Iowa General Assembly Closes After Lengthy Investigation
The report on the Forty Fourth General Assembly finds laxity yet no evidence of mal administration or criminal acts. It criticizes land purchases for the university and Rockefeller funds handling while praising the university medical college. The session also passes a drunken driving bill, road regulation acts, and an enabling bill for a road bond amendment. Numerous appointments are issued across education, highway, fish and game, insurance, labor, industrial, parole, and health posts.
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House
Senate
Finance Committee
General Assembly
Fisk
N. J
Attorney General's Office
University Medical College
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Marshall
Supreme Court
Gov. Turner
Board of Education
Harry M. Neal
Sigourney
Eskil Carlson
Des Moines
J. H. Anderson
Thompson
T. W. Keenan
Shenandoah
Highway Commission
Thos. H. Way
Mason City
A. L. Urick
Industrial Commission
A. B. Funk
Board of Parole
Building Bird Houses From Materials And Techniques
Instructions on constructing durable bird houses using cypress or other woods, rainproof design, ventilation features, and placement guidance. A separate report notes John Werner, 27, of near Center Point fatally injured in a Friday automobile crash with driver A H Ackerman of Cedar Rapids. Werner suffered a fractured skull and crushed chest.
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John Werner
Center Point
A. H. Ackerman
Cedar Rapids
Ackerman
Werner
Inside Information For The Busy Housewife
Waffles served with crushed strawberries make a good dessert for this time of year. Add cream if you like, plain or whipped. Sweeten the batter a little more than usual. Always iron with the thread of the goods and iron until the garment is dry. Do you know poke shoots They grow wild in many localities. The young shoots are excellent greens. First water is thrown away after boiling briefly. Do not overcook them. Serve in any way asparaguss served. An oblong kitchen saves space better than a square one with equipment arranged on long sides for efficient workflow.
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Martin
Planting Guidance To Beat Heat On Potatoes
U S Department of Agriculture advises growers to plant potatoes to avoid tuber development during hot dry spells. In western New York and parts of Ohio Michigan and Wisconsin earlier May plantings lead to poorer yields when July heat occurs. Cedar County farmers challenge TB testing laws and seek court redress, with the Supreme Court upholding constitutionality.
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House
Cedar County
State House
Turner
Fletcher
U. S. Department of Agriculture
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Middle Western States
Supreme Court
Dueling Chief Sport at German Universities
A Yale graduate reports from Heidelberg that dueling is the top sport among German undergraduates. Matches occur between Korporationen members with blades aimed at heads, judged by stern officials. Seconds call, blood flows, duels last 40 to 100 rounds depending on honor.
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New York
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Gibbs W. Sherrill
Heidelberg University
Korporationen
Sherrill
Jude
73 780 Acres Added to U S Bird Refuge
The migratory bird conservation commission authorized purchases of 73 780 acres for new wildlife refuges. The acquisitions raise total protected area to 158 167 acres across Florida California North Carolina and Nebraska. Refuges include Swanquarter in Hyde County North Carolina and additions near Salton Sea California.
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Washington
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
Congress
Florida
California
North Carolina
Nebraska
Apalachee Bay
Wakulla
Jefferson
Taylor
Qoalifornia
Salton Sea
Hoover
Hyde County
Pamlico Sound
Swanquarter Migratory Bird Refuge
Buffalo Cat Claims US Oldest Age At Twenty
Buffalo resident Midge Gainey is twenty and asserts the claim of being the oldest cat in the United States. Britannica notes cats reaching twenty exist, while society records sometimes limit estimated ages to fourteen or fifteen. In other news, a woman about 22 was found dead in the Wapsipinicon River south of Clinton with bindings on limbs. another body, Rose Caviezel, 19, was recovered opposite Clinton after disappearing last November.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Midge Gainey
Midge
United States
Human Society
Encyclopedia Britannica
Wapsipinicon River
Clinton
Mississippi River
Rose Caviezel
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Dan Turner
Hammill
Monticello School
Bert Clark
Pyrle Carter
Edward Street
Flossie (Starks) Smith
Stella
Wilkinson) Young
Herman Schaeffer
Leroy Clark
George B. Samter
Lizzie (Rauch) Johnson
Otto Meyer
Edith
Starks
Observer
Holland
Aftc
Helen Varia
Anson A. Paris
Holand
Carter
Flora Schlotter
Paris
Russell Vilet
Catherine Vilet
U. S. Bird Refuge
Buffalo Cat
W. Burkert
Goop
I. A. Heiken
Monticello
M. Hosford
Newton Parrott
J. L. Weber & Sons
Cascade, Iowa
Wm. Morse
South Cedar Street
Majestic
Philco
Locher's
Pd-1
Edith Worry EE
Helgens Bros
S. C
Henry Bartels
Fred Shover
Superior Whith
Center Junction
H. H. Beehusen
Adolph Schoon
Amber
Waco
W. J. Pirat
W. O.briggs
Errs
Srunset
Candy
F. O. B. Flint
Mich
McLaughlin
Buick
O. C. Curtis
Seventh Street
Monticello State Bank
Wm. P. Knepper
Cascade
Norm Smith
Harvey Harford
Adolph Kernen
McCormick- Deering
Alva Stadtmueller
John Jacobs
Dimension
Jones County
G. C. Heberling Co
Bloomington
Grimm
North Dakota
Grimm Alfalfa Association
Fargo
N.D
Cooperative Organization
Legion Hall
Pleasant Knoll Hatchery
Rucker
W. Chas. R. Rice
Farmers’ Grain Co
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