Legislative notes on bills passed by the Senate and house actions
A long legislative summary notes bills for municipal bonds county recorder official newspapers and state reforms. It covers budget and code revision efforts, printing charges, rural high school district proposals, liquor law debates, and penalties for prison escapes. It records committee decisions and timelines, stressing cautious revision and fiscal oversight within Iowa's session.
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Senate
District Court Clerie
Bonda
County Recorder
Peactiia
Engl Nintrlog
Dutius
Gavarhor
Oakland
Lowa
Nx Committee
Atute
Thia Aystem
Sonate
Core Commission
Sdévaral Amendmanta
Representitive
Hauge
House
Assembly
van Alatine Committee
Iowa
Hawkeye
Des Moines Nova
Code Revision Commission
Genato Dus
Clark
Lea County
Code
Women's Christian Temporanea Union
Iowa Anto-Saloon League
Sonata
Tax Commission
Rockwell City
Allona
Meteoric Coup of Young Wood
New York reports a rapid fortune for Ment. Osborn Wood, son of Gen. Leonard Wood, from Manila cables. Wall Street reacts to a $700,000 gain, guided by an obscure adviser. Secretary Weeks confirms orders to halt Wood’s overseas stock trades, while Congress weighs a broader inquiry into Philippine dealings and officer speculation.
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New York
Ment
Osborn Wood
Leonard Wood
Manila
Wall Street
Young Wood
Philippines
Osborne C. Wond
Menin
War Department
Washington
Frenr
Rep
Wik
Frent
Wood
Fire claims seventeen at Chicago insane hospital
The fire in the State Hospital for the Insane in Chicago destroyed the old wood pavilion known as the death house. At least seventeen people perished, fourteen of them patients in various stages of insanity. Three others were attendants Hiljah Carraker his wife and their eight year old son Lowell.
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Chicago
State Hospital
Dynming
Hiljah Carraker
Lowell
Harvard Loses to Radcliffe in Mental Test
Cambridge report shows Radcliffe girls scoring higher than Harvard men in a Roback mental test. Radcliffe averages 56 percent on 87 girls, while Harvard men average 60.5 percent on 107 boys. Tests measured observation speed deduction and interpretation.
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Harvard
Radcliffe
Cambridge, Mass
Abraham A. Roback
Federals Capture Mexican Town From Rebels
Federals seized Tamacula during contact with rebels marching toward Guadalajara capital of Juila co. Revolutionary forces under Gen Enriquez Estrada were repelled with heavy losses. About two hundred Batardy troops were captured.
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Nognies
Tamacula
Guadalajara
Juilaco
Enriquez Estrada
Tha ‘Weuat
Batrady
Attempted assassination in Tokyo targets Regent en route to diet
A youth of about twenty, dressed as a laborer, fired a cane gun at Japan's regent as he traveled to open the 44th ordinary Diet session. The bullet missed the regent by an inch and struck the chamberlain.
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Japan
Tokyo
German reparations panels set dates for hearings
The first committee will meet January 14 to assess Germany’s ability to pay reparations. A second committee examining Germany’s resources at home and abroad will convene its first session on January 24.
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Parla
Germany
Train Wreck in Mexico Kills Americans Near Celaya
Reports from travel observers describe a Mexico train wreck near Celaya in Guanajuato state. More than twenty people are dead, many Americans, with several injured amid chaotic conditions and partial details from foreign observers.
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Mexico
Paso
Tex
Celaya
State of Guanajuato
Travelara
Political clash over postholiday tax cut plan unfolds
Washington reports a virtual caucus pact between Republican and Democratic leaders to push a tax cut program after the holidays. Democratic resistance grows as Mellon plan defections threaten party unity while Republicans move to rush a tax revision aligned with Mellon proposals.
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Washington
Congress
House
Mtellon
Hope Gloom Over French Dirigible Lost Over Africa
Government experts have given up hope for the Dixmude missing since Friday. They doubt the ship is afloat as it cannot navigate without power and fuel is exhausted. An attache of the ministry says only bad news is likely, hoping the crew reached ground somewhere in the Sahara and could subsist on ration reserves for three weeks if they landed.
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Parla
Ministry of Marine
Sahara
Greatest Hero of Whole Army Is Mastered Out
Fort Benjamin Harrison Ind Sergt Samuel Woodfill designated by Gen John J Pershing as the outstanding hero of the World War watched a regimental review for the last time as a soldier and then received his discharge papers marking 22 years of service in the Philippines the Mexican border and France.
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Fort Benjamin Garrison
Ind
Samuel Woodfill
John J. Pershing
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Phillippines
Mexican
France
Gold Stockings Yield $25 Million in Christmas Gold
The Federal Reserve system and the New York Fed report that $25,504,000 in gold was withdrawn during the week ending December 10. At the New York bank, withdrawals totaled $10,880,578, the largest weekly amount prior to Christmas on record.
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New York
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
New York Bank
Murphy resigns as vice president of railroad union
M J Murphy of Cleveland resigns as vice president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. resignation submitted and accepted by the board. President W G Lee announced the action. W T Uy spent 17 million dollars in St Louis for the union’s benefits, with further details unclear.
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Ds Murphy
Cleveland
M. J. Murphy
Vicg
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Board of Directory
W. G. Lee
W. T. Uy
St. Louis
Moshe International
Union
Burke
National conference urged on transportation reform
The United States Chamber of Commerce calls for a national transportation conference in Washington in mid January. Leaders from agriculture commerce education and industry are invited to debate growth regulation funding and rates to expand a reliable transport system supporting national wealth and production.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Congress
Julius H. Barnes
Chamber
America
Man Drank a Little Fought a Lot and Lived Till 108
Nashville veteran James H. Wood of the Twenty second Georgia regiment in the Confederate army died at the Old Soldiers home after a second paralysis attack following a fall. He fought in six Civil War battles and was wounded twice, survived yellow fever, and attributed his long life to a simple lifestyle with moderate drinking coffee and meat.
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Nashville
Tenn
James H. Wood
Dutch Guinea Men Kill Canadian on Inland Expedition
George Penrose, a Canadian miner, and thirty Papuans were on a shooting expedition 400 miles inland in Dutch New Guinea when Penrose was killed. Three Papuans died and seven were wounded. Penrose was stabbed seventy times and witnessed natives eating the slain. The Dutch government dispatched an expedition to punish the murderers.
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Sydney
George Penrose
Canada
Dutch New Guinea
Mr. Penrose
Penrose
House G. O. P. to Meet January 10 on Bonus
Republican house leaders plan a January 10 conference with all members to decide two definite policies on soldier bonus legislation. The conference, supported by ex‑service men and Ways and Means Committee members, will shape the bonus program under their charge.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Charga
Babies Die After Eating Dancing Devils Fireworks
In Pensacola Tin. Jamey Burleson aged thirteen months and Ida Bell Vann aged eighteen months died after eating fireworks called dancing devils. The children found the colored objects that looked like candy and chewed them, causing the fireworks to explode and bleed to death.
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Pensacola
Tin
Jamey Burleson
Ida Bell Vann
Slaying Reported in Clark County Domestic Case
Sheriff Munroe Brances of Clark County reports a fatal domestic incident in Arkadelphia where a man was allegedly killed by his mother in law. Authorities say the suspect, Clem Grayson, about sixty years old, attacked the husband early this morning. The case details remain under investigation by local law enforcement.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Munroe Brances
Clark County
Ely Flaw
Clem Grayson
Indaw
Unclear fragment near Virginia borders on lore and illness
The readable text mentions Virginia and uncertain phrases about themes, symptoms, and illness. It references Lydia and Vege with vague notes on nervous lemor and annoyance. The damaged OCR yields no coherent events or individuals to narrate.
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Virginia
Lydia ES Pinte
Bayer Aspirin Safety Warning Urges Genuine Tablets
A 1910s style warning urges buyers to demand genuine Bayer Aspirin and warns that imitations may be dangerous. The notice touts Bayer’s 28 years of physician endorsement and safety proof, urging vigilance on packaging and tablet appearance to avoid counterfeit products.
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BAYER
Bayer Crone
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