State employees seek larger salaries in budget plan
Iowa Governor Harding sent the biennial budget proposing nearly twenty million dollars for state department maintenance, with most increases for higher salaries. Key raises target board of control members, railroad commissioners, and top state officials, totaling about 19.99 million for two years, up from 16.86 million.
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Des Moines
Harding
General Assembly
Board of Control
Railroad Commission
A. Taake
R. E. Bales
Executive Council
Charles E. Witt
A. L. Uriek
B. W. Garrett
Supreme Court
W. B. Barney
State
Forrest Treat
Motor Vehicle Department
Stat
Foley Cathartic Tablet Advertisement
An ad from Lemmon's Pharmacy touts Foley Cathartic Tablets as a wholesome laxative and cleansing physic that works overnight without griping or nausea. It claims to relieve bloating headaches indigestion and other discomforts by morning.
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Lemmon's
Five Thousand Pints Seized In New Market
In Sehenandoah, Jan 17 a village constable nabbed drivers and confiscated more than five thousand pints of liquor from six auto vans en route from Saint Joseph to Omaha. The seized cargo awaits disposal at current prices.
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Sehenandoai
Omaha
New Market
Bt. Joseph
Lathrop
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The fragment notes that costs to owners ran to seven or eight thousand dollars and that Omaha drinkers would have paid over twenty thousand dollars, suggesting a speculative sales outcome.
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Omaha
Red Cross Aid In Switzerland During World War I
The American Red Cross assisted Swiss relief efforts during the Spanish influenza era and World War I. It funded medical stations in Buchs, aided prisoners and refugees, delivered food and clothing, and provided funds totaling about $300,009 to Swiss, Allied and civilian relief, including 800,000 evacuees transit through Switzerland.
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Switzerland
American Red Cross
Buchs
Austria
Red
Germany
Jerne
Geneva
Lausanen
Swiss Red Cross
America
Red Cross
Belgium
France
Basle
Bouveret
Nurses Meet in Des Moines Iowa Association Session
The Iowa State Registered Nurses Association convenes in Des Moines at the Wellington hotel at 9 o clock Saturday morning. The advisory council, state officers, and district presidents will discuss routine business and possible legislation affecting nursing. An executive board meeting preceded the sessions.
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Des’ Moines
Iowa State Registered Nurses’ Association
Des Moines
Wellington Hotel
Ape
Mary Haarer
the University Hospital
Iowa City
Nurses Visit Organizers Prepare Paris Headquarters
The association leaders appoint a president for sessions and assign Miss Adah Hershey and Miss Charlotte Balantyne to arrange preliminaries and entertain visiting nurses from allied countries as preparations strengthen for a movement directed from a Paris headquarters by America’s top athletic leaders.
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America
Paris
Supreme council of supply and relief meeting in Paris
An official statement from London details the supreme council of supply and relief held at the Paris ministry of commerce. It describes relief work in Belgium northern France southeastern and northern Europe and notes committees formed to supervise districts. It confirms world food supply sufficiency and outlines shared financial arrangements among four allied governments and neutrals.
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London
Supreme Council of Supply and Relief
Ministry of Commerce
Paris
Belgium
France
Europe
Treasuries
Supreme War Council
Plumbers Conclude 31st Iowa Convention in Cedar Rapids
More than 150 members of the Iowa State Master Plumbers association attended the 31st annual convention in Cedar Rapids. A banquet was held Wednesday night as officers were to be elected and a host city for next year chosen at the closing session. Delegates predicted 1919 would be the busiest year and discussed improvements in which plumbers will play a part.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Master Plumbers Association
U S Soldiers Favor Serious Books in France
In Paris on January 17 the American soldiers in France asked for serious reading matter rather than best sellers. A group of 3006 doughboys urged books on applied mathematics as the Y M C A in France plans its first class in practical arts, led by B H Morrison, formerly of Greeley Colorado.
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Paris
France
America
B. H. Morrison
State Teachers’ College of
Great Athletic Program Through the Y M C A
United States plans to launch a project through the YMCA to develop American athletics as part of a broad national effort.
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United States
Alsatian Return Makes Tri-Color Common On Rhine
Alsatians arriving in Strassburg from German lines adopt red, white and blue flags with German uniforms seen alongside tri-colors. Many desert and flee to home front crossing Rhine, while guards note Alsatian identity as crowds chant Vive la France.
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Rhinelands
Strassburg
Jan
Alsace-Lorraine
Belgium
Rhine
Poilus
France
Iowa Judges named to hear Walker-Hunter election contest
Secretary of State appoints Judge W. D. Evans Judge H. K. Evans and F. F. Dawley to form a three member board in Keosauqua to hear the Walker Hunter election contest. Hunter was declared winner of the second judicial district seat but Walker filed contest before certification.
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Keosauqua
Allen
W. D. Evans
Supreme Court of Iowa
H. K. Evans
Corydon
F. F. Dawley
Cedar Rapids
Contested election leaves bench vacancy in Ot tumwa
Allen claims the soldier vote that gave Hunter the majority was illegal and cites irregularities. The contest blocks issuance of a certificate of election, creating a vacant seat and delaying the January court session planned for Ot tumwa.
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Allen
Hunter
Ottumwa
Red Cross Efforts Aid Palestine and Armenian Refugees
The Red Cross plans rapid rehabilitation of Palestinian farms with American agricultural experts and equipment. It aids Armenians and Syrians under Turkish lines with food and clothing, shelters refugee children, and starts schools in new orphanages. Soldiers' pay and rations are meager, and desertion from war wear is evident.
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Palestine
Red Cross Commission
America
Red Cross
Labor Surplus Grows Across Twelve States
Washington report from the national council of defense says common labor unemployment now exists in twelve states, up from seven a week earlier. The surplus states are California Colorado Idaho Washington Indiana Iowa Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon and Utah.
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Washington, D. C
National Council of Defense
California
Colorado
Idaho
Winds
Indiana
Iowa
Missouria
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oregon
Utah
Iowa Farm Bureau outlines aims to boost state growth
In Des Moines on January 17 the executive committee of the Iowa Federation of Farm Bureaus announced its aims. The group plans to represent Iowa farmers in building a bigger and better state and will stay strictly non-partisan in politics. J. R. Howard serves as president.
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Towa Federation of Farm Bureaus
Des Moines
Iowa Federation of Farm Bureaus
Iowa
J. R. Howard
French Army's Tremendous Loss
Andre Tardie places French casualties at about 5,000,000 dead or gravely wounded, half the army, in a claim to the United States. The note also promotes Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for stomach and intestinal ailments, with Lemmons Pharmacy selling it.
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France
Andre Tardie
United States
America
Geo
H. Mayr
Chicago
Mayr
Lemmons Pharmacy
Advt
Vinol Claims Cure for Cough and Cold in North Carolina
The ad features W D Ren of Lagrange North Carolina praising Vinol as a cure for chronic cough and insomnia. It claims the product builds tissue, restores sleep, and led to a twelve pound weight gain. The message targets overworked adults and touts Vinol as the best tonic.
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Duan
B.C
Vinci
J. C. Bagley
Dunn
N.C. Yor
Iowa delegate named for Ithaca meeting to form national group
A delegate from Iowa was chosen to attend a February 12 and 13 gathering in Ithaca New York. The meeting aims to establish a national organization.
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Sociation
Iowa
Ithaca
N. Y
Million to Assist the Clergymen
The Presbyterian church in the United States allocates in its 1919 budget a fund of 1,000,000 dollars to raise salaries for pastors not adequately paid.
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New York
The
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Atlantic Mayor Plans Injunction Against Phone Rates
Mayor Bur nea of Atlantic announces injunctions against Musson Brothers Telephone to stop collecting franchise rates in advance. The company vows to contest the move.
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Atlantic
Burnea
Musson Brothers Telephone Company
Tractor Kills Farmer in Neola Township
Edward Driver, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Driver of Neola township northwest of Neola, was killed when the traction engine he was driving overturned on a hillside.
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Logan
Edward Driver
Fred Driver
Neola Township
Neola
EATONIC Stomach Tonic Promises Quick Relief
Advert says EATONIC tablets relieve heartburn sour stomach and indigestion within minutes. Claims from H L Kramer that the product digests food better and keeps the stomach pure and comfortable with after meal use and a money back guarantee.
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Eatonic
H. L. Kramer
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