Auditing Bill Aims to Relieve Governor in Iowa
Article discusses audit measures to shift monthly state fund auditing from the governor to a competent board. It notes appointments from executive council, state auditor, and attorney general's office, enabling formal requests on bill preparation and certification. Mentions Linn County members contributing to improved state operations.
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Executive Council
Tn Oler
Tava Miejbera
Linn
Thei Tuam
Atlic
Lowa
Hag Yeon Jin
Give People Chance to Vote on County Road Bond Plan
A western To wa farmer offers to support a county road bond if roads are improved at one tenth of an acre land value. He argues many farmers see permanent roads as vital and urge a public vote on the issue. He notes the legislature is not asked to issue bonds, only to present the people a chance to vote.
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Towa
Epring
Jie
Sumer
Paderewski Pleads For Poland With Musician’s Appeal
The renowned pianist Paderewski appeals for Poland as the nation suffers immense wartime destruction. He notes mass homelessness, food and supply shortages, depopulation, and devastation across Polish cities while calling on America to heed the plea and aid.
Des Moines Faces Waterloo In Opening Baseball Clash
Des Moines Western league club meets Waterloo Central association champions in the first game of the season. Fans rally behind the pennant winner as manager Andrews fields a new nine amid high town enthusiasm and strong support from teachers and donors.
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Des Moines
Waterloo
Iowa
Far Andrews
Central Association
Andrews
Iowa Lawmakers Pass Noteworthy Budget and Audit Bills
Linn County representatives Messie Ring and Barry spearheaded bipartisan efforts in the Iowa Assembly to approve two major measures. The audit bill and the budget bill are expected to gain gubernatorial signature, aiming to tighten state financial oversight and departmental expenditures.
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Iowa Assembly
Linn
Amessie
Ring
Barry
Clarke
Laws mock child welfare as sheep take state fair fund
Iowa legislators misspend funds by approving 25 000 for sheep while denying a child welfare bureau. The piece mocks political wit and urges action as mothers plead for children. It also jokes about Melmed and Bryan, and lampoons reform efforts amid a chaotic political scene.
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Iowa
Towa
What Iowa Editors Are Saying What Iowa Editors Are Saying
A Peoria woman fed by a tramp is murdered in broad daylight sparking warnings to avoid inviting these men inside. The Burlington Hawk-Eye notes Sen. Foster denounces state bank inspection as a joke and calls for real, practical oversight.
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Arlington Gazette
Peoria
Jon
Aod
Hes
Burlington
Hawk-Eye
John W. Foster
Town Senate
Foster
Ralleneura
Warnorists
Uncle Sam
Jones
Senate
The Statue as Moral Measure of Great Men
The essay discusses statues as permanent honors for public figures and how memory is carved in marble. It notes Washington’s large statue presence, questions idealization and flaws in likeness, and argues cities should honor notable citizens with lasting stone likenesses while warning against glorifying villains.
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Lurado
Taft
Gutsen Isurghim
Cubist Society
Washington, D. C
The Two Reasons We Argue With Ourselves
A reflective essay on self persuasion shows how people justify purchases and blame others. It chronicles three types: the self convincing buyer, the blamer, and the extravagant enabler, noting how open or closed minds affect truth and choice.
Prohibition and politics frame debate in Kansas and beyond
Writings from Sioux City and Mason City papers note Kansas figures Willard Brumbaugh and Elin Root in national reform debates. The debate touches state liquor laws, prohibition prospects, and potential presidential hints while linking political maneuvering to World War era sentiments.
Two Classes of Women in Arthur Stringer Tone
A reflective piece compares women to anchors and earls, noting men see two kinds: champagne and sedatives. It argues a woman’s essence stays fixed beyond reforms, shaping her influence like a sailor steering a vessel. The piece invokes Stringer’s lines about fate, desire, and marriage.
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Arthur Stringer
Wintmen
The Joy of Spring by Dr Ettle McCollum Jones
The author extols spring as the season of joy and renewal. He argues weather should not be blamed for mood, praises all seasons for their beauty, urges embracing outdoor life, and links nature with a partnership with God yielding joy and richness.
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Dr. Ettle McCollum Jones
Marrow Walla
Land o Nod Island Mystery Told by Nodding Sailors
A captain and six sailors land on a place called Land o Nod where everyone nods constantly. They eat, drink, and wander as they join a nodding town before finally waking at noon to find locals laughing at their prolonged nap and explaining the land’s odd custom that repeats every twenty five years at noon.
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Land of Nod
Land O
Feither
Theras Sion
Nod Tao Tung
Funny Sith
Mawic Quack and Jokonie Quackick Part I
A fragmentary newspaper item observes a spellbinding midnight hour and a captain with six sailors rowing away. The readable text hints at a mythic, playful scene and includes disrupted narration as a 1916 McClure Syndicate entry.
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Mawic Quack J
Jokonie Quackick
Trial of Sioux City Police Chief Opens amid Conspiracy Charge
The trial of Chief of Police George Peirce in Sioux City began with a jury secured the prior afternoon. Courtroom attendance was high as the case drew strong public interest and local readers followed updates in The Evening Courier and Reporter.
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Sioux City
George Peirce
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