Moose gathering planned in Ames with notable speakers
Ames prepares for a large Moose gathering on September 18 with lodge members from Marshalltown Waterloo Fort Dodge and Des Moines. Speakers include Judge K G Dunn Ivan Hasbrook State President F L Miller and Mayor T Rice who will oversee the afternoon program. A lunch at the city park will host Rotary Lions and Chamber members.
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Ames
Iowa
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
K. G. Dunn
Mason City
Ivan Hasbrook
F. L. Miller
Webster City
Bones Found Near Alden Road Work Unclear Origin
Workers digging on a hill near the A. C. Brassfield home four miles northwest of Alden uncovered human bones. From about a dozen bodies experts cannot determine when they were buried or whether the remains are of Indians or whites. Authorities seek identification and origin of the remains.
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Alden
A. C. Brassfield
Here
Investigation Opens After Rail Yard Accident Kills Worker
In Council Bluffs five men riding a motor car were inspecting a track north of the city when the car struck a spike on the rail. Hil neis Central railroad employee Joe Sievella was killed instantly and three others including Nick McGinnis John Armstrong and Dan Mensier were injured but expected to recover. Foreman William Armetror, father of the severely injured John Armatrong, operated the motor.
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Council Bluffs
Hilneis Central Railroad
Joe Sievella
Nick McGinnis
John Armstrong
Jasper county awards gravel and hauling contracts
The Jasper county board of supervisors awarded gravel contracts to Mahaska Sand and Gravel Company for 7 001 cubic yards at 1 47 per cubic yard f o b Monroe and 8 471 cubic yards at 1 52 f o b Prairie City. C W Wilson of Harvey got the hauling contract at 48 cents per cubic yard for the first mile and 11 cents for each additional half mile.
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Newton
Board of Supervisors
Jasper County
Mahaska Sand and Gravel Company
Harvey
Prairie City
Marion County
White Pole
Monroe
Threshing Machine Struck by Train Near Schmidt Farm
In DeWitt on September 2 a threshing machine operated by Clarence Healeff was hit by a westbound train at a crossing near H. E. Schmidt’s farm. The engine crossed safely but the machine was demolished. No injuries occurred and threshing at the Schmidt farm was postponed.
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Dewitt
H. E. Schmidt
Fiere
Clarence Healeff
Sehmidt
Spine Fracture Means Death
Sioux City report says Leo Terrill to live about a year after July 31 motorcycle crash. Doctors warn permanent recovery unlikely though he recently returned home without complications.
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Sioux City
Leo Terrill
Terrill
Livestock Feeding Big Game in Sioux City Area
Corn growers in northwest Iowa northeast Nebraska and South Dakota prepare to feed a bumper crop to cattle says Sioux City livestock market commission. Over 7 000 head of feeders shipped out last week into the territory and this week’s shipment bids to almost double that number says the commission.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Commission Ten
Miss Jessa Reynolds Leaves YWCA Post for Business
Clarinda reports Miss Jessa Reynolds, longtime YWCA secretary, resigns to start her own business. The note indicates she has served in that role for several months and will pursue independent work.
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Clarinda
Jessamine Reynolds
Pooling plans discussed for feeder cattle in Buena Vista area
In Stunn Lake on September 2, Buena Vista farm group members explore buying feeder cattle directly from range. County Agent Barker seeks data on quality, age, quantity, availability and price. Joe Francis of Storm Lake Livestock Shipping notes Canada purchases of two cars of cattle, mostly 4 and 5 year olds, and plans more runs to meet local feeder orders.
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Buena Vista Farm Area
Agen
F. Barker
Joe Francis
Storm Lake Livestock Shipping Association
Canada
Canaha
City Accepts Moore-Young Bid For Red Ball Paving
Iowa City council, by a 4 to 3 vote, accepts Moore-Young Construction of Waterloo for paving the Red Ball route north about one mile at 2.76 dollars per yard. Bids for concrete were as high as 2.98 per yard, nearly matching the sheet asphalt contract. The accepted total runs about 44 thousand four hundred seventy five dollars, far above the initial 25 thousand estimate. Charles Wietz and Son of Des Moines offered 47 thousand forty nine dollars.
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Iwca City
Iowa City
Moore-Young Construction Company
Moore-Young Construction Company of
Waterloo
Charles Wietz & Son
Des Moines
Creston Contractor Wins Red Oak Presbyterian Church Bid
Bert Heintz of Creston is awarded the contract to build a new $50,000 Presbyterian church in Red Oak. Construction starts immediately for a one story brick building with white stone trim, a 35 by 66 foot auditorium, a 35 by 65 basement gym, study rooms, shower baths, and toilets. Building committee includes W. Rateliff W. A. Erwin Harold Replogle and Rev. E. F. Hammond.
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Presbyterians
Red Oak
Bert Heintz
Creston
W. €. Rateliff
W. A. Erwin
Harold Replogle
E. F. Hammond
Phelps uses corn to replace coal in Stratford test
In Stratford, Phelps Construction began ditch work and shifted to corn as fuel after coal prices rose. A week test showed corn at 50 cents per bushel cheaper than Kentucky coal at 11 dollars a ton, with railroad freight losses estimated at 500 dollars per fifty ton coal car replaced by corn. Phelps burned 1400 bushels in three weeks and suggests others could follow.
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Stratford
Phelps Construction Company
Stratford Becgan
Phelps
Kentucky
New Plum Variety Highlights Local Grower
Webster City reports John Stevens, a truck farmer near the Millard bridge, has developed a new plum called the Delicious. The fruit is walnut sized, free-stone, and peelable like peach or apricot, with Stevens receiving frequent offers from nurseries including Stark Brothers of Louisiana, Missouri, though no sale has occurred. His trees yielded about a bushel each this year after grafted propagation from an earlier seedling.
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Webster City
John Stevens
Millard Bridge
Stark Brothers Nurseries
Louisiana
Stevens
Stark Brothers
Rock Island Shop Craft Association Forms at Cedar Rapids
Strikebreakers at Rock Island shops organize a new union named the Rock Island Shop Craft Association. It will include six crafts with chairmen and executive representatives. Membership is reported at 225 to 250 permanent employees, nearly full participation.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Rock Island Shop Craft Association
Spraying Blue Plums Ruins Trees Says Dierwechter
Storm Lake report quotes Arthur Dierwechter on spraying blue plums. He notes trees sprayed last year ripened little fruit. this year spraying kept plums on branches, risking tree damage, though fruit quality and flavor remain high.
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Storm Lake
Arthur Dierwechter
Boy Crushed Under Auto Near Brooklyn
Cedar Rapids dispatch reports 13 year old Daw son Grimm, son of De and Mrs H N Grimm, critically injured in a car overturn on the River to River road three miles east of Brooklyn. Bob Evans 13 and Henry Hale, driver, escaped with minor injuries as the vehicle somersaulted after striking a culvert.
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Cedar Rapids
Dawson Grimm
H. N. Grimm
Brooklyn
Young Grimm
Bob Evans
Henry Hale
Youne Grimm
Spinal meningitis case reported in Sioux City
One case of spinal meningitis is reported to the health board. Jam Hansen, 24, an employee of the Oudathy Packing Company in Sioux City, is the patient.
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Sioux City
Eft
OrnthoNeote
Jam Hansen
Oudathy, Packing T Company
Mines Resume Activity in Chariton County
Chariton County coal mines begin seasonal restart as Mine No. 4 nears 1,500 tons daily. Olmitz and Tipperary shafts each have about 800 ton capacity. One shaft hoists 200 tons daily while the other stays closed due to a local dispute.
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Chariton
Olmitz
Tipperary
Clarinda Exhibits Win Big At Des Moines Show
Miss Mabel Searl returned from Des Moines where she attended the display of Clarinda Home Garden club products. Of thirty seven exhibits Clarinda received twenty two premiums in the competition.
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Clarinda
Mabel Sear
Des Moines
Clarinda Home Garden Club
Iowa Manufacturers Pay High Rates for Imported Coal
Des Moines report says Iowa manufacturers pay 10 to 12 dollars per ton for large coal shipments from Illinois Kentucky and Virginia while local Iowa coal sells for 8 dollars a ton retail. Fuel Administrator Charles Webster notes coal stocks are exhausted in Iowa and beyond with no anthracite available and retail supplies at a long low.
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Des Moines
Sept
Iowa
Illinois
Kentucky
Virginia
Charles Webster
Federal Reserve Bank For
Miss Dorothy Seifert Joins Coe College Faculty
Dorothy Seifert of Boone has accepted a Coe College faculty offer and will move to Cedar Rapids to begin the college year. She will oversee junior public speaking and dramatic art and contribute senior work in the department, after directing this area at West Waterloo high school last year.
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Boone
Dorothy Seifert
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Seifert
West Waterloo
Hire Track Walkers At Illinois Railroads In Cedar Rapids
Clarence M. Dunbar a former B C R N trainman now in the traffic department at Illinois Central in Centralia Illinois says the Cedar Rapids area strike drives railroads in Illinois to hire track walkers to patrol lines. Two men are provided for each mile of track preparation.
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Cedar Rapids
Clarence M. Dunbar
Traffic Department of the Illinois
Centralia
Ill
Illinois
Mr. Dunbar
Gollmar Bros Circus Arrives In Washington For Daylong Show
The circus grounds buzz with activity as Gollmar Bros parade prepares, animals are groomed, and visitors view the menagerie at the Jet show grounds. Performances begin 8 pm with doors opening 7 pm, featuring Peter Pan in Animal Land and a full circus program for today.
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Washington
Gollman Dros
Gollmar Bros. Circus
Cook House
Vic
Peter Pan
Animal Land
Gollmar Bros
Silent Herrin Papers Skip Riot Massacre Facts
A speaker laments Herrin newspapers for giving scant coverage to the Lester strip riot massacre. He alleges editors in southern Illinois faced agitation and fear, citing H C Greer of the Herrin Journal whose house was damaged and a warning note threatening burning his family if more was printed.
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Herrin
Lester
H. C. Greer
Herrin Journal
Deny Strike Progress Despite Reports of Ended Halt
Sioux City labor leader L C M Cameron counters reports of the strike ending saying the men remain 100 percent out. He accuses railroad officials of telephoning strikers to return to work with offers of higher pay and sending a few workers to other shops under assumed names.
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Sioux City
L.C. M. Cameron
Carmen
Railway Labor Board
Physician Found Dead in Webster City Office
The body of Dr. Franklin J. Drake age 52 and a 26 year local practitioner was found in his Webster City office. Neighbors reported the silent telephone and a running faucet with a towel nearby indicating death occurred during the night. A partly completed letter to Mrs. Drake in Montana lay on his desk. He had visited the Sting Club to play golf earlier that day.
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Webster City
Franklin J. Drake
Des Moines Booster pitcher sold to Boston Braves
Adrian Lynch a submarine hurler trained in Waterloo and Des Moines Boosters has been sold to the Boston Braves for fall delivery. He appeared in many local games in 1917 and is expected to join the major league club.
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Boston Braves
Bay Ford
Mason City
Adrian Lynch
Des Moines Boosters
Waterloo
C. A
Lynch
Pitcher’s Troubled Path From Major Leagues to Browns
A pitcher who failed to secure a lasting big league presence was later sold to the St. Louis Browns. Reports attribute his short stay to an undeveloped curve ball, though he has since developed a baffling twister.
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Washington
Belding Named Colorado Head Football Coach
Lester Belding of Mason City has been appointed head football coach at the University of Colorado. A four year veteran of Iowa football and a top multiple sport athlete, he also will assist in basketball and track and departs for Colorado to prepare for the fall season after earning a bachelor of engineering from Iowa.
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Iowa City
Lester Belding
Mason City
University of Iowa
University of Colorado
Belding
College of Applied Science
Four Chicago youths jailed for bunk car burglary in Nevada
Four young men, all claiming Chicago as their home, are in the county jail after admitting breaking into a bunk car at Collins and stealing clothing and jewelry. They were arrested by Milwaukee special agents in the yards at Madrid after the break in Wednesday night. the case will be investigated by authorities.
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Nevada
Chicago
Collins
Milwaukee
Madrid
September Grand Jury Session Names Local Boys
The September grand jury is in session. Boys identified include Bernard Seallon 22 Roy Johnson 22 Eugene Wayicik 16 and Bruno Corboyr 15 with ages noted.
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Bernard Seallon
Roy Johnson
Eugene Wayicik
Bruno Corboyr
Port Des Moines General Brown to Retire from Army
Fort Des Moines commander Col. Robert A. Brown has applied for retirement after forty-one years of service. A World War I brigadier general who led the Forty Fourth Brigade, Brown is a Pennsylvania native.
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Port Des Moines
DE Mines
Robert A. Brown
Fort Des Moines
Pennsylvania
High School Romance Ends in Nevada Divorce
Wilbur Harsh sues Rose Harland Harsh for divorce on desertion and cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple were Colling high school students who wed in May in Nevada.
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Collins
Wilbur Harsh
Rose Harland Harsh
Colling High School
Nevada
County Seeks Road Grading and Culverts Bids
Nevada story reports Story county board of supervisors will receive bids on Sept 7 for grading about three miles of primary roads southwest of Ames and in Zearing, plus the construction of twelve box culverts within the county.
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Story
Nevada
Board of Supervisors
Story County
Ames
Zearing
Northcott Takes Post as Cedar Rapids Chamber Executive Secretary
J B Northcott, newly elected executive secretary, assumes duties at the Cedar Rapids chamber of commerce in New York Cedar Rapids. He replaces H F Sundberg who shifts to full traffic department work after R J Holmes resignation. Northcott will oversee the Sept 19 election and upcoming convention season as Y M C A ties end.
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Cedar Rapids
J. B. Northcott
Chamber of Commerce
Northcott
Iowa Coal Price Probes Under New Attorney General
Des Moines reports say Assistant Attorney General John Fletcher will study coal production costs and investigate alleged price fixing at the state justice department. E C Smith of the Iowa Coal Operators Association cannot predict coal sale prices while retailers list mine coal around 5.50 and advertising shows 7.50 per ton for Des Moines area.
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Des Moines
Ti Towa
John Fletcher
State Department of Justice
E. C. Smith
Iowa Coal Operators Association
Iowa
Coal prices fixed by freight costs from Iowa mines
The state attorney general's office notes the retail price of coal in Des Moines is tied to shipping costs from the Iowa mines, with a uniform price regardless of distance or direct haul. Centerville to Des Moines freight is 1.63 dollars per ton for lump coal and 1.25 dollars for pea or slack coal. Des Moines falls within the fifty mile radius freight rate from Pershing mines, controlled by H. M. Havner.
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Neral
Iowa
Des Moines
Centerville
Pershing
H.M. Havner
Wabash
Tracy
Girl 6 Dies After Nevada Car Collision
Six year old Helen Proctor daughter of Mrs. H P Proctor of Greenfield is killed in a two car crash at Lincoln avenue and Eighth street in Nevada. The Ford coupe she rode in pins her against the pavement. she suffers a crushed skull a broken clavicle and several broken ribs. Her mother and siblings were en route to Minnesota when the accident occurred.
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Nevada
Helen Proctor
H. P. Proctor
Greenfield
Lincoln Avenue
Eighth Street
Beetle Infestation Hits Wide Area Causing Foliage Damage
The Japanese beetle is much more abundant this season and widespread in range. Serious damage to foliage results from the large beetle numbers, especially affecting fruit trees and certain shade varieties. Early fruit, notably apples and peaches, suffers important injury per the U S Department of Agriculture.
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United States Department of Agriculture
USDA Tests Replace Wire Partitions With Solid Divisions
In swine breeding trials the USDA finds wire partitions in farrowing houses undesirable and substitutes solid wooden divisions about 32 inches high. Wire fencing causes drafts, distress for piglets, and unsettles sows leading to irritation and potential fighting. Farrowing requires quiet, calm conditions for sows.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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