Iowa news notes on rail electrification and politics
A report from Shawkeye notes the Iowa and Southwestern railroad may be electrified after receivers sold the line. Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Electric officials studied the Clarinda Blanchard route, while a public building bill funds Shenandoah and other cities. Also covered are municipal manager plans, hog cholera measures, a Fairfield student swindle case, tax cases, assessor pay, and a major Marshall county shooting.
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Iowa & Southwestern Railroad
Clarinda
Blanchard
College Springs
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Electric Railroad
Page Center
Iowa
Congress
House
Senate
Wilson
Shenandoah
Sioux City
Fairfield
Marengo
Newton
Oelwein
Algona Building
Corning
Hagle Grove
Harlan
Knoxville
Indianola
Mount Pleasant
Grinnell
A. H. Hutton
Western Reserve University
Hutton
Cleveland
Ohio
Ames
E. Wry
Iowa Retail Clothiers’ Associaton
Towa ‘State College
Iowa City
State University
Mitty Dollara
Harry G
Towa
United States Department of Agriculture
Des Moines
Brewer
A. Fuetsch
O. F. Thompson
Waterloo
Marion County Fair Association
Iowa House Names Committees and Drafts Law Changes
Lucas County Rep Johnston becomes roads and highways chair with Helming and Wilson as ranking members. Hall of Taylor chairs ways and means with Johnston and Nef as ranking members. L. E. Stanley leads suppression of intemperance. P. J. linker chairs constitutional amendments. Starzinger heads compensation of public officers. Weaver serves on multiple committees. Oertel chairs the College for the Blind and Johnston of Humboldt heads appropriations. Primary law changes move to strip state officers from the primary, keep governor and others. races to be nominated in conventions. Adjournment set for March 19, 1917. eight hour workday bill introduced. weights and measures to inspect dry goods. fire rating law amendment.
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Adams
Rayburn
Montezuma
Scott
Appanooge
P. J. Linker
Crawford County
Hall
Taylor County
Turner
Iowa County
Starzinger
Polk
Weaver
Frank Oertel
Keokuk
College For the Blind
Johnston
Humboldt
Kimball
Senate
United States
General Assembly
Iowa
House
Tucker
Clinton
Printing Savings Reported in State Documents
Ora Williams, state document editor, reports a 40 percent cut in printing costs for state documents since the Thirty-sixth General Assembly created the office. A table shows prior and latest editions with total savings of $21,922.64 on twenty-six reports. the main benefit cited is improved editing and work quality. Guard officers plan meetings at Brownsville and Donna to assess militia needs and funding for two years, with Des Moines officers likewise convening. The Iowa National Guard’s 165,000 dollar state appropriation may more than double under new federal laws.
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B. R. Winslow
Marshalltown
Winslow
Martin J. Wade
United States District Court
State of
Iowa
Mississippi River Power Company
Keokuk
Mississippi River
Marshall County
Senate
James M. A Wilson
Centerville
Committee On
HB. C. Lytton
State Inspector of
Farmers’ Exchange
Towa
South Dakota
Illinois
Cooperative League
FL W. Wakeman
Taylor County
Jefferson County
W. E. Starling
Glidden
J. J. Downes
Henry Clarkson
Oscar Byons
Waterloo
Fort Des Moines
Huntley
Chickasaw County
Nashua
Mr. Huntley
Vermont
Algona
John Wellendorf
Onisha
Lona
J. A. Vipond
Minny
Sota
Mimnole
Missouri
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Los Ne Weles
Aly
Ora Williams
General Assembly
Williams
Adj
Guy E. ‘Logan
H. A. Allen
Brownsville
Donna
Tex
Iowa Infantry
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Cascarets Purify Liver and Bowel Cleanse
Bold ad promotes Cascarets as a 10 cent bowel cleanser. Claims to regulate stomach remove sour food and bile, cleanse waste and poisons, and leave users feeling better by morning without gripe or sickness. Appeals to headaches and indigestion as benefits.
All Records Shattered In 1916 Coal Output
The United States coal and coke production set records in 1916. Coke output reached 54,300,000 tons, up 30 percent from 1915 and 5,000,000 tons above 1913. Total coal output was 597,500,000 tons, above the prior record of 670,000,000 tons in 1918. Bituminous coal mined totaled 509,000,000 tons, up 66,500,000 from 1915, while Pennsylvania anthracite totaled about 88,812,000 net tons, down 600,000.
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United States
OC. B. Lesher
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Iich
O. J. Lesher
Pennsylvania
Certifying Swamp Root Sales in 1909 Des Moines Ad
An old drug store advert lists Harry L. Swihart of Engleen-Hade Drug Co in Des Moines Iowa testifying to selling Swamp Root for fifteen years with no returns. Notarized on July 23 1909 by Edwin J. Frisk, noting Dr Kilmer Co samples and a request to mention the paper for kidney information.
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Harry L. Swihart
Des Moines
State of Iowa
Polk County
Harry Li. Swihart
Edwin J. Frisk
Notary Pubii
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Gale
To Make Dirty Water Clean
Peter MacQueen recalls a trip to Mt Kilimanjaro where an African boy says he added soap to six barrels to “make it clean” leaving the travelers to drink soap suds all the way. The tale appears in World Outlook.
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Mt. Kilimanjaro
Jeremiah
Peter MacQueen
World Outlook
Danderine Hair Cleanse Promises Quick Beauty Boost
Poverty of clear facts aside, the advertisement touts Danderine as a hair cleansing product that makes hair light and wavy, removes dust and oil, and stops dandruff and itching. It emphasizes ease of use with a damp cloth and claims lasting scalp health benefits and noticeable growth.
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Bat Knowlton
S. Dandane
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Dr. Deveraux
Offoe
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H. R. Gibson
Lewis H. Smith
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Kossuth County State Bank
Capital
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EB Joy
HE Hist
Jos. W. Wadsworth
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First National Bath
Wm. K. Ferguson
E. V. Swetting
Leane C. Seward
Arthur C. Ferguson
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Burplaa
United States Depository
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Acrcon Call
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Iowa Assembly
Charles F. Lytle
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Carroll County
Crozier
Marion County
W. W. Epps
Wapello County
Iowa House
James B. Weaver
Rio Grande
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Mr. Weaver
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