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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1907
Page
6
A report notes solid gains in a program with notable progress while only a minority achieved passing marks. Officials cite improving standards and ongoing efforts to push bills through and finalize funding and implementation.
The current Iowa General Assembly has many bills sent to Governor Cummins for signature and shows harmony between the legislature and the governor. The program includes railroad rate reductions, primary election reforms, corporate restrictions, insurance reforms, and civil service expansion, with adjournment planned for late February into March.
The legislature pursues railroad measures with cautious hearings. The 2-cent fare bill appears certain to pass, while a compromise proposal on mileage is debated. Speed limits for stock trains and a reciprocal demurrage bill move forward, with opposition to pure seed and stock food labeling and medicine publicity. Corporations in politics faces scrutiny as Des Moines reform bills undergo committee review.
The legislature considers creating a Red Oak branch of the state agricultural college to function as an agricultural and manual high school. The proposal extends existing extension work and envisions four branch schools in various parts of the state, championed by Judge Deemer of the supreme court.
Plans for major state revenue measures include a direct inheritance tax and a corporate tax. A collateral inheritance tax now yields about 159 900 dollars yearly. Bills propose court reforms limiting supreme court appeals to cases involving 500 dollars or more and restricting new trials unless a technical error affected verdicts. They also would bar appeals in cases not felonies.
Mrs. C. G. Stearns underwent ear surgery in Boston removing a pea that had caused partial deafness since childhood. H. J. Raleigh of Forest City Summit married Harriet L. Boise in Covert Michigan and briefly changed his surname from Olson to Raleigh. Des Moines coal fields report record winter output with over 7,000 tons mined daily and large shipments to Davenport Saint Joseph Sioux City Council Bluffs and Omaha.
In New York Feb 20 Evelyn Nesbit Thaw returned to the stand as the defense recalled her. She identified forty two letters by White and testified that May MacKenzie told her White said Thaw’s marriage would fail and he would win back his wife.
Two more bodies of Larchmont disaster victims were brought to Vineyard Haven Massachusetts by the Gay Head life saving station crew from No Man's Land where they had washed ashore.
A brief notice lists owners connected with conveyancing and titles of a specie. The item names individuals and associated firms in a legal or property context. The report notes proceedings or filing status in relation to property titles and ownership records.
The notice touts growers in the country offering rich tender fine flavor meats in prime condition at prices lower than other dealers. It highlights fat and mixed portions and promotes overall value for shoppers.
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