Local School Board Elects New Members and News Briefs
At a recent school board meeting H Pullen and Dr A Anderson were sworn in as new members. J J Klopp was re elected president. The infant child of Mr and Mrs T L Despanet died March 6 and was buried Tuesday. Various locals travel for visits, vacations, or business. Multiple residents move, buy, or plan for changes, including Little purchasing a Des Moines drug store interest and Montgomery planning a new east Main street home. several housing developments and incubator buys noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Pullen
Dr. A. Anderson
J. J. Klopp
T. L. Despanet
H. Foote
Walie
Mt. Vernon
Misa Grace
Sargent Kevan
G. A. Nichols
Des Moines
Prof
C. C. Stover
Iowa City
State University
Liner Sussex torpedoed. Wilson to weigh break with Germany
Reports from Paris and Washington detail British and American fatalities aboard the Sussex and Englishman. Ambassadors Page and Sharp relay affidavits and Bemis statement. Wilson to consult leaders before any possible break with Germany over torpedoing. Officials stress gravity rivaling Lusitania and Arabic cases and await further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusitania
Sharp
Page
Wilson
Paris
Paria
Sussex
Temps
Germany
Washington
United States
State Department
Ambassadors Page
London
Amerenna
Lansing
Berlin
Samuel Flagg Bemis
Harvard
Limited wire output for correspondents in field
Headquarters United States Army in Mexico reports a daily word limit of 250 to 300 for field correspondents. Words are divided equally among reporters, with current wire restrictions allowing newspapers to receive about 25 words daily. The note details constrained communication from Mar 27 via aero plane to Columbus New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Mexico
Mar
Columbus
N. M
Denial of Citizenship for Takao Ozawa in 1920s Case
Honolulu March 27 American citizenship denied to Takao Ozawa a Japanese in a test case ruling Japanese are Mongolians and not white Ozawas appeal drew Tokyo and local interest. Queretaro March 27 Mexico War Ministry Obregon says only Zapatistas oppose de facto government as bandits are being destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
H.L. Mar
Ft Smith Bank Closed in Arkansas by State Examiner
The American bank, one of Arkansas largest, was closed in Ft Smith by the state bank examiner. It has a capital of 200000 dollars and total deposits of 445000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Smith
Ark
Mar
American Bank
Arkansas
State Bank Examiner
Bg Bank
Eight Killed by Cyclone in Davis Oklahoma
A cyclone wrecked the Edge mond family homestead two miles east of Davis Oklahoma, killing eight members of the Alexander Edge mond family. A farmer, the tragedy occurred on March 27 with the home demolished, authorities reporting eight dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Okla
Mar
Alexander Edgemond
Here
Output shipments rise at Toledo concern in 1916
A partially readable 1916 update notes output shipments of Overlands and Willys Knight vehicles up 27.68 percent for January and February compared with 1915. The piece cites factory expansion with new buildings as part of Toledo’s growth, and mentions Stockton Bates’s death in Philadelphia along with his Masonic roles. Joffre heads a war council in Paris, sachet powders improve life with brief baking tips, and a short gloss on geodesy concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Willys
Aarea
Eliementa
Toledo
Cara
Overlands
Willys-Knight Eara
Lax
Joffre
Paris
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Guernsey
Iowa Oaks
Guernsey Farm
Geo. A. Nichols
Pullen
Armstrong
Ed. Sillge
Wisconsin
Delevan
A. 0. Peterson
M. L. Archer
Spirit Lake
Simmons
B. Co. R
M. M. Knapp
Cedar Rapide
H. A. Carson
Boscobel
Milford
Lake Park
Graettinger
Odd Fellowship of
Matherville
Moran
Morse
Walker
Iowa
Fletcher & Grant
Anna Davis
Clark
Hobein
New Atore
S. Reaney
Chicago
Jas. Montgomery
Ellaworth
East Main Street
Maurice Wilson
Sam Paugen
Newell
May Moe
Hatherville
Peterson
W. Stevenson Co
Whalsssle
Minneapolis
Emmet Co
C. E. Person
Marseilles
Mediterranean
Bibby
Leicestershire
Rangoon
Dover
English Channel
Gow. Crocker
W. OC. Penfield
Penfield
J.C. Eldridge
Forlowe
Sanderson
Wilden
Warburton
Ameries Wing
Fleir
Tippon
Henry and
Werrisen
Crope - van Slyke, IL. 1
Apostoly
Pem
Apostlea
Didache
Mathew Panpins
Stockton Bates
Philadelphia
America
Great Britain
Devon Street
Mount Airy
Grand Royal Arch
Pennsyyvania
Klume
Aly PO
Mrs
Anna Doughty
Boston Beauty
Estherville
Liggett’s
Estherville, Iowa
Rexall
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