No Radical Legislation Expected in Iowa General Assembly
Des Moines reports show lawmakers steering away from drastic laws as Senate and House members push cautious reforms. Senator Jamieson of Page County departs for Congress amid praise for the long short ban bill while rankin liquor enforcement proposals face uncertain fate.
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Des Moines
General Assembly of
Iowa
Peterson
Wright County
Rankin
Ciry Districts
Inman
Floyd
Commonwealth
Jamieson
Billy Jamieson
Page County
Washmgton
Congress
Peter Hepburn
Statewide laymen mission conference to be held in Des Moines
Dozens of men tour Iowa for the big state conference for the laymen's missionary movement to meet at the Auditorium in Des Moines on March 23 24 and 25. The event is billed as the largest men’s meeting in the middle west and aims to recruit workers for missionary efforts. Governor B F Carroll will preside at the March 23 banquet at the First Methodist Church in Des Moines.
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Senate
Smith
Mitchell County
Cummins
House
Jamieson
Carroll
Iowa
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Great Western
Northwestern
Lowa
Middle West
B. F. Carroll
Funeral tomorrow for James A. Saville in east Washington
James A. Saville died yesterday afternoon at 1 40 at his east Washington home after a stomach ailment. He leaves a widow and four children Mrs W A Palmer Wm 8 Saville J O Saville of Colorado Springs Colo and Mrs J L Swift of North English Iowa. Born June 17 1834 in Xenia Ohio he was 74. Funeral at the Saville residence tomorrow at 1 pm with Rev Geo Rogers officiating. Interment in City Cemetery. All children except J O Saville will attend.
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James A. Saville
Washington
W. A. Palmer
J. L. Swift
North English
Iowa
Xenia
Green County
Ohio
Samuel Saville
Keturah G. Spahr
New Jasper
Bertia A
Wm. Eckles
P. A. Hartman
Eigteen
Esther Herring
Saville
Riverside
United Brethren Church
Evergy
Geo. Rogers
Burris Returns Home After Visit in Minnesota
A. T. Burris came back yesterday morning to his Daeluth residence following an extended stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Alf Burris.
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A. T. Burris
Daeluth
Minn
Alf Burris
Keel Laying for U S Navy's Largest Battleship Florida
New York March 9 Ceremonies resembling a launch mark the keel laying of the battleship Florida at Brooklyn navy yard with Washington New York and Brooklyn guests. The 25 000 ton vessel will join sister ship Utah as one of the navy's two most powerful ships and outpace rival private builders in completion.
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New York
Florida
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
Brooklyn
Monitor
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Utah
United States Navy
Camden
N. J
Navy Yard
Connecticut
Taft Considers Charleston Port Vacancy Replacement
President Taft examined the vacancy left by W. D. Crum the Charleston South Carolina negro collector. E. W. Durant of Charleston is being urged to fill the post as a replacement move in Washington.
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Washington
Taft
W. D. Crum
Charleston
S. C
E. W. Durant
Navy yards reopen new official act by Meyer
Secretary Meyer revokes Newberry order closing Navy yards at New Orleans and Pensacola. Action follows representations from Louisiana and Florida senators. First official act of Meyer.
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Meyer
Washington
Newberry
New Orleans
Pensacola
Louisiana
Florida
Senate approves $9 million bond for harbor improvement
Sacramento March 9 The Senate has passed a bill providing for a bond issue of nine million dollars to improve San Francisco harbor.
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San Francisco Harbor
Sacramento
Cal
Senate
Farnum to Wed Leading Lady
Dustin Farnum announces he will marry Mary B Conwell within thirty days. The actor is connected to the Gould Clemmons separation case as noted in Chicago reporting.
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Farnum
Chicago
Dustin Farnum
Howard Gould
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Mary B. Conwell
Strike Riot at Hat Factory in Woodbine
Riot erupts at the Woodbine hat factory as about 400 protesters attack about a dozen workers who continued in the shop injuring several people during the strike confrontation in Woodbine New Jersey on March 9.
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Woodbine
N. J
Facts May Be Stubborn Things Says Uncle Allen Sparks
The Chicago Tribune quotes Uncle Allen Sparks noting that a fact, though stubborn, is harder to kill than belief. He remarks that facts endure beyond rumor and opinion.
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Allen Sparks
Chicago Tribune
Do You Support Local Paper Advertising and Town Promotion
A emphatic appeal urges readers to back the local paper and its town improvement efforts. It warns against outsourcing printing and reading borrowed copies, using direct questions to prompt reader commitment.
Local News Briefs From Riverside and Mt. Pleasant
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Escher of Riverside were in town on business. Miss Mary E. Martin returned from a visit with Miss Susan Gardner in Mt. Pleasant. The Hook & Ladder Co. held an adjourned meeting at the Fire hall and elected Will Sickles and Sam Sage to the company.
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Joe Escher
Riverside
Mary E. Martin
Susan Gardner
Mt. Pleasant
The
Hook & Ladder Co
Will Sickles
Sam Sage
Local visitors travel through the city in brief
Rush Helwick of north of town spent the day in the city. Mrs. R. E. Bester returned to Milwaukee after a two weeks visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Milton White. Miss Cora Smiley of Winfield a Fairfield teacher visiting the city between trains, bound for Fairfield on No. 61.
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Rush Helwick
Town
R. E. Bester
Milwaukee
Milton White
Cora Smiley
Winfield
Parsons College
Fairfield
Fairtiel
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Larrabee
Saunders
George Gallarno
Tleman
City Cemetery
Wisconsin
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