Iowa Judge Rules Vasectomy Law Unconstitutional
Judge Smith McPherson of Red Oak Iowa declared the Iowa vasotomy law unconstitutional and void. The ruling halts the operation on Rudolph Davis and blocks the parole board warden and penitentiary physician from performing vasectomy, with concurrence from judges Smith, Pollock and others. The decision discusses federal due process and equal protection concerns and cites Washington and New Jersey cases.
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Keokuk
Iowa
General Assembly
Smith McPherson
Red Oak
United States
Southern District of
McPherson
Rudolph Davis
State Penitentiary
Board of Parole
Walter I. Smith
Eighth District
John ©. Pollock
District of Kansas
William H. Y
John F. Howe
David C. Mott
Iowa State Board of Parole
James C
State of Washington
Pac. Rep
N. S
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Smith Va. Board of Examiners
Canada rushes pavilion build for Panama-Pacific Exposition
The Canadian pavilion is being rapidly completed under Colonel William Hutchinson. Canada allocated 600000 for the exhibit with 200000 spent on the building. The facility will be among the largest and most handsome, housing reception halls, lecture rooms, and exhibit spaces. Provinces will be represented, with British Columbia preparing a top livestock display.
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William Hutchinson
Dominion of Canada
San Francisco
Canada
Dominion
British Columbia
Harvest boom in Chicago vaudeville actors economy
Chicago witnesses a harvest year for actors driven by cabaret demand and moving pictures with 750 theatres and 200 vaudeville acts. Salaries rise as noise and spectacle replace traditional stagecraft, with acts earning 150 to 200 dollars weekly for fourteen performances. The cost of living remains high.
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Chicago
American Society of Thrift
Moving Pictures
Henry Hyde Aftter
Reserve Board Fight in Sight
Washington reports the senate banking committee began reviewing the five nominations to the federal reserve board but took no formal action. Administration allies push for quick confirmations as senators weigh Thomas D. Jones of Chicago who owned a single International Harvester share to qualify as a director.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking Committee
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Owen
Jones
Harvester Board
Department of Justice
Ten Dollar Reward for Cheyenne State Leader Theft
A ten dollar reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of any person or persons stealing copies of the Cheyenne State Leader from doors or mailboxes within the city.
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Cheyenne
Gas blast in St Louis. workers killed during excavation
Three water department workers die in a gas explosion at an excavation site on Hast Street in St Louis. Contractor John W. Giles entered the area to assist, followed by Cyrus Giles who attempted to help. Fire and repair crews arrived as investigators began work.
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Louis, II
Hast
St. Louis
Cyrus Giles
Herald
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Goldsmith
England
Weems
U. S
Whitton Va
Georgia
Blackstone
Jane
Smith
Circuit
H. 8. Crocker Company
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company
Willie
ELKS
Deaver
the Elks Lodge
Grand Lodge
Denver
Cheyenne Lodge
Sherman
Reserve Board
Kanuary
Dante
Yor
Bears
Castoria
Oua B. Part & Company
Union Station
Nicodemus & Starkweather
Mars
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