroad.
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Iowa
Iowa University
Town
Otheer
Polk County farmers form drive for county agent
About one hundred Polk County farmers joined a campaign to hire a county agent. Each pledges five dollars annually for three years to fund the effort.
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Ankony
Polk County
Auto Thieves Organized in Nationwide Car Theft Ring
A nationwide gang of auto thieves operates across the middle west to New York with thirty to forty principals and confederates. Cars are stolen at night and driven across the country to central points, where identifying marks are removed. The implication is a broad network engaging mainly newer vehicles.
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Waterloo
Middle West
New York
Ib la Salé
Urey
Zanzibar in 1910s: vivid city with diverse traders and Arab legacy
The piece portrays Zanzibar as a busy, ethnically mixed port under British protection, with exotic scenery and crowded markets. It notes Arab dominance in history, a strong trading street life, diverse consuls, and a blend of cultures including English, Indian, Sinhalese, and Goan influences.
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Zanzibar
Africa
German East Africa
Zanziker
Japan
Jesmalea
Nairodi
Goa
Old-Fashioned American Women Press View
A Baltimore Sun editorial lauds quiet patriotic women and a New York society urging immediate preparedness for war. It contrasts active advocacy with perceived noisy reformers and honors past American women who served in the Revolution War of 1812 and the Civil War.
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New York
America
Geltimore Sun
American Money in Spain and Foreign Banking Prospects
Dr. Charles W. A Vedicz reports from Spain on industrial and commercial opportunities for American capital, including a proposed fast electric railway to Madrid and talks of New York banks establishing branches in Spain and Portugal. Powdered sugar dressing for wounds proves useful, as tested by Dr. Hercher and 50 army surgeons, causing rapid oozing to wash away contaminants.
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Spain
Charles W. A Vedicz
United States
Paris
Madrid
New York
Portugal
Gemen Emmy
P. Hercher
Mueuchner Madtziussche Wochenschift
Hercher
The Changeful Sex and The Captain-Dashed Curious Thing
A fragmentary note reviews curious phrases about gender, age and society with references to Pators women, a chemist and London opinion. It hints at shifting roles and remarks on younger women, presented in a newspaper style excerpt.
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Osperlenca
Soot disposal and gem finds in early 20th century notes
The article surveys chimney soot precipitation challenges for large plants and notes the Mason diamond found near Blackfoot with experts confirming its genuineness. It also mentions alcohol issues in Kansas and a Washington university collaboration on wood tar efficiency, plus historical post offices listing and a miscellaneous note on French Pets market.
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United States
Blackfoot
Daer Lodge County
New York
She Mountain
Atate
Richmond
Kan
Treay
Kansas
College of Mines
University of Washington
Department of Chemical, Engineering
Germany
England
Russia
France
Italy
Austria
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Virginia
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