Iowa News Items of Interest Summarized for Busy Readers
Iowa items span deaths from infection and accidents, local hires, political moves, and weathered setbacks. Notables include Lawrence W. Burns’s death in Iowa City from blood poisoning, Adam Schmitt’s fatal farm run accident, and Warren K. Rogers named oil inspector effective April 1. The Senate kills or passes bills on alimony, board control, and public works funding amid mining, rail, and school finance updates. Police, weather, and transport incidents cross multiple counties with notable farm real estate trades and a flag bill advancing.
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Max Mayer
William Matusch
Manchester
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Otto Goetz
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Charles Paul
Cedar Falls
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Charles Hanson
Ase Haugen
Decorah
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August Schaneman
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Ray W. Hendrickson
C. H. Hendrickson
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Iowa House
Fred Gilbert
Marshall County
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Ethel Bushman
Margaret Byers
Sterling
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Global and U.S. events span politics to labor and crime
Pres Harding rejects Russian trade terms while Debs seeks release from Atlanta. U.S. tax revenue nears 3.05 billion. Rail, packing, and labor disputes unfold with wage cuts and arbitration. Bombings, fires, and accidents touch many states as Europe shifts with Bolshevik and German upheavals.
Cardinal Gibbons Remembered In Largely Attended Baltimore Mass
The article recalls Cardinal Gibbons born in Baltimore in 1834 and raised in Ireland before returning to America. It notes his long service as senior bishop, aid to Allies in World War I, and efforts for peace and good citizenship, with tributes from William Howard Taft and President Wilson.
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Questioning Growth and Perception in Walter’s Visit
A Rehoboth Sunday Herald excerpt ponders why people doubt natural human development. A mother asks Walter why observers underestimate intelligence and expect children to stay forever small, despite obvious physical growth and life history.
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Water Power Put to Good Age at Cashmere
The Jhelum river in Cashmere has been harnessed to generate electricity to deepen its channels and prevent the overflow of 200000 acres of land. With no coal nearby and the site 200 miles from the nearest railway, water power proved imperative for this irrigation and land reclamation effort.
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Jhelum
No Cart Along Girl Defines Quick Store Trip
A girl enters a store with bags and asks for a chicken. The clerk offers a pallet but she insists she wants to carry it herself, illustrating a brisk, small scene from Brown Bull.
Persians and Lawyers in a Pricey Trade Question
A remark notes that Persian fancy work, a rug, sells for about $100 a yard. It adds that hiring a lawyer for such tasks is not cheap.
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