Forty-Eight Admitted To Bar In Iowa Exam
In Des Moines on June 4 the state law examiners certified forty-eight of fifty applicants for admission to the bar. Notable recipients included Leonard K Ryan and Fidwin L D Mitchell of Council Bluffs. Other items note tax refund disputes for former saloon keepers, a Yowa Christian Missionary society convention at the state fair grounds, new disease control stations, and requests for state aid to fight beer. Also, prize cattle shipments were approved with quarantine, and Robert King received a five year sentence for parole violation, witnessed by Sam T. Woods.
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Tes Moines
Leonard K Ryan
Fidwin LD. Mitchell
Council Bluffs
New Moines
Cits
Fair Grounds
Yowa Christian Missionary Society
State Fair Ground
Coley + faux
State Board
Lakgrounds
Vrake
H. Y. Hil
JH. M. Alexander
Effie Blood
Misa Alice
Williams
Est Moines
Fyerist
Tiverist
Bussey
Jawa Animal Heaith
W. W Marsh
Waterloo
G. W. French
Stavenport
Thein
Hawthorne
Iowa
Robert King
Sam T. Woods
State Board of Parole
King
Linn County
Brown October Ale
Walter Mason laments the perils of drink in Brown October Ale from 1915. The poem mocks excess, notes hangovers and ruin from alcohol, and contrasts lively praise with the harsh consequences of intoxication and crime linked to tavern culture.
Farm loan offers at 5 5 6 percent by Wood and Savery
A local notice advertising farm loans at rates of 5 percent, 5 percent, and 6 percent. The firm Wood and Savery, successors to John H. Wood of Atlantic Iowa, invites inquiries. The fragment also mentions the Wilhen Monument Works and urges placing orders for better work.
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Wood & Savery
John H. Wood
Atlantic
Iowa
Wilhen Monument
Slander Suit Arising Between Veterans Over Pension Claim
Harvey Hill 74 files a 106000-dollar slander suit against John Butters a Civil War veteran after Butters accused him of fraudulently claiming a pension. The altercation occurred during a cribbage game as Hill left to answer a phone call. Butters allegedly boasted showing a discharge from the New Hampshire 2nd Regiment as he walked the street. In Iowa, Democratic leaders convene in Council Bluffs to brief national committeeman Wilbur Marsh after his California winter. A Norwegian steamship Cubano was torpedoed and sunk off the Pannen islands with crew landed in the Hebrides.
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Soux City
John Butters
Harvey Hill
Butters
Hill
New Hampshire Second Regiment of Volunteers
Council Bluffs
Councill Bluffs
Martin J. Wade
Federal Court
Iowa
Wilbur W. Marsh
Waterloo
Wade
California
Marsh
London
Pannen Islands
Hebrides
Steel Trust Wins in Court United States Steel case ruling
United States District Court in Trenton New Jersey ruled United States Steel should not be dissolved and that foreign trade by the steel company does not violate the Sherman Law. It found certain price fixing agreements unlawful and suggested future oversight by the new commission, with government likely to appeal.
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United States District Court At
Trenton
N.J
United States Steel Corporation
Kail
United States
Rourk
Steel Corporation
New
True Commission
Bierman
Hy Sun
Trow
Washington
United States Steel Corparation
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Rioting in Tokyo Mass Meeting Leaves Many Arrests
Tokyo January 4 violent disturbances erupted at an anti government mass meeting in Tokyo outside the building. Police reinforced the city as organizers manifestos were seized amid a parliamentary vote where the opposition resolution expressing lack of confidence was rejected 183 to 232.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
House of Representatives
Poison in the mails shocks Owen County officials
Owen county residents search for a poisoner using the U S mails as a weapon. Thirteen prominent men including a county official, six physicians and six wealthy individuals received quinine samples laced with enough strychnine to kill. County recorder Charles P. Surber first got a parcel and had it tested. Suspicion focuses on political motive or a possible maniac.
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Spencer
Ind
Owen County
United States
Charles P. Surber
Possoner
Bequest to Union Academy in Illinois Aids Fund Drive
The Lauder bequest to Union Academy of a 140 acre Carbondale farm valued at 30000 dollars requires raising an additional 10000 dollars. Academy officials announced that 15000 dollars has been subscribed, securing part of the condition. The June 4 report notes the plan and progress toward the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna, IL
Hugh Lauder
Carbondale
Union Academy
Leander Clark College Commencement Opens in Totelo
The 58th annual Leander Clark College commencement opened today and will run through June 10. Hundreds of friends and graduates are present as the event unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United Press
Tolelo
Leander Clark College
Institutum
72nd annual Towa Grand Lodge opens in Cedar Rapids
The 72nd annual communication of the Towa Grand Lodge of Masons opens a seven day session in Cedar Rapids IA with masons from across Towa attending. The first days include a school of instruction and new officers will be elected and installed when the grand lodge opens Tuesday next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United Press
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Grand Lodge of Masons
Grand Lodge
Help Wanted Ad From Atlantic Commercial Club
In you want help or want a job, use the free employment bureau of the Atlantic Commercial Club. Phone 476. A number of applications on file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Atlantic Commercial Club
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F. F. Calley CO
Atd
Buffalo
New York
Hamilton
Cane
Kimballton Construction Company
Franks Drug Co
Atlantic, Iowa
Everist
Hedges Bros. the Cleaners
Walt Mason
Seefford
Adams
Pueblo, Cole
Aute Asylum
Moore Drug Co
Eggers Bros
DR. Miles
Miles
Elkar
Wissler & Worth
Lowa
Great Corporation
Green Bay Lumber Co
Dr. H. Williams
Fulton Building
Dr . & Ralster
Campbell
Carpenter-Morton Co
Sudbury Street
Boston
Mass
Herrick
Herrick Refrigerators
Dilaa
E.R. Tarr
Fred Alexander
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