Iowa State News Highlights Farm and Education Efforts
Readable items show Iowa farm activity and public schooling. Topics include Montgomery county business, Drake University teacher problems, a Sherman bull arrival at Charles City, dairy feeding for northeast counties, and a Des Moines service project for Mothers and Parent-Teacher groups. Also noted are livestock judging results, county fairs attendance, and an Iowa history contest for high school pupils.
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Montgomery County
Lege
Iowa
Delaware Corporation
United Light and Railway Company
Davenport
Drake University
Charles City
Iowa State College
Frank Blanchard
Albion
Charles Stream of
Jefferson
Des Moines Register
Eldora
Unites of the
Mothers and Parent-Teachers Association
Des Moines
Executive
Ces
J. J. Dale
Bode
Chicago
Rockford
Shellrock Valley Poultry Club
James W. Good
Middle West
Coolidge
Dayton
Guy Stoddard
Jesup
C. E. Cameron
Iowi State Board of Agriculture
United States
Mac Francis
Iowa code revision drags as lawmakers debate divorce and highway bills
Iowa legislators grapple with code revision and the divorce law. Budgets, pay rules and holiday recess spark debate while committee work stretches, as Bowman warns against overhauling state laws. Bill changes target street rail rules and franchise limits.
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Iowa Goods Roads Association
M. L. Bowman
Bowman
Blackhawk County
Senate
Iowa
Code Commission
House
Harrison
Pottawattamie County
House Judiciary Committee
John Fletcher
Marshalltown
Assembly
Commission
Judiciary Committee
Des Moines
Hammill
Anderson
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State College of Sericulture
W. A. Caldwell
Mahaska County
Iowa Senate
J. H. Trewin
Cedar Rapin
J. C. Mabry
Albia
A. G. Whitney
Dea Moines
Harvard symposium ponders origin of life across disciplines
Harvard professors Harlow Shapley Edward C Jeffrey and Kirsopp Lake discuss The Origin of Life in Emerson Hall in a two hall symposium. Shapley argues life is a complex chemical process with space implications while Jeffrey outlines land life origins and the plant animal distinctions.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Emerson Hall
Harlow Shapley
Harvard Observatory
Edward C. Jeffrey
Kirsopp Lake
Shapley
Earth
Edward
Jeffrey
Dur
Garth
Nine Code Bills Passed In A Single Senate Session
The senate set a record by passing nine code bills mainly on municipal corporations and powers of public officials in one day. The house approved three code commission bills. Five other measures were approved by the senate covering officer qualification timing, gold and silver alloys, and abstract of titles.
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Senate
House
Code Commission
Powerful lighthouse with rotating lantern near Smethwick
A newly constructed lighthouse near Smethwick features a colossal revolving lantern visible up to five miles. It delivers 1 107 000 British candle power with a triple flash every 20 seconds and weighs 7 720 pounds. The light is to be used on Eclipse Island in Western Australia.
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Smethwick
D Annunzio Burns Medals on Altar in Brescia
Italian poet soldier Gabriele d Annunzio rejects a bronze valour medal and burns sixteen decorations including Italy s highest gold award at an altar he built from Monte Grappa rock. He vows to renounce any future rewards and offers laurel sacrifices.
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Brescia
Italy
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Monte Grappa
Repoira
Earldom Split Across William’s Norman Rule Revealed
Fragmentary OCR suggests a report on William the Conqueror dividing England among his Norman lords after victory. It mentions twenty earldoms and the redistribution of power, with limited legible details on dates or names.
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William
William, the Conqueror
England
Post Office Displays Special Exhibit on Dead Letters
A Washington exhibit showcases the fate of dead letters and the postal system’s handling of undeliverable mail. Officials highlight the historical methods, archival records, and lessons for modern mail service.
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Washington
Government showcases industrial motion pictures in capital display
The Interior Department promotes visual advertising through industrial films with federal backing. National business and trade groups are invited to view these motion pictures at a 4000 seat auditorium in Washington. In the previous year films by Interior and Commerce reached 2,507 audiences in 48 states and Alaska, totaling over 300,000 people.
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Ashington
Snd
Interior Department
Department of the Interior
Lima
Departments of the Interior and Commerce
States
Alaska
Bureau of Mines
United States Must Grow More Timber for Long Term Supply
The forestry program committee urged the Senate forestry committee to seek a federal appropriation of 7.15 million dollars for forest acquisition protection study and state cooperation. They called for federal leadership and allied cooperation to ensure continuous forest production and reduce dependence on foreign wood supplies.
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Plan of
American Life and Industry
Senate Forestry Committee
Forestry Program Committee
United States
Government Deliberate Plan Behind Sinking Reported
Fragmentary notes describe a claim that the German government deliberately ordered a sinking. The document suggests evidence was compiled to support a commission's findings on behalf of a party or state, though details are unclear.
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