Waukon Notes and County Events Highlight Iowa News
Waukon and Allamakee county credit Hoover Relief funds for 1889.44. Ten acres of trees to be planted in Tama county on the Sac and Fox Indian reserve. J J Arnold to be succeeded by Fred Beeman. A T Nierling re-elected in Waukon area school election. Ottumwa Davenport and City will debate immigration laws for Big Nine title. County jail inmates to buy tobacco per supervisors edict. Ruth Van Gorder recovering after bread laced with rat poison. George Heaps Jr undertakes blood transfusion operation to save his father. Bankruptcy petition in Federal Court. Dorn Meyers liability 11181.36 assets 4290. FF W Amspoker buys 154 acres near Renwick for 36200. Victor Hunt land sold. Sheriff Bassett involved in case. I G Trauermann offered NW field secretary post. Mrs. Wilhelmina Folgman found dead near Ottumwa. Iowa University Sgt Jacob Maler injured by horse. Iowa College Press dates set for April 9. Mrs Larrabee addresses senate. Cresco dairy shows 309,873 in cream money and 625,236 pounds butter. W J Murray nominated as banking superintendent. Henderson term ends 1921. Adaline Rozek sues Dr Whiters for 35000 over radium burns. Prisoner shootout aftermath linked to bank car stunt. Godnez dies, Tabiez escapes. E B Getty killed by timber in Waterloo. Jean Kruger, 6, treats pin removal after XRays.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Hoover
Tama County
Fred Beeman
J. J. Arnold
A. T. Nierling
Town City
Ottumwa
Davenport
Dubuque
Ruth van Gorder
Hayes van Gorder
George Heaps, Jr
Des Moines
George Heaps
Boone
Federal Court
Dorn F. Meyers
Jefferson
Iowa
W. Amspoker
Humbolt
Vernon Township
Renwick
Victor Hunt
Albert Stillion
George Bassett
Fort Dodge
I. G. Trauermann
Sioux City
Northwest District
Henry C. Wallace
Wilhelmina Folgman
Jacob Maler
Iowa University Military Department
Iowa College Press Association
Cedar Rapids
John A. Kennedy
William Larrabee
Clermont
Senate
Kendall
W. J. Murray
Eldora
M. W. Henderson, Jr
Adaline Rozek
Iowa City
W. R. Whiters
University of Iowa
Bortelo Godnez
Enrico Tablez
Tablez
Godnez
Clarion
Tabiez
Hagie Grove
Great Western Roundhouse
E. B. Getty
Waterloo
Jean Kruger
Vera Kruger
Tey
Iowa Legislature Near End Of Session At Des Moines
The Iowa legislature moves toward adjournment on April 8 as House speed surpasses Senate. Key measures include a uniform head tax of 3 dollars for adults, projecting 4 million dollars for school funds, the Francis bill mandating ten daily Bible verses in schools, and the Hold-Degel consolidation bill facing rejection. The Springer industrial court bill advances, Blue Sky securities regulation nears passage, Mead highway bill fails, and highway office moves debated with close votes. Lieutenant Governor A Moore denies gubernatorial run in 1922. Senator Pitt and Brookhart oppose highway commission changes.
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Das Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
Arch McFarlane
Mead
State Highway Commission
Road Department
Ames
Des Moines
Highways Department
Pitt
Price
Highway Commission
Brookhart
The
Bonus Bill Signed and Governance Tangles at Session
The period sees the governor signing a bonus bill and sending it to the 1923 general election stage. Proposals for a 23.6 million bond issue to fund the bonus system loom, with other bills on fighting plague and venereal disease and a major bovine tuberculosis program. The session weighs large appropriations cuts and cigarette control measures while structural changes loom for committees and code revision.
Communist Uprising Sparks Western Germany Turmoil
Reports from Montabaur near Ehrenbreitstein describe an uprising as American troops quickly quelled the revolt, arresting a leader and seizing communist literature. In Halle heavy artillery engaged insurgents west of Hisleben, with Sangerhausen captured by federal forces. Berlin and Leipzig face rail and city attacks as Reds threaten workmen and loot, prompting Reichswehr deployment and warlike measures across central Germany.
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Coblenz
Montabaur
Ehrenbreitstein
Halle
Germany
Prussian
Saxony
Hisleben
Sangerhausen
Hissleben
Berlin
Berlin-Leipsic
Leipsic
Lenna
Gadallers
Reichswehr
Wilhelmstrasse
Hoard appoints wartime recess posts to key posts
President Hoover announced recess appointments naming Col Hubert Work of Colorado as first assistant postmaster general Col Jay J Morrow governor general of the Panama Canal Zone Capt Sumner K W Kittelle U S N governor of the Virgin Islands and Henry P Fletcher American representative in the international cable conference No final committee for the soldier welfare inquiry was set as White House cited other matters delaying personnel choices Dawes likely to head the panel
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Washington
Hoarding
Hubert Work
Colorado
Jay J. Morrow
Panama Canal Zone
Sumner K. W. Kittelle
Virgin Islands
Henry P. Fletcher
International Cable
White House
Boon
Charles G. Dawes
Bond value gain taxable under revenue act ruling
Supreme court decisions hold that increases in the value of investment bonds are taxable as income under the revenue act of 1916. The ruling specifies gains from corporate bonds held for investment are taxable likewise. Tornadoes in Fonda and Rushmore area kill two and injure fourteen, with $800000 damage.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Indictment of Fifteen in Houston Va Lynching Attempt
Fifteen white men were indicted by a Halifax Circuit Court grand jury in the attempted lynching of Joseph Coleman a Black man held in jail as a murder suspect in Houston Virginia.
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Houston
Grand J
Halifax
Joseph
Coleman
Seven Hurt in Bus Collision near Moinea in March
A bus crash near Moinea in March injured seven people, including five men and two women. The mishap occurred on a street with the bus turning or stopping to fare payment, leaving several passengers hurt.
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Alto Hite
Moinea
Chicago blast in unlicensed factory kills eight
A blast at a South Halsted Street warehouse used for mixing gunpowder and saltpeter in an unlicensed fireworks operation killed eight and injured about fifty. The explosion at 1427 South Halsted shattered nearby shops and apartments as rescuers battled crowds to reach victims. Two men, Max Singer and Nathan Schaffer, disappeared after confessing to the setup.
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Chicago
Nation
Singer & Schaeffer
South Halsted Street
West Side
Max Singer
William Singer
Nathan Schaffer
Shirley High
Maxwell Street
Joseph Well & Son
Seven Miners Perish as Kathleen Mine Fire Snares Hope
In Dowell New Jersey the bodies of seven miners were found fifteen feet from a safety hole in the Kathleen coal mine five weeks after a fire began. They huddled together behind a hastily built embankment and faced lethal gas as they tried to seal themselves from the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihinole
Dowell
Kathleen
Red Uprisings Broken Up Across Germany
Berlin reports that the backbone of the Red uprising was effectively broken as Bitterfeld was recaptured by the reichswehr and Leuna Nitrate Works near Norsburg retaken by Green police with artillery. The general strike call failed to gain traction.
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Berlin
Germany
Bitterfeld
Reichswenr
Leuna
Norsburg
Reichswehr
Population of cities 25000 plus tops one third of nation
Census figures show that in 1820 more than a third of the population lived in urban areas of 25 000 or more and about 70 percent of urban dwellers resided in 287 communities, highlighting the distribution of early American settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hved
thig _Classa
Fatal Stove Explosion Hurts Wisconsin Boy in Blrnamwood
Twelve year old Lawrence Rew died from burns after a gasoline stove exploded in his Blrnamwood Wisconsin home. His sister Margaret suffered serious shoulder burns as rescuers battled the blaze. The report is a scrambled OCR fragment with several garbled places and stray names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve
Wausau
Wis
Lawrence Rew
Blrnamwood
Hila
Margaret
Western Canada Winter Climate Promises Strong Harvest
Reports from Medicine Hat to Winnipeg describe a mild bitterly cold season with little ice. Farmers moved into spring with tractors in shirt sleeves and fifty acres planted. By May and June, a long sun filled with showers should yield a rich harvest of wheat oats barley rye alfalfa and corn as Western Canada looks to an abundant crop year. The climate is praised for bracing dry air and enjoyable summers and autumns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine-Hat
Alberta
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Gil
Sasknatchewan
Western Canada
A Sharp Speaker at Dinner Party
Mrs Sheridan, a young Anglo American sculptor who traveled to Russia, discussed her busts of Lenin and Trotzky. She recalled exhibiting Trotzky in Petrograd and a Lenin reply about the quiver and arrow in his speech motif. The anecdote highlighted Trotzky's sharp oratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Russia
Lenin
Trotzky
Bolshe‘vik
Spa
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Cure
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming it cures catarrh by acting through the blood to reach the nose and throat. Promotes constitutional treatment, strength, and general health benefits. Endorsed by Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, with circulars available free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Ruggists
Circulara
Cheney. & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Education Pays in a Lunchtime Gaffe
A Philadelphia Pub Ledger note recounts a humorous exchange between a household goods man and a rug seller. A woman who recently moved from front Boston asked for a refusa chalice as she peered with lorgnettes, prompting the improvised gift of a garbage pail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weyl
Boston
Philadelphia
Publ
Nc Ledger
Reform What Sore Of Woman Ja Mrs Gade
A fragmented note mentions reform and a woman named Mrs Gade asserting belief in an unnamed cause. The readable text hints at a discussion or debate involving a female figure and reform, but details are sparse.
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Hawkeye
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Francis
Rankin
Latter Day Saints Church
Board of Parole
Board of Control
Springer
Public Service
Iowa League of Municipalities
Walter C. Ramsay
Associated and Midland
A. Moore
M.B. Pitt
Big ‘Commission
Esty P. Harrison
Pottawattamie County
Appropriations Committee
General Assembly
Board of Education
Dodd
Moon
Ben I.salinger
Alfting
Appropriations
Doolitttle
Friends of
Max Mayer
William D. Sheehan
Anamosa
Kérndall
James Duncan
Blackhawk County
Unanl
Hills
Elaleben
Hays
United ‘States “Supreme Court
Fonda
Minnesota
Worthington
Mann
Loui Dahilberg
Rushmore
Abe Anderson
Reading
Halsted Street
Kansas City
Western
Canada
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