Plover Short Course Announces Wide Range of Prizes
Owing to a lack of mail service the Plover Short Course lists prizes across multiple departments. Awards include cash, merchandise, and honors such as the Silver Cup from Peoples Bank and Halfton hats, with contests for oats gluten and growers under eighteen, plus a Boys Judging Contest requiring ten ears placed with written reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Grain & Coal Co
J. M. Bush
Wallace
DeWolf & Wells
Geo
Homestead
Plover Short Course Association
Plover Lumber Co
Glover
Fred Ehlers
Shaw
George
Carland Limestone
Ft. Dodge Portland Cement Corporation
Gilmore City
Keystone
J. W. Mangan
Plover School Notes and Community Praise
Plover notes show Mrs. J. M. Bush visiting Tuesday and a well attended noon lunch with fifty six, seventy five, and forty served across Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. George Lewis of Pittefield New York reports her five year old son recovered quickly from a cold after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised as effective.
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Chamberlain
George Lewis
Pittefield
N. Y
Speculation and leaks fuel Wall Street ethics debate
Statesmen and speculators debate a $60 million gain from advance information on the President's peace note. Critics argue leaks are exploited by insiders while public servants deny speculation. The piece notes Washington influence, ethical tensions, and the allure of easy money amid political power.
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Tom" Lawson
Congress
Washington Wire
Wall Street
Washington Circle
Drsa
Washington
State Dairy Building Declared Unsafe After Buckling Walls
The building housing the State Dairy and Food Department across from the state house buckled as two sections pulled apart leaving a two inch gap. Adjutant General Logan and the state architect will decide if it must be abandoned or reinforced. Commissioner W B Barney has long urged a new state office building to house the department safely.
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State Dairy Department
Des Moines
Airy and Food Commission
Department
State House
Adj
Guy EB. Logan
Logan
State Department
State Laboratory
Capitol
W. B. Barney
Will Seek Museum Specimens for State University
Iowa City plans a second expedition following the 1893 West Indian venture to collect zoological specimens for the state university museums and laboratories. Prof. C. C. Nutting has returned from the east with information on potential visiting places. The 1893 Bahama expedition supplied material that helped make the state university marine invertebrates exhibit a standout among colleges.
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Iowa City
West Indian Islands
State University Museums and Laboratories
C. C. Nutting
Zoological Department
Bahama
State University
County Board Refuses Wilkerson Bill in Villiscaux Case
A stormy county board session refused the Wilkerson claim of 2800 for work in the Villiscaux murder. Senator Jones accused Wilkerson and objected to payment. County Attorney Wenstrand advised nonpayment, and 700 left from prior funds was allocated to the sheriff and county attorney to use if Wilkerson cooperates with officers.
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Wilkerson
Red Oak
County Board of Supervisors
Villiscaux
Senator Jones
Wenstrand
Guards To Return Soon From Border Duty
Des Moines reports say the Third regiment with brigade officers and attached men will be first to return from the border area. After mustering out these troops, Iowa cavalry field hospital and ambulance corps are expected to reach Des Moines by February 8. Other short items note land value rises near Shenandoah, a record hog price in Chicago for Earlham producer, and the Brent trial underway in Clarinda.
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Des Moines
Logan
Barry
Chicago
Iowa Cavalry
Bennett
Law Protects State From Imposition In Securities Sales
The department defends the blue sky law against fraud and improper sales, noting that several applications were rejected and fraud evidence supports strict enforcement. By December 30, 1918, eighty nine stock sale permits issued yielded 1853.83 dollars in fees, agent licenses 615 dollars, brokers licenses 125 dollars, with blue sky receipts 3675.83 and expenditures 5671.16.
Alleged Blackmailer Held in Cedar Rapids
Harold W. Jirka, a Chicago lawyer wanted for threatening to extort 15000 from F. Junkermann was captured in Springfield after official papers were signed and brought to Cedar Rapids. He pleaded not guilty before Judge Milo P. Smith and remained in Marion County Jail on a 5000 bond he could not post.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold W. Jirka
Chicago
F. Junkermann
Springfield
Ill
Lowden
Marion
Milo P. Smith
Escaped Convicts Caught After Flight Across Borders
Fort Madison reports that Earl W. Lindsay and Arnold Zimmer, state penitentiary escapees who evaded capture for nearly six months visiting England and France, were captured at Bowmanville Ontario. Lindsay, a Colfax native, had been convicted for assaulting a girl and was jailed in Jasper county. Zimmer received a life sentence for a Henry county murder. In Knoxville, Harvey James and James Hartley of Dallas township completed Marion county’s largest land deal, buying 810 acres for $184000 and then purchasing 410 acres near Pleasantville at $164 per acre after selling his other farm at $225 per acre.
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Fort Madison
England
France
Earl W. Lindsay
Arnold Zimmer
Bowmanville
Ontario
Lindsey
Jasper County
Knoxville
Harvey James
James Hartley
Dallas Township
Marion County
Hartley
James
James Reynolds
Pleasantville
Potato Shortage Warns of Famine in Local Markets
Local produce dealers warn a serious potato shortage threatens famine in the area. About 20,000 bushels are in storage and none have arrived for weeks. The current supply will last roughly forty days. The latest shipment came from Canada and much of it was frozen.
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Stroux City
Canada and
Knoxville Faces Coal Shortage Crisis
Knoxville endures a coal shortage with the electric-light plant schools and courthouse hit hardest. Mines near Knoxville on rail lines ship out coal to outside markets, leaving little for local use as the shortage tightens.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Court House
Defunct Rail Line Deeds Placed On County Books
County records show Kenyon listing the Chicago Anamosa & Northern railroad deeds for sale. Transfer to Herman Sonken, Kansas City junk dealer, with price tag of 56000 detaching depots fences rolling stock and right of way from the defunct line.
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Independence
Kenyon
Chicago, Anamosa & Nortern
Herman Sonken
Kansas City
Wiay
Pioneer Bloomfeld Merchant Jacob R. Sheaffer Dies
Jacob R. Sheaffer, a longtime merchant in Bloomfeld, is reported dead at his home. The obituary notes his status as a prominent local business figure and ties to the Bloomfeld community.
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Bloomfeld
Jacob R. Sheaffer
Est
Break Up Auto Booze Line
A Des Moines report describes the disruption of a liquor transport route linked to an ARCO vehicle line between Des Moines and Omaha. Local authorities intervened, ending the illicit auto booze operation with the single-vehicle seizure and associated actions.
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Des Moines
Arco Automobile
Omaha
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Plover
Fred Ehiers
Northwestern
Ehlers
Wallace's Farmer
B. D. Hilton
E. D. Hilton
Roush & Calhoun
Independent Baking Co
Davenport
Graham
F. J. Nacke
F. Ehlers
Peoples Saving Bank
the Commnity Bank
Ed McMahon
Rolfe
Farrow
S Cook
J.K. Lemon
Shenandoah
C. F. McClenahan
Leonard Oviatt
Earlham
H. McCleary
Brent
Clarinda
Guy Brent
Clarinda Settlement Charge
Savings Bank
H.R. Spry
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