State Hospital and Inmate Counts Across Iowa
Statewide census shows Mount Pleasant at 1227 patients on Nov 1 with numerous inebriate ward counts across Independence Clarinda and Mheroke. Reformatory totals in Anantosa Ft Marison Rockwell City and surrounding juvenile and feeble minded facilities, plus Davenport orphanage and Toledo tech school figures. In Polk county divorce filings reached 876 with cruelty cited in 740 cases. three state senators formed a real estate partnership in Des Moines. Col George S Gibbs led the Seattle to Seward cable expedition aboard the Dellwood, with 1612 miles of cable laid totaling 702% tons shipped to London and the final 738 miles completed in four days.
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Mount Pleasant
Independence
Clarinda
Mheroke
Anantosa
Ft. Marison
Rockwell City
Eldora
Mitchellville
Davenport
George S. Gibbs
Shelby County
Seattle
Seward
Alaska
Dellwood
London
Kenchikan
Public Health Nursing Funding Grows in Iowa Report
Miss Anna Drake presents the biennial bureau report noting rising public support for nursing. Iowa surveys show boards of education and county supervisors expanding funding, with 63 nurses funded by public funds in 1922 rising to 82 in 1924, a about 30 percent increase, plus public funds aiding seventeen additional nurses.
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Anna Drake
Bureau of Public Health Nursing
State Board of Health
Iowa
Boards of Education
County Boards of Supervisors
Morley Colorado Governor a Former Iowa Man
Clarence J. Morley a former Iowa man born in Dyersville Dubuque county now governs Colorado after decades in Denver. The report notes his shorthand and court reporting work in Waterloo and experiences across Cedar Falls Nashua and other Iowa towns. Beatty a Philadelphia salesman brings hounds and raccoon pelts while Edsill of Benton county sues an independent school district over transportation fees for his three sons to LaPorte City.
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Colorado
Clarence J. Morley
Dyersville
Dubuque County
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Nashua
Maude Thompson
Denver
England
John Morley
Co. C. Beatty
Philadelphia
Beatty
Des Moines
Eden
Iowa Woods
Audrey Edsill
Benton County
Cedar Township
LaPorte City
Black Hawk County
Young George Schnell Builds Hotel and Rail Food Empire
In 1884 George Schnell, then living with his parents at Kellogg in Jasper county, moves west to enter the eating house business. He becomes proprietor of the Castle hotel in Omaha and also manages 67 cigar stands, eight hotels, two dining car systems, and five railroad news agents lines based out of Omaha.
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George Schnell
Kellogg
Jasper County
Castle
Omaha
Peters Family Welcomes 20th Child in Carroll
John Hungerford of Carroll reports Mrs John Peters near Carroll has given birth to her 20th child. Nineteen living, 17 at home. Eldest daughter is 26, two others married. Peters married in Germany, in the U.S. 24 years. Father 60, mother 45. Of 17 at home, seven are likely the town's largest family.
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John Hungerford
Carroll
John Peters
Firearm transport law tightens Iowa rules
Iowa enacts a section of the fish and game code prohibiting loading or carrying firearms in motor vehicles unless unloaded in both barrels and magazine and stored apart or in a case. The measure aims to curb shooting from vehicles and enhance safety, to be strictly enforced per the fish and game department.
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Iowa
Fish and Game Law
Fish and Game Department
Western Union moves to larger quarters in Des Moines
The Western Union Pelepriaph Co moves its office to the Liberty building in Des Moines, planning a transfer costing F12000. Conduits will be installed and regrouted to accommodate the business, with focus on population and year constraints referenced by local polling figures.
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Western Union Pelepriaph Co
Des Moines
Liberty Building
Insurance reform and local farming plans spark Iowa notes
Des Moines veteran agent forecasts a future where automobile owners must carry insurance to protect the public. Cedar Falls plots ten acre farms with five acre alfalfa pledges to boost trucking and dairy. Counties plan snow fences and plows to prevent winter blockades. Web ster and Muscatine count ies report trucking gains, Heinz skips sales in Pittsburgh. Skunk rivers draw pro and anti projects, Izaac Walton clubs grow. Ames and Grinnell football broadcast. Bankers Life agents meet in El Paso with a Des Moines broadcasted ball and music from WIG.
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Ames
Grinnell
Palce
Bankers Life Insurance Company
el Paso
Texas
United States
WIG
Des Moines
R. Steck
Brook Iart
Reports Claim Ballots Uncounted. Candidate Denies Loss
Democratic U S Senate hopeful Dan Stock charges numerous ballots cast for him were not counted or miscredited to opponent Senator Brookhart. Stock says county canvasses show 900k votes for senate while 950k total ballots were cast, and many ballots intended for Stock were counted for Brookhart, potentially altering the result and prompting a contest.
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Des Dlolies
Dan
Vet Te Stock
United States Senate
Smith Brockhart
Turlly
How insulin helps diabetics and its discovery
An article explains diabetes as sugar in urine due to pancreatic Island of Langerhans degeneration. It covers Banting’s 1921 insulin discovery, its production from pig pancreas, and insulin as a life aid not a cure. Diet and lifestyle remain essential, with potential pancreas recovery uncertain.
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Langerhans
Langerhana
F. G. Banting
Doctor Banting
Western Newspaper Union
View on Iowa election Contest and Senate role
The speaker states the issue is to reflect the will of Iowa voters rather than personal desire to hold office. He notes that a contest over the seat will be instituted and that the United States Senate will decide the election and qualifications, as authorized by the Constitution which designates the Senate as sole judge.
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Iowa
United States Senate
Farm Bureau notes Estherville meeting with Wassman and more
Estherville township Farm Bureau met with strong attendance and featured music by Mr. and Mrs. Wassman, a report from the Extension Workers Conference at Ames, a talk by Mr. Crone, and a corn plot report by County Agent J. W. Radebaugh. Next meeting set at Mrs. G. L. Gorton’s home for an all day session. Breakenridge to speak at Emmet County Farm Bureau annual meeting at K P hall on December first with reports and officer elections for 1925.
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Estherville Township
Fred Wassman
Estherville
Farm Bureau Meetings Set Across Ellsworth Twelve Mile Lake Denmark
Thunder storms in Ringsted area cause minor damage as lightning struck John Madsen and Carl Olson homes. No injuries or fires reported. Storm brought rain snow and hail, notable for late electrical activity this season.
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Ellsworth
Twelve Mile Lake
Denmark
Center School House
Frank Smith
Ringsted Opera House
V. R
Madsen
Olson
Ringsted
John Madsen
Carl ‘Olson
Ringsted Dispatch
Ancient and Modern Necromancy Denounced Sunday Service
First Church of Christ Scientist announces Sunday service at 11 o clock with the topic Ancient and Modern Necromancy alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism denounced. Golden Text is Proverbs 15 4. The way of the.
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First Church OF Christ
Sunday School and Reading Room Services in Wallingford
The notice promotes Sunday School at 10 o'clock and a Wednesday evening meeting. A free reading room operates Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 to 5 with Bible and Christian Science literature for reading, borrowing, or purchase. Rev Sam Gunderson of Wallingford visited with his sister Mrs Harrington, who arrived by Milwaukee from Madison. Wallingford favored Coolidge with the strongest Republican majority among Emmet County precincts.
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Sam Gunderson
Wallingford
Harrington
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
Emmet County
Coolidge
Emmetsbure
Truth campaign urged upon Kansas City Catholics
John H. Reddin, supreme master of the Knights of Columbus, urged flooding the country with lay speakers to present the Catholic faith's attitude toward society and civic questions. He said there should be no room for the Ku Klux Klan as its attacks target Catholics. Archbishop John J. Glennon of St Louis voiced approval and urged spreading the light and truth.
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St. Bonis
Knights of Columbus
John H. Reddin
Denver
Supreme Master of the
Ku Klux Klan
John J. Glennon
Louis Archdicese
Brookhart Steck Vote In This District
In this congressional district of fourteen counties Brookhart won U S Senator with 57 488 votes Steck 36 068 Greene county was the only one where Steck led Carroll and Crawford long strong democratic counties backed Brookhart.
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Brookhart
U. S
Steck
Greene
Carroll
Crawford
Which Foot the Shoe Is On The Wage Question
Proluth Herald notes the argument over wage reasonableness hinges on whether one is paying or being paid. The phrase captures a caution about fairness in compensation and the differing perceptions of value depending on perspective.
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Prluth Herald
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