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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1917

Page

8

Inaugural Address of Governor Harding of Iowa

William L. Harding, newly sworn Iowa governor, outlines a conservative program to reduce new laws, curb government expansion, and push for strict law enforcement and road funding reform. He urges preparedness, critiques federal aid for highways, and calls for economy, simpler laws, and restrained taxation through a compact, decisive legislature.

Dea Moines Witliam L. Harding Sioux City Iowa General Assembly Harding Senate House of Representatives Thirty-seventh General Assembly Commonwealth Belef Congress Legislative Assembly

Five Minutes With a Soldier Son Remembered by a Mother

A mother in grief prays to see her son, a soldier, again for five minutes. An angel offers a choice across a lifetime, asking which memory she would choose. She weighs moments from boyhood to adulthood, finally desiring the warmth of his infant innocence at her breast. The tale ends with the poignant image of a child’s apology and the garden’s dirt and tears.

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Clarke's Message Urges Radical Change and New State Buildings

Governor Clarke delivers the longest Iowa legislature message urging radical changes to the primary law, calls for a new capitol building, better roads, and a reformed budget process. He cites 1916 tax rolls, outlines revenue vs expenditure, and endorses reducing legislative bodies, appointive railroad oversight, a state medical library department, and a stronger judiciary through primary reform.

State Auditor State Treasury Department Board of Parole Capitol Executive Council House of Representatives Senate State Library Department of Insurance United States Neo Lown Law Primonary Iowa

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