Prisoners to Make Roads Without Armed Guards
Iowa Attorney General Cosson rules limited parole power allows penitentiary and reform school prisoners to work on state highways in small groups without armed guards under parolelike terms. Camps are avoided and earnings may go to families. plan aims to relieve labor shortages while keeping prisoners under prison supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Cosson
Penitentiary and Reformatory
Highway Commission
Ames
Reformatory
Ripley Hitchcock On Writers and Wealth
Ripley Hitchcock, essayist and editor of New York, argues that good writers earn little and lofty aims trap them in the attic while the commonplace traits often lead to best sellers. He adds with a smile that the truly literary bent tends to leave a man broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley Hitchcock
New York
He Simply Asked and a Daydream of Illness
A dialogue fragment shows two clubmen trading lines about health fears. One imagines rheumatic fever then neuritis as potential causes of a shoulder twinge while the other teases about literal meanings and misinterpretations.
Castoria Assurance Tags For Infants Reminder
Public notice urges mothers to inspect every bottle of Castoria for the signature and note it has been in use for over 30 years. Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria and caregivers are advised to verify authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Deyoe
Iowa
Fletcher
Pierce
Noted Visitor in New York Grows Curious at Trinity
Pat shows Casey the Trinity Church graveyard on Wall Street as the bell in the steeple rings. Casey asks why the bell tolls and Pat answers that an unseen van is pulling the rope, reflecting local humor about city routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Cement Products Company
Pat
New York
Trinity Church
Wall Street
Casey
United States to Confer With Mediators Over Mexican Crisis
Associate Justice Joseph P. Lamar and Frederick W. Lehmann will represent the United States in talks with mediators at Niagara Falls and Juarez as the Tampico fighting intensifies. Reports say oil wells and tanks burn in Tampico while Americans are aboard warships. The White House hosts mediation discussions as urgency grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Lamar and
Frederick Lehmann
United States
Juarez
Tampico
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Whitehouse
da Gama
Brazil
Mexico City
Ruiz
Lobos Island
White House
Joseph P. Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Frederick W. Lehmann
St. Louis
Iowa Population in 1914 Census Estimates
The census bureau released 1914 population estimates for Iowa cities with Des Moines at 96,691 as of July 1. Other towns listed include Sioux City 54,098 and Davenport 46,240 among numerous others. the state total stands at 2,221,755, a slight decrease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Fuchs
West Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers’ Federation
Des Moines
Federation
Fletcher Mead
Iowa City
Emma Fordyce
Cedar Rapids
Josephine Burt
Burlington
Mary Lucas
Dubuque
Elizabeth Graves
Council Bluffs
General Assembly
Iowa
Government Census Bureau
Census Bureau
Boone
Clinton
Davenport
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Marshalltown
Mason City
Muscatine
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Waterloo
Leavitt Defends Board Over Kennedy Coordination Letter
Cedar Falls. Roger Leavitt, state board of health member, criticizes W. J. Kennedy of Ames extension for publishing a confidential letter. He expresses regret over the unauthorized release and affirms full board support for President Pearson to handle all college administration matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ames
Raymond A. Pearson
State Board of Education
W. J. Kennedy
Agricultural Extension Department
Pearson
State Board
Kennedy
Cedar Falls
Roger Leavitt
State Board of Health
Leavitt
State College
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George Cosson
Thurlo T. Taft
Humboldt
Thurio
State Teachers’ Federation
Executive Council
Fish and Game Department
Iown
Deuoe
Sac City Dam Company
Agricultural Department
A. R. Corey
Canada
Corey
Calgary
Alta
Stramrock
Denver
T. R
E-A-Co
Clumban
Ecoli Ve
W.l.douglas
Beorn
Essies Ol Vw. Douglas
W. L
W. L. Douglas
Maf
W.L. Pouglab
Boark Street
Brockton, Mass
Maxwell-Briscoe
Carlson Motor Truck Company
Maxwell Company
Maxwell
T He Maxwell Company
Stoddard
Dayton Cars
Brush Kanaboutara
Everitt Motor Cars
Columbia Motor Cars
Geowae
Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation
Newcastle
Indiana
Dr. Pierce
Wester Toekrmen
Cutter
Serksie
V. Cal
Chicago
Daisy Fly Killer
Vegreyilie
Alberta
Abo
W.d. Phinn
Watertown
BR. Belg CO
Lth Ave
Southern
Illinois
Good la
Pient Ae
J. Mead
Goreville
Lars
Baydersupply Co
Swantes Moines
Kodaks
Owa
DES Moines Photo Material CO Fast
Kodag Company
Locus Street
Niagara Falls
Ont
Ignacio Morelos Zaragosa
Pablo Gonzales
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