Iowa State News Roundup of County Tax, Trials and Fire
A miscellany of Iowa items notes higher county taxes due to valuation gaps in Perry area, plus law firm action toward reductions. Reports recount youth cases, education meetings, new halls, farm sales, droughts of beets and sugar, smallpox shifts, and a Harvey fire devastating business district. Police and court notes cover bank robbery indictments, a Perry death by train, and veterans’ reunion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Cenks
Flan
Ware
Clrt Cochoral
Jolly Drew
Lyribs
Matherine Wall
Keosauqua
State Reformatory
Warren Garel
Waterloo
Kossuth County
Bancroft
Westphal and Hutton
Bancroft Reer
United Mine Workers’ Union
Turner Hall
Postville
J. P. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
L. D
Latter Day Saints
Little Sioux
Iowa
Moorehead
First Methodist Church
Boone
Fred van Vogsen
Mississippi
Dubuane
Tag Elma Ehlers
William Ehlers
Davenport
Gard Lake
Lanwrence Crippen
Onawa
Dellavan van Winkle
Ellsworth
Jonah Haviland
Emmet County
Hawkeye
Anderson
Knoxville
Southeastern Iowa Dental Society
Keokuk
Weet and Son
W. D. Miller
Ogden
Ogden Reporter
Williams & Lund
Rt. I
Ross
Grand Dimetion Globe
Frank L. Mott
Marengo
Logan
Allesoum Valley
Streble
Semste
John J. McAlpine
Belmond
RK. C. Smith
Murt
T. Rk. Wilson
Cole
Joseph Ai, Kelly
Warly
John 8. Marrah
Ullman
Adolph Meyer
Wanton
Royal Mitchell
Manley
Benjamin Delaney
Marcus
Daniel Fitzpatrick
Movie
John P. Kerr
Pleasantvilla
George W. Jones
Radehit
T.hw
Stevenson
Shell Rock
Fred W
State Board of Parole
Fort Madison
State Board of Health
Harvey, Ja
Harvey National Bank
Pas“oo
Begeest General
Crook
Harvey Coal Company
Marshalltown
T. S. Cartwright
Luray
Mundy & Scott
Weill
University of Iowa Medical College
Marshall County
State Highway Commission
Ash
Estherville
Woods
Iowa Falls
Albert D. Larson
Waukon
Melvin Clark
Waukon Junction
Clarke
Washington Debates Senate Resolutions and Major Policies
A roundup of actions in Washington includes a Senate resolution to appoint Joseph Blackburn as Lincoln Memorial Commissioner at 5000 dollars yearly, the New Haven rail inquiry limited by immunity fears, Bryan opposing Asiatic exclusion, and a push to repeal toll exemptions for coastwise ships. Also noted are calls for a third Hague peace conference, a contemplated U.S. censorship proposal, and debates on divorce reform and state control of woman suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Joseph
Blackburn
Kentucky
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Cullom
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Norris
House Democrats
Wilson
Marshal
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Frank P.glasa
Senate of the United States
Alabama
Rockefeller taxes and school Bible reader debate reach broad scope
The article notes the tax dispute with John D. Rockefeller’s estate in Cleveland and Pocantico Hills, questions over why he left Cleveland, and a Chicago diocese push for a Bible reader in public schools. It also covers a jury acquittal in Atlantic City fraud case, a devastating laundry fire in Quincy, and various national incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnn D. Rockefeller
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Pocantico Hills
N. Y
Mexican Revolt and Rail Disaster Reported Across Mexico
Reports from Nogales and rebel sources describe a Mexican revolt with troops guarding artillery barracks and buildings, seven American railroad workers captured, and the Combre tunnel ruined. Mazatlan reportedly fell to Carranza forces as Huerta bids peace with a large army. Other items note Goethals named Panama Canal governor, Palmer announcing senate candidacy, Schmidt convicted, and a presidential baby expected in France.
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Great Combre
Continental Divide
Castillo Band of Bandits
Mazatlan
Sonaroa
Carranza
Nogales
Sonora
Providence on His Side. Chronic crook hides sorrow in pride
A Manchester Guardian excerpt recalls a habitual offender who, when questioned by a detective, speaks of Providence and buries his wife while boasting of a 20 pound score. The tale contrasts hardened crime with a moment of human grief and comic misdirection from a Boston officer recounting a Spokane trip anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Tom
Tian
Liz
Manchester Guardian
From Many One Hen Named E Pluribus Unum
A farmer boasts a rare hen named E Pluribus Unum after an incubator hatch. A visitor praises the bird as a fine breed, noting it hatched from the sole egg of fifty that survived in the incubator, symbolizing unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Willing to Learn Pauline Meets Mr Barnum on Swim Lesson
Pauline drives to the station to greet her friend Belle for a weekend visit. Pauline excitedly shares that the young millionaire Mr Barnum will teach her to swim, prompting Belle to wonder since Pauline says she has learned before, but not from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline
Nightcap from Africa on display at agricultural museum
A vegetable nightcap appears in the Washington agricultural museum. The sheath of a large African flower is used by natives as a cap. It forms a tasseled point when turned up, with a rich brown color and lacelike, durable texture.
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Agricultural Museum
Washington
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children cure
Many school children are sickly. Delicate, feverish and ailing children find relief from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse the stomach and act on the liver. A pleasant remedy for worms used by mothers for 24 years. Sold by druggists 25 cents. Address, 4, 3, Olmuted, Le Roy, Nic. Ady.
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Gray
Wll
le Roy
Nic. Ady
Unpleasant to Hear Voices and Small Tumbler Notes
A fragment remarks that certain voices irritate listeners and urges some to move on or pay up. It also hints that a small tumbler causes many slips attributed to the cup. The text reads as a brief, conversational aside with undefined context or participants.
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Iowa State Ai
Commonwealth
Calhoun County
Cedar Falls
Bud Robinson
John Cooper
Kansas City
William Wilson
Delmar
Clinton
Jane Anderson
Angus
Park Street
United States
Graham Taylor
Chicago
State University of Iowa
Harrison Mills
W. H. Merner
H.G. Parker
Dubuque
W. W. Wormood
Main Street
Jan
Mr. Wormood
Wapsig
Frederika
Philadelphia
New Methodist Church
Pervicaphel
Gnawa
Bryan
Congress
House Immigration Committee
Japan
Mexico
Burleson
The
Hague
Wilhelmina of
Holland
Runsdell
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Panama Canal Zone
W. B. Wilson
Department of Labor
Rockford
Harry Haberly
William . J. Sutton
Charles Cramer
Atlantic City
Mays' Landing
N. J
Quincy
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Gallup
N. M
Kellcher Hotel
Kelleher
Minn
Francis B. Sayre
Sayre
Williamstown
Mass
Sarre
Marty A. Garfield
Williams College
Jacksonville
Florida
Richard (Blackie) Ford
WH. D. Suhr
Industrial Workers of the World
Manwell
Yuba County
McDaniels
Marysville
Cal
Hopyard
Chappaqua
Horace Greeley
Juneau
Alaska
Skagway
Cty
Huerta
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Vera Cruz
Francisco Villa
Juarez
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Boles A. Penrose
Hang Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Hudson River
New York
Maj
Bluford Wilson
Springfield
Bob” Bremner
New ‘Jersey
Baltimore
Jhakerys
Frazice
Blyese Palace
Ill
France
Butte
Boston
West
Albany
Rockies
Plaza
Spokane
Totel
Walla Walla
Buttal
Schences Mandrake
J. H. Schenck
Willo
Ditla
Dal Cosco
Paniay
Orchid Aultors
Allilant Bainty
Isis
Bost
Ieapest
John Lewis Childs
Flor! Park
N.Y
Everally
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Hunennda Avery
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