Small Iowa creameries face carrier rate fight in Chicago
Des Moines reports the fate of 472 Iowa creameries, 430 small co ops, hinges on interstate rates for butter and dairy products. Centralizers like Armour and Swift could gain, risking many small firms. Hearing began in Topeka and continues in Chicago with dairy officials present.
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Des Moines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Topeka
Kan
Feat
Barney
Towa
Farrall
Minnesota
Government Agricultural Department
National Dairy Union
Nine Lowans Given Diplomas at Colcago
Chicago March 3 report lists graduates among 162 from Chicago University. Readable names include Sertha Hangen Cedar Falls Milo Lunak Cedar Rapids Aravilla Meek Taylor Centerville Clarissa Hart Schuyler Clinton Murray Clyde Trimble Mt Auburn Walter Schafer Ottumwa Elizabeth Steigledar Spencer Robert Buveard Summer John Fisher Washington.
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Chicago
Chicago University
Tawa
Sertha &. Hangen
Cedar Falls
Milo Ralph Lunak
Cedar Rapids
Aravilla Meek Taylor
Centerville
Clarissa Hart Schuyler
Clinton
I Murry Clyde Trimble
Mt Auburn
Walter Beaumont Schafer
Ottumwa
Elizabeth Luly Steigledar
Spencer
Robert Guy Buveard
Summer
John Walker Fisher
Washliogton
Des Moines Boy Avoids Flag Salute Faces Reform School
Hubert Eaves 11 refused to salute the flag in Des Moines schools and was sent to Eldora reform school for nine years, with suspended sentence. Judge C A Dudley ordered private hearing behind closed doors and placed the boy with his father to secure education. Attorney George H Woodson defended the youth amid claims the case stems from religious conscience and the Sandrifted Cult controversy.
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Es Moines
Des Moines
Eldora Reformatory
C. A. Dudley
Paves
George H. Woodson
Clarkson School
Themner
Hubert
Lily
Pneumonia Tops Causes Of Death In Six Years
Mortality data show pneumonia surpassing tuberculosis in six years 1910 to 1915 with 8808 pneumonia deaths to 8587 for tuberculosis. In 1916 pneumonia deaths reached 1487 while tuberculosis totaled 1331. Other figures include typhoid fever 196 diphtheria and croup 181 measles 80 and whooping cough 146. Smallpox deaths total 21 over six years. Total deaths from all causes rose from 24259 in 1824 to 22236 in 1916.
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Des Moines
Jena
Board of Health Department
State Health Department
Dubuque Election Faces Three Ticket Battle
Dubuque gears up for the April 3 city election with three tickets the Democrat Citizens nonpartisan and socialist. The Democrats under Mayor James Sanl tout police reforms low water rates and public comfort stations while the Citizens cite finances and management needing improvement.
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Dubuque
Choe Democrats
James Sanl
Akron Trail linked Iowa roads with new crossstate route
Lamont reports a new Akro n Trail proposed in Iowa connecting Akron Calnes ville Andover Mo Lamont and Davis City Ia to intersect Jefferson highway at Lamont and White Way trail at Cainesville The road marking will be a two foot white band with a black letter It follows a meeting of good roads advocates and local officials Awards given to a Shambaugh tele phone exchange manager Daisy Wilcox for halting a bank robbery with a timely call to Clarinda and police backup
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Lamont
Akron Trail
Good Roads
Akron
Calnesville
Andover
Davis City
Cainesville
Shambaugh
Daisy Wilcox
Shambaugh State Bank
Bankers’ Insurance Company
Minnesota Result Boosts Cummins
Washington reports Senator Cummins won a notable Minnesota primary with a 60 000 majority and heads to the Republican convention with the strongest delegate count. Kenyon faulted eastern papers for misreading midwest support and predicted a united middle west influence on nominations and platforms.
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Washington D. C
Cummins
Minnesota
Kenyon
Iowa
Root
Old Guard
United States
Coling
Middlewest
Senator Cummins
United Middle West
Dubuque Woman Marks 84th Birthday
Mar. 20 birthday celebration for Mrs. Michael Scharry of 922 White St Dubuque born March 20 1832 to John and Lang Ireland emigrants. She was baptized in one of Dubuque’s first churches in the city.
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Dubuque
Michael Scharry
White Street
Scharry
John Lang
Ireland
Seharry
Narrow auto train collision spares three in Dubuque
F H DonCarlos and Biles Edith Pearson escaped serious injury after their car on First Avenue was struck by a Milwaukee train engine. The vehicle skidded on slick pavement, driver swerved toward the tracks, and the car blocked the line before the locomotive stopped. All three occupants were unharmed.
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Bruige
Musicians Urged to Join Waterloo Orchestra Effort
O D Boomhower, organist at the Plaza theatre, seeks Waterloo musicians to form a strong city orchestra. Several have joined, but more players are needed. volunteers, both men and women with string or brass skills, should contact Boomhower to avoid delays in organizing and training.
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O. D.boomhower
Plaza Theatre
Waterloo
Middle
Wesk
Hoomhower
Boomhower
Sunday Lecture for Men and Boys at Y M C A
A series opens next Sunday at 4 30 PM for men and boys over 14 at the Y M C A following successful noon meetings. The program aims to continue the Y M C A youth and community outreach already well received this season.
Public invited talks on sex education for men and boys
Meetings invite every man and boy from shops and factories to addresses on vital problems in male life. Prominent city physicians will speak and discuss sex problems and the tragedies from lack of information. The event aims to educate and inform the public about these issues.
Old Folks Need Cascarets For Lwer Bowel Health
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle natural tonic for aging bowels. It argues elders lose bowel elasticity and require regular help to avoid constipation, likening it to glasses for weak eyes and noting a 10 cent per box price.
Local Moral Degeneracy and Remedies Explored
An early study outlines causes and effects of local physical degeneracy and proposes remedies. A lecture promises to illustrate its points with one hundred lantern allees.
Tanlac Expert To Visit After Waterloo Agency Award
News that B. W. Schuneman & Co has secured exclusive Tanlac agency for Waterloo area. A Tanlac demonstrator will visit Dayton Ohio backed labs, to explain Master Medicine, dosing and expected results. Sales in Cincinnati Knoxville Louisville Nashville and other cities show wide popularity with thousands of bottles sold weekly.
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B. W. Schuneman & Co
Poartland Lafayette Streets
Waterloo Town
Tanlac
Tanlac Laboratories
Dayton
Ohio
Cincinnati
Dow Drug
Knoxville
Tenn
Kuhlman, Chambliss & Co
Louisville
Taylor-Isaacs Drug Co
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Tory
Council Bluffs
Jolnron Nrowd
Good Roads Boosters
Taft
Ames
Wim. Howard Taft
College
League
State
Feee
Bureau
Old Country
Dubuque County
Cascade
Mr. Voter
Law Ticket
Thompson
R. A. Gunn
He Thompson
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