Girl Returns to Home in Oelwein
Elizabeth Huppertz, nearly 15, returns to Oelwein from California with her parents after living with Franz Meyer who had lured her away last year. Meyer faced kidnapping charges earlier but vanished. Elizabeth traveled home via Kansas City and the Great Western.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Elizabeth Huppertz
Mra
Frank Huppertz
Third Avenue South
California
Franz Meyer
Oelwe
Cosson
Hughes
Meyer
Elizabeth
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Portland
Ore
Kansas City
Ble
Chicago Great Western
Cummins Reports No Contributions Or Expenses
Washington May 19 Senator Cummins filed his campaign expense statement with the senate showing no contributions and no expenses. The report notes strictly personal travel is not reported and a Des Moines committee has formed to run his campaign, with no advised expenditures yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Cummins
Senate
Des Moines
Liver Aid to Blood Purity Claims
The article promotes S. S. S. as a remedy for sluggish liver and impure blood, claiming it stimulates liver cells to convert blood constituents into eliminable products and supports healthy tissue. It links rheumatism catarrh anemia and other conditions to impure blood and urges purchasing S. S. S. at drug stores or consulting The Swift Span Company in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S
Swift Spera Company
Swift Bidg
Atlanta
Small Grains and Fruit Prospects Improve in Iowa
Unseasonably cool weather and frost swept across Iowa the week ending May 17. Rain, hail and wind disrupted field work in central regions while southern areas saw corn up and being cultivated. Despite storms, soil is generally good and four fifths of corn is planted. small grains and fruit prospects remain promising. Nine new normal training schools were designated in Lennox, Missouri Valley, Perry, Brooklyn, Charles City, Grand Junction, Adel, Clear Lake, and Taber, with about 150 to 160 county normal high schools planned next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Geo. M. Chappel
Iowa
Lennox
Missouri Valley
Perry
Brooklyn
Charles City
Grand Junction
Adel
Clear Lake
Taber
Illegitimate Child Wins Share in Campell Estate
Des Moines May 19 The Iowa Supreme Court reverses a Jasper county ruling and orders Eva E Robertson of Timber Creek township Marshall county to share equally in the estate of Thomas R Campbell a Jasper county farmer who died Sept 1 1911 The court holds Iowa law allows illegitimate children to inherit equally with legitimacy in property divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Byron W. Preston
Jasper County
Supreme Court
Eva EB. Robertson
Timber Creek Township
Marshall County
Thomas R. Campbell
Eva Robertson
Campbell
Armilda Ferguson
Eva E. Robertson
Iowa
Inmates of Soldiers' Home Answer Taps
Three Iowa Soldiers' Home residents died in two days including W L Keaggy a 79 year old from Mapletown who fell and later died of cerebral hemorrhage and Julius T Chaffee 76 from Ottumwa who had valvular heart disease. Edwin G Dickens 76 of West Union died in his home state. In Council Bluffs a 70 year old Mrs William Ballinger was badly hurt in a runaway crash near Thurman. A J James and granddaughter Viola McGlone were injured in a separate car mishap. Larry and Winifred Beck were injured in a motorcycle accident near Shenandoah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa Soldiers
W.L. Keaggy
Mapleton
Keaggy
Pennsylvania
Thirty-ninth
Iowa Infantry
Maria Keaggy
Julius T. Chaffee
Thirteenth Iowa Infantry
Ottumwa
Adeline Chaffee
Charles H. Chaffee
Des Moines
Edwin G. Dickens
West Union
Company K
Forty-ninth
Wisconsin Infantry
Council Bluffs
William Ballinger
Thurman
Ninth annual convention of Music Teachers of Town
The nine teenth annual convention of the Society of Music Teachers of Town will meet in Muscatine on June 17 18 and 19. A chorus and orchestra open the program with additional numbers. Miss Myrtle Elwyn performs a recital and Professor Carl Seashore gives a lecture on The Measurement of Musical Talent with tests illustrating his points. Recitals by members and pupils, plus an unusual toast program at the banquet, are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Society of Music Teachers of Town
Myrtie Elwyn
Carl Fi. Seashore
Graduate College
The
University of Town
Iowa Railroads Sued For 100000 In Damages
Perry May 19 Attorneys from Perry file a petition against C R I and Colfax Northern Railways over an accident in Colfax that cost a 6 year old boy named Ira Miles both feet. The suit seeks 100000 dollars in damages claiming negligence in yard switching operations.
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Perry
Iowa
Colfax Northern Railways
Ira Miles
Colfax
Colfax & Northern
Rock Island
Fighting the codling moth orchard pest
Ames May 15 entomologists of the Iowa agricultural experiment station publish a bulletin on controlling the codling moth. R L Webster notes the pest infests every Iowa orchard and recommends spraying after blossom drop and a second spray in July if wormy apples appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
R. L. Webster
Gas car accident claims Rock Island worker
Albert Kuchinka, an employee of Rock Island, died after falling from a speeding gas car on the railroad between Oxford and Tiffan. Officials say a hemorrhage of the brain caused his death after he slipped and toppled from the moving car, striking his head on a tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Albert Kuchinka
The
Rock Isand
Oxford
Tiffan
Kuchinka
Relative settlement clears Himmel Bros note in Town Falls
The State National bank of Town Falls reports the Himmel brothers note of 3000 dollars has been paid. Relatives who were sureties settled the claim, leaving Iowa Falls bank with no loss. Also, Nereben Kelteutis fined 20 dollars plus costs for assault on Pete Pikouls, while Mike Gombaskas was dismissed. Funeral for William Goodsell to be followed by burial in Applington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Falls
State National Bank of
Himmel Brothers
Radcliffe
Himmels
Iowa Falls
Court of Justice McMurray
Pete Pikouls
Nereben Kelteutis
Mike Gombaskas
Pikouls
WM. Goodsell
Conger Street
William Goodsell
E. D. Marsh
Applington
Prospects for Iowa Dairy Congress Show Bright at Waterloo
The 1915 annual Iowa State Dairy Association convention heads to Waterloo during Dairy Cattle Congress week. The meeting will feature breed days for Holstein Jersey Ayrshire and Guernsey with cow demonstrations and added prize money helped by $400 from eastern cattle clubs. A milking machine exhibit and 49 booths await exhibitors as Waterloo hosts a grand cattle display and related events.
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Iowa State Dairy Association
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Des Moines
Cattle Congress
Jide
W. RB. Quarteo
Algona
Dairy Association
J. J. Ross
E. J. Sadler
Jersey
Ayrshire
Guernsey
Kansas City
Springfield
Hugh G. Vanlelt
Helstein
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Iowa News
Sine Additional
NAMID
Pall
Rock Island Speeder
Himmel Bros
First Brethren Church
Wellington Sts
AML
van Camp
Arm and Hammer Soda
Lipton's Fine Tea
Portieres
the Home Store
Alo
Fourtec Street
London
Coats
Waterlao Jin
van Pelt Ready
Machinery Hall
Courier
Ilinoia Central
Wangler Bros. CO
Buffalo
Dalley Co., Ltd
Hamilton
WHITE
Tan
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