Senator Balkema Proposes State Highway Plan With County Aid
Senator Nicholas Balkema of Sioux County unveils a comprehensive highway bill creating a five member state highway commission, a state highway engineer, and a state college based engineering department at Ames. The plan funds roads with state and county shares, caps county outlays, and grants the engineer broad control over procurement, planning, and project supervision with bids required for larger contracts.
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Senate
Nicholas Balkema
Sioux County
State Highway Commission
State Board of Education
State College
Ames
Balkema
Political graft probes and civic corruption notes
A digest of investigations across states into graft and public finance. Taft joins New Haven Country Club while Wilson earns an arts honor. Iowa probes food price conspiracies and Des Moines police fee practices. Indiana pols clear in graft cases as bar associations urge ethics.
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Taft
New Haven Country Club
Woodrow Wilson
American Academy of Arts and Letters
William Dean Howell
New York Republican State Committee
William Barnes, Jr
Empire State
State Tax Investigation Commission
State Economy and Efficiency Commission
Police Department
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Bar Association
Iowa
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Des Moines
Suffrage Leaders Plan Grinnell Campaign Tour
A large delegation from Des Moines will travel to Grinnell for an all day suffrage campaign on the day before the women’s primary. Speakers include Des Moines leaders, Dr Martha Welpton, and possibly J B Weaver. Voting runs 8 am to 5 pm with women voting. effort aims to mobilize Grinnell’s female electorate. Mrs Spaulding and Miss Adah Hopkins lead local clubs in support.
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Des Moines
Grinnell
Iowa ‘Equal Suffrage Association
Grinnell Society
Martha Welpton
Grinnell College
J. B. Weaver
W. H. Spauling
Senator Spaulding
Adah Hopkins
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Grinnell Commercial Club
KE. B. Brande
Nature’s remedies for disease and Lydia Pinkham’s Compound
Olden family medicine chest offerings include roots herbs and barks for various ailments. Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is highlighted as a standard remedy for female ills derived from those same roots and herbs produced with care. A Cleveland man won a $750 judgment against a dentist for pulling the wrong tooth.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Cleveland
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Marsh
Crewe
Aviation
Ben
Opera
Program For Building
Boards of Supervisors
Thority
Atchison & Finney
Aurora Conservatory
Aurora Conservatory of Music
Aurora
Illinois
Kurtzmann
Gc. W. Hobson
W. W. Wilson
Graham Opera House
Madame X
Laura Frankenfield
Mother Love
Alexander Bisson
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