More Opinions Are Expected at County Road Meeting
Des Moines June 23 officials discuss road building at August county convention. Supreme court to file decisions before half year end. Court at Fort Dodge for State Bar meeting. New highway law changes weed cutting dates July 1 to Aug 1. Street railway franchise delayed. voters before Aug 1 unlikely this summer.
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Des Moines
Nes Moines
Supreme Court
Fort Dodge
State Bar Association
W. Lyon
James Devitt
State Bawk Examining Board
Temperance Forces Elated By Des Moines Court Report
Des Moines county clerk of courts reports crime and misdemeanor prosecutions down at least 40 percent since saloon closures last winter. Incumbency cases and divorces are reduced, humane officer notes fewer cases, sheriff reports busier economy. Temperance advocates plan to use findings in a prohibitory amendment campaign. Debs denounces war, saying he would be shot as a traitor to resist. In southern Kansas heavy rains flood areas. Burden bridge destroyed, grain elevator toppled. three inches fell at Burden and two inches at Winfield in 45 minutes.
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Des Moines
Humane
Kansas
Kansas City
Burden
Santa Fe
Silver Creek
Winfield
Your Shoes A Tell Tale Of American Footwear
An article extols shoes as reflections of character and progress. It notes high per capita shoe wear, evolving styles, and the advertising industry’s role in shaping consumer taste. It highlights promises of comfort, fit guarantees, and lists several shoe makers supported by local stores, urging readers to follow shoe advertising for better foot welfare.
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America
Statis
North American
Uch
News-Telegraph
Jleading
Kron-Fpechheimer Co
Red Cross
J. Z. Grover
Nebes Pive
New Rate Would Hit Iowa Packers Hard
Washington report on June 23 notes W A Capnack speaking for Iowa packers before the interstate commerce commission. He argues that higher freight rates and fresh meat packing products hides and fertilizers would add 100 a year in fee burdens for his clients. Other witnesses cite increased costs and limited objections to rate hikes.
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Washington
Iowa
W. A. Capnack
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carrack
C.F. Rure
Missouri, Kansas
Missouri River
Chicago Packers
Armour and Swift
C. R. Hillyer
Cudahy
Chicago
St. Louis
Atlantic Seaboard
Baumgardner Charged With Robbery Near Kiron
Ida Grove June 24. George Baumgardyan a farm hand is charged with robbing his employer near Kiron. He allegedly skipped when the Ernie family was away, items including a gold watch a diamond ring and money disappeared. A letter from Manshire prompted his arrest after he demanded wages and threatened vengeance.
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Kiron
Ida Grove
George Baumgardyan
John Ernie
Mberty
Crawford County
Baulimgarden
Erate
Ghlifsined
Manshire
Ernie
Baumgsar’den
Elliott Talks 10 Lawyers on Standards of Forefathers
Fort Dodge June 25 nearly 1900 members of the State Bar association here endorsed a new building to house the state judiciary at Des Moines by retaining the building committee and adding one member from each congressional district. Judge Elliott of Minneapolis gave the annual address on The Lawyer is a Craftsman. He warned lawyers drift from fathers standards, urged tighter regulation of law reports, and condemned jury trials as often grotesque images of liberty’s ideal. He cited the Barnes Roosevelt case as a massacre of the laws of evidence. Judd Hobson of West Union will be elected president. Toasts by F. F. Dawley, C. H. Van Law, Vincent Starzinger, E. W. McManus, Judge Wade, and Senator Kenyon followed. Next meeting set for Dubuque and Council Bluffs.
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Gaya
Fort Dodge
State Bar Associaton
Des Moines
Elliott
Minneapolis
Hhe
Judd& Hobson
West Union
Association
F. F. Dawley
Cedar Rapids
C. H. van Law
Marshalltown
Vincent Starzinger
E.W. McManus
Keosuk
Judge Wade
Iowa City
Senator Kenyon
Wort Dodge
Dubuque
Council Bhills
College Boys in Camp Opened in San Francisco
The government training camp for college men opened in San Francisco with a small enrollment. The program runs until August 7 and mirrors courses used in recent years at similar camps.
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United Press
San Francisco
You Ought to Know More About Faucets
A promotional piece from a plumbing trade publication urges public education on faucet quality. It touts a trade marked faucet that supposedly reveals the best options, comparing knowledge of faucets to collars paints and soaps.
Acquittal in Leola Circuit Court over Town murder
Jacob Klesz was acquitted in Leola circuit court of murdering his brother in law Edward Town. Private Nuttle a saddler at Fort Riley and four negro soldiers drowned when a small boat capsized in the flooded Republic river. James J Hill professorship of transportation endowed at Harvard with 125000 dollars. Orville Wright received honorary doctor of science at Trinity Colleges eighty ninth commencement. Change of Judge motion in Huerfano county over miners strike overruled by Judge Hillyer. Red Grass famine relief funds exhausted. urgent appeal for food and money. Twenty thousand reported starving in Gerro, O. W. Franklin of Burlington Pa and Eva Laundial of Chicago died in a Chicago auto accident. J Wicker and Mattie Briggs slightly injured.
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Jacob Klesz
Leola
Edward Town
Nuttle
Fort Riley
Kan
Republican River
James J. Hill
Harvard
Lowell
Orville H Wright
Trinity College
Huerfano County
Colorado
Hillyer
Walsenburg
Colo
Mexico
Giergero
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W. A. Brown
International Sunday School Association
Wome
Des Moines Street Railway
Centerville
Ugene V. Debs
Iowa Packers
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Ouagle
Wissler & Worth
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Burlington
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