Local fat stock shows planned to boost Iowa livestock
Iowa State College extension plans local fat stock shows open to all farmers to judge cattle hogs and sheep on conformation economy of gain and feeding costs. Shows will differ from pure bred fairs focusing on grades to educate the average producer and promote scientific breeding and management across communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
W. J. Kennedy
Kennedy
Norwalk
Laverna
Bull Moose plan targets Capper Bristow in Kansas race
Topeka reports the Bull Moose faction seeks an Allen Murdock alliance to challenge Capper and Bristow in the Kansas political arena. The strategy aims to pin Bristow against Capper in the Republican primaries while maneuvering Murdock toward a Senate bid under the Bull Moose banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Allen
William Allen White
Arthur Capper
United States
Joseph Ju. Bristow
Bristow
Victor Murdock
United States Senate
Murdock
Winthrop Social News Highlights from January Visit Notes
Winthrop reports numerous local visits with relatives in Fort Dodge Manchester Aurora Waterloo Belvidere Mt. Pleasant Gardner and Gardner Kan. among those listed are George Spangler J D Jackson B E Taylor and families. A birth is recorded for December 29 with Frank Wilson as newborn son to Mr and Mrs C M Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hickman
Sutherland
E. M. Braden
Ernest Beezley
Mt. Pleasant
J. L. Smith
Gardner
Kan
Mrs. Farrell
C. M. Wilson
Frank Wilson
Waterloo
Wilson
Frank Kinney
Waterloo and Omaha Building Improvements Compared
The article contrasts Waterloo population 32,000 with Omaha population 192, detailing totals for improvements and counts of dwellings. Waterloo shows 374 dwellings costing 1 065 200, while Omaha lists 48, with brick apartments built at 455 500 and business structures totaling 1 194 700 for Waterloo and 451 778 for Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Omaha
Sa.se
Yaceee A
Bright and Dark Views for a New Year
Washington on January 2 reports New Year's day prophecies on 1914 business and industrial outlook. Congress members officials businessmen and party leaders offered varied views with optimism from Democrats and Progressives and concern from Republicans over tariff and trust legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
New York
Banking system appeals lift state optimism
Applications to join the new banking system are arriving at the treasury daily, providing reassurance. Iowa Republicans in the house report encouragement from the Second district about political conditions and a hopeful outlook for electing a Republican chairman. Woods, head of the congressional committee, has received letters that make him optimistic and will aid the Republican nominee while not intervening in the prenomination scene in the Second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Iowa
House
Woods
Congressional Committee
Bold burglars steal jewels from window
Burglars entered E. Gerling’s jewelry store on a prominent city corner and tore out $500 worth of jewelry from the display window early yesterday. A passerby alerted police after noticing a side window ajar and lights out. About $1,000 in other valuables remained untouched, with jewelry boxes scattered in the railroad yard and price tags found near the Burlington hotel.
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Burlington
Gerling
Burlington Hotel
Dog waits six years for master on Daly bank steps dies
Anaconda Mont January 2 Shep the dog that waited six years on the Daly bank steps for his master died after being struck by a car and badly injured Then the master died soon after at a hospital The dog had followed the ambulance to the hospital and returned to the bank steps where he made his home for six years Each year the bank president paid his tax to the city
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Anaconda
Mont
Shep
Daly Bank
E. J. Bowman
Man Threatens Suicide On Bridge As Police Intervene
Patrolman Powers halted a man who climbed the Washington street bridge rail and threatened to die by own action. The man swam to shore, was rescued, and hospitalized with non fatal injuries and a warning to desist. In other notes a man reportedly killed by his wife in a Gilpin place home and John W. Fisher found dead in a North Dearborn gas room.
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Chicago
David Powers
Washington Street
Powers
Traquois Memorial Hospital
John Bradon
Bradon
Thomas Hale
Gilpin Place
Polton
John W. Fisher
North
Dearborn Street
Finger print bureau created in New York magistrates courts
Conforming with yesterday's law a finger print bureau is established in each magistrates court. Each person convicted of a misdemeanor will be fingerprinted even those found guilty of intoxication. The system will maintain records of habitual offenders, notably motorists.
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New York
Price of rattlesnake venom rises to five dollars
Cincinnati Inquirer notes venom costs have climbed to five dollars per ounce, signaling higher risk and potential impact on medical and research uses. The report highlights suppliers adjusting quotes as demand persists.
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Cincinnati Inquirer
Prosperous Year Reported by Union Congregational Church
The all day meeting on Thursday at Union Congregational Church included a New Year’s dinner for members and families. Reports show strong finances, record membership growth, and a 60 percent rise in Sunday school enrollment with attendance up 100 percent from a year ago. New societies formed include Christian Endeavor and Brotherhood. Officers elected include Clerk Mrs. Wm. Cox, Treasurer Wm. Twaites, Deacon Silas Eldredge, Trustee Wm. Carlton, Organist Mrs. Frank Barron, and Sunday school superintendent Frank Barron.
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Union Congregational Church
Wm. Carlton
Frank Barron
Edward Cole
Bert Lane
George King
Alvin Pups
Shushanna Placer Prospects Rival Klondike Claims
Tacoma report by James Kingston, arriving from Shushanna placer fields, notes rich pay from Goldhill and beaches above Bonanza Creek, plus a Canadian-side payoff. He says thousand men work claims, supplies scarce and costly, with Shushanna placers covering an area equal to the Klondike and warns against stampedes.
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Tacoma
Wash
James Kingston
Shushanna Placer Diggings
Bonanza Creek
Shushanna
Wair‘banks
Shushanna Placers
Klondike
Kingston
Lambs Found Alive After Five Days Buried
Loveland Utah Jan 2 two lambs were buried beneath four feet of snow for five days and found alive by Mike Wessel of Box Elder district NE of the city. Wessel broke through a crust while inspecting stock damage and after pulling himself out a lamb leaped from the snow followed by another. The pair were fed and showed no ill effects despite the long imprisonment.
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Loveland, Cole
Jan
Mike Wessel
Box Elder
Building a pioneer log cabin described in Iowa bio
The State Historical Society of Iowa recounts James Marian’s memory of building a pioneer cabin. Father cut logs from the forest while six neighbors watched, and the house rose in a single week without nails. The work used only an axe auger trow and hand saw as they filled chinks and finished floors. Dr and Mrs Blanchard left for Palm Beach Cal to stay until February on their lands near La Jord Saskatchewan.
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James Marian
State Historical Society of
Iowa
James
F. C. Blanchard
Palm Bed
Cal
Lajord
Saakatchewan
Printers Get Bigger Wages In Waterloo
Waterloo publishers and job print ers agree to a five year labor pact starting Jan I, boosting wages for journeymen. The deal highlights Waterloo’s rising living costs and aims to keep printing jobs local, preventing a shift of work to Chicago and nearby cities.
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Sprinters
Typographical Union
Waterloo
Chicago
Copper electrifies Milwaukee Road expansion across West
The Milwaukee road plans to buy 143,060,000 pounds of copper in 1914 for electrifying its western extension. Major supply from Montana Mines. First unit Three Forks to Deer Lodge, Montana, 113.3 miles starts in spring. Deer Lodge to Avery, 111.6 miles, to be completed in 1915. Overhead current 2,600 volts. Great Falls Power Co. to generate power at five substations.
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United States
Montana
Three Forks
Deer Lodge
Mont
Avery
Harlowtown
Great Falls
Rheumatism Patient Praises Meritorious Powders
Madison Wisconsin January 1 1913 M D Reynolds attests that after years of pain from rheumatism and crutch dependence he used three boxes of Merito Rheumatism Powders and ceased using crutches, claiming near full recovery and strong endorsement. The note credits Red Cross Drug Co and Henderson Drug Co as exclusive agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
M. D. Reynolds
Red Cross Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
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Waterloo Evening Courier
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