Tax measures and veterans news from Des Moines 1919
Internal revenue collectors crack down on free admissions at dances and require taxes on all amusements. Deeds must show actual consideration, not token amounts. Reports from Montezuma Newton Waterloo and Kiron cover long-serving pastors, missionaries, elderly settlers, strange medical finds and a missing wallet recovered after years. Enrollments at Iowa state schools surge with thousands of soldiers in programs and Col Mapes leads efforts against anarchist groups.
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J.-W. Jarnag
Des Moines
Iowa
Internal Revenue
Revenue Department
Air navigation demo and homecoming flight thrill Des Moines crew
At Knoxville Morrison Taxi Co displayed air navigation and carried passengers for a dollar per minute while town authorities collected a ten dollar bus tax. A Creston homecoming featured T Fred Henry and Crystal Jackman in flights with musical performances. A Bellevue sailor known for seal pup lore and a Burlington manslaughter case pending in the supreme court are noted.
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Knoxville
Morrison Taxi Co
Des Moines
Creston
T. Fred Henry
Mr. Henry
Crystal Jackman
Des Moines County Farm Murder Case Defines Retreat Duty
Abe Pratt was killed after a dispute in the Noble home where Gough and Pratt worked as farm hands. The jury must decide if retreat was possible before self defense, per Judge Hale. The high court, in Joynee Gaynor's opinion, ruled retreat is only required when life or limb can be saved without extreme measures.
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Supreme Court
Burlington
Gaynor
Joe Gough
Abe Pratt
Gough
Pratt
T. Noble
Des Moines
Noble
Oscar Hale
Lee County
High Court
Joynee Gaynor
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