Meade Doubts Final Gas Tax Approval In Legislature
Senator Meade of Butler says no gasoline tax bill will receive final approval this session. The House passed a gas tax measure but Meade doubts Senate support and predicts a conference committee dead end. Also noted are debate over a minimum wage bill for women and a county area plan to fund tuberculosis elimination via a three mill levy with matching state and federal aid.
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Des Moines
Meade
Butler
House
Senate
Memorial resolutions drafted for late former governor
Horace Boies former Iowa governor died in Long Beach California at age ninety seven. His son Judge H B Boles and daughter Mrs Nellie Carson were at his bedside. He had suffered a light stroke and lived in California in recent years. Des Moines and Waterloo reports note memorial resolutions will be drafted in his honor by Senate and House members including Bowman White and Snooks.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
Horace Boies
Iowa
Long Beach
Calif
H. B. Boles
Nellie Carson
Hemrit
California
Boles
Wend
Horace Boiet
Connecticut
Boies
Grover Cleveland
Des Moines
M.L. Bowman
Black Hawk County
Hammil
Bowman
White
Snooks
Bates
House
Western crowds at Pittsburg shooting during film
Gustave Lieson fired into a balcony audience during a western picture in Pittsburg. A man, Edward Weigner, and Lieson’s wife lay unconscious. Weigner expected to recover. Mrs Lieson faced poor prospects. Lieson, an expert marksman, fled but was arrested an hour later.
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Associated Presse
Pittsburg
Gustave Lieson
Lieson
Edward Weigner
Weiner
Old Quaker's Plan for School Sparks Prolonged Court Battles
Lee county Iowa courts have faced repeated lawsuits over Josiah White's 1850 Quaker will creating a Manuel Training Institute in Cedar Township. The estate funded two western free-state schools for poor white, colored, or Indian children and prohibited debt beyond land income. Despite ongoing litigation since 1908, a judge previously confirmed perpetual operation under Friends of Quakers supervision, with future fate determined by district court interpretations of the will.
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Associated Press
Keokuk
Josiah White
Lee County
White
Manuel Training Institute
Cedar Township
Philadelphia
Manuel
Free States of the
West
Iown
Balety
Indian Reserve
Indiana
Friends of
Whitte
Lowand
Judge Bank
Iowa House Passes Bill to Use Private Colleges for Teacher Training
Iowa lawmakers approve a plan to designate private colleges as state teacher training sites with standard courses. A state supervisor will ensure course quality, and $50,000 is appropriated for superintendents. Debate centers on normal schools capacity and concerns over church state issues with denominational colleges.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa House of Representatives
Cedar Falls
Rumley
Winfield School Destroyed by Fire in Iowa
The consolidated Winfield Iowa school was totally destroyed by fire last night with an estimated loss of thirty thousand dollars. The old structure stood as officials noted indefinite postponements by the senate and multiple state measures moved through the legislature including illiteracy, banking supervision, and public dues limits. Senator W M Ferris of Michigan is set to speak at the joint legislative session tomorrow amid debate over listening to outsiders.
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Ington
Iowa
WinField
Senate
Iowa League of Municipalities
House
State Department of Agriculture
Kendall
Smith
Madison
Secretary of Agriculture
W. M. Ferris
Michigan
Ferris
Senate To Postpone Cessna Consolidation Bill
Senate committee reported indefinite postponement of the Cessna bill that would consolidate the state board of control and parole. The senate accepted the committee report as other important actions were noted late yesterday.
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State Board of Control and Parole
Senate Committee
Senate
Preachers Tour Through Washington Bound for Kansas and Nebraska
Two loaded wagons carrying Evangelistic preachers from Chicago rove through Washington en route to Leavenworth Kansas and Lucas Kansas while heading to Pres ton Nebraska. Rev L M Nanninga plans to settle in Preston. Rev T J Miller travels with his mother aiming for Lucas but detours to Leavenworth.
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Washington
Southwest Trail
Chicago
Leavenworth
Kansas
L. M. Nanninga
T. J. Miller
Lucas
Nanninga
Preston
Nebr
Miller pleads guilty in Des Moines graft trial
Harry X. Miller former city sanitation chief admitted guilt in district court ending his trial after the state had barely begun its case. Judge Bonner set April 14 for his sentencing on allegations of city hall financial irregularities. Also noted is Mary Frase starting a seven year term at Rockwell City reformatory for the park commission secretary role.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Harry X. Miller
Miller
Bonner
Mary Frase
City Park Commission
Rockwell City
Families Move Westward Amid Long Overland Drive
A married man traveling with his wife and four children, plus another couple, moved overland from De Witt Iowa toward Leavenworth with bedding and household goods including a guitar and violin. They left Chicago Monday morning and faced a seven hour drive for the last two miles into Davenport. Roads were largely unpaved, causing a tough trip as they aimed for better routes toward Madison Street then toward Brighton Fairfield and the southwest.
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Leavenworth
Chicago
de Witt
Iowa
Davenport
Madison Street
Brighton
Fairfield
Civil War Leader Walter Robbins Dies in Chicago
Walter Robbins, brigadier general of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War, died at his Chicago home yesterday from injuries suffered months earlier when alighting from a streetcar. He had served with distinction and was widely noted in veteran circles.
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Associated
Chicago
Ill
Walter Robbins
Trigedier
Army of the Potomac
Discoverer of Tut Is Dead in Cairo
Earl of Carnarvon, discoverer of King Tutankhamen's tomb, died in a Cairo hospital after a blood poisoning followed by pneumonia. Lady Carnarvon flew from London to be at his bedside. Some locals blame Tutankhamen's buried treasures for the death as revenge.
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Tut
Cairo
Egypt
Earl of Carnavon
Pharoah Tutankhamen
Lady Carnasvon
London
Tutankhamen
Osage Team Wins Another Contest In Chicago Drama
In the national invitation interscholastic basketball tournament at the University of Chicago Osage Iowa defeated Hyde Park Chicago 21 to 17 in the second round. Hogan scored 15 points for Osage as the Iowa team moves on to face Fitchburg Massachusetts at nine o'clock tonight in the next round.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Osage
Iowa
Hyde Park
Hogan
Iowans
Fitchburg
Mass
Modern Woodmen reports no March death claims
The Modern Woodmen publication notes no death claims paid in March. It states C. E. Richardson and Dave Payne were not claims, with Dave Payne linked to Wayland burial locally.
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C. E. Richardson
Dave Payne
Wayland
Milwaukee Sewage Plant May Guide U S Cities
New Milwaukee activated sludge plant, with an 85 million gallon daily capacity, is hailed as a potential model for U S cities relying on Great Lakes water. Dr John Arthur Wilson described the system and its innovations in sludge dewatering using sulfuric acid heating and alum to boost filtration efficiency.
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New Haven
Milwaukee
John Arthur Wilson
Water
American Chemical Society
Wilson
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