Iowa News and Comment by J W Jarnag 1923
A Des Moines dispatch reports Iowa Supreme Court upholds vaccination as a school entry rule following the US high court decision in Zucht. The piece covers vaccine mandates, corn prices in Ida County, cattle movements, insurance, wood fuel use, federal farm loans, legal reforms urged by county attorneys, touring maps, Near East relief work, and state bounty programs for wildlife. It notes demographics, county data, and legal actions in 1922 Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Rosalyn Zucht
San Antonio
Tex
Gir
Supreme Court
Central Tossers Fall To Simpson In Hard Fought Setback
After a long trip to Indianola Central’s basketball team drew a tough start, trailing 11 6 at halftime. In the second half Central surged to 11 points while Simpson had 10, with Smith and Fisher leading Simpson and Flikkema and De Vries shining for Central in a close demand for early season form.
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Central Ray
Indianola
Central
Simpson
Methodists
Smith
Fisher
Flikkema
de Vries
Case of Unrewarded Labor in Early Editorial
A San Diego Union opinion contrasts beelike industry with the ant to note that hard work does not always yield reward. The piece laments unequal outcomes for diligent effort and uses the bee as a contrast to the ant’s unseen labor, urging reflection on value and reward.
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Ufe
San Diego Union
Priceless kindness noted in quiet sympathy
A brief quote underscores that tender words and careful attentions are cheap to offer yet priceless for shielding male pride, as Robertson notes the value of considerate behavior in difficult social moments.
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Robertson
Redemption in Prison Proposal by Booth at State Level
Charles Brandon Booth, grandson of Salvation Army founder General Booth, urges state legislatures to reform prison systems toward redemption. He argues modern penology rejects pure punishment, emphasizes humane treatment, restitution, and the prisoner’s reintegration into society through meaningful work and moral welfare.
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Charles Brandon Booth
General Booth
Salvation Army
John Howard
Mr. Booth
And Don't Find Either
A brief, pointed quip on career resilience noting that some lose a position and seek sympathy rather than a new job, reflecting a satirical tone from the era.
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Boston
Head of Pipe Smokers Urges Tranquil Pipe Club
Judge Andy Calhoun of the Atlanta city criminal division headed a new national pipe smokers association organized with local peers. Any pipe smoker using clay corn cob briar porcelain or meerschaum is eligible while cigarette smokers are barred. The aim is to promote pipe smoking as a source of peace of mind and bodily comfort.
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Andy Calhoun
City Court
Atlanta
Collie Returns 500 Miles Home to East St. Louis
A collie from East St. Louis, shipped to Owen Wisconsin, returned after 500 miles. The six month old pup, sent by George Schaub to John Welty, appeared content in Wisconsin for two months, then vanished. Five weeks later it returned, footsore and emaciated, with nails worn to the quick. The Schaub family vows never to part with it again.
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East St. Louis
Iil
Owen
Wis
George Schaub
John Welty
Wisconsin
Schaub
Wanderer
Car Hangs on Tree After Long Fall Near La Crosse
A motorcar plunged over an embankment and lodged in the top of a tree in La Crosse Missouri. Five passengers escaped unharmed and reached safety. The vehicle was owned by Eugene Hammes of La Crosse.
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la Crosse
Eugene Hammes
Bible recovered from Middletown fire ruins at Masonic Temple
In Middletown New York the Bible presented to the Masonic Lodge in June 1818 by Martin Hoffmin a former deputy grand master and grand master of the state was recovered from debris after the temple was partly destroyed by a recent fire.
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Masonic Bible
Middletown
N. Y
Masonic Temple
Martin Hoffmin
Man Fights Crew to Make Good His Purchase of Tram
Olaf Jansen a Sweden arrival faced a con artist on a Secaucus New Jersey tram voyage. A prosperous stranger offered to sell the trolley for 100 dollars claiming he had earned 200000 dollars at 8 cent fares. Jansen tried to close the deal then the man vanished leaving the would be buyer to report to police.
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Iowa
J. Barry
Ida County
Holstein
Chicago
New Mexico
Texas
Man
Crew
Secaucus
N. J
Public Service Corporation
Passaic
Hoboken
Olaf Jansen
Sweden
Jansen
Brothers Under the Skin Promotes Husband Rule Bill
Prominent New York trio promotes a "Bill of Rights for Husbands" through the Association of Brothers Under the Skin. They seek to make the husband judge of household life, regulate wives visits, hair, skirts, and Delicatessen meals, with a stated aim to keep wives at home and co operate for a "happy" home.
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New York
Howard Bonns
East Eighty-fourth Street
William R. Ferguson
West Seventy-seventh Street
Hugh J. Connelly
Knickerbocker Building
Messia
Ferguson
Bonns
Connelly
Russia eyes closer banking ties with Sweden in Stockholm visit
Aron Scheinman, head of the Russian State bank, arrived in Stockholm to seek closer financial and commercial relations. He proposes placing Russia’s foreign assets and clearing funds in Swedish banks under a safeguarding agreement. He said Sweden is among the safest destinations for money due to its stable, orderly conditions.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Aron Scheinman
Scheinman
Bts
Russia
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L. F. van Zelm
Eastern Newspaper Union
Lecturin
UF vantZeum
BosTan
J. W. Jarnag
Department of Commerce
United States
William Osmondson
Edward Flynn
Perry
Martin J. Wade
Osmondson
Flynn
American Legion
Legion
Ben Gibson
Wade
Osmonson and
Iowa County
A. R. Corey
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Oskaloosa
Federal Farm Loan System
Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Land Banks
Joint Stock Land Banks
Federal Land Bank
Gibson
General Assembly
Waterloo
Elsie White
Grinnell College
Near East
White
Elsie Hoesley
Constantinople
George D. White
Geo. F. White
Asiatic
Turkey
Haynes
Woodbury County
Clayton County
Monroe County
Albert
American Game Protective Association
House of Representatives
Polk County
Polk County Grand Jury
Bagong
Ft Flikkema
R. F
de Boer
L. F. Smeeteres
Lautenbach
L. F
Collie
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