Seed Corn a Vital Task for Black Hawk County
The 1914 crop must supply seed to plant 1916 fields as Iowa tests show only 20 to 80 percent of cribbed ears are strong. Waterloo and banks urged to back a county wide seed testing campaign to save up to a million dollars by improving germination and yield. Agri officer Burger leads with Ames College support and local business participation.
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Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Here
Iowa
Burger
Ames College
Wilson's Letter Entering Race for President
Washington February 14 President Wilson submits a letter to Ohio secretary of state announcing his entry into the primaries. He consents to his name as a candidate for the presidency by delegates to the national Democratic convention in June. He denies seeking the nomination but allows his name to be used.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Ohio
Woodrow Wilson
Tits Teitora
Dean Darenses
Celeste Yonker
de Kalb Normal Bchool
Oroat
Ute
Misa Lamvert
Towette
Orpet Reams
Preparedness Bills Drafted by Committees in Congress
Washington D C Feb 14 The national preparedness problem centers Congresses committee activity as Senate Military Committee frames a plan to federalize the national guard and create a reserve defense force. House Defense bill redrafted to drop continental army, House Naval Committee probes submarine warfare. May end for appropriation bill. Senate Naval panel waits for House hearings to finish.
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Washington, D. C
Congressional
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Hay
House
House Naval Committee
Padgett
Senate Naval Committee
House Committee
Five Fires in Two Days at Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge suffered five fires in two days causing about $3,000 in damages. Three residence blazes in two hours Sunday taxed fire crews, with two simultaneous alarms. A suburban grocery store owned by J. S. Johnson and an interurban freight station both caught fire, the latter incurring about $1,000 in losses before the flames were put out.
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Fort Dodge
J. S. Johnson
Pan
Workman Killed by Gas Explosion in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports a gas tank car accident as John Jands removed a cap half filled with gasoline and dropped the cap causing a spark. He was hurled about forty feet and killed by the fall.
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Cedar Rapids
John Jands
Turks Dispatch Large Army to Mesopotamia
A Reuters dispatch from Athens reports Turkish forces in formidable numbers are being sent to Mesopotamia. Troops released from the Dardanelles are already en route, with small contingents also departing from Thrace.
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Lendon
Reuter
Athens
Mesopotamia
Dardanelles
Thither
Thrace
Wilson Gives Consent To Ohio Primary Nomination
President Wilson formally consented to have his name used in the Ohio primary for delegates. He said he would not run but allowed use of his name to reflect Democratic preference. The move clarifies the nomination question for 1916 and shifts campaign dynamics nationwide.
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Wilson
Ohio
Poison mystery haunts Marian Lambert case in Lake Forest
Chicago dispatch reports renewed probes into the Marian Lambert death near Lake Forest. Police seek evidence against William Orpet and question parents and friends as clerks scour woods and local drugstores for cyanide sources. Mallorys and Lamerts note poison was kept locked. inquest possible next Wednesday as analyses continue.
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Chicago
Marian Lambert
Lake Forest
Ralph Cady
Lake County
William T. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Waukegan
Frank Lambert
Lamberts
Young Orpet
Nady
Orpet
Altho
Sherif Griffin
Madison
Lake Shore
Hranston
Misa Lambert
Arfons
PUSH
Take County
Ralph J. Cady
Walter McGuire
James F. King
Helm's Woods
Josephine Davis
Eleanore Double
Mary Marshall
Mary
William Marshall
Mr. Lambert
Cad
Arma
McCormick
Kuppenteimer
Lambert
Letters Reveal Tragic Romance Behind Lake Forest High School Murder
Detective letters trace the affair from Deerfield High School to Helm’s woods, showing William H. Orpet's changing affections and Celeste Yonker’s appearance as a factor. The sequence ends with Marian Lambert’s death after a final meeting arranged in Madison, with authorities preserving the epistolary record.
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Chicago
Lake Forest
Madison
Wis
Marian Lambert
Helm’s Woods
Helm‘sa Woods
Josephine Davis
Woods
Orpot
Beardsley
William J. Burns
Walter McGuire
Ralph Nady
Lake County
McCuire
McQuire
Frank Lambert
Washington Receives Austrian Note On Arming Of Liners
The State Department received Austria's formal note mirroring Germany's pledge to sink armed merchant ships after March 1. Secretary Lansing said the U S has not decided its stance and will outline policy this week. Congress debates measures to keep Americans off belligerent ships amid growing danger.
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Washington, D. C
Austria
State Department
Germany
Lansing
United States
Berlin
Congress
Andersea
Shania
Arguments Heard in Trial of Mrs Meyer
Winterset February 14 The case against Mrs Ida Meyer and her son Fred Meyer over the death of Ethel Meyer opened with counsel for the defense and prosecution laying out their theories. Prosecutor Wilkinson argued the revolver and inconsistencies in testimonies point to homicide by another party. The trial began a week ago and may go to the jury late today or tomorrow morning.
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Winterset
Ida Meyer
Ethel Meyer
Phil Wilkinson
Fred Meyer
Hushbant
W. F. Cooper
Mayer
Munitions Plant at Schenectady Destroyed by Fire
Schenectady February 14 The General Electric munitions plant was wrecked by a fire kept contained by the companys private fire brigade with no city police or fire department involvement. Officials withheld full details and employees were sent home as guards kept the munition building secure following a roof collapse and unsafe walls.
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Schenectady
General Electric Company
Single Men Called to Colors Under Derby Plan
London February 14 an official proclamation posted calling out the remaining single men under the Derby plan and the military Service act. The call to the colors will enroll all single men of military age not exempted. Men who did not enlist under the Earl of Derby's plan face compulsory service with exemptions under the act, which took effect February 10.
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London
Earl of Derby
Grahame-White Wounded In French Air Battle
Claude Grahame-White, renowned British aviator, gravely wounded in a French air battle. He enlisted in the navy during the war and rose as a temporary flight commander after earlier spectacular flights in England and America. His wife, Dorothy Taylor of New York, has sought restitution of conjugal rights ahead of a possible divorce action. Meanwhile in Italy, Austrian planes struck Ravenna and nearby towns, killing fifteen and injuring several others, including women and children.
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Grahame-White
England
America
Navy Corps
Dorothy Taylor
New York
Rad
Paris
Ravenna
Codigero
Bottrighe
Italy
Adriatic
Havas
Rome
French Patrol Cruiser Emil Chariner Sinks Before Life Boats
Emil Chariner, patrol cruiser of France, sinks before lifeboats can be launched as an Alsatian sailor survives the perilous incident at sea. The report notes the tragedy and survivor details amid the chaotic scene aboard the vessel.
British Cruiser Sunk by Mine in English Channel
Paris reports a French cruiser Emil Charvier sunk by a submarine near the Syrian coast with a rescuing raft carrying one survivor and bodies of fourteen others. London confirms British cruiser Arthusa struck a mine off the east coast and fears total wreck with about ten missing. German gains noted near Tahure and Andersept. Athens reports Beikass activity as French and British reinforcements move toward Saloniki and Bulgarian frontier.
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Paris
Emil Charvier
Ministry of Marine
Syria
Emil Chariier
Ministry of Marines
London
Arthuga
England
His
Arthusa
Comemodore
Reginald ¥. Tyrwhitt
Berlin
War Office
Tahure
Andersept
Lotivity IX Baleans
Saloniki
Atoania
Rural Routes Fight Before Lower House
Washington February 14 The house debated the annual postoffice appropriation bill with focus on rural free delivery provisions and plans to alter railway mail services. Proponents and opponents clash over funding and new government bonding for department officers and naval contractors.
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Washington, D. C
Thefense
Italian Letters Probe Poison Plot In Mundelein Banquet
Chicago police searched Italian language letters found in Jean Crones room to locate him in the poison soup case at a banquet honoring Archbishop Mundelein. All banquet guests recovered. Captain Hunt said investigators suspect an individual plotted poisoning and labeled Crones eccentric.
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Chicago
Jean Crones
Crones
Mundelein
Hunt
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San Felice
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