Iowa News Roundup Iowa town votes and plans noted
Iowa towns schedule votes and projects including Primghar 20000 memorial building March 31 Osceola Indian name note Des Moines housing and highway plans Polk County bonds 1500000 for primary road surfacing Des Moines junior high schools cost near 500000 each Des Moines architecture expo March 24 29 Forest Mill on Yellow River 1854 first grist and still running Rural child study three year University of Iowa program in a Polk County township and local tuberculosis cattle funds discussed.
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King's Daughters
Fort Madison
Primghar
Scott County
Orange City
Coa College
Iowa
Illinois
Clarion High School
George W. Landers
Clarinda
Page County
State Highway Commission
Ames
National Pharmacists Association
Des Moines
Osceola
Fiorida Everglades
J. M. Walsh
St Mary's Parish
Ottumwa
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Des Moines Real Estate Board
John A. Beyer
R. W. Cassady
State Department of Agriculture
State Bureau of Inspection
Minnesota
Indianola
Mason City
St. Paul
Duluth
Lake Vermillion
C. F. Curtiss
Iowa State College
Coliseum
L. C. Perkins
Cascade
P. M. Dahiem
Luther Burbank
Forest Mill
Yellow River
Allamakee
University of Iowa
Board of Education
Artifica
Greenwood Congregational Church
Fort Dodge
Wumboldt
Algona
Wach
Iowa Legislature Eyes Bible Reading Bill and Broad Budget Revisions
Senate backed compulsory daily Bible readings in public schools and Carter proposes an extended reference list. Budget bills aim to reduce state spending, curb taxation, and affect state departments. Debates cover gasoline pricing, liquor sale limits, municipal paving costs, and governance of state boards amid a busy code revision session.
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Senate
House
Carter
Hardin County
Hoe
Seéession
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa House of Representatives
Kendall
State House
Statehouse
State Fair Board
Towa
Standard Oil Company
Iowa
Tow Head Lake
Calhoun County
Representative Parsons
Calhoun
Internal Revenue
Dubuque
State Board of Health
State College
Iowa Senate
Code Commission
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Healy
Hancock County
Forty-first General Assembly
Fulton
Seeburger
Polk County
State
Des Moines
Iowa Club
Town Federation of Women's Cluba
Oley Nelson
Storey
Nelson
Immigrant Fraud Warns of Safe Treasury Savings Boost
Lew Wallace warns immigrants are duped by land plots and stock schemes, urging safe investments. He promotes United States treasury savings certificates as secure, earning 4.5 percent with semi annual compounding, backed by the government and accessible at post offices and banks.
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Lew Wallace
United States Government Savings System
America
United States
New York
The
Legisla
United States Treasury Savings
United States Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury Savings
Publc
Federal Reserve
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wignells
Michigan
Treasury
Washington
Sam
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Government Savings
Federal Reserve District
Insurance policy to shield against beating mother in law
John Marks of London bought a 100000 pound life policy to cover potential injuries from aging violent hands on his wife's mother. The unusual plan aims to protect himself from harm while caring for his in law.
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London
England
John’ Marks
Oan Insurance
Advances in Telegraphy Shown at British College Exhibit
The 1923 telegraphy progress includes selenium delay elimination for submarine cables, a magnetic telegraphic drum recorder reaching 1000 words per minute, and a moving paper tape recorder driven by a rapid iron brake device. A wireless echo device records up to 800 words per minute, and a high speed photographic apparatus demonstrates motion capture at 6000 frames per second.
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London
British
Imperial College of Science and Technology
London Wet Fish Landings and Values in 1828 and 1922
London recorded wet fish landings in 1828 totaling 6,081,549 hundredweight valued at 86,400,886 dollars. In 1922 receipts rose to 7,740,786 hundredweight with value of 88,920,206 dollars.
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London
Great Britain
London Woman Pleads Rheumatism Defense for Dog
A London woman argues her dog’s seven year captivity in a room was necessary due to rheumatism. She maintains the pet’s confinement was justified by medical discomfort and refuses to release it.
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Ex‘reige
London
A Bad State of Vignation and Indignant Humor
A fragment notes how constant agitation shifts focus from one thing to another, eventually becoming ridiculous even to the indignant, if he retains any sense of humor.
Chinese Girl Wins Right to Choose Husband in Peking
Eighteen year old Miss Chiang Chinyin, a high school student, defied parental authority to claim the right to marry without consent. Her landmark stand marks a significant challenge to traditional control over women's marriage choices.
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Peking
Chiang “Chinyin
Roteworty
Chiang
Claims awards totaling millions from Lusitania sinking
Proximately $1,000,000 in awards is listed by the mixed-claims commission for losses from deaths injuries or property damage caused by the Lusitania sinking. Names and amounts include Henry W Williamson $5,000 Ellen Williamson Hodges $10,000 Patrick John Stattery $8,000 Mary Anne Baker $16,000 May Davies Hopkins $80,000 Bessie Elms Broomford $45,000 Irene Taco $20,000 Minna Schwarcz $32,000 Daniel Virgil Moore $392,500 and others.
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Cllaims
Commission - On
Lusitania
Henry W. Williamson
Ellen Williamson Hodges
Patrick John Stattery
Charles
Robinson
Mary “Anne Baker
Margaret Levins
Kellett
Stewart
Cranston
Frances Lapham Field
Samuel James Ferguson
Thirte Ann Foley
Ruth Wainwright Foley
Peter Kenneth Mac Hardy
Roy Atkins
Stanwood Menken
Alice EB. ‘Tesson
Emily Duncan Tesson
Hettie D. Allen
Warren
Pearl
Bessie
Elms
Broomford
Bellé Saunders
Naish
Irene
Taco
Dorothea
Greenbaum
Minna
B. ‘Schwarcz
Mie Acent
Harwood Hartt
Harwood
Knight
Daniel
Virgil
Moore
Guardian
David V.arab Davis
Ber- Brown
Keay, Brown
wWilliams Hi
EB. Worden
Hepzibal
Vernon- Butler
Ogden
Haggerty Hammond
Johnson bill seeks tighter immigration limits and early enactment
The immigration committee chaired by Johnson urges rapid passage of a revised measure. It notes high anticipated future arrivals if the 3 percent rule expires and favors a 2 percent base with overseas checks while protecting family exemptions and tightening entry for Orientals.
Annual Naval Bill Shows Big Increase and Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee reported an annual naval bill totaling 271,942,867 dollars, with 30 million for completing more than a score of vessels under construction. It cuts aviation funding by 57,174 dollars from last year and reserves 117 million for pay to sustain current Navy strength, plus Marine Corps manpower levels. The measure notes potential costs for a polar expedition and outlines a ten year program to fund shipbuilding under arms treaty limits, while opposing immediate construction of three fleet submarines.
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House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Ita
Marine Corps
Pearl, Harbor
Hawaii
Solo
Canal
Costa
Navy
McFadden Proposes Banking Bill to Limit National Bank Powers
McFadden outlines a banking bill aimed at restricting national banks to lend up to 50 percent of deposits and to curb securities holdings. The measure targets smaller banks to ensure greater lending flexibility and protect local institutions.
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McFadden
Incomplete Naval Debate Sparks Questions on Maneuver
A damaged OCR fragment discusses naval maneuverability and Icelandic ice conditions. It references destroyers and submarines, the Navy department, and a recommendation affecting fleet capital ships. The text is fragmentary, with unclear agents and dates.
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