Iowa postmasters named by senate in Washington
The U S senate confirmed several Iowa postmasters including J F M Finnell Algona Kasper Faitinson Armstrong Thomas M Fitzgerald Charles City Leroy H Lyon Colfax Edward J Mitchell Graettinger John J Donahoe Gilmore City Clint R Price Indianola Carl Benson Jewell Lloyd Grow Mapleton Walter Rae Massena George M Watermann Sidney Willian Wallace Finn Wesley The list reflects political appointments during President Wilson’s administration.
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Senate
Washington
Iowa
Wilson
JF. M. Finnell
Algona
Kasper Faitinson
Armstrong
Thomas M. Fitzgerald
Charles City
Leroy H. Lyon
Colfax
Edward J. Mitchell
Graettinger
John J. Donahoe
Gilmore City
Clint R. Price
Indianola
Carl Benson
Jewell
Lloyd Grow
Mapleton
Walter Rae
Massena
George ©. South
Prescott
Edward EB. Swank
Richmont
George M. Watermann
Sidney
Willian Wallace Finn
Wesley
Des Moines [ Medics] Association
Ottumwa
P. M. Culler
Keokek
C. A. Bolge
G. FP. Nibrock
Derby
Wr. Bowles
J. 8. Gaumer
Fairfield
P. Shehkan
Eddyville
H.W. Vinson
Nanler
Cedar Rapids
Rockfort
Albert Lea
Rock Island
Erhues
Fontanelle
Turner
Iowa State Sundar Sehoni Association
Burlington
Shenandosh
H. B. Nies
Marble Rock
Rochester
Minn
Jones
Council Blufts
Mike Lange
Wiley
Iyn
John Wakehouse
Nids
Emil Steiner
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Keokuk Motorboat Club
Patio-Bay
Detroit
Milwaukee
Morningside College
L. Chandler
John Claussen
Newton
W. J. Morgan
Highway officials explain late legislature at Ames conference
Highway Commission and state officials joined county engineers and supervisors at Ames to explain the new road law. About 100 people attended as Casson Sampson MacDonald and others outlined state county cooperation, plats surveys and detailed specs for road improvements and repairs.
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Des Moines
Ames
State Highway Commission
Commission
Attorney General's Office
Nicholas Balkema
Sioux
Senate Roads and Highways Committee
Dean A. Marston
J. W. Holden
H. C
Casson
Sampson
Suffragists Plan State Tour Across Iowa
Suffragists launch a cross state automobile tour in August to promote suffrage, route along the White Pole road, speaking in towns en route and forming anti hostile candidates groups. The Iowa Equal Suffrage association also set an October state convention near Des Moines and sought talks with President Wilson over interstate rates. June 28 hearing set for state fair expansion rates, with $75 000 paid admissions last year. Ottumwa citizens face a planned suit over state capital grounds extension.
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Des Moines
Town Public Welfare League
Mlinois Central
Albert Mouw
Orange City
John van Derwar
Chicago
le Mars
Moon
Mouw
van Derwarf
Donald Edgar
Marshall County
Drake Ashley
Idsar
Rock Island
Polk County
Kistin & Wright
Council Britis
Board of Supervisors
Peter Ankeny
Fourth
Ohio Regiment
Grand Army of the Republic
Thirty-third Regiment
United States Volunteers
Oskaloosa
John Rr. Lacey
James Anderson
Clear Lake
John Johnson
Mason City
Masonic Temple
Iowa City
Sioux City
Cudahy and Armour
Kinnell
Rollo Darringer
Dubuque
Rowland
Danny Miller
Ray Graft
G. Rt. Shaul
Scott Slaymaker
Marenso
Marengo
Clinton
G. B. Borup
Ed Ely
George Shickey
Henry Burgemann
Edwin A. Schell
Iowa Westeyan College
Bt. Pleasant
Wall Lake
Dows
Wil Hans
Newton
Colfax
Loase
Caltex
Clyde PB. Bartlett
Fort Dodge
Charles Isaacs
Forest City
J. Preston
Crystal Lake
J. M. Martinson
Lake Mills
I. G. Larson
Jacob Gugger
Boone
Leslie Smith
Davenport
Towa State Automobile Association
Lincoln
Neb
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
White Pole Road
Railroad Commission
State Fair
Famed Thoroughbreds Install at Des Moines State Fair Grounds
O J Mooers of Columbia plans locating at the Des Moines state fair grounds with eighteen thoroughbreds and makes the Coliseum in sad weather available for training for the 1918 fair. The town hall also notes the state supreme court’s May term opinions and details on the Independence state hospital farm operations and patient labor.
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Des Moines
Corey
O. J. Mooers
Columbia
Mr. Movers
Muton
Madison Square Garden
State Supremes Court
Supreme Court
Harry D. Kelly
Towa City
First Unitarian Society of
Citizens' Savings and Prest Company
Justice Evans
Deemer
Tuatice Gaynor
Wylie
Greater
Wohlie
States to hold meeting on blue sky law enforcement
States with blue sky laws plan a fall meeting to standardize enforcement across jurisdictions. A. O. Wolever, chief bank examiner of Iowa, outlined a three member committee from states where blue sky laws exist to coordinate the effort after an informal post conference gathering in St Paul Minnesota. The aim is a uniform enforcement approach despite differing state laws.
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Iowa
Clifford Thorns
Middle West
Washington
Wilson
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Town
Missour
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
State House
Thorne
Senator Crimiins
National Conference of Supervisors of
St Paul
Asinn
A. O. Wolever
Towa
Ile
Touring in Europe by Organization Eases Motoring Travel
The British Automobile Association and Motor Union report that their system now handles licenses customs and deposits for cross border travel. A driver can start from a London hotel and have officials meet the car in Paris with an interpreter if needed. Routes telephone meals and sleeping arrangements are arranged, with inspectors vetting hotels and a linguist on request. A Maidenhead burglary gang was caught after a police report via a telephone box.
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British Automobile Association and Motor Union
Geveral
The
Automobile Association
London
Paris
England
Ooe
Maidenhead
Auto Tourists Spend Monty in Switzerland in 1912
Foreign motorials in Switzerland spent about 3 000 000 dollars in 1912, an increase over 1911 of 750 000. Some 8 766 foreign cars entered the country, each carrying about four persons who stay 13 days and spend at least six dollars daily in hotels and shops. The main motorist groups are English, American, and French, and despite petty cantonal regulations, motorists continue to visit in growing numbers.
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Switzerland
Berne
Paris Bars Gas Cars From Exclusive Avenue Drive
Paris imposes a daytime ban on gasoline cars on Avenue des Acacias from 1 to 3 pm to preserve elegance and scentless environs. The measure aims to revive the Second Empire splendor of the Bois de Boulogne as fashionables stroll the park.
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Paris
Avenue Des Accacias
Hals
Apis
Prescot
Tale of a Tourist in a Wisconsin Motorist Tale
A distorted verse item narrates a Wisconsin motorist story with a drunken, exasperated tone. The driver, warned by a village constable, slows not and ends up at the courthouse as night deepens, while muttered phrases echo the turmoil and legal cost.
Speedometer in the tonneau sparks car gadget trend
A Montreal six cylinder car owner has a speedometer placed behind the front seat facing the tonneau occupants, with a six foot tube connecting to the front wheel dial. An electric horn sits midway between headlights with two push buttons near the tonneau door to alert pedestrians if the driver misses the warning.
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Tonneau
Montreal
Increasing Auto Use Shown in Classic Race Entries
A chart lists yearly entrant fluctuations in the four classic races. The Indianapolis curve dips sharply in 1912 but rebounds in 1932, with 31 entries noted for the era, reflecting rising automobile participation in the era.
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Dianapolis
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Knoxville
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State Hospital At
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