Complete list of laws passed by the Twenty seventh Iowa assembly
The Twenty seventh general assembly enacted the boards of control plan with three electors to oversee state institutions, created annual and biennial budgeting and reporting duties, and restructured appointments and salaries. It also regulated osteopathy practice, primary elections, insurance consolidation, and state aid to societies while adjusting school and tax-related provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Board of Control
Senate
Statehouse
Joint Legislative’ Committee
Soldiers’ Home
College For
School For
Industrial Home For
Des Moines
State University
Agricultural College
State Normal School
Ane
H. F
State institution salaries and monthly rates revised
The text lists monthly rates for several Iowa state hospitals and schools including Mount Pleasant Clarinda Mitchellville Eldora and Glenwood with changes from 14 to 12 14 to 13 11 to 10 10 to 9 per month. It also details salaries for superintendents at Glenwood Eldora Council Bluffs Vinton Davenport Mitchellville Knoxville and others and sets pay for Educational Examiners with a secretary at up to 75 a month and a board expense cap of 1600 charged to exam fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Clarinda
Mitchellville
Eldora
Knoxville
S. S
State Board of Educational Examiners
Appropriations for State Institutions and Public Works
A ledger of appropriations lists funding for state institutions and services such as orphans’ homes in Davenport, industrial schools, the state university and library, hospitals for the insane, the school for the deaf, the penitentiaries, the industrial and agricultural colleges, and other public needs. Amounts include 80,000 for the hospital, 44,120 for the Fort Madison penitentiary, and 100,000 for the Cherokee hospital, with multiple line items for normal schools, libraries, and contingency funds.
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Davenport
Industrial School
Mitchell- Wang
Goantos
State University
Mt. Pleasant
Council Bluffs
Bremer County
General Assem
Executive Council
Linnie Haguewood
College For
James Dally
National Guard
Fort Dodge
College For the
Vinton
Iort Madison
Glenwood
Eldora
Anamosa
Seas
Clarinda
Knox- Vilc
C.ees
Hospital For Insane
Independence
State ‘Normal School
State Normal School
Hospital For
Cheroskee
Agricultural College
Spain
State Agricultural Society
Issesseevees
Benedict
Des Moines
New Representation Plan and Biennial Elections Proposed
The document details a proposed new plan of representation for Iowa lower house based on population per county with one or two representatives per county and a cap of two. It also advocates biennial elections from 1902 onward, with term adjustments for judges and officers, and outlines timing for constitutional submission and legislative sessions. Pardons granted include Barney Kennedy of Dubuque County and James Johnson of Potawatomi County for murder cases.
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Whelan
Emmet
Titus
Muscatine
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Barney Kennedy
Dubuque County
Lfe
Anamosa Penitentiary
James Johnson
Pottawattamle County
Hfe
Legalizing Acts Across Municipalities and Districts
Legislative summaries list acts legalizing municipal and school district actions in multiple counties. Provisions cover school boards, district reorganizations, city councils, town incorporation, and notary acknowledgments by stockholder officers. Also notes state payment of medical board expenses and local tax levies in Lincoln Center No. 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Directors
Independent School District of
Every
Clay County
S. F
Tracy
Lincoln
Marion County
H. F
Lehigh
H. S
Bondurant
Hureka
Woodbury County
School Board of
Deep River
State Board of Medical Examiners
Lenox
Lincoln Center No. 5
Pottawattamie County
Legalizing Various Local Government Actions in Iowa Listings
The document itemizes acts to legalize municipal deeds and elections across Iowa towns and counties including Danbury Cedar Rapids Des Moines Ottumwa Matlock Dumont Stuart Tavelock Winthrop Fairfax and more. It notes transfers of funds schoolhouse taxes and the approval of contracts and ordinances from 1890s proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Madison County
S. KF
Grundy County Agricultural Society
District Court
H. P
L. B. Dunton
Danbury
Woodbury County
Scott Township
Floyd County
Ilegally
Independent School District
Ottumway
John IF. Rugs
Board of Supervisors
Appanoose County
Swamp Land
General County Fund
H. FF
Matlock
H. F
Arion
Crawford County
Des Moines
McCuskey & Hmolcomb Company
H. WW
Dumont
Cedar Rapids
Independent School District of
Stuart
Tavelock
Pocahontas County
Mima
Hownard County
Islma
Howard County
Winthrop
Fairfax
Landowners ordered to cut highway weeds under old plan
The bill requires every land owner to cut weeds along the highway adjacent to their land by August 15. If the owner fails, a three day notice is issued, then road supervisors may perform the work and charge two dollars per day against the land, with funds flowing back into road districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Iowa
New Orleans
State Pharmacy Commission
H. I
S. NI
Executive Council
County Recorder
County Auditor
Eighteenth Judicial District
Linn, Jones and Cedar
S. F
WI. I
Butler
Bremer
Floyd
Cerro Gordo
Hancock
Mitchell
Winnebago
Worth
Board of Supervisors
Missouri
Nebraska
Cfiies
S. F.d
Ife
County Board of Supervisors
A. T. Birchard
Dat
Supreme Court
H. FW
Reform School
Agricultural College
Boards of Supervisors
Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction in Smith Case
The Supreme Court sustained Betsey Smiths attorneys motion and directed the sheriff to bring her from Des Moines for trial on a charge of murdering her husband Michael Smith. A life sentence had been given, but her daughter later confessed they committed the deed, prompting the court to reverse the lower court for insufficient evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Betsey Smith
Dew Moines
Anaimosu
Michael Smith
Beethwith declines as advertising figure for rivals
Warren Beethwith son in law of Robert T Lincoln ends his season with Olumwa after being declared off his pitching duties. He leaves Mount Pleasant for Creston to take a clerkship in the office of Division Superintendent Dnepan of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Beethwith
Robert T. Lincoln
Mount Pleasant
Creston
Dnepan
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Acquittal in Clarinda case followed by libel suit
The trial in Clarinda ended with the acquittal of Lizzie Mc Carville in a pre denation case against Tlayes. A sensational sequel follows as Tlayes files a $10,000 libel suit against Catholic priest Mather Dareey of Clarinda, with papers secured immediately after the verdict.
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Oil Dodge
Lizzie McCarville
Rank
Tlayes
Clarinda
Mather Dareey
Northwestern Lumbermen Association Holds Sioux City Convention
The North western Lumbermen's Association, a group of retail lumber dealers from northwestern Iowa and southwestern Minnesota, met in Sioux City to look after regional dealer interests. The next annual meeting is slated for Cherokee.
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Northwestern Luimbermen’s Association
Sioux City
Iowa
Minnesota
Cherokee
Walker Fights Lang In Davenport Defeat For Des Moines Heavyweight
Des Moines heavyweight Walker was knocked out in under three rounds by Bob Lang of Maquoketa in Davenport. About 200 spectators watched as Walker collapsed near the corner and needed assistance to reach the dressing room.
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Walker
Des Moines
Bob Lang
Maquoketa
Davenport
Haid
Jury Awards $2000 in Wible vs Cedar Rapids & Northern
In Cedar Rapids district court Lewis A. Wible sued Arlington Cedar Rapids and Northern for 10000 damages after losing a leg in the company yards at Elsworth Minnesota. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Cedar Rapids
Lewis A. Wible
Arlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad
Elsworth
Minn
Lim
Mother of accused murderer seeks visit at Dubuque jail
Mrs. McGarry, mother of the man accused of Lavake’s murder, called at the Dubuque jail to see her son. McGarry refused entry and instructed the jailer to keep her away. Dr. Welly, an attorney from Minmetsburg, has been engaged to defend him.
Sixteenth Annual Dental Commencement at Iowa City Opera House
The sixteenth annual commencement of the dental department at the state university was held at the opera house in Iowa City. The annual address was delivered by J. T. Abbott, D. DS, of Manchester. President Schaeffer conferred degrees to GI.
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The
State University
Opera House
Iowa City
Hhe
J.T. Abbott
D. DS
Manchester
Schaeffer
Opened Another Man's Letter Arrests in Boone
Tred Martin, a young man and regular army veteran, was arrested in Boone for opening a letter not belonging to him and cashing a money order that belonged to another man of the same name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish and Game
State Fish and Game Warden
Tred Martin
Boone
Warehouses Burned In Bristow Fire Causes Large Loss
A lantern overturn at the Bristow warehouse of Coonley & Menfritz destroyed grain elevator owned by W. 3 in Minneapolis grain and hay in baled form, cement and stucco, with contents of the Bristow storage facility. Total estimated loss runs to about $50,000.
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Coonley & Menfritz
Bristow
W. 3
Taz
Minneapolis
J. D. Shaw
Doty Arrested on Cedar Rapids Bench Warrant for Libel
Elias Doty once linked to the Greenbvel Party for governor of Yowa was arrested in Cedar Rapids on a bench warrant for criminal libel. A year earlier Doty was fined for selling obscene pictures. He also petitioned the General Assembly seeking impeachment of Judge William Thompson for alleged improprieties during his trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Doty
Greenbvel Party
Yowa
Cedar Rapids
Doty
General Assembly
Tudge William (. Thompson
Veteran Col Dailey Dies in Council Bluffs
Col Dailey a famed faw yer and Civil War veteran died in Council Bluffs He enlisted as a private in the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and rose to major He was brevetted lieutenant colonel by President Lincoln for gallant conduct in battle He led in hot fights and was often wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dailey
Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Hinncoln
Fatal family shooting in Cedar Rapids involved multiple shooters
Marion Saddler a Cedar Rapids railway machinist fired four shots at his wife Mrs Sadler and son Arthur intervened shooting his father in the abdomen. The wife then shot Saddler fatally after he dropped his revolver and reached for a rifle in a chaotic domestic attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Saddler
Cedar Rapids
Sadler
Arthur
Money Order Offices Elevate Town Post Offices
Money order offices announced for Rex Hider Mills county Canton Jackson county Mert Poweshiek county Vlorenceville Toward county North Peaugh Guthrie county Olmus Tawns county Rockton Marshall county Woodland Decator county expanding postal services to these towns in an official upgrade.
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Rex Hider
Mills County
Canton
Jackson County
Mert
Poweshiek County
Vlorenceville
Toward County
North Peaugh
Guthrie County
Olmus Tawns
Rockton
Marshall County
Woodland
Decator
Pont Oilloes Discontinued Across Multiple Counties
A series of post offices have been ordered discontinued including Grants Mod in Montgomery County and Paylor in Bedford County along with Corydon in Wayne County and other listed locations such as Cass and Calhoun counties. The moves affect mail service at each site with final closures pending.
Iowa News Briefs From Across The State
A string of short items reports layoffs and accidents, political notes, and local events. Highlights include a bank transformation in Trier, a fatal saw accident in Cedar Rapids, a suicide in Kalona, and a new post office at Copenhaver Polk County plus a hotel blaze in Sioux City.
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Cedar Walls Canning Company
John Damusen
Atlantic
Iowa
Dubuqtte
SuWleleney
Chicago Creat Western
Oelwein
Burlington
Creston
Hx-City
John 8. Bear
Chicago
Monroa County
Albia
Brooks & Moore State Bank
Trier
Tr. Gardiner
Sioux City
Manchester
Wehland
Canton
Sioux Gily
John MacVicar
Dex Moines
Charles Banks
Webster City
Ife
Hamilton County
W. D. McCormick
Farmington
Epstein
Dem
Starlington
Federation of Labor
Dubuque
Eagle Grove
W.R.C. Charles Good
Des Moines
Bank of Maxwell
Security Bank of Nevada
Joseph Dedic
Cedar Rapids
Zaun
Crew's
Scute
Wheeler's
Marehe
White’s
J. N. Henry
Seattle
Yakut At Bay
Alliance
Alaska
Lauser
Kalona
Ile
Een
Polk County
Hiram S. Ames
Copenhaver
Woodbury County
Emma Is
Dillon
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Owa
State Board of Health
HI. F
Lse
Auditor of State
San Jose
Hospital For the Insane
Sir. U
Towa
State
Tme
Th. R.st
Pune
Tawinahtp
Clinton Comety
Executive Caune al
Hon Land Wiehe
Hon Land Wiehe For the Use of the Deputy Wardens of the Penitentiartess
Cilonwood
College For the Blind
Gane
Betsey Santoh
Hox
Northwestern Lumbermen
Iowa State News
Venth
Hin Son
Rte
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