Iowa News Digest From Early 1920s Sparsely Readable
A long catalog of incidents and events appears, including J. Sterret of Corydon found dead with his head in water, Cecil Adams 18 of Mason City entering a store and fleeing to join the navy, and multiple local fatalities from accidents and violence. The Decorah school district seeks a Jan 10 bond election for a new high school at 150000 dollars. Other items note tax collection appointments, late income tax payments due to tight money, an Algona farmer August Melz indicted, a rural life conference at Ames, and Marshalltown swine and corn congress exhibits. Also mentioned are a Cedar Rapids death by gas, farm sale cancellations due to bank money issues, Mason City box car theft and ax murder attempts, a Collings wife seeking 5000 pounds from her father-in-law for alienation, and Iowa primary cost comparisons between 1920 and 1918 with many counties listed as increases or decreases.
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Corydon
Cecil Adams
Mason City
Navy
Buck Grove
Fritz Mrummer
Harry B. Howard
Sioux City
Charles Miller
Hudson
Independent School District
Decorah
E. 0. Fleur
Fleur
BE. R. Bennett
Iowa
B. D. Ramsay
August Melz
Algona
Melz
Ames
Marshalltown Swine and Corn Congress
Chicago
Marshalltown
D. H. Wales
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Wales
Tama
Creston
Abeleno Peno
Paul Pierce
Park Hospital
Collings
John Kimberly
Boone
Calhoun
Cass
Cerro Gordo
Clay
Dubuque
Greene
Hardin
Jackson
Jones
Lyon
Madison
Mahaska
Mitchell Monona
Montgomery
Polk
Story
Webster
Tax on Bank Deposits Advances in Congress
A bill by Representative Treadway proposes a 0.25 percent tax on all bank deposits. He estimates it could raise about 1 billion dollars annually. The House and Senate finance committees discuss emergency tariffs to curb price declines in wheat and wool. A special House committee will coordinate farmer relief measures.
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Washington
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treadway
Senate Finance
House Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Ways and Means
Western Union Telegraph Company
Congress
Ireland of
Illnois
House Accounts Committee
Wachie Coast Naval Base
Senate
Senator Ball
Delaware
Pres. Wilson Buys Henry Fairbanks House
Washington reports President elect Wilson will acquire the former Henry P. Fairbanks residence at 2840 8 Street Northwest. The dwelling, a four year old colonial brick and limestone house with extensive grounds, will become his permanent home after March 4. price is undisclosed but rumored near $150,000. Possession expected February 15 or earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Henry PB. Fairbanks
RK. W. Belling
Ielaw
Bolling
Population of United States Hits 105 Million Mark in Census
The census bureau announces the 14th census count at 105,708,771 for January 1 this year, to certify to Congress for apportionment of House seats. The continental U S shows a gain of 25,608 over prior preliminary figures from October 7.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Congress
House of Representatives
Continental
Senate U.K.'s Antistrike Bill Passed in Senate
Washington December 18 The Weindex ter antistrike bill was passed by the senate without debate or a record vote. The measure makes interference with interstate commerce a felony and aims to curb labor disruptions nationwide.
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Senate
U. K
Washington
Irish Kill Four Policemen Ambush Reports
London reports say eight policemen were ambushed by 100 armed men at Kilcommon in County Tipperary. Four officers have been killed in the attack and details remain incomplete as authorities verify casualties.
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London
Kilcommon
County Tipperary
Saving Stray Fish During Floods In 1920 Rescue Effort
The 1920 annual report notes federal efforts to save food fishes stranded in temporary waters along the Mississippi and its tributaries. In July to November, 156,659,000 fish were rescued, far above prior years, with fewer than 1,000,000 bass kept for applicants or commissions. Cost averaged under 20 cents per thousand rescued and planted.
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Bureau of Fisheries
Mississippi
McCormick proposes sweeping federal department shake up
Senator McCormick of Illinois drafts a bill to abolish the Interior Department and create the Department of Public Works and the Department of Public Welfare. The plan also reorganizes Commerce and Justice, moves several agencies to new homes, and dissolves the Council of National Defense and the Board of Mediation and Conciliation.
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Department of the Interior
Department of Public Works
Department of Public Welfare
McCormick
Sinois
Europe
Harding
Illnois
Woman's Bureau
Department of Labor
Pension Bureau
The
Public Health Service
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Vocational Training Board
Department of Commerce
State Department
Alaska
Alien Property Custodian
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Comptroller of Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Council of National Defense
I Ts
Weather Bureau
Patent Office
Coast Guard
Lake Survey Office
Hydrographic Office
Naval Observatory and
Inland and
Coastwise Waterways Service
New Year Traditions From Many Lands
A survey of New Year customs worldwide. Roman Janus origins and twelve-altars feast, Belgian key-pranks, French Le Jour de l An, Frankfurt windows cry Profit Neujahr, Russian pea app. and wheat blessing, Madrid high mass and gifts, Chinese rice cakes before Buddha, door gods, ancestral worship, and wealth god prayers.
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Numa Pompiius
Janus
Claudius
Belgium
France
Franfort-on the-Main
Neujahr
Russia
Madrid
The Resolution Tree and Its Distant Ledge
A gloomy allegorical verse describes a straight tree leaning backward with fresh leaves and a lid over lights. Despite festive decor around it, the branches bear tasks rather than cheer, reflecting a somber mood surrounding MecLandburgh Wilson.
What the New Year Means in Rural Hope and Effort
A brief reflection on the New Year offering opportunity to every man woman and child and urging effort for unusual reward. It frames the new year as a source of hope and renewal.
Squier heralds a tenth-second world in radio progress
Major General Squier, chief signal officer, calls radio and electrical intercommunication advances phenomenal. He notes cost cuts in army telephone services despite national price rises and outlines plans for army ownership of permanent post systems. He highlights radio telephony on bare wires, earth-free wave engineering, wave coils as antennas, and experiments linking radio to railroad wired lines over 130 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squier
Army
Signal Corps
General Squier
Opposition group opens new campaign against the Nineteenth Amendment
The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage announces a new drive to repeal the Nineteenth Amendment and push state rights. It urges Congress to require ratification by popular vote for all amendments, arguing only a fraction of eligible women voted in past elections.
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National Association
Congress
Anti-Suffrage Association
Ilan
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Rep
Pres
H. P. Fairbanks
U.S
Zara
MecLandburgh Wilson
Anttsufes
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