Iowa Council under fire over tax value adjust rules
Frank G. Pierce secretary of the Iowa League of Municipalities contends the state executive council violated law by failing to hire staff and using funds improperly to assess farm land values for taxation. He says chapter 13 authorized staffing and unlimited state funds, while alleging unlawful 20 and 18 percent deductions and 64 percent adjustment based on inadequate data.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Haring
Hugh Brennan
District Court
Iowa
Frank G. Pierce
Towa League of Municipalities
Executive Council
Pierce
Pierca
Executive Counseil
Brennan
Conneil
Thirty-fourth General Assembly
Executive Counel
Fire Destroyed Van den Brink Store at Boyden
A large store operated by A. Van der Brink in Boyden was totally wiped out by a fire caused by a massive gas explosion. Clerks escaped through smashed windows as interior pressure forced doors shut. The loss, about 20080 dollars, was largely uninsured.
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Boyden
A. van. den Brink
A. van der Brink
Fort Dodge Keeps Saloons After Supreme Court Ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court upholds the lower court findings affirming the city's petition of consent as sufficient to retain saloons. The decision, written by Justice Gaynor with no dissent, clarifies issues in anti saloon litigation tied to previous election dates.
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Dea Moines
Fort Dodge
Lowe Supreme Court
Anti-Saloon League
bBuprime
Gaynor
Cherokee Celebrates Big White Way Gathering in Cherokee
Cherokee's celebration drew a large crowd for the natal launch of the electroller system in Cherokee county Vasansy. R K Penniug appointed clerk of the district to fill the vacancy caused by H G Spratt with Mr Spratt serving in banking duties.
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Cherokee County
LeMara victory company sought by Commercial club
Commercial club members assist efforts to obtain a victory company for LeMara. Obituaries note Plymouth county pioneer John Love dead at 58, leaving a wife and three children. Divorce action filed Katherine Kowalsky Morril against Frank Nowalaky with allegations of 15 years of drunkenness. Four Greeks detained for running a house of prostitution in Masey City freed on a writ. Park Murray of Sicnn fell 33 feet while working on a water tank, treated at a drug store, not seriously hurt. Thanksgiving address planned by First Congregational church in Hawarden with Lieut Gov Harding. Andrew Jackson arrested in Iowa City after an alleged assault on two white girls. Miss Keller injured. Thomas Silcott identified for a theft from Wot Brown in Sidney and sentenced to two years.
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LeMara
John Love
Plymouth County
Katherine Kowalsky
Morril Haa
Frank Nowalaky
Masey City
Henry F. Reed
Park Murry
Sicnn
Ilo
Unien
First Congregational Church of
Hawarden
W. L. Harding
Congregational Church
Andrew Jackson
Iowa City
Anna Webster
Margaret Keller
Miss Keller
Jackson
Fifeen
Thomas Silcott
Horee
Saddfe
Wot Brown
Sidney
Brown
Silcott
Council Bluffs
Sli¢ott
Kenyon studies hog cholera policy at Iowa State
Senator William S. Kenyon spent a day at Iowa State College meeting with Director Charles H. Stange and veterinary experts to gather information for a Senate bill to appropriate 1,000,000 dollars for eradicating hog cholera. He investigates serum treatment and the plant's production to guide federal spending and plans further research in the corn belt states.
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Ames
William S. Kenyon
Iowa State College
Charles H. Stange
Senate
Kenyon
Congress
New State
Towa
Corn Belt
Ida County Farmer Dies by Suicide in Garfield Township
Ida Groven Aurguet Johnson, a prominent Ida County farmer, hanged himself in a hog house on his Garfield Township farm after confiding his illness to his wife. The 40 year old leaves two wives and five children.
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Ida County
Sulides
Ida
Priest Fined For Disturbing Moorland Funeral
Father Carey, priest at Moorland, was fined $100 in justice court after pleading guilty to disturbing a funeral service. He attended the funeral of Protestant Adolphus Lochrin, interrupted the minister, and ordered all Catholics from the church. Action brought by the deceased’s son A F Pugh.
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Fort Dodge
Father Carey
Moorland
Justice Court
Moorand
Adolphus Lochr
Actlon
Indow
A. F, Pugh
Prisoners Fail Escape Attempt at County Jail
Joe Webster and Freq Carson, two notorious vermin men, tried to escape from the county jail. They removed bolts and ripped wall boards in the corridor but were thwarted by Deputy Sheriff Maxwell. Webster and Carson remain confined in a steel cage under guard.
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LeMara
Joe Webster
Freq Carson
Grand Jury
Deauly
Maxwell
Themen
Auto Party Crash Near Garner Leaves Fatal Injuries
An automobile turning turtle during a trip from Forest City to Garner injured partygoers. at least one person is likely fatally hurt. Authorities investigate the crash and identify the vehicle and occupants.
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Mason City
Forest City
Garner
Horse Thief Captured by Boone Posse
A horse theft in Boone ends with the thief arrested by Eberg Reid and a posse. The stolen animal belonged to Tom Wison, a prominent local farmer, and was recovered after a chase through the street.
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Boone
Ong
Tom
Wison
Eberg Reid
Found Read In Home Safety Improves in Local Reports
A fragment notes an incident involving a person found in a residence with references to names and a local police response. The brief mentions the discovery and a preliminary assessment by authorities. The context remains unclear due to damaged OCR text.
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Marlon Broe
Fou
Train Crash Kills 12 as Clayton Brother Survives
Nov. 13 Birmingham Alabama report says twelve bodies recovered from Central of Georgia No. 13 wreck four miles east of Clayton. About 100 injured as dyed cars crowded with excursionists travel Ozark to Eufaula. Jefferson B. Clayton, brother of Congressman Henry D. Clayton, escaped with minor injuries. A broken raft, the likely cause, sent rear cars off the track into a steep embankment.
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Birmingham
Ala
Central of Georgia Railroad
Clayton
Ozark
Alm
Eufaula
Jefferson B. Clayton
Henry D. Clayton
Wooster
Pennsylvania
Arthur Kreakla
Shrave
Mail Robbery Solved A. P. Tardy Arrest Ordered
Chicago reports the robbery of a bag of registered mail was solved with orders to arrest A. P. Tardy the mail collector who obtained papers and money valued at 316 000. The case names the suspect and cites the substantial loss.
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Chicago
A. P. Tardy
Tardy
Superior
Wis
Roy Haskins
Hasking
Bengelt
Island Chief Fires Aid Ben Francisco in Manila
Nov 14. Gerald B. Seldoutridge arrives aboard the Thomas after ten days in Manila as secretary to Gov. Gen. Francia Burton Harrison. Rumor says Seldoutridge omitted Mrs. Harigoy from a party list while the governor general was away and Mrs. Harrison was barred from an official reception.
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Ben Francisco
Manila
Francia Burton Harrison
Gerald B. Beldemridge
Thomas
Seldoutridge
Harigoy
Japan
Harrison
Hyde to Wed Countess in Paris Engagement Report
James Hazen Hyde son of the Equitable Life founder announced his engagement to Countess Louise de Gontaut Biron formerly Martha Felehman in Paris dated November 15. The announcement notes Hyde and the countess have become publicly engaged.
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James H. Hyde
Paris
James Hazen Hyde
Equitabig Life Agaodance Society
Louise de Gontaut-Biron
Martha Felehman
Wreck Victim at Cleveland
Cleveland Ohio November 16. Sixteen men are said to be the crew of the Walda of Detroit. The ship was wrecked near Cleveland with fatalities reported.
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Cleveland
Rae
Detroit
Spencer Guilty Slayer of Chicago Tango Teacher
Wheaton Illinois November 17 a Wheaton jury found Henry Spencer guilty as charged in the murder of Mildred Allison Rexront a tango teacher killed near Wayne and left on railroad tracks. The jury fixed the death penalty amid his outbursts and requests for insanity.
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Kimeslf
Shencer
Antén Zaman
Slueser
Spencer
Hadley
Ina
Apencor
Two Die in Logging Camp Race Riot
Virgil Stamper deputy sheriff and Bagafield city marshal died in a race riot at B. J. Allman’s logging camp near Baseied. James Fuller and Samuel Tillman, both Black, were killed as disorder erupted among about three hundred workers. Gunfire followed a failed arrest attempt after a Black man allegedly threatened others with cocaine fueled rage.
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Mies
Virgil Stampa
Bagafield
Pegrons
James Fuller
Samual Tillman
B. J. Allman
Fuller
Pfocere
Hin
Marshal Stamper
Tha Negra
Ofger
Pulley
New Zealand Strikes Lead to Martial Law Hints
Report from Christonuseh New Zealand dated November 18 notes labor tension rising toward martial law. Authorities arrest two more strike leaders on sedition charges as over 1,000 armed constables remain on duty amid the unrest.
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New Zealand
Christonuseh
Nirike
Ship Henry B Smith Perishes In Lake Superior Storm
Thirty lives lost as the steel ship Henry B Smith carrying 10000 tons of ore sinks near Keweenaw Point. Capt James Owen aboard. ship long and size details given. authorities fear many more deaths as storm toll rises along lake shores.
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Marquette, Mich
Henry. B. Smith
Keweenaw Point
Lake Superior
Huwgood Transportation Company
Cleveland
Shlp
Smith
Henry
B. Smith
James Owen
Keweenaw
Canadian
Standard Rock
Marquette
Henry B. Smith
Port. Huron
Mich
Lake Buson
Wrechkage
Cangdlah
Gaflore
Stéamera
James Carruthers
Regine
John
McGean
Wexford
Brice
Wilson to end strike as train moves toward Texas
New Orleans Nov 15 The first attempt to move out of New Orleans on the Southern Pacific since the strike began met a brick shower and was stoned injuring one as the train continued toward Texas. Local and Texas commercial groups appeal to President Wilson for intervention as Ruger and cotton crops across the two states are ready to be moved. Ammunition and munitions are being shipped by the U S government to Mexico and may hasten federal interference.
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New Orleans
Southern’ Pacific
Texas
Wilson
U.S
Mexico
Telephone Trust Trial Set For November Hearing
Denver authorities report that phone companies deny collusion while Justice official Smyth says evidence suggests a monopoly. The hearing concluded in Denver and will resume on Wednesday in Opal.
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Saya Specelal
Department of Juuties
Denver
Colo
Waammer Smyth
Department of Justice
Howsyer
Atates
Opl- Obe
Mrs Peter Cooke Regrets Divorce After Elopement
New Orleans on November 17 reports Mrs Peter Cooke, previously granted a divorce from Commodore Cooke, remarried to John Landry, her former yacht companion aboard the Orulaa. the ceremony follows a prior decree and ends Cooke’s waiting period.
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Woda
New Orleans
Peter Cooke
Commodore Cooke
John Landry
Cooke
Anna Burnett Teacher Ends Life Mysteriously
NY report states Anna Burnett a schoolteacher was found dead after a suicide attempt by jumping from a rock. The brief mentions a wx story and unclear details about the motive or circumstances. Further context is sparse in the fragment.
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Pelyen
Reath
Huerta Talks End Negotiations With United States
Washington signals said to withhold recognition while Huerta seeks to reopen talks. Huerta’s counselors pressed for terms to surrender and restore negotiations, as the United States insists on Huerta’s resignation and a new congress under U.S. terms. British support noted while Lima and Topeka dispatches reflect tense diplomacy.
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United States
Meshan Congress
Washington
O'Shaughnessy Priday
Huerta
Huorta
Huérta
Job Lind
Vera Cruz
Lind
Mexico City
Hind
Chelyman Baron
Foreign Ratationa Committee
Diapatelsef
Huerte
City of Mexico
Nelson O’shaughessy
Affalres
Huerta Waa
Congress
Aids
Lionel Carden
American suffrage activist Miss Zelle Emerson in coma
London reports Miss Zelle Emerson formerly of Chicago, a militant suffragist, lies near death from brain concussion after a clash with police near Old Bow Church on November 5. She led a group of women against arresting troops as Sylvia Pankhurst was protected.
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London
Zelle Emerson
Suffrage Lendar
Chicago
Emergon
Old Bow Church
Sylvia Pankhurst
Miss Pankhurst
Fores
Mics Emerson
Standard Buys Out Rival San Traneleco Calif
A morning report says Standard Oil of California gains control of Murphy Oil Co by acquiring its production and oil assets for about 22.6 million dollars. The move follows a deal between Murphy Oil and Standard Oil of California with the Murphy directors. Separately, Chinese official Ching Hu resigns as vice minister of finance in Beijing.
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San Traneleco
Cal
San Francisco
Murphy Oi Company
Los Angeles
Standard On Company of California
Standard
Murphy Company
California
Rewards for Se x Regouers in Berlin Germany
A cryptic note from Berlin reports rewards issued by a German life society to wartime crews for their work during the war. The item references a navy or volunteer corps and mentions pacific efforts amid unclear phrasing and garbled names.
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Berlin
Germany
MUA
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