Clarke's Iowa reform agenda summarized for governor’s oath
This report distills Governor Clarke's oath speech into key policy points. It calls for reducing legislature size and terms, four year chief executive terms, court procedure reforms, prison industry work, parity for women’s voting rights, state taxation of railroad property, county bond authority for roads, millage tax adoption, support for education, a public utilities commission, county manager plans, and streamlined state fiscal handling. It notes tax and regulatory reforms, infrastructure funding, and national event reimbursements, ending with a Bluary quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
General Assembly
Public Utilities Commission
Dream of the butler with knife and candle haunts Lady Vernon
In Augusts Hare recounting of a Rome 1870 tale Lady Vernon dreams of a butler bearing a knife and candle on the stairs and at her door. Each awakening ends with the butler outside the door in white nightdress, fleeing to the stables to escape a murder plot that never happens.
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Augustus J.C. Hare
Mr. Hare
Rome
Vernon
Lady Vernon
Curious Suit Over a Colorado Surgeon's Aid to Beggar
A civil suit in Colorado challenged a surgeon who operated to remove a crippling disability from a beggar. Relatives claimed the cripple’s recovery deprived them of daily earnings, seeking support from the youth’s change in condition. The judge dismissed the case after hearing the prosecution.
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Colorado
Decorah Furniture Co Ad Quips On Beauty Skin Deep
A Decorah notice parodies beauty advice with a quip about pores pimples and blackheads. It invites readers to write to Mrs. Phoebe Lincoln at 603 River St Decorah Iowa for guidance while joking about superficial beauty.
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Phoebe Lincoln
River St
Decorah
Local notices and social rounds from Spillville area
County News for January 18 1915 lists illness calls callers and visits across Spillville Protivin Cresco and nearby areas. Notables include Matt Tupy ill. Anna Andera home from Mason City. Geo Huber sick. couples wed Adolph Fisher to Cedar Rapids. Carl Succow and Sophia Macklenberg married January 14. Wm Timmerman and Velma Meyer wed January 14 and honeymoon to Chicago. The Catholic L A S meets. mask dance set. numerous calls to and from Protivin Calmar Ridgeway Conover and Lawler.
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Matt Tupy
E. Mikesh
Decorah
J. H. Hang
J. J. Hang
Jos. Boushka
Protivin
Anna Andera
Mason City
Anna
Mame Hron
Geo. Huber
Pinter Benishek
Ridgeway
James Hrdlicka
Frank Humpal
Louise Steinmetz
Cresco
Robt. Houser
Will Hospodarsky
Bechel
Austin
Jos, Ptachek
Will Soukup
Adolph Fisher
Cedar Rapids
W. F. Anderson
N. Schoonmaker
M. E
Guttenberg
W. H. Bachelder
Luseland
Sask
Scouts
W. C. Winn
Castalia notes from January 19 1915
Castalia updates report Mayor Tatro visiting Ossian last Saturday. Claud Winn conducts census in Castalia incorporation. Emmons Tillapaugh of Burr Oak visits W. C. Winn. KE O Riggs traveled to Iowa City for an operation last week.
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Tatro
Ossian
Claud Winn
Castalia
Emmons Tillapaugh
Burr Oak
W. C. Winn
KE. O. Riggs
Iowa City
Excellent for Stomach Trouble Chamberlains Tablets
Mrs G C Dunn of Arnold Pa praises Chamberlains Tablets for stomach trouble saying they gave relief at once and left her feeling like a different person after one bottle. Sold by Engbertsons Pharmacy. Blobbs I wonder why the average woman is afraid to tell her age. Blobbs She isn't what she is afraid others will reveal her age.
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Chamberlain
Blobbs
Notice to bidders for Fort Atkinson school bonds
Public bids due February 13 1915 at 1 pm for ten five hundred dollar school building bonds of Fort Atkinson Iowa rated at par with five percent interest. Semi annual interest July 1 and January 1. Maturity schedule 1917 to 1925. Principal and interest payable at Home Savings Bank Fort Atkinson Winneshiek County Charles Krumm president and H Schreiber secretary.
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Board of Directors
Independent School District
Fort Atkinson
Iowa
Schreiber Jewelry
Home Savings Bank
Winneshick County
Charles Krumm
H. A. Schreiber
Cold remedies and chestnut blight impact flagged in ads
An old advertisement warns a dangerous cold that spreads germs and urges rapid action with Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey to loosen mucus and ease coughs, priced 25 cents. It also cites chestnut blight destroying 810 million dollars in Pennsylvania timber and promotes Dean's Regulats as a gentle bowel-relief product at 25 cents.
Dollars Wanted Not Bushels In Wallace's Farmer Editorial
An editorial in Wallaces' Farmer December 25 outlines a shift toward increasing farmer earnings over sheer output. It vows more focus on marketing methods, farm organizations, and laws securing fair deals for landlords and tenants while protecting soil fertility, signaling a major policy emphasis for farmers and state business interests.
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Wallaces’ Farmer
Wallaces
Adv
Notice of appointment of administratrix in Letchford estate
Notice announces the appointment of Billa L. Letchford as administratrix of Landon R. Letchford deceased intestate in Frankville township Winneshiek County Iowa. Bond given as required. Creditors must present claims and debtors pay to administratrix. Dated Decorah January 19 1915. N Willett attorney.
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Landon R Letchford
Landon R. Letchford
Tate
Frankville Township
Winneshick
Iowa
Letchford
Decorah
Town
N. Willett
Biliousness and Constipation Cured by Chamberlain's Tablets
A Peru Indiana resident R F Erwin reports a year ago suffering indigestion biliousness and constipation. He started Chamberlains Tablets after strong recommendations and says they helped quickly. Adv promotes Engberts ons Pharmacy. Also mentions Burdock Blood Bitters and Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil with prices and usage. Coats of tan are to be as tight fitting this year.
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R. F. Erwin
Peru
Ind
Chamberlain
Engbertson
Adv
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A. K. Bailey & Son
Governor Clarke
Board of Education and Highway Commission
State Library
la Bruyere
Wierd Dream Story
Dauntley
Wey Omae
Decorah Furniture CO
County News
Conover
Anton Swehla
Pennsylvania
Dean
DR. Pierce
Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
HOTGL
Buffalo
N.Y
Hattie Kirkland
N. R. Groff & Son
Booster Store
S. Larsen
Water Street, Decorah
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