Pella Roads, Tire Troubles Highlight Drake Relay Trip
Editor Needham of the Keokuk County News recounts a rough drive to Des Moines for the Drake relays with C. H. Morton and H. G. Simpson. They battled mud, flat tires, and roundabout routes via Pella and Newton, returning home after a long day filled with car troubles, a film exchange stop, and a noticeable rain threat.
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Needham
Keokuk Co
Des Moines
Pella
C. H. Morton
H. G. Simpson
Morton
Chas
Central Park Cafe
Goodyear
Bill Utte
Newton
Simpson
Charley
Colfax
Film Exchange
Myself
Grinnell
Brother Charles
Montezuma
Gibson
Mother's Boy at Orpheum Des Moines Mother’s Day Week Show
Special program at the Orpheum Des Moines runs Wednesday May 15 through Saturday May 18 featuring the all talking and singing film Mother's Boy starring Morton Downey with new songs. In person stage show alongside the Pathe extravaganza highlights night club theatre scenes and New York lower East Side settings.
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The
Orpheum
Natacha Nattova
Radio-Keith-Orpheum
Alexander
Peggy
Ted Morrissey
Hank the Mule
Pepito
Juniata
Angel
Fair
Ange and
Frank Hamilton
Jack Neal
Hamilton
Mary Astor
Robert Armstrong
Des Moines Princes
Roy D'Arcy
Dean Jagger
Orpheum Theatre
Morton Downey
Big Pathe
Des Moines
New York
Lower East Side
Glee Club Praised by Iowa Paper at Central College
The Glee Club performed at the Opera House to a large audience, drawing praise from the Sioux County Index. The program featured choruses, quartette selections, vocal and piano solos plus readings. The hall filled beyond capacity and many attendees were entertained in local homes before the group departed for Boyden after a morning chapel program.
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Eveera House
Central College Ning
Glee Club
Boyden
Sioux Co
Index
Legislature Passes Constructive Public Health Measures
The legislature passed nine measures aimed at disease prevention and cheaper public health administration. Key items include better sanitation for barber shops and beauty parlors, and housing consumptives in sanatoriums across counties. The four major measures establish an epidemiological service with the State Department of Health to detect and control epidemics early.
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State Department of Health
Outbreak and Public Health Bills Highlight Iowa Legislature
The text notes several health proposals including outbreak control, an inspection service funded by license fees, and water supply checks. It praises county-wide organization of health work as a landmark measure, aimed at protecting the public from unscrupulous practices and unsafe water supplies. It also recalls the death of former Texas senator Joseph W. Raley, a prominent silver-tongued orator and critic of Bryan, known for belligerent stances in Democratic debates.
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State Department of Health
County Board of Supervisors
Joseph W. Raley
United States
Texas
W. J. Bryan
Beveridge
After retiring from the Senate in 1912 he resumed law practice
The text notes a former senator who retired in 1912, returned to the practice of law, and later faced a political defeat in 1920. It references his career shift and a subsequent electoral loss, but details such as names or places are not provided in the fragment.
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Senate
Land
Gover
Washington Democrat Notes Reed Supporter in Texas
The Washington Democrat recalls that last year the individual was an ardent supporter of Jim Reed for president in Texas, highlighting shifts in partisan alignment and political influence.
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Texas
Jim Reed
Washington Democrat
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Dee and Inting
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Iowa
M. B. Bollinger
Jewelers
Standard Oil Company
Daf
Kansas
St. St. Louies
St. Paul
jub-Superior
High Ave
Oskaloosa
Oakland
Fisher
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