Iowa General Assembly opens with cabinet of new leaders
Des Moines reports the Thirty eighth general assembly convened at the state house at 10 am with swearing in of members and a nominating caucus. Gov Harding to be reinaugurated, while leaders in both houses were chosen and early measures on prohibition and primary laws outlined.
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Iowa
Thirty Eighth
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State House
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Senate
C. S. Medbury
F. S.finley
Arch W. McFarlane
Waterloo
J. B. Weaver
Harding
Wallace Arney
Marshalltown
Walter Ramsey
Belmond
United States
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Thomas Watters, Jr
France
Captain Watters
A. G. Gustafson
Waters
Lou McHenry
Harrison C. McHenry
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry
J L. Brookhart
R. N. Holsaple
Anti-Saloon League For
City Teaders
Iowa Senate
Congress
C. W. Whitmore
Iowa Assembly
Whitmore
Clem F. Kimball
Cornell Bluffs
Kimball
Leutenant
Addison Parker
A. O. Hauge
Tolbert MacRae
Joe Frailey
Charles Gilmore
Clay Co
J. B. Wichman
Hancock Co
Frank Oertel
Lee Co
J. T. Hansen
Scott Co
W. I. Giltner
Monroe Co
O. L. Mead
Butler Co
BE. H. Knickerbocker
Linn Co
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H. E. Davidson
Page Co
L. J. Neff
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William Becker
Clayton Co
Ed M. Smith
Winterset
Arch McFarlane
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George Washington
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Little Lamb
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Sioux City
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InfluenzaDeath Toll and Global War News Across Fronts
Reports from the era recount a severe influenza outbreak in Italy and widespread casualties in Europe. Parallel items note U S naval budget talks, legislative bills, rail accidents near Philadelphia, and raids on Fort Dodge drug stores. Also covered are Bolshevik defeats, German unrest, and efforts for a League of Nations at the peace conference.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa War Casualties and Civil Defense Tension Rise
The week lists Iowa residents killed in action or dying of wounds or disease, naming many towns and names. Pro-German sentiment surfaces at Strawberry Point over Armenian Syrian Jewish relief funds, with a minister’s hostile reply cited. Laws aim to curb foreign influence in Iowa communities, while municipal valuations climb over 45 million total. Public figures Homer H. Seerley and Frank W. Smith noted. county officials raise deputy salaries in Cass.
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Wall Lake
Miles R Rambarger
Ft. Madison
James Z Hurd
Green
Howard Franklin McCormick
Sumner
Corp
Paul R. Dixon
Mystic
Ernest E.ragger
Coon Rapids
Claude J. Kruse
Manning
Oliver P. ‘Byam
Sioux Rapids
Everett Dillon
South Englsh
Orie G. Kious
Scranton
Fred O.’Mcnulty
Des Moines
Clifford C. Olson
Garner
Roy S. Gittens
Iowa City
Julius C. Grein
Bancroft
Luke Hildebrand
Leeds
Francis J. McNiff
Anthon
John ©. Musselman
Leon
Glenn 3B
Rhodes
Sloan
August Nelson
Council Bluffs
Adolph B. Westburg
Forest City
Clarence de Boer
Ashton
Henry Nelson
Independence
William A. Sherer
Burlington
Leo L. Goeke
Baxter
Robert E. Hanahan
Webster City
Lester R. Griffith
Vinton
William G. O’brien
Boone
Iowa
Strawberry Point
Gott Fritscher
J. E. Kirbye
Germany
Hell
State Council of Defense
Gneral Assembly
America
Towa
Frank S. Shaw
Commission
Homer H. Seerley
Cedar Falls Teachers College
Iowa Educators
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
General Assembly
Frank W. Smith
Marshall County
Floyd Sapp
Green Mountain
Cass County
Board of Supervisors
Western Canada Land Prospects Sell Key to Settlement
Thousands seek farms as hundreds of thousands of acres lie under railway and private ownership. Government offers guidance, travel discounts, and help to inspect Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta lands for farming, stock raising, or mixed farming opportunities.
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Dominion
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western
Public Virtue Inspires Selfless Patriotism
A quotation extols public virtue as patriotism that rises above personal interests and inspires self sacrifice valor and devotion, drawing its inspiration from a higher ideal and elevating communal duty over individual concerns.
August Flower Remedy Claims For Stomach Ailments
Green's August Flower is advertised as a universal treatment for disorders of the stomach and liver. The ad says it eases sick headaches constipation sour stomach and indigestion by gentle laxative action and bile stimulation. Sold worldwide and urged for trial.
Gar field Tea Herb Laxative Ad Promotes Liver Health
The ad touts Gar field Tea as a laxative for a disordered liver and claims it helps with digestion. It markets the product through druggists and notes a finish with money but little else.
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