Congress Busy in Holidays Plans to Pass Two Measures
Washington reports congressional leaders will end the Christmas-New Year recess with a heavy program. Key acts include revival of the war finance corporation and an emergency tariff bill for agricultural products, with further appropriations and immigration legislation on the docket. Senate debates loom on La Follette’s motion and Poindexter’s tabling move, while talks on canal tolls and cider rulings spark party debate. Congress aims to act before New Year.
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Emergency Fariff Bill Faces House Support Vote
Washington committee representing agricultural districts decided on the effort to gain Blvartisan backing for the Wordney emergency. Inaugural Ball To Be Held in March marks revival of historic celebrations for President-elect Warding as inauguration nears. Fireflies display luminous clouds over the water then break into spark showers as millions drift and reform in a nightly spectacle with a noted Japanese poet remarking on the scene.
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Warding
Washington Committee
Dempsey Stops Brennan in Twelfth Round at Madison Square
heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey knocked out Chicago’s Bill Brennan in the twelfth round at Madison Square Garden. Brennan said he planned to seek another bout. Miller and others reported varied news items from Washington and abroad, including tariffs, crop prospects, labor, and international affairs.
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Bill Brennan
Chicago
Madison Square Garden
New York
Brennan
Iowa Notes and Obits From Dubuque to Des Moines
A sweep of local notices and obituaries spans Iowa highlights. William Eaton of Sidney, former state senator, dies after weeks ill. Incubators and poultry farms report gains. Incidents include a fatal tram accident in Clinton and a man hanged himself in Davenport. Legislative items discuss milk and railroad crossing rules. Farm sales, hogs smothered, and a court case on liquor nuisance are noted along with retirements and bank news.
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Sidney
Burlington
Clinton
Evergreen Poultry Farm
Hampton
Rork Island Stork
Oskaloosa
Ed Anderson
W. J. Ramsay
Newton Town
Des Moines
Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association
Waterloo
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Washington
A. B. Cummins
Kenyon
Iowa
Henry Wallace
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Secretary of Agriculture
T. Meredith
Harding
Handleon
Ole Harris
Roland
Albert Woltman
Meridien
Clifford Barrett
Council Bluffs
Way
Ana
Mesa
Sara Bryant
Dew Moines
Mt. Ayr
Elizabeth Herzog
Red Oak Elactric Company
John Hornzyck
Madrid
G. D. Thompson
Fort Dodge
Hanson and Tyler
Bionx City
Webster City
Oma
Sioux Falls
Lowa Oy
Adj
Ten
Lous G. Losher
Losher
Militia Bureau
Onn
van Meter
Eugene Schaffter
Hagle Grove
Frank €. Dobrovosky
Peoples Savings Bank
Ceder Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D. C
Adam Bede and the life of Mary Evans in Victorian England
A biographical sketch traces Mary Ann Evans later known as George Hoot and Bran Lish novelist. Born 1919 at Arbury Farm Warwickshire, died 1880 at Chelser Dee. Details her religious upbringing, education, Windsor reviews career, and pivotal early works including Adam Bede with character sketches of Dinah Morris, Hetty Sorrel, and Captain Donnithorne.
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Mary Ann
Marian) Evans
Arbury Farm
Warwickshire
Chelser
Dee
Robert Evans
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Miss Tyans
Coventry
Minn Evoun
Charles Bray
Charles Hennell
Westminster Reviews
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Minn Evans
Blackwood Magazine
Charles Dick
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Mingrane
Manny
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Adam Bete
Dinkle Morris
Hefty moral drama ends with escape and remorse in Snowfield
Hetty Sorrel faces prison for infant murder and transport to penal colony. Arthur Donnithorne avoids death by reprieve but remains in service. Adam Bade returns to his bench, and Dinah guides redemption at Snowfield as Hetty confesses.
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Adam
Hetty
Windsor
Snowfield
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Ireland
Haysiope
Hetty Sorrel
Sioner
Arthur Donnithorne
Idm Nab
Adam Bade
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The Model Guest and the Unsatisfactory Visitor
A landlady quarrels with her guest James whom she calls the most unsatisfactory visitor. She contrasts him with Jeremiah the chatty cousin, praising James for his quiet, unobtrusive nature. The tale mocks overbearing opinions of visitors and the absurdities of moral judgment in a boarding house.
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Jeremiah
Jiggers
Pang
Tie
Senator Sorghum On Porch Speaking Strategy
Senator Sorghum voices a cautious campaign tactic advising a candidate to stay on the front porch part of the time to protect voice and craft speeches for a campaign tour. He suggests pacing public appearances to build effective rhetoric.
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Senator Sorghum
Windup in the Pee Hee Court Ends Speeding Trip
A brief, humorous exchange centers on a car trip ending with a court windup. One speaker notes the driver was arrested for speeding, while the other calls the legal wrap a fine ending, highlighting a comic tone in a paused moment.
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Pee Hee
Weighted With a Watch Worth a King's Measure
A description notes the watch of Charles V as one of the earliest timepieces, weighing twenty seven pounds, praised as a fine denise a clock of the present in the article.
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Charles V
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