Drastic Change in Automobile Law Proposed in Iowa
Des Moines April 8 An auto mobile law would supplement road funding and overhaul registration. The joint motor vehicles committee plans higher license fees, chauffeur licensing, and stricter rules at intersections, with penalties including seizure after 15 days delinquency. The measure consolidates bills into a comprehensive law, detailing county registration, fee scales, and dealer licensing.
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Des Moines
Joint
Town House
Senate
Joint Committee On Motor Vehicles
Assembly
Kimball
Joint Committee
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
House
Anderson
Greene
Arrey
Marshall
Balkema
Sioux
Holdoegel
Calhoun
Becker
Clayton
Alderman
Story
Scott
Miller
Boone
Sen
General Assembly
Auto Department
State Highway Commission
Colleges Fight Over Name Dubuque College
In Des Moines two Dubuque colleges one Catholic and one Presbyterian led non sectarian, both claim the Dubuque college name. The Presbyterian school seeks reversal of a 5 to 2 Supreme Court ruling that favored the Catholic institution. A rehearing at the state house was held with officers and lawyers present.
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Des Moines
Ila
Dubuque Colleges
Presbyterian Church
Dubuque College
Supreme Court
Presbyterian
State House
D. J. Lenehan
Hugh Stuart
Clark, Byers & Hutchinson
Benson
Dubuque
Co. M. Steffens
Army Officers' Training Camps Open at Camp Lee and Fort Houston
The War Department unveils an infantry officers' school at Camp Lee Virginia with cavalry at Fort Sam Houston and artillery at Camp Zachary Taylor. The first 100 officers span 30 professions led by soldiers and incorporate medicine sanitation and law. The four month course aims for June 15 graduation with many graduates expected to sign lengthy contracts.
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National Army
Reorganized Army of the United States
New York Times
War Department
Camp Lee
Virginia
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Camp Zachary Taylor
Louisville, Ky
Regular Army
National Guard
America
Infantry Officers’ School
Great
Military Academy
West Point
School of the Line
Ft. Leavenworth
Odd Fellows to Meet in Cedar Rapids Iowa
The annual meeting of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Iowa will be in Cedar Rapids April 25 and 26 with a Linwood cemetery monument unveiling on April 26 costing $1000. Prominent state members attend. a parade is planned. Belle Plaine lodge to confer the Rebekah degree and Sigourney lodge the first degree. President Flint of Cornell College and J M Hazlett grand master of Mason City are principal speakers.
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Cedar Rapids
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
Iowa
Linwood Cemetery
Belle Plaine
Rebekah
Sigourney Lodge
Flint
Cornell College
J. M. Hazlett
Mason City
New Jersey Woman Indicted as Common Scold
Mrs Hildegrade Swinton Fuller of Wyoming New Jersey faces indictment for being a common scold over a disputed Eastover roadway. Eighteen neighbors will testify at Newark county court as her lawyer vows to seek a writ of certiorari to quash the case. The charge, revived after a prior insult suit, marks a rare Essex county action.
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New York
Wyoming
N. J
Orange Mountains
Newark
Hildegrade Swinton Fuller
Eastover
Essex County
New England
Nevada teachers win strike with doubled salary raise
Nevada teachers went on strike and won a salary increase from five to fifteen dollars a month and then to a further double raise after the school board held a second meeting. Superintendent J R Cougill received a $2400 salary, up from $2100, and Chariton offered him the same, but he chose to stay in Nevada after seven years.
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Nevada
J. R. Cougill
Chariton
Permanent Colors in Ancient Egyptian Art
The Egyptians knew long lasting color chemistry. Ground pigments remained vivid with lampblack outlines, clay whites, ferruginous reds, ochres yellows, and greens made from green jasper or blue carbonate mixed with ochre. These colors are described as permanent.
Rathbun Probers To Hear From Toniht In Des Moines
Des Moines April 10 The house judiciary committee held informal talks with no decision on impeachment of Governor Harding or Attorney General Hayner. Special Counsel Byers reportedly urged proceedings for violations of multiple statutes and constitutions. He alleges the governor breached the constitution and Section 4904 while the attorney general violated nine statutes and sought to sway county officials and juries.
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Des Moines
House Judiciary Committee
Harding
Hayner
Roady
Byers
Havner
Charles Macomber
Ida County
Batavia Bank Shortage Reaches 125000 After Cashier Death
Investigation into Batavia Savings bank after cashier Walter Lewis died by his own hand shows a $125000 shortage. Lewis estate assets totaling about $50900 will go to the bank. remaining $75000 to be covered by directors and stockholders. Ottumwa banker J T Hackworth signed a bond with three directors to insure every depositor is paid dollar for dollar.
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Ottumwa
Batavia Savings Bank
Walter Lewis
Lewis
J.T. Hackworth
Ottumwa National Bank
Iowa
Batavia Bank
E. M. Sterner
George P. Israel
J. J. Curray
George Messenger
Child Dies From Home Fire Burns
Clara Fry aged five died at a Nevada sanitarium from burns suffered at home in Iowa Center. Three of six Fry children were playing when a youngster struck matches and Clara's cotton dress ignited. A mother sought help, a doctor was summoned, and the child died after thirty hours of agony.
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Iowa Center
Clara Fry
Nevada
James Fry
Clara
Promoters of Horse Meat Syndicate Are Put Under Arrest
Chicago April 10 government indictments accuse Gus Beneke and Otto Breitkreuts of leading the Kunza Packing company a $5,000,000 Arizona based syndicate selling stock in horse meat to spur meatless days. They allegedly used the mails to defraud promising profits and big foreign sales while Bolivia priced and slaughters. Breitkreuts claimed prestige with Wilson Hoover and Northcliffe to sell stock before their arrest.
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Chicago
Horse Meat Syndicate
Arizona
Gus Beneke
Otto Breitkreuts
Kunza Packing Company, Inc
Big Otto
Enery
Wilson
Lord Northcliffe
Herbert Hoover
Breitkreuts
William Dann
Chas Green
Arthur Quinn
Prince Arthur
Beneke
True Genius and the Obligation to Serve Mankind
A reflective note praising a man of the world for humility and service to humanity. It asserts true genius manifests in moral obedience and dedication to others. The quotation “True genius always test oy ffee” is cited as emblematic, though its meaning is unclear.
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Emerenin
Easter fashions at C M F Clothing Co
Easter lilies signal spring and new dress. The C M F Clothing Co offers suits in fashionably new seam backs and double breasted coats, now free of war restrictions, with fabrics and patterns to suit every taste, plus shirts top coats and neckwear in fresh designs.
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C. M. & F. Clothing Co
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