Women gain right to sit in Iowa legislature precedent set
The Iowa House passed a concurrent resolution to allow women to sit in the legislature, sending it to the Senate which gave no debate and referred it to the 41st General Assembly in 1925 for possible ratification by referendum.
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House of Representatives
Senate
House
Forty-First General Assembly
General Assembly
Iowa
Hauge
Polk County
Graham
Wanello County
Eight Added to roll of honor honors brave acts in war
The War Department reports eight new Medal of Honor recipients for actions in France during 1918. Citations name Albert Baese of Berea Ohio and Edwin Bleckley of Wichita Kansas among others for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty.
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War Department
Army
Baese, Albert
Berea
Ohio
Bleckley, Edwin
Wichita
Kan- Bas
Leutenant
Argonne Forest
Bleckley
Goettler
Harold Ernest
Chicago
Wiffieth
Air Service
Briarville
France
Erwin R. Bleckley
Seventy-seventh
Gertrude Goettler
Williams Street
Brookline
Mass
Harold Ernest Goettler
Donovan
William Joseph
New York
Landres
St. Georges
Holderman
Nelson M
Santa Ana
Cal
Three Hundred and Seventh Infantry
Argonne
Holder- Iain
Morelock, Sterling
Oquawka
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Wyxermont
Morelock
Million Dollar Cow Uncovers Nevada Gold Vein
Los Angeles capitalist C T Johnson owns a cow worth $1,000,000. The animal fell into a well on a Nevada ranch near Needles and was saved by nine men. After extraction, a cow hoof reportedly exposed a rich gold vein.
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Los Angeles
C. T. Johnson
Los Aeles
Johnson
Nevada
Needles
Flerrick
Cotton row 75 miles long circles farm field north of Crowell
John L. Hunter of Crowell Texas claims the longest cotton row in the world spans 75 miles in a circular pattern around a 200 acre field. He says circular rows allow faster cultivation with fewer turn losses and suit large West Texas fields.
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Crowell, Tex
John L. Hunter
Hunter
New York Eater Wins Gastronomic Titles
Harry Wohl, in New York, earned a local wage dispute title by eating eight lobsters and a ninth for good measure at a restaurant. He recently claimed the Hust side championship beef stakes by consuming ten pounds of porterhouse. The 24 year old issued a challenge to long distance eaters for a public contest in plain and fancy eating.
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Sitting
New York
Harry Wohl
Wohl
Lover of costly perfume nabbed after drug store raid
In South Bend Indiana Allen Colling used perfume he sprayed in drug stores to avoid payment. Police pursued him through doors and fences after he bolted down a rear stair. He was caught and released only after agreeing to pay for the goods.
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South Bend
Ind
Allen Colling
Allen
Hollywood
Iowa News Highlights From Des Moines to Anamosa
Orphaned notes on state affairs show legislative moves in Des Moines approving a large school building program and a bill to restore nominations to county and district conventions. Other items cover drainage work at Ames, a national seedman’s presidency, prehistoric cave excavations at Anamosa, and auto license fee rules based on factory price and weight. Mentions of farmers institutes, cattle on feed, and local figures like J C MecGlade and A L Urick accompany broader Iowa updates.
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Gallagher
Towa
Iowa
Congress
Olson
State Highway Commission
House Roads and Highways Committee
House Journal
Highway Commission
Federal Bureau of Roads
Thirty-Eighth
General Assembly
The
Thirty-Seventh
Government Bureau of Roads
Washington
State of
House
W. c. Edson
House Committee On Roads and Highways
Senate
Alamakre
Associated Finance Company
Burlington Railroad
Board of Education
Des Moines
Clarence Lenker
Wilton Junction
Howard
Slemmons
Buchanan County
Ames
Charlotte Coman
Iowa City
New York
Diltz
Polk County
Henry Field
Shenandoah
Indianapolis
Delaware County
Farmers’ Institute
Manchester
Town
Fulton
Jefferson County
Horse Thief
Anamosa
North America
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
David J. Evans
Linn Grove
Perth
Australia
Eyanea
Black Hills
Africa
Johannes Eichner
Tripoli
Bremer County
Fairfield
Hammill
Committee On Banks and Banking
State Board of Educational Examiners
H. Sg. Blackmar
Ottumwa
A. L. Urick
Iowa League of Women Voters
Iowa Womens’ Club
Radio Regulation Challenge Aims at Monopoly Risk
The Kellogg White radio bill faces U S House Merchant Marine Committee with warnings that the Radio Corporation of America backed by General Electric and J P Morgan may erect a private monopoly over wireless. The issue centers on whether space transmission rights are public or can be privately claimed by prescription or improvident grants, risking incalculable value.
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The
Highway Commission
Senate
Tax Revision Commission
Thirty-Ninth
General Assembly
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Kendall
Jin
Iowa
Congress
Forty-First General Assembly
P. Morgan
Radio Corporation
United States
Has Pork Barrels Faded From Congressional History
The article argues that the pork barrel and log rolling have declined with the adoption of the budget system. Departments submit estimates to the budget director who scales them, and Congress rarely increases them. Bills pass quickly, surprising veterans who recall lengthy, busy sessions around December to July.
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Congress
Congressional Committees
House
Senate
Child Labor Reform Gains Large Movement Support
A broad coalition of more than 10,000,000 people across 100 organizations backs the McCormick constitutional amendment to curb child labor. Women’s groups, organized labor, and civic societies join in the drive with millions of members. Surveys by the children's bureau document home work in Rhode Island and sugar beet fields in Michigan and Colorado, revealing widespread child exploitation and an average age around eleven among 2,500 surveyed children in the sugar beet fields.
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Rhode
Michigan
Colorado
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
New England
Providence
Pawtucket
Children's Bureau
Seven Points in Good Citizenship Defined by Educators
A Washington conference of sixty educators and welfare leaders defined seven points of good citizenship. The traits include desiring to add to wealth or knowledge, loving country and serving it, fulfilling civic duties, pursuing justice, respecting law, cooperating with others, and planning for future generations.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Government sends investigators to Europe to trace drug smuggling
Officials announce a mission led by Col. O G Forrer to Europe to study narcotics origins. The inquiry targets Spain Italy and Germany with aid from American consuls as the Treasury and State departments expand efforts on major shipping routes to the United States.
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Europe
United States
State
Treasury Departments
Col
O. G. Forrer
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ferrer
O. K
Hughes
Spain
Italy
Germany
Mexico
Porter
Treasury Department
Ulielt Shipwenta
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Minois
California
Missouri
Norway
Sesecesssens I
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Ambassador Swimming Club
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W. Hohenzollern
William Hohenzollern
Doorn
Holland
Texas
Museum of Antiquities
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