Ground broken at Cedar Rapids Methodist church project
Fragments note Keeney breaking ground for a new church at Cedar Rapids and a Wilton Junction farm sale where a buggy sold for 80.50. Other items mention Ames extension home courses, a bank reopening, and statewide banking reorganizations amid a string of Iowa notices.
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Iane Frederic Tt
Keeney
Cedar Rapids
Wilton Junction
Shelby County
Ames Extension Service
real @arnest
Zwingle Bank
First National Bank of
Creaton
Mento Cooperative Livestock ‘Shipping Association
Mento
Guthrie County
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Seph C. Ready
Mason City
Abraham Linfie
Company
Sioux City
Packing House
Legislation Set to Open Warmer on Floor Deliberations
After weeks of groundwork the first general assembly nears the floor. Key measures include the Bergman gasoline tax and Patterson Johnson income tax bills, Hague appropriations, a federal child labor amendment, and the child welfare program with ten bills. Also pending are liquor enforcement, banking stabilization, highway system shift to state control, and a 85 million bond issue for road surfacing with tax and insurance revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forry First General Assembly
Thea Bergman
Patterson-Johnson
Hague
Child Welfare’ Commission
Iowk Highway Commission
Iowa Roads Commission Reports on Highway Legislation and Tax Proposals
The Iowa Roads program advances as the state highway commission and chief engineer Fred White present to joint highway committees. Subcommittees will draft a bill to align Iowa road laws with federal standards, with members named from Senate and House highways committees. Proposals include a 2 percent occupation tax on railway gross earnings and a similar tax on express company earnings. The anti saloon league outlines limited liquor legislation and industry cooperation plans for the year. Banking legislation discussion centers on whether laws can materially improve state banking conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reland
Farmera
Senate
Des ‘Moings
Wledge
Monay Djby
Savings Banks and Trust
Leach
Dalthy
Pabment
Eee
State Highway Commission
Fred White
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Roads
House
Shaff
Clinton
Cavanagh
Webster
Roberts
Ringgold
Goodwin
Polk
Benson
Clayton
Johnson
Dickinson
Eden
Oldham
Mahaska
Gripp
Union
Bust
Franklin
Buser
Muscatine
Express
Earings
Wheat Plunge Hits Chicago Pit Markets Slump
Chicago May wheat fell to 1.85 per bushel, down about 21 cents from eight days earlier, shaking traders as prices zigzagged in the pit. Export buyers bolstered demand while pundits noted a large sale of May wheat and a price slide linked to news of a prominent financier's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Florida
Winnipeg
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Joe Lester
Julius Fleischmann
Miami
Ochicaggio Exchange
Indiana Votes 50 000 to Fight Chicken Plague
Indiana authorities authorize an emergency 650000 appropriation to combat European poultry plague in nine eastern counties. Purdue University staff state sanitary boards and the federal bureau will deploy immediately, with compensation paid to poultry owners for culled stock and related costs funded from the new fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
General Assembly
Jackson
Purdue University
Five Stock, Sanitary Board
Federal Bureau of Annual Industry
Kellogg Hosts King and Queen at British Banquet
Ambassador Frank B Kellogg and Mrs Kellogg entertained King George and Queen Mary at a private banquet in London. The event, lauded as highly social, featured a richly appointed interior of the ambassadorial car as the royals arrived and departed. Kellogg soon prepares for a shift to new duties as secretary of state in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelloggs
Kellogg Wi
Bodies Of Sisters Found In Grave Near Exposition Blvd
In Los Angeles police and volunteers, after a search since August 22, 1924, recovered the bodies of May Martin, twelve, and Nina Martin, eight, in a gully near Exposition boulevard and Mesa drive. The small figures lay beneath piled brush with ash arranged as a crude cross above. A red cloth peeked through, and a man tending a marshy waste land found the children embraced in a final posture.
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Los Angeles
Cal
May Martin
Nina Martin
Prairie
Exposition Boulevard
Mesa Drive
South Mansfield Road
Sister of Harvard Head Falls to Her Death
Boston, Mass. Mrs. Katherine Bowtker, sister of Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell and of Amy Lowell the poet, fell from the fourth floor window of the Hotel Vendome and was killed instantly while watching workmen in the hotel rear. She was related to former President Theodore Roosevelt and had been married twice, to Alfred Roosevelt and later to T James Bowtker.
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Boston
Mass
Katherine Bowiker
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Amy Lowell
Vendome
Alfred Roosevelt
T. James Bowtxer
Herrin Sheriff Agrees to Exile to Bring Peace
Springfield reports Williamson county sheriff Galligan will remain away from Herrin until Governor Small allows return. He will resign all duties else where and move his office to Herrin, with deputies approved by the county board of supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Williamson
Small
Galligan
Herrin
Qulligan
Sherfie
Handall G. Parks
Helena Mont State Senate Rejects Child Labor Amendment
A Montana state senate vote failed to ratify the federal child labor amendment. The House had passed the resolution with a single adverse vote, but the senate rejected the measure.
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Helena
Monthey
Montina
Senate
House
Fragmentary OCR Loss and Damage Note From Chile
Incomplete clipboard text shows loss amount near one thousand dollars and mentions damage figures. A Chile reference appears with stray punctuation and garbled phrases, leaving the exact event and parties unclear.
Yeast King Dies During Polo Game
Julius Fleischmann, noted yeast magnate and former Cincinnati mayor, died suddenly in Miami Beach during polo play. Believed due to acute heart trouble or apoplexy from exertion. Survived by a daughter in New York, a son in Cincinnati, a sister in New York, and a brother in Africa. Messages delayed. he had just begun a Paris voyage plan.
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Miami
Fia
Julius Pletachean
Cincinnati
Tuillionairs
Fleischmann Company
Miami Beach
Welachmann
Augustus J. Mitchell
Newark
N. J
Pietschmann
al. O. Yelster, Jr
New York
U S Withdraws From International Opium Meet
The United States announces withdrawal from the international opium conference in Geneva. Stephen I Porter of Pennsylvania, head of the American delegation, says the effort cannot be attained and the delegation must leave the deliberations with the President’s authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Whithdrawal
United States
Washington
Stephen I. Porter
Pennsylvania
Forbes and Thompson Face Two-Year Prison Term Appeal
Col Charles R Forbes and John W Thompson, Chicago and St Louis contractor, were ordered imprisoned for two years and fined $10,000 each for roles in veterans bureau graft cases. They plan to pursue appeals as the record is described as nearly bullet proof for an ultimate high court challenge.
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Chicago
Charles R. Forbes
John W. Thompson
St. Louis
Carpenter
Veterans’ Bureau
Wag G
Postal Bill Satisfactory To White House Officials
Postmaster General New and President Coolidge discussed the new postal pay bill drafted by the House committee. The President called the measure an improvement over the general bill and satisfactory as written. Officials estimate the bill will yield about 62 million dollars in revenue and be retroactive to January 1.
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Washington
New
Treatdent
Coolidge
House
White House
Senate
Lawmaker Father of Five Attacks Child Labor Bill
Reno Nev Assemblyman Henrich of Lyon county a father of five attacked the child labor amendment saying they have taken our women and our men and now they want to take our children in a fiery debate over the measure in the state session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno, Nev
Henrich
Lyon County
Chicago Drivers Win Raise After Arbitration Decision
Chicago chauffeurs and teamsters, about 800 workers, gain wage increase after arbitration by Bara J. Warner. The ruling settles all wage disputes and improves pay for drivers across the city.
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Chicago
Hindad
Bara J
Warner
Technétars
Suntang
Influenza Rages in London England Amid Widespread Illness
Fragmented report notes influenza sweeping London and England with rising cases. Text mentions disease impact in the city and surrounding areas, but details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
U S Government Market Quotations February 6 Summary
United States government market quotations list for the week ending February 6 covering fruits and vegetables, live stock, grain, hay and dairy products. Prices are given for regions such as Minneapolis Chicago St Louis Kansas City and Wisconsin markets with figures on potatoes onions apples wheat corn oats hay butter and cheese across multiple grades and classes.
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Washington
Northern
Chicago
Western Michigan
Almeila Jonathans
Chicago Hoge
Minneapolia
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Be Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Loxton
Wisconsin
Aquare
Disabled Vets Ask Coolidge for Help
Washington A revised and complete program for the hospitalization of all veterans calls attention to fire hazards in many institutions. Commander Frank J. Irwin urges expansion of facilities with beds for general, disabled, and tuberculosis cases, detailing 6,106 beds needed and specific additions for mental and tuberculosis wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Frank J. Irwin
New York
Irwin
Vurlong Territories
Gasoline price surge triggers House antitrust probe
Washington reports a sweeping antitrust threat as Standard Oil and independents raise gasoline prices, with a five cent jump in a week. On Rep Lehlman of Maryland's motion, the House opened an inquiry into the increase, while Interior statistics show December production at record high, signaling ample supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Standard Oil
Leghlman
Maryland
House
Vice President Elect Refuses Cabinet Seat
Chicago report notes Brig. Gen. Chariva Dawes, identified as vice president elect, declines a cabinet post while reaffirming the belief that a vice president should not join the president's cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chariva
Dawes
Nevada Voters Weigh Constitutional Convention Plan
Fragmentary lines indicate Nevada voters consider a constitutional convention in response to prohibition reform. The text references Adoped changes, a potential amendment, and political actions affecting the state’s approach to prohibition and governance.
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Fleischmann
Prof
D. Amunategui
Dominingo Amunategui
Interior
Chile
University of
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Department of Justice
Stone
Savery
Julian Fleischmann
U. S
Forbes
Thompson
Coolidge and New Fund
England
London
Herluf Zahle
Verluf Zahie
Denmark
Joint Opium Commission
Oxtson
City
Nev
Pardiuelon
Congress
Nevada
Philipps W. Va—Moresian
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