Iowa News Roundup Dense with Local Incidents
Saloons in Dubuque number 58 this quarter after a tax jump from 400 to 300 per year. Red Oak dairying meeting featured a World Granddaughter cow. sanitation and school issues appear. Injuries include a boy scarred by a dynamite cap and multiple farm and transport accidents across Hardin, Woodbury, and surrounding counties. Notable moves involve railroad managers, church cornerstone in Fort Dodge, and legal notices in Dubuque and Council Bluffs.
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Dubuane Aity
Council
Council Incheage
Associaton
Mayhew Farm
Red Oak
C. W. Wilcox
Des Moines
Sister Kerr
Dubuque
Sisters of Mercy
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Woodbine
Good Citizen's’ League
Decatur Landing
Missouri River
J. B. Reed
Sioux City
Riverside
Hardin County
John Baird
Alden
Tast
Jacob Romang
Adams County
Barnt Jtas
Clinton Township
Bao Cy
William Stump
Clear Lake
Christian Brolst
Brobst
Knoxville
Methodist
Sac City Council
Hawkeye Construction Company
Waterloo
Beulah
Jota Murphy
Coln
Philp Kieber
Weat Point
Town City
Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Charles W. Walton
Judge Hutchison
Alton
Trasa
Rock Rapids
Iowa Officials Say Legislature Held Down State Costs
State officials assert a 1913 14 biennial expenditure rise mainly reflects Thirty fifth general assembly acts and list several large appropriations to universities roads and commissions. They note running costs were not greatly higher and cite cuts in the state treasurer’s office as evidence. Additional items cover nominations fees dealer protests mining exhibits and the appointment of P J McGuire as state epileptic colony farm supervisor plus salary advances for state workers and three important laws including workers compensation and teachers Institute. Iowa apple crop prospects dip to about 25 percent of normal with drought last year and farm loan wealth remains strongest in Iowa among states with life insurance credits.
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Des Moines
Thirty-fifth General Assembly
General Assembly
Treasurer of State
Highway Commission
State University
Ames
Teachers’ College
Iowa
Industrial Commission
Code Supplement Commission
State Board of Control
Capitol
P. J. McGuire
Woodward
McGuire
Cerro Gordo County
M. N. Wolding
Cherokee State Hospital
Spilentis Colony
Voldeng
George Donorhog
Knoxville
Cherokees Hospital
Cherokee
Workmen's Compensation
State Insurance Commissioner
Teachers’ Institute
Emory H. English
State Insurance Department
John WL. Bleakly
Auditor of State
English
Governor Clarke
Executive Council
Insurance Department
Wesley Greene
Atate
Gardenera
Towa
American Bankers’ Association
United States
Porto Rico
Dark Parks and Bashful Moon Lovers Spoon
Readers are invited to observe couples in Washington parks. The piece humorously catalogs discreet public affection scenes, noting how lovers intertwine arms and rest on each other in shaded areas. It playfully suggests zoological study of park spooners and invites readers to “fall over them” for amusement.
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Ashington
Harry
Minnia
Frank
Florence
Flo
Sally
Archer
Elza
Washington
Lafayette Square
Franklin Park
Lincoln Park
Washington police praised for civility in manners course idea
Maj Richard Sylvester notes Pittsburgh and Washington policemen are tutored in manners. a proposed class for courteous treatment of drinkers and drivers sparks debate. He argues Washington officers avoid brutality due to diplomacy around officials and attaches, while warning excess force would trigger immediate public backlash.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Richard Sylvester
Po Uce
Director of
Public Safety
Hubbard
Ths
Triu
When Little Boy Met the Man of Importance
A child stops a pompous figure outside a White House area, pleading for a dead sparrow to fly. The man rejects the request, leaving the boy’s hurt expression and wondering if innocent tears count against those who cause them.
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White House
Bait Worms Trade Near Georgetown At Waypoint
In Washington area Georgetown hosts a small bait business at the Thirty-sixth and Prospect streets transfer point. Local boys display wriggling worms in a battered tin, selling bait for five or ten cents to travelers and fishermen passing the river reach above the city.
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Washington
Georgetown
Thirty-sixth
Prospect Streets
Thirty-sixth Street
Prospect Avenue
Southworth Cottage
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University of Iowa College of Medicine
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Philips Coal Company
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William H. Hud
J. H. Simmons
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Henry Huss
Hinton
W. W. Sap
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