New High School Buildouts Promised in Iowa Report
Iowa state inspector P E Mellen-Ralton reports across visited high schools last year show marked attendance gains up to 40 percent and improved sanitary conditions with bubbling fountains replacing water buckets. He notes 5,000 students and 9,250 teachers statewide, thousands about to graduate as new schools rise in towns like Toledo Grand Junction and Iowa Falls. Supreme Court clarifies land possession and tax cases while efforts push for modern laundry training at town industrial schools and broader banking and insurance reforms discussed by state officials.
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Des Moines
University Guiderines
P. E. Mellen- Raltan
Iowa
Atute
Theigh
Enyalate
Ublon
Mary
Wvmberry
Spector
Toledo
Grand Junction
Tome
Sheffield
Extra
Gullitla Center
Iowa Falls
Didora
Etite Board
Gclcol
Board of Control
Fatalities in 1914 Coroner Reports highlight suicides and accidents
The coroner notes 107 total deaths in 1914 with 5 men and the rest women. Inquests covered 31 men and one woman, plus four unknown men. Suicide totaled 21 people, four of them women, with April and May peak. Drowning and firearms were common methods. Accidents caused 36 deaths, including railroad and streetcar fatalities in Sioux City. Three men died by suffocation, and seven men plus two women and one man drank carbolic acid to end life.
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Garver
Sioux City
Believed Leader Caught and Gang Broken Up
A decade‑long Southwest Minnesota Northwest Iowa East River gang led by Tint Daily and two lieutenants Bhank and Carlson was captured after detectives arrested them in Detief. The group operated from Sheldon and Sioux Falls with numerous break‑ins and a fatal confrontation with officers near Hicks Minn. Police organized posses, leading to arrests and the end of the gang’s activities.
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Rholdon
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Tint Daily
Epirt
Bhank
Carlson
Sheldon
Sioux Falla
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Daify
Sioux Walls
Pt Hicks
Minn
Des Moines Charity Drive Seeks Funds for Relief
In Des Moines the Ad club organizes a drive to raise money for local relief with limited success, collecting just over 100 dollars. Frank Kip, committee chair, notes half the contributions come from outside sources. Associated Charities and others urge more aid as unemployment leaves hundreds of workers and their families in need of food clothing and fuel.
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Des Moines
Ad- Club
Frank
Kip
Associated Charities
Tragic Hunting Accident Claims Alta S. Stangland
Alta S. Stangland, 2, of Alta, Washington, was killed instantly while deer hunting at Toppenish. Officials say the death was accidental and attributed to a hunting mishap.
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Alta
S. C. Stangland
Toppenish
Wash
Hin
Thie’ Place
Incomplete Directory Entry Skews Population Estimate
Fragmentary lines from a directory show 119 226 people in an area with unclear context. The text suggests a company used a list to estimate totals but lacks coherent details or location, leaving questions about methodology and accuracy.
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Ality
Iowa High Schools See Attendance Rise and Sanitation Reforms
A state inspector reports every Iowa high school visited shows higher attendance, with gains up to 40 percent in some cases during 1914 15. Sanitation improves with removal of water packets and tin cups, replacing with cleaner facilities. The inspector notes population decline 1900 to 1910 coincided with 1000 more students in high schools and drop in illiteracy to 1.7 percent, making Iowa boast the nation's lowest graduate illiteracy rate.
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Iowa
Galns
Leva P A
Clennalinn
Towa
Ots
Heatha
Union
Officials Cleared in State Fair Sewer Case Indictments Thrown Out
Indictments against President C. B. Cameron of the state fair board and Director O. A. Olesen for alleged sewer drains omissions at the state fair grounds were dismissed by Judge Degrasf who ruled plate officials are not liable to indictment for failing to perform duties.
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Das
Moines
Neningt
C. B. ‘Cameron
State Fair Board
A. Olesen
State Fair
Degrasf
Spirit Lake and region notes dominate local page
The itemized notes cover a diverse set of topics including a $3,500 damages claim by Lange against Weir over a car collision injuring Mr. and Mrs. Lang, a Tak ing on boundary land by T. J Griffin on appeal, and a hot campaign for Tort Dodge Charles Duncombe and Frank Collins. It also mentions the Dubugas German college fund disbursed by Mrs. Nettie Fowler McCormick, a dedicatory address by Prof. Elmer A. Bess, and Spirit Lake improvements totaling $300,000 with forty new residences and a $60,000 high school ready for occupancy. Additional notes include the jail booking of James W. Holden in Dubuque on white slavery charges and a case involving a Blue Earth Mine connection.
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Will Lang
LeMats
Wein
Lange
Lang
T. J Griffin
Dodge
Charles Duncombe
Frank Collins
Dageamba
Kenyon
Dubugas German
Hes
James W. Holden
Oelwein
Dubuque
Blue
Earth
Bimmer
Rail Rates Rise as War Urges Commission Action
The Commerce Commission approved significant increases in freight rates for lines west of Buffalo to cover wartime costs, boosting annual railroad income by about 30 million dollars. The decision affects lines on the Atlantic to Mississippi corridor north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and includes proposed increases on cement, brick, tile, clay, and plaster. Commissioners Clements and Harlan dissented from the majority.
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Washington
Menton
Atlantic
Mississippi
Potomac
Ohio
Buffalo
Europe
Clements and
Harlan
Red Lake
Jake Tinas
Tesson
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Ashtabula
Four steamers sunk by North Sea mines off Plamborough head
Four steamers were sunk by mines in the North Sea near Plamborough head Wednesday night. Only two ships identified including the steamer Al terwater and the Princess Oleg. Twelve crew saved, seven lost. Crew of 18 landed in boats. Britain defends bombarded towns Scarborough and Whitby amid German claims of justification.
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South Shielde
England
North Sea
Plamborough Head
Que
Oleg
Raldon
Britain
New York
Hartepool
Scarborough
Whitby
Prange Vor Papen
Milwaukee Designation Change Revealed in Rail Nomenclature
Milwaukee offices announce that the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway will be referred to as Milwaukee when the full name is not used, changing the road designation. Madison reports Dietz to be pardoned. John F. under life sentence for murder and Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp will be pardoned by Governor McGoy before Christmas.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Bank Robber Is Slain After Cincinnati Shootout
A daring bank heist spree ended in a fierce three hour gun battle in Cincinnati. The suspect robbed Provident Savings on Eighth Street taking over $7,600 then looted Liberty Bank vaults for about $6,610 before a patrolman and bank cashier were wounded. The robber was fatally wounded and died at hospital. Police officer Knaull and George Winter were among the injured.
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Ona
Ciniat
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Polléeman
Raward
Knaulké
Kilaull
Imore
Liberty
Nga Bank
Knaull
George
Winter
Bank
Tobi Firat
Banki
German raid on English east coast kills 143 total
London reports 143 killed in the German raid on the east coast with 687 wounded. Hartlepool casualties listed as 79 killed and 420 wounded. British forces including light cruiser Patrol and destroyer Doon engaged the raiders, suffering fatalities and injuries themselves. Unofficial notes say German ships sustained damage, with several ships reportedly stuck but not seriously damaged.
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London
England
Weath Hartlepool
Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
Admiralty
Pres
Gen Hugh L Scott Ordered to Naco to End Border Clashes
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of War orders Gen Hugh L Scott chief of staff to Naco Arizona to urge Mexican factions to halt attacks that threaten lives and property on the U S side amid border violence.
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Arizona
Washington
United States
Naco
Ariz
Secretary of War
Hugh L. Scott
United Stated
Prince Hussein Kamal Named Egypt's New Sultan
London dispatch reports Prince Hussein Kamal appointed to succeed Abbas Hilmi as sultan of Egypt. The new sultan is Abbas Hilmi’s uncle and son of Ismail Pasha, who served as khediva from 1868 to 1879.
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London
Hussein Kamal
Egypt
Abbas Hilm
Hussein Kemal
Sultten
Abbas Hilmi
Ismael Pasha
Khediva
Agre
Dover and British Warships Bombard German Positions
Reported ongoing shelling of German batteries along the Belgian coast by British warships. Storms and heavy seas caused coastal damage in Long Beach California with 50 000 dollars in losses, and four fires caused injuries locally.
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Hugland
Des
Belgian
Los Angeles
Cal
Chaet Te Departe
Long “Beach
Alvrads Bandusky
Tellin
Cantallin
Gantain
Curt of Georges
Ling
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