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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1921
Page
8
A hopeful appeal invites readers to plan and discuss home ownership with us. It promises that sharing problems will reveal many obstacles to achieve a residence and suggests consultation to find solutions that lead toward owning a home.
Rep Mayne of Emmetsburg, editor of the Palo Alto Reporter, received an anonymous death threat to him and his wife and daughter if his age of consent bill passes the legislature. The bill, already approved by the house, sets 18 as the age and creates two rape degrees with penalties up to five years.
The Iowa legislature passed a new Osteopathic Practice Act with three dissenting votes. It creates a governor appointed Osteopathic Examiners Board of three osteopathic physicians and surgeons and sets licensing paths requiring four year osteopathy degrees after July 1 1921. Graduates from osteopathic colleges must undergo post graduate study or hospital surgical experience before board examinations. Osteopaths welcome the recognition after long pursuit.
School nurses Miss Darling and Miss Bonstetter report 319 pupils examined in Bryant Building. Defects found include eye 68 with vision issues, ear 1 with hearing loss, nose 8 obstruction, throat 14 enlarged tonsils, mouth 33 diseased teeth, skin 1 eruption. Weight categories show 133 overweight, 106 underweight, 7 improved since last year. In Bryant High there were 242 examined across 4th and 5th grades 54 and primary 25.
County Auditor issues official call for a Kossuth County Iowa convention of school district presidents to elect a County Superintendent of Schools and three County Board of Education members. The meeting is set at the county courthouse on April 5 1921 at 10 o clock with district representation required, alternates per statute, and enforcement by stipulation of Section 1072 Code 1918 as amended. The notice dates to March 14 1921 and is advertised in the Upper Des Moines Republican.
A fragmented note mentions Ole Spells and Pyen with Wesley Scandinavian and Jesus, hinting at small knowledge gaps. The readable parts suggest a cryptic or clerical mishap rather than a coherent event or announcement.
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