Plans for Revising Iowa Code Adopted by Joint Committee
Des Moines reports state representative James B. Weaver says the code revision plan aims to manage 253 code bills and 9,589 sections. The plan creates eight member revision committees in both chambers, fixes Feb 10 as a bill introduction deadline, and streamlines verification of compiled code accuracy before passage.
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Diverse harvest workers from Sioux City bureau study
Statistics on the first 400 men sent to harvest fields show 46.5 percent farmers and farm hands, 12.8 percent laborers, 10 percent students, and 30.7 percent miscellaneous. From Sioux City 242 went to South Dakota, 155 to Iowa, with small numbers to North Dakota and Nebraska.
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Sioux City
State Free Employment Bureau
South Dakota
Iowa
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Nebraska
All Aboard for Cuba and Twin Beds at Graham Theatre
Jimmie Hodges presents All Aboard for Cuba a 1920 musical at Graham Theatre Christmas Dec 25 with Don Lanning Johnnie O Neail Jean Chapman Betty Desales and a bright chorus. Twin Beds a comedy by Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo follows Dec 27 with Zaina Curzon and an same cast in a fresh production.
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Graham Theatre
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Worth Cultivating a Smile in Shared Burdens
A concise reflection on the transformative power of a simple smile to ease the heavy burden shared by all living beings, attributed to Victor Hugo. The line captures a timeless idea about kindness and human connection amid collective struggle.
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Victor Hugo
Holidays and the Veer of Sport and Work
A Shakespearean reflection on holidays as a burden when frequent and a longing when rare, noting that pleasure comes from rare accidents rather than routine.
Horticulturists of Iowa Re organize State Society
At the fifty fifth annual meeting in Des Moines Iowa the Horticulturists Society reorganized with a district director system replaced by directors from affiliated organizations and four at large. Six members were elected including two reelections. The affiliated groups include the Iowa Fruit Growers and Nurserymen, Farm Bureau and others. The society seeks 25000 annual funding for the Midwest Horticulturists Show and a 75000 building at the Iowa state fairgrounds with a state experimental farm.
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Les Moines
Lews Horticulturs Society
State Horticultural Society
Millard Harrington
Williamsburg
W. P. Dawson
Anrelian
Earl Ferris
Hampton
R. J. Pearse
Des Moines
Francis Sestler
Roy F. O'Donnell
Mason City
State Society
Iowa Fruit Growers Association
Iowa Vegetable Growers
Society of Iowa Florists
Towa Conservation Association
Towa Society of Landscape Architetets
10Wa Leekeepers Association
Towa Nurserymen
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Minnesota Horticultural Society
Mid- West
German Girls Seek Husbands Appeal Sent to Americans
Waterloo reports a German official appeals to American bachelors to marry German maidens left over after World War I. He notes 1,800,000 German youths died, creating a marriage surplus, and says language barriers will not hinder matchmaking as the women know English.
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Waterloo
Germany
United States
Burg
State Board Seeks Aid for Paroled Inmates
Des Moines dispatch reports the Iowa State Board of Parole granted 596 paroles in two years per its biennial report filed with the governor. The total includes Fort Madison and Anamosa releases and those paroled on judge and county attorney recommendations. 258 were actively reporting at the period end.
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Kansas Student Describes Sunken Garden Change
A Kansas student linked to Mra Branderby described the campus sunken garden, noting a transformation from tulips to a row of salivas with spitoomas at the center, as reported by the Boston Transcript.
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Kansas
Mra Branderby
Boston Transcript
Half Asleep Quote by William James
A concise reflection notes that people are only half awake compared with what they ought to be. It attributes the thought to the philosopher William James and frames it as a motivational musing on personal awakening.
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William James
Why Not A Bath Boy
A wry quip from a Boston Transcript line in which Ray, a boy averse to soap and water, asks why he cannot hire a boy to bathe him if a woman can be hired to wash. The remark highlights playful gendered chores and child humor in early 20th century humor.
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Boston Transcript
Hoover appeals for 33 million to aid European orphans
A wartime appeal cites 3.5 million undernourished children in Central and Eastern Europe dependent on American aid. It urges every American family to sponsor as an invisible guest at Christmas, sending $10 to a newspaper office to fund food clothing and medical care with no overhead.
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Europe
Herbert Hoover
Hoover Committee
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