Sioux City Schools Boost Budget To 1.78 Million With Expansion
The Sioux City board of education approved a budget of 1,777,406 dollars for the coming year an increase of 117,630 over last year. The budget funds a 550 pupil enrollment rise requiring 60,900 more for teaching staff and 45,000 for a new Central junior high site, plus 29,000 interest on bonds. Major allocations cover instruction 1,069,820 building operations 225,009 maintenance 58,400 health and transportation 25,040 and other general costs including census and truancy enforcement.
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Sioux City
Board of Education
Central Junior High
Cedar Falls Bible conference report and local notices
A scattered summary of regional items including a Cedar Falls Bible conference note, group meetings in Des Moines, a local table crafted at a New Hampton home, and various local events. Mentions of bank supervision, street resurfacing, a poultry theft, a Elmore reception, and a fishing trip in Minnesota, with misc. civic and social notes.
Man With Fake Rheumatism Cure Targeting Readers
A man selling a fraudulent rheumatism cure tries to lure customers with a bold promise. Police warn residents to avoid the scam and report suspicious solicitations.
La Follette Opens Campaign With Wheeler Running Mate
Washington July 22. Senator Robert M. La Follette opens his campaign week with Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana chosen as running mate. National committee leaders hasten local organizing while La Follette and Wheeler plan stump dates and pursue immediate activity to mobilize progressive sentiment nationwide. Wheeler’s decision comes after intense persuasion from his wife and advisers amid a broader oil scandal backdrop and bipartisan pressuring to unite the progressive ticket.
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la Follette
Wheeler
Washington
D. C
Burton Wheeler
Montana
Robert M. la Follette
Progressive National Committee
la Follette- Wheeler
John M. Nelson
Basil Manly
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Gilbert FE. Boe
National Committee
Justice Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
Senator la Follette
Senator Wheeler
Robert, Jr
Gilbert E. Roe
Whe
Bob, Jr
Ter
Senate
Daugherty
Thomas J. Walsh
Walsh
John W. Davis
Congress
la Follette-Wheeler
Ian Follette
Davis
West
Massa
Movies on slate for Farm Picnic
The county farm bureau picnic at Climbing Hill on Wednesday August 6 will include a seven reel Harold Lloyd comedy Safety Last and the tuberculosis film Clean Herds and Hearts. Other events are a band concert by the Smithland band, a Ray Dugan five piece orchestra bowery dance, and a booked merry go round.
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County Farm Bureau
Climbing Hill
Committee On
Harold Lloyd
Smithland Band
Ray Dugan
Beeen
City liquor fines totaled 300 in morning court
Fines totaling 300 dollars were imposed on violators of the city liquor ordinance in police court. Roscoe Brown, Charles Interrea, and Leo Desmond each paid 50 dollars for maintaining liquor nuisances. venue changes granted in their state charges. Fred Ulrich paid 150 dollars on two liquor violations. Other fines included five dollars each for dice game participants and various traffic and disturbance penalties for listed individuals.
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Roscoe Brown
Iowa Street
Charles Interrea
West Sixteenth Strees
Leo Desmond
York Street
Fred Ulrich
Sixth Street
B. A. Butler
Decatur
EK. C. Smith
City Point
George Ostroski
Milwaukee
Wis
Larry Sime
St. Louis
Jack Smith
Fort Wayne
Ind
Henry Keefer
Oklahoma
Carl Waltz
Des Moines
Clarence Payliss
Concordia
Kan
Val Sendel
Hinton
G. Wheeler
William Heck
Hamilton Street
Fairfield deaths mark long service and deep community ties
Margaret Gantz, 78, widow of J. Gantz, died after months of illness. She was active in W R C and Rebekahs and left three daughters in Ottumwa Fairfield Kansas City. Newton remembers William B. McKinney, 85, pioneer Jasper County settler and veteran Mason. Funeral services led by Masons. Rachael Ryan, 92, Jasper County resident since 1878, longtime United Presbyterian church worker. She leaves son Lewis and a brother in Amsterdam New York.
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Fairfield
Margaret (. Gantz
J. 8. Gantz
Rebekahs
Chester Smith
Ottumwa
E. KR. Morrisey
Kansas City
Leon Israel
Gantz
Jefferson County
Newton
William B. McKinney
Jasper County
McKinney
G. A. R. Work
Masonic Lodge
Rachael Ryan
Argoyle
N. Y
United Presbyterian Church
Lewis
Amsterdam
Edna Lewin
Albert Rastede
Pender
Neb
Thurston
Furniture Sale Approved for Lindholm Stock to Creditors
An order by Judge Miles Newby in district court approved the sale of Lindholm Furniture company stock to Amos Matthews, a Sioux City attorney, for the benefit of creditors. The furniture stock and fixtures sold for $33,000. Smith Villa Shower Bath Repaired at Children's Park. Repairs completed, shower bath at Smith Villa swimming pool is back in use after closure for repairs, per city park department.
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Lindholm Furniture Company
Amos Mathews
Sioux City
Miles Newby
Smith Villa
Children's Park
City Park Department
Sioux City Receives 1925 License Plates for Autos
Sioux City's consignment of 1925 automobile license plates arrived at the county treasurer's office. The plates feature black figures on a silver white background and weigh 20 tons, according to county treasurer W. L. Sedgewick.
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Sioux City
Couounty
W. L. Sedgewick
Kilborne Returns From Minnesota Lake Vacation
Harrison Kilborne secretary of the Chamber of Commerce resumed work yesterday after a two week vacation spent with Mr. and Mrs. Kilborne in the lake region around Alexandria Minnesota.
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Minnesota
Harrison Kilborne
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs. Kilborne
Alexandria
Minn
Palmer suit seeks 4900 rent on Oxford hotel lease
C. E. and W. B. Palmer sue R. Norton proprietor of the Oxford hotel at Sixth and Douglas streets for 4900 rent due May 1924 to September 1925 under a lease. Plaintiffs say Norton agreed to pay the full amount if he defaulted once.
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Oxford
C. E
W. B. Palmer
R. Norton
Norton
Sixth
Douglas Streets
Man fined for stealing silverware at Northwestern station cafe
William Green of LeMars was fined $10 in police court after pleading guilty to taking several pieces of silverware from the Northwestern railroad station cafe. Railroad officials said he took knives and forks after dining.
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William Green
LeMars
Northwestern Railroad
Green
Railroad
Mount Pleasant MRS Sarah Laird 93 Dies Saturday
Mrs. Sarah Laird of Mount Pleasant died Saturday morning at age 93. Funeral arrangements are pending with local officials stating she was a longtime community member and churchgoer.
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Mount Pleasant
Sarah Laird
Auto Tragedy Inquiry Begins in Nebraska
Authorities opened an inquiry into possible criminal negligence after a Sunday auto crash near Emerson Nebraska killed three Thurston residents. Coroner’s inquest set for Friday at 10 am in Emerson with engine crew appearances expected.
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Emerson
Neb
C. E. Kohl
Sadie Payne
Thurston
Paul Riedler
Thurston, Neb
New Teachers Hired For Coming School Year
Three teachers were engaged by the board of education after a teachers committee recommendation. The hires are Mildred Johnson Allie Murphy and Edith Greve. Florence Tilton received a one semester leave. Crescence Ekstrom resigns. Emily E Johnson Harriet Thompson and L J Belt declined contracts.
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Board of Education
Mildred Johnson
Allie Murphy
Edith Greve
Florence Tilton
Crescence Ekstrom
Emily E. Johnson
Harriet Thompson
L. J. Belt
Birds and ignorance met in unlikely pairing
A terse remark notes that believing one knows all is a sign of ignorance while a proverb about birds suggests collective action when similar minds gather, implying a clash between certainty and shared behavior.
Revision requested to extend tax levy collections in budget law
Mayor Stewart Gilman said the session formed key amendments to the present state budget law for early enactment. The main revision extends the tax levy collection period, driven by bonding houses before city bonds would be accepted. Iowa League of Municipalities meeting in Des Moines endorsed revising the law to let Iowa cities sell bonds. Gilman and Hatfield returned from the meeting amid a brisk, if odd, remark about everyone selling something.
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Gilman
Iowa
Iowa League of Municipalities
Des Moines
Stewart Gilman
Paul
Hatfield
Campaigner Walsh Featured in Massachusetts Race
A garbled excerpt references Walsh as a campaigner in Massachusetts and notes discussions of candidates in the state race with mentions of Wheeler and a vote tally or political strategy.
Readable Cook Book Fragments Uncover Lost Recipes
A fragmentary OCR item outlines a cookbook page with various fading recipes. It notes ingredients and tips but lacks full measurements, suggesting several dishes to reconstruct from context.
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Cedar Falls Bible Conference
Newtoun
Hapac
Micatic Odes Wire
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New Hampton
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Hernlity
Honce
Parry Megehme
Lawrence White
W. W. White
South English
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Clarion
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Mar Meserver
J. Roe Stevinson
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Clarion—P. C Hickcox
Clarion P
Grimer College
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Lake Okoboji
Perry- Kev
Charles M. Phimondson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Waterloo County
Black Hawk County
John Allfree
Washington Boreau
the Daily Register
Department of Justice
He Farsom
Chamber Returns
Ward
THE
Taleyr
Felix Cat
Omche
Dentistry For Less
Wyrman & Ockerman, PD
OCI
Ockerman & Ockerman
Fourth Street
Auto
Wescott Undertaking CO
Ambulance Service
Bell
Pierce St
Wayne
Wheeler & Johnson
District Salesmen Commerce
Schmoller & Mancolor Piano Co
Nebraska St
Mystic Mills
Soderstrom Dairy
EGET
Wertz Seed Company
I. Miller
Westinwere
Jane
Verstegen Printing CO
4Th and Court Sts
Register
Chicago
Sioux Tobacco Company
Arthur KI
IRN CO
Sioux City Foundry and Boiler Co
O. K. Auto Supply
T. Fursberg
W. Okey
Fifth St
Astow
Try
Mid-West Battery & Electric Co
Fifth and
Iowa Sts
Hotel Jackson Restaurant
Peoples Livery Co
Court Street
Gas & Electric
Frank T. Wilson
Sioux City Register
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