Recall petition dominates Sioux City mayor race
May 1 Sioux City Ia April 29 The recall petition attracted about 6800 citizens seeking Mayor Wallace M Short's ouster over alleged incompetency and neglect of city ordinances. Canvassers say petitions doubled the required names, though full totals awaited noon reports. Labor leaders forecast a bitter battle as unions shift positions.
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Stour City
Sioux City
Wallice
RJ. Stason
Asek
Wat
Iw.w
City of
Sioux’ City
Wallace’ M. Short
Iowa board of health given new duties by lawmakers
Des Moines April 29 the state board of health gains authority to establish a bureau in the secretary's office to enforce the new venereal disease law and other measures from the thirty eighth general assembly. The board may quarantine Spanish influenza cases and name additional quarantinable diseases. It will enforce the housing and plumbing laws and oversee sanitary plumbing. A proposed summer survey of Iowa water resorts by the state sanitary engineer is recommended along with cleanup actions for the Ringgold county county home building.
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Des Moines
State Board of Health
State House
Boards”Of Health
Sumner
Iowa
Ringgold County
Ottumwa Banker Samuel L West Dies After Stroke
Samuel L West aged 63, for 28 years assistant cashier at First National Bank of Ottumwa, died Sunday in Ottumwa after a stroke of apoplexy. He had lived here 39 years, served as city treasurer, park commissioners board member, deputy county clerk, deputy U S collector of revenues, and 20 years superintendent of the Sunday school at First Methodist church.
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Ottumwa
Samuel L. West
First National Bank of
Hadeen
Board of Park
United States
First Methodist Church
Simple Wash Removes Rings Under Eyes Advert
Waterloo readers are told a simple mixture of witch hazel camphor hydrastis and related ingredients relieves bloodshot eyes and dark circles. An unnamed young woman reportedly found dark rings cleared after a week of Layoptik eye wash. A free alum eye cup is offered. Wangiler Brothers Co. druggists.
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Waterloo
Wangiler Brothers Co
Keep your kidneys clean for youth and vigor
An advertisement touts Old Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as the secret to maintaining kidney health, filtering blood and expelling toxins. It claims lifelong Dutch strength, urges readers to avoid substitutes, and notes capsules come in sealed packages.
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Haarlem
Holland
Eight year old boy drowns in Iowa River at Iowa Falls
Hugh Benedict eight son of Mr and Mrs Charles Benedict drowned while picking flowers along the Iowa River bank near the electric plant. He fell 10 feet into the swift current as companions watched. Search efforts continued overnight until his body was recovered near the Short Line bridge pier.
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Iowa Falls
Hugh Henedict
Chas. H. Benedict
Iowa
Illinois Central
Short Line
Manning Youth in the Limelight
Omaha sidelights reveal Billy Leet, a Manning Iowa youth, drawing attention across three states after a San Francisco incident. He phoned Mrs. Warren, threatened self harm, then swallowed poison and shot his left arm. He remains in danger, according to physicians. His marriage to Miss Ann Robertson ended in divorce, and his current wife, Martha Reddy Leet, faces ongoing maintenance suit in Aurora, Illinois. His mother’s attorney accompanies him to San Francisco to monitor the case.
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Omaha
Neb
Billy” Leet
Iowa
San Francisco
Billy
Charles Warren
Aurora
Iles
Nis
Mra.Leet
Ann Robertson
Annul High Rate On Building Brick And Tile
Des Moines April 29 The state railroad commission reports Washington has annulled the 25 percent rate increase on hollow building brick and tile. The freight rate on hollow building blocks and tile remains two cents per hundred pounds higher. Manufacturers warned such an increase would force closures. the commission had long sought to annul the raise.
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Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Washington
Assassin’s Bullet Fatal at Elkader Farm Home
James Wait of Edgewood died from a bullet fired by an assassin who lured him to his farm door three weeks earlier. George R. Briggs of Greeley is held for preliminary hearing on incendiary charges after Wait, a witness in Briggs’s case, was killed.
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Elkader
James Wait
Edgewood
George R. Briggs
Greeley
Wait
Briggs
Rock Island road resumption of old train service
Iowa Falls Iowa April 29 cities seek government aid to reestablish motor car service between Iowa Falls and Vinton on the Rock Island line. War time passenger service on Town Walls division was abandoned and now needs restoration to meet transport demand.
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Prestion
Rock Island Road
Iowa Falls
Rock Island
Vinton
Town Walls
Victory Lodge chartered as Frank Bmetser buys estate tract
Reading from a scattered notice, residents report Union dealings for a 240 acre estate priced at 106.75, with Dr Fred Newman involved. Frank Bmetser purchases a toolacre for 3,800 and plans a 7 pm opening. The district features new lodge activity with trips from Vinton and Cedar Rapids, plus Parkersburg and Traer outreach by District Deputy Martin.
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Union Ang
Fred Newman
Eaci
Victory Lodge
Frank Bmetser
Toolacre
S. Tt
Guen
Mr. Martin
M. Townsend
Ok Newman
Superior Street
Dence
Superior Atr
Gement Cley
Mm. Relatz
Oscar Keiserman
West Terra
Annie Ho Ion
Tore
Tindar Tha Ald
Careinn
Seven Seas
Smn
Culpa
Wau
Urly
Vinton
Cedar Rapida
Clear Lake Lodge
Martin
Nce
Parkersburg
Traer
Mason City Lodge Opens in Clarksville Area
Iowa Falls April 29. H B Mar Un of tila city acting under appointment of the grand lodge Knights of Pythias of Iowa arrives in Clarksville to install two new Holmes lodges and 160 acre farm seller Sterling Mason City tonight pays 165 per acre for Wm. Reints farm, northeast of town.
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Iowa Falls
Ill
H. B. Mar UN
Knights Ta
Pythise
Clarkeville
Wm. Reintstrict
Sterling Mason
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Promoted As Health Cure
A vintage health claim touts nature as the source of healing. Dr. Pierce of Buffalo recommends Mayapple leaves aloe and jalap root in white sugar coated pills called Pleasant Pellets to revive digestion and restore vigor. The piece urges readers to try castor oil or the pellets available at drug stores for immediate relief.
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Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
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E. Fourth St
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Simmons
Bradley & Vrooman Company
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