Changes in Iowa law urged for counties and cities
A Victorian report by Auditor Bleakly highlights reforms to county treasurer practices, including abolishing the three-fourths of one percent city tax collection fee, reducing county supervisors to three, fixing officer salaries by law, paying witnesses promptly, and standardizing county printing rates. Bleakly warns state tax revenues may not cover needs and urges legislative action.
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Muscatine
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Congress Fights Over Immigration And Appropriation Bills
Congress returns from holiday recess to push essential work. Senate debates immigration and literacy test amid opposition while supply bills dominate. House plans include post office appropriation and river projects as New Year nears.
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Take Final Steps to Raise Embargo on Livestock
Public sales of live stock remain banned as federal inspectors assess Johnson county quarantine areas near former five mile limit. Dr Edwards and state inspectors near completion report a clean bill of health, but no date set for public sales. Local officials warn the quarantine may linger weeks while farm sales face uncertainty.
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P. Edwards
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Oscar Groshell 10 Visit in the East
Oscar Groshell, a National Cash Register salesman based in Salt Lake, announces a free trip to Dayton for earning 30 000 in 1914 sales and becoming a Hundred Point club member for the ninth consecutive year. He will depart January 7 and return January 21 aboard the press notes mention.
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Idaho
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Tampa
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Identify Car to Uncover Murder in New York
Police traced the killing of Barnet Bal, a wealthy poultry dealer, to a car seized from a Hoboken garage. The vehicle, later moved toward the Lackawanna Ferry and then to West Washington Market, is believed to have been used by four gunmen. The car’s owner says it was taken without permission while he was ill.
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Wilson’s 58th Birthday Quiet at White House
President Wilson reached age fifty eight today with no public celebration. He marked the day in the White House surrounded by family, a first for him since taking residence.
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Acid In Stomach Sours The Food
A renowned authority explains that stomach trouble and indigestion result from excess hydrochloric acid, not lack of digestive juices. He prescribes four ounces of Jad Salts dissolved in water before breakfast for a week to neutralize acidity and relieve symptoms.
Carmen Union elects officers at annual meeting
At the Carmen Union annual election night the local employees named William Hathaway president. Other officers chosen included Grover Lawrence as vice president, Harry Stevenson secretary, Charles Crow treasurer, Roy Burnough conductor, John Lunt sentry, Bert Briggs warden, and an executive board of Grover Lawrence, Harry Stevenson, George Schroeder, and William Reay.
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Roy Burnough
John Lunt
Bert Briggs
Warry Stevenson
George Schroeder
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President Wilson Plans Quiet Holiday in Pass Christian
In Pass Christian Mississippi President Wilson intends to rest through the holidays and receive few callers. He plans a conference with Representative Underwood of Alabama the house majority leader on the legislative program and will meet a delegation of Sunday school pupils from New Jersey.
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Seventh Birthday Party At FPF Home
Little Misa Frances Brandt celebrated her seventh birthday at the FPF home on Mulberry Avenue with twenty-five friends. The decor featured holly poinsettias and Christmas bells, a poinsettia table centerpiece, and a candlelit birthday cake. A decorated tree surprised guests as games and contests filled the afternoon.
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Mulberry Avenue
Literary Society Meeting Set for January 2
The literary society will convene Saturday evening January 2 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown for the usual session.
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H. J. Freyermuth
Bloomington Township
Erary Society
Harry Brown
September Morn musical at Grand Opera House
The lively musical comedy September Morn features Rudolph Plastric an aspiring artist who fakes the famed painting. Leo Greenwood leads as Rudolph with antics that draw hearty laughs alongside a chorus of forty. The plot follows imposters, a publicity promoter, a love triangle, and flirtatious dancing numbers from Chicago’s LaSalle Opera House troupe touring to the Grand Opera House on Monday, Dec. 28.
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Suffragists Arrive as House Debates Amendment
Washington, Dec. 28. Prominent women suffragists arrive to back the constitutional amendment to extend suffrage to women. They plan to attend the house debate and the Congressional Union meeting on January 10. Chairman Henry of the House Rules Committee aims to report a rule for discussion on subpassing the amendment within days. The fight over the rule and resolution draws rival interest, likened to the national prohibition debate.
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Congress
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Congressional Union For Woman's Suffrage
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House Rules Committee
Woman Charged With Murder Says She Dressed In Men’s Clothes
Rose Hanlon told police after shooting her husband through the heart at their St Louis home that he was cruel and that she had worn men’s clothes and wandered the country for most of their five years of marriage to support him. She said they drove her to the act after he pursued her with a poker when she refused 20 cents.
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