Iowa Prisoners Produce 1.5 Million Auto Tags for 1926
Des Moines reports Iowa’s first state-use labor project succeeded at Anamosa reform school with 1,500,000 automobile license plates completed since May and ready for county auditors by October for December distribution. The Board seeks bids for 1927 plates to avert idle weeks and keep plant running. About 50 inmates work twelve hours daily, paid on eight-hour day basis with production bonuses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Control
Anamosa Reformatory
Control Board
Board of Control
Anamosa
Executive Council
Reformatory
Chinese Inquiry Commission Set to Meet in Peking
Washington reports the inquiry commission under the Washington conference will convene in Peking on December 18 to study Chinese judicial matters ahead of ending foreign treaty rights. S. H. Strawn of Chicago is named as the American commissioner, with Belgium and other signatories involved. President Emeritus Eliot of Harvard is reported improving after a minor ailment.
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Washington
D. C
A. P
Commission of Inquiry
China
Peking
Belgium
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Portugal
S. H. Strawn
Chicago
United States
Air Mail Bids Placed on Eight New Routes by Ten Firms
Ten commercial companies submitted seventeen bids at Washington for carrying air mail on eight newly planned routes. The Journal Want ads note the government solicitation and the competitive bidding process among private carriers.
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Washington
YWCA Health Education Classes Planned for Fall
The Young Women's Christian Association opens a fall program offering health education classes in roller skating gymnasium clog dancing life saving and swimming for matrons and evening groups. Marie Lemberger directs with high school morning sessions and a busy weekly schedule from Monday to Saturday. Enrollment now ongoing with separate class and year round membership rates. term begins September 21.
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Red Cross
Health Education Department
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
Marie Lemberger
Plunge
Women's Athletic Association W
Special classes for fist aid and equipment care planned
The notice states that special classes in fist aid and care of equipment are being arranged for the group this month, outlining training opportunities and expected topics.
Tri County G A R and W R C Reunion Set for Wapello
Members from Muscatine Louisa and Washington counties of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps will hold their annual Tri County reunion in Wapello on October 15. The day’s program is not yet arranged with C. W. Sanders of Wapello president and James Corbin of the city as vice president.
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Muscatine
Louisa
Washington County
Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps
Wapello
C. W. Sanders
James Corbin
Registration at Iowa Under Way at University of Iowa
Iowa City September 17 thousands of students crowd the city and preliminary signs point to registration exceeding last year at the University of Iowa. A large staff will operate rooms booths and tables across several campus buildings through Saturday with Registrar H C Dorcas enforcing an impartial preference system based on early line numbers.
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Towa City
University of Iowa
Profes
H. C. Dorcas
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A. W. Morgan
W. Second St
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Java
Rica Shawne
Armory
Mary Brown-Lewers
Knox
Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
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Hershey State Bank
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