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Elgin Echo in Elgin, Iowa

21 May 1914

Page 6

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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1914

Page

6

Iowa News Roundup Highlights Education, Saloons and Accidents

Roger Leavitt criticizes Ames extension head W S Kennedy over confidential letter. loom of events include Masons planning a St Louis conference secret work among grand lodges, a New York marriage, injuries from a Malvern accident, bankers and bank charters, Des Moines population figures, saloon closures in Davenport, a Swedish American league in Ottumwa, a Squirrels hunt results, and various local notices across Iowa towns.

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Roger Leavitt Cedar Falls State Board of Jewith W. S. Kennedy Ames Leavitt State Board Kennedy State Board of Education Pearson Masons St. Louis Tennessee Missouri Iowa Grand Lodge Missouri Grand Lodge Missouri Grant Lodge Iowa Grand Lodge Maryle New York City D. J. Burrill Marridge David Edmundson Bella Vinnedga Drake Nex Moines Des Moines West Timaman Em Moy Red Oak Electric Company Malvern M. W. Crisswell Ottumwa Chicago Edward Motuke Law and Order Gmvie League of Albert Terry Ruschke Cairmer Sac City Kted John de Bourah Iiggins Ruschke Sac Ciy Imperial Council Atlanta Abraham Sehan Ida County Tie Sehan Garfield Township Cedar Rapids Ida. Price Etta. A. Brannon Shenandoah Fannie Warder Burlington Grand Lady of Honor Mra Annie L. Baxton Lillian C. Moore Keokuk Grand Recorder Neli Boone Clinton Council Bluffs Davenport Dubuque Fort Borge Fort Madison Iowa City Marshalltown Mason City Muncatine Oskalooga Sioux City Waterloo Supreme Court Illinois Minnesota Siste Field George Clark Rumley Missouri University Capp Tom Fitzsimmons Detroit Wichita Tigers Spokane Jack Holland St. Joseph Duffy Pittsburgh Nationals Wirt Bronson Spencer Milling Company Fnd Clarke Arthur Scott Ft. Madison Penitentiary den Metues Iue Ladies of the Knights of Maccabees Town City Emlyn Finle Irene Ethel Krieibs le Mars Marton A. Evans Aaron H. Guzeman Washington Abraham Guzeman Ihe Weehington Josephine F. J. Klosterman Remsen Shea Rose Millenkamp Maria Davis W. Kessler Ainols Chartes City Waterlag Lincoln Reformed Church Imogene Werd Elecron L. J. Faust Lawton Tayloe Theodors Muller Dawson Neb Jy Krause
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Retrenchment and time clocks move in Iowa plan

Senator Joseph Allen leads a reform push to place state offices under civil service and install time clocks to curb time wasters. He also backs early filing of bills to shorten the legislative term by two weeks, print-ready for committees after organization, aiming for immediate action. The plan faces executive council pushback on time clocks but gains committee support.

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Des Moines Joseph Allen General Assembly Ade Venes Senate Allen L. ©. Pranota Spirit Lake State House Elfvil Sarvice Ile Legislatura Executive Council
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Ready to Meet Them All Colonel Younghusband Humble by Name

A humorous exchange features Colonel Younghusband, famed for the Shassi expedition, noting that frivolous youths mock his name. The anecdote shifts to Lord Sandwich in Washington, where an American girl mistakes the introduction as a joke and quips about future lords. The tale ends with a wry line on money and pleasure.

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Younghusband Shassi Thibet Lord Sandwich Washington Spongecake Lord Pie
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Height of Contempt Invoked by Flora Anne Steale in New York

English novelist Flora Anne Steale, staying in a New York hotel, condemns immigration officials for contempt similar to a story she cites about a Sioux Indian. The tale involves a failed gun purchase and a wry storekeeper remark about killing soldiers.

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Flora Anne Steale New York Immigration Department
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Witness Testimony in Assault Case Described by Judge

A heavy set restaurant patron testifies he heard nothing during an assault and battery incident as he was eating. The exchange shows the witness’s confusion and the judge urging him to describe what he heard.

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