Iowa Legislature Faces Busy Week On Tax and Beer Bills
Iowa lawmakers push a 2 percent use tax on out of state purchases including autos and farm machinery and move to curb cigarette bootlegging. The House beer bill seeks to ban most beer operations outside towns and curb class C permits while a wide highway bill undergoes revision. An investigation targets Harry C. White as a volatile session unfolds.
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Kraschel
Keefe
Port Dodge
Iowa
Towa
Johannes
Osceola County
47Th General Assembly
Harry C. White
Vinton
State Board of Control
White
Gov. Herring
Ohe
Liquor Bill Faces House Committee and Doubtful Outlook
The liquor by the drink bill rests with the sitting committee and may not pass. The House opposed making it a special order of business, signaling lukewarm support for Representative Phil Roan's proposal.
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House
Phil Roan
Elgin School News Highlights and Activities
Leland Capper returns after three week absence while Lois Miller wins a Baker’s chocolate prize in a picture study contest. The Intermediate room displays birds and tulips for spring as reading books progress. The class finishes At the Little Brown House and begins The Lilac Lady. Town history studies use Iowa clipping features, pearl button and farm machinery topics. Multiplication diagnostic test shows needs. Gregg awards note Helen Dummeruth and Gladys Hanson meeting word transcription marks. Senior class tryouts for Oh Kay are under Miss Wegner with May 9 performance. April 9 carnival planned with student involvement and optimistic mood.
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Leland Capper
Lois Miller
Baker Chocolate Company
Little Brown House
Daily Papers
Iowa
Obituary of John Kohler of West Bend
John Kohler born April 1 1856 in Fayette county died March 17 1937 at his West Bend home. Funeral held at Apostolic church with Rev. Bannart and Rev. Fehr officiating. Buried beside wife who died October 13 1935. Survived by four children 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. He moved to West Bend in 1915 and was allied with his son in the hardware business.
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West Bend
Evelina Beer
Lou J
Louise Boyle
Estherville
Anna DesSart
West Union
Della Falk
Wilbert J
Clayton
Fayette
Kohler
Patience, Precedents, and a Perpetual Measured Wit
A collection of wry aphorisms on human folly ambition and politics. It muses that patience and laziness align, utopias arise from want, and statesmen set precedents while modernizing Milestones in South Africa. It notes the quick wit used to navigate tight spots, the value of cheap airplanes over battleships, and the social quirks of self made women and public figures.
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South Africa
China
Rice Greens Cover Crop Could Combat Iron Deficiency
Rice farmers across Louisiana Texas and Arkansas saw yields drop from white tip or chlorosis that weakens panicles. Bureau scientists found iron deficiency despite iron in soil and explain alkaline soils limit iron solubility. Cover crops plowed under decay to CO2 raising acidity and iron availability to plants. Greens fed riceland may best address this nutritional disease.
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Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Girls Learning Esperanto Sparks Matchmaking Trend in Hungary
A Budapest report says Esperanto, dubbed love’s language, drew Hungarian girls to study and seek husbands. A student advertised in the Esperantis, found a Belgian millionaire, and married him. The romance spread, inspiring more girls to learn Esperanto and correspond with foreigners to wed.
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Hungary
Budapest
The
Esperantis
Snake death spurs remorse at Cape Town park
A Bronx Zoo Arizona rattlesnake died in a Cape Town snake park after its mate’s death during fumigation aboard a ship from America. A remark from Mr Meekton about his wife mistaking him for a burglar adds a tangential anecdote to the brief, fragmented report.
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America
Cape Town
South Africa
Bronx Zoo
New York
Everybody Has Trouble Insure With Aca Coverall Policy
An ad urges readers to prepare for life’s inevitable troubles by buying an Aca Coverall policy from a trusted Iowa company. It warns against cheap policies that may not provide needed protection and cites cautious drivers as a reason to secure coverage while affordable.
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Boy Scouts
Aca
R. PB
Strauch
Elgin
Towa
Lion Climbs Tree Kills Shelter Seeker in Africa
A native woman sheltering in a tree was killed when a lion climbed about 15 feet to reach her, challenging prior beliefs that lions avoid trees. The incident occurred in Africa, highlighting ongoing dangers from wildlife encounters.
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Africa
Italy Paid Indemnity After 1896 Ethiopian Defeat
Italy paid 10 million lire in indemnity to Ethiopia after suffering heavy losses at Adewa in 1896. Ten thousand Italians were killed or wounded and 7,000 captured, marking a severe defeat and costly settlement.
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Italy
Adewa
Ethiopia
Papa Was It Teacher Name the Seven Wonders
Johnny recalls a single wonder from childhood and asks about the rest while a playful adult nickname hints at a broader list of world wonders in a lighthearted dialogue.
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Papa
Johnny
The Kallyard School And Its Scottish Novelists
The term Kallyard School applies to modern Scottish writers who depict common life with rich dialect. Figures include Ian MacLaren and Sir James Barrie, noted for portraying everyday people with regional speech and social setting.
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Ian MacLaren
Sir James Barrie
Duncan Phyfe Furniture Rarity Noted in Museums and Homes
The article notes that genuine Duncan Phyfe pieces are scarce, with fewer than a hundred examples located across museums and private collections. It underscores the rarity of authentic items from the renowned designer and highlights their value to collectors.
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Duncan Phyfe
Two of a Hind Fresh How Do You Suppose a Fellow
A humorous exchange ponders how a man with two wooden legs might walk, with Soph suggesting he would simply lumber along.
Local Social Notes Roundup From Elgin Iowa And Nearby
Gladys Gulsvig spent Saturday and Sunday with her friend Mary Goetz. Elgin relatives were visited by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Krueger and family of Hawkeye. Joe Lantz, 85, ill at his son's Elgin home. Wilma Stemmetz stayed with her parents in Riceville. Jud Connery and Sam Lehman visited Fayette and R. P. Straub's. H. S. Steele head for Decorah. Din ner guests included the Schierholz and Schmid families. Visitors from Waterloo and Cedar Rapids joined local hosts. Ern Baechler shifts jobs to Falk's garage. Emma Reusser and Elmer returned from winter visits in Middletown and Bloomfield. Fred Reitz arrived from La Grange to visit locally.
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Joe Lantz
John Lantz
Elgin
Emma Reusser
Elmer
W. D. Siems
Middletown
Vern Randolph
Bloomfield
Local Socials Highlight Visits Across West Union Region
Mr Reitz spent the past year out west and recently returned to Missouri. Mr and Mrs William Howard and children near West Union hosted dinner with many kin. L L Kiple and daughter Karen and Wm Reusser with daughter attended at Bertha Kiple’s home. Bal Kamm family near West Union joined in. John Schaer, Anna Schaer and daughter Wilma, Frieda Etter and Dorothy, and Elmer Pinney Jr were guests at Chris Schweitzer’s. Ida Lehman visited Fayette and then Cedar Rapids to see her son Dr Vern Lehman. Little want ads sell big things as well as small ones, Try one.
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Reitz
West
Missouri
William Howard
Near West Union
L. L. Kiple
Karen
Wm. Reusser
Bertha Kiple
Mra
Balz Kamm
John Schaer
Anna Schaer
Wilma
Frieda Etter
Dorothy
Elmer Pinney, Jr
Chris Schweitzer
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Senate Committee On Manufacturing, Commerce
Elgin Echo
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Mary Goetz
Richard Krueger
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Riceville
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Albert Dummermuth
Sam Lehman
R. P. Strauc
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Mike Tillich
Andrew Fritz
Milton Schierholz
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Edward Schmid
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Edwin P. Anderson
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Dena Dummermuth
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Cedar Rapids
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Mary Matthys
Lena Baumgartner
Ern Baechler
Melbert
Mary
Clarence Muehlethaler
Ern Baumgartner
Torkelson Bros
Falk
Fred Reitz
la Grange
Ida Lehman
Albert Schorj
Vern Lehman
Hutchinson
Elgin State Bank
Henry H. Wolf, M. D
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