Benjamin Franklin world figure amid praise and flaws
A retrospective essay tribute recalls Benjamin Franklin as a multifaceted founder noted for thrift teaching, science contributions, diplomacy, and public service. It weighs his foibles alongside his vital role in the republic and references biographies, letters, and public honors.
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Papa
Iowa House Readies for Forty Second General Assembly
In the Iowa Legislature the Forty second General Assembly opens with prep work complete. Debates over seating contested elections, a mutual insurance bill for bank depositors, and Governor Hammill's highway and bond proposals shape the opening session. Dr H V Scarborough backs tuberculosis legislation to protect children from infected parents. A banking survey resolution seeks to study conditions and draft protective measures for depositors.
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Mumboldt
Nbc
Cornellis
State Department of Banking
H. V. Scarborough
Oakdale
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Scarborough
J. L. Wolfe
Linn County
Iowa lawmakers weigh gasoline control and worker protections
A national group seeks a universal license for motorists with grounds for revocation over manslaughter driving under influence perjury felony charges and hit and run cases. Other items push for a minimum wage 48 hour week and reforms to primary elections while Iowa studies cooperative marketing roads taxation and state industrial policy.
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United States
Notable reflection on fame and moral codes from a Cedar Rapids column
The Cedar Rapids Republican essay lampoons Chaplin as fame fades and echoes an old adage on a scorned woman. It argues unrestrained self expression harms a person and cites natural law that the wages of sin is death and penalties are inexorable.
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Jared
Cedar Rapids
Charlie Chaplin
Nature
Congressman Cole Sees Peace Path in Nicaragua Debate
The article quotes Congressman Cole arguing that the U S aims for peace in Nicaragua under the Monroe doctrine. He cites past marines, protection of nationals, and the risk of undermining the doctrine if force is misused. He urges restraint and emphasizes safeguarding American lives and property.
No Cause for Alarming View on Mexican Affairs
The Chicago Tribune argues many Americans wrongly distrust foreign rights and urges support for the administration’s aim to protect lawful American interests in Mexico and Nicaragua. It defends marines’ landing to safeguard lives and property and dismisses war talk as unfounded.
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State seeks homes for Iowa orphaned children
Towns host two state orphanages filled to capacity with Iowa children in need of homes. Edwin H. Sands, superintendent of child welfare, urges residents to open their hearts and homes, specifying preference for boy or girl and age range.
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Iowa
Edwin H. Sands
State House
Des Moines
Iowa banking reform urged for stable leadership
Des Moines Register argues for wholesale reform of Iowa banking, urging conservative bankers to provide positive leadership. It warns that without the right banks a crisis could spread losses across the state and require guarantees.
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Des Moines Register
Iowa
Spring Fashion Talk and Seed Catalog Bloom
A Minneapolis Journal note highlights enthusiasm for spring styles, the growing seed catalog, and the lively midnight cat yell indicating seasonal renewal.
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Iowa Banks High In Farm Efficiency
Iowa agriculture officials argue efficiency can lower production costs rather than raise total output. Director C D Reed notes crop tonnage has doubled in 35 years while farm population falls, and urges fewer sows and cows to cut costs, warning that increasing overall production hurts farm income.
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Anniversary meet features Iowa Corn and Small Growers' event
The twenty fifth anniversary meet of the Iowa Corn and Small Growers association will run Jan 31 to Feb 5 at Iowa State College Ames as part of Farm and Home Week. Joe L Robinson oversees planning. The show, dating to 1904, will reveal results of the Iowa Corn Yield contest on Feb 2 with eight gold medals and cash prizes. Herman Knapp and H A Wallace will speak at the anniversary program.
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Wallace's Farmer
Wapello Farmers Prove Lime Manure Boosts Alfalfa Yields
Eklund and Shipman in Louisa County apply six tons of limestone and barnyard manure per acre to blow sand soil. Eklund reports eight to ten tons per acre over time and yields three tons per acre from alfalfa with some sales at 16.50 a ton. Shipman also uses lime manure and annual disc cultivation, yielding 4.5 tons per acre from two cuts.
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Elmer Shipman
Wapello
Louisa County
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New corn borer outbreaks trigger dual state and federal quarantine
Illinois Indiana Michigan announce new corn borer outbreaks not covered by January 12 federal quarantine issued by Dr C J Drake with M G Thornburg and Governor John Hammill. The two section order bars products from infested districts without federal certification or proof of treatment. Midland Review: Naughty books aren't new. They've just moved from under the mattress to the living room.
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Local notices and crimes dominate Delaware Iowa columns
Reports include the death of I. C. Odell of Greeley at 69, long residence details for Cedar Rapids and Hopkinton figures, a bank robbery at Mount Vernon netting 4420, and indictments against Connie Mullin in Dubuque county with suspected shortages of about 23000. Also noted are farm sales, weddings, and church figures in Nashua and Carroll Tama counties.
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Dyersville
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Iowa
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Elizabeth Taylor
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James O'Neil
Carroll Township
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Fred Kubik
Traer
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Dubuque County
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Grimwood Delayed by Illness of Sister at Des Moines Start
Representative Grimwood postponed his departure for Des Moines at the legislature’s opening due to his aged sister Miss Smith’s serious illness. She is at John McDonald hospital with no prospect of recovery. Grimwood later assumed chairmanship of the Board of Control committee.
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Des Moines
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John McDonald Hospital
Board of Control
Defend Our Far Reaching Empire The United States Must
The United States is not a closed nation but a wide empire spanning the Pacific and Caribbean. From Alaska to the Aleutians, Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, Midway, Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, and the Panama Canal, distant shores demand protection. The piece argues defense is necessary, not optional, to safeguard these territories.
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