Iowa Legislature Debate Over Tax Bills And Amendments
Doings of Legislature reports a battle against a proposed admission tax on amusements and a plan to fund schools from this revenue. It notes bills to test constitutional amendments in court, adjusted hunting seasons, and moves to raise marriage license fees. Also covers tariff increases, prohibition votes, and a crime control resolution, with debate over using soldiers for policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Assessment
Senate
Benson
Clayton
Baird
Pottawattamie
House
Stiger
Tama
Mayne
Brown
Polk
District Court
Supreme Court
Iowa
Dan Turner
Carden
Senatorial
Vital
Board of Control
Board of Education
Congress
James Hayes
Dubuque
Committee On Intemperance
Hayes
Short
Sioux City
Finnern
Crawford
Hansen
Scott
Peace
Clinton
Ryder
WCTU
Anti-Saloon League
U.S
Ellsworth
Hardin County
Ft. Des Moines
Rutledge
Webster County
Iowa legislators weigh millage changes and school funding
The house passed measures to raise soldier relief funds to up to 1 mill, repeal a fines clause for township officials, and set spring recess from Feb 28 to Mar 9. A Williams survey cites 40,000 handicapped Iowa children out of school. high school graduations rose since 1920 while expenditures fell. Proposals include a 2 percent corporate income tax over 1000 and optional military training for State University and Ames students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Supervisors
Rutledge
House
Senate
R. R B. Williams
Research Department
Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Clark
Linn
Joint Tax Committee
Trogeson
Worth
Pattison
Jefferson
State University
Ames
East Ellis Community Notices and Visits
Mr and Mrs Ellis Williams and son Melvin spent Thursday evening with the James Lawless family. Mrs Susan Jackson of Owasa visits son George Jackson. Bert Beecher and family in Warren Williams home Thursday. Funeral of George Manly held at M E church in Iowa Falls Tuesday. Bert Beecher called Eldora Friday. John Dickenson and family in Harlan Leonard home Friday. Elvin Mann and daughter Marjorie visit Frank Sanders home Saturday. Herman Stienfeldt and Marvin Krause families visit George Jackson Sunday. John Cronk Iowa Falls caller Monday forenoon. Shirley Ann Leonard visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs John Dickenson. One line ends with a stray maxim about character nourishment via false pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Williams
Melvin
James Lawless
Susan Jackson
Owasa
George Jackson
Bert Beecher
Warren Williams
George Manly
M. E
Iowa Falls
Eldora
John Dickenson
Harlan Leonard
Elvin Mann
Marjorie
Frank Sanders
Herman Stienfeldt
Marvin Krause
Marvel
John Cronk
Shirley Ann Leonard
H. R. Hauser
Harry Small
Small
Mr. Hauser
Hauser & Small Implement Company
Hauser
Whitten State Savings Bank
Implement Company
N. E. Flaherty
St. Thomas Hospital
Marshalltown
M. E. Church
Geo. Mabees
Jake Duffert
Frank Reynolds
Warren Dodd
Madole
Reynolds
Union
Ralph Reece
Boston Hospital
Roy Eggleston
D. L. Coler
Roy Mann
Byron Schryver
James Wilcox
Roy L
Kensington Club
Chas. Hopkins
Hardin County
Whitten
Conrad
Miss Knott
Miss Norman
J. H. Lyon
Benson Cemetery Society
A. R. Nordquist
Apnew
Clark
Thompson
Nelle Price
Ivestern
Earl Parrish
Avery Norman
Jnok Bogue
Ben Dooley
Mesdames
Carl
Clemons
Edith Crosley
Erwin Levalle
Jake
O. E. Hall
Doris Jean Snaguare
Lee Glenney
Foster
New Providence
John Murdock
E. E. Reece
Malo
C. E. Clemons
Mae Clingerman
Peter Onaguare
Lloyd Dooley
Leonard Pierce
Clare Clingerman
James Reece
Modern Woodmen of America Founded in 1883
A small Iowa town birthed Modern Woodmen of America in 1883 to broaden social opportunities and promote fraternal activities while offering life insurance. It now claims over thirteen thousand local camps across forty six states and four Canadian provinces, the largest fraternal beneficiary society with more than a billion dollars in life insurance in force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Modern
Woodmen of America
Canadian
Extreme Detail Guides for Crafting a Novel and Reading Works
An article surveys how Isa Grenn meticulously structured her forthcoming novel A Short History of Julia with character sketches, chapter charts, and a two-part chronology. It also reviews scholars' notes on Shakespeare and Soviet Russia studies, plus Italy travel writing and notable contemporary works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isa Grenn
Julia
Alfred A. Knopf
Miss Glenn
Hauser and Small form implement firm at Whitten site
Hauser and Harry Small have organized the Hauser & Small Implement Company replacing the former Hauser outfit. They rent the former Whitten State Savings Bank building and are constructing a repair shop and storage area behind the bank. The move follows the burn of the Hauser garage a few weeks ago and includes a rebuild on the same property.
Whitten revival and church notes dominate town event
A local page recounts weekend events and church activities in Whitten and Marshalltown area. A car collision caused minor injuries as a McCormick reaper display marked a centennial celebration. Notes cover births, visits, hospital returns, lumber convention attendance, and extensive revival meetings with sermons, music, and patron participation planned through next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Chorus
Whitten Men’s Glee Club
New Women’s Glee Club of
Whitten
Local Social News from Lawn Hill and Eldora
Residents hosted multiple gatherings across Lawn Hill Eldora and surrounding areas. Visitors included Clemons Crosley and the Kasischkes with trips to Des Moines Marshalltown and Buckeye while Mae Clingerman faces pneumonia and James Reece returns from Werelina after months away.
Iceless Refrigerator Outshines Heatleas Radiator
The Iceless Refrigerator is comparatively new while the Heatleas Radiator has long been familiar to apartment dwellers. Some stump speakers who rail at the "white collar" boys note that they no longer wear such attire.
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Farmers Market Sale
J. H. Kramer
Col
J.H. Kramer
Jas. Nuckolls
East Ellis
Junior Insurance Department
Colorado
Safe and Sound
Mopern Woopmen
Rock Island, Ilt
W. W. Lawrence
Columbia University
MacMillan
Troilus
Cressida
Soviet Russia
B. Hoover
MacMillan’s
Italy
Rome
Lake Garda
Siena
Como
Turin
A. Marinoni
Lewis Browne
Mediterranean
Africa
Holland
Mr. Browne
Vachel Lindsay
Hazelton Spencer
Catt
Washington
Rabindranath Tagore
London
India
Beout
Putnam’s
Charles A. Lindbergh
Richard E. Byrd
Orville Wright
Donald MacMillan
Theodore Roosevelt
Bob Bartlett
Stewart Edward White
Lincoln Ellsworth
Norman
Depair
Parrish
International Harvest Company
Mr. Kemmire
Roy Witham
Cedar Falls
G. Gasal
F. Saul
McCormick
Warren
Evelyn
Jessie Thompson
L. W. Thompson
Des Moines
E. Day
Christian Church Ladies’ Aid Society
F. C. Cox
Ray Long
A. A. Agnew
Earl
Elmer Lamer
Co. F. Long
George Landes
Will Young
Whitten - Gifford Whitten
Epworth League
Gifford
Cleworth
Lawn Hill
Carl Clemons
Erya Levalle
Don
Arene
Beecher Crosley
W. R. Foster
H. E. Kasischke
Bertha Kasischke
Rudolph Bloome
Buckeye
Edd Shives
Werelina
Clover Leaf Club
Edna Quaguare
Gene
Vernon Graves
Callie Bogue
O. B. Kasischke
Mulford Clemons
L. E. Kasischke
Sauls Broer
Hubard
Chester White
Kramer
Chester
Nat'l
Bank
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