Iowa Legislature Nears End As Adjournment Sine Die Looms
The 1924 Iowa General Assembly moves toward a noon adjournment on April 17 as the House and Senate clinch a adjournment resolution with little dissent. Key actions include passage of several banking, education, and tax measures, debates over a long list of bills, and a Rockefeller Foundation funded medical college project for Iowa City.
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Senate
House of the Fortieth General Assembly
House
Kendall
New York
The
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Iowa
Volney Diltz
Polk County
Towa
John C. Zapf
Littleport
Joseph E. Meyer
Zapf
Iowa Assembly
Fulton
Baird
Gilchrist
Iowa House
State Treasury
Secretary of State
Yeomen
Rockefeller Foundations
Iowa City
House Committee On Conservation
Executive Council
W. C. Edson
Buena Vista County
Larrabee
Cummins
Reid-Edson
State Board of Assessment
Patterson
State Agricultural Department
Mead
Iowa Billiard Association
Ways and Means Committee
State Board of Education
Rockefeller Foundation
General Education Board
State University of Iowa
Price
Shinn
Amer ica Has Its Own Tut s Tomb
A Chicago article compares a New Mexico ruin on the Rio de las Animas Perditias to Tutankhamun s tomb, detailing a prehistoric pueblo of unknown name, its communal housing, kivas, irrigation system, and lack of metal, while noting cultural parallels with the Maya and Egyptian civilization.
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Chicago
America
Egypt
Howard Carter
Lord Carnarvon
Rio de Las Anlimas Perditias
River of Lost Souls
New Mexico
Mexico
R. Linton
Anthropological Department of the
Field Museum
United States
Simon
Robbers Target Chain Groceries in St Louis
Two men arrested in St Louis admitted to robbing a chain grocery store daily for 26 days and said their living came from these robberies. The company says it lost 21900 dollars in robberies over the last three years.
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St. Louis
American Race Symbols Highlight in Central America and New Mexico
S. G. Morley of the Carnegie foundations continues Central America work while Warl H. Morris of the American Museum of Natural History extends a 1916 New Mexico pueblo ruin project. The endeavors, though lacking Tutankhamun allure, hold historical and anthropological significance as American symbols of the races.
Ruble-Dollar Exchange Rate Sparks Russian Cash Demand
Washington reports famine fears eased yet hunger for greenbacks grows in Russia. Soviet rubles fetch about 54,000,000 per dollar in Moscow curb markets. U S relief officials note Confederate currency once sold at a premium is ignored as cash imports rise to roughly 1 million dollars monthly.
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Washington
Russia
American Relief’ Administration
Lincoln
Moscow
United States
Prisoners to Hear Radio Concerts in Ohio Penitentiary
Edwin Kumler testified that Warden Thomas granted permission to set up radio equipment at the Ohio penitentiary in Columbus. Kumler, serving three to five years for automobile theft, says inmates will soon enjoy radio concerts as part of a trial program. Meanwhile in Tokyo, applications for admission to Japan’s Annapolis fell to 1,180, far below the ten year average of about 8,000.
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Cleveland, O
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Edwin S’. Kumler
P. E. Thomas
Kumler
R. HW. Schatz
Japan
Tokyo
Edujima
Annapolis
Scotch Couples Break Dancing Endurance Record in Edinburgh
In a grueling world contest, Miss Mary Connelly and Joseph Young pair along with Miss Lena Slansen and Hugh MacKay set a 21 hour 16 minute dance record in Edinburgh, surpassing Santos Casani's 18 hour 34 minute effort at Hammersmith despite war injuries. Casani logged 46 miles 1,140 yards on his pedometer before quitting with sore feet.
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London
England
Scotland
Santos Casant
Hammersmith
Edinburgh
Mary Connelly
Joseph Young
Lena Slansen
Hugh MacKay
Casani
Cusani
Ile
Wyoming man wins $40 with pig's feet feat
A Wyoming man reportedly won $40 by eating two dozen pigs feet in a stunt described as a pig’s feat. The report appears in the Boston Evening Transcript.
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Wyoming
Boston Evening Transcript
Great-Grandmother at Forty-Seven Reported in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Examiner notes a woman aged forty-seven is a great-grandmother, with her daughter thirty-one a grandmother and granddaughter Bertha Blanche Hauschild a mother, as part of a noted search for the youngest grandmother.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Winn Cunningham
Jessie Myers
Myers
Bertha Blanche Hauschild
Los Angeles Eixpminer
Scottish Laborites Bar Hobnobbing With King
The Scottish Labour MPs in the House of Commons condemn royal function attendance due to unemployment. About half a dozen abstained from signatures. English Labour MPs not asked to align. party once voted 88 to 37 for individual freedom but no collective invitations. Reconsideration noted. policy not announced.
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London
Labor Party
House of Commons
Iowa farming notes mix crops and livestock trends
Reports on a state radio station bill delay, twin headed pig, rising poultry figures in Jasper county, bee demonstration requests near Kel logg, Des Moines elevator tragedy with several dead, grain judging win by Washington high school, and a push by Northwestern Lumbermen to cut Pacific coast freight. Also iron and dairy topics from Dallas county to Humboldt, Holstein clubs, and historic Edgewood farm lineage.
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Senate
Sheldon
Jasper County
Kellogg
Randolph Hotel
Des Moines
Washington
Pacific Coast
Toledo Merchants
Dallas County
Dallas County Farm Bureau
Hotel
Russell
Commercial Club of
Humboldt
Towa Falla
Hardin County
Farmers Creamery
Randall
Kenneth Mengee
Shenandoah
Iowa State College
Illinois Central Railroad
Cherokee
Burnside
Iowa
State Treasury
House
Secretary of State
College of Engineering
University of Iowa
Ohio State Ingineer
Enginneers
Ohio State University
Owen E. Williams
Iie
IF. G. Higbee
Guthrie County
Coin
College Springs
Herbert Ogle
Afton Township
Cherokee County
Chester White
Washington County
Colorado
Texas
Edgewood Farm
Marshall County
John Arney
Iown
Indiana
Way of Abel and Cain Faith Versus Self Righteousness
A thematic sermon contrasts Abel’s faith with Cain’s self relied offering. It cites Hebrews 11 4 and emphasizes salvation by faith through God’s revealed word, not human effort. The text traces garments of skins, sacrifice, and Christ as the substitute, warning against the self devised path.
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Cain
Abel
God
Adam
Tye
Christ
Eden’s
Mman
Eoucheth
Jesus
The Sunny Spots In Life
A reflective piece on finding joy amid sorrow. The author notes God makes sunny spots in the heart and questions why light should be excluded from them, urging balance in life and relationships.
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Hallburton
Untimely Slogan and Proverb Reflections
A brief note contrasts contentment with current life to gaining a few days with neighbors. It presents the Spanish proverb It is too late and warns against a fool who commits too late to change. The piece closes with a moral reflection on time and decision.
Moment of Time as Fore Jock Commands The Stage
A compact reflection on timing and presence as Wordsworthian insight meets the relentless march of time. The fore jock embodies control over the moment, shaping perception and pace in a subtle display of power.
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Jock
Wordsworth
The New Tidings Reported to Fairfax Readers
A brief notice notes new tidings reaching Fairfax readers as minds remain pressed open to hear fresh information and updates at every ear.
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Fairfax
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Quick Local Relief
An advertisement describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a two part treatment with a local ointment for fast relief and an internal tonic that works through the blood to clear catarrh. It notes over 40 years of sale and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio as the publishers.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Open Minded Thinking Critically Shapes Judgment
An open mind is desirable if it can accept or reject intelligently the stuff it catches. The quote emphasizes thoughtful discernment and balanced evaluation in forming beliefs or judgments. It suggests judging information on merit rather than bias.
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