Iowa News Roundup From Shenandoah to Nashua
Long Iowa column notes Shenandoah fair grounds to become year round amusement space. Reports state highway miles, road totals, and local plant openings. Mentions Burns plant head, clothiers leaders, wrestlers moving west, and farm sales across multiple counties. Includes notes on weed laws, county road snow plans, and historic church wedding counts.
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Shenandoah
Iowa
H. H. Egbert
Atlantic
Rockford, Ill
Bert L. Butler
C. H. Crowe
Clarion
Iowa Retail Clothiers Association
Iowa Legislature Sees Busy Start to 1923 Session
After 26 days the Iowa General Assembly tallies 351 bills and joint resolutions in process with 10 passed by both houses. The session hears debates on land title reforms the Torrens system and guaranty proposals, statewide taxation shifts, and a plan to allow county superintendent elections. Women's suffrage moves forward as the senate approves a joint resolution removing the word male from constitutional qualifications, awaiting further action.
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Berry
House
Thirty-Fifth
General Assembly
Katherine Ossia
Humboldt High School
Ossia
the Guardian
Iowa
Johnston
Lucas County
P. K. Taylor
Ida Grove
Ohio
Little Brown
Nashua
Middle West
Bradford
William Pitts
State House
William S. Kenyon
William R. Blake
Senate
Board of Education
Ames
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
State Board of Control
The
State University
Rockefeller Foundations
Perkins Hospital
Medical College
University Hospital
Legislative Mills
Educational and Board of Control
Fortieth General Assembly
Highway Commission
Kendall
Hammill
Anderson
Tenderfoot Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Movement
America
Representative Onties
Buffington
Carter
Forty-First General Assembly
Supreme Court
Land Titles Committee
Thirty-Ninth
Ontjes
Storey and
Temple of Justice
Capital Extension Treasury
General State Fund
Iowa, State Teachers Association
Teachers Association
McIntosh
Graham and Hauge
Senate splits over Hughes and policy toward Europe
A Republican senate faction calls for Harding to sever links with Europe and pursue isolation. Rumors of Hughes resignation circulate, but he denies the claim noting close ties with Harding. Disputes center on League of Nations ideas and international conferences shaping peace and reparations.
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Hughes
Harding
Ruhr Valley
League of Nations
League
Rhine
Reparations Commission
Harvey
Allied Supreme Council
Herrick
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Germany
Senate
Grip Wave Sweeps Nation Amid 1918 Influenza Fears
Reports to the public health service describe a wave of grip driven by influenza in 1918 19, most severe in the south but now widespread. Surgeon General Cumming notes grip is a milder form of influenza with high prostration and occasional pneumonia, urging bed rest and early doctor consult. Health Commissioner Bundesen urges eight hours sleep daily walks hot baths and open windows to maintain health.
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Public Health Service
Cumming
United States
Kerman Bundesen
Chicago
Race Against the Boll Weevil in Cotton Growing
Cotton specialists outline practices to outpace the boll weevil by selecting land capable of yielding at least half a bale per acre with fertilizer. Use early maturing seed, plant a single variety, space rows for cultivation, and apply shallow tillage. Control weevils at square stage with calcium arsenate and molasses mix and burn field trash in winter.
Teapot Dome oil lease probe tests Harding era ties
Senate inquiry seeks collateral details of Teapot Dome deal focusing on securities trades linked to the lease. Senator La Follette presses disclosures amid White House backing for Secretary Fall’s contract aims to supply oil for the navy. Fall urges full public disclosure as speculation about insider profit lingers. President remains confident in Fall and contemplates cabinet retention.
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LaFollette
Taft
Sinclair Oil Company
Teapot
Senate
Wisconsin
Harding
Secretary Fall
Interior Department
Fall
Teapot Dome
Hardigg
Tary Fall
Supreme Court
Tanlac touted as best of all by St Paul resident
Mrs Albert Kaping of 29 FE 10th St St Paul Minn says Tanlac restored health and happiness after being run down with nervousness headaches and digestive issues. She reports a ten pound gain and relief from indigestion and pain and recommends Tanlac. Advertisement notes Tanlac sold by druggists with over 35 million bottles sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
Albert Kaping
Taniac
Albatross Joke Birth Story Stirs Audience
A clever speaker teases a newspaper story about an Albert Ross whose baby is said to be born with claws. The crowd misses the joke as the speaker hints the newborn albatross would be remarkable only if it had feet instead of claws.
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Albert Ross
Ife
Character Tells The Story Of Dr Pierce Medicines
People nationwide grow concerned with hygiene and remedy purity but trust Dr Pierce's vegetable medicines. The Buffalo physician R V Pierce M D created tonics from herbs and Indian roots, famed for fifty years. Trial offer 10c for tablets from Dr Pierce's Invalids Hotel Buffalo NY.
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Doctor Pierce
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
Pierce
Invalids Hotel
N.Y
All Figured Out in Dinner Lesson Banter
A wife improves with a correspondence course yet jokes from her husband emphasize their light quarrel over dinner. He teases with a menu drawn from lessons and a postscript, turning study into humor on a morning when he heads to the office.
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Hawkeye
State News
Earl Caddock
Walnut
California
Dunlap Motor Company
New York City
Liverpool
Cherokee County
Iowa House
Bradley
Hampshire
Charles Kelly & Sons
Jasper County
T. R
Oskaloosa
Waterloo
J. W. Sweet
Tashington
Farmer
Boll Weevil
St. Paul
Foley
Ceadea
F Basal Book Marine Co
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