How Jimmie Was Found Out
John Graham voices frustration at his son James's roughness and mischief in a tale of misunderstandings with Aunt Kate. Margaret guides a truth finding moment that reveals Helen lied to shield James from punishment, prompting father to question his assumptions and ultimately mend their relationship. James earns trust through honesty and a fishing trip reward, while the family reflects on the impact of overbearing guardians.
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John Graham
Margaret Dunham
Helen
Margaret
James
Jennie Quigley
Mrs. Graham
John
Mr. Graham
Graham
Jane
Jimmie Boy
Kate
Father
Garet
Bill Fischer
Longlake
Sonny
Eagle River
bin Fischer
Bill
Aunt Kate
Dual identities shock Burlington family as man revived after four years
Charles P. Brewin, long believed dead, returns in Plainfield claiming the life of Charles Johnson, a gray tailor. Doctors cite a small bone on the brain as the trigger for the memory-conflicted condition. Wife and children mourned him four years before recognition restored his place with kin.
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Burlington
N. J
Jost
P. Brewin
Brewin
Charles Johnson
Tallor
Charles P. Brewin
Plainfield
London Baptist Pastor Wears Gray at Funeral
Rev Frederick Spurr a noted London Baptist pastor startled mourners at a deacon’s funeral by officiating in a gray suit. He said he was sick of pagan funeral customs and that the deacon lived a long Christian life, dying of old age, while an Easter hymn was sung.
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London
Frederick Spurr
Spurr
Des Moines Letters on Pardons Law and Parole System
A Des Moines column surveys Iowa penal code penalties under indeterminate sentence and new parole rules for Fort Madison and Anamosa. It reviews powers of the board, potential governor pardon limits, and an example with train robbery, plus notes on butter fat enforcement, Joint Rate Order, and suspected examination fraud in Kossuth County teachers.
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de More
Des Moines
Fort Madison
Anamdsa
Board of Parole
B. W. Garrett
Parole Board
Hfe
Teachers Fall To Pass In Iowa Certification Reform
Iowa officials defend a new method for issuing teachers certificates as abolishing political influence. Superintendent John F. Riggs says the change ends reliance on tears or connections to obtain positions and notes 5,000 certificates issued from about 3,000 examinees. He rejects claims exam questions are harder than in recent decades and cites notable failures including Mrs Jennie Steele Huegle of Polk County.
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Kossuth
Riggs
Iowa
John F. Riggs
Jennie Steele Huegle
Poll County
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Joseph B. Bowles
New Jersey
Silas
WII
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
Dr. Riley
Department
Iowa Experiment Station
G. L. McKay
Iowa College
Washington
Wilson
Dr. Wiley
McKay
Strawberry Point
State Railroad Commission
Commission
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