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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1913

Page

8

Matter Easily Explained by Two Cleveland Lawyers

Two lawyers meet on the street and discuss their speaking habits. One notes his eloquence before juries yet criticizes his after dinner remarks as poor. The other explains that juries deserve a different approach and that his dinner speech follows his prior meal.

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Iowa lawmakers push prison reform and rural school aid

The Iowa House advanced bills to end contract labor in state prisons and to aid consolidating rural schools. The Jacobson convict labor measure passes with broad support, and new plans seek state control of supplies and a qualified labor market for convicts. Other actions include a direct senator election plan debate, sanitation oversight, and a vice probe into white slavery. Governor Clarke signs the suffrage resolution as women gather to witness.

Northwestern Owl Teachers’ Association F. J. Palmer le Mars Mise Minnie Petrashek Cherokee H. L. Ellis Rolfe L. H. Minkla Fort Dodge Onathon Clarinda Livingston Manchester Sand Spring Monticello Lenox College Lenox Omaha Commission Iowa Hamburg George Gifford West Reid John H. McComb Shenandoah Mississippi River Power Company Keokuk Lake View Young Men's Christian Association State Agricultural College Smith McPherson United States' District Court Towa Newpareil Cedar Falls Ines C. B. McFerren Thurman Dubuque Herman Barrell John Bowman Dinges Marshalltown Des Moines J. B. Smith Charles City A. 8. Lewin Artizena East Dubuque N. P. Mouton Taxpayers Mouton Jn James Wilson Washington Iowa State Core State Board of Education Wilson Ames M. G. Clark Sioux City Board of Education J. W. Sanders George Sneath Fort Madigan T. L. Smith Bonaparte C. F. McMain A. W. Beeson Farmington Keokuk Baptist Association Fort Madison Iowan & Southwestern Railroad W. 8. Farquhar College Springs N. N. Dewhurst Blanchard A. T. Galloway I. H. Taggart Charles P. Hanley Mississippi River Power Boat Association Keokuk Motor Boat Club Joe Mueller Coon Rapids Connell Bluffs Mueller Second District Davenport S. B. Miller Cedar Rapids T. FP. Purenish Tipton Matta Burd C. C. Hitchcock Vinton H. W. Tuttle The Congregational Church Congregational Sociery William E. Taylor Iowa Falls Iowa City Sixth Iowa Cavalry Morningaide College Guy V. Aldrich State Y. M. C. A Mary Moxcey Harvard University Shelby County P. T. Nelson John Davis Harlan Peter Sorensen Sorensen State Association of County Clerks, Sheriffs, and Recorders Estherville Missouri Athletic Club of Kansas City Frank Gotch George Lurick New London Henry County Jole Achoola Pickford Consolidated Jacobson American Cooperage Company Town Warming Tool Company Fort Madison Chair Company Board of Control Jensen House Jones Senate Clarke Kingland Oregon United States Cowles Francia of Dickingen Ruby J. Bekerson Iowa Equal Suffrage League General Assembly Thomas of Union

Like an Odd Foot in the Age of Discretion

Oddball banter recalls Cynicus stating there is no discretion as a man over seventy marries his fourth wife recently, noting a humorous clash of ages and unions in a clipped exchange.

Harry Hudson Mason City Henry Hudson Sioux City Mr. Hudson Santa Fe Foot Sillicus

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