Iowa debate on consolidating labor, industrial roles
May consolidate to avoid duplicating work. A. L. Urick endorses merging the state labor department with the Industrial Commission, proposing a three member panel. Critics note overlaps, while lawmakers discuss folding hotel inspection and other duties into new agencies, with bids to fund bee culture work at Ames.
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Des Moines Veteran Returns From British Service
F. G. Petersen of Des Moines returns after twenty two months in the British army with three bullet wounds in one leg left hand shot away and blinded in one eye. He was discharged for physical disability after fighting at Verdun Dardanelles and in Belgium. Petersen left Java in 1914 and joined Battery B Ottawa Canada. He says war reports are exaggerated and fighting not as fierce as claimed.
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Ottawa
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Dyersville Fire Destroys Drug Store and Damages Adjoining
A blaze at Dyersville twenty-two miles west of here destroyed one drug store and damaged adjoining buildings and contents. Estimated damage about $40,000. Firefighters feared they could not contain the flames and sent for Dubuque. Chief Ralnfred and crew responded with a large automobile fire truck but arrived too late. The twenty-log mile run took forty minutes.
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Dubuque
Ralnfred
Retail Auto Dealers Meet Names Davenport as Next Site
The Towa Retail Auto Dealers association wrapped its annual convention in Davenport with over two hundred auto dealers attending. The gathering urged passage of a garage law to protect repair and storage workers from losses due to bad counts. Officers elected include President Jacob Friasdman of Dyersville Vice President O R McDonald Des Moines and Treasurer B J Miles Newton.
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Towa Retail Auto Dealers’ Association
Davenport
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Dyersville
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Des Moines
B. J. Miles
Newton
Cereal Factory Workers Strike in Cedar Rapids
One hundred packing department workers at Quaker Oats led a walkout triggering a company-wide strike by about 1300 employees. Wage disputes are cited as the cause. Superintendent George Laird says the issue is local and will be resolved promptly. Strikers marched through the city in a long line.
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Big Mills
George Laird
Iowans enlist with Allies to serve in France hospital corps
Iowans join Allied Powers medical service in France. Roland Speers son of I C Speers former Odeon manager in town prepares to join American hospital and ambulance corps in France. He is 21 and a medical student at Stanford. Edward S Welles, son of EW Welles, now in Los Angeles, is the other medic.
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Santa Monica
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Edward S. Welles
Welles
Los Angeles
Waukon Woman Dies at 93 in Her Home
Mrs. Damien Whaley, aged 92 or 93, longtime Waukon resident born in Frontenac Canada on January 2 1822, died at her home after a long life spanning events from Monroe to Victoria. She married in 1839, had five children, lived with a daughter now 75, and left numerous grandchildren. She managed her own housework until age 92.
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Chicago
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England
New Income Tax Law Changes Reach Iowa and Dubuque
Revenue officers warn about the 1916 tax reforms affecting Jowans. Many residents do not realize the old law was repealed and replaced by the Sept 8 1916 act. Under the new rules any person with net income of 3000 dollars or more must file, including cases with dividends.
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Dubuque
Louis Murphy
Warn Against Impure Ice From Des Moines River
Public health laboratories at the state university warn ice harvested from the Des Moines river is unsafe. They advise ice companies to shave off the lip of the ice and reject dirty portions. Shallow waters carry debris and bacteria, making the ice dangerous for drinking.
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Ica
Des Moines
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Hold Girls on Blackmail Charge in Cedar Rapids
Dorig Byrnes and Peggy Reid, figures in a Chicago sensational affair that compromised Franklin Junkermann, Cedar Rapids druggist, have been arrested by Sheriff Taylor on an indictment for attempt to extort. Judge Smith set bail at $10,000 each. Attorney H.H. Workkr of Chicago was indicted on the same charge. his arrest has not been reported.
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Cedar Rapids
Dorig Byrnes
Peggy Reid
Chicago
Frankin Junkermann
Taylor
Smith
Hh, Workkr
Fire destroys Urbana Methodist church for second time
Urbana suffered a second church loss as a fire destroyed the Methodist building. Sparks and embers endangered nearby homes, with a defective furnace cited as the likely origin. The blaze rekindled memories of the 1909 destruction.
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Suinis
Vinton
Urbana
Umea
Gas Plant Explosion Injures Man At Attica School
In Knoxville the gas plant linked to Consolidated School at Attica exploded injuring Grant Maddy who was adjusting the tank mechanism. The blast flung him about forty feet, left him unconscious, blew the tank apart, and shattered several windows of the school building.
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Attica
This
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Plan Jessup Inaugural Exercises for May 4
Delegates and representatives from other colleges will be received on the first day. The inaugural exercises will be held on May 4 with formalities including the investiture of Walter A Jessup as president of the state university. Governor and state officials of Iowa will be present.
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City May Buy Mine Near Boone
A petition from residents and city officials asked Boone to buy a coal mine and operate it. They seek council action to pursue a legal path and hold a special election if needed to raise funds for the purchase amid rising coal prices and property concerns in the area.
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Annette
Maruing Governor Harding Inaugurated In Iowa Amid Festivities
Iowa swore in W L Harding as governor with Frank R Gaynor delivering the oath in a packed house. A grand inaugural ball followed as the state outlined a large budget request, with numerous officials present and a parade of dignitaries in attendance.
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Dex Moines
W. L. Harding
Frank R. Gaynor
State House
Lawson exposes leak claims in Wilson note inquiry
Washington January 27 Thomas W Lawson testified that Chairman Henry of the hearings told him a cabinet officer and bankers profited in stock trading on President Wilsons peace note. Lawson named Archibald S White of White Co Boston as a banker in the rumor. Henry denied mentioning any congressman or banker to Lawson. Lawson insisted all he said was the truth as he stood by his statements.
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Thomas W. Lawson
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Archibald S. White
White & Co
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Plot to Kill Gov Johnson Revealed in Letters
In San Francisco on January 15, letters seized from Alexander Berkman’s office were shown to Assistant DA Edward Cunha as evidence of a conspiracy to destroy government and assassinate Governor-elect Hiram W. Johnson of California. The letters are tied to the Mooney murder trial, with Berkman allegedly in New York.
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Hiram W. Johnson
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California
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Edward Cunha
Franklin Griffin
Mesney
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Mooney
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Berkman
Cunha
New York
Suffragette Homes Raided in London Under Realm Act
Police and military authorities raid the Women's Social and Political Union base, Mrs Pankhurst lieutenants homes, and the Britania printing plant, seizing Britannia publication and two taxicabs full of documents amid wartime governance disputes between Lloyd George supporters and the peace faction.
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Women’s Social and Political Union
Billings to sell big farm on James River estate
C. K. G. Billings the New York capitalist and horse Maun will sell his 5000 acre Curles Neck farm on the James river fifteen miles below Richmond. The estate cost Mr Billings one million dollars and he will pass the winters in California.
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C. K. G. Billings
New York
Curles Neck
James River
California
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Wells Pleads Not Guilty in Deshler Hotel Murder
Weldon H Wells twenty three of Kansas City pleaded not guilty in Columbus municipal court to the Deshler hotel room murder of Mona Simon. He had earlier confessed to the slaying.
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Columbus
Weldon H Wells
Kansas City
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Deshler Hotel
Four Years More for Liebknecht Leader of German Socialists
London reports Dr. Karl Liebknecht, German socialist leader, has received an additional sentence of four and a half years at hard labor and expulsion from the Berlin bar. The sentence increases his imprisonment and marks a major penalty in the ongoing political case.
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London
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Kurl Lieb- Knecht
Berlin
5 Central News Disputch
Siscarets Bilious Headache Relief Ad Stop
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy for biliousness headaches coated tongue foul taste and breath and sluggish digestion claiming the product cleanses the stomach removes undigested food and gases reduces bile and wastes from the bowels and brings relief by morning with a sleeping aid note of medical discovery also referenced in a separate navy workforce line.
American dog breed pride echoes in Lauwieville
The Lauwieville Courier Journal quotes a speaker praising American dog breeding. The remarks celebrate the American eagle and the American beagle as symbols of national pride, reflecting a pro native-breed stance in the local discourse.
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Lauwieville Courier-Journal
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Promotes Clear Complexions
An old advertisement urges daily use of Cuticura Soap to soften soothe and heal the skin and scalp while Cuticura Ointment aids with healing. Free samples available by mail with a booklet from Cuticura Dept L Boston. Seid everywhere.
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Boston
Woman Soldier Lived to Be 108 at Brighton Churchyard
A memorial tombstone in St Nicholas churchyard Brighton honors Phache-Hessel born Stepney 1713. She served as a private in the Fifth Regiment of Foot across Europe and fought at Fontenoy in 1754, wounded by a bayonet. She died December 12 1821 in Brighton at age 108 after a long life spanning Queen Anne through George II.
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Brighton
Phache- Hessel
Stepney
Europe
Duke of Cumberland
Fontenoy
No Precaution Neglected Recalled in Clergyman’s Family
A humorous Harper's piece notes a clergyman child arriving at breakfast with a rushed toilet and hair unbrushed. The mother asks if prayers were said, to which the boy replies with a firm guarantee that safety first is upheld.
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Harpers Magazine
Contrasting Methods in Vehicle Training Debate
A fragmented quotation discusses learning to operate a motor car with a coach guiding the process. It contrasts instructional approaches and suggests evaluating teaching methods for driver education.
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