Cardinal Gibbons Work Ethic Praised In Death Debate
The piece argues Cardinal Gibbons died at 87 from overwork, praising his duty driven life and asking whether length of service should match lifespan. It condemns moneyed excess in Stillman litigation, notes road grading needs, reviews Langsing on Paris talks, and reports crime, politics, and cigarette tax debates with local color from Chula News.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Curdi Gibbons
Heve
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Lansing
Supreme Court Rules On Language Use in Iowa Schools
The Iowa Supreme Court upholds Chapter 198 banning non English instruction for secular subjects in schools under eighth grade. Majority opinion says state police power allows such limits and does not impair worship. dissent argues it restricts religious liberty and expands the statute beyond its text.
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Northwestern
Supreme Court
Va. Bartels
38Th General Assembly
Bremer County
Faville
Stevens
Arthur
DeGratt
Evans
Weaver
Preston
General Police
88Th General Assembly
Justice Faville
Justice Evans
Local Hospital Report Details Multiple Patients
A list of patients from Scotch Grove Olin Hopkinton and surrounding areas shows numerous hospital cases. Individuals include Master Joe Dawson Mrs William Behrends Edna Balsiger Leslie Brown Jake Reuger Fred Husman Nellie Miller Mrs John Jacobs Maude Arduser Master Raymond Taylor Mervin Sinclair Gladys Smits and Mrs A G Bohlken with varying treatments and recent discharges noted.
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Joe Dawson
Scotch Grove
William Behrends
Edna Balsiger
Rudolph Winkler
Leslie Brown
Olin
Jake Reuger
Fred Husman
Nellie Miller
Hopkinton
John Jacobs
Maude Arduser
Raymond Taylor
Mervin Sinclair
Gladys Smits
A. G. Bohlken
Local court actions and a scheduled city official departure
Arthur McCann faces arraign ment on breaking and entering and pleads not guilty. Glenn Clark admits guilt to escaping from the reformatory and awaits sentencing. Fred Brundage pleads guilty to wife desertion after an earlier indictment and is released on bonds. City manager W F Hathaway plans to resign April 1 to join a lake front amusement firm. Dan Brady’s remains are brought for burial. he died March 21 at New Hampton, born July 24, 1873, with wife Agnes Chesire and four children enduring.
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Arthur McCann
Glenn Clark
Reformatory
Fred Brundage
W. F. Hathaway
Clear Lake
Hathaway
Anamosa
Dan Brady
New Hampton
Iowa
Brady
Agnes Chesire
Geraldine
Danielita
Hmmett
Mary Emogene
Silk Stockings Win
Silk stockings survey reports 287 pairs of silk stock ings processed along Grand avenue between Third and Fourth streets. Cotton 51 pairs wool 23 fig ured silk 6 and 145 not revealing. High pair log galoshes noted.
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Milwaukee Journal
Grand Avenue
Third
Fourth Streets
Marion mayor reelected and other small town notes
The article reports C. W. Biggs's reelection as Marion mayor and notes multiple local items: a house fire near Newport with limited losses, a young girl’s death, a Tama auto dealer’s bankruptcy, a Marion marriage license, a Mt. Vernon auxiliary meeting count, a butcher shop death in Mt. Vernon, and various civic and criminal notes across towns including Oxford Junction, Ryan, Calamus, and Cedar Rapids.
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C. W. Biggs
Marion
Leroy Skeels
Newport
W. J. Donovan
Coggan
William B. Thompson
Tama
Manuel Strasslin
Oxford Junction
Nellie A. Storey
Wyoming
American Legion
Mt. Vernon
Everett IE. Kyle
Louise Sutliff
Olin
Edgar Freeman Sutliff
Phillip Rosenfield
J. P. Smith
Ryan
Rosenfield
Cascade
Hopkinton
Harry Hull
Iowa
Ann Gittins
Williamsburg
Hull
Miss Gittins
Iowa University
Tama County
Frank Maiden
Ned Smith
Smith
Representative Schirmer
Bellevue
Schirmer
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Amber
Reckless Driver Rudy Wendling Fined in Manchester
Rudy Wendling of Ryan, linked to a fatal crash last summer involving Morris Doyle and dentist Kehoe, was arrested Sunday on North Franklin Street for driving with a 1920 plate and intoxication and bound over to the grand jury on an auto intoxicated charge. The case recalls the prior tragedy on the Ryan road.
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Manchester
Rudy Wendling
Ryan
Morris Doyle
Kehoe
North Franklin Street
Justice Pentony
Grand Jury
Ryan Road
Hughes Action Seen as Rooseveltian in Central American Clash
The Baltimore report notes Secretary Hughes urged Costa Rica and Panama to halt and resolve their dispute, a firm but peaceful interposition. It frames the move as Rooseveltian, justified by the Panama Canal and the duty felt for Panama since its independence, without judging the merits of the quarrel.
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Baltimore News
Hughes
Costa Rica-Panama
Panama Canal
Panama
Costa Rica
Public School funding fears spark tax scrutiny in district
A Monticello reader warns that rising taxes threaten schools and asks how to balance budgets. He cites mill rates, district costs, and the danger of burden on taxpayers while urging careful, normal-time governance and room for growth. The note recalls 1886 events and local changes in leadership, education, and commerce.
Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights Cooperation and Losses
The Lovell township farm bureau met at the public library on Tuesday March 29 focusing on cooperative benefits for farmers and eight state legislature bills they support. Speakers included George Sheets Matthiessen and Clark with cautions on housing, and a tribute to Rudolph Bohren. The meeting moved to 7:30 pm April 26.
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Farm Bureau
Public Library
George
Sheets
John Matthiessen
Norman Clark
Misa Hazen
Bureau
Ben Behrends
District No. 9
Brazelton
Local Notes and Moves Around Langworthy and Monticello
Elmer Chandler earned an $800 yearly salary running the water works for the city council. Aged Langworthy resident Antone Hilers died on the fourth, while Castle Grove settler Thomas Qullignan died on the twentieth after settling there in 1846. Fred L. Mead and Miss Nugenia Parrott of Cascade wed on the sixteenth at the bride’s parents’ home. J. J. Billingaly of Monticello served as Onslow schools principal. Pastor Roy C. A. Towle resigned at month’s start to lead the Congregational state Sunday school society. Miss Hattie Walworth studies at Grinnell College. Emma Pond and Ndith Sherman arrived mid month for a Rockford Seminary vacation. Charles Gallagher vacationed in Monticello from his law studies at Iowa State University in Iowa City.
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Rosa
Elmer Chandler
Antone Hilers
Langworthy
Thomas Qullignan
Castle Grove Township
Castle, Grove Township
Fred L. Mead
Nugenia Parrott
Cascade
J. 3. Billingaly
Monticello
Onslow
Roy. C. A. Towle
Congregational Church
Congregational State Sunday School Society
Hattie Walworth
Grinnell College
Emma Pond
Ndith Sherman
Rockford Seminary
Rockford
Minois
Charles Gallagher
Towa State University
Towa City
Abandon House Plans and Face Life Together
Kansas City Times reports $3,000 in office counters arriving in Washington though details are unclear. The poem by Strickland Gillilan in Barn Life expresses determination to rebuild life after hardship, urging the speaker and spouse to live fully together now that struggle ends.
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Kansas City
Washington
Fragmentary OCR Item Provides Little Readable Detail
A damaged snippet shows unreadable sequences and numeric strings with no clear event, names, places, or dates to summarize into a coherent news item.
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