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Iowa Senate Debates Prohibition and Suffrage Bills
The article reviews reform battles in the Iowa General Assembly, detailing suffrage efforts, anti cigarette and white slave laws, Sabbath observance, and liquor restrictions. It highlights key figures like Senator Cosson, Senator Gillil, Dr Jesse D Elliott, and Miss Margaret Wintringer, plus a historic Senate hearing on constitutional prohibition prompted by petitions and public support.
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Iowa
Iowa Senate
William D. Jamison
Shenandoah
Page County
Congress
Cosson
Saunders
Gillil
Senate
Mary J. Coggeshall
Mason City
House
Guy A. Feely
Waterloo
Isaac T. Dabney
Dr. Elliott
Mitchellville
D. Everett Smith
Reform Bureau
General Assembly
Proudfoot
CS & Merideth
Hurford
John B. Hammond
Towa
Union
Senator Saunders
Council Bluffs
Jesse D. Elliott
Hawleyville
Crozier
Marion County
William L. Harding
Sioux City
Otis H. Holmes
Algona
House Committee On the
Meredith
Derver
Elliott
Fox
Wilson
Hanson
Allred
Amey
Hunter
Crammer
Cousins
Burt
Koontz
Wolfe
Ritter
Miller
Harding
Kellog
Grier
Larrabue
White
Moore
Balluff
Jewell
Humboldt
Page
Ree
Winnebago
Duman
Floyd
Johnson
Mitchell
Alfred
Wayne
Holmes
Kossuth
Woodbury
Sullivan
Polk
Moor
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Margaret Wintringer
Lowa