Resignations and confirmations reach across Washington
Heber H Yotaw announces resignation as superintendent of prisons. Senate confirms Edgar A Bancroft as ambassador to Japan. Washington ratifies Dominican treaties for evacuation and debt repayment. Costa Rica leaves League of Nations with a check for back dues. Prohibition, recall letters, and various political shifts thread through the day as officials address foreign policy and domestic affairs.
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Iscis
Japan
Senate
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Dominican Republic
United States
Costa Rica
League of Nations
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Geneva
Towa State News AAS relay consolidated school build
Iowa reports various state developments including school bond sales, tuberculosis eradication laws, a new Methodist hospital ground break in Cedar Rapids, and county infrastructure plans. The gadgetry notes touch Des Moines real estate, smallpox vaccination, road funding, and crop value shifts with corn leading across the state.
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Sonad
W. F. B. Clevenger
Des Moines
Iowa
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Sas
Tong
Tate
Oaekeon
Chicago
Civic Opera
Hawarden
Iowa Supreme Court
Towa Fromen
Cause and Cure of War
Camimins
Washington
State Board of Control
Hutchinson
Kansas
Glenwood
Cornell
State Board of Health
Towa
Hitnois
Iowa Lawmakers Push Broad 1925 Program For Revenue and Reform
The Iowa General Assembly outlines a broad agenda including an income tax to replace property tax, banking reform ending public funds preference, ratification of the federal child labor amendment, and a state child welfare program. It also backs budget efficiency, a gasoline tax for roads, and a road bond issue. Recruits number sixty eight of 158 members. Des Moines sees steady bank clearings near 1923 levels with 5 percent weekly gains. Local efforts include church fundraising in Creston, farm land confidence returning, and a wild west rodeo planned in Des Moines with 200 participants.
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General Assembly
Towa
Commission
smgemDers
Waukon
Allamakee County
Creston
Iowa
Boone News Republican
Mahaska County
Bhut
Hank
Des Moines
Osceola County
American Legion Auxiliary
Cherokee
aTgonae Post
American Legion
Towatore
Trans-Mississippi
Weeks and the Chicago Drainage Canal Secretary Portrait
The passage discusses Weeks as a key figure in the Chicago Sanitary District and references his prominence in the War Department context. It notes a Supreme Court decision affecting water withdrawals and outlines interest from multiple states and Canada in the canal project.
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John
War ‘Department
Chicago
Canada
United States Supreme Court
Washington Post editor remarks spark courtroom talk
Fragmentary OCR notes quote an editor in chief of the Washington Post and reference breeches in the Court of St Jan. The garbled text hints at editorial satire and media commentary discussed recently.
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Washington Post
St Jan
Washington_ Post
Stone of Chesterfield Born 1812 In Growth Of Legal Career
Chief Justice Taft announced after a ceremonial moment as the retiring member was honored. Harvin Fiske Stone, born in Chesterfield, N. H., pursued Amherst College, Columbia Law, and taught at Columbia Law School, becoming dean in 1916. He served as U S Attorney General under Coolidge and held many legal and college roles.
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Seith
Taft
New York
Columbia
Coolidge
Splitvan&Cremovetl
New York City
Episcopatian Church
First Woman Governor Inaugurated In Wyoming
Nelie Tastoe Ross was inaugurated as Wyoming’s first woman governor amid solemn ceremonies in Cheyenne. Acting Governor Lyess praised bipartisan cooperation and urged public support while noting the late Governor William B. Ross. Chief Justice Potter administered the oath, honoring the state’s early equal rights milestone from 1889.
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Cheyenne
Nellie Tastoe Ross
Commonwealth
United States
William
Ross
Lyess
Wrominz
Husan
Potter
Wyoming Supreme Court
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