Debate over highway commission confirms cuts and motive
The Iowa senate debated amending the two thirds confirmation rule for highway commission appointees. Senator Buser urged faster work by the commission and questioned ulterior motives behind the bill. Senator Cavanaugh countered with a simple majority proposal, supported by Stoddard and Baird, while Bowman defended the governor’s indirect link to the highway agency. The roll call ended 21 to 29.
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Slemmons
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Campbell
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Dart
Dean
Goodwin
Haskell
Horchem
Johnston
Kimberly
Perkins
Ramsey
Reed
Shaft
White
Tribute at Boone for Major Black in Military Funeral
A Boone memorial service honored Major Black with military honors. Attendees included National Guard units, reserve corps, American Legion members, Elks and Masons, and Boy Scouts. Dr. Fisher delivered a sincere tribute, praising his character and faith, while Lieut A Iverson offered an overseas companion's eulogy. Burial followed at Linwood Park cemetery with Battery C saluting at the grave.
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Walter R. Dyer
Vinnie Wiley
Kate Harper
E. M. Myers
Fisher
National Guard
Officers Reserve Corps
American Legionaries
Elks
Masonic
Major Black
Canton
N. Y
Jesus
John Baptist
John Knox
John Calvin
John Wesley
John Murray
W. H. Crooks
L. V. Harper
J. F. Harper
R. B. Allender
Frank Hollingsworth
John 8. Crooks
J. W. Doyle
N. M. Whitehill
M. C. Jones
M. A. Healy
J. H. Bramhall
Arch Doyle
Kenneth Valentine
China War Echoes through Kiangsu Chekiang Clash
The Dearborn Independent notes China’s wars span 2,500 years with Kiangsu and Chekiang recent battlegrounds. It highlights ancient timelines, modern upheavals led by Feng Hsiang and Chang Tso-lin, uprisings in Pekin, and looming threats to Nanking as merchants fear looting and New Year losses.
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Dearborn Independent
China
John Jordan
Kiangsu
Chekiang
Republic
Wu Province
Yueh
Yun-chang
Hoh-lo
Kaising
Fu-ch't
Fu-ch’a
Taiho Lake
Sonchow
Kou-tsien
Si-shih
Wu Tze-hau
Kingdom of
Hangchow
Wu Tze-hsu
North China Daily News
Grace Wu
Marahal Lu
Japan
Chang Tso-lin
Manchuria
Pekin
Feng Hsiang
Feng
Tsao Kun
Wu Pei-fu
Chang Tsolin
Chang
Nanking
Chi
Wall
War and finance darken Shanghai to New Year hardship
The article describes broad Chinese war tensions from Kiangsu to Chekiang, noting exodus of wealthy Chinese to Shanghai, financial strain on merchants, and looming New Year debt crises. Wu Pei fu and Chi are key figures, with Lu’s shifting loyalties and Shanghai’s governance turmoil shaping the mood of suspense across the Yangtze valley.
Eye as a camera in My Magazine analogy
A writer in My Magazine, London, compares the eye to a camera. It describes the eye as a dark chamber with lenses, the iris as a shutter, and the retina as a sensitive plate forming an image of the object. The piece notes how light beams interact with this system.
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London
Sea delivers coal along Buckhaven shore in Fife
Sea mining supplies Buckhaven residents as coal deposits wash ashore in the Firth of Forth. Farmers, families, and workers collect coal in buckets, bags, and wheelbarrows as ground swells erode seam outcrops and push the treasure toward the coast. Storms boost yields.
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Buckhaven
Fifeshire
Scotland
Firth of Forth
When money grows fast money leads to philanthropy pastime
A quotation noting that rapid wealth can turn philanthropy into a pleasant pastime without specifics.
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Loomis O. Black
Cicero
W. J. Black
St. Lawrence University
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Universalist
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Hartford
Wis
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United States Army
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Ma. Everett Sleet
Syracuse
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Brewerton
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Chicago
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Shanghai
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Marshal Lu
Chekiang Province
Yangstze
Soochow
Bubbling Well
China New Year
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Peoria
Gove
American Trust & Savings Bank
LE Mars
Spotts &Post Druggists
LE Mars, Iowa
Dr.Hess
Myer
Globe-Post
America
Meyer Booth
Meyer
LeMars
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