Branded by K K Mark Seeks Clues in Torture Case
Nelson B Burrows, a Rochester insurance agent missing then returned injured, reports red K K letters burned on his forehead and chest after being kidnapped and tortured by hooded men. Authorities probe possible Ku Klux Klan links alongside an insurance dispute involving Thomas H Flaherty of Portland. The case sparks a private probe and state involvement as investigators seek the mysterious shack and attackers.
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Nelson B. Burrows
Burrows
K.K
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Portland
Thomas H. Flaherty
Flaherty
Haverhill
July Reconvened Iowa Legislature Faces Minor Code Revisions
Des Moines reports the July 22 reconvened session will mainly handle code revisions after the House committee report on the Department of Public Instruction, with the Senate set to confirm Governor Kendall's budget appointments. The session precedes the Republican state convention and aims to speed up code adoption via printed bill copies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
House
Department of Publice Instruction
Senate
Kendall
Republican State Convention
House Investigating Committee
Mary E. Francis
Charles M. Dutcher
Iowa City
Sympathy for Coolidge Son Fights Septic Poisoning
News from the presidential son’s bedside reports grave condition after septic poisoning began with a foot blister. Surgeons hoped to halt spread by an operation that was abandoned as his fate remained dire. The nation prays for the young man and reflects on neglect of small injuries.
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Cedar Rapids
Warning On Foot Infections From Simple Scrapes
A vivid health warning cites a virile young man with a foot blister and a woman who stepped on a nail. Infections can spread despite general healing, and serum treatment saved the woman whose arm swelled and discolored. Do not delay care for skin abrasions. tomorrow may be too late.
Iowa Budget Law Starts This Week For Budgets
Iowa begins implementing the new budget law this week. County auditors will distribute budgeting blanks and instructions to city, county, and school district boards to prepare and submit next year budgets.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Niney Nine
Fred J L. Marytag
County Boards of Supervisors
Budget procedures and local notices outline
The article details budget preparation steps, filing deadlines with the county auditor by August 15, review by the auditor and director of the budget, seven budget forms for various taxes, fund descriptions, and required meeting and publication timelines. It notes township trustees’ prior budgets and pending action to adjust to the new statute.
Washington County Rural Carriers Convene at Wellman
Rural Letter Carriers Association of Washington County met at the Commercial Parlors in Wellman Iowa with delegates from Wellman Riverside Wayland and Brighton. Welcome by J A Stump and address by John W Allen of Washington. Meetings set for August 2 1924 in Wayland with refreshments served.
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Washington County
Wellman
Washington County Rural Letter Carriere’ Association
Iowa
Washington
Riverside
Wayland
Brighton
J. A. Stump
John W. Allen
John R. Mancy
Lewis Twins
Commercial Club
Prody A. Borkoski
Wellston
Air mail arrives 30 minutes late into Chicago
The eastbound air mail plane reached Chicago at 7 50 a m 30 minutes behind schedule and departed at 8 35 a m for the east without explanation of pilot Wager s forced landing in Nebraska. A notable volume of mail addressed to foreign cities with many stamps from San Francisco and the Pacific coast was included. Tourists spent 136 million dollars in Canada last year.
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Chicago
Nebraska
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Canada
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K. K
Rochester
N. H
Dover
Fortieth General Assembly
Lyon
Lyon Baking Company
Ainsworth Ainsworth
Nathan Crawford
Corwin
Davenport
Gardner
W. R. Crawford
E .R. Rhodes
Evelyn
Beatrice
Frank Chihak
Merle Simkins
Wanda Spessard
Cedar Falla
George Sands
George Carson
Bonnie Kelsey
Jay Sands
Sands
Miss Kelsey
Chas. Nash
Clinton
J. C. Mathers
Haskins
Mathers
Hieve
Wellston Savings Bank
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State of Iowa
Jacob Hotle
Ross A. Whitacre
J. W. McClelland
C. M. Corpman
W. H. Brinning
Frankfort
Reserve District No
Washington National Bank
U.S
U. S
United States
Banking House
Federal Reserve Bank
Is. I
Young
Cashier
EK. T. Wickham
R. L. Lytle
Marsh W. Bailey
Ralph W. Thompson
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