Upsets Mark Multiple Iowa City Elections
In Dubuque Keokuk Burlington Sioux City Clinton and Council Bluffs elections the Good Government League backed ticket won in Dubuque while Keokuk and Burlington elected mayors and councils. Sioux City reelected Mayor Gilman and top council members. Council Bluffs saw Democrat Sam A. Greene defeat the incumbent Republican mayor amid a split council outcome.
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Burlington
Phillips
Rarl Phillips
Automob
Keokuk
Ed Marquardt
Ernest Hudzel
George Donlan
Charles Wagner
Henry Wagner
Short
Sioux City
Stewart Gilman
J. C. Headington
E. O. Wesley
M. P Smith
Gilman Snowing
Wallace M. Short
Charles E. Wilson
Ku Klux Klan
Thomas L. Taggart
Thomas L. Taggart, A Former Superintendent of Public Safety
Public Safety Office
Sioux City Journal
Wilcox
William J. Greene
ADC
Clinton
William R. Purcell
George Mathison
Ben Martinson
Homer I. Smith
Council Bluffs
Sam A. Greene
J. G. Harding
Attery
Jasper Ferguson
P. C C. Rasmussen
J. L. Blanchard
Dan Sheehan
Elkader Election Briefs Defeat for Library Levy
In Elkader a proposed two million dollar public library levy was defeated. W. W. Davidson was re elected mayor in the election.
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Elkader
W. W. Davidson
Five Tickets Compete In Ainsworth City Vote
Five tickets ran in the Ainsworth city election yesterday with women candidates among them. T. Trotter was elected mayor. Council members elected include Sam Mereh Dr. BE Spessard Harold Gray A B Moore and J W Parrow. Alice Pearson won treasurer and Lee Thompson was named assessor. Mrs W BE McCrory and Blaine Pressly plus Mrs E W Spessard joined the park commission.
Washington Band Broadcast Delights Iowa City Audience
Hundreds of Washington residents heard the Washington band perform live from a University of Iowa venue, transmitted by WSUL to listeners at home. Messages flowed in from Washington and former residents praising the program, with Neil Humble on bari tone and solos by Grimes Griffith Warner Williams and Shearer.
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Washington
Iowa City
University of Iowa
WSUL
Washington Rotary Club
Neil Humble
Humble
Robert Grimes
Everette Griffith
Gladys Warner Williams
Frank Shearer
Rockingham Votes to Join Davenport in Annexation
Rockingham, a Davenport suburb, approved annexation by 317 to 138. Davenport voters will decide next Tuesday on the same measure which would add over 1,200 people to the city.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Tockingham
Rockingham
Two Brothers Seek Davenport Arraignment for Underwood Post Office Raid
Council Bluffs report says P and James I Harmon of Houston Texas confessing to the Underwood post office robbery filed a formal application with United States Commissioner Bruces Rasmussen asking to be taken to Davenport on April 2 for arraignment. If refused they would remain in the county jail until the federal district term begins in October.
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Council Bluffs
Has. P
James I. Harmon
Houston
Tex
Rgb
Underwood
Bru
Ces Rasmussen
United States
Davenport
Federal
Tie in Sioux Rapids mayoral race decided by drawing lots
A banker and John Kubert a laborer tied with identical vote counts for mayor yesterday and will settle the result by lot. The election, one of the town's most heated, saw the dry ticket win over the wets represented by the common sense faction.
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Banker
John Kubert
Sioux Rapids
Citizens ‘Dry
People's “Common Sense
Denison Returns GOP Sweep With One Seat Loss
The Republican ticket won in Denison yesterday with the exception of John Johansen who narrowly kept his post as domestic alderman while the rest of the slate swept to victory.
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Denison
John Johansen
Waukee Votes in City Elections
The mayoral race ended with M. B. Young defeated by W. P. L. Kent in yesterday’s election. Three of the five council members were re elected, shaping the new city leadership.
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Waukee
M. B. Young
W. PL. Kent
Mitchellville elects Albert Carson mayor in landslide
Mitchellville voters preferred Albert Carson in yesterday’s mayoral race as Mitchellville Alberts led the field. Two women who sought council seats were defeated in the city contest.
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Mitchellville
Albert Carson
Adel-H Hills Mayor Victory With 129 Votes
Adel-H H Hill was elected mayor by a large majority. His six rivals received a total of nine votes against his 129.
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Adel—H. H. Hill
Farm values on decrease says report
Washington March 36 A preliminary commerce department report on the farm situation shows farm and farm building values fell from 66 316 002 602 in 1920 to 49 646 523 750 in 1925 a drop a little over 25 percent. Acreage also declined and regional differences show Iowa Georgia and mountain states hit hardest.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Department
Division of Land Economic
Range
New England
Middle Atlantic
Mountain States
Iowa
Georgia
Iowa Ant i Saloon League plans to organize dry drive
The Iowa Anti-Saloon League announces a statewide campaign to organize about five thousand Iowa citizens into local committees. Superintendent PP McNaught says the groups will monitor enforcement and oppose wet candidates, with active units forming in all 99 counties.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Supt. McNaught
Aettive Roups
Democrats of 1st District Meet in Burlington
The Democrats of the 1st District will meet at Hotel Burlington in Burlington at 1 o clock on April first for a conference. All Democrats are invited to attend. Cherokee John Pritchard a 50 year old second hand goods dealer was held in city jail for questioning after an alleged attempt to shoot several citizens none of the shots fired Police say he was under the influence of liquor.
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Burlington
Hotel Burlington
John Pritchard
Pritchard
Minnesota Man Held in Connection With Death of Nephew
George Goerndt sits in Martin County jail charged with first degree murder in the December death of his five year old nephew Raymond Atz. Authorities sought exhumation of Florence Atz two, as toxicology tests proceed. Both children died after convulsions following visits to the Goerndt farm near Imogene.
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Ttv
T Rdas
Fairmont
Minn Mareh
George Goerndt
Martin County
Raymond Atz
Goerndt
Eather Atz
University of Minnesota
Florence
Raymond
Imogene
Family of seven burned to death near Williams Minnesota
A Williams Minnesota cabin fire killed Henry Newman his wife and five children. Neighbors found the mother and a daughter alive briefly on a road but both died from burns. The rest were found in the home ruins after the blaze Sunday morning. The family had moved to Williams last fall from Park Rapids.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Henry Newman
Williams
North Woods
Newman
Daushter
Neighborn
Newmans
Park Rapids
Strickler Wins Close Game of Horseshoes
A. J. Strickler of Centerville defeated J. H. Steinbeck of Rubio in a horseshoe match at the Washington pitchers club. Strickler won by seven points after Steinbeck threw 48 fingers and Strickler four.
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Strickler
A. J. Strickler
Centerville
J. H. Steinbeck
Rubio
Washington Horseshoe
Steinbeck
Hope Huston Stars in Grinnell Opera
Hope Huston of Crawfordsville Iowa starred in Romany Rede a one act opera in miniature by the Grinnell girls glee club The gypsy tale set in southern France before the Seville fair features staged costuming and songs and may be aired in the club s spring tour stops including Minneapolis St Paul Vinton Sioux City Sibley and Sioux Falls.
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Grinnell, Ta
Hope Huston
Crawfordsville
Grinnell Girls’ Glee Club
Grinnell Facth
Romany Rede
France
Seville
Grinnell Club
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Vinton
Iowa
Sioux City
Sibley
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Treasury official summoned as first witness at prohibition hearings
Assistant Secretary Andrews of the treasury in charge of the city enforcement organization was summoned to appear next Monday before the senate judiciary committee. He will testify at hearings on bills to modify the prohibition laws.
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Washington, D. C
Andrews
The
Treasury
Senate Judiciary Committee
Canon
William, Sheafe, Chase
International Reform Federation
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
National Temperance Bureau
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Savon League
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Ellis A. Yost
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
W. H. Slayton
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Wheeler
Fire trucks stuck in mud as West Keokuk home burns
Two fire trucks were mired in mud in West Keokuk while responding to an alarm and were pulled out by two teams of horses. Police investigate the blaze that destroyed a vacant house.
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Keokuk
Ija
West Keokuk
Winter Storm Sweeps Across Midwest States
A large winter storm brings heavy snow and cold across Iowa Illinois Kansas and Missouri. Cities report 3.6 inches in Keokuk seven inches in Fort Madison and 22 to 26 degree readings in Des Moines Sioux City and Omaha. Damaging winds and power outages disrupt Houston and Liberty areas as planners brace for continued flurries.
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Des Moines
Mar
Middle West
Towa
Sioux City
Iowa
Charles City
Keokuk
Omaha
Dubuque
Davenport
Kansas City
Southwest
Rocky Mountain
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
Houston
Ecliy
Weather Bureau
Fort Madison
Writers' Meet Deferred by Washington School Pupils
Miss Caryl Williams, penmanship teacher, announces postponement of the writers convention planned for tomorrow. Delegations from grade schools will meet after the spring vacation due to widespread pupil illness.
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Caryl Williams
Washington
Writers’ Convention
Blizzard Caps March Weather With Snow and Wind
March ends with a wintry blast as a light snow fell overnight and a stronger storm moved in this afternoon. Strong north winds whipped swirling snow, keeping temperatures low and the day in a harsh winter mood.
More Than Half Iowa Taxes Go To Schools
Iowa State Auditor J C McClune reports that over 52 percent of total Iowa taxes go to education. The 1917 educational spend totals about 26.25 million with per capita costs around 21.86 dollars from direct taxation and 41.79 dollars overall. He cautions for economy but notes essential youth needs.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
J. C. McClune
State University
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Iowa School For Deaf
State College For Blind
McClune
Indoor Baseball Scores in Pioneer Boys League Recap
Last Saturday in the Pioneers indoor baseball league at the Y M C A saw Second United Presbyterian win 2 0 by forfeit over Christian 0 while Braves routed Baptists 24 8 In another scheduled game neither team appeared and was not played.
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Pioneers
Second United Presbyterian
Christian
Allen Kreider
Braves
Baptists
First United Presbyterians
Berger Seeks Repeal of Wartime Espionage Act
Representative Berger a Wisconsin socialist introduces a bill to repeal the wartime espionage act calling it the most vicious and outrageous measure ever enacted in the nation. His critique targets the act as a restraint on civil liberties and political dissent.
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Washington, D. C
Berger
Wisconsin
Holland Farmers Row Out by Canal Boats at Milking Time
Holland farmers and farmerettes row out to cow pastures using canal boats at milking time, showcasing a quirky rural scene. The image captures a community relying on water routes for daily farm labor and transportation.
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Holland
New Medicinal Beer On Sale With 3.75% Alcohol
Washington March 30 Researchers announce fretwork permits for Anheuser Busch and Pabst to brew a medicinal tonic with 3.75 percent alcohol for six months. Sales limited by weekly case quotas and no prescription required, aimed to curb bootlegging while hearings on Volstead law modify restrictions proceed.
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Washington, D. C
Lawyers Disbarred Over Treasury Revenue Collusion Probe
Twenty four lawyers are disbarred from practice before the treasury department after an inquiry into indirect charges of collusion with Internal Revenue Service employees.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
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