View of the School Board on Vaccination Policy
A prominent board member presents the stance that state health rules guide local vaccination orders, not personal choice. He cites Macy and Remley on police power, urging lawful, proportional actions to protect public health and urging local boards to enforce vaccination when danger is imminent.
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State Board of Health
Macy
Harlan
Iowa
J. F. Kennedy
Des Moines
State Board
N. W. Macy
Milton Remley
Secretary of State
Morris
City of
Columbus
Supreme Court of Georgia
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Boards of Health
Board of Health
Muscatine Board
Raff
Kennedy
Winter Ice Closes Roads and Local Life Notes
Last Monday's heavy frozen rain created the greatest ice fall in years. A pint puddle melted filled two thirds of a measure, producing ice thick enough to bear sleighs and light vehicles on Tuesday and Wednesday. The district enjoyed sleighing amid sleet clad groves and moonlit landscapes as a reporter rode, noting brilliant scenery. Community updates include Clyde Turkington starting a clerkship with Gippel, horse mishaps, residents traveling for business, repairs and relocations, and ongoing church meetings and social visits.
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Terra Firma
Towa
Europe
Clyde Turkington
Gippel
Jas. Turkington
Harv
Shellabarger
Rev. Mehaffe
M. E
C. Coder
Eliason
John Wilson
Muscatine
Order of Honor instituted at Fruitland with 45 members
Wednesday evening the Court of Honor at Fruitland organized with 45 members. Deputy M. J. Shelly organized the order and officers elected for the year include Lizzie Lindsay as Past Chancellor Theo Drake as Worthy Chancellor Jessie Rogers as Vice Chancellor Margaret Countryman as Recorder Aden Kemp as Treasurer Jennie Fitzsimmons as Chaplain W B Rhone as Guide Gertrude Rogers as Guard Ben W Wilson as Sentinel Dr A E Mirick as Medical Examiner and directors R F Parmelee Gaillard Shepard Charles Hardman. After the election refreshments and games followed before adjournment.
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Ers
Margaret Countryman
Aden Kemp
Jennie Fitzsimmons
W. B. Rhone
Gertrude Rogers
Ben. W. Wilson
A. E. Myrick
R. F. Parmelee
Gaillard Shepard
Charles Hardman
Nichols Iowa Provider Promises Competitive Building Materials
B. F. Swickard of Nichols Iowa advertises a large stock of building material barbed wire and woven wire fencing with flexible pricing and an offer to work out the bill, inviting patronage from customers seeking fencing and related supplies.
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B. F. Swickard
Nichols
Iowa
Equal suffrage defeated as Iowa Senate days debate
Des Moines March 8 After a day of sessions the Iowa House defeated the equal suffrage resolution 43 to 55 missing the constitutional majority by eight votes. The Senate passed a House bill to keep polling places open until 7 pm, with debate by Senators Nolan Bishop Hazelton and others. The day featured patrols of the Cherokee Strip visit to the Hospital for the Insane and coverage of Pearl button and lien law measures, with various senators voicing positions and a large public audience in attendance.
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Iowa
House
Senate
Nolan
Bishop
Clayton County
Hazelton
Garet
Chesire
Polk
Balter
Prom Fridays Date Corporal Will Powers Dies
Prom Friday date Corporal Will Powers died last evening at 8 at his sister Mrs Mary Little’s home on Fourth and Walnut. He served 16 months with Company C 50th Iowa, fought in Spanish American War at Camp Cuba Libre and Fort Assiniboine Montana. He was color bearer for General Fitzhugh Lee and is survived by his mother five brothers and three sisters. Funeral Sunday at St Matthias church with 1 30 departure.
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Muscatine
Titus
Cherokee
Emmert
Wallace
Cheshire
Trebor
Will. Powers
Mary Little
Fourth and
Walnut Streets
Cuba Libre
Iowa
Camp McKinley
Jacksonville
Fla
Towa
Corporal Powers
U. S. Army
Fort Asinboin
Montana
Fitzhugh Lee
Lizzie
Kate Powers
John
Champion Hose Company
James
George
Joseph
Thomas Powers
Powers
Eagle Lodge No. 10. A. O. U. W
The
St. Matthias Church
Maria Lundy
Taylor, Neb
James Ady
J. A. Clark
T. C
Gazelle Wright
West Liberty
L. Ady
B. F. Barkalow
San Francisco
Los Angeles
California
Mr. Pepper
Ottumwa
Ilinois
Griff McMillan
Ononwa
Isaac Booth
Dot Maxon
Ollie Ireland
EV Debs Nominated by Social Democracy for President
The national social democratic convention nominated Eugene V. Debs for President and Job Harriman of California for Vice President. Both have accepted the nominations.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Social Democratic Convention
Eugene V. Debs
Job Harriman
California
Kruger Signals Salisbury For Ceasefire Terms
London reports Kruger cables Salisbury offering a cessation of hostilities and terms identical to those before the war. Salisbury reportedly rejects the request, and observers view the move as likely a delay tactic.
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London
Kruger
Salisbury
Avenged His Wronged Sister Man Is Jailed in Iowa
Warren Temple, once sentenced to life in San Quentin for killing the man who ruined his sister, is now in Sioux City county jail serving a short term for intoxication. His dramatic pursuit spanned continents and cost him years in prison before a California governor pardoned him after six months.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Warren Temple
San Quentin
Cal
Waterman
California
Temple
Elgin
Ill
Virginia Reynolds
Salt Lake City
Reynolds
Cincinnati
Parkersburg
W. Va
Centralia
Europe
South America
Stockton
Horrific Deaths Of Two Sisters Found In Wright County
Clarion Iowa March 8 two elderly sisters Mrs Margaret Mc Hale 90 and Mrs Mary Shelby 80 were found dead in a farmhouse. Neighbors had checked on them after a period of illness and a cat reportedly fed on the remains. Coroner cites death by old age and possible shock led to another death. both interred in one grave.
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Clarion
Iowa
Margaret McHale
Mary Shelby
Cedar Rapids Saloon Petition Moves Forward Under Law
Cedar Rapids Iowa March 8 saloon men began gathering a new petition of consent to operate saloons under the maid law. They report a strong organization and on the first day secured more than half the required signatures.
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Porter
Arthaud
Fitzpatrick
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Colder to Night With Rain in Iowa Forecast
Chicago March 9 report indicates generally fair to night and Saturday with a much colder air mass. A cold wave will affect the northeast portion and the southeast region will grow colder Sunday.
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Chicago
Iowa
Petition Drive Targets Half the City Voters
Saloonmen push the petition for prohibition repeal by collecting about 2400 names from an estimated 4600 voters. Prohibitionists fight hard but appear to be losing. A large banner claimed petition signers are real saloonkeepers, angering many and aiding business groups in signing.
Social Democrats in Session in Indianapolis
At the Social Democratic convention in Indianapolis on March 7 a sub committee from the Rochester Socialist Labor party was discussed for amalgamation. Fred Strickline of Chicago was elected permanent secretary and Eugene V. Debs led a platform calling for federal constitutional reform, public ownership of monopolized industries, women's equal rights, national labor laws, social insurance, public works, and recall through referenda and initiative.
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Social Democrats
Indianapolis
Ind
Social Democratic
Socialist Labor Party
Rochester
N. Y
Fred Strickline
Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Notable Creek Coasting Trails Highlight Town’s Snow Holiday
After two superb days of sledding and skating the town enjoys a thaw. Families from Taylor Nebraska to West Liberty Iowa visit relatives as illness and travel shuffle through the community.
Nichols Shows Metropolitan Storefront Expansion
The Nichols shop district grows with J. W. Rummells & Son moving from a large store room to a fine new business house in the opera building to house an expanded stock of dry goods trimmings boots shoes groceries stoves hardware glass paints oils and varnish furniture wall paper jewelry trunks and valises.
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Nichols
J. W. Rummells & Son
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LETTS
Fruitland Court of Honor
State Assembly
Polis
Cherokee Strip
Hospital For the Insane
Fort Madison
the Gentleman
Dubuque
Sauer
Quincy
Legislative Hall
Maria Teresa
Hull
Sousa
Cherokee Asylum
EV. Debs
Social Democracy
Didates
Lord Salisbury
Tion
Wright County
Atalissa
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