New Sioux City Courthouse Planned on Present Site
Siou x City Woodbury county will erect a new 1,000,000 courthouse on the current site at Slyth and Pierce streets. The board agrees, an architect will be chosen at a special meeting, bonds sold, temporary quarters secured, and work to begin once frost is out next year with the building ready for the 1916 season.
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Pmaylhen
Waton News
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Slyth and
Pierce Streets
Metz
Apann
Court House
Lima
Public Pool Progress in Town Moves Ahead
Rapid progress on the public swimming pool project, first in Town and among early U.S. examples outside big cities. In ten days since the idea began, $3,509 raised, excavations done, and preliminary plans drafted by one architect. Credit to County Clerk Thad Snell, Robert Lipton, banker Juling Rolwer, merchant, and Tombee man Bex 8 Noble.
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Jan Grove
America
Thad Snell
Robert Lipton
Juling Rolwer
Bex
Noble
Farm Home Burns After Harvest Absent Family
A farm home belonging to Hijah Crane burned to the ground while the family was in harvest fields. Fire started upstairs from an unknown cause. property loss estimated at 2,504 dollars. Mr Crug arrived, forced a window, and aided the injured resident who was rushed to a distant city for treatment.
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Jia Grove
Hijah Crane
Crug
Tie
Jnanatta
Farm Hand Dies in Oliver Ranch Field Accident
Onawa area workers found Gregg dead in a field on the Oliver ranch south of Onawa. He had been driving loads of water bundles to the separator and is believed to have fallen or been crushed. Gregg was 33 years old and unmarried.
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Onawa
Albert Grege
Oliver Ranch
Grundles
Gregg
Grege
Teens Skipping Homefall for Picnic Prompt Detention
Two Sparks girls aged 16, one named Brim and another Scholy, left home for a Du Duque outing without parental consent and were found at YY. W. GC. A. rooms. their father arrived to retrieve them. Yeomen picnic at Ida Grove followed by 25 candidate inductions led by state deputy Wigton from Des Moines.
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Dablngue
Teasim Freda Brim
Clare Scholy
Sparks
du Duque
YY. W. GC
Bohol
Tia Grove
Tike Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Ida Grove
Wigton
Des Moines
Canneil
Attamobie
Wagatiirs
PiieMetate
Woodmen Picnic Planned Here Next Wednesday
Woodmen of America will hold a picnic here on Wednesday July 25 with chopping and wood sawing contests a tug of war relay race and other sports to interest attendees.
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Emi Ailgud
Amouern Woodmen
Americk
Picuic
Blood Poison Fatality in Elevator Injuries at Prairie Junction
A 37 year old named Cornell Bluffe Winifred frott died in a hospital from blood poisoning after injuries suffered in an elevator accident at Prairie Junction. The incident occurred earlier at the same location and authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fall and subsequent illness.
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Cornell
Winifred Frott
Prairie
Junction
Boy Badly Injured In Garage Accident
A 12 year old boy, son of Hany Euler, was badly injured when a car started unexpectedly in a garage west of town. He was struck in the leg by the vehicle, causing a rough injury as he stood near the car.
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Pomeroy
Arthur Kwhrt
Hany Euler
Hig
Wis
Fulhar Wu
Lian Toulow Tit Ff
State Capital Chat and Iowa State College Camp
Report notes escape of convicts from the con ye treal road camp near Iowa State College yet details remain scarce. Convicts enjoy Sunday on campus while guarded, with temporary housing in the transportation building as summer sessions proceed. Also covered are Iowa property valuations, assessments, and tax lists noting new buildings and livestock shifts, plus hog cholera vaccination debates in Dallas County and quarantine actions on affected herds.
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Sonviet
Conyiat
Iowa State
Bed Moeltes
Iowa
Executive Council
Mercys and Credits
Perry
Dallas
Sowa
Iowa News Briefs on Freight, Wrecks, and Weather Woes
Rail freight shifts push western fruit eastward boosting wrecks in the last ten days, with most derailments around Broux City. Sioux City wool and coal dealers face a 12 cent per ton rise for insurance costs under workmen's compensation, but merchants say consumers won’t feel the impact. Large wheat shipments traverse through Bronx City from southern Nebraska and Kansas, with grain stored near Sioux City and routed to Minneapolis. A 20 year old Mary Lane, brought from West Union to Dubuque, stands charged with smothering an illegitimate child in a rooming house, while authorities investigate. Weather worsens water supplies in the region, though officials say pumping remains steady. A wind storm in Pevery causes the Innes Cement building roof collapse, marking the fourth such incident in weeks. resident Georgi Wigner dies at 80.
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Broux City
Iowa
Donthern
Nebraska
Kansas
Bronx City
Burington Road
Great Northern
Minnanipolis Milla
Mary Lane
Dubuque
West Union
Pry Waather
Atong Thanes
Rattle Youu
Sioux City
Riyer
Mor
Howayey
Deetare
Georgi Wigner
Ida Ureve
Dientise
Pevery
Innes Cement Company
State Equalization Board Edits Property Values Across Iowa
Iowa officials delay property value evaluation pending county data. Figures show wide disparities in livestock and cattle valuations between Keokuk Plymouth Crawford Greene and other counties prompting afair adjustment under state law. The move aims to equalize tax burdens and address disparate county assessments amid disputes over cattle sheep goats and other livestock values.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Ema
Executive Council
Keokuk County
Plymouth County
Crawford County
Greene County
Ama County
van Buren County
Keokuk
Floyd County
Greene
Dickinson County
Winnebago County
Wright County
Boone County
Muscatine County
Cedar County
Appanoose County
Lyon County
Harrison County
Story County
Costa
Appanoosa County
Man Known For Politeness Wins Gentle Title
A rare personality features a man noted for chivalry toward women and courteous behavior toward his own wife. The observation highlights a respectful demeanor in social interactions and domestic life.
Child’s Eczema Cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs G C Alemeérema of Holland Michigan reports a child’s eczema beginning on the neck and face with itching and crusting. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment she says the skin cleared within a short time and no more treatment was needed. Sample free by writing Cuticura Department L Boston.
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Holland, Mich
Mra. G. C. Alemeérema
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Advy
Law's Uncertainties in a Puckic Edge
A humorous exchange contrasts a juror’s fate with a barber’s shave. Farmer Hornbeck muses on jury unpredictability, while Jay Green notes a case from Rickyhasset where Frank Jarvis was tried for severing his brother in law’s whiskers, the jury discharged Plunk and fined the brother in law ten cents.
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Hornbeck
Young Jay Green
Frank Jarvis
Rickyhasset
Plunk
Puck
Soldier's Groaning Wounded In Field Hospital
An army chaplain tries to comfort a wounded man in a field hospital. The sufferer, groaning, mutters that bearing pain is hard, noting his injuries are near the army mule’s site. The exchange shows grim humor amid wartime hardship.
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USA
Edad
Nebraskans Advocate Grape-Nuts as Palatable Economical Nourishment
A Nebraska woman extols Grape-Nuts after seven years of use, claiming it is the most palatable, economical, and nourishing breakfast food. She says it cured her nerves and insomnia after quitting tea, and notes her children thrive on it, even during whooping cough.
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Billa
Postume
Anttle Creek
Mich
Weil Villy
Luinua Tateren
Sweet Margaret Love Story in Woman's Home Companion
In a Margaret Bushee Shipp tale titled Sweet Margaret the narrator notes a man who admits he has never talked well with women. He observes that women often change the subject and never seem to catch up, revealing his social unease.
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Margaret Bushee Shipp
Sweet Margaret
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