Playground Board Centralizes Spending Authority
The playground commission informs the city council of a new spending procedure with Schoen as signatory for all requisitions. Beems urges finance to honor requests only on written orders from Schoen. The group seeks to shift business duties away from leaders to focus on program direction and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schoen
Ask Council
Playground Commission
Clark Beems
Schoen
Beems
Commissioner of Finance
W. H. Stepanek
Louis D. Burgos
Commission
Notable nativity and planetary hints for a year of change
The text links Sol and Uranus to unexpected events affecting environment and business. It notes birthday year surprises and radical changes in interests and surroundings. It mentions a child born then as ingenious and persistent and names Henry Clay as a notable nativity. It also records a deed, location, and a monetary amount associated with Shff Linn Co to National Life Ins Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol
Uranus
Henry Clay
Linn Co
National Life Ins Co
Let Us Explore Mind With Albert E Wiggam
A fragment discusses John Galsworthy's novel The Flowering Wilderness and a view by E L Thorndike on gender and morality. It compares male and female virtue, cites Florence Nightingale and Jane Addams as examples, and notes people misuses leisure to justify self importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Galsworthy
E. L. Thorndike
Florence Nightingale
Florence Chittenden
Jane Addams
White Ribbon Movement
Cousin Marriages and Love at First Sight Promoted
An article offers a free booklet on cousin marriages and love at first sight by Dr. Albert Edward Wiegam with return postage. It critiques leisure time’s impact on society and cites psychology as a factor in behavior and culture. NORTH LIBERTY Metho dist Sunday school reorganized with officers listed for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Edward Wiegam
North Liberty
Methodist
Moreland Colony
Frank Zeller
Mabel Gill
Bernice Young
Jessie Anderson
June Meyers
Effie Myers
Alma Colony
Neil Fuhrmeister
Myron Green
Myrtle Work
Mary Colony
Vinton
Fergus Falls
Minn
Vernon E. Downing
Urbana
Gus McClellan
Minnesota
Downing
Speeding and intoxication dominate last fiscal year arrests
Police department annual report for the year ending March 31 shows speeding as the top offense with 300 arrests and intoxication with 70. Total arrests 2,052 with 1,615 city ordinance violations and 362 state law violations. 63 pending investigations. Other notable counts include drunk driving 55 and larceny 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ust
Light Company Public Speaking Contest Winners Named
Marion Huntley and Claudine Thomas were selected at the Iowa Electric Light and Power public speaking contest to represent the organization in the state contest at Red Oak. Winners advance to the Midwest contest in Kansas City in May with Iowa Nebraska Missouri and Kansas. Thomas had no local competition while Huntley faced John Wright of Perry. topics covered the relationship of the customer to the utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Huntley
Claudine Thomas
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Red Oak
Iowa Electric Light Association
Midwest
Kansas City
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Miss Thomas
Huntley
John Wright
Perry
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
Poem notes determination and steadfastness at home as a theme. The piece contrasts resilience with daily tasks and family life, emphasizing maintaining cheer and bearing burdens without complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
10-20-30 Years Ago in the Gazette April 11 1923
The column notes Henry S Ely leaving for Tallahassee Rachel E Berry heading to San Francisco and a Trinity Methodist farewell for Marie Van Nerynen. Paul Harman, a Coe College freshman, dies from injuries after a horseback incident in Illinois. Beardsley Rump visits from Dartmouth for spring vacation. Spangler heads to New York City for business. Frank Buzza returns to Marion. Fresh eggs donated to Home for the Friendless by Western Poultry Fanciers. The Moonshiner's Daughter plays at Greene's opera house. A long municipal water plant battle ends with city victory and takeover plans.
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Henry S. Ely
Tallahassee
Fla
Rachel E. Berry
San Francisco
Calif
Trinity Methodist Church
Marie van Nerynen
Cleveland
Paul Harman
Coe College
Davenport
Illinois
Beardsley Rump
Dartmouth College
H. E. Spangler
New York City
Water Plant Sale Sets Stage for City Budget
On June 1 the city proceeds include a payment of 473000 to the water plant fund. J W Leasure was summoned to Zanesville due to his mother's serious illness. The Cook Dry Goods company completes a reorganization with a new capital structure.
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J. W. Leasure
Zanesville, C
Cook Dry Goods Company
Welch elected president at Andrews farm meeting
The record notes a $100,000 value and officers elected including A. M. Welch as president Ed Smith as vice president and W. G. Dows as secretary with Claire H Andrews appointed to Orville FE Andrews gcd ne se sec 22-85-68 yal and $1 4-3-33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Welch
Ed Smith
W. G. Dows
Claire H Andrews
Orville FE Andrews
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Bay of Naples
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Riviera
The
American Tobacco Company
Tama
O. R. Barber
Lew Smith
Barber
Hilmer Lassen
Lassen
Greene's Opera House
KOTEX
Rinatrationa
Tert Cope
Ketex
U.S
Santa FE
California
Colorado Rockies
Grand Canyon
Santa Fe Pullmans
New Mexico
National
J. C. Batham
Santa Fery
Equitable
Wls Movies
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