Iowa News Roundup Highlights State House Sparring and Fort Des Moines
In Des Moines a clash over moving the Department of Agriculture into executive council rooms and swapping space with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction sparks heated debate. Fort Des Moines hosts about 1,000 Fourteenth Cavalry soldiers with 200 on guard duty at Camp Dodge. a Fort Riley hike was canceled to save funds as troops plan town visits and field days. Court rulings impose auto and motorcycle liability, and a fatal crash case leads to $5,000 damages. Ottumwa donors give $2,177 to scarlet fever bereaved parents. Iowa hatcheries advance, with Clear Lake set to house a $7,000 pike project and 17.5 million eggs planned. Compulsory vaccination fights persist with Des Moines and Le Mars cases reaching higher courts. Highway-law challenges in Davenport fail against state and federal support.
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Iowa tax collections and local charity notes from 1919
State treasurer notes potential million dollar direct inheritance tax collections under Iowa law, with past totals rising from 250000 five years ago to 680000 last year. Reports also cover cigaret revenue duties, legal fines in various counties, and charitable efforts by Vinton women sending cookies and cocoa to soldiers in Knoxville. Ex servicemen at Cherokee State Hospital receive ongoing Legion post support.
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Ex-service men face quarantine breach case and smallpox risk
In Bremer county Joe Grawe reports how easy it is to stumble into trouble. Dr. O P Thompson filed charges against Frahm of Dayton township for disregarding quarantine rules by allowing mild smallpox to enter a food-producing building. Frahm pleaded guilty before Justice Schieflebein and paid a 25 dollar fine plus 816 75 costs. The piece notes Iowa’s foreign born population at 225,847 from about forty countries.
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Weverly
Bremer County
O. P. Thompson
State Fund Commissioner’s Department
Justice of the Peace FE. A
Frahm
Schieflebein
Foreign born residents of Iowa by country sources
The German born are the largest group with 70 642. Sweden 22 498. Norway 18 020. England 13 36. Netherlands 12 471. Ireland 10 886. Czecho-Slovakia 9 148. Canada 8 522 with 401 from French Canada. Other nations add to a global mix including Asia and Africa. From Europe 18 and to South America 106. From Australia 101. These figures summarize Iowa's foreign born population origins.
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Australia
Rank Shown by High Heels in Venetian History
When high heels were introduced in Venice they marked rank for wearers. The height of the heels signified social status for both men and women, reflecting a ceremonial and decorative function in period fashion.
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