Iowa wets and dries await official recount on close vote
Complete unofficial returns show a net lead of eight votes with 214 004 against and 213 747 for the constitutional prohibitory amendment. Officials expect a full recount to settle the result as about 400 000 voters split between wets and dries. Some absent soldier votes arrived late, delaying final tally.
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Newapaper Union News Rerrice
Des Moines
Iowa
Mincorg
Deming
Five Draft Evaders Held at Camp Dodge
Five men accused of desertion faced draft law evasion charges in the guard house of the Eighty eighth division at Camp Dodge. Authorities warned that desertion in war could bring the death penalty. No formal charges or names released yet, but officials indicated severe measures if found guilty, with preliminary reports citing I W W membership.
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Des Moines
Charles
Eighty-eighth
National Army
Camp Dodge
One Killed in Missouri Valley Car Crash Near Modale
A car carrying Leon Sumner and his wife from Missouri Valley to a Modale area home skidded on a steep grade, overturned in a ditch, killing Mrs. Sumner and injuring four others. Mr. Sumner broke a leg, three rear-seat passengers sustained minor injuries. The Sumners were newly married, residing on a new farm near Modale, with Mrs. Sumner daughter of George Olinger.
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Missouri Valley
Modale
Leon Sumner
Sumner
Mra
George Olinger
Modsle
Ida Grove Council Approves Paving Plan Amid Veto Override
Ida Grove city council, by an eight to four vote, passed a paving resolution over a veto from Moscoso wT Anderson and will seek bids. The district covers about thirty blocks and will include areas not paved last year. Engineer K. C. Gaynor of Sioux City was hired as consulting engineer.
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Ida Grove
Moscoso
Anderson
Austola Grove
K. C. Gaynor
Sioux City
Farmers Fix Corn Husking Prices in County Meet
Representative farmers from various parts of the county gathered at Missouri Valley to set corn husking rates on fallows. Prices established were 6 cents for good and medium corn and 7 cents for poor corn. Harrison county expects a large corn crop and huskers should crib from 75 to 125 bushels daily.
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Missouri Valley
Harrison County
Ida Grove Woman Committed After Child’s Tragic Death
Mrs William Linke of southern Ida county was admitted to Cherokee hospital for the insane. Her break with reality followed the death of her 2 year old son six weeks earlier. The child died after an accident in a farm machine shop when he fell against an anvil edge and was fatally injured.
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Ida Grove
William Linke
Ida County
Cherokee Hospital
Brennan Sues Great Northern for 10000 Damages
Matthew Brennan of LeMars files a $10000 damages suit against the Great Northern Railroad claiming permanent injury from a freight train accident February 21 1917 while Brennan rode with two stock cars en route to market on a farm west of town. He says both legs were broken and other injuries occurred.
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Great Northern
LeMars
Matthew Brennan
Great Northern Railroad Company
Brennan
Section Hand Worth 100000 In Nevada Career
George Sampson, section foreman for 25 years, has built a substantial Iowa land portfolio. He purchased desert land south of Kamyras for 251 per acre and now owns over 600 acres valued above 100000. He has long served as foreman and remains a respected local figure.
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Nevada
George Sampson
Elass
Jowa Jind
Des Moines
Dlesertion
Kamyras
Iowa
Sampaten
State Capital Chat Describes Iowa Coal Price Probe
A Des Moines committee appointed by state coal director Charles Webster will work with state and nation to secure coal. County committees will investigate local prices and conditions, report unfair dealer practices, and seek relief if justified. The guide allows dealers profits up to July 1917 levels plus 30 percent. News also notes a Good Roads movement on the Lincoln highway to permanently improve Iowa routes, boosting midwest road and wartime peacetime aims.
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Iowa
Tes Moines
Des Moines
Charles Webster
Garfield
State House
Webster
Amenge 4
Washington
Suly
Tuinola
Middle West
Allolg
Atlantic Coast
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Linais
Gunton
Council Bluffs
Fat Swine Show Promised By Marshall County Group
The Marshall County Farm Improvement Association plans a large pig show in Marshalltown in January. Infantile paralysis cases rise in Ida County with two new patients, seven total in the past month. Lena Horn named as defendant in Gustav Horn estate damages suit in Waterloo. H L Houghton elected president of Iowa Conference of Social Work at Mason City meeting with Mustaine to host next year. Camp Dodge reports few trainees under liquor influence. Purmort elected moderator of Iowa Presbyterian synod. H M Olson awarded Frankville bank building contract capital stock 15000 dollars. Juvenile delinquency blamed on environment heredity and mental deficiency in Manon City address by T Baldwin.
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Ida County
Richard Gummow
India County
Gustav Horn
Waterloo
Niles Jepperson
George W. Dunham
Lena Horn
Camp Dodges
GC. H. Purmort
Des Moines
Iowa Pragbyterian Agnan
WA. Gaseby
Washington
Purmort
Iowa Synod
Milk Supply Targeted for Camp Dodge Food Safety
State and federal dairy officials will inspect Rip Camp-Dairy Barns and Des Moines mills to ensure clean milk for Camp Dodge soldiers. An inspection squad will perform two weeks of bacteria testing, with work centered at a Des Moines state lab. WL Barney Jr and R S Smith lead the effort in coordination with Major Sprague at Camp Dodge.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Sprague
Department of Dairy
Major Sprague
Barney
Denounce Packing Hogs in Polk County Meeting
After a stormy Polk County Hog Producers Association session in County Agent Kennedy's office, methods of large packing houses were denounced. The group favored bigger pork production despite market and feeding issues as farmers warned of unsettled hog prices and financial risk. State Veterinarian Gibson urged patriotism and implied farmers must support the war effort, promising regulation to protect farmers while opposing price loss.
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Bos Moines
Polk County Hog Producers’ Association
Kennedy
Sam
Gibson
Hoover
France
Farmer Killed In Train Crash At Grade Crossing
Murray Stanley Goer a farmer living near Murray was killed when his automobile was struck by Burlington fast mail No 7 at a grade crossing on the way to Des Moines. The fatal accident occurred recently at the crossing.
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Murray
Stanley Goer
Burlington Fast Mail
Goer
Des Moines
Senator Husting Killed in Hunting Accident Near Rush
United States Senator Paul O Husting died after being accidentally shot in the back by his brother Gustave while duck hunting near Rush, Wisconsin. Husting had signaled his brother to shoot a flock and was struck when he raised his back to view the birds. He was taken to a nearby farmhouse for medical aid.
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Milwaukee
Gustave
Rush Kako
Wie
United States
Paul O. Husting
Husting
Destroyer Torpedoed in War Zone Reaches Port After Attack
U S destroyer on patrol in a war zone was torpedoed on Tuesday. One man died and five were wounded. The vessel reached port despite heavy damage. Osmond Kelly Ingram killed. others injured included Herman Pankeats, William Merritt, Frank W. Kruse, Patrick Rutledge, William Selmer.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Osmond Kelly Ingram
Klilet
Capture of Moon Island and Baltic naval actions reported
Berlin reports Moon Island captured with 10 000 prisoners and 60 guns. German forces claim Russian Gulf of Riga forces trapped. Vetrograd notes naval battle in Gulf of Linba with the Russian battleship Slava sunk and most crew saved by torpedo boats.
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Berlin
Moon Island
Oesel Ishind
War Office
Gulf of Riga
Vetrograd
Gulf of Lin
Government moves to curb pro German wartime organ
The government targets workers in more than a dozen states who are organizing against the Liberty loan, aiming to punish and deter antiwar activity amid wartime pressure.
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Washington
Futl
Mexican Fire on U S Patrol Near San Jose
Report from Elvera states Mexican forces fired on an American army patrol at San Jose on the Ty Grande, sixty miles south of Marfa Texas. The army patrol returned the fire and there were no details on casualties.
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U. S
Marfa
Dox
Moentains
San Jose
Here
Fronie Elver
German Rebels Sent to Front in Wilhelmshaven Mutiny
Amsterdam reports sailors who took part in the Wilhelmshaven mutiny have been sent to the western front to fight in the trenches, according to a German source.
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Amsterdam
Hoover blames retailers for high prices in wartime policy
Food Administrator Hoover asserts wholesale prices are lower than a year ago and urges pressure on retailers and farmers to cut consumer costs. He outlines regulation aims for distribution and notes cooperation from producers, while warning price differences persist between wholesale and retail.
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Washington
Toover
Congress
Hoover
Neeady
Food Administration
Toledo
Buffalo
Department of Agriculture
United States
Chicago
Island Struck by Violent Hurricane in Grand Cayman
Grand Cayman in the British West Indies was hit by a west hurricane on October 22. Property loss is estimated at 800,000 dollars with no loss of life reported.
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Ceorgetown
Grand Cayman
British West Indies
Jess
Manila Bay Helmsman Rudolph Mehrtens Dead at 52
Rudolph C. Mehrtens, who steered the Olympia at the Battle of Manila Bay in May 1888, died suddenly at age fifty two after retirement from service, with burial planned for his former post at the Isthmian station.
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Manila Bay
Charleston
D. C
Rudolph C. Mehrtens
Olympia
Miuiiin Bay
Conservation Campaign Instructions From October 28 to November 4
Citizens are urged to attend church on October 29 and hear the moister discuss conservation. Emphasis on substituting corn and Ash alternatives for beef and pork, consuming corn bread daily, and reducing sugar. Public talks on conservation are planned for October 31 with dietary guidance through the period.
Coal Miners Strike Over Failure to Order Pay Increase
Chicago dispatch reports John W. Williams new federal coal administrator for Illinois sent a report to Washington on October 18 outlining a large scale strike. About 75 000 tons daily production was halted with fears of spread and urgent action. Miners and fuel officials call the situation open rebellion as wage agreements are deemed scraps of paper. Strikes spread to mines near Belleville Collinsville Maryville and other Illinois fields affecting about twenty mines. In central Illinois miners seek a 10 percent wage increase.
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Chilcago
John W. Williams
Illinois
Washington
Gareflelkt
Tlinois
St. Louis
Minera
Belleville
Southern Coal, Cokend Mining Company
Donk Bros
Collinsville
Maryville
Gemnaght
St Louis
Springfield
Ilinois
Teuton Sailors Revolt Reported At Pola Base Change
Washington reports indicate mutinies in the Austrian navy and clashes between Austrian sailors and German submarine crews at Pola. Officers on both sides have been killed, prompting a decision to move the German flotilla base. News seeped out despite Austrian attempts to suppress details.
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Washington
Omerit
Mnutintes
Aretrian Navy
Att Trian Gaflers
Pola
Germaan
Chniralty
Berne
Army Order Cites Lufbury and London Pilot
Oct 10 report from Lufbury, London says Lieut Haens Tut bury of Willingford Connecticut, a member of the Prance-Aprohein Nylig corps, has scored many victories and recently was cited in French army orders as an comparable pilot. He is said to have brought down his thirteenth enemy aircraft.
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Lufbury
London
Haens Tutbury
Willingford
Conn
Prance-Aprohein Nylig Corps
Ha Jiveald
Alleged Plot Frustrated at New York Converted Transport
Police arrested four Scandinavians charged with attempting to bribe a ship mechanic amid a plot to damage a United States converted transport in New York. The investigation halted the scheme and authorities reported the arrests.
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New York
Drmage Ao
United States
Settlement Reached in Portland Shipyard Strike
Portland Ore Oct 22 through the federal wage adjustment board four days of sessions end with a settlement of the Columbia river basin shipyard strike affecting about 7000 workers.
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Portland
Ore
Federsl
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State News Notes
News OF the State
Marshal County Farm Improvement Association
Marshalltown
H. M. Olson
Frankville
Rip Camp
Polk County
Court House
B, B. Underwood
Underwood & Underwood
Photographic War Board
Underwood
Photographic Board
Moon Isle
Toon Administration
Teuton Sailors
Gavat
Pola Naval Base
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