Kendall Advises Voters Iowa 1920 Public Service Ballot
Clifford Thorne urges Iowa voters to back a Republican slate for governor and Congress. Highlighted figures include Cummins for U S Senate and N E Kendall for governor, with profiles of Hammill, Rameny, Haynes, Gibson, Woodruff, and Weaver among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
America
United States
Albert B. Cummins
Hie Ie
Congress
John Hammill
Britt
Senate
Walter ©. Rameny
Belmond
W. J. Burbank
Waterloo
Glenn C. Haynes
Mason City
State Auditore
Ben J. Gibson
Corning
F. P. Woodruff
Knoxville
Silas M. Weaver
Iowa Falls
Bar of
Fort Dodge
Roosevelt
Provisions of Esch Cummins Railroad Law Explained
Chicago reports widespread misrepresentation of the Esch Cummins railroad law as Democrats attack the measure in campaigns. A Republican Iowa pamphlet outlines the law’s main provisions including labor board reference, rate limits, income caps, a six percent threshold, a temporary six percent loan, and strict use of funds for transportation value. It clarifies there is no government guarantee of deficits, and emphasizes benefits to shippers and farmers via improved car service and reduced losses from car shortages.
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Chicago
Iowa
Cummins
Wisconsin
Learcot
Wilson
San Francisco
House
Republican State Committee of
Interstate Commerce Commission
Furmera
Quieting Title Notice in Washington County Iowa
In District Court of Washington County Iowa the petition of Pearson seeks to quiet title to Lot six and the west six feet of Lot seven in Block eleven Original Plat Ainsworth. The suit names numerous defendants and unknown claimants alleging invalid adverse claims. Judgment requested to confirm fee simple ownership and bar all adverse claims with equitable relief. Deadline to answer is noon of the second day of the January 1921 term at the Coast House Washington Iowa. Attorneys Livingston and Bicher. Oct 25 to Nov 18 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Burtom
Mary M. Burton
James L.L. Terry
Sarah J. Terry
Andrew Thompson
Susan Thompson
WD. H. Ainsworth
Sarah J. Ainsworth
Danforth H. Ainsworth
Horrace Johnson
Horace Johnson
Sophronia Johnson
D. H. Ainsworth
K. J. Aineworth
Andrew Wadsworth
Elisabeth J. Ainsworth
A. Wadeworth
Ann Wadsworth
Anne Wadsworth
Anna Wade
J. C. Rolce
M. B. Rolce
J. M. Lewis
Vista M. Lewis
A. K. Spalding
Nathaniel P. Cogger
Sehoo Fund
Washington County
Iowa
Washington
Nathaniel PF. Cooper
Olds
J. A. Olds
Julia A. Olds
M. PD. Ham
Mary FE. Boice
John A. Crawford
A. P. Spalding
J. L. Colthurst
J. Hardin
Danfirth Ainsworth
Harry PF. Moore
Gretchen Moore
8. B. Thompson
Mollie E. Thompson
Bentley Thompson
Mollie Thompson
EF. H. House
H. Viola House
A. E. Sands
Joseph A. Green
George C. Stone
J. A. Green
Cyrena Green
Geo. C. Stone
Kate M. Stone
The
United Brethren In Christ
Albert Taylor
John Stone
Michael Soares
R. Rolce
George R. Royce
Geo. Royce
M. T. Baker
W. Bussian
Minnie’ Ad Mitchell
T. D. Woodburn
Green & Stone
G. C. Stone
Mary A. Love
Washington Loan & Building Association
Maud Sands
Susan Martin
Ainsworth United
Fifth Street
District Court
Vereto
Coast House
Livingston & Bicher
War Veteran Wounded During Legion Play Rehearsal
Iowa City reports Commander William Bender of the Solén post was shot during a home talent play rehearsal by a fellow actor using a blank cartridge. The wadding lodged in his neck near the right ear. he was rushed to Mount Vernon for surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
American Legion
Willian Bender
Mount Vernon
Bender
Daily Thought Sorrow remembered sweetens present joy Pollok
The fragment cites a quotation about sorrow adding sweetness to current happiness attributed to Pollok. It reads as a brief literary motto rather than a reportable news item.
Cummins-Esch Law Praised as Railroads Return to Owners
Warren G Harding lauds Senator Albert R. Cummins as an eminent statesman and hails the Cummins Esch law returning railroads to owners. He calls it a landmark federal act, a bill of rights for labor, and a pledge of fair dealing with railroad operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. LB. Cummins
Senate
Warren S. Harding
Iowa holds key to Harding victory and Republican Congress
The analysis notes Warren Harding will win the presidency and the House will stay Republican though the Senate balance is fragile. It warns Democrats aim to defeat pro Republican leadership to block reforms and calls Iowa pivotal to shaping a aligned Congress for an America first policy.
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Warren Harding
Congress
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Harding
America
Democratic Campaign Methods Attack on Cummins-Esch Law
The piece accuses Democrats in Iowa of misrepresenting the Cummins-Esch railroad law and argues the measure restores service, limits net earnings, and creates a labor board to settle disputes. It claims wage and material costs drove rate increases and condemns tariff revisions by Democrats as harmful.
Women Drawn for Jury Service Under County Law
The thirty eighth general assembly enacts that jury commissions draw names of qualified electors to serve as grand and petit jurors and talesmen. Women, as electors since suffrage, are included with men. The process uses counts from last elections and polling books to form grand, petit, and talesmen lists for the year beginning January.
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Thirty-Eighth General Assembly
Board of Supervisors
No Fly This Winter Says Dr Griswold
Iowa City reports state epidemiologist Dr Donald H Griswold expects no unusual influenza presence this cold season after three severe winters of epidemics. He notes five past flu waves since 1918 with the last wave most deadly but finished. Survivors show resilience and no rise in pneumonia risk among those who had flu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griswold
Iowa City
Donald H. Griswold
University of Iowa
America
Mother's Mistake Prompted Childs Honest Reply
A mother explains she went to the hospital to get a nice little girl, and her daughter confirms she is nice yet notes the mistaken choice in picking her baby brother Jack. The exchange reveals a child's candid take on sibling selection.
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Jack
Harding Proposes Federal Public Welfare Department
Senator Harding urged creation of a Federal Department of Public Welfare to defend maternity, childhood and health, arguing it would advance social justice without paternalism. He stressed enforcing laws, safeguarding working women, eight hour day for women, farm protections, and placing the Children’s Bureau under the new department.
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Department
Marion, O
Washington
America
Harding
Department of Public Welfare
Wisdow
Children’s Bureau
Scalp Amputated After Auto Collision In Mason City
Wallace McDougall an 18 year old high school student was severely injured when his Ford crashed into a Chevrolet driven by Lyle Potter Milwaukee call boy. He was thrown through the windshield and along the fender on Sixth Street Northeast as he tried to reach his mother at the Republican rally. He was brought to Park hospital with serious injuries possibly fatal. Potter was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Wallace McDougall
Lyle Potter
Milwaukee
Malcolm McDougall
Armory
Park Hospital
Sixth Street
Potter
McDougall
Woman Gets High Office in Alabama Appointment
Bernice Summers of LeClaire and Davenport has been named special assistant attorney general of Alabama by Attorney General J. Q. Smith. The Davenport born lawyer will work on child welfare and pardons and is possibly the first woman in the South to hold such a state government post. Summers was licensed to practice law last month and previously served as chief clerk of Alabama's legal department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeClaire
Iowa
Alabama
Davenport
Bernice LeClaire
Miss Summers
le Claire
Birmingham
Bernice Summers
J. Q. Smith
Misa Summers
South
State Board of Law Examiners
State Child Welfare Department
Board of Pardons
Waterloo Man Charged Under New State Housing Law
A Waterloo property owner faces a jury trial for violating Section 69, Chapter 123, alleged failure to keep his dwelling clean and for not providing a water closet when ordered. Housing commissioner Mahnke testified the seal was removed, allowing occupancy before sanitation was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Edward Mahnke
Mahnke
Knighthood In Flower Quip by Sir George Rose
The Boston Transcript recalls Sir George Rose, famed English punster, noting his remark about an acquaintance mimicking his gait "You have the stalk without the rose."
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George Rose
Boston Transcript
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WN. E. Kendall
Albia
Senate Chamber
Clifford Thorne
District Court of
Towa
CC. Pearson
Sen
Albert
Harding Askalowa
Geneva
Wm. Sutherland
M. E. Church
West Chester
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