Methodist Conference Debates Parsons Simpson Union Plan
Des Moines conference of the Methodist Episcopal church discusses uniting Parsons College Fairfield Jans Wesleyan Indianola with Simpson College Indianola into a single Iowa Union College with preparatory schools at each campus. The plan faces mixed support and possible rejection by Upper Iowa and Des Moines conferences.
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Parsons College of Fairfield
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Simpson College
Indianola
Methodist Episcopal Church
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J. H. Henderson
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Bristol
Milk
Talley
Oakland
H. FE. Copeland
Promise City
Charles P. Johnson
Griswold
W.” Armstrong
Missouri Valley
Stmaster
Bremer
Polk City
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
L. J. Birney
Boston
Mass
Boston University School of Theology
Board of Sunday, Schools
Epworth League
W. S. Boward
Chicago
Unday
Exploding Oil Causes Fatal Burns in Fort Madison
In Fort Madison on September 9 Miss Mary Bullard 23 of Missouri died at Sacred Heart hospital from severe burns after coal oil spilled on sticks in a stove ignited. Her husband J M Kudebah and neighbors aided, with children rescued. she died an hour and a half later. Another case saw Mrs Walter Harris fatally burned at home when a kerosene jug poured near a stove exploded drenching her in flames as neighbors freed two children.
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Fort Madison
Mary Bullard
Nene Kaboka
Sacred Heart Hospital
Tarsipter
Bullard
J. M. Kudebah
Missouri
Walter Harris
Leak Found in Iowa Liquor Laws
Des Moines officials warn of a potential booze deluge after County Attorney George Wilson identified a last legislature statute that could allow indiscriminate alcohol shipments within Iowa. The law appears to permit carriers to move intoxicants if the recipient signs for lawful use, threatening shipments from wet points like Boone or Davenport. The issue arose during a bootlegging case in Gibson, where the error was discovered while reviewing the statute book.
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Des Moines
George Wilson
Boone, Davenport
Imy
Gibson
15 Year-Old Paroled After Fire Confession in Council Bluffs
Adolph Blgan, 15, admitted starting the telephone fires last week and received a suspended six year sentence in the juvenile court. He was paroled to his father, the police commissioner and a prominent telephone official in Eldora.
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Council Bluffs
Adolph Blgan
Eldora
Canning Plants Run Short Hours Amid Frost Damage
Local canning plants cut shifts as frost damaged corn reduces quality. Factories expect a shorter pack season, possibly half the usual six weeks. Also reported are a bootlegging arrest, a wife desertion case, a severe thunderstorm, and church construction progress with dedications planned later in the year.
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Winton
Jess Smith
William Wessler
Dy‘sart
Newton
Vinton
Bryant
Waterloo Day Boosts Bremer County Fair Attendance
Waverly Iowa September 9 Special Despite rain the Waterloo day event set attendance records for the Bremer county fair with hundreds from Waterloo and surrounding areas visiting the site. A track collision damaged a sulky but King Aeron finished second in the 2 30 pace heat amid a day of racing and additional entertainment options.
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Waverly
Waterloo
Bremer
Air Association
Water Joo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Accient
King Aeron
John Gosa
Collider
Goss
Lucina
King Aesop
Bill Toll
Princess Carlotta
Jon McLaughlin
ArcLaughlin
Babe Echo
Joe McLaughlin
Erda
Olinda
Charlie Man
Capitolas
Expenses of Iowa Cities Rise in 1914 15 Fiscal Year
Des Moines reports municipal expenditures in 61 Iowa cities rose by 2.255 million while receipts increased 1.742 million in the year ending April 1 1915. Taxpayers paid 17.009 million for city government in 51 cities. expenditures slightly exceeded receipts. The forthcoming report by George Gallarno notes faster population growth and more improvements in commission governed cities with a 13 percent rise in expenses. Several hundred small cities paved streets, some for the first time, including one placing sixty five blocks of paving.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George Gallarno
Municipal Accounting Department
Fort Dodge Council Increases Tax Levy
Fort Dodge officials report the city levy rising to 4.6 mills for the coming year, lower than expected after saloon revenue losses. Fire apparatus funding also increases the fire levy from 1.6 mills to 4 mills to provide adequate equipment.
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Fort Dodge Council
Fort Dodge
City funds and new levies for growth and services
The text notes past transfers to the general fund and the coming year's gap. To fund work formerly covered by the general fund a 2 mill levy for grading and 1 mill for sanitary work have been set. Growth prompts a 5 mill increase for lighting and a parallel rise in the sewer levy for the same reason.
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General Fund
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