Iowa Crop Values Reach Record Total for 1917
Des Moines reports Iowa’s 1917 soil products valued at 822,059,699 dollars with corn alone at 559,376,990 dollars from 409,667,000 bushels. Oats yield 239,416,200 bushels valued at 146,043,882 dollars. Wheat remains light with 3,199,820 spring and 2,397,660 winter bushels. potatoes total 10,793,600 bushels.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Geo. M. Chappel
Town Weather and
Chappel
State Agricultural Board
State House
Damage suit settled after ten years in court
The personal injury damage case of I. A. Weber against the Rock Island railroad, begun after the Homestead wreck of March 20, 1905, has been settled for 500 damages plus costs. Weber, a mail clerk from Council Bluffs, was injured and claimed permanent disability.
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I. AL Weber
Rock Island Railroad
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Homestead
Weber
Supreme Court
Iowa
Europe
Pay Policy on Life of Missing Man Case
Mrs. Isabel Johnson won 7200 in federal court against New York Life and Northwestern Mutual. Her husband disappeared in 1911 and relatives had deemed him dead, prompting the suit to collect the policies.
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Des Moines
Isabel Johnson
New York Life
Northwestern Mutual Insurance Companies
Rummage sale at Christian church announced
Rummage sale scheduled for December 14 at the Christian church corner of West 4th Street and South Street. Advertises all data and items for sale.
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Christian Church
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4Th & South Sts
City Employe of Dubuque Held on Disloyalty Charge
Dubuque Iowa December reports Joseph Schlueter a city engineer office clerk was arrested on a charge of uttering disloyal statements. He was indicted by a federal grand jury and held on $2500 bonds after warnings to stop his pro German remarks.
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Joseph Schiueter
United States
Moore
Federal Grand Jury
Schlueter
Veteran Dismissed From Soldiers' Home For Disloyal Talk
Civil war veteran Josiah C. Richey was discharged from the soldiers home in Marshalltown Iowa after four witnesses testified to disloyal remarks about the U S government and its president. Richey, 71, from Cedar Falls, faced a prior Milwaukee home transfer and was warned only his age prevented federal action.
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Josiah C. Richey
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Richey
Whitehill
Cedar Falls
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Milwaukee
Grant County
Wisconsin
Seventh
Wisconsin Infantry
Horton
McKinley
Pioneer Woman Win Baskins Dies at 80 in Bremer County
Waverly report notes Mrs. Win Baskins, longtime Bremer County resident, died at her son Charles Baskins home last Wednesday. Funeral held Saturday at the Congregational church. survived by husband and two sons Charles and John. J A Lauer left for a district fair managers meeting. A house fire at A Lee's home caused smoke and water damage estimated at 125 to 150 dollars, insured. A bookkeeper, Mrs Olen Ly of Waverly, visits Mercy Hospital after an operation, reported doing well.
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J. A. Lauer
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Waverly
Mercy Hospital
Turbulent Elida Divorce Case In Hart County
Sixteen years of marriage described in a Hopkinton divorce case in Manchester Iowa with Mary Bette Heitz as plaintiff and the grocery man as defendant. Witnesses from Hopkinton testify to numerous altercations resulting in wounds and bruises on both sides. The case highlights financial claims of the husband’s $26,000 worth and the strain of a long troubled marriage. Local army news notes Harold Pride’s marriage near Ames after commission. Aviation trainee Hubert Chentrefa at home awaiting duty. Delaware county draftsmen report numbers enlisting and those awaiting orders. Agricultural registrants face tax and income questions under the draft, risking penalties for false returns.
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Mary Bette Vas
la Heitz
Hopkinton
Aucos
Harold Pride
Ames
Monitay
Hubert Fhentefa
Aviation Corps
Delaware County
Exemption Board
Des Moines
Hampton Home Burns in Sudden Blaze
Fire started in the west part of Dr. A. J. Hobson residence in Hampton Iowa on Sunday evening, destroying the two story brick home interior burned out while walls remain, loss estimated at $15,000 with half insured. Dr. Hobson leased the house from Mrs. Fetcher Russell and plans to rebuild.
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Hampton
A. J. Hobson
State Banks Show Increased Deposits Over One Year
Des Moines reports that total deposits in 909 savings banks 351 white banks and 25 trust companies rose $71 172 239 44 vs a year ago while September shows a dip of 5 541 111 31 Banks note higher borrowings due banks and others up $8 204 340 65 since four years ago and up $12 024 175 62 vs September This state bank system holds $455 655 844 20 in deposits with $14 984 273 due banks and others and $3 052 609 overdrafts State Bank Commissioner George Messenger calls the showing unusually good given war fund drives and lending to feeders.
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Des Moines
Towa
Wlota
George Messenger
Seed Corn Sale Reaches 44000 Bushel Deal
The delivery failed but buyers pursued the corn, lifting its fall value as 4,000 bushels sold for 44 dollars per bushel after seed corn men appraised the lot. A compromise followed counter offers and negotiations, concluding as the corn stood.
Hampton School Finely Equipped Coarting Place
Hampton Iowa December 12 Through the generosity of the school board and citizens students of east side schools have been provided with a top quality coarting place. A wooden chute over 30 feet high starts the sleds onto the football ground giving momentum to nearly the length of the gridiron.
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Hampton, Ja
East Side
Farmer Sells 8,000 Bushels of 1916 Corn at $4 Per Bushel
Pacific Junction Iowa December 12 Frank Wright, a farmer near here, sold 8,000 bushels of corn from the 1916 crop at four dollars a bushel after rejecting earlier offers as low as two dollars and twenty-five cents.
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Pacific Junction
Frank Wright
Here
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pep Uren Aid Nerve and Brain
Busy workers find Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pep Uren give brain and nerve force to relieve nervous strain from overwork. The trio is completed by Hood's Pills for gentle laxative relief, all sold by druggists. start today.
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Hood
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