Iowa Senate Passes Numerous State Reforms and Bills
The Iowa Senate moved on liquor advertising bans and labor injunctions, with the anti injunction bill defeated by one vote. It approved the Stone Miller state printing and binding measure and barred high school societies except by school board authorization. A military training resolution advanced, while absent voter law was amended to allow mail registration and voting. The Torrens land title bill sets a certificate based system. Bovine tuberculosis controls and funding were debated, with veterinary stimulants and livestock testing under discussion. The flag desecration and display rules faced amendments and court room display mandates. Telephone regulation remained contested amid lobbying and a Davenport stake.
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Nebraska
Commission On Animal Health
Board of Supervisors
State Animal Tuberculosis Fund
Shaff
Clinton County
American Express Company
Senate Military Committee
Iowa
Railway Commission
Bell Telephone
L. W. Stanton
Davenport
General Assembly
Stanton
Ice Jam Delays Milwaukee Train Crossing at North McGregor
Passengers on a Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul train watched an ice jam form fifteen to twenty feet high above the pontoon bridge at North McGregor on the Mississippi. The bridge was opened to the jam but stayed lodged. Dynamite charges were set from boats and finally broke the mass. Bridge men then closed the pontoon long enough for trains to cross.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
North McGregor
Mississippi
Milwaukee Railway
Al H Wilson stars in My Killarney Rose at Grand
Al H Wilson the entertainer and dialect comedian headlines a new Irish song play My Killarney Rose at the Grand Friday April 27. The Herbert Hall Winslow production brings mirth music and drama with new songs including My Killarney Rose The Love I Give to You Where the Shamrock Grows Mary Houlihan and The Yodel that Stole My Girl Away. Seats on sale at E J Pairman’s.
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al, H. Wilson
America
Killarney
Burns Sues for Heavy Damages After Ice Fall
Musician Harley L. Burns sues for a record personal injury claim of zero thousand dollars against Waterloo alleging injuries from a February 1 fall on an icy walk. He was unconscious, suffered frostbite, and had fingers and thumbs amputated.
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Harley L. Burns
Waterloo
Burns
Twenty two pig litter sets record in New Hampton
Albert Kruger reports his brother Carl had a sow that farrowed 22 pigs with 15 alive today, the best record yet. Albert owns ten sows that produced 85 pigs this spring, another remarkable tally praised alongside Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil.
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New Hampton Tribune
Albert Kruger
Carl
Albert
Incomes of Iowans in Personal Income Tax Returns
Iowa ranks fourteenth in taxable returns with 6,713 filers. The breakdown shows 708 single men, 274 single women, 5,731 married men, and 38 married women. Amounts range from 1,789 filers earning 3k to 4k to a wealthy minority earning up to 300k annually.
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Iowa
States of the Union
U. S
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Wisconsin
Hawkeye State
Calmar and Decorah Plan Vacant Lot Cultivation Drive
Gov Harding proclamation spurs Calmar school authorities to cultivate vacant lots. The public school asks owners not using lots this year to permit gardens and urges unused garden plots be cultivated by boys and girls to prevent weed patches. The question remains what Decorah will do and calls for timely action.
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Calmar
Harding
Decorah
Ice cave near Edgewood on trail route attracts notice
A Clayton County curiosity highlights an ice cave in Bixby Park near Edgewood in the Ottumwa Cedar Rapids and McGregor trail plan. The cave, similar to Decorah’s, lies hidden in hills and the trail may be routed through the park to bring it to public attention.
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McGregor Times
Cedar Rapids
Bixby Park
Edgewood
Decorah
Face and Neck Slashed at McGregor Trial Question
A man named Frank Lewis was found by the North McGregor marshal with his face and neck slashed in a box car doorway after a late night incident. He claimed to know nothing about the attack and was taken to the hospital for treatment as authorities consider whether an attempted murder occurred last Wednesday.
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McGregor
Justice Court
Frank Lewis
High Priced Hog Sale Sets Chicago Market Record
H I McKee of Webster City paid 2800.20 for 61 hogs averaging 300 pounds. The cattle were raised on the McKee farm in Hamilton County near Webster City and fed corn valued at 25 cents per shovel.
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Chicago
H. I. McKee
Webster City
McKee
Hamilton County
Oil for Roads Project In Renton County
Renton county contracts to lay oil for sixty seven miles of highways entering each town. Fifteen carloads of oil to be used with a pressure distributor at an estimated total of 150000 gallons costing about 10762.50 dollars.
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Renton County
Sentenced for Life in Spencer Shooting Case
Charles Craig, 15, who killed his employer Harry Peter Son and wounded Mrs. Peterson near Spencer on March 29, received a life sentence. The court gave no motive for the shooting.
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Charles Craig
Harry Peterson
Spencer
Waterville Harbers Set Low Prices on Shaves and Haircuts
In Waterville Allamakee county the harbers set lower rates with hair cut at 15 cents shave 10 cents and massage 15 cents reflecting a period of price reductions.
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Harbers
Waterville
Allamakee County
BEAR'S Offers Fine Pinchback and Sport Suits Deals
Sale notice highlights fine Pinchback fabrics and sports suits priced from $15.00 to $25.00 with exceptional values advertised by Bear's.
April 9 1917 County News centered on community life
Apr 9 1917 County News reports a busy Cresco Ridgeway and Spillville area with social calls visits church services and farming. Notable items include Rev W A Scholer visiting Cresco and preaching at the Evangelical church, frequent wood sawing by neighbors, farm activity with seed potatoes and hog shipments, and social events at the Schild Koch and Reinhart homes plus a box social at the school house on April 18 with ten cent admission.
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W. A. Scholer
C. Schild
Jim Soukup
Will Kuntz
Wagner Bros
W. E. Wiedeman
Louis Wagner
J. J. Kreitzer
Will
Spillville
Carl Haakenson
Cresco
Clarence Butz
Ridgeway
Roy Koch
Deno Kratz
Sumner Township
Chas, Kuntz
Chas. Hornberger
Ethel Brinkman
J. G. Kirschman
Chas. Kuntz
Fred C. Koch
John Aegerter
Albert
Alfred Peter, Jr
Watthauer Bros
Eddie Peter
Howard Rae
Jack Frost
North King
Alice Kuntz
Grace
John Reinhart
Ernest Peter
Alfred Peter
Theo. Kratz
Deno
W. E. Wiedemann
Roy Steckel
Evangelical Church
Ole Sanderson
LeRoy
Minn
O. Sanderson
Frank C. I Koch
M. EF
Ernest Watthauer
Erastus Moe
Rollie Krat
Otter Creek
Malanna Kratz
Rollie Kratz
Will Wagner
George
Malaria Kratz
Florenceville
Howard County
Dan Krueger
Henry Halvorson
Ben Sanderson
Leonard
Adolph
Mae
Leona
Lizzie Koch
W. M
Evangelical
Theo
Kratz
Tom Moe
Local Social Notes from Clay Hill and Decorah Visitations
Farmers begin spring fieldwork as residents and visitors circulate in Decorah. Mary Erickson and Mrs Mary Williams visit relatives. Sam Sorenson and family enjoy a new Ford. Several calls and gatherings occur at Rastetter, Stoskopf, Walsh, Olsen, Tolstad, and related households with Easter and Good Friday events noted.
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Mary Erickson
Decorah
Sam Sorenson
Dr. Harmon
Clay Hill
John Rupple
Will Foltz
Mary Williams
J. J. Walsh
Geo. Rastetter
Joe Rastetter
Decor
Spillville
Albert Grinna
Anna
Andrew Moen
Sorenson
Wilma
James Stortz
Franklin Prairie
Ed. Anderson
N. Anderson
Clark Headington
Sam Tolstad
Ed. Hogan
Grace Malanaphy
Bluffton
James Walsh
Nellie
Joe
Alice Walsh
Safe Medicine for Children Cough Remedy Endorsed
This item promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for children and adults, noting it contains no opium or narcotics and is easy to take. It claims effectiveness for coughs colds and croup and lists R A Engbertson as the seller.
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Chamberlain
Gough
R. A. Engbertson
Adv
Social Roundup at LOOKING GLASS PRAIRIE
Local residents and visitors listed in a Sunday to Thursday sequence with calls at homes and visits to Decorah Thief River Falls and Red Wing. Highlights include auctions, dancing party, Easter break travel, and shopping with references to Miss Pearl Bender and Mrs Bertha Bender. Bear’s advertises Easter assortment.
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Helge Jacobson
Valentine Kern
Selmer Thorson
Byron Stoskopf
Steno
Anna Usgaard
Ida Bergeson
Hilda Peterson
Lars Osgaard
Henry Barth
Mabel
Peter Asgaard
Marie Peterson
Kittel Severson
Bertha Bender
Pearl
Decorah
Ida Osgaard
Ida Peterson
Thief River Falls
Minn
Hilda Ramlo
Carl Ramlo
Henry Foltz
Pearl Bender
Lutheran Ladies’ Seminary
Red Wing
Kidney trouble relief praised by Corah resident
Mrs Ed Ostenson of 610 Main St Corah reports backache and dizziness from kidney strain three years ago. After using four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills from Wangler's Pharmacy she experienced great relief and regained ambition. Adv. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y markets Doan's Kidney Pills at 50 cents.
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Doan
Decorah
Ed. Ostenson
Main St
Wangler
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Decorah, Towa
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