Iowa News Roundup Highlights Bonds and Trials
Voters will be asked to authorize 850000 dollars in school bonds for Sioux City improvements. The Kneeskern murder trial jury returned a guilty verdict with life imprisonment recommended. A plan to spend 25000 dollars in 1923 on Iowa publicity in Chicago and New York was welcomed by The Register and Tribune. The senate code revision fight ended in a new rule for handling code bills before Feb 1.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Iowa City
Sioux City
John Hobbs
Palestine
Albert Ghoreyeb
Hazel Titus
Spencer
Earl Duncan
Muscatine
United States
Fortieth General Assembly
Greater Des Moines
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Mitchellville
County Board of Supervisors
B. F. Kneeskern
Castalia
Irene
Charles van Brocklin
Register and Tribune
Chicago
New York
Senate Committee
Shinn
William R. C. Kendrick
Iowa Senate
Blake
Fayette County
Iown
R. P. Fagan
State Board of Health
Tuck of
Corning
Attorney General
Kendall
Des Moines
Kiwanis Club
E. E. Strawn
Edgar R. Harland
State Historical Department
House of Representatives
Mississippi Valley
Lincoln
Senate
Holdoegel
Calhoun
Code Commission
Iowa House Advances Woman Suffrage Measure in 1925 Plan
The Iowa House passed a concurrent resolution to allow women in the legislature and sent it to the Senate which quickly referred it to committee. If approved by both houses and ratified by voters, Iowa would amend its constitution to strike the word male from legislative qualifications. The measure traces to Representatives Hauge and Graham.
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House of Representatives
Senate
House
Forty-First General Assembly
General Assembly
Iowa
Hauge
Polk County
Graham
Wapello County
Iowa Debates Federal Aid and Highway Control
A rift over federal aid and state control dominates Iowa legislative action. Representative Gallagher introduces a resolution opposing federal aid in principle, triggering floor debate. The highway commission seeks absolute control over the primary road system to maintain federal aid eligibility, while lawmakers urge county input and voter authorization.
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Gallagher
Iowa County
Iowa
Congress
Highway Commission
Thirty-Eighth
General Assembly
Highway’ Commission
County Boards of Supervisors
State Highway Commission
Thirty-Seventh General Assembly
Thirty-Eighth General Assembly
Government Bureau of Roads
Washington
State of
Sheppard-Towner
House
W. C. Edson
House Committee On Roads and Highways
U S Fleet Plans Panama Maneuvers and Target Practice
The newly formed U S fleet will rendezvous at Panama on February 19 for winter maneuvers and great gun practice against the old battleship Iowa radio controlled during firing. Admiral Eberle will lead the battle fleet with Vice Admiral McDonald in command of the overall operation supported by the scouting fleet and aircraft squadrons.
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Vvashington
United States Fleet
Panama
Iowa
Denby
Eberle
California
Pacific Coast
Guantana
Mo Bay
McDonald
U. S. S. Wyoming
Jones
Maryland
Arkansas
Florida
Atlantic
Shoemaker
New Mexico
Idaho
Tennessee
Arizona
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Nevada
New York
Texas
Oklahoma
Burrage
Charleston
Wright
W. R. Gherards
Lord's Method for Cutting Budget Estimates
General Lord directs budget cuts to fit the three billion two hundred million limit set by President Harding. He reviews each department’s figures, omits nonessential items, allows supplemental lists, and holds hearings to finalize revised estimates before presenting them to Congress. His aim is to deepen bureau familiarity with department needs over time.
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General Lord
Budget Bureau
Harding
Lmit
Congress
Senate Rejects Battell National Park Gift
The senate voted to decline the devise of about 3 900 acres in Vermont from Joseph Battell for a national park. The accompanying notice said the Interior Department had not investigated the proposal and recommended postponement, leaving Uncle Sam unlikely to accept the Battell gift.
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Ncle Sam
Senate
Joseph Battell
Middlebury
Addison
Vermont
United States of America
Lincoln and
Warren
National Park
House of Representatives
United States
Finney
Interior Department
Notes From War Risk Letters Reveal Personal Pleas
A collection of excerpts shows civilians writing to the War Risk Insurance department seeking aid and documents. Requests include marriage certificates, child support, medical concerns, and inquiries about benefits, with references to relatives and wartime hardship.
Woman's Tanlac story boosts health and weight gain
Mrs. Mabel Gross of Minneapolis says Tanlac restored her from 94 pounds and weakness to 132 pounds with renewed health. She suffered headaches backaches dizziness sleep issues and stomach upset before using the remedy advertised to general druggists with over 85 million bottles sold.
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Tanlac
Mabel Gross
Aldrich St
Minneapolis
Minn
Monkeys in Brazilian Wilds Show Smallpox Traces
A Rio de Janeiro report relayed by the New York Times notes explorers found monkeys with clear signs of smallpox. George Clarke Bleyer, a Brazilian forest expert, says wandering animals and insects could transmit smallpox germs from humans to simians.
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Rio de Janeiro
New York Times
George Clarke Bleyer
Reaching a Goal Brings Regretless Finality
A saying notes that once a person attains a goal and dislikes it, it is too late to begin another path. It emphasizes the mute constraint of dissatisfaction after achievement and suggests reconsidering ambitions earlier in pursuit.
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Tax Revision Commission
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Mr. War Risk Insurance
Mr. Wilson
Sam
Lfe
John
Germany
Beleans
Bellans
Lathrop
F. Young
Lce
Temple St
Springfield
Mase
Rae
Heslic - Chemists
Memphis
Tenn
BULL
Durham Tobacco
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