Garden Grove man faces federal mail fraud charge
G Hines of Garden Grove Iowa about 33 was arrested May 31 before U S Commissioner Hunt on a charge of using the mails to defraud He pleaded not guilty and was released on bond He admitted receiving about 13000 letters in a short time and inspectors say he sometimes sent over 100 letters daily He advertised for addresses and sent a second letter asking for a remittance of ten cents for more details He claims the method is not illegal.
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Newewater
Creston
G. Hines
Garden Grove
United States
Hunt
Hines
Post Office
Post Office Department
Iowa hopeful Tara Hawk may be first woman county agent
Des Moines and Tara A Hawk drawn attention for studying blacksmithing at Iowa State College and delivering a notable address on the propriety of women proposing. Offers to become a county agent have arrived from Maryland and New York, with Hawk deferring action while seeking a town position. Several counties consider the course and two have inquired about her qualifications.
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Des Moines
Tara A. Hawk
Iowa
Miss Hawk
Iowa State College
Ames
Maryland
New York
Cloudburst Floods Village In Iowa Town
A cloudburst June 1 flooded McGregor Iowa eight feet of water in minutes. Three men sleeping in a barn drowned though their names are unknown. The business district and a lumber yard were submerged and families evacuated to avoid a repeat of a flood from eight years ago.
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McGregor
Only Two Die In Penn Fire At Oskaloosa
After thresfold checks on residents of Oskaloosa the fire department and Penn college students confirmed only two deaths from the main college building fire last week. Fire crews and residents searched the ruins through Saturday night and Sunday but, upon completing the check, further search was abandoned.
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Penn
Oskaloosa
Penn College
Liramen
Penn College to Rebuild After Fire
Trustees of Penn college held a special meeting at Friends church in Oskaloosa and announced plans to rebuild after the recent blaze. Local businessmen were invited and urged support, inspiring the board.
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Oskalogsa
Penn College
Friends’ Church
Oskaloosa
Farmer Wounded in Accidental Rifle Discharge Near Imegena
Louis McCardle, a farmer living three miles northeast of Imegena, was rushed to a Council Bluffs hospital with a bullet wound in the shoulder after his son accidentally discharged a rifle. Sen Bhennandoah is not a referenced party in the event.
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Sen. Bhennandoah
Louis McCardle
Council Bluffs
Mr. McCardle
Imegena
Robber Holds Up Streetcar Crew in Dubuque
A robber stopped a Dubuque street car, holding up the motorman a conductor and a city fireman. He secured two watches and less than a dollar before fleeing into the residence district on the city outskirts. No injuries reported.
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Dubuque
Dubque
Council Bluffs High School Grads 110 Strong
A class of 110 graduates from Council Bluffs High School at the city auditorium closing exercises June 1. Forty eight members are boys. Rev. J R Perkins of Sioux City delivered the graduation address.
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Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs High School
City Auditorium
J. R. Perkins
Sioux City
Maria Hammer 96, Noted City Resident Dies
Miss Maria L. Hammer aged nearly 96 and long time resident of the state since 1809, formerly of Burlington, has died.
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Maria L. Hammer
Burlington
Coal Production and Jobs Reported for 1916 in Des Moines Region
Data prepared for the state mining department annual report shows Polk county coal mines produced 4,735,844 tons in 1916 and employed 2,922 men. Miners in the Des Moines vicinity earned about 1.2 million dollars, with around 2 million distributed during the year’s months.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Moinés
State Capital Chat Surviving Veterans and Iowa Mining
The census editor Ora Kiliisms notes half of surviving Jewish war veterans fade in ten years. Williams reports 1915 Iowa survivors aged 70 to 75 mostly. 25 669 lived in 1905. Mining report urges abandoning camps, improved miner health, and removal of bas engines to protect workers.
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Ora Kiliisms
Cen
Williams
Iowa
State Mining Inspectora
Inspectora Gay
State Will Retail Milk Near Des Moines
Des Moines will see milk from the state farm west of the city offered for sale at 12 to 15 cents per quart. Warden J C Sanders of the Fort Madison penitentiary has developed the plan to produce milk of absolute purity at the old Flynn farm, operated as a prison industry. Honor inmates will labor at the dairy to meet standards set by the state dairy and food department.
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State
Des Moines
Gale
J.C. Sanders
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Flynn Farm
State Dairy and Food Department
Seed Corn Campaign across Iowa Schools
At Spirit Lake the Iowa state meeting of county school superintendents, A. M. Devoe promised cooperation to involve every pupil in a statewide seed corn extension campaign led by the agricultural extension department at Iowa State College.
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Iowa
Spirit Lake
A. M. Devoe
Agricultural eXtension Department
Towa State College
State House Notes Bechtelheimer wins dairy trophy
Clyde Bechtelheimer of Waterloo IA receives the Pioneer Cow Testing Association herd production trophy from H H Kildee of Iowa State College for a grade herd. Bechtelheimer reports a herd average of 378.2 pounds of butter fat and a profit of 82.08 dollars per cow.
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State House
Clyde Bechtelheimer
Waterloo
Pioneer Cow Testing Association
H. H. Kildee
Iowa States College
Iowa
Bechtelheimer
State Fair Seeks Government Sheep Car for 1916 Event
The state fair board plans to bring the United States government sheep and wool car to the 1916 state fair. It will be placed on a side track near the sheep barn and remain for the entire exposition to spark farmer interest in sheep raising.
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State House
State Fair Board
United States
May Arrests Turbulence and Graduation Milestones
Sioux City police arrested 158 people for intoxication in May. Rock Rapids high school held its 30th annual commencement at the armory on May 31 with 21 graduates, one of the largest classes in the school's history. National Guard officers in Bronx City took militia oath forms under a new federal measure awaiting President Wilson’s signature. State Center farmer F L Hutson keeps 70 to 80 mules on his farm, possibly making him a leading mule producer and feeder in Long's area.
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Sioux City
Rock Rapids High School
Armory
National Guard
Bronx City
Congress
Wilson
Misgouri
F. L. Hutson
State Center
Marshall County
Jong
Struble plan for school consolidation voted down
The consolidation plan for Struble comprising about twenty five sections of land adjoining the town was rejected by a majority of thirteen votes at a special election. Taig was the second vote taken on the plan within a month.
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Struble
Taig
Postmaster Lec Arrested on Government Funds Misuse Charge
Postmaster Lec. Fleming was arrested by federal officers on charges of misusing government funds. Authorities say he mixed his funds with those belonging to the government in an alleged financial breach.
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Creaton
Lec
Fleming
Taderdl Offcers
Roosevelt Urges Universal Training After Knife Incident
Kansas City dispatch reports a pocket knife was hurled at Col Theodore Roosevelt amid Memorial Day parade activity. He spoke to crowds from his hotel and in Union Station plaza urging universal service and preparedness while warning against pacifist flatterers.
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Kansas City
Theodore’ Roosevelt
Twenty-third Street
Roosevelt
Muehlbach Hotel
Union Station Plaza
Ilya
Colonal Roosevelt
North
Confederacy
Grant
Lee
House Approves U S Armor Plant Plan
The house, meeting as a committee of the whole, approved a government armor plate plant at Washington with an $11 million cost. An amendment to boost aviation funding from $2 million to $3.6 million passed 129 to 103.
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U. S
Washington
House
Kaiser Elevates Delbrueck to Nobility for War Service
Berlin June 2 Kaiser honors Dr Clemens Delbrueck former minister of interior by elevating him to the nobility in recognition of his war services.
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Kaiser
Delbrueck
Berlin
Clemens Delbrueck
Interior
British Borrowing Plan Reveals 1016 17 Funding Route
London reports an official statement from Chancellor Reginald McKenna detailing a, 1016 17 budget borrowing totaling about 6.165 billion dollars to cover deficits. This plan outlines the government’s approach to financing wartime expenditures through market borrowings and gilt sales.
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London
Reginald McKenna
Rate Unreasonable Wheat Freight Assessed by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the rate of 22 44 cents per hundredweight on wheat in carload shipments from Chicago to its destination was unreasonable, signaling action against the in carload pricing structure and prompting further scrutiny of rail rates.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carranza Demands US Troop Withdrawal and Good Faith
General Carranza issues a 12000 word note to the US state department demanding immediate withdrawal of American troops from Mexico and accusing Washington of preparing for emergencies while claiming friendship. He cites arms embargoes and delayed shipments as evidence and asks for an end to the impasse. State officials view the note as a continuation of negotiations rather than an ultimatum.
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Washington
United States
Carranza
State Department
Eliseo Arredondo
Destenate
Wilson
Mexico
Senala
Allies to Open Economic Conference in Paris June 14
London reports the allied economic conference in Paris will open June 14. Italian troops evacuated Asiago before Austrian advance per Rome Times correspondent. Col John Mosby, famed Civil War raider, dies at 82 in Virginia. Dr Arthur Waite, after ten guilty verdicts, sentenced to die in Sing Sing for murder in Grand Rapids.
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London
Paria
Commons
Asiago
Rome
London Times
Washington
John
Mosby
Virginia
New York
Arthur Warren Waite
Sing Sing
John E. Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Prosecution Planned for Liebknecht in Treason Case
A Berlin dispatch reports the court handling the preliminary examination of Dr Karl Liebknecht the Socialist agitator decided he should be prosecuted for treason. The decision follows charges linked to his political activities and statements in the period leading up to the trial.
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Liebknecht
Copenhagen
Berlin
Karl Liebnecht
Court Martial Hears Rowen Cathorpe Charge in Dublin Case
In Dublin a court martial convened to try Rowen Cathorpe the officer accused of ordering the shooting of F. Skeffington after a recent ravaged event. The proceedings focus on the alleged chain of command and the hero Meer referenced by witnesses.
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Skeffington
Dublin
Rowen Cathorpe
F. Siefington
Meer
Greatest Naval Battle Report Shocks London Crowd
German and British fleets clash off Denmark ending in massive losses on both sides. British battle cruisers Queen Mary Invincible Tudefall Babeale sunk along with Denfenge Black Prince Warrior and several destroyers. German forces report losses including Wiesbaden Pommern Frauenlob and several torpedo boats.
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London
Germany
Great Britain
Denmark
North Sea
Admiralty
Derfflinger
Lutzow
West End
Wiesbaden
Pommern
Frauenlob
Queen Mary
Tudefall- Bable
Invincible
Denfenge
Black Prince
Warrior
Tipperary
Turbulent
Fortune
Sparrowhawk
Ardent
Tos
Rotterdam
Reuters Telegram Company
Schelde
Ymutden
Lfe
Eunk
House Passes Naval Bill for Sea Prep
The House approved the naval appropriation bill carrying 270 million dollars by a 358 to 4 vote. Supporters hailed the victory while opponents Browning Graham Rendall and London voted against. The program plans five battle cruisers four scout cruisers destroyers 60 submarines and 130 airplanes. Triplets Born in Nebraska at Hartington records weight over eight pounds each to Mr and Mrs Anthony Holmer.
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Washington
House
Browning
Republican
New Jersey
Graham
Pennsylvania
Rendall
Democrat
California
London
New York
Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb
Anthony Holmer
Hartington
Neb
Vital Statistics Bureau of
Fire devastates Senator Fulford estate block in Brockville
Fire swept the Senator Fulford estate block in Brockville on Sunday morning, destroying a large portion of the business district and causing estimated losses around 100000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze but were unable to save the structure.
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Brockville
Great Opportunity for Farmers in Western Canada
The article urges Saskatchewan homesteads of 160 acres with low prices and easy terms. It cites a resident who expanded to over 100 cultivated acres, milking cream for government markets, and profitable yields in wheat oats and barley. It predicts a postwar surge in livestock demand and urges stock breeding as the coming fortune for Saskatchewan farmers.
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Canada
Lloydminster Gatrict
Saskatchewan
States
Anestern Cay
Europa
United States
Europe
Dominion
Patent on reclaiming base metals from scrap metals
A South Wales tinplate worker filed a patent in England for a process to remove solder tin and chemicals from scrap and galvanized articles and to utilize the base metals. The inventor has contracts with several municipalities to treat refuse items including tin cans containers and similar metallic waste products.
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England
South Wales
Sufficient for Amusement in a Rural Cabaret Ward
A settlement worker pleads with a distressed woman asking if she can sing. The woman hesitates then admits she can barely sing, referencing ragtime songs and a long absence from a cabaret with her husband.
Then and Now: Parish Visitor Recounts Loss and Self-Defense
In a fragmented reminiscence, Coster recalls his father’s kindness and a single son surviving hardship. The parish visitor and Coster discuss self defense after a man allegedly used money to push through a dangerous situation.
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Coster
Landon
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