Iowa General Assembly Ends With Probes And Roads Bill
Des Moines April 21 The Thirty-eighth general assembly adjourned sine die after long probes into Rathbun cases and governor attorney general matters. The session advanced road and motor vehicle legislation and awards for patriotism in schools. Other acts included state auto department transfer, tax and spending reviews, and local memorials and civic projects in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Gratehouse
Senate
Ringling
General Assembly
Judiciary Committee
House Chamber
Rathbun
W. 5S
Allen
Walter Ramsay
House
H.C. Hinshaw
W. B. Albart
Pitt
Iowa Commission
Attorney General's Department
Conference Committee
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa
Unde
Giliss
Railroad Commission
State board funding and election law reforms discussed
The article notes appropriations for the state fair board including 150000 for grounds and 9000 for paying, plus land purchases north of the track. Authorized were a home for orphan children and a psychopathic hospital. Changes to railroad and public utility laws were not made. Primary election reform failed in the house. nonpartisan judiciary was removed from statute books. party ballot rules and suffrage measures were debated with women’s suffrage passing a referendum but needing further legislative approval and voter support.
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State Fair Board
State Board of Comtrot
Aft
Senate
House
Ninball
Womyan
Coneut
Old Man's Darling Role Irksome in Court Fight
Avoca Iowa April 21 Judge C D Wheeler hears a district court case over a young wife who left her 65 year old husband James Fay in New York after a brief honeymoon. He seeks to set aside deeds to real estate in New York Brooklyn and a farm near Walnut and accuses fraud and clergyman complicity. A New York lawyer prosecutes the case.
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Avoca
C. D. Wheeler
Buride
James Fay
Katherine Hay
New York City
New York
Brooklyn
Walnut
Endowment Gift For Penn College From Friends
Oskaloosa Iowa April 21 Penn college receives a 200000 endowment from the Iowa yearly meeting of Friends. The piece notes blue diamonds are prized as lucky and called dias diamonds of death in the Orient.
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Oskaloosa
Penn College
Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends
Orient
Ottumwa Public Library to Receive Major Endowment After Will
Ottumwa Iowa April 21 Free public library funded by annual income of about 60000 from the Hackworth estate will become the principal beneficiary. James T Hacks worth banker and longtime library board president died Sunday. The estate valued 500000 to 750000 will fund the library endowment of 40000 to 50000 yearly with trustees to receive the corpus after Mrs Hackworth’s death. The will directs possible later use of the Hacksworth home as a library branch in Ottumwa.
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Ottumwa
James T. Hacksworth
Brary Board
Hackworth
Carnegie Foundation
May Build Courthouse for Linn County on Island in the River
Cedar Rapids April 21 The city plans to vacate a portion of the municipal island in the Cedar River and transfer it to Linn County for a courthouse. The council passed a resolution. City records show 20 small deeds once folded in the abstract and not recorded, issued to former city clerk L J Storey during Mayor Carmody’s 1909 term. After Carmody was shot, commissioner Matt Miles forgot the deeds. The deeds were issued to the city by Storey and his wife and were ordered recorded.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Linn County
L. J. Storey
John Carmody
Carmody
Matt Miles
Cummingsioner
Storey
Iowa Towns Adopt City Manager Concept in Practice
In Sac City Wesley Gilbert, water commissioner and city clerk, serves as city manager in all but title earning 135 2 monthly plus extra for clerical work. Citizens and officials approve as he handles duties effectively. Estherville also adopts the concept electing G F Conley as city manager to oversee plant street work police powers and overall city affairs with N G Egbert replaced by Alex Johnston as city clerk.
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Sac City
Wesley
Gilbert
Estherville
G. F. Conley
Alex Johnston
N. G. Egbert
Fred White Named Acting Chief Engineer in Iowa
Fred White of Ames was appointed acting chief engineer of the Iowa State Highway commission to succeed T J MacDonald who moves to lead the Bureau of Roads in Washington. The permanent appointment awaits MacDonald’s start with the Washington department as four bureaus organize to handle the work. Also listed are designations and transfers in real estate transactions in Waterloo and Waterloo area towns.
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Ames
Fred White
Iowa State Highway Commission
T. JH. MacDonald
Bureau of Roads
Department of Agriculture
MacDonald
Washington
C. G. Guykendall
Des Moines
N. BE. Jones
H. Mann
W. H. Root
Mason City
Briggs Woods Given to Webster City as New Park
Mrs Thirea Briggs Aldrich widow of Charles Aldrich founder of the Iowa Historical department presented a 60 acre tract three miles southeast of Webster City to the people of Webster City and Hamilton county to be named Briggs Woods. The site lies along the Boone river with rugged natural beauty and fine oaks and elms. The Briggs family migrated from England to Hamilton county in 1857. Mr Aldrich founded the Hamilton Freeman in 1857 and hauled the office overland to Webster City. The gift adds to Webster City's five parks.
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Webster City
Thirea Briggs Aldrich
Charles Aldrich
Iowa Historical Department
Hamilton County
Briggs
Boone
England
America
Aldrich
Hamilton Freeman
Ilinois Central Railroad
Briggs’ Woods
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Public Library
Mackworth
Ottumwa Banker, Settles Estate and Struveling Institution
Fred White Takes MacDonald
August Selensky
Oak Lawn
Waterloo
Jennie H. Murphy
W. French
Rose Replat
George Schmitt
Irron E. Bentley
Manson
Thirza Aldrich
Horlick
Sumatra
Little Tom
Tom Moore
Myers-Cox CO
Dubugua, Iowa
Victory
Middle West
Wees
Mewcome Carete
Low, Atkin
Test WU
7Th & Main Sts
Kansas City
A Agere
Caickco
Emma Semmer Nak
Kamsas
Crtitors Association
Trey
Western Union
Secess Saat
Ssris Lad Rustata
Altistied Seigers
Deta Excise
Eh. Neff
NEW York Life Building
Kansas
CFEY
Association of Creditors For Mutual Benefit
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