Tuberculosis and rising costs linked to hardships in Iowa
State health officials warn tuberculosis deaths rise as living costs bite. Dr A E B Kepford cites malnutrition and overcrowding, with cases from Grinacil showing families in abandoned boxcars facing spread. He urges prevention, wartime relief, and local aid to keep families housed and fed.
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Stern
Herries
Dew Moines
Tod
Hyberete Losis
Iam
Unis
Grinacil
Kepfard
Adj
Legecia Nutie
Fiereung
Namit
Ford
Cravag
Kep
Kepford
Storm Lake Train Crash Kills Alta Couple
Mr and Mrs J Moon of Alta were killed when an eastbound Chicago Limited train struck their auto. Charles and Joseph Russell O Bun, the car’s other occupants, were severely injured and rushed to a hospital. The crossings poor view and this being the first accident at that site are noted.
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Storm Lake
J. Moon
Alta
Chicago
Wmyots Central Railroad
Charles
Peph Russell O'Buncor
Land sales show farmers buy 160 to 210 acres near town
The Nelson estate sold 160 acres seven miles from town for 210 per acre A H Hildebrand moved eighty acres two and a half miles from town at 240 per acre and N P Swanson sold 210 acres five miles from town for 50 per acre. All buyers are farmers who will occupy the land, none for speculation.
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Alta
Nelson
Town
A. H Hildebrand
N. P. Swanson
Down
Davenport Men Held Indicted in Espionage and Conspiracy
Davenport prosecutors indicted D. Jr. Wallace a lecturer E G Willis an attorney and Fred Vollmer brother of former congressman Henry Vollmer on espionage conspiracy and obstruction charges. Dr Henry Matthey and his nephew Dr Walter Matthey were also charged with conspiracy.
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Davenport
D. Jr. Wallace
E.G. Willis
Fred Vollmer
Henry Vollmer
Wallace
Willis
Vollmer
Henry Matthey
Walter Matthey
Henry Matthy
Town Marshal Slain in Batavia Amidst Siege
Town Marshal James M. Lewis, age 50, was shot and killed after a confrontation with a group of citizens who surrounded his home. Lewis had warned of an imminent catastrophe and opened fire with a rifle as officers and residents attempted to subdue him. He retreated to his house and continued firing before being killed after about an hour. He left a son and had lived in Batavia for several years.
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Batavia
James M. Lewis
Hanan
Lewis
Shinshay
Loewit Howe
Jjanshaw
Léawis
Owse
Igtayla
Iowa Leads U S in Rural School Consolidation Progress
The 1919 report from Albert M. Devon shows Iowa has 15 consolidated schools, leading the nation as eight districts previously met standards and thirty nine schools later reached the goal. Devon calls consolidation a solution to rural schooling, noting cities now offer similar schools and communities gain vitality.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Albert M. Devon
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sage
Dever
Rand
Attorney General Seeks Injunctions Over Des Moines Milk Trade
Des Moines case against the Des Moines Milk Producers Association Elite Association and officials accuses them of conspiring to restrain competition and fix prices to control milk supply in Des Moines and Iowa. The suit seeks temporary and permanent injunctions and asks the dairy department to verify milk quality entering the state.
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Tavner
Disrriet Court
Des Moines Milk Produnce Association
Elite
Hermes Venerah Queserta
Willeac Pveer
Dairy Department
Drownings in Osage River In Holland Community
Three persons, Pelly Perof and Peter rar and his wife, disappeared after entering a hole dug by sand men in the Os Moines river near Pella. No witnesses. A body believed to be Mrs Proet hus he recovered. The Prad family, prominent in the Holland colony, came to Pella nine years ago from Holland.
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Perof
Peter Rar
Os Moines
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Proet Hus
Prad
Pella
Holland
Holland Colony
Twin boys born as nine in the Malloy family in Denison
The Denison family welcomes twin boys forming nine sons. one baby shows smallpox symptoms and the household is quarantined. Local notes report various Iowa events from small births to a legal bond and a drowning death in Sykeston.
Hoover Adopts War Expenditures Control Measure
The conference report on a control bill was adopted in a party line vote with Republicans opposing key features. The measure limits authority to one director and includes provisions on wheat and Elirming, while the House and Senate debate the scope of war expenditure oversight.
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Washington, All
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Calety Pawore
Lee
Rexas
HID
Bmw
Senate
Draft to Hit Newlyweds on Military Service Rules
The document reports that after talks with Secretary Baker a telegait was sent explaining selective service discharge rules for married men. It notes provisions forcing those who fail to report to be liable for death and disability claims and references a mental order under President Wilson.
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Wilson Tester
Persita
St Julien Captured by British Troops Near Ypres
British headquarters report that Thai forces have established themselves in St Juli en route to Ypres but were driven out. A statement notes allied troops moved to hold the town and French and British units captured prisoners north of Ypres between Trollebeke and Warheton in recent actions.
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Ypres
Winaders
St. Juli
Prince of D'Ilwy
Trollebeke
Warheton
U S Reveals Secret Data On German Foreknowledge
Washington reports that Germany possessed Austria's secret data within hours before it reached Belgrade. Officials say former Foreign Secretary Ginnermany admitted foreknowledge under close questioning, indicating prior German awareness of the broader European crisis and actions that followed.
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Washington
Germany
Austeh
Belgrade
Ginmermain
Gerpinny
Nerdy
Nine U S gunners lost as Moline sinks
Nine gunners and 24 crew members are reported lost when the American steamer Moline was sunk. The State Department was advised Friday. Other brief items note two auto deaths from a train collision in Altoona and a Salt Lake City arrest for producing tetanus infected court plaster.
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State Department
Salt Lake City
Aug
Kelling
Salt Lake Court
Joe Bergerman
Sherif Jutta
Corless
Senate Approves Six Year Ratification Window for Prohibition Amendment
Washington August 3 The Senate passes as amended a constitution amendment to ban manufacture sale and importation of intoxicating liquors with a six year deadline for ratification by the states. The vote totals show Republicans and Democrats split on key points with a final tally near sixty five to two in favor and twenty to twenty in opposition.
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Washington
United States
Resignation shakeup hits Petrograd cabinet
Premier Kerensky and most of his ministers resigned on Friday amid accusations against Agriculture Minister Tehernat and failed talks with Constitutional Democrats. General Erdetl, Petrograd military governor, was shot and killed in the back.
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Nekrasoff
M. Terestchenko
M. Tehernoff
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Tehernat
Erdetl
Bourse Gazette
24 Die on American Ship Motano in Submarine Attack
London reports 24 crew members of the American steamship Motano died when it was sunk by a German submarine on July 31. The losses are insured by the American government war risk bureau.
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Nea IB
Consiliité Vere
Motano
Americ
Wae Tisk Bureau
Bad Roads Bar Camp and Italian Air Bombs Reported
Aug. 6 dispatch notes abandoned plan to mobilize Indiana National Guard at Fort Harrison due to poor roads and transport trouble. Also reports large Italian air strikes on Pola, the Austro Hungarian naval base, with significant damage to the Adriatic defense.
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Indiana National Guard
Fort [Benjamin] Harrison
Jeheoe Tg
Polar
Salidh Ea Ttalian
Pola
Ast Trinungary
Adriatic
Cegoring
Ollighiatakauaanks
Mpeg Fey
Maurice Says Haig Achieved Objective Easily in Flanders
General Frederick Maurice, chief director of military operations at the London War Office, commented on the Flanders battles. He said Haig set clear objectives, achieved them in the southern front, and that British forces must be ready for a larger struggle with reduced Russian assistance and greater U.S. involvement.
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Haig
London
Stossia
Frederick J. Maurice
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Maurice
Laerglus Haig
Haig Fete
Getera
Maurice Sid
Arras
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Rix Ces
Lam Hs
Australie
Ath Broich
Rioting African American Bands Threaten Oklahoma Regions
Organized bands of Negroes and Indians aim to disrupt selective service in Oklahoma. They damaged crops, cut wire, and planned arson and bridge destruction across Sequoyah Hughes and Pontotoc counties. Authorities formed posses. seventy voters were captured.
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Okla
Oklahoma
Lwo
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Seuinvale
Hughes
Pontotoc
Shechts
Senate Panel Plans 2 Billion War Tax Increase
Washington Aug 26 senate finance committee approved raising the pending war tax to a total of 2 008 000 000 from 1 070 000 000. The hike targets corporations and top earning individuals while boosting excise taxes on distilled spirits and beer to cover additional levy.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Austrian Premier Will Stay in Power, Reports Surface
Amsterdam reports the Vienna Allgemeine Zeitung stating Premier vo Sevuler has rallied parliament to entrust him with the permanent cabinet. Kaiser Wilhelm allegedly honors Hindenburg with a naval order. separate dispatches note the American schooner Johnamd sunk by a German submarine off Honiton.
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Vienna Allgemeine Zeitung
Vo Sevuler
Forlan
Kaiser
Hindenburg
Kaiser Wilon
Ae Naval Order of the Housdé of
Hollern
Marshal von
Unclear text finds mass retreat and casualties on Riga front
Fragmentary report describes a large Russian mobilization and retreat near Riga with disputed figures. The dispatch mentions the Eleventh and Seventh corps and retreating troops, with gory exceptions and executions alleged.
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Reilly Oy Wiliam Ferr
Milan
Riga
Russia
Wweni
Times
Jusseian Sevens
YY Sams
Ryalitossiy
Attacks on Troopships Revealed in Navy Report
The Navy disclosed details of German submarine attacks on the American expedition to France. Secretary Daniels released a censored report naming the convoy commander Steny Ade Inival Cleaves and noting submarine engagements against the first group and other segments. One ship reportedly hit by a bomb from an American destroyer, with partial evidence for further assaults on remaining units.
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America
France
Steny Ade
Daniel
Ateny
Daniels
Corte Military
Sereate Naval Committee
Austrians Enter Czernowitz Amid War Movements
Vienna reports Austro Hungarian troops have entered Czernowitz the Bukowina capital. Petrograd notes the Russians evacuated Kimpolusy southern Bukowina and now face Austro German forces along the Bystrita River, with retreat between the Dniester and Pruth. Russian southeastern Galicia forces withdrew across the Zbrnaes at the Dulester confluence after a clash with Austrian German units.
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Bukowine
Petrograd
Kimpolusy
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Dniester
Prulth
Galicia
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Dulester
German-born Citizens Challenge Naturalization Ruling
Seventy four German-born residents of Oshkosh Wisconsin seek to overturn a judgment by the state naturalization board. They claim the action granting citizenship was improper and will contest the ruling.
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Wis
Record Naturalization Board
Mega
French Crisis Passed in Parliament Vote
Parla August 6 reports the French crisis ended as the cross deputies upheld Premier Ribot with a 402 to 11 vote. The decision regulates actions against the Socialist influence amid tensions in the chamber.
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Yighary
Cross
Ribot
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