Iowa lawmakers adjourn line dies amid long session
Des Moines reports the thirty first Iowa general assembly adjourned after a contentious session. Senators and representatives traded compromises on millage taxes and railway and county official terms while over 700 bills were introduced. notable measures included public hospital authorizations and a governor’s insurance inquiry. Lieutenant Governor Join Hoerrlott delivered a farewell after speeches by several senators. a conference committee report process wrapped up lingering bills and state offices prepared for adjournment while appropriations total about 816000.
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Join Hoerrlott
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Evelyn Dane
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Executive Council
United States
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Sioux City
Dubuque
Yea and Nay Record of Iowa Legislature Adjourning
Des Moines April 6 The Thirty-sixth general assembly adjourned with little accomplished and much left undone The session wasted many bills including a lax mileage bill wage exemption limits an anti Sunday amusement bill a law to require annual insurance dividend disclosures a bill to curb unfair competition by a railway company and tighter fire escape regulations.
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Algnaara Ml Company
Iowa
Five Join Race for Congress in Fourth District
In Des Moines on April 9 five candidates entered the field for the Fourth district seat of Congressman G N Haugen, Creeping closer to the convention. Candidates include G N Haugen Worth county A H Gale Cerro Gordo W S Hart Allamakee David Clements Fayette and George May Floyd counties. Gale and Hart are standpatters while Haugen is aligned with Cummins. Gale is a state senator and Hart a current legislator.
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Hart
Haugen
Des Moines
G. N. Haugen
Worth County
A. H. Gale
Cerro Gordo
W. S. Hart
Allamakea County
David Clements
Fayette County
George
Judge A. H. McVey Seeks Re election in Des Moines
Des Moines judge A H McVey announces strong bid for renomination. He spars with ambitious young rivals contesting the nomination, in a letter issued from Des Moines Iowa dated April.
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Des Moines
Rosentz
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Meat onces a week in Industrial schools fuels debate
Des Moines lawmakers discuss meal provisions in state Industrial schools. Senator Dunham cites that children in Mitchellville and Nidora receive meat only weekly and milk rarely, while bills to raise support funds for Eldora and Mitchellville pass. The increases include Eldora from 9000 to 13000 and Mitchellville from 10000 to 16000 with additional dental and facility allocations.
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Dunham
State Senate
Mitchellville
Nidora
Eldora
Pictorg
Dowie dynastic drama and Swiss heiress linked exploits
Chicago April 9 reports John Alexander Dowie plans a return to Zion City Monday night promising to bring ten million dollars in gold and parchment scrolls while Ruth Hefer a Swiss heiress tied to Dowie’s estranged faction surfaces amid claims of Dowie’s polygamy plans. Miss Hefer’s fortune is pegged at five million francs in Switzerland and mentions of Gladstone Bowie and Dowie’s son echo through Zion City as letters to Hefer surface showing a complex web of devotion and conflict within the Zion church.
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Radley News
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J. Apri
Ruth Hefer
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Miss Hefer Jo
Switzerland
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Zion
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Ruth Froley
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Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
Miss Hofer
Zion City
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Cante
Ant Dowie
Daron Mirsch
Russia
Zion Cty
Dowie
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Jaffa
Red Sea
Holy Ghost and Us
Rink W. Sandford
James P. Baxter
Portland
Shiloh
Durhan
Huxter
Sandford
Daffa
Iola Mariner
Elijah
Baxter
Supreme Court Rules Primary Law Unconstitutional in Illinois
The Illinois Supreme Court yesterday declared the new primary unconstitutional. Governor Deneen plans a special session next Tuesday morning to pass a compliant primary law. The Republican state central committee will meet Saturday morning in Springfield to refine the call for the convention.
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Assessments Cancelled Against Two Fraternities
The board of equalization in Mayon City Ia last night cancelled the assessment of the Modern Woodmen of America and Modern Brotherhood of America. The action halts the effort to tax these fraternities and ends the wage test case.
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Board of Equalization
Modern Woodmen of America
Modern Brotherhood of America
Elkins Proposes Stronger Rail Rate Legislation
Washington April 6 Senator Elkins outlined views on railroad rate regulation. He urged stronger measures to protect the people from railroad abuses while defending court review to check Interstate Commerce Commission orders. Senator Gamble warned against government control of railroads, urging constitutional safeguards and noting proposed reforms must avoid broad ownership shifts.
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Senate
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Interstate Conmerce Commission
Commission
Conklin Denies Sex Determination Before Birth
Philadelphia reports Professor G. Conklin of the University of Pennsylvania rejects any method to determine an unborn infant's sex. He notes no reliable science proves such claims, cites past theories by Dr. Schenck, and says natural sex ratios likely persist.
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Philadelphia
John D. Rockefeller
No. G. Conklin
University of Pennsylvania
Hohn 1. Rockefeller, Jr
Schenck
Europe
Rockefeller
Dr. Schenck
Ifo
Jesus
Czarina
Samuel Tenpold Sehneck
Schwenberg
Styria
Sehenek
Marconi and Wife Alter Ship Plans Over Private Affairs
A potential embarrassment on the Kronprin z Wilhelm arose when Signor Guglielmo Marconi and his wife Lady Beatrice O Brien chose to stay behind. Marconi was to sail with her for health reasons, but learning Mrs Boross and her husband were aboard in Southampton led to a last minute plan shift. Mrs Boross, wife of a Budapest racing magnate and government commissioner, had previously married Marconi’s former fiancée Josephine Holman of Indianapolis.
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Guglielmo Marceoni
Beatrice O' Brlen
Wilelm
Southampton
Cherbourg
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Mars Con
Chevalier Marconi
Kronprinz Walhelm
Josephine Bowers Hotman
Indianapolis
Kronpring
Eugen Boross
Budapest
Miss .Holman
Mount Vesuvius Eruption Triggers Mass Evacuations
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius continues to intensify with lava flows endangering the Ottajano commune of 20,000 and Del Greco area housing 30,000. Authorities urge immediate evacuation of Baseotreagene nearby as danger grows and lava threatens multiple towns.
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Danis Greatagles
Mountavnia
Pempeii
Ottajano
Era del Greco
Crater
Idleness Proves Fatal in St Louis Strike Aftermath
St Louis reports John McMann a stonemason died after consuming carbolic acid following a day at union headquarters. With no settlement in the building trades strike he complained of idleness, stating he would rather be dead than idle. He died within minutes.
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St. Louis
John McMann
Mizner robbed of 37,500 in diamonds at hotel
April 6 report says Wilson Mizner husband of Mrs. Yerkes claims theft of 37,500 in diamonds and jewels from his sixth floor suite at the Seyaur Hotel. Detectives Summer and Conroy inspected Mizner’s rooms finding a trunk hastily opened by an expert with a skeleton key as hotel staff denied any stranger’s presence.
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Yerkes
New York
Wilson Mizner
Charles T. Yerkes
Mizner
Seyaiur
Thite
Summer
Conroy
Resaties Misner
Mrs Dowie Fears Bloodshed in Zion City
Chicago reports unfold of factional tensions in Zion City as Mrs. Dowie fears violence upon Dowie’s return founded by her, amid rumors of a split between rival parties. The civil court awards 35000 to Dowie’s rival in a decision, while Dowie reportedly suffers a medical collapse.
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Zion
Dowie
Tribule
Chicago
Jolen Alexiundler Dewi
Zion City
Tasimad
Dowiesis
Tron Nm
Capellite Court
Frederick Sule
Dowie Dynasty Turmoil Reveals Family Rift and Legal Battle
Heirs seek to invalidate the will on grounds of undue influence while revelations unfold about Dowie's estranged wife Mrs. Dowle and their son at a Zion City mass meeting. Reports describe attempts to excommunicate her and plans for a divorce or legal separation. Witnesses recount Dowie’s role in pressuring property deeds in Michigan.
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Dowle
Dowie
Zion City
Jamaica
Zion
Ben MacDhul
Michigan
Dowie Vision Leads To Divorce Strife At Zion
Dramatic revelations unfold of John Dowie and his wife’s estrangement at Zion. Dowie claimed a divine vision ordering him to part from his wife amid disobedience and publicizing confessional practices. The dispute, emerging during Chicago chaos, touched their family and temple leadership as paralysis hampered further action.
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