Gasoline and tax measures dominate fortieth general assembly
The House and Senate debate excise taxes with the gasoline tax advancing as a replacement for property levies while coal tonnage, tobacco, and bus taxes face uncertain futures. Rockefeller gift funding aims to build a new Iowa City medical school with a 450000 annual match for five years.
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Iowa News Roundup Reflects Agricultural, Educational Activities
Iowa universities, county events, and farm developments fill a wide array of notes. May Day programs, a new poultry hatchery near Newton, a two headed pig near Sheldon, and a naval reserve sub chaser to be berthed at Burlington highlight the year 1923 regional life.
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Year Book of Agriculture
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Grignon
France
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Towa
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J. H. Strief
Board of Control
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Meyer Zelcer
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Iowa Poultry Record Flock Association
Curtis Reeve
Logan
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Cincinnati
Sol Wolk
T. A. Long
Collins
A. H. Pedersen
Hidden Heats and Fasting Girls From Early Medical Myths
New York medical authorities recount 114 degree fever cases caused by self deception and hysteria. The Escanaba girl’s ploy exposed by Dr. Morris Fishbein is linked to the legends of fasting girls and self-mutilation in medieval and modern eras.
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Escanaba
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
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Leicester
Hugh
Lincoln
Margaret Weiss
Rade
Spires
Geraldus Buccidianus
Bucoldianus
William A. Hammond
New York City
Samuel W. Lambert
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Lambert
Two-Foot Water Snake Found In Calf’s Body
A year-old calf owned by Henry L. Clarke of Evart Michigan died under mysterious circumstances. Unusual symptoms puzzled veterinarians as a two-foot water snake was found wrapped around the lungs and heart. Death followed when the snake began eating through the stomach walls.
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Henry L. Clarke
Evart
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Mooney Gangs Feeds on Sixty Raw Eggs Then Eats Two Sandwiches
In Winsted Connecticut James Casey lost a wager when Mooney Gangs ate sixty raw eggs for a meal at a cafe. He then had two large sandwiches to settle his stomach as the last egg went down.
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James Casey
Skeleton of a dwarf cliff dweller found near Prescott
A Prescott area skeleton found by Morris and Howell Payne near Granite Dells appears small in overall size but shows mature teeth and skull features. Researchers visiting next summer to study Verde River cliff dwellings will note the skeleton’s unusually large teeth for its size and compare it with the tiny handprints at Moxtezuma Castle.
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Horse Kisser Fined in Bowery Court
James Ryan of 135 East Sixteenth Street was arraigned in night court on dis orderly conduct after leading a horse onto the sidewalk before 121 Bowery. Magistrate Kilperin fined him $5 as the arresting officer quipped about the horse’s neighing.
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Kilperin
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President backs tariff flexible rates plan despite court challenge
President Harding endorses the tariff commission program and authorizes Thomas Marvin to proceed with notices and an investigation into rates on seventeen commodities. The move is hailed by Chairman Marvin and William Burgess as a win, while Culbertson opposes it for a scientific revision. Legal questions about the constitutionality of flexible rates loom, with critics predicting court review and constitutional constraints on executive power.
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William Burgess
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Congress
Embassies Budget Debate Shapes Paris Purchase Choice
The senate advances a plan to fund up to 308000 for Paris site and building purchases for U S diplomatic use with a further 150000 authorized, amid a 500000 yearly cap for foreign embassy structures. Paris real estate value, the Hotel de Conde, is proposed as a suitable historic option.
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Paris
Senate
United States
New York
Hotel de Conde
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Mademoiselle de Conde
A’ “Enghein
Ay” Brogniart
Boucher
Comte de Chambrun
Lafayette
Washington
Yorktown National Military Park Bill Advances
Congress passes a bill directing the secretary of war to study the feasibility of creating a Yorktown Virginia national military park commemorating the 1781 campaign and siege. A three member commission may be appointed to prepare plans and cost estimates, with expenses paid from Army contingencies.
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Yorktown
Virginia
Congress
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Utah
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Next Congress to Tackle Passports and Visa Fees
The incoming Congress will push to end passport vise abuses and curb the visa fees that burden traveling Americans and foreign visitors. Since 1921 the system required Americans to hold passports for entry to most nations, while visa costs abroad often exceed the U.S. rate, raising total travel expenses for both sides.
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United States
Memorial for Women War Work proposed in Congress
The bill would authorize a 150000 dollar government stake with a matching private 150000 to erect a memorial building honoring the service and sacrifice of American women in World War I. The Red Cross would maintain the site on land partly from Civil War memorial grounds, at no cost to the government. The plan echoes prior memorials and aims to bolster Red Cross chapters nationwide to sustain relief and disaster work.
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