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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1920

Page

5

Wisconsin Builds Hospital For Children and Adults

Iowa's Perkins and Haskell Klaus laws expand to Wisconsin, enabling state university hospital treatment for indigent children and adults with deformities or neurological conditions. Judge hearings and court referrals authorize care when parents cannot pay. statewide facilities include braces, speech training, and hospital schooling.

Des Moines Iowa State University Medical School Wisconsin Wm. R. Boyd Cedar Rapids State Board of Education State University Boyd State University Hospital Jessup The Iowa City College of Education Paychopathic Hospital University Hospital Haskell-Klaus

Suitcase Mystery Baffles Ottumwa Police

Ottumwa investigators probe a roadside suitcase scene near the Second street car line. A torn dress, trousers, a crocheted collar and a baby's garment lay beside an open suitcase found by Deputy Sheriff John Bright after a mysterious phone tip. A woman caller shared unclear tips about a body being placed into a car but refused to identify herself.

Ottumwa New York Detroit John Bright Sheriff's Office

Food prices slide in Chicago scarce sugar debunked

Prices for essentials drift downward with potatoes off $4 to $5 per hundred and sugar available at 21.85 for a 160 pound bag or 22 to 24 cents per pound in smaller quantities. Vegetables are plentiful and of excellent quality. The piece suggests speculation created an artificial sugar famine, now ending as large supplies flow in.

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Governor Harding Answers Herring On State Reforms

In Cedar Rapids Iowa the Republican state central committee prepared for the campaign as C L Herring proposed a business reorganization of state government. Governor Harding, returning from an eastern tour, criticized the Illinois style plan as unsuitable for Iowa and defended the state board of control and the state board of education as best for administration and education. The article also notes Chicago officials inviting goat milk for children as a health tip.

Cedar Rapids Republican State Central Committee C. L. Herring Etrete W. L. Harding Herring National Committee Harding Illinois Towa Executive Council United States State Board of Control State Board of Education Iowa

Rats a Menace and Pest Annual Loss

Washington July 30 National Geographic Society bulletin warns rats menace and costly depredations across sectors. They destroy crops stock grain stores and many goods while spreading disease and causing fires and economic losses. Estimates place annual direct losses around 300 million with 200,000 workers tied to agriculture and related outputs could be redirected to a national campaign against rats.

Washington National Geographic Society Edward W. Nelson Society

Heraus les Boches movement in Antwerp protests Germans

Antwerp Belgium July 30 Belgians who suffered in the war launch a radical movement against German merchants post peace treaty. The Heraus les Boches slogan and placards appear in shop windows as German business ties are attacked. Belgian foreign office notes only a few Germans entered recently and many were long time residents.

Antwerp Belgium Heraus Les Boches

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