Amendments Pass After Forty Nine Year Fight in Iowa
Iowa lawmakers vote 22 to 14 to submit prohibition and woman suffrage amendments to voters in 1916. The Senate approves a prohibitory amendment and the House follows with a suffrage measure as Des Moines officials discuss adjournment, enforcement, and state support for education and law.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Joe Lovie
Senate
Wilson
Thomas
State House
House
Ingislatore
Paopia
Thirty-Seventh
General Assembly
Towa
Wnicn
Howls
Allen
Wanufactura
Liqilor
Beneral
Clarke
Penata
A. M. Dayce
Garner
William Dennis
Marion
State Board of Paroles
W. H. Barry
Indianola
Paul Suliman
Jefferson
State Board of Education
Roger Leagitt
Cadar Talis
EH. P. Schoentgén
Connell Bluts
State Board ‘of Education
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
Stilman
University of Michigan
Loase
Jefferson Bea
Denoia
University of Iowa
Ling County
Cristian
Freeman
Wapella
Aclentista
Dlag
J. Ta
Rendall
Spaltaswan
Cosso
Jad Salts Promoted For Kidney and Bladder Ailments
An advertisement touts Jad Salts as a safe and inexpensive remedy made from grape acid and lithia water. It claims to cleanse sluggish kidneys, calm bladder irritation, and prevent serious disorders with a daily intake. A fictional dialogue fragment about stepfather concerns accompanies the ad.
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Yemen
Ady, Moe
Castoria and historic welfare notes mix in stray quotes
The fragment mentions CABTORIA Castoria claimed for infants and children with a signature by Cillian and notes 30 years of use. It abruptly shifts to stray welfare lines and a quip about automotives and a quilt discussion, with incomplete dialogue about assembling autos for two poor women.
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Brug
General Assembly
Senate
Eversmeyer
Mostatina
Averamayer
Cillian
Fletcher
The Truthful Boy and the Employer
A comical exchange unfolds as The Office Boy confesses his wife mocked his supposed honesty. The Employer questions the impracticality of truthfulness in work life while the boy recalls her sharp judgment, noting she claimed honesty has little place at the job.
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Alr
Cleveland Plain’ Dealer
Coffee Ties to Health Downfall and Postum Revival
A testimonial from Judy Kauna describes quitting coffee after years of illness and heart palpitations. She credits Postum with restoring digestion, sleep, and energy, claiming dramatic improvement after two years off coffee. The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum from Postum Co. in Battle Creek Michigan.
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Kauna
Judy
Postum Co
Rattle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Rock Island finances come under Interstate probe
Testimony at an Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry details payoffs and contracts tied to the Rock Island railroad from 1901 to 1914. Witnesses including Loree Leeds and Mather discuss large salaries, stock promises, and settlements. Critics blame commission rulings for escalated costs and delayed rate adjustments.
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Frigco System
le BF
Loree
Baltimore &Ohio
Rock Island
Daniel G
Leeds
Rock Island Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reid-Leeds-Moore
C. H. Venner
J. W. Malls
HK. A. Jackson
Robert, Mather
United States Circuit Court
Springfield
Venet
Mather
Jackson
Magange
Adi
Jim Ham
Jamies Hamilton Lew
United States
Tinola
Counsal
Nr. Held
Western
Southwestern
Hie
Rock Island T
Commerce Commission
Reid
R. A. Jackson
G. H. Warran
New Jersey
Railrordd
Slayers Are Executed In Triple Electric Chair Sentence
In Osanning New York three murder convicts Robert Kane Oscar Vogt and Vicenza Carppaneli were executed in the electric chair. The trio faced the chair Friday and each death was completed in 25 minutes and 10 seconds with the men entering the chamber upright and displaying faltering steps.
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Osanning
N.Y
Aing Sing
Robert Kane
Oscar Vogt
Vicenza Carppaneli
Hende
Becker Denied New Trial in Police Murder Case
New York authorities report that on March 1 Supreme Court Justice Weolla denied Charles Becker a new trial. Becker, a former lieutenant of police, remains under death sentence for the murder of Herman Josenthal. The ruling followed an application grounded on an alleged affidavit by James Marshall, a Black man.
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Becker
New York
Isuprema
Justive Weolla
Charles Becker
Herman Josenthal
James Marshall
Government asks 226 million more for 1914 15 war costs
London reports the government requests an additional 226 million dollars for war expenses in 1914-15, raising the year's total to 1.8 billion and noting England's overall war expenditure to 3 billion dollars.
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London
England
May End Bread Cost Inquiry Returns to Stable Prices
A report notes a return to wholesale pricing for four genta a toaf, signaling a stabilization after an ongoing bread cost inquiry in New York. Deputy officials indicate measures to rebalance supply and pricing.
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New York
Maré
Ad Will
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