Bible reading bill sparks House floor battle in Iowa
Iowa lawmakers debate a senate bible reading amendment. Carter of Hardin proposes mandatory daily bible readings in public schools with free reference lists for boards. Budget reform and state control measures dominate sessions, with taxes, pollution laws, and licensing changes discussed amid a tight legislative schedule.
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Hardin County
Sion
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Town House of Representatives
Kendall
Hauge
Polk
Budget Board
State House
Statehouse
Iowa
State Fair Board
Standard Oi Company
Garber
Floyd
Board of Health
Dubuque
State Board of Health
State ‘College
Board of Control
Chicago Plan Committee Hails Multi Level City Vision
The committee of twenty outlines a metropolitan plan forecasting a Chicago area stretching toward Wisconsin and the Indiana line. It advocates three levels of transport and higher density. cites New York’s zoning and elevated railroads as a model while urging Chicago to act on multi story planning to ensure growth.
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Chicago Plan Commission
Athens
Rome
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
New York
Traffc
Eeme
Manhattan Island
Committee of Twenty-One
School for Sick Pupils in Minnerpolis Described
A special hospital school within the Minnerpolis system serves children with tuberculosis. Compulsory attendance applies if daily streetcar travel is possible. Eight elementary grades proceed, with open-air rooms kept at 45 degrees, Eskimo suits, two light meals and two full meals, followed by a sleeping period and suntramp treatments. Some cases receive ward care with a physician and nurse.
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Minnerpolis
United States Bureau of Education
Chicago News
Civic Improvement plan of Federal Council of Citizenship Training
The Civic Improvement effort aims to coordinate with non governmental public and private groups across the country to improve citizenship. About 2,000 national agencies and thousands of local groups are already active in social and civic issues. The American National council led by President Harding as honorary president and acting president Frank A. Wilderlip will cooperate with government agencies in this crusade.
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Federal Council of Citizenship
American National Council
Harding
Frank A. Wilderlip
Pet names of cities and their meanings in US culture
The text discusses nicknames for American cities. It explains that New York is affectionately called Little old New York, while Boston is dubbed the Bub. It notes Boston’s pride in being seen as the hub of the universe by outsiders, and contrasts attitudes toward these city nicknames.
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New York
United States
Boston
Treasure legends of the Mary Dear and Cocos islands
The article recounts tales of buried treasure linked to the Mary Dear, a brig captained by Thompson, allegedly hidden on Cocos Island off Costa Rica. It traces pirate lore, failed expeditions, and various claimants from England and elsewhere, with dates spanning the 19th and early 20th centuries and multiple theories about the treasure’s location and fate.
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Lima
Peru
Ote
Ytreasuri
Thompson
John Dickinson Sherman
Thompsen
Londwy
B. Cheesman
Insect House
London
Chile
Pacific
Costa Rica
Spanish West
Henry Storgin
Charles III
Jamaica
Raneets
Ibly
Cocos
Bernard Joachim Keesin
Panini
Clarvan
Setes
Fallad
Mary Dear
Lina
South America
Spain
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Loy America
Rhishop
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Benin
Borute
USA
Cucos
Bonimy
Espiexle
Raver
Edsyard
Tavis
Pirsey
England
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Kesing
Rosne
Keating
Logue
Ang
Sas
Keaking
von Bremer
Gissler
Co¢os
Costa Rler
Shrapnel
E. A.S. Maughty
Rosemary and gypsy women in history and notes
The text describes rosemary as an evergreen Labiatae shrub used ornamentally or aromatically with essential oil for perfumes and liniments. It then shifts to a passage about Gypsy women, asserting they are the true bosses of their families and households, controlling property and finances, while noting male stereotypes and roles.
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State Budget Board
Geneal Assembly
Fortieth General Assembly
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Commonwealth
Seeburger
Polk County
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Council
Oleg Nelson
Towa House
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Nelson
Ocas
Asain
Carollsins
Calabar Rae
Rosemary
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Europe
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Kansay City
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