Historical notes on clocks and explorers in early America
Isaac Hospers publisher notes Daniel Crawbaugh a pioneer electrical inventor whose late 19th century clock runs in Carlisle Pennsylvania and has operated since 1878 with a pendulum driven by an electro magnet system. The piece also mentions explorer Hiram Bingham and Peruvian sites, plus brief derivate notes on science and society from contemporaneous columns.
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Daniel Crawbaugh
Carlisle
Charles H. Whare
Democratic Entry Battle in Second District Grows
Muscatine Jan 10 The attorney general ruling requires county conventions to choose delegates for the district convention in six counties. Widespread contest among Democrats as ten candidates vie for the nomination while Republicans show little interest. Progressives may hold their own meetings to shape delegate selection ahead of the Des Moines state conference.
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Muscatine
Pepper
M. F. Cornin
Thompson
W. E. Hayes
Clinton
Fred Vollmer
J. L. Grig
Auto Tags by Express State Pays Big Bonus
Buck Grove Iowa Jan 10 Auto owners question why the state secretary of state uses express prepaid tags at 20 cents each instead of parcel post at 6 cents causing a potential 14 cents saving per tag. Ben Quathamer shows a prepaid express tag and notes former mail delivery cost. He cites new postal rates reducing tag postage to about 5 cents per tag.
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Buck Grove
Iowa
Ben Quathamer
Focal
Tribune
Quathamer
Cedar Falls Women Start Anti Smoke Crusade Among Youth
The Cedar Falls chapter of the W C T U launches a new anti smoking campaign targeting youths. They claim a Chicago doctor provided a cure prescription and plan to offer it through local physicians in Council Bluffs and Taian as hopes rise for fewer teenage smokers. The drive follows a rise in high school failure blamed on apathy and the common I dont worts slang noted by Principal J F Marshall as a factor in student performance.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Falks
L. Jan
Chicago
Council Bluffs, Taian
J. F. Marshall
Council Bluffs High School
Marshall
Eastern Star Home Formally Dedicated
Delegates from across the state gathered in Boone for the official dedication of the newly completed Eastern Star home. Mrs Leslie Grant Calderon serves as the new superintendent and has a background with Rose Croix chapter in Sioux City.
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Boone, Te
Feastett Star
Leslie Grant Calderon
Rose Croix
C. EB
Sioux Cit
Morrison Killed in Fire at Emmetsburg House
Emmetsburg Iowa January 1 D J Morrison is dead and Andrew Young is in critical condition from a bedroom fire in the Emmetsburg House hotel. A kerosene lamp was overturned and started the blaze.
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Morrison
Emmetsburg
D. J. Morrison
Andrew Young
Emmetsburg House
Le Mars Editor Keeps His Marriage Secret
Edwin 8 Townsend of Peterson Townsend owners of the LeMars Globe-Post wed Miss Hazel Herron in Orange City on September 9, 1913. The ceremony was kept secret until this week, surprising many friends while immediate families knew of the wedding. No reason was given for the four month concealment.
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LeMars
Edwin 8. Townsend
Peterson & Townsend
LeMars Globe-Post
Orange City
Hazel Herron
Carson Herrat
Féeason
Owa Banking Laws Bar Membership In New Regional Plan
Des Moines Iowa January 9 and 1000 plus banks organized under Iowa state laws cannot own stock in federal reserve banks nor join the federal reserve system. State banks may switch to national status to participate, but state law blocks interlocking ownership with other corporations and stock ownership. Sac City opens new high school building and expands facilities with state aid and a normal department. seven classrooms and a lunch room added. Judge McPherson rules Laughlin vs Pullman suit may proceed in federal court despite objections. Muscatine prosecutes town food and sanitary law violations with over 30 informations and multiple arrests. several bakeries and confectionaries face closure. Indiana warrant leads to arrest of farm hand Chyde Curd in Ida Grove. he disputes charges and hopes to avoid extradition.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve System
Blenkin
Towa
Federal Reserve
Sac City
Academy
Sac City Institute
Thx
Wit
Atiss Sada MM. Kinvon
Algona
Muscatine
M. E. Fiinn
Lora
Ames
New York
W. B. Barney
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Town State College
Leape and Bounds
Council Bluffs
Adam Gipe
Mills County
Gipa
Hirs. Gipe
Tlinois
Glenwood
Iowa City
Sylvester Anderson
Mason City
Louis Chirikes
State Penitentiary
Mars
Warren Fitzgerald
Chirikes
Fadga Clark
Supreme Court
Plymouth
R. J. Hemphill
Board of Education
Antone Katkle
J. EB. Gile
Ray Belden
Tlarry Doutl
Cema
John Gillan
Jess and
Rocbet
Popore
Kefitting
Marshall-Town
Halon
Petro Pensina
Ward Northwestern Cements
F. J. Chav
Clear Lake
Epworth Leagiers
W. J. Sheridan
Chicago
W. AI
Lardes
Ay Moines
Bodgster
Cedar Rapids
John A. Mariies
Gee College
Ihse
Presbyterian Publication Board
Philadelphia
Ur Aiarguis
Max Accept
Carl F. Benjamin
Omaha
George Starr
Dublque
T. H W. McQuillen
Boar of Supervisors
M. F. McCullough
Alt. McQuitten
Marshalltown
Wfe
John J. Welsh
Welsh
Elick Marehmaa
Marchman
Estherville
Arthur Heddinger
Logan
Gua Sindt
Cass Township
Lemars
John Stengel
Western Union College
Bright
Emmanuel Church
United Evangelical Church
Stanton Township
Fee Splitters Barred From Medical Faculty
Cedar Rapids Iowa January report states no fee splitting among members of the State medical school faculty. All on the payroll must join the effort to end the practice, with President Bowman and the state board of education issuing a decree to enforce the ban.
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Cedar Rapids
Tews State Medical School
Bowman
State Board of Education
Des Moines Schools To Host Evening Social Centers
Des Moines moves to make schools social centers with a Friday evening program at West High. Moving pictures at 5 cent admission start the series. other lectures and talks by Iowa State College professors and specialists will be free. Topics include poultry, history, printing, gas engines, gardening, bacteriology, and domestic science.
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Des Moines
Moines
West High School
Iowa State College
Ames
Ohare
Cerro Gordo Board Plans Bloodhound Purchase
Mason City Iowa January 9 the city and county will join to buy Cloudhoads two year old trained bloodhounds. Supervisors approved covering half the costs and city officials support the plan. A pair offered at a reasonable price with finishing work soon. The Yordy hounds' finder Tapsy died after a long chase tracing W H Ward.
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Cerro Gordo Board
Mason City
Cloudhoads
Tapsy
W. H. Ward
Progressives in Line for Complete Iowa Ticket
Des Moines reports an almost unanimous progressive push for a full slate across federal and state offices. A statewide conference is set for tomorrow with informal talks today led by party figures. Tonight Bainbridge Colby of New York will speak on Progressivism. O K Davis, W E Cadmus, and George Fitch from Peoria are among out-of-state attendees with events planned tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Bainbridge Colby
New York
O. K. Davis
Progressive Talione Committee
W. E. Cadmus
Peoria
George Fitch
Richardson Shoe Co Faces Voluntary Bankruptcy
Dubuque reports Rich arson Shoe company led by Richardson filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition with liabilities of 26 078 assets 24 020. A separate personal injury suit against Richardson Trust shows a seven thousand nine hundred judgment. Also noted is a parallel petition by Henry Kiene a real estate dealer with substantial debts and assets.
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Dubuque
Bubuquela
H PF
Richardson
Richardson Shoe Company
Richardson Company
Gate PT
Parry
Henry Kiene
Real ¢State
Kiene
Ames Engineer as Detective Locates Two Missing Heirs
Ames city engineer H. C. Wickham aided by a tunnel crew traced two missing heirs of pioneer farmer H. R. Wickham. Vaughn Jessup and R. H. Wickham were located after a 13 day pursuit from Ames to Noti and Eugene Oregon, resolving an unsettled Iowa estate.
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Ames
Jessup
Towa
Coast Mountains
Oregon
Iowa
H. C. Wickham
Zeanng
Here
Vaughn Jessup
Ames City
R. H. Wickham
R. H.wickham
RH. Wickham
Beardsley
Minon
California
Eugene
Ore
Spokane
John Q
San Francisco
Denver
Oregon State Road
Ashland
Noti
Wickham
Sodh
Earth
Iowa dairy gains and New Year gifts in state report
Iowa dairy progress and profits highlighted by W B Barney at Town State College. Butter output nears 100 million pounds with over 150000 in dividends to state butter makers due to higher prices over New York quotes.
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Isaac Hospers
Publizher
Orange City, Is
Narth
Ainsthe
Vilhjalmar Brefansgon
Newa FS
Hiram Bingham
Yale
Manchu Picchu
Taea
E. A. Ghort
Mmnitory
Ozarks
Ontario Agricultural College
Continental
Liverpool
Colonel Goethals
Panama Canal
Dee Davipon
Washington Post
The
Weather Bureau
Arizona
Cohen
Eng
Canaries
Aain Li Ney
Maharajah of
Mysore
India
Ohio
Missouri
Vitzerland
Scotland
Texas
Melbourne
Africa
Milwaukee
Eastern Star
LE Mars
OWA
SAC City Academy Hall
M'Pherson
Pullman Company
Smith McPherson
Pullman Car Company
Frank Laughlin
Pullman
Gothenburg
Wneb
Acton
Union Pacific
Laughlin
Independence
Indiana
Ida Grove
McLeod
Chyde Curd
Princeton
Ind
Young Curd
City Hall
Market Square
Homer I Helcomb
Fourth and
Washington
Maton City
DOON
Law
Gillin
Fitzgerald
Henry Reltz
Andrew Christensen
Reitz
Chiristengen
Gillen
Glen
P— Boies
Akron
Lows
Frank 5. Green
Misa Georgiania Bunte
Hela Tere
Will Hughes
Paul Sonner
Paul Miller
Robert Aostrand
Melvin Norman
Ida Isbell
Leona Mills
Nelle Kennedy
Hazel Lusk
Hazel Downey
Thelma Ehrhardt
Marion van Seay
Cleta McKinney
Margarette Benning
Barah Laughter
Garner
Afr
Weeks
Elmer
Boy Scouts
Forest City
C. C. Bryre
Mfyre
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