Odd Iowa bills listed in strange general assembly proposals
Des Moines reports 1 156 bills at the Iowa assembly include many odd measures. Highlights mention bans on dogs running free to protect sheep, banning book agents in schools, and fees for acting on bills. Other items cover beekeeping offices, blue laws, ambulance chasing, and penalties for various acts.
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Ween Newspaper
Union News Service
Des Moines
Iowa General Assembly
House
Senate
Towa
General Assembly
Iowa
Executive Council
Senate Adopts Suff Bill in Des Moines Debate
The Iowa Senate advances a joint resolution to submit a constitutional amendment granting full women’s suffrage, 35 to 22, with plans for a similar House action. Senate also passes the Balkema federal aid bill under the Federal Aid Act, authorizing Iowa to receive 2.2 million dollars for road construction over five years, after two dissenting votes.
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Ded Moines
Iowa
Kimball
Senate
Woman Pays Poll Tax Becomes Iowa’s First Female Treasurer
Bertha Smith, deputy city treasurer, is noted as the first and only woman in Iowa to pay a poll tax. She paid $2 into the treasury and received a receipt, stating her civic duty as a citizen rather than voting rights.
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Bertha Smith
Iowa
Miss Smith
Smith
Mail Clerks Protest Postmaster General Order to Boone
Cedar Rapids mail clerks, headquartered here, protest a postmaster general order requiring relocation to Boone. Local business and shipping suffer as Chicago and eastern mail now departs later, causing delays due to Omaha Union Pacific connections. About 21 clerks affected, delaying timely daily delivery. none will relocate while hope remains for reversal.
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Mall
Cedar Rapids
Boone
Newario
Chicago
Omaha
Union Parific
University candidate arrested for speeding in Towa City
Towa City in a case involving Danigon Kuehnila af Danigon son of GC Kuehnis and a university student. He pleaded guilty and paid a $5 fine plus costs. The speeding car, owned by Loyal Woes of Denison, is linked to a fatal hit two weeks earlier involving Mrs. I. 2. Wilson as Horace Pilcher of Ida Grove drove the vehicle.
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Towa
Carl Frederick Kuehinla Af Danigon
Kuehnis
Three I W W Members Charged With Murder in Des Moines
Three I W W members arrested after the shooting of policeman Charles Coril in Des Moines are charged with murder. The suspects identify themselves as John Williams of Philadelphia Eddie Post of San Francisco and William Mobecker of Evansville Indiana.
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Des Moines
Charles Coril
John Williams
Philadelphia
Eddie Post
San Francisco
William Mobecker
Evansville
Ind
Dual reclamatory contest at two Iowa high schools
Iowa state news notes a dual reclamatory contest set for April 6 at Clearfield and Shannon City high schools. Other items include resignations, fishing projects, boy scout efforts, a St Paul landscape plan for Spencer, and local obituaries and school debates.
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Clearfield
Shannon City High School
J. G. Touriellot
Presbyterian Church
Denson
Walker
Grinnell Outing Club
Arbor Lake
Chariton
St. Paul
Court House
Spencer
Edwin M. Talley
Grinnell
Minneapolis
Pella Canning Company
Pella
The
State University
University Woman's League
Charles P. Yowry
Yale
Guthrie County
Soldiers' Home
jMinols Infantry
Onaewa
Edith Taft
Gnawa
Robert Hunter
Mapleton
Luelle Wolcott
Battle Creek
Oun
Earle Sloan Smith
Iowr
Philippines
Ames
Fort Madison
Samuel B. Chapman
Ifo
Dubuque
Woodbine
Denison
Missouri Valley
Danison
J. M. Singleton
New York
Sing Lee
Story City
Quan Bee
Bulle
Mont
Iowa City High School
Thomas I. Mishon
Board of ‘Education
Charles City
G. C. Jones
Iowa Gov urges immediate war basis for state
Gov W L Harding asks the Iowa legislature to act now to frame a war basis. He seeks a military census to list available men and a secret industrial survey to marshal state resources for war with Germany. He requests $400,000 to fund the survey and calls for quick action in both houses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Earth Assembly
W. L. Harding
Germany
Harding
Senate
Whitmore
Whitmore of Wanpello
Appropriations Committee
Yale
House
Pitt
First Iowa Guard Mobilized in Des Moines
Des Moines reports Adjutant General Logan ordered mobilization of the First Iowa infantry at 3 o clock this morning. Twelve companies on hand ordered to assemble at once per War Department orders. purpose of the move not disclosed. President Wilson moves nation toward war footing with navy recruitment and National Guard recall.
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Des. Moines
Logan Tuaned
Iowa Infantry
War Department
Ganaral Logan
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Atlante Coast
Asssime
National Guard
Railroad Buys Town Property in Council Bluffs
Northwestern Railroad officials sealed forty four deeds totaling 105400 dollars for property in Council Bluffs, bringing the company's total acquisitions to ninety three parcels costing about 180000 dollars. Officials refuse to disclose the prices of individual purchases. Mason City Welcomes Troops Home From Mexican Border
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Council Bluff
Council Bluffs
Northwestern Railroad Company
Manza City
Mason City
Northwestern
Rock Teland
Second Iowa Infantry
Moeting
Great Demand for Canadian Land Draws American Farmers
Reports claim a large influx of U.S. settlers to the Canadian West in the coming spring praised by high crop yields and favorable prices. Affidavits cite record wheat and oat yields per acre from Alberta and Saskatchewan farms, with buyers seeking free homestead land in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as prices remain low.
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United Stattes
Canada
G. H. Beatty
Nanton
Alberta
Sidney B. Phillips
Beddeford
Long
Lethbridge
W. Quinn
Milk River
Robert Tucknberry
Nobleford
Thor
Boulton
Monkes
Newell J. Noble
Nancy Coe
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Grand Passion Definitions in UC Comic Periodical
Ten definitions of passion drawn from literature and history appear in the Pellean journal from the University of California. The entries pair authors with ideas from the tender passion and social norms.
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Heve
Petlean
University of California
Pellean
Shakespeare
de Muaupassant
Huimilig Deas
Milton
Baleac
Pussian
Thaw—Mudhess
Mrs
Danderine promises dandruff relief and hair growth
An advertisement extols Danderine claiming rapid dandruff removal and no itching after ten minutes. It asserts weeks of use begin new hair growth, styling benefits, and a shiny, fluffy look, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle and try it.
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Knowlton
Ady
United States Withdraws Whitlock From Belgium
The United States orders Brand Whitlock and the American relief staff withdrawn from Belgium after German violations and denial of privileges. Secretary Lansing condemns Germany for failing to honor pledges and endangering relief work.
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Washington
United States Fis
Brand Whitlock
Wilson Mmself
State Department
Agg
Lansing
Brussels
Belgium
Havre
Rebslut
Whitlock
Germany
Reflet
Unes
Militia Protects Capitol In Washington
The war department called out the District of Columbia militia to guard the capitol against violence by German agents. German activity in Washington and concerns in several government departments have been discovered.
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District of Columbia National Guard
Whattingto
War Department
District of Coumbia
Washington
Cascarets Promise Quick Relief for Upset Stomachs
Ad copy touts Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy for headaches, biliousness, indigestion and sour stomach. It claims cleansing the stomach and bowels overnight, with laxative action that helps liver function and waste elimination for months.
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Ady
Precaution Message Nonsense From Beaverton Telegraph Post
A garbled text fragment from Liveryhony's Magazin shows a warning sign about dangerous live railway tracks. The oddly worded station taster praisesSafety Mest Jills and notes a telegraph post display with a stern caution. The readable portion warns of danger on the tracks as trains pass.
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Magazin
Boschee's German Syrup Promoted for Cough and Lung Trouble
An old advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup used for fifty one years in the United States Canada and other countries to treat coughs bronchitis and lung trouble. It claims to ease night coughing aid expectoration and speed recovery with pure oil and sunshine. Trial size two cents and family size also offered.
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Boschee
United States
Canada
Austen
Nature
Australia
Cross Andes In Balloon Flight Reported In South America
Two aeronauts attempted a crossing of the Andes by balloon starting from Santiago Chile on the Pacific side and landing five hours later in Mendoza Argentina. The voyage is described as very difficult requiring ascent to high altitude to find favorable air currents.
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Andes
Salioon
South America
Santiago
Chile
Mendoza
Argentine Republic
Kidney medicine praised in sworn testimonial
A 67 year old woman from Independence Kansas recites rheumatic illness lasting six weeks and paralysis of movement. She credits Swamp Root by Kilmer with recovery after one bottle and eight years without rheumatism, urging others to try the product with a ten cent sample offer and a fifty cent or one dollar bottle price.
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Dr. Kilmer & Company
Tam
C. L. Jukes
Emma A. Boggs
L. Jukes
Notary
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. C
Bea
Ady
Fragmentary 19th Century Text On Widows and Temperance References
The readable lines describe a young widow as fascinating and aged thirty six with quips about youth and gallant resorts. Mentions a temperance worker and a person named Mr Mis Ygae Hye and Mrs Milignan. Garfield Ten is referenced as a remedy for health issues, suggesting a historical ad or patient note.
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Temperance
Mis
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