Iowa Has Money To Supply Bast Queders Farmers and Merchants
Des Moines reports no currency famine in Iowa. Banker Simon Casady predicts surplus currency will be shipped to Chicago and New York within 30 days to create an outlet for Iowa produce. He notes banks hold abundant cash, deposits rise slightly, and farmers remain confident while two customers briefly sought to hoard cash but were redirected to transfers.
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Des Moines
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Chicago
New York
Simon Casady
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Casady
Hunters to Meet to Discuss State Game Laws
Des Moines August 29 Iowa sportsmen will meet August 25 at the game preserve on the fairground to consider changes in the state game laws to be recommended to the next General Assembly The call is by the Iowa State Sportsmen association State Game and Fish Warden E C Hinshaw arranged the meeting The proposed changes include daily quail and prairie chicken limits a longer closed season on imported birds and conforming to the national migratory bird law The meeting aims to outline a policy before the legislature opens and a census on Hungarian guardian experiments is planned
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Des Moines
Iowa Bparisuion
General Assembly
Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association
E. C. Hinshaw
Mr. Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Fire devastates Popejoy business district killing four buildings
Aug 14 Popejoy reports a midnight blaze destroying most of the town’s business section. Four buildings including Petrie’s general store with post office and its mail, the Nugent hotel, Williguis implement shop, and Shosser drug store burn. Town Falls and Dows fire crews aid, insurance covers losses, replacement with modern structures anticipated. A second item notes Morningside Travel Club members stranded in Europe, London visit, Paris warning, and expected return of Sioux City tourists within ten days.
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Ponejoy
Grover Petrie
Petrie
Ed Nugent
Williguis
Ganaote
Shosser
Girley Pritchard
Alden
Town Falls
Dows
Sioux City
George Sinclair
Woodbury County Savings Bank
G. Campbell
Morningside Travel Club
Europe
London
Campbell
Paris
Ice Cave at Bixby Park Draws Summer Picnic Visitors
Hopkinton Aug 19 Bixby park near Edgewood hosts a natural ice cave that provides ice for picnics in summer. One of a few such caves in northeast Iowa the site was named for Hon R J Bixby of Edgewood who donated it for public use. The park features a spring a rugged landscape and notable formations like the devil's backbone.
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Hopkinton
Bixby Park
Edgewood
Iowa
R. J. Bixby
Family of Heiberger in Automobile Mishap Near Ryan
Manchester August 19. While driving from Dubuque in a new car, Mr and Mrs J Z Heiberger and family of Ryan were involved in a crash when oncoming headlights blinded the driver. The car struck a bridge railing, threw occupants into a ditch, injuring Mrs Heiberger severely and causing Elsie Meiberger to be pinned under the car. Mr Heiberger and two sons had minor injuries.
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Manchester
Dubuque
J. Z. Heiberger
Ryan
Heiberger
Trespasser deaths rise on Illinois Central line
Fort Dodge reports show eighty trespassers were killed on the Illinois Central in the first six months of this year, up nine from the prior year, with injuries rising to fifty five from thirty four. Employee fatalities fell to thirty one, down from forty eight, amid safety programs. In Council Bluffs, administrator R A Clayton sues the railroad for twenty five thousand three hundred fifty dollars over Lester Fisher's death in 1913, citing earning power and funeral costs. W C Stafford named as engineer defendant in the case.
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Fort Dodge
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Council Bluffs
R. A. Clayton
Lester Fisher
Hamburg
Ilinois Central
Fisthet
Railroad
Fisher
Young Fisher
W.C. Stafford
Aerial Route Planned Between Muscatine and Davenport
Muscatine August 19 A pioneering air navigation route between Muscatine and Davenport is to be inaugurated later this month. Tom Rennist of St. Louis arrived with his flying boat to prep for flights on the white way pioneering line. Rennist believes a regular service could be profitable and plans daily trips. The venture aims to attract the many weekly travelers between the two cities.
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Muscatine
Midwest
Davenport
Tom Rennist
St. Louis
Frenoist
The Million Dollar Mystery at Palace Theatre
At the Palace Theatre the eighth episode shows today and tomorrow where the conspirators try to remove Xorron. They fail several schemes and trap him in a sewer, but fate saves him after a life threatening struggle. Desgrande Florence and Norton are secretly engaged and manipulated by Traine and the Countess to fuel heartbreak.
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Xorron
Jes
Fate
Home guard troops complete camp maneuvers at Camp Dodge
Iowa National Guard units Fifty third and Fifty fourth regiments completed their Camp Dodge pay and drills in extreme heat. About 500 soldiers will move to a rifle range for the annual contest as regiments receive wages and boats of ice cream and fruit from Waterloo visitors.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Iowa
War Department
Allan
Mascot Sedgwick
Company L
Harold Weilein
Weilein
Company B
Waterloo l
Mike Blitsch
Sindlinger Company
Majestic bill ends. new three day program promises thrills
The Majestic presents a weekly program ending tonight featuring Chas. De Land Co in The Fire Escape with Bert Hanlon and others. Tomorrow for three days the headliners include the Australian Wood Choppers in a tree felling contest along with Danny Simmons The Hobo Comedian Karleton and Kiffors and more in a varied bill.
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Chas. de Land & Co
Bert Hanlon
Paul
la Vann
Dobbs
Capital City Four
Geralds
Danny Simmons
Creighton Bros. and
Belmont
Lelia Davis & Co
Doctor Orders Resinol for Bad Ringworm
New York March 9 1914 a rash formed on the forehead and spread ringworm. After four months of severe itching and burns the patient used Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment experiencing quick cooling relief and complete cure. The remedy is advertised as effective for eczema pimples blackheads drafts sores and piles. Trial free offer details provided.
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New York
M. Gines
Church St
Ringling Brothers Circus to Bring 200 Dues Here Soon
Ringling Brothers gears up a season of novelty with Solomon and the Queen of Sheba in a four act main show in the big tent. The production features 1 250 actors 400 singers 90 musicians and a 200 dancing girls finale plus Europe’s designers. It opens with arctic display and dumb animal acts before shows on Wednesday August 26.
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Ringling Brothers
America
Solomon
Sheba
Agsai
Freight rate hearings set by Iowa Railway Commission
The Iowa Railroad Commission will conduct its regular in-state freight rate hearing in Des Moines on October 6, with about 50 commercial groups notified. Shippers may file complaints by August 34 to be considered, and the session will hear arguments from both sides on changes to state freight rates and service.
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Des Moines
Iowa Railroad Commission
Iowa
Wil H
Mississippi Trafic Association
Real Estate Transfers in Waterloo and Des Moines Area
Real estate transfers listed by Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co. include Greenfield Building Co. selling Lot 4 Block 2 Greenfield addition Waterloo for 1 dollar to Mark D. Miller and Katherine Walker conveying land in 3 89-13 to William R. McKelvie for 3200 dollars. Montfort Wightman to Geo. G.
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Black Haw Co
Greenfield Building Co
Mark D. Miller
Greenfield ‘Addition
Waterloo
Katherine Walker
William R. McKelvie
Waterlooisland Riverview lots sold in quiet transfer
Jacob L. Fortunski transfers part of lots 11 and 12, block 7 in Whitney and Sedgwick's addition to Edgar C. Piersol for one dollar. The transaction covers parcels in the Riverview addition of Waterloo, adding a small real estate change to local property records.
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