Ninety nine District Engineers to Attend Iowa Conference
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Highway Commission will host a joint Ames conference January 9 with 99 county engineers. They will review road and bridge specifications for next year as the commission plans papers and practical experiences from counties. The commission also extended reporting deadlines to January 15 and seeks data on public funds spent on roads and bridges.
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Des Moines
State Highway Commission
MacDonald
Highway Commission
Earhy
Iowa
Ninetynine County
Ames
State to Sell 100000 Bond Issue for Capital Extension
Secretary Ralph Balton of the Great Des Moines committee to sell 100000 in 4 percent state bonds for the capital extension project. L A Jester says state executive council backs the sale as businessmen support the extension and property offers a good proposition for warrants. Grinnell Aeroplane Co and several firms announce new incorporations and capital stock. Ben Shaw appointed receiver for Ideal Cream Works as bankruptcy petition is filed in federal court. Iowa seed corn to be imported due to crop conditions in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. Interstate Commerce Commission hearings in Chicago on Iowa freight rate restructuring to improve rates for shippers.
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Ralph Balton
Greater
Ben Shaw
Ideal Cream Works
H. H. Whitaker
Contern
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Okahoma
Chicago
Interstate Commerce
Jamess. Harlan
Interstate Commerce Commission
PARDONS LIMITED Under Board Of Parole Control
Des Moines report on Christmas pardons notes the governor and Emma Blaise have cleared most cases. Since parole board creation, the governor’s authority to grant pardons or parole has shrunk, leaving the board to decide. The governor’s role is largely ceremonial, effectively “Santa Claus” for the parole board this year.
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Des Moines
Clarke
Emma Blaise
Board of Parole
Parole Board
Santa Claus
Governor to address delegates at Cosmo politan clubs meet
Governor George W. Clarke will speak at the opening reception of the seventh annual convention of the Association of Cosmopolitan clubs in Towa City from December 26 to 29. The event, first west of the Mississippi, will host about 100 delegates and 34 colleges and universities. Louis P. Lochner will deliver the delegate response. Other speakers include Dr E A Steiner Grinnell College President W G Thompson Ohio State University and Dr G W Nasmyth Boston.
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Towa City
George W. Clarke
Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs
Association
Mississippi River
Governor Clarke
John G. Bowman
A. K. Watanhe
Jowa
Louis P. Lochner
Madison
Wis
E. A. Steiner
Grinnell College
W. G
Van Wagenen Ousted as U S Judge by Wilson
President Wilson removed Northern District of Iowa Judge Anthony Van Wagenen after he refused to resign at the attorney general request. The action followed friction over his prosecution record. Assistant DA Neese now leads the office and Judge Reed was notified.
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Iowa
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Anthony van Wagenen
van Wagenen
Department
Neese
Reed
Verdict in Clarinda awards Ada Grafton estate $9024
In Clarinda the district court jury awarded Ada Grafton administrator for A. P. Johnson’s estate $9024 against Wabash railway receivers for Johnson’s death struck by a Wabash passenger train two years ago. Also reported are injuries to two Cedar Rapids railroad workers in West Liberty, Fireman Harry Phelps injured between coal chute and engine tender. Winsor Poreck lost his right hand with wrecking crew.
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Verdict Hill Railroad
Shenandoah
Clarinda
Ada Grafton
A. P. Johnson
Blanchard
Wabash Railway
A. P Johnson
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Harry Phelps
Winsor Poreck
Woman Dies After Stair Fall in Cheruest Township
Mrs Jane Wright aged resident of Cheruest township Van Buren county fell down stairs to the cellar injuring her head on the cement floor. She died an hour later.
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Te Faral
Keosanqua
Jane Wright
Cheruest Township
van Buren County
Muscatine Adopts $1 Gas Flat Rate Ordinance
City council passes ordinance setting a $1 flat gas rate with Mayor Koehler casting the deciding vote. Muscatine Lighting Company vows to challenge the ordinance in court.
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Dollar Gas
Muscatine
Koehler
Bumped by a Charming Self Regard at Social
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes Mr Blank, a first tenor in a glee club and choir, received a flattering escort request after a suburban social. A pretty guest chose him to walk her home, sparking his smug pride as she revealed she picked him for “holier the loudest.”
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Mr. Blank
Cleveland Plaindealer
Mean Swindle and the German Girls Cook Book Prank
Bishop Blougram at a Den ver tea denounces white slavery in literature. He cites a Germany scare where 75,000 schoolgirls sent $1.30 for a pamphlet and received a cook book instead, illustrating moral panic and exploitation.
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Bishop Blougram
Denver
Germany
Advertiser
Not the Kind Engagement Divides Jones Family
Mr Jones voices strong disapproval of his daughter Mabel’s engagement to Billy. The scene hints at family tension without detailing the reasons or outcome.
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Mr. Jones
Mabel
Billy
An odd column of old time quips and medicinal ads
A collage of 19th century style snippets includes a brash job query at a business, Mrs Winglow teething syrup, a humorous duel with shillalahs then guillotine talk, Dean's Cough Drops, a sailor's remark about the sea and shore.
Free lance defined as back writer earning over twelve a week
A reader asks what a free lancer is and the reply defines a back writer as someone who earns more than 12 dollars weekly. The exchange captures a practical definition and the notion of freelance work in plain terms.
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Vinton
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