Judge Rebukes Biased Juror in Railroad Lawsuit
In Western Noweyiper City Iowa Judge Martin J Wade sternly reprimanded Ross Cameron of Gray a juror in a suit against three railroad companies after Cameron admitted a belief that railroads always win in court He was excused from the case and questioned about prejudgment The judge warned that jurors with fixed minds would prevent justice in any trial across the state.
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Noweyiper City
Lone Serves
Cornell Bluffs
Martin J. Wade
Ross Cameron
Gray
Cameron
Wade
Caurt
Aged 100 Never In Love Fort Dodge Pioneer
Fort Dodge Iowa reports Abraham Barger aged 100 as the state's oldest bachelor born in a leap year and missing a February 25 birthday by days. He has never been in love, and attributes longevity to abstinence from liquor and daily wood sawing in earlier years. Now feeble but mentally sharp, he still enjoys three square meals daily.
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Fort Dodge
Abraham Barger
Iowa
Mr. Barger
Farmers embrace silos after corn losses near McGregor
Progressive farmers in the McGregor area advocate silos after a poor 1915 corn crop. They cite nine silo sales in a fortnight in one neighborhood as proof and say silos would have saved fodder, allowing cattle and hogs to be fed on silage instead of expensive grain.
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Mctregor
On Company
McGregor
Dr Carrie Farrigan Dickey Posts Highways Signs for Suffrage
Cambridge Texas bride four months says she has posted four big public highway signs urging voters to pass the equal suffrage constitutional amendment in the June 6 election. She has placed signs on the Des Moines to Council Bluffs route, all nailed to posts and fastened to wire fences. She drives her own car and is the daughter of W G Harrison of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Carrie Farrigan Dickey
Cambridge
Dickey
Council Bhitts
W. G. Harrison
Railroad Sold for 24000 in Council Bluffs
The Omaha and Council Bluffs railroad, a fourteen mile line owned by farmers, was sold by the receiver to Lang Construction Company of Council Bluffs for 24000. Built by Col. George W. Adams at a cost of 400000, several once wealthy farmers have gone bankrupt backing the road. The purchasing firm was among its heavy creditors.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha and
Lang Construction Company
George W. Adams
Insurance company writes record livestock policy
Announcement states a local insurance company underwrites a policy for 10 800 000 to protect 72 000 Norges traveling from Los Angeles to New York along the coast. It is touted as the largest livestock policy ever issued. Each home is insured for 1650. Veterinarians accompany train loads as part of the coverage.
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Des Molngy
Norges
Los Angeles
New York
Fondle Beach
Gach
Centerville Odd Fellow John Lank Ford Dies at 81
The oldest Odd Fellow in the state, Centerville resident John Lank Ford, died February 2 at age 81. He had lived in Centerville since 1860, was noted for always wearing a straw hat and never an overcoat, even in severe weather.
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Centerville
John Lank Ford
Engineers Resign for Major Waterworks Project
Albert Northrup, 8, an engineer for Stone and Webster on the Keokuk power plant, resigns to join a large waterworks project in Montevideo Uruguay and will sail from New York on April 1.
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Lowan
Keokuk
Albert
Northrup
Stone & Webster
Montivideo
Uruguay
New York
Henry Wallace Dead At 80 In Des Moines Church
Henry Wallace 80 publisher of Wallace's Farmer and member of the Roosevelt Country Life commission died February 22 at First Methodist church Des Moines during a Iowa laymen's missionary meeting. Death attributed to heart disease. Native of Pennsylvania, he began ministry in 1862 and later farmed after 1880. In 1895 he founded with his three sons the weekly paper he led until his death.
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Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Wallace's
Farmer
Roosevelt Country Life Commission
First Methodist
Iowa
Wallace
Pennsylvania
Davenport
Rock Island
Caesarean birth saves mother and baby in Eldora
Mrs Roy Finders of Eldora gave birth to a nine and a half pound boy by Caesarean section at a local hospital. The mother, due to a spinal deformity, could not have a natural birth. Both mother and child are reported to be healthy and alive.
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Marshalltown
Roy Finders
Eldora
State Capital Chat and Iowa Primary Affidavits
Des Moines reports President Wilson’s affidavit filed by Allen as secretary of state candidate for president on the Democratic ticket in the April 10 Iowa primary. The piece notes this is the first presidential affidavit for Iowa’s first presidential preference primary.
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Wilson
Des Moines
W. 3
Allen
Iowa
Fire Losses in Iowa Reach Record Heights in 1915
Iowa faced its heaviest fire losses in 1915 with estimates suggesting a 65 percent or more drop in value. Previous years show 63 percent in 1914, 63 percent in 1913, 58 percent in 1912, and 69 percent in 1911, based on official figures.
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Iowa
Bank Deposits Rise Across Two State Banks
Deposits in two state and savings banks total $345,842,576 as of January 31, a report from the state banking department shows. The figures reflect a $16,000,000 rise since November 1, 1915, and a $21,624,000 increase over the previous year’s deposits.
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Tow State and Savings Banks
Iowa Notes Highlight Demographics and Local Events
Iowa notes show total population figures with breakdowns of men and women. Lee county farmers back a farm agent, while Des Moines adds women to the count. Notable incidents include a man losing both arms at East Dubuque and a Dubuque retiree’s death. Roland postmaster contest draws outsiders. Goldfield land sale hits $237.50 an acre. Sioux City stocks up on coal amid possible mine shutdowns.
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Iowa
Lee County
Donnelson
John Olson
Shenandoah
Colorado
Dex Moines
Albert Erickson
Oelwein
East Dubuque
John Jansen
Dubuque
Germany
Des Moines
Roland
Osmund O. Stole
Story County
French Eight Thousand Die in Wreck and War Front Gains
Paris admits Haumont evacuation as German gains in Upper Alsace and Woëvre are reported. War office says 3 000+ German prisoners taken and heavy material losses for Allies. Also describes a violent battle front near Souchez and Consenoyy with ten kilometer attack, plus an 80 prisoner capture east of Heidwiler.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Upper
Alsace
Woevre
Souchez
Consenyoyy
Woavre
Heidwiler
War Offce
Villange Af Fssament
Laws proposed to bar citizens from armed belligerent ships
Senator Gore said he would introduce a resolution to prohibit American citizens from traveling on armed merchant vessels of belligerent nations. In Washington Fletcher was confirmed as ambassador to Mexico by a 49 to 16 vote and will assume duties immediately.
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Gore
Senate
Washington
Oklahoma
Fletcher
Henry Prather Fletcher
Mexico
Italian tanker Lioretta crew fears return to load oil
Mobile, February 28. The crew of the Italian tank steamer Lioretta, after an explosion six weeks earlier, refused to return to Port Arthur to reload the vessel with oil, fearing for their lives.
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Mobile
Ala
Port Arthur
Wood urges preparedness at Creve Coeur dinner
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood spoke at the Creve Coeur Club Washington's Birthday dinner in Peoria on February 24, urging preparedness as insurance rather than war. He praised military instruction camps and said they could yield 50,000 reserve officers, noting the Civil War era had 127,000 officers. Henry D. Estabrook and Dudley Field Malone also spoke.
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Peoria
Ith
Leonard Wood
U. A
Cummins files affidavit for Republican presidential ticket
Des Moines reports United States Senator Albert B. Cummins filed an affidavit with the secretary of state to appear on the Republican presidential ballot. The document, sent from Washington, was filed by state binder John Jamieson. In Atlanta Miles acquitted in Eady murder case. defense claims self defense.
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Des Moines
United States
Albert B. Cummins
Town
Washington
John Jamieson
Binder
Atlanta
J. H. Miles
A. M. Eady
Miles
Eady
Census Explained by Iowa official on farming advance
A. U. Swan, director of the Iowa state census, argues rural population loss reflects economic progress. He cites labor saving methods, machinery, and higher farm wages as reasons fewer hands are needed, with towns drawing workers while farms expand. Des Moines gains in population contrast rural Polk County losses. 1915 figures show city growth over 130,000 since 1910.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. U. Swan
Mr. Swan
Polk County
Twenty Years Without Pay in Howell Estate Suit
Des Moines area farmhand Bates was awarded 15300 by a Polk county jury in Judge McHenry's court after suing the estate of Miss Jennie Howell for 40000. He claimed twenty years of unpaid services on Howell Properties and an agreement to marry Miss Howell. Miss Howell died in 1914 without a will.
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Des Moines
Lewis O. Bates
Edward Howell
Jennie
Polk County
Galary
Misa Howell
Howell
Bates
Tie
Miss Howell -Deil
Ante
Farm lands sell for record price in Liberty township
Mundy & Scott sold a Shacre farm in Liberty township to Lockard of this city and Mrs. Sara Bueghily of Liscomb for 6202,000 an even 200 per acre. The sale, the county’s largest farm transaction in years, notes improvements added since purchase.
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Marshalltown
Mundy & Scott
Lockard
Sara Bueghily
Liscomb
Liberty Township
Clemens
Morning Inside Bath Promise for Health
A health ad urges drinking hot water with a spoonful of limestone phosphate each morning before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels of waste toxins. It claims this simple daily wash cures indigestion bilious attacks nervous days and insomnia and promotes rosy complexions and general vitality.
California Syrup of Figs Ad Appears In Old Ads
A nostalgic image of a 50 cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs marketed as a gentle laxative for children and adults. The ad touts a motherly warning against harsh remedies, promotes a fruit-flavored remedy, and notes it cleanses liver and bowels with clear usage directions.
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California
Tomorrrow
Ady
Suffering Four Years Led to Cure by Dodds Kidney Pills
Olivehill Tennessee resident J M Sinclair suffered back strain kidney weakness and bladder inflammation for four years. After doctors warned of diabetes and heart issues he found relief only with Dodds Kidney Pills and credits them with his cure. Also advertised are Diamond Dinner Pills and Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh with price points and dealer info.
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J. M. Sinclair
Olivehill, Tonn
Jauffer
Dodds
Dodde Medicine Co
Buffalo
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San Francisco
Iowa News Notes
George Eagan
Goldfield
George E. Trotter
Sioux City
United Mine Workers of America
Verdun
Fier
Etam
France
Teutons
Paris
Haumont
New Haven
Conn
Yale
New Haven, Conn
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Connecticut River
Milford
Boston
Bridgeport
John R. Kilpatrick
Allan Corey
William &. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Morgen O'Brien
Morgan O’brien
New York Supreme Court
Ford Johnson
Calla
Filleigh
N.C
George Poston
Braet Lowry
Grant Davin
Elarmty
Aghios Angel
Sella Hanford
G. O. Hanford
Mtg, Co
Syracuse
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