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Counties to Receive State School Fund Allocations
Des Moines Iowa reports every county will receive a per person apportionment from the permanent school fund. The first instalment goes out March 1 and the rest becomes available September 1. The total statewide fund is about 246 thousand dollars with 16 620 eligible in Wood county and Polk County cited for a specific allotment.
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Des Moines
John J. Bleckey
Tiel Coups
Keey
Polk
Slisa
Sim
Harweart Webster County
Ward Townsherser Y
Es ereSt
POMC
Geniles
Teruiles Tenbury
Pharmacy Candidates Bought Question Lists
Des Moines reports that ten successful candidates for pharmacist licenses bought copies of exam questions from the state board after a leak traced to the state printer. Four persons paid sums totaling 390, with two paying 10 and eight paying 25 each. The board may revoke licenses and order retakes.Printer’s aide to be dismissed. Police detain W F Thompson, J Packmot, and Charles Randolph amid ongoing probes.
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Des Moines
Lowe Stile Board of Pharmacy
John Fletcher
Atorney General
Atr
Fletcher
Robert Henderson
Wp Lo
Wal
If Inen
W. F. Thompson
J. Packmot
Tlerk
McKay Pharmey
Charles Randolp
Robert Hen- Alersul
Police Captain Breeding Appeals Removal From Force
Des Moines reports night police captain G. J. Breeding appeals suspension after being found in a disorderly room. Unclear whether city council or civil service board will hear the case. Grace Holmes will face trial for keeping a disorderly house.
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Des Moines
Police Department
Vivil Service Commission
G. J. Breeding
Breeding
Jenney
War Liew
City Counci
Civil Service Board
O. Levi
Civil Service Commission
Leir
Grace Holmes
Fudge Uiterback
Esthetic minister at Carroll causes church controversy
The Carroll Herald reports Lyn Geo J. Kelly came to Carroll as a supply preacher at the Presbyterian church over a year ago. His lectures drew full houses but a failed revival tattered his reputation as listeners questioned his seriousness and spirituality.
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Gareer
Carroll Carroll Herald
Lyn Geo. J. Kelly
Carroll
Presbyterian Church
Theological Institute
Sac County Farmers' Telephone elects officers
A Sac County Farmers' Telephone Company meeting in Odehotta elected John Fuchs as president Henry Frevert as vice president E E Babcock as secretary Henry Huebner as treasurer and directors John Halling Chas Hausman and Adat Hemer. An assessment of five dollars was levied on each member to cover equipment indebtedness.
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Odehotta
Sac County Farmers’ Telephone Company
Ewer
John Fuchs
Henry Frevert
E. E. Babcock
Henry Huebner
John Halling
Chas, Hausman
Adat Hemer
Sach
Insurgents at Webster City push head camp cleanup
Webster City Iowa reports fierce reform moves within the Modern Woodmen of America as the local camp condemns the Chicago rate policy and calls for a housecleaning of head camp leadership. They oppose re election of any who favored the rate, demand salary cuts and restoration of self government. Ida Grove man Theodore Penning receives Northwestern Railway pension of 15.75 monthly after long service from 1876.
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Webster City
Fee
Iowa
Chicago
Fe Peinbucye
Toledo
Ohio
Ida Grove
Northwestern
Lna Grove
Theodore Penning
Northwestern Railway Company
Penring
Maple River Junction
Penning
Flag labeling auction sparks protest in Massachusetts era
A protest erupts when a flag labeling auction is held for household goods. A patriotic instructor from the Relief Corps denounces the sale as unworthy and ties the action to Civil War era sensitivities in Massachusetts.
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Sanborn
Patriotic Instructor Relief Corps
Massachusetts
Numbered Lead Pencils Prevent Germ Confusion in Schools
In Council Bluffs a drive for sanitary practices spreads from drinkers to pencils. Primary pupils share pencils but now each pencil bears a number and is returned to the same child, reducing germ spread as teachers supply the instruments in class. A Mothers' club member offers the plan.
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Ceriain
Mothers’ Club
Polk County Widows Pension Fight Tests Law
Des Moines Feb 5 The Polk County board of supervisors threatens to test the widows pension law’s constitutionality by ignoring district court pension orders signed by Judge Hugh Brennan If Brennan compels payment contempt charges would follow The board cites a depleted juvenile fund and fears bankruptcy despite $266 in pensions granted in January and projected obligations of $89 904 for 2014
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Des Moines
Polk County Board of Supervisors
General Assembly
Hugh Brennan
District Court
Brennan
Fudge Brennan
Buried as Unidentified in His Home Town
The body of the man killed by an Illinois Central train near Dubuque last August and buried in a potter's field was identified as Matthew McAlister of Dubuque. His widow Mrs McAllister learned of the death after neighbors Mrs Paniel Dickie and Mrs Gickle met. Protests against a 3 percent freight-rate increase were heard in Washington with Iowa merchants and manufacturers arguing it would raise coal costs and harm local industries.
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Dubugus
Ilinois Central
Potters’ Field
Matthew McAlister
McAllister
Paniel Dickie
Dickie
Mar
Potters
MecAlister
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Rairoads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Custern
J. H. Henderson
AL Smiley
Clinton Shippers’ and Manufacturers’ Association
EL Egan
Burlington Industries
Ida Grove Faces Shortage of Suitable Residences
Ida Grove Iowa sees over two months without a rental home as spring nears. Local leader Julius Rohwer plans tenement-style housing to accommodate families. Several new homes were built last summer, but over 15 families moved away seeking housing elsewhere.
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Ida Grove
Julius Rohwer
Dee Moines
Spencer Building Trades Annual Banquet Highlights Fair Deal Appeal
The Allied Building Trades of Spencer held their annual banquet in Spencer Ia on February 5. G W Van Atten opened the meeting and introduced Rev Father B A Hunt who urged a fair deal between capital and labor. Br W Morrow and George Round also spoke on the same themes.
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Spencer
Allied Building Trades of
Bel
G. W. van Atten
Spencer Herald
Father B. A. Hunt
Sacred Heart Church
Father Hunt
Capitol
Labor
Unusual Roles in Waterfall County Lawsuit Hearings
In a La Porte City account collection suit against John Goodfellow, Rev. E S Genung ran the sawmill that cut cottonwood lumber for the defendant, a witness for the defense admitted wagering on the case outcome with Aligou of La Porte City, while a new petition in the Seeley damages case will seek $7 57% after a prior $20,000 claim was pared down.
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Waterloo
la Porte City
John Goodfellow
E.S. Genung
Presbyterian Church
Aligou
Mount Pleasant
W. B. Seeley
Mies Belle Madsen
Salem
Tistrini
Permanent road and bridge work in Sag County 1913 season
Sac City Iowa February 4 W D Maxwell county highway engineer filed a report detailing 1913 road work. Seven miles graded for permanent grades cost 3896 50 while 1 3 4 miles on township roads cost 1025 gravel surfacing added on county roads and repairs completed. In 1914 plans call for 15 to 20 miles of grading and continued graveling as funds allow. Largest bridge item is two span concrete bridge over the Raccoon river Sac City at 14860. Other bridges include six concrete spans 16 to 74 feet and 288 permanent culverts built by the county under day labor. County culvert gangs operated under board supervision B C Fuller John Fuchs J Havers. Marshalltown Iowa February 2 Marshall county paid 53362 31 on highways last year per report to state railway commission. New concrete bridges built cost 16081 60 wooden repairs 14465 71.
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Sac City
W. D. Maxwell
Board of Supervisors
Raccoon River
Marshalltown
Marshall County
State Railway Commission
Ash
Cholera Costs Iowa Hog Farmers Big Losses in 1933
Iowa State College figures show hog cholera in 1933 cost farmers over 33 million dollars. The epidemic killed about 3.53 million hogs, valued at more than 28 million dollars, with another 2.4 million head sold early and cattle feeding hampered by fewer hogs. Sioux, Plymouth and Sac counties led losses with totals around 102,000 to 96,000 hogs, while eight counties posted lower than average damages.
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Ames
Iowa
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Sioux
Plymouth
Sac
Tlr
Kossuth
Crawford
Cherokee
Pottawattamie
Lyon
Young Dubuque girl confesses shoplifting
Gertrude Ferber an eight year old girl, daughter of respected parents, was arrested after being caught at Rosebek's department store trying to shoplift. She later admitted stealing numerous articles from city stores during the past winter.
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Dubuque
Qubuque
Gertrude Ferber
Rosebek
Charles Brazell
Brazell
Municipal League Active in Dubuque Election
The Dubuque Municipal League plans to influence city elections with resolutions stressing ability over partisanship. It calls for a convention and aims to ensure civic betterment by eliminating graft and inefficiency. Membership includes church groups and public bodies from the Dubuque Industrial Corporation. Convention date not set.
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Municipal League
Dubuque
Dubuque Industrial Corporation
Bloodhounds Track Letts Robbers Who Cracked Safe
Bloodhounds are used to trace the men who dynamited the Snyder general store safe at Letts Iowa and fled with about 500 dollars in currency. The robbers first entered a blacksmith shop next to the store to obtain tools then took the safe to the basement and opened it without outside warning. The crime remained undiscovered for hours and local authorities suspect local involvement.
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Letts
Muscatine
Snyder General
Convicted Men Sentenced to Life in Saloon Killing
Bud Robinson and John Cooper, both 22, received life terms at Fort Madison for pleading guilty to killing William Wilson of Delmar during a saloon holdup last December. They had earlier drawn 35 year terms at Cedar Rapids for wounding an officer. William Morris went insane after arrest and is at Iowa prison in Ames.
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Fort Madison
Clinton
Bud Robinson
John Cooper
William Wilson
Delmar
Cedar Rapids
Willam Morris
Abamosa
Marriage in a Justice Office Shocks Iowa Town
The brief Iowa notice reports an underage marriage in a justice of the peace office with 18 year old Thomas Fowlkes and 1 year old May Weatherhog tying the knot. The couple from Nebraska City were joined as stepchildren of Bir and Mrs Julius Fowlkes present at the ceremony.
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May Weatherhog
Bir
Julius Fowlkes
Nebraska City
Bnife
Fort Wadison
Robinson
Weeto
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Yale
Marceline
Fort Dodge
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Dolliver
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mason City
Paul Hensech
Tid
Soing
Hensch
Lows City
Renck
Gener Cosson
John Herring
Cosson
Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Bort Dodge
Termi Lssion
Courcil Rlupffs
E. 8
Harlan
Atlantic, Northern & Southern Railroad
District Court
Grand Jury
Cass County
FiaTkun
Atdante
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