Villa led assault on Chihuahua garrison report to war dept
Washington crowd reports Brig Gen Bell sent a detailed war department dispatch on September 16 from El Paso. It claims Villa personally commanded the attack on Chihuahua city, seized key buildings for hours, and departed with captured arms and artillery. Officials question the source and truth of the claim.
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Werlire Newsaper
Union ‘News Servic
Washington, D. C
Chihuahua City
Wills
Carranza
War Department
George Bell
el Paso
Villa
Carranee
Woman Indicted for Murder in Windsor Home Poisonings
Mrs Amy Archer Gilligan was indicted for first degree murder by a grand jury for poisoning five elderly residents at her Windsor home. Arraigned and pled not guilty, she was remanded to jail after a May 1914 arrest. Four bodies were exhumed with authorities alleging poison evidence, tied to contracts paying $1000 for care.
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Harifard
Amy E. Archer-Gilligan
Windsor
Benedict M. Holden
Gilligan
PF. R. Andrews
Cheshire
Archer Home
Tfe
Embargo Demand to Curb Flour Price Rise in Brooklyn
Resolutions adopted by 200 precincts in Brooklyn call for President Wilson to convene a special session of Congress to declare an embargo on wheat exports. They also urge federal and state investigations into rising flour prices, warning flour could hit 14 dollars per barrel and bread at 20 cents a loaf next spring without action.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
Seliefs
Brooklyn
Will Stand Together. Norway Sweden Will Not Take Up Arms
Premier Knudsen of Norway and King Haakon hosted Danish and Swedish ministers in Christiania. In an interview after the banquet he asserted Norway and Sweden will never take up arms against each other in the present war.
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London
Knudsen
Norway
Heakon
Christiania
Exchange Telegraph Company
Sweden
Stay on the Border for Second New York Infantry
San Antonio reports Gen Funston announced that 300 Second New York guardsmen could remain on border duty by transferring to other regiments after a request to stay. Those who wished to go home were released to return. The move allows continued border presence while honoring homebound wishes.
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San Antonio
Tex
Second New York Infantry
Funaton
Iowa National Guard
Ganerri Funston
Allen
Iowa Brigade
Mob violence claimed man in Kansas jails incident
A masked mob seized Henry Muller and his wife from Johnson County jail, taking them to an area near a telephone pole where Muller died in the related incident. The case centers on a deadly act tied to an ongoing local disturbance in QJathe, Kansas.
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Kansas
Qjathe
Henry Muller
Johnson County
Referendum Bill Passes House on Third Reading
The Melbourne bill to refer the conscription question to a referendum passed the house of representatives on the third reading by 47 votes to 11. The measure moves toward London for final approval and public vote on conscription.
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Melbourne
London
House of Representatives
Denial of Berlin Aerodrome Destruction Claim
Overseas News agency denies a Frankfort aerodrome blast report saying 50 aircraft and four Zeppelins were destroyed. The denial labels the claim as untrue and unclear, noting no verified incident or damage is reported.
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Berlin
Frankfort
Indian School Opens at Pipestone with Large Enrollment
The government Indian training school begins the fall term with strong registrations. Notable student includes John Growler, first nephew of Sitting Bull, among the enrollees in Pipestone Minnesota.
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Pipestone
Minn
Government Indian Training School
John Growler
Sitting Bull
Drive Bulgars Back Amid Greek Frontline Retreats
Serbian Russian and French troops push the Baktian right wing from Greece across the Serbian frontier toward Monastir as Bulgars evacuate the city. French and Russian units clash with Bulgars near Kenale. Florina’s fall threatens the Bulgar center. Meanwhile at Kovel the German Austrian blow routs a Russian bridgehead.
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Saloniki
Greece
Monastir
Uskub
Florina
Albania
Kamakehelan
Lake Ostrovo
Svar Kenale
London
Kovel
Berlin
New York Primary Results Show Whitman in GOP Lead
Results from statewide primaries on Tuesday show Governor Whitman winning the Republican nomination over William Sulzer. Calder of Brooklyn captured the Republican senatorial nod over Robert Bacon while McCoombs defeated Coosa for the Democratic Senate nomination. Seabury remained unopposed for the Democratic governor bid. Travis of Brooklyn won the Republican state comptroller nomination over Hooker.
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New York
Whitman
William XI
Benbere
William MM. Calder
Brooklyn
Robert Bacon
France
William F. McCoombs
Thomas F. Coawa
Whitman-Seabury
Whitnse
Samuel Seabury
Eugene M. Travis
James F. Hooker
Special session may be called to allow field voting for Iowa soldiers
Gov Clarke may be urged by Adj. Gen Logan to convene a October special session to pass a law enabling Iowa soldiers on the Mexican border to vote in the field. A 1862 Civil War voting provision and absent voter rules are under review, with multiple cities listed for required registration and others exempt.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Iowa
J .C. A. Robbins
Corning
Glenwood
Ida Grove
Lons
Tras
Manchester
North English
Oxford
Riverside
Sheldon
Tipton
Willista
West Branch
Williamsburg
Winterset
Ames
Boone
Burlington
Cedar Falls
Centerville
Cedar Rapids
Creston
Charles City
Cherokee
Clarinda
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuqué
Eagle Grove
Fairfield
Fort Dodge
Grinnell Iown City
Keokuk
le Mars
Mason City
Muscatine
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Sioux City
Washington
Waterloo
Webster City
Adj
Guy EB. Logan
Washington, D. C
Iowa National Guard
Congress
National Board
E. Mmarian
Towa Historical Department
Brownsville
Lawa
Manouyara
Tha Historical Department
Shortage of Instructors Triggers Special Examinations
Cedar Falls reports statewide exam efforts in forty four counties due to teacher shortages. Between 200 and 800 rural schools may not open. The Department of Public Instruction rejected Indiana teacher imports and waived normal training for exam candidates. Counties listed include Audubon Boone Bremer Butler Cahoon Gass Cedar Cerro Gordes Crawford Clarke Emmet Floyd Grondy Guthrie Harrollton Henry Day Kossuth Linn Louisa Marion Mills Montes Muscatine OBrien Osceola Palo Alto Pocahontas Polk Pottawattamie Sioux Tama Van Buren Wayne Webster Winnebago Woodbury Wright. Linn county requested exams for 190 applicants.
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Cedar Falls
Department “of Public Instruction
Indiana
Audubon
Boone
Bremer
Butler
Cahown
Gass
Cedar
Cerro
Gordes
Crawford
Clarke
Emmet
Floyd
Gredas
Grondy
Guthrie
Harrollton
Henry
Day
Suprepy
Progma
paBaop Kuk
Kossuth
Linn
Louisa
Yon
Marion
Mills
Montes
Muscating
O'Brien
Osceola
Palo Alto
Parahontas
Polk
Pottawattamle
Sioux
Tama
van Buren
Wayne
Webster
Winnebago
Woodbury
Wright
Linn County
Ames College Enrollment Tops 3,000 Amid Growth
Nearly 3,000 students have enrolled at Ames Iowa State college with summer and winter sessions expected to raise total to 5,500. Freshmen reach 1,175, a new record, while Town State college sits 83 ahead of last year. Agriculture leads with 1,300 students, followed by engineering over 750, home economies 600, industrial science 140, and veterinary medicine 125.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Town State College
Farm Sells At Record Price Per Acre In Perry
The Peter J. Tisserat farm, containing 190 acres, sold for 357000, setting land price records in the Perry vicinity. Lee price stood at 300 per acre. The property, noted for improvements, has been used for general farming and breeding Percheron horses.
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Perry
Peter J. Tisserat
Lee
Big Dam Bursts Killing 250 in German Valley Blitz
Berlin reports a slant dam above Hunewald failed causing 250 deaths including many children. Homes, lumber mills and glass polishing factories were swept away in a 12 foot flood through Deszendorf Meten bach Tunewald Schumburg Sehwa row Grosshammer and Hararz, with villages inundated and many bodies recovered.
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Berlin
Hunewald
Gublonz
Boequiv
Weissendesse
Deszendorf
Metenbach
Tunewald
Schumburg
Sehwarow
Grosshammer
Hararz
Guards Ordered Home From Border Front
Washington dispatch reports General Funston ordered by the War Department to bring home one National Guard regiment for every new regiment sent to the border. Secretary Baker announced the Second New York National Guard will be recalled from the border for muster duty.
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Washington
Funston
War Department
National Guard
Baker
New York National Guard
Iowa
Brownsville
Ceneral Funston
New London
Conn
Russia to Issue New War Loan Planned for October
London dispatch reports the Russian government intends to issue at the end of October a new internal loan to finance war needs. The proposed security is a ten year note bearing 5.44 percent interest, totaling 1.5 billion dollars.
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Russia
London
Germany to Expel 10000 Italians in Retaliation
Berne reports Germany plans to expel about 10 000 Italians in reprisal for the treatment of Germans in Italy. The Trellans will be sent out of Germany on special trains by way of Switzerland.
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Germany
Berne
Italy
Switzerland
Grocers and Butchers at War in Sioux City
Twenty seven Sioux City grocers including a former police chief were arrested for keeping stores open on Sundays. The arrests stem from a feud between grocers and butchers as the local butcher's union has forced Sundays closed for butchers. In retaliation the butchers warned groceries will be barred from Sunday openings.
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Sioux City
Candidate Indictments in Marshalltown Sheriff Race
Calvin R. Ganst, a carpenter and Republican candidate for sheriff before the June primaries, is indicted for paying for services to aid his campaign. He allegedly paid C. K. Berry, manager of United Delivery, three dollars to carry voting signs on wagons. Berry is indicted for receiving pay for campaign work.
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Marshalltown
Calvin R. Ganst
C. K. Berry
United Delivery Company
Berry
Ames Act Bans Hazing On Campus This Year
President Paymond A. Pearson told about 3,000 students at the annual convocation that hazing will be banned at Iowa State College this year. He warned that acts bordering on hazing are contrary to institutional spirit and urged faculty opposition to rough or ungentlemanly conduct toward freshmen in the student assembly at the gymnasium.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Paymond A. Pearson
Pearson
Grinnell College Opens Year With Record Enrollment
Grinnell town college begins the year with over 60, the largest enrollment and strongest faculty. Dormitories are full, classes crowded for recitation rooms. A new alumni recitation building will be completed soon.
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Grinnell
Grinnell—town College
Alumnii
Lowden Named Republican Nominee for Illinois Governor
Former Iowa City candidate Frank Q O Lowden, a law graduate of the State University of Iowa, is the Republican nominee for governor of Illinois with a plurality exceeding 85,000 over the other two Republicans.
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Law and
Nois
Iowe City
Frank QO. Lowden
Law Department
The
State University of
Iowa
Linois
Knoxville High School Contract Let for $55,356
The Knoxville high school building contract has been awarded for 55356 and related equipment contracts have raised the total to just over 74000. The full bond issue is 75000. Construction is underway and slated for completion by the 1917 school year start.
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Knoxville
Teacher Colld Plague Victim in Keokuk District
Katharyn Kennedy twenty years old daughter of Joan Kennedy and niece of Congressman Charlea Kennedy is ill at her Montrose home with infantile paralysis. She taught in Denmark and contracted the disease there. The illness progressed to paralysis of the lower limbs.
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Keokuk
Katharyn Kennedy
Joan P. Kennedy
Charlea A. Kennedy
Montrose
Denmark
Pelson Factory Buoy at Fort Madison Prison Rag Rag Venture
Warden C Sanders promoted his prison rag rag factory while at the state fair in Des Moines. He pitched sales to the Des Moines area, promising constant production to meet demand until his return, turning spare time into drive for the plant’s output.
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Pelson
Fort Madison
C. Sanders
Des Moines
Improving Water System Plans for New Mains
Hampton-iit aims to lay at least twelve blocks of new water mains this fall. The mains will vary from four to eight inches in size. Work has been delayed due to material shortages.
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Hampton—iit
Palo Alto County Hires New Agricultural Agent Bert J France
Palo Alto county Iowa appoints Bert J France an Iowa State College agriculture graduate class of 1910 as county agricultural agent. A former Moville Iowa farmer, he worked as a county agent in Missouri before returning to Iowa, expected to start in October.
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Palo Alto
Ames
Iowa
Bert J. France
Iowa State College
France
Moville
Missouri
New Homes Grow Rapidly in Greene Province
Greene shows swift growth with seventeen new houses erected this season. Some are completed, others still under construction, reflecting a steady expansion in residential development over recent years.
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Greene
Former State Senator Wilken Dies After Illness
Fort Madison Iowa longtime Lee County political figure and former district senator Mined Wilken dies after a lingering illness. The Democratic leader who shaped southeastern Iowa politics for a quarter century passed away in his home region.
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Fort Madison
Frank Wilken
Lee County
Iowa
Woman to Lead State Teachers Convention in Des Moines
Decorah reports Eva Fleming, elected to the executive committee three years ago, will for the first time in the convention's history have full charge in Des Moines this November. She plans innovations including artist concerts to replace lectures and has hired Ryan Williams, Welsh tenor, for one of the concerts.
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Decorah
Des Moines
Eva Fleming
Fleming
Ryan Willams
Iowa seeks six new fair buildings for 1917 19
Iowa state fair association plans major grounds improvements during the next two years. Proposals include cattle barns 30000, extra horse barns 350000, a 25000 dairy building, rear amphitheater two story for autos 34000 to 100000, coral building 25000, poultry building 35000. Proposals to be presented to December board meeting.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Fair Association
General Assembly
Association
W. B. Barney
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Miove
Wesley Greene
Floriata
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