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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1917

Page

7

Personal notices from Birmingham to Mt Pleasant

Local society items record visits and travels of residents including Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Danielson, Mr. and Mrs. O Allender, Miss Katherine Rigby, J B Trent, Mrs J W Grimsley, B T Raines new home, and others. Also notes licenses, trips to Chicago Natchez, hospital news, and a new Ford delivery car for The Fair Store.

Irvin Danielson Birmingham O. Allender Mt. Pleasant Rena Traxler North Main Street Fred Hunt Chicago Ill Natchez the Fair

Many Freak Bills In The Iowa Legislature

The Iowa general assembly faces 1150 filed bills with many odd measures. Prohibited dog runoff nights could aid sheep farmers, while other items include banning ambulance chasing, fees for filing bills, fencing land, and reopening the blue laws. A mix of curious and practical bills shapes a busy session.

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Suffrage Passes Iowa Senate

Des Moines March 22 the Iowa Senate voted 35 to 13 to adopt a joint resolution to resubmit a constitutional amendment on women's suffrage. The Kimball amendment was withdrawn after a majority supported voting for it as a separate bill. The Parker joint resolution goes to the house for potential passage and future public vote.

Senate Highway Commission Des Moines Senate Highways Committee Ball McFarlane Senate Committee On Whitmore State Senate Kimball Council Bluffs A. M. Parker House

Iowa Senate action on bills and amendments in 1917 session

The Iowa Senate advances several measures including H F 371 on aid to dependent children and H F 311 on serving notices to insane persons. S F 551 legalizes nominating papers for city offices, S F 336 creates road piling rules, S F 342 redirects drained lake funds, S F 501 licenses food manufacturers, H F 274 legalizes pre 1895 platting errors, and S F 116 indemnifies a man for slaughtered horses. S F 105 regulates seed sales and Ss F 311 adds cess pools to plumbing rules. Bills killed include Ss F 110 licensing chiropractors with 15 ayes 27 nays.

Nicholson Benn Kimball Senate Judiciary Committee van Alstine S. F Dairy and Food Committee Elwood Howard P. J. Kappelman White Lytle Mitchell

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Florsheim Hunt Ireland Katherine Rigby Farmington J. B. Trent Batavia J. W. Grimsley Keosauqua B. T. Raines Jake Raines East Burlington Street Board of Supervisors O. J. Donner Cora M. Hoskinson E. R. Smith Wm. H. Slattery Leland Lewis Jeffferson County Hospital Jesse Ketcham Ray Fresconi City Anna Sullivan E. Rickard Keota Fern Riniker Libertyville Emma Hartman Miss, Delia Aurora Railroad Commission Executive Council Harding Insurance Rating Bureau Rogers Iowa Senate Fleck Senator Grout Senate Committee On Fish and Game Meredith Fellows Neff Hi. F Eleventh Judicial District Amity College Independence College Springs Finley Harrington Fourteenth Judicial District Klinker State Beacher Logical Laboratories Dean Randall Reed School For State Board of Education Board of Control H. F Knickerbocker Gaumer Bros Jewelry Brunswick Phonograph Graham Theatre Washington, Iowa Mare Andreas Dippe New York Boston Charles Duvillier Forty-fourth St. Theatre N. Y Orpheum Tonight Orpheum Orchestra William Fox Valeska Suratt Pauline Frederick Cheaical Company Quimney T'ucls, U.S.A Rchaye Shriner and Johnson California East Adams Street Buick Hella Kauffman T. B. Allender Ed. Kauffman
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