Road to Operate Atlantic & Southern Towns Resist Restoring Service
Des Moines Iowa September 28 1915 the Iowa railroad commission ordered resumed service on the Atlantic and Southern between Lyman and Villisca with a deadline of January 1 1916. Robert Abeles of St Louis owner of most of the line faces required capital to rehabilitate the track and equipment. Nine miles north will be abandoned and twenty one miles restored under commission supervision while the full Atlantic to Villisca thirty mile stretch may not be mandated. Local residents petitioned for operation and argued traffic will yield profits if properly managed. The owners plan to resist any order and may be forced into court to comply.
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Des Moines
Iowa Railroad Commission
Atlantic & Southern Railroad
Lyman
Villisea
Robert Abeles
St. Louis
Railroad Commission
Atllantic & Southern
Atlantic
Willisca
Villsea
Atlantic North & South
Treceivers
Atlantic Northern
Atlantic South
Villisca
Des Moines Rumbles Over Prohibition and Bootleg Supply
Mayor Hanna warns of a coordinated pro liquor push undermining prohibition as police report rising drunkenness. An ex-saloonkeeper officer claims whisky is shipped into Des Moines for 27 cents a pint and sold to bootleggers, who then retail it to saloonkeepers at higher prices.
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Des Moines
Hanna
Chia
Crawford Yentering
oMeer
Meyer
Iowa
Crawford
Des Moinns
Hoe
Nick Hunting Good in Northern Town
Humbold t Sept 28 Iowa anglers have been enjoying duck hunting in northern Iowa with locally raised birds and the first southbound flight. The main body of waterfowl is expected to peak in October as northern storms drive birds south. Prairie chicken reports are disappointing due to a wet hatch, while fishing remains fair though rain muddies waters and shortens catches.
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Humbold
Iowa
Alin J
Prairie
Knoxville Votes on Commission Form for City
Knoxville Iowa voters schedule October 22 to decide adoption of city under commission form. Petition by W J Wetherall gathered 25 percent signatures in under two days to place the issue. Webster City also sets October 11 special election for three aldermen under a new manager form.
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Knoxville
Iowa
W. J. Wetherall
Webster City
J. L. Kamrar
Fron
R. G. Clark
W. W. Pearce
M. L. McCollough
Foley's Honey and Tar Heals Coughs and Lung Ailments
Wentworth of the St James News reports severe cold settled in lungs but Foley's Honey and Tar straightened him up immediately. He recommends this cough and lung medicine. Thousands with hay fever and asthma suffer ers are thankful for this healing remedy sold by all druggists everywhere.
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Re. Wentworth
St. James
Foley
Dynamite Shipped Across Continent Found in Mail Fragments
Dynamite sticks traveled by mail from Napa Junction near San Francisco to Ceva Italy were recovered in New York City. A four and a half pound package marked Pourth class mail matter contained two bags with eight sticks total inside a cigar box. Inspectors suspect an unnamed sender and are pursuing leads.
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New York
Foreign Branch
Ioalorca
West and Morton Streets
Europe
Grand Central Station
Ofice
Sig
Rodsclo
Virginia
Ceva
Italy
Napa Junction
Gal
San Francisco
Cassidy
Inspector Eagan
Bureau of Combustitles
Captain Tunney
Detective Bureau
President Wilson Leads Secret Service On Public Chase
President Wilson left the White House with Secret Service to buy golf balls at a reporting goods store on Fourteenth Street. Onlookers watched as agents pursued and then quietly returned to his desk after a brief public excursion during a busy Washington day. The item notes newspaper circulation for ads, stating the Evening Courier sells over 6,500 copies daily in Waterloo.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Secret Servicec
White House
Executive Mansion
Joe Murphy
Secret Service Force
Cne
Washington
sBeryiea
Pennsylvania Avenue
Secret Service
Fourteenth Street
Grand Army of the Republic
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Iowa Rail Road Commission
Oomers
Atlantic & Southern
Marden County
Town Falls
Hardin County
Eldora
H. A. Huff Bes
Il Nolw
Nick
Davidsons
BRIDGE _STREET
Waterloo Center
Ams
Chase
Waterloo’s
Towe
Dairy Cattle Congress
Pictu
Towa
Hampton Gate
Jett
SOSA
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