Women and the 1922 Iowa General Assembly Hurdles
State news notes that the failure to call a constitutional convention may delay women’s eligibility for the Iowa General Assembly until 1924, as amendments require legislative votes and voter approval. Also covered: new lighting rules for vehicles, packing houses easing freight with farm-to-market hog shipments, and farmers in Adair County hauling hogs to Omaha for early market access.
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Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Mason City
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Omaha
J. C. Bross
Bridgewater
Adair County
Chief of Police Manson in clash over hobos on freight train
Grinnell Chief Manson ordered eight hobos onto a passing Rock Island freight. A railway detective intervened, warning the police chief to enforce laws rather than aid violations, threatening arrest for compounding a felony as the eight men faced the train. Col John H Peters, last survivor of Iowa 1857 constitutional convention, died in Manchester at 83. Born February 2 1829 in Kent Connecticut, he practiced law in Delhi before moving to Manchester, after serving in the Civil War as captain then colonel.
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Manson
Grinnell
Rock Island Road
Polceman
John H. Peters
Manchester
Col. Peters
Kent
Connecticut
Delaware County
Delhi
Iowa Cavalry
Eighty-eighth Division
Des Moines
351St Infantry
Iowa
Supreme Court
War Department
W. D. Kenna
South Bend
Ind
Town City debates Sunday exhibition ban on immoral shows
A town in Iowa considers an ordinance prohibiting Sunday entertainment for which admission is charged and any indecent or criminally unlawful displays. The measure targets blood and thunder films and other evils, while a state code revision commission advances its work amid tax law reforms and retrenchment debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Nygtor
Independence
Ruchanan
Towa
United States
Code Revision Commission
Committee On
The
General Assembly
J. H. Trewin
Cedar Rapids
J. C. Mabry
Albia
A. G. Whitney
Supreme Court
Iowa
H. S. van Alstine
Gilmore City
B. M. Pitt
Logan
Charles Dutcher
Iowa City
E. M. Smith
Winterset
C. FE. Narey
Spirit Lake
Arthur Springer
Wepelin
T. B. Moen
Inwood
James Peters
Perry
van Alstine
Committee On Taxation
200 Lone Scouts Return From Yellowstone Journey
Clinton’s 200 key scouts and a caravan of 4 autos completed a 3400 mile six week trip to Yellowstone Park and other northern wonders. Crowds welcomed the group home with a city procession, band, and feast at the coliseum. They observed Standing Rock agency life and plains experiences without incident or illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Yellowstone Park
Great Northwest
Coliseum
Standing Rock Indian Agency
New Registrars for Birth Certificates Named
Under a new vital statistics law counties must appoint registrars. Each township selects an registrar, with Mia N. B. Silcox at Estherville Emmet Ellsworth Center Swan Lake, and others like Wallingford Twelve Mile Lake High Lake Mrs R. M. Butler Ringsted Jack Creek Denmark Lillian Van Duzer Armstrong Grove Town Lake Mrs A Oswald Dolliver Lincoln. The old county registrar duties shift, and a twenty five cent fee is allowed per birth or death recorded though payer is unspecified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aupervisors
Mia
N. B. Silcox
Estherville
Emmet
Ellsworth
Center
Gold and Silver in Paying Quantities Nearby
An Estherville farmer reports gold discoveries in two Emmet and Palo Alto county gravel pits near Wallingford and Graettinger. Ames College supposedly advises focus on corn and hogs while samples sent to Chicago show hopeful gold and silver prospects. The farmer also notes a coal vein eight feet thick on his Twelve Mile Lake township farm.
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Estherville
Sherburne
Wallingford
Emmet
Graettinger
Palo Alto
Ames College
Chicago
Alexander
Twelve Mile Lake Township
Blue Earth
Call for Third Annual Convention of American Legion Department
The American Legion calls for Spirit Lake on September 1 2 3 1921 to elect department officers fix time for the fourth annual convention select delegates and alternates from each congressional district and conduct other business per National Department constitutions.
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American Legion
Spirit Lake
Department Executive Committee
National Department
Credentials for Delegates and Alternates
Credentials for delegates and alternates are issued by posts. Adjutants must mail credential certificates by August 20 and sign them with required info. Duplicate lists of delegates and alternates to be sent to I F Doudna Spirit Lake Iowa, with the other kept by the delegation chair for registration at Spirit Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. F. Doudna
Spirit Lake
Iowa
James F. Barton
Dept
Hanford MacNider
Representation by Posts Delineated for Delegates and Alternates
Posts receive two delegates and two alternates if they have at least 14 paid members by August 16 1921. Each post gains one more delegate and one more alternate for every 50 paid members or major fraction paid before August 15 1921. Voting equals total delegates assigned to each post.
Selection of Delegates for Convention
All delegates and alternates to the convention will be selected at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose. Post adjutants must notify each member in writing of the date time purpose and place and the number of delegates entitled to the convention. Alternates may vote only in the absence of delegates but have all other privileges.
Expense of Alter Nates and Delegates
Expenses of delegates and alternates who attend as post representatives must be paid by their posts or by themselves.
Guests And Press Representatives At Convention Hall
Each delegation may invite American Legion members and their families as space allows admission to the Convention Hall. Every facility will be provided for press representatives.
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The
American Legion
Convention Hall
Spirit Lake delegates advised to secure hotel housing
Spirit Lake Iowa officials assign delegates to hotels under the Spirit Lake Committee. Post Adjutants must contact Chairman Irving F. Doudna to arrange satisfactory reservations and lodging by August 20, 1921.
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Spirit Lake
Irving F. Doudna
Iowa
Reduced rail fares from Iowa secured on Identi
Reduced rates from all points in Iowa have been secured on the Identi railroad line. The new pricing aims to boost travel and shipments across the state, benefiting businesses and travelers seeking lower fares and improved service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
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J. W. Jarnagin
Senate
Comme
Sesson
Newburg
Dodoper
Donia Allen
Laurens
Pocahontas County
Epworth League
Rey. Lense
Miss Allen
Dr. Bowen
Fort Dodge
Saunders
Fairfield
Italy
Ular
State Board of Health
Clear Lake
Storm Lake
Heydenburk
OWA
Fort Race
Nau Brothers
Hawkeye Tire and Rubber Company
Burt & Jones
Estherville, Iowa
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