State Push for Iowa Road Control Turns Toward State
Associated Press dispatch from Cedar Rapids reports Iowa officials advocate shifting to state control of primary roads and county control of others. Chief Engineer Fred White claims local units cost too little and tax pools would not rise. highway spending has surged from 5 million in 1902 to 40 million in 1924. White urges centralized funding, argues higher units improve efficiency and reduce costs despite fears of highway oligarchy.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ifred White
Mitch
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Ose
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Ca Gwaheor
General Assembly
Police herd suspicious idlers to headquarters
Strangers who follow the circus and ply suspicious trades congest the city jail and will not be released until the circus performance is over tonight. Wanderers found sitting idly in parks or peddling without permits downtown and in the presidential districts were rounded up today as the number grew.
Foul Penalty Rules in Fourman Golf Match
The text argues about penalties when a golf ball is touched by a nonparticipant in a fourball match. It cites Johnny Farkely as Cuban Open champion and discusses whether hitting a person in the crowd affects scoring. The piece notes no penalty for a nonmember contact but hints at controversial outcomes.
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Dohnny Farkely
Radio programs and tours in Davenport and Des Moines
Radio listings for Davenport Des Moines and Chicago area stations run through Friday note many orchestras and concerts. Reports from national park staff indicate record tourism ahead of last year with Yellow Stone traffic up more than 60 percent despite seismic activity in the Rocky Mountains. Stations list orchestras, concerts, baseball scores and home management lectures across multiple markets with varied times and programs.
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America
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National Park
National Parks
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Stone National Park
Verodining
Chicago
WHBM
Collegiario
Oechestra
Charlie
Dave
Harold Anderson
WON
Duke Piro-Gram
Rainbo
Rainbo Skylarks
WEEE
Wiviera Theatre
WMS
Cornhuskers
Neodo
Alhmeapolis-St. Paul
Asebalk Ecores
SWRAF
WCX
Detroit
Pebble from Pike's Peak Pocketed by Chauncey Thomas
A fragment of granite from Pike's Peak found its way into Chauncey Thomas's pocket years ago. He says the pebble is worn smooth and round and that removing it hardly counts as vandalism. He muses on explorers, vast distances, and the mystery of what eyes have searched for in such a circle.
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Chauncey Thomas
Lesa Hills
Pike's
Denver
Platte
Greece
Rome
Hard Coal Operators Decry Intervention By Soft Coal Interest
Anthracite operators warn that government intervention in the hard coal deadlock would invite United Mine Workers action over alleged wage cuts in soft coal. W. W. Ingles of Saranton, chair of the anthracite scale committee, says the anthracite industry fears becoming a victim of soft coal needs, as the union dominates both sectors and favors soft coal over hard coal in conflicts of interest.
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Nod
Ings
United Mine Workers
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Sarantan
Mine Workers Union
June Bride Seeks Divorce After Brief Married Bliss
Iris Rozel files for divorce from H. bk. Rase in district court alleging lack of support and mistreatment after a brief June marriage in Minnesota. She asks temporary alimony and such relief as the court deems equitable.
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Iris Rozel
H. Bk
Roy
Minn
Parole Bid for Woman Killer Faces Obstacle at Atlantic
Atlantic August 13. Attempts to parole Mrs. Martha Lebeck, a She County woman who served 1 months of a year sentence for killing her lover George Rahnke, stalled as reports note Lebeck claimed the marriage failed after Rahnke grew cold in love.
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Atlantic
Ippy
Mississippi train tour to Waterloo for Know Mississippi program
Miss MildadeP Train with Miss Tnez Hardin and Miss Gladye Hughes along with Lt Gov Dennis Murphree and 147 other Mississippi women will visit Waterloo on Tuesday as the Knowppi Better special train spends three hours. The tour showcases progress in Mississippi industry and agriculture, highlighting cotton value, diverse crops, and expanding manufacturing tied to hydro power and natural resources.
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Tnez Hardin
Gladye Hughes
Chicago
Dennis Murphree
Mississippi
Waterloo
Ernor
Irun
Tsuimber
Mississippi Better train tour to visit multiple cities
The Know Mississippi Better train tour departs Jackson on March 19 and will visit Memphis Chicago Milwaukee Madison Dubuque Des Moines and Kansas City over ten days, showcasing paper pulp mills wood works tile cement and pottery industries along the route.
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Memphis
Tenn
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Milwaukee
Madison
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Dubngale
Des Moines
Kansas City
Sunshine Tomorrow Benefit For Iowa Crops
The state weather bureau predicts warm sunshine Friday and Saturday to aid Iowa crops after Tuesday night rain. Fair weather and little temperature change are forecast. Waterloo reports moderate conditions with a sunlit sky and a midweek temperature range from 76 to 45 degrees.
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Iowa
State Weather Bureau
Waterloo
Public Funds Deposit Act Faces Opposition Loss
Cedar Rapids Iowa August 15 IAP That majority of opposition to the public funds deposits bill passed by the general assembly has appeared says Le A Andrew superintendent of banking before the state association of county supervisors. He states the bill has merit deserving trial and an unbiased operation for a period of time.
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Cedar Rapids
General Assembly
le A. Andrew
State Association of County Supervisors
Will of W. J. Atkinson Leaves Estate to Widow
The will names the widow as primary beneficiary and executrix without bond. It bequeaths the bulk of the estate to her, with earlier heirs receiving specific legacy provisions for brother Lester, George A., and nephew Frederick Atkinson who receives the testator’s watch and chain.
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W. J. Atkinson
Bo Atkinson
Lester
Theatrical Talk: Forgive Not Forget at Palace Theatre
Tupert Julian Universal Jewel presents a romance of Prance dating to the Franco Prussian War with a modern set. Stars include Charles De Roche Wallace Macdonald and Madge Belanty. Estelle Taylor plays the wife in Forgive and Forget, a drama of a woman's mistake.
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Julian Universal-Jewel
Palace Theatre
Charles de Roche
Wallace Macdonald
Madge Belanty
Estelle Taylor
Just a Woman at TiHalto Strand Theatre
Mise Taylor studies a difficult photoplay role in Just a Woman a First National film at the Strand Theatre This unusual husband and wife drama features Conway Tearle and Claire Windsor with Percy Marmont in support A Mermaid comedy and Pathe news complete the program.
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TiHalto Theatre
Mise Taylor
Strand
Conway Tearle
Claire Windsor
Percy Marmont
The
Pathe News
Strand Theatre
Claire Windsor Conway Tearle
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