Public Utilities Measure Passes After Heated Senate Debate
The Iowa Senate voted 39 to 18 to approve the Springer bill creating a court of public service to settle disputes between utilities and cities and to issue indeterminate franchises. Debates centered on whether the measure would grant perpetual franchises and how it would affect public ownership and rates.
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RRS Moiness
Jows ‘Public Quite Corporations
Senate
Springer
Court of Public Service
House
Smith Mover
Buser
Tto
Thompson
Whitmore
Brookhart
Browne
Cessna Johnston
Meredith
Slosson
Smith
Thurston
Tuck
Fulton
Prailey
Des Moines
Thompein Vigsrouely
Pitt
Dutcher
McCasure
Trockhart
Fprasley
Prookhart
Ciéutetaay
Haemmi
Benatos
Ves
Beauty and Beast 1921 Western News word fragment
Dulcie, called the beauty, clashes with Aunt Dulcinia over Jim Harford and his dog Emperor. A grade of conflict unfolds as Dulcie defends the mastiff from beatings and confronts a threatening storekeeper, leading to an upcoming meeting with Jim Harford.
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Dulcie
Jim Harford
Harford
Dulcinia
Lynden Avenue
Miss Nin
Ss Duleinian
Mies Dulcinia
Jim Hurford
Peat Used as Fuel in Early Europe History
The article traces peat as a heat source from ancient times across northern Europe. Pliny notes Teutons drying and burning peat in bogs, with widespread use in Ireland Britain Russia Scandinavia Germany Holland and parts of France since time immemorial. It describes brick shaped peat cut from bogs dried in the wind.
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Germany
Pliny
North Sea
Ireland
Great Britain
Russia
Scandinavia
Holland
France
Europe
Local News Highlights and Advertisements
Mr and Mrs Chester Green and baby Betty changed cars en route to Waterloo to visit relatives. Miss Lucile Siberts of Winfield is Mrs Green. Ditch stopping demonstration on Jim Combs farm Friday at 9 30. Mrs William Kensler returns from New Sharon to visit daughter. Solvax kidney remedy sold by Lemmon s Pharmacy with money back guarantee. Mr and Mrs J M Bratten and daughter Elsie and Arthur Weade visit Vinton. Lyda Hellam chiropractor at 205 wd fr tf. Nora Saunders of Letts visits Caroline Been blossom. Mrs Alice Atkinson McGee of Cambridge Ill visiting Charles and Mrs Atkinson. Sheet music popular number Some Little Bird 15 35 cents. McCall Bros ad for buttermilk feed for chicks 337t10.
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Chester Green
Baby Betty
Waterloo
Green
Lucile Siberts
Winfield
Nevada adopts lethal gas method for execution
Governor Boyle signed a bill permitting execution by lethal gas in Nevada, replacing hanging and shooting. The law requires a 60 to 90 day window for the death sentence, an air tight cell, and witnesses including the warden, a physician, and six citizens.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Boyle
Absent-Mindedness and Concentration in Focus
A discussion on how interest in a task and time pressure drive concentration. It notes that strong concentration can lead to absent-mindedness when focus narrows to a single line of thought, causing neglect of other matters.
Whitening Cleans Paint Method From Careful Cleaning Note
A vintage tip describes cleaning unvarnished paint with a nearly dry warm water dip in gentle whitening. Rub and test to remove grease smoke or stains. Rinse with warm water and rub with a soft cloth. The result supposedly makes paint look new and last longer than soap and water methods.
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Mike
Community club events and church notices convene
Local groups invite members to bring food for shared baskets and participate in programs. The Methodist W F M S meets at 921 BE Washington with leader Mrs. M. Liberts. The W B R C holds a thimble bee and social at 2:30 PM in the Court House G A R room. The Baptist Missionary group meets with Mrs. Baker on West Jefferson Street.
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The
Baptist Quarterly Meeting
Methodist Church
A. L. Griffith
Washington Street
M. BR. Liberts
W. BR. C
2Nd Ward
Court House
Ladies’ Baptist Missionary Program
J. W. Baker
West Jefferson Street
Nora Hayes
How to Be Popular from Dearborn Independent
A brief aphorism advises that true popularity comes from listening and letting others tell you what you already know, treating their words as new regardless of prior awareness. It emphasizes humility and receptiveness as social assets.
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Dearborn Independent
Mystery of Burlington man linked to death in Chicago river
John McCabe, formerly of Burlington, was missing six weeks before his body was recovered from the Chicago river. A blacksmith for the city of Chicago, he had been in poor health and vanished after mass on Candlemass day. His supporters fear foul play, though suicide is not suspected. he was known to live with Mrs. James Tierney.
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Burlington
Join McCabe
Chicago
McCabe
James Tierney
Arctic sheep raising in northern Canada proposed
An American agricultural expert in Popular Mechanics Magazine promotes Arctic farming in northern Canada where extreme cold aids unusual crops. He urges cross breeding Canadian and Siberian sheep to gain hardiness for local conditions.
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Arctic
Canada
Popular Mechanics
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TLE Disputes
Beauty and Beast
Western News
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Emperor
Schulty
Mobiloil
Jim Combs Farm
William Kensler
New Sharon
Lemmon's Pharmacy
J. M. Bratten
Miss Elsie
Arthur Weade
Vinton
Lyda Hellam
Black
Southwest Corner Square
Farmer's Union
Nora Saunders
Letts
Caroline Beenblossom
Alice Atkinson McGee
Cambridge, Ill
Mrs
Charles Atkinson
Stephen
McCall Bros
Ainsworth
Loos
Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Missionary Society of the
Second United Presbyterian Church
George Alexander
J. B. Randall
P. BE. D
Ralph Dougherty
Damascus
Jusalem
Moose Hall
W. A. Cook
Prairie Flower Baptis Church
Sunshine Mission
Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill Church
B. W. Pettit
Pythian Sisters
Nad
P. KB. O
Pineywood School
Baxton
Misc
Harvey Young
Christian Church
Rebekah Club
I. O. Oo. F. Hall
Delta Alpha’s
W. W. Bowers
Spiedel
Japan
Klein Klothing Kompany
Washington
Lowe
Frances Swift
Fred Palmer
Independent Club
Henry Otto
Daughters of Isabella
K. of C. Hall
Muscatine
la Salle
Mporium
Emporium
Milan
Georgette
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