Wealth per capita figures for Iowa printed in state report
Iowa per capita wealth is reported at $1,450 with wide county variations. Polk County shows $1,924 while Polk sisters? (repeated) Ida County leads at $2,851. Monroe County averages $896. Total state assessed wealth is $4.13 billion with regional disparities across towns.
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Western Sewerager Union News
Berlin
Des Moines
W. T. Williams
Cork
Auditor of State
Alice
Jawa
Polk County
Monroe County
Ida County
Lowe
State Executive Council
Park County
Buena Vista
Cherokee
Clay
Dickinson
Mmmiet
Ida
Lyon
Monona
O'Brien
Plymouth
Sac
Sioux
Woodbury
Farmer Loses Arm In Strawberry Point Machinery
A prominent farmer at Strawberry Point had his right arm torn from his shoulder when entangled in corn machinery. He was taken to Mercy hospital and, though very weak from blood loss and shock, he may recover.
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Dubuque
Dyer Tail
Strawberry Point
Mercy Hospital
Postville Mayor Dead After Sudden Heart Disdoise
Dubuque B J Reacher serving a third term as Postville mayor died suddenly at his Postville home from heart disease.
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Postville
Dubuque-B
Five new infantile paralysis cases reported to health board
Fragmentary report notes five new infantile paralysis cases to the state board of health. Mentions Rev Elliott Yarhoes a Methodist minister dying suddenly of heart failure in Wwatland MeAthy cow and other unclear items.
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Briaga
Boone
Elliott Yarhoes
Faither
Pioneers Plan Maquoketa Event Amid Weathered Notes
Scattered lines recount a busy Benton county page with plans for a Maquoketa gathering on October 12 led by Rev J I Wapate of the First Methodist and notes on civil war veterans day at Shellshube. reports include a man attacked by robbers, a fire scare at a Pine building, and various local incidents.
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Buffalo
Jackson
County
Maqucketav
J. i Wapate
Methodist Hijtela
Mi Allins, Terinl Association
Brown
Minnespotts and St. Louis Railroad
Mason City
F A. I. Meader
Davenport
Horvey
Atouk
Tew
Michie
Benton County
Shellshube
Daygea
Athe
Umaesi
State House Notes Reflect Exams and Elections
Seven applicants qualified for the bar examination set for October 3. Local races shift as Lionis Gardner withdraws and J. W. Flenniken named to fill a vacancy in Clarke and Jones counties. Health board meets in October to discuss health certificates for minors. State budget talks cover prison and reform institutions. bids on new construction are limited. Public figures discuss leases and patents affecting Cedar Rapids bridges and state costs for overseas volunteers.
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Lionis Gardner
Jones County
J. W. Flenniken
Glin
State in Brief: Manourek 19 Faces Theft and Assault Incidents
A garbled report details Joseph Manourek age 19 involved in thefts and assaults near NEA city, including stealing from a sheriff’s household and taking an overcoat. It mentions several other names and scattered incidents with unclear dates and locations, ending with references to college affiliations and a possible long-term state context.
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Joseph Manourek
Cheng
Jay
Gan Cily
Magourek
Albert Liroy
Wigeles
Aly
Cahir
Gielony
Mepey
Toby
Penna
T Universitibs
Riots Rip Through City as Bulgars Retreat Across Frontier
Wild rioting by strikers damaged streetcars in New York with many wrecked vehicles and arrests. Police clashed with mobs in several blocks as motormen sped away. Separate dispatches report Serbian and Allied forces pushing Bulgars from Greece toward Monastir, with Bulgarian positions faltering and fronts shifting as French Russian troops engage near Nenale and across Serb soil.
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New York
Albania
Kamakehelan
Lake Ostreva
Prisagery
Germans Sink A Transport In Mediterranean Action
Berlin reports an enemy transport loaded with troops was sunk in the Mediterranean on Sunday by a German submarine. The Austrian Hungarian air crew and a French submarine Fukewal are also noted in the day’s naval actions. The transport crew and officers were captured. additional details were given by the admiralty.
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Berlin
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Adriatic
Fouewal
Necowpiine
Release of 88 Teutonic prisoners from American ship
Washington reports the state department confirmed the release of 88 Teutonic prisoners seized aboard the American steamer Costa by an East Asia incident. The action followed a strong protest note from the department. In Europe, Belgium imposes a new tax on bank notes and German notes bear a special seal. Kaiser Wilhem arrives near Kovel front amid anticipated drive by Von Hindenburg.
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Washington
State Department
Beittalpat
Sydney
Thera
Yeu Tome
Megilly
Cota
Bette, Asy
Belghum
Amstelian
Gerpaans Davies
Genwan
French Fight at Combles Seizes German Strongholds
Paris official report says French forces captured well fortified German positions north of the Somme near Combles and took ten prisoners, three of them officers, as Franco British troops advance since July 1. The total prisoners since July 1 tops 65,800 with 34,000 to French hands. Berlin dispatch notes little on the Western front beyond routine artillery exchanges near the Somme and Kriuse.
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London
Sonuti
Combles
Canmaniecation
Berliny
Jiegden
France
Western Front
Iively
Prinery
Somme
Kieuse
New Son for U S Minister in Peking Event
A son was born to the wife of Br. Paul Samuel Reinseh United States minister to China Mrs Reinseh before her nurse Miss Alma Moser of Ashland Wisconsin.
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U. S
Peking
Whfel
Panl Samuel Reinseh
United States
China
Mrg
Reinseh
Nur Mike
Alma' Moser
Ashland
Wis
Man shoots parents in Chicago across dinner dispute
William Schuetz, anger over his supper, shot his father Kasper Schuetz and mother Mrs Behuets in Chicago on September 24. Surgeons say Mrs Behuets probably will die.
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Chicago
Willian Schuetz
Kasper Schuetz
Villa Invasion of Chiniahun City Stirs Washington
Washington received Brigadier General Bell's account of Villa's raid on Chiniahun City last Saturday. Villa reportedly entered with Carranza troops left behind and freed prisoners, seizing ammunition and delivering a balcony speech.
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Washington
Villa
Chiniahun City
Bell
el Paso
Moexico City
Juarez
Via
Gils
Otter
Uny
General Bell
United States-Lexico Commission
Lomten
Conn
Geil
Ville
Chillushui
Vin
Mexico
Sam
Trevino
Carranza
Six Cent Bread Introduced In Chicago Market
Chicago officials announce a new six cent bread scale effective September 28 with a loaf size similar to the current five cent loaf. The move follows pressure from wholesalers and hints that some firms may raise prices independently despite anti trust cautions.
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Chicago
Hety Intentiun
French win at Verdun on thirteenth day of battle
London reports the French renew their assault north of the Soltine on Thursday driving several hundred yards of German trenches in two attacks at Thigumont and the eastern Vaux Chapitre woods. German losses acknowledged by the enemy.
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London
Ger Ohi
Soltine Bad
Duthefield
Verdun
Thigumont
Vaux-Chapitre Woods
William J Calhoun Dies in Chicago Home
Former minister to China William J Calhoun died at his home 1810 Astor Street after a relapse from paralysis. He had suffered a stroke a month earlier and his death followed illness marked by declining health.
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U. 5S
China
Chicago
William J. Calhoun
Ching
Astor Street
German Leaders to Confer in Berlin Meetings
The article notes confidantial discussions between Gottlieb von Jago and party leaders in the tense run up to reopening the resultstag on Thursday. The exchanges aim to shape the course of events in the near term.
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Herlin
Hye
Gottlibh von Jago
Party Lenge Ee
Failures in appointing ambassador to Washington cited
London reports a Hungarian statement blaming the foreign ministry for not naming a successor to the discharged Austro Hungarian ambassador to Washington. It notes willingness to appoint Count Albert Apponyi and asserts the United States should be asked to accept a neutral power as ambassador. The piece suggests U S administration’s timing and reception would determine a capable representation.
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London
Albert Appany
Washington
Republic
United States
Cowit
Americ
Allies Routed Says Berlin Coup Wins Dobruja Battle
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Markensen achieved a brilliant turning point in Dobrujia with a German Bulgarian Turkish counter-attack. Romanian and Russian forces were said to be driven back five miles as invaders fell into disorder southwest of Topral Sart near Constanza.
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London
Marshal von Markensen
Matkensen
Constansa
Danube
Apology Sent Over Philippine Neutrality Incident
The United States formally analyzed a British violation of American neutrality in the Philippines. A British destroyer stopped and searched the steamer Cebu inside the three mile limit after claiming the vessel was searched in fog. The Cebu’s commander surrendered the passenger list and freight manifest, and the incident is now closed.
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Washington
Phiippines
Cebu
Cakibie
Cehu
Gosse’s . Wagsenger
Giant dam bursts killing hundreds and wreckage across regions
A massive dam above Hanuwald failed causing immense property loss in Gublonz La hentla and Weissendesse valley. About 250 nobles and children were recovered. In New York the Holland American Home for Homeless Belgian Orphans fund raised 70000 dollars. Civil War veteran Captain John Maxwell, 84, died after a long service including boat actions.
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Berlin
Hanuwald
Gublonz
Lahentla
Weissendesse
U. Ss. Alda War Orphans
New York
United States
Ieayan
Kan Dor Filer
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Kaiser Wilhir
Kovel
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