Iowa Superintendent urges more funds for rural schools
State Superintendent Devoe told the Iowa Teachers Association convention that rural schools need more money, arguing farmers oppose paying for schooling and church support. He urged submitting school plans to a state architect to ensure economy. He noted unsafe one room schools should be condemned and cited hygiene findings showing country children more defective than city children. He criticized teacher wages, showing rises from 245 in 1905 to 420.85 in 1916 and about 545 in 1913, while living costs rose. He also listed average US wages in five occupations, highlighting teachers at 493.
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Des Moines
Albert M. Deyoe
Iowa
Iowa Teachers’ Association
Deyne
Department of Public Instruction
Devos
United States
Unusual Suit Over DeSoto Murder Case
Charlea Jordan sues the estate of Joe Blackman for 15000 damages after Blackman shot and killed Mrs. Chas. Jordan in DeSoto. Estate valued about 320000. First case seeking the full $15000 damages for the death of a house wife under new legislation.
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Joe Blackman
DeSoto
Mra. Chas. Jordan
Inter
Charlea Jordan
Blackman
Woman killed in car crash on roadside near Muscatine
Mrs William McGallup aged 35 wife of a West Branch farmer died after a blowout caused a car to plunge down a road and overturn pinning her beneath. She suffered crushed skull and chest injuries and died hours later.
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Muscatine
William McGallup
West Branch
More Soldiers at University Iowa City Cadets Organized
Increase in freshmen and sophomores taking military drills leads to formation of two new companies within the university cadet regiment. The unit now includes two battalions of four companies each totaling five hundred men and officers. Lieut. R. T. Phinney of the United States Infantry is the commandant.
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University
Iowa City
University of Iowa
R. T. Phinney
United States Infantry
Farmer Hang Evers Ends Own Life Over Leg Injury
Davenport reports a young farmer near Davenport killed himself with a shotgun rather than undergo leg amputation advised by physicians. He suffered severe bone disease at the knee from a prior automobile accident.
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Davenport
Hang Evers
Boone Fire Loss Small Despite Church Damage
The city fire loss for the prior year totals $5,448.94. Of this sum $3,543.00 is charged to damage sustained by the German Lutheran church, leaving $1,905.94 for other losses citywide. The report notes completion by a single fire team and mentions approximate figures.
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Boone
German Lutheran Church
Approximacaty SaVen Syeyte Alice
Aged Lady Drives Own Auto At 73 In Estherville
Mrs M J John aged seventy three proprietor of the Matherville Greene Houses in Estherville purchased a car after lessons from a demonstrator and now expects to drive it regularly While still in charge of her business she has expanded the greenhouse operations by adding buildings to handle growing orders This may mark a record of daily activity and business leadership for a woman of her age driving her own vehicle.
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Estherville
Ince
M. J. John
Matherville Greene Houses
Jetu
Mra
New Heat Record in Des Moines November
Des Moines set an all time November low of 79 degrees eclipsing the previous record of 76 set on November 2, 1914, and November 20, 1897. The warm spell also set new November records at Dutuke and Peoria as temperatures ran 27 degrees above normal.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Weather Bureau
Dutuque
Peoria
Auto Dominates County Roads in First Census
Fort Dodge County Engineer G P Smith supervised a summer road census counting vehicles entering the city. Between 7 a m and 7 p m 1 670 automobiles carried 5 288 passengers while 487 horse drawn conveyances carried 3 674 passengers.
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Fort Doldge
G. P. Smith
Abandoned Third Floor at Lincoln School Downgrades Safety
Port Dodge reports the Lincolnn school, one of the city’s largest and oldest grade schools, has its third floor abandoned by school board order. The move aims to dodge responsibility for housing 125 children on a non fire proof floor with only one stairway to safety, amid safety concerns.
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Port Dodge
Lincolnn School
Jealousy Triggers Split in Sioux City Divorce
Clyde McAlpine faced divorce after jealousy led him to refuse a doctor for his pneumonia ill wife and bar her from wearing nice clothes to avoid attracting men. The couple married in 1912. the court granted the divorce.
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Sioux City
Clyde McAlpine
Ler
McAlpine
McAlpines
Youths Held on Auto Theft Probe in Des Moines
Des Moines detectives hold six youths aged 17 to 19 on auto theft investigations. Three suspects are North High School students arrested at the high school building. The group is in custody after an alleged confession by one youth.
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Des Moines
Palka
North High School
High Schol
Children Save Large Sum in Penny Prosident Fund
Des Moines reports that 2 663 school children have saved money totaling 118000 over fourteen years in the Penny Prosident Association. Secretary Mrs H Carroll notes 32000 remains on deposit as part of the mothers congress records.
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Des Moines
Penny Prosident Association
Mothers’ Congress
WIII Build Modal Road Plan for Clear Lake Drive
Plans for a meeting of all property owners along the Mason City Clear Lake paved road to arrange tree planting to create a ten mile scenic drive. The project aims to make the stretch one of the most beautiful in the west.
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WIII
Clear Lake
Mason City
Will Vote Again for School in Mason City
Mason City plans another vote on a high school project after a prior $300,000 bond was set aside by court action. Two petitions circulate seeking a bond election for a $250,000 or $300,000 high school building bond, with the community divided on the plan.
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Mason City
Not Anxious To Buy Secretary Reports Lawyers Oppose Supplements
Iowa attorneys show slow uptake for the 1915 supplemental supplement issued in place of session laws. Only 300 copies of the emergency edition were sold and 230 of the completed work purchased. Officials cite price disparity and novelty, with out of state firms purchasing multiple copies for branches.
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Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
W. 5
Allen
State Department
Antitoxin Pamphlet to Be Issued by State Health Board
State executive council authorizes Dr. Guilford H. Sumner to visit Marietta to origin material for a pamphlet on diphtheria antitoxin. Iowa distributed antitoxin and typhoid vaccine are prepared for the state board of health. Creamery to open January 4. Iowa City Produce Co. to begin business January 1 in former brewery building. W. B. Barney returns from Chicago after a meeting on promoting milk as a food value to boost dairying. Applications for three year auto licenses arrive at 300 daily. State fish and game wardens burn large stock of nets and paraphernalia seized since July. Fred Ward, paroled from Anamosa, re-arrested under parole board instruction amid robbery accusations by two women. Ward denies involvement. one victim reportedly identified him.
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State Executive Council
Guilford H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Marietta
Iowa
State’ Board of Health
Fred Ward
State Reformatory
Anamosa
State Board of Parole
Clear Lake
Ward
Girl Discerns Bobolink During June Morn Stroll
Olive aged four goes for a walk with her father on a June morning. She points to a bird singing by the roadside and exclaims about a black and white bobolink. Her father questions how she knows, and Olive answers confidently that she heard it babble.
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Olive
Roadaide
Man’s boast to widow ends in fatal dose of heroin
A man tells a widow she is the only woman he ever loved and she responds with lethal force. Authorities report the case as a fatal overdose delivered during a dispute over affection. The investigation continues, with neighbors recalling a troubled relationship.
Ten Cent Box Christmas Bungle Sparks Family Fuss
A domestic quarrel unfolds over a ten cent Christmas box. One partner pleads not to forget it, the other insists and the next day produces four dimes to cover a carfare deficiency. The small dispute highlights frugal holiday tensions.
Girls Who Act Like Men and Men Acting Like Birla
A sharp, era reflective remark condemns gender bending behavior, contrasting women adopting masculine airs with men imitating Birla style, in a polemical tone typical of opinion columns. The piece signals a social critique rather than a news event.
Reading for soldiers in Times plan portable reading sets
The Times announces a project to publish portable reading material for trenches. Sir Walter Rateigh aided the effort, with six broadsheet sets featuring Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Dickens, Bacon, Tom Jones, and other varied selections to be sold cheaply and mailed as letters for officers to distribute to troops.
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Grave
Gay
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Wordsworth
Pericles
Froissart
Macaulay
Armanda
Bacon
David- Harris
Teer
Overbury
Partridge
Tom Jones
Winchester
Cobbett
Charles Lamb
David
Goliath
Pope
Ringlake
Fielding
Agincourt
Elijah
Gray
Bunyan
Umbrellas in Action Offends the Duke's Military Etiquette
In 1813 at Bayonne during the Nive battle the Grenadier Guards reportedly kept umbrellas raised to shield from rain as Wellington ordered Lord Arthur Hill to remind officers that umbrellas are not approved in action. The Duke allowed only if off duty at St James.
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Bayonne- Wade
Wellington
Arthur Hill
St. James
Ancient gas warfare in Peloponnesian War siege
The earliest recorded use of deleterious gases occurs during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 404 B.C. As Platea and Delium were besieged, pitch and sulfur soaked wood were burned beneath walls to produce choking fumes intended to incapacitate defenders.
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Platea
Delium
Mills Contracting Debts Put Dad to Pay
Debts and family pressure emerge as Judza laments chores and obligations tied to Mills Contracting. A tense exchange hints at financial strain affecting a father and son, with questions about who will shoulder repayment responsibilities.
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Mills Contracting
Judza
Wise Beyond His Years Teacher Johnnis Geography Question
A brief fragment shows a pupil asking geography questions while a teacher named Johnnis jokes about the European war. The exchange hints at the adult view of marriage as a long, cold struggle spanning multiple winters.
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Geography Clauss
Johnnis
Johnnie
Jones and Smith Debate a Spare Leg for a Car
In a crimson clover setting two garmera named Jones and Smith clash over a new automobile. Jones, old-fashioned, questions the spare wheel. Smith explains the spare tire and rim, joking about carrying an extra. The exchange echoes the Philadelphia Press remark on unconventional gear.
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Crimson Clover
Garmera
Jones
Smith
Philadelphia Press
Uncertain purchase offer sparks home word debate
A quip about selling an unabridged dictionary prompts a domestic clash over word count and home use. The dialogue notes a wife already burdened with "words" and highlights a humorously tense exchange about language and belongings.
Dust Ut. "I see by the papers old' Tampsinz has failed for half a million"
The fragmentary exchange notes a person referencing a large monetary failure, half a million, with uncertain attribution and no clear details on people, places, or events.
Death at the Poor House Echoes a Grim Quip
A stenographic line from a historic paper notes a man aged 112 dying in the poorhouse. The remark refrains from graphic detail, presenting a stark, darkly humorous civic aside amid aging poverty and institutional neglect.
Its Nature and the Reform Bug in a Man
Fragmentary dialogue reveals a playful exchange about extortion and a duck shooting trip. The mis-typed phrases hint at a satirical or humorous tone concerning a nurse, a hold-up, luck, and a reformist mindset within a male character while in office.
Turn Over Time When Nature Hints About the Food
A former railroad worker recalls digestive trouble from fast hotel meals. After trying Grape-Nuts, he reports steady energy and improved appetite with less distress. His family also adopts the cereal, praising its digestibility and nourishment. The ad promotes pre digested nourishment for busy, worried eaters.
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Postum Co
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