Iowa Senate brief seeks tax sale abolition and debt aims
A bill introduced in the state senate by Senator W. R. Ritchie of Marathon would halt all land sales for delinquent taxes after the act, adjourn current taxes sine die, and cut delinquent interest to 0.5 percent monthly. Senate and House leaders announced committees on emergency legislation to address farm mortgage debt, with hearings set in the lieutenant governor’s office.
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Senate
W. R. Ritchie
Marn
Ritchie
N. G. Kraschel
George Miller
Iowa
Kraschel
Harry C. White
Vinton
Ways and Means
O. P. Myers
Newton Rules
Matt D. Cooney
Dubuque
Safe Hill
Nora Springs
Morris Moore
Walnut
Fish
Ellsworth
William McArthur
Mason City
Clyde Topping
Burlington
Charles D. Booth
Harlan
Frank M. Stevens
Garden Grove
William Carden
Winfield
George Wilson
Des Moines
M. X. Geske
McGreg
Fred W. Nelson
Nevada
H. L. Irwin
DeWitt
E. G. Wenner
Waterloo
Caroline Pendray
Maquoketa
Ray E. Stevens
Ottumwa
C. E. Malone
Cass
A. E. Bonstetter
Kossuth
Ed Rawlings
Mono
Blake Willis
Dallas
C. T. Roe
Allamakee
E. O. Ellsworth
Martin
L. F. Foster
Cedar
F. J. Swift
Jackson
S. B. Durant
Forest City
T. G. Jensen
Audubon
Board of Control
W. H. Gissell
Buchanan
Walter Osborne
Decatur
Milton Peace
Clinton
John McDermott
Adair
Fred Augustine
Ringgold
Carl B. Stiger
Lion Hunting Planned Again in Mississippi River Veldt
Sikeston Mo AP Denver M Wright returns to the Mississippi river veldt for a second lion hunting expedition believed to take place on an island about 20 miles from Sikeston. Sheriff says Wright has carte blanche. last year two young circus lionesses were killed by a deputy before he could shoot.
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Denver M. Wright
Mississippi River
Veldt
St. Louis
Africa
Wright
Equator
J. O. King
Mississippi County
St. Louisan
Scott County
Humane Societies
Missouri
No Handicap and Market Claims Mix Quotes
In Tit Bits a remark about a daughter marrying for beauty and intellect is juxtaposed with a statement that many couples start small. A recent report notes 80 percent of American manufacturers rely on agricultural products.
Births and events fill Muscatine city notes and court cases
Mr and Mrs Fay Smith announce a son born Saturday at 329 Adams street. Cliff Collins and Vern Bayers of Muscatine receive suspended 30 day jail terms for intoxication, with Collins required to leave the city for six months. Jacob Nobedrick pays a $5 fine and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication in Police Judge Coster's court. Elks lodge routine meeting reported. Charles W Chenoweth, Jacksonville Fla formerly of Muscatine, injured in automobile crash, condition serious. Hog receipts total 220 head at stockyards, including a carload from Wellman. Tom Hathaway and Mrs Hathaway welcome eight and a half pound daughter Lois Marie. Two fire alarms report minor damage. H F Larsen returns from Bellevue hospital, Maynard Erwin named after birth. Several residents undergo or recover from hospital treatment. Roy Calhoun of Conesville sentenced to 30 days before Mayor George Brown.
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Cliff Collins
Vern Bayers
Muscatine
Collins
Seven Re-elected to Muscatine Hotel Board
Seven directors of the Muscatine Hotel company were re-elected at the annual stockholders meeting held at the Hotel Muscatine Monday afternoon. Re-elected were N. Barry G. M. Titus E. L. McColm C. R. Musser John W. Roach B. G. Stein and Fred Beach. The meeting confirmed a directors quorum and a directors meeting would be held shortly.
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Muscatine
Hotel Muscatine
N. Barry
G. M. Titus
E. L. McColm
C. R. Musser
John W. Roach
8. G. Stein
Fred Beach
Directitus
Old man finds elastic around roll of bills in crowd
In a crowd scene a man asks if anyone lost a roll of bills with an elastic. Voices respond affirmatively as an older gentleman notes the elastic and mentions Michigan Motor News.
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Michigan Motor News
Senate Overrode Hoover Veto On Philippine Independence Bill
The Senate voted 66 to sustain the veto and 45 to override. Republicans and Democrats divided, with 66 in favor of override and 26 sustaining, plus 1 Farmer-Labor-Shipstead. The only pair announced against Carey were Brookhart and Thomas of Idaho.
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Senate
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Bingham
Blaine
Borah
Capper
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Cutting
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Hatfield
Howell
Johnson
LaFollette
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Norris
Nye
Oddie
Robinson
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Patterson
Reed
Schall
Schuyler
Smoot
Townsend
Vandenberg
Walcott
Watson
White
Copeland
Brookhart
Thomas
Idaho
Carey
McFadden Renews Attack on Hoover
Representative McFadden of Pennsylvania announced plans to address the House floor to discuss his resolution to impeach President Hoover. He said he would speak after the conference report on the second deficiency appropriation bill was posed. He would not confirm if he would seek another vote on the impeachment resolution.
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Washington
McFadden
Pennsylvania
House
Hoover
Pennsylvanian
Woman Arrested on Extortion Charge in Red Oak
Mrs Fern Drury known as Miss Dolores McMann of Quincy Ill faces extortion charges over a plot to obtain 3000 dollars from Miss Jac in Quincy. Arrested in Shenandoah while going to a hotel to collect money, she waived preliminary hearing and is held on 2000 dollar bond.
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Red Oak
Fern Drury
Jacof
Quincy
Ill
Dolores McMann
Drury
Shenandoah
Frank Keenan
Bakers Challenge Iowa Bread Weight Law in Federal Suit
Eleven bakery firms in Iowa and Nebraska sue in U S district court to block the Iowa standard bread weight law and its enforcement. They argue high moisture makes compliance impossible and contend the law unjustly regulates interstate commerce. Plaintiffs include Quaker Baking Co and others in Council Bluffs Mason City Cedar Rapids Des Moines Omaha and Dubuque.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
United States District Court
Clyde L. Herring
E. L. O'Connor
Secretary of Agriculture
Ray Murray
State of Iowa
Quaker Baking Company of
Council Bluffs
Mason City Baking Company
Mason City
Peterson Baking Company
Cedar Rapids
Good Food Products Company
Continental Baking Company
Waterloo
Davenport
Sioux City
Trausch -Baking Company
Dubuque
P. F. Peterson Baking Company
Strand Baking Company
Marshalltown
General Baking Company
Omar Baking Company
Omaha and Schulze Baking Company
Fat Men a Belt Foe Turns to Fit Future
A fragmented ad claim references a weight loss belt marketed by Fat Men a and a brand called Jay 18, promising satisfaction and money back. The garbled text hints at obesity history and a belt that tightens as part of a weight loss pitch.
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Yra Oid
Jay
First City Directory Published Locally in 1856
The Journal reports a long awaited 1856 city directory compiled by John Mahin, 80 pages bound in cardboard, listing heads of families and male adults as of January 1856. It notes lumber yards and mills as key local industry and shows a muzzle loading revolver illustration, with preface claiming this is the first directory printed in the city.
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Journal
Nathan Hoefflin
John Mahin
26 States Ratify Lame Duck Measure
Washington AP report states 26 states have ratified the constitutional amendment changing terms of the president and Congress. Upon reaching 36 ratifications and certificates filed with the secretary of state, it will be proclaimed and take effect October 15 after proclamation. Legislatures in several states are moving to finish ratification as counts suggest 10 more may act this month or next. Ratified by Virginia New York Mississippi Arkansas Kentucky New Jersey South Carolina Michigan Maine Rhode Island Illinois
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Congress
Virginia
New York
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kentucky
New Jersey
South Carolina
Michigan
Maine
Rhode Island
Illinois
Des Moines Man Arrested After Adelphi Robbery
Clyde Forney a 42 year old Des Moines Negro was arrested hours after the Beattie General Store and postoffice robbery at Adelphi Iowa. Police say loot from the store was found on him when captured six miles west of Adelphi along the Wabash railroad tracks. He is held for state and federal court proceedings.
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Des Moines
Clyde Forney
Adelphi
Polk County
Forney
States Listed in Unclear Context
A sequence of U S state names appears in a fragmented line including Louisiana West Virginia Pennsylvania Indiana Texas Alabama North Carolina California Oklahoma North Dakota Minnesota Montana Arizona Oregon and Kansas.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Texas
Alabama
North Carolina
California
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
Arizona
Oregon
Kansas
Police Called to Clear Courtroom Overcrowded Trial Entrance
Burlington reports crowds surged to the Henry county courthouse to attend the rape trial of four youths. Police reserves escorted witnesses defendants and judge to a third floor courtroom as hundreds milled outside. an elevator broke complicating access. Jury selection for Charles and Forest Copelin Walter Totermeier and Dick Wellington proceeded.
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Burlington
Henry County
Charles
Forest Copelin
Walter Totermeier
Dick Wellington
Rome High School Early Morning Incident
In Rome Iowa a high school event occurred early on a May morning. details are scarce but the report notes an incident at the school as authorities investigate.
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Rome
Bill to Remonetize Silver Introduced in Congress
Chairman Steagall of the house committee introduced a bill to remonetize silver and said hearings would begin soon. The report notes the long Capitol construction and the Amazon river claim as context.
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Washington
Steagall
House Committee Today
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