Congress News Roundup of Bills and Confirmations
A long list of congressional moves includes a fortifications bill with 5 218 250, army appropriations at 93 830 000, naval battleship programs, and a Gettysburg Medal bill. The Senate and House advance immigration, land and banking measures. confirmations include Col E J McClernand. Authors discuss Bulgaria loans and U S policy with White House figures and commissions.
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House
Meyer
Naval Affairs Committee
O'Gorman
Gettysburg
Kenyon
Washington
Senate
E. J. McClernand
General Witherspoon
Senate Appropriations Committee
Gloucester
House Merchant Marine Committee
Commerce Court
Tols
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate Board of Indian Commissioners
Money Trust
Pujo
Graham
Interior Department
Senate Campaign Funds
Gilchrist Stewart
Clapp
Senator Root
Central
South America
United States
Representative Towner
Iowa
Early 20th Century U S Political and Legal Highlights
The era saw a push for woman suffrage in North Carolina and Rhode Island casting the first electoral vote to Washington. Senate sustained impeachment charges against Judge Archbald. The cruiser Denver was ordered to Acapulco amid American danger. A Root proposal urged a migratory birds treaty. Hawthorne trial resumes January 23 in New York. Western Democrats push for a far western interior secretary. Taft civil service reform provokes House debate on post offices.
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Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Hitchcock
Denver
Acapulco
Mexico
Woodrow Wilson
Treasury Department
Customs Service
Taft
Sherman
Senate
House
Tennessee
Kenyon
Washington
Panama
Root
Calgary
Alberta
P. Burns & Co
Department of Justice
Committee On
Indian Affairs
Minnesota
H. H. Dunne
Green
Congress
Townsend
Wickersham
Montana
Secret Service
Wilson
MacVeagh
John K. Shields
United States
Currency Reform Committee
John B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
Chicago Clearing House Association
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
New York
James A. Perry
Chicago
White House
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Gore
M. Theodoroff
St. Petersburg
Leonard Olsson
Cornelius Hanford
Hanford
Beverly W. Conner
Olsson
Seattle
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Archbald
Sa Diego
Cal
Mex
Julian Hawthorne
United States District Court
House Roads Committees Work on Broad Legislation
Des Moines reports a heated first meeting of the roads and highways committee as the house and senate prepare to shape winter road laws. About fifty members attended, each with own plans. daily sessions will refine bills, including a county class labeling roads and fund allocations, and an amendment to the weights and measures law.
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Des Moines
Roads and
House
Senate
Committee On Roads and the Judiciary
Committee On Judiciary
Klay
Pickford
Cerro Gordo County
Heaton
Kenyon Re elected and Iowa Legislature Opens Committees
United States Senator William S. Kenyon of Ft. Dodge is re elected for a six year term starting March 4 1913. In Iowa the house and senate balloted separately with Kenyon winning 29 18 3 and 62 40 5 on joint ballot 91 to 58. Governor Clarke urges a labor disputes board to arbitrate between employers and workers. Speaker Cunningham appoints lower house committees naming five chairmen who disputed him for speaker including Gerrit Klay as judiciary chair and Jacobs as ways and means chair. An advert from Globe Pine Compound promotes its cold remedy with glycerine and pine compound.
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Des Moines
United States
William S. Kenyon
Ft. Dodge
House
Senate
Kenyon
Hamilton
George W. Clarke
Iowa
Board of Arbitration
Cunningham
Gerrit Klay
Sioux
Judiciary Committee
Jacobs
Calhoun
Larrabee
Committee On Appropriations
Globe Pharemaceutical Laboratories
Chicago
Banker Sued for Big Damages in Waterloo Case
Farmers Savings Bank of Morrison files 50000 dollar damages claim against W R Jameson a Waterloo banker and church worker over a letter of credit said to support fraud in the monument business. Jameson allegedly said Boggs was good for any amount, leading to a loan of 59000 dollars with no repayment. Jameson is noted as secretary of the temperance association opposing saloons in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Farmers’ Savings Bank of Morrison
W. R. Jameson
E. A. Boggs
Jameson
Temperance Association
Luther an Church Conference Nears in Mason City
More than 150 ministers and prominent laymen from the northwest will attend the English Conference of the United Norwegian Lutheran church in Mason City February 4 to 7. Delegates come from Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas. Prominent speakers include Prof M J Stole Rev C K Solberg Rev B G U Suiljan Rev H Haverstad Prof Kieran and others. The program opens Tuesday evening February 4.
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Mason City
Northwest
United Norwegian Lutheran Church
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
M. J. Stole
United Church Seminary
St. Paul
C. K. Solberg
Minneapolis
G. U. Suiljan
Madison
Wis
Templars Plan Big Trip to Denver Conclave
Malta commandery No. 21 Knights Templar with uniformed troops and the Fifty-fourth regimental band led by Prof. B. O. Worrell will head 400 Ottumwa and southeastern Iowa pilgrims to Denver Colorado for the thirty-second triennial conclave of the Knights Templar in August.
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Ottumwa
Malta Commandery No. 21
Knights Templar
B. O. Worrell
Iowa
Denver
Colo
Knights
Poultry Prizes Awarded at Cedar Rapids Show
Julius Sinn of Williamsburg won the grand sweepstakes cup for the finest poultry exhibit at the Cedar Rapids show. Prize winners also included R. W. Wales of Iowa City L. Reihsen of Emmetsburg George L. Marsh of Waterloo William F. Volz of Cedar Rapids and F C Gutnecht of Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Rapids
Julius Sinn
Williamsburg
R. W. Wales
Iowa City
L. Reihsen
Emmetsburg
George L. Marsh
Waterloo
William F. Volz
F. C. Gutnecht
Cedar Falls
Doze's Son Shot While Wolf Hunting
Des Moines reports Representative Joseph E. Doze of Humeston received word that his son was accidentally shot during a wolf hunt. Doze traveled with a Des Moines doctor to Humeston to tend to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Joseph E. Doze
Humeston
Doze
Boy Scouts Censured in Bronx Tobacco Case
Sixteen tobacconists were fined five dollars each in Bronx police court for selling tobacco to boys under sixteen. Reverend H L Houghton, who organized the boy scout evidence drive, was censured by Police Judge Sims for his methods.
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Bronx City
H. L. Houghton
Sims
Youth Aids His Mother Burlington Final Tragedy
William Voelker a 17 year old struck Pat Noble a 40 year old on the head with a stone causing fatal injuries. Noble boarded at the Voelker home and was drunk and quarrelsome. He began beating Voelker’s mother when the youth intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
William Voelker
Pat Noble
Noble
Voelker
Clergyman Heslop Endorses Dodds Kidney Pills Testimony
Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigtown Pa suffered dropsy with swollen limbs dizziness and fatigue. After taking six boxes his swelling disappeared and he felt restored. He continued faith in the remedy and invited correspondence. Advertisement promotes Dodds Kidney Pills 50c per box from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY and free Household Hints music and recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Heslop
Wigston
E. Heslop
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
Opinion Accountability in a World of Truths and Lies
A reflective remark on how the demand for candid opinions shapes falsehoods. The speaker contends that those who seek frank answers share responsibility for the spread of untruths, highlighting the social dynamics of truth telling and blame.
Prominent Citizen Charms Typical Local Audience
A well known civic figure draws smiles from a broad crowd in town. The event highlights community leadership and upbeat public sentiment as residents applaud his approachable demeanor.
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Anita
General Reader
Oklahoma
Bulgaria
Nagel
Edward F. Mylius
House of Commons
Kenyon Reelected
W. S. Kenyon
Farmers’ Savings Institution of Morrison
W‘erloo
Lutheran Church Conference
United Norwegian Society
Templars
Boy Scouts
Kodaks
Sureet Des Moiese
Lowe
Exoctlsar
Linseed Oil Works of American Linseed Co
Globe Tanning & Mpg. CO
E. Ist
Nature
Haman
Beste B
Allen Bidg
Love Nature
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