Local Iowa paper reports crime and politics across Des Moines
The article covers an embezzlement arrest in Calhoun County Michigan, a fatal shooting by a ten year old, a court bound over for a Chicago origin infernal machine, Iowa legislature battles over hospital superintendent appointments, and an editorial push for Philippine policy and women's suffrage alongside civil rights themes.
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Jerome W. Hoot
Waterloo
Chicago
Grand
Hoot
Valentine Day Tales and Smallpox Warnings
A February 14 note recalls Valentine customs for youths and adults, citing Port Barron of the Pocahontas Record who recounts a Minnesotan church social where a man named Frank kissed three young women. The piece also reports eight smallpox cases and a death per state health records.
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Port Barron
Pocahontas Record
Minnesota
Frank
Carpenter
Iowa
State Board of Health
Senate approves Fitchpatrick bill for ISU tax fund
The senate on Monday passed the Fitchpatrick bill granting the Iowa State College at Ames a tenth of a mill tax for five years. Under present assessed valuation it will raise about two hundred seventy five thousand dollars, collected annually, about fifty five thousand dollars per year. This creates a permanent building fund for at least five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Senate
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa bill to regulate veterinary medicine in state
Dre J J Repp issued a circular presenting house file 179 to regulate veterinary medicine surgery and dentistry in Iowa. It outlines qualifications for practice and a state board of veterinary examiners with exam fees and penalties. The act follows earlier examples in other states to raise professional standards benefiting the stock industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dre. J. J. Repp
House
Iowa
Iowa State College finances and expansion plans outlined
The account discusses tax support, federal appropriations for original investigation, endowment income, and free tuition, noting changes to interest rates and a new engineering hall. It anticipates enrollment reaching one thousand within five years and mentions Paderewski in Des Moines and a river ice explosion near Dakota causing property damage and narrow escapes.
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Iowa State College
Dakota
Sioux Falls
Missouri River
North
South Dakota
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J. Jacoss
Prop
Story County
Lincoln
Calhoun
Samig Wheeler
Maud
Tisnes
Des Moines
Buenos Ayres
Tor Old School
Preniss
Prentiss
Ringold
Transvaal
J. W. Johnson
Geneva
Ohio
McKinley
Christina Rinehart
Boone
Here
Fred Rinehart
Philippine Islands
United States
John Chinamin
Luzon
Spain
Paderewski
Europe
Green Bay
Wis
EK. Baker
Gunther
Judisch Bros
Parley Sheldon
H. Schlieter
B. J. Shelden
Story County Bank
OP Ambs
Foreign and
Onondaga St
Over, Kooser & Co
Ames, Lowa
J. Kooser & Co
P. O
Tan
Nough Said
Joe Cohn
South Side
St. Ames
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