Public School Tobacco Rule Causes Local Tensions
In Morning Sun Louisa county the school board enforces the state tobacco ban for students amid threats and claims of discrimination. Expulsion for smoking led relatives to seek relief from the department of public instruction as the compulsory rule stands. The state views the boy as a delinquent for repeated violations, with provisions to care for dependents.
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Des Moines
Morning Sun
Louisa County
Haa
Hig
Department of Public Instruction
Lta
Alo
Eight years for Iowa murderer at hard labor
Ottumwa reports Judge Anderson sentences Clarence McCormick to eight years at hard labor for the murder of J. W. Mellett near Hedrick last October. McCormick pled to manslaughter after a weeklong trial, with co-defendant Ruth McCollough awaiting trial in January. The judge rejected a robbery motive theory and doubted a murder verdict.
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Ottumwa
Anderson
Clarence McCarrick
J. W. Mellett
Hedrick
McCormick
Ruth McCollough
Chicago
Cherokee Man Outwits Sharps in Chicago Bunco
Alexander Erlick of Cherokes Iowa dressed as a simple farmer and cheated two gold brick sellers in a Halsted Street saloon. He lured Nicholas Kirchgeener and Thomas Pleske into a railroad fare scam then fled. police in the Chicago area are pursuing the con men.
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Alexander Erlick
Cherokes
Iowa
Chicago
Bunco
Nicholas Kirchgeener
Thomas Pleske
Erlick
Halsted Street
Toba
H Erlick
Chicago Area
Dope on New Legislature Reveals Iowa Senate Make up
Des Moines reports the latest issue of the herg book by Secretary of State W. S. Allen shows that of 60 senate members only four were in the last assembly while 28 of 108 House members were holdovers. The senate includes 22 lawyers and bankers, seven merchants, six farmers, two railway men, two auditors, and one minister among others. the house lists 46 farmers and 16 lawyers among other professions. Robert Quigley of McGregor, age 69, is the oldest senator and Guy M. Gillette of Cherokee, age 35, the youngest. The volume provides detailed biographical data including addresses, education, residence, marital status, and ages of Iowa legislators.
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Allen
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House of Representatives
Robert Quigley
McGregor
Guy MM. Gillette
Iowa
Waterloo Employment Office Boosts Local Work Hope
A man visiting Waterloo’s municipal employment office on the seventh floor of the First National Building demanded a job. Secretary Van Vleck advised there was none yet, and the caller mocked Waterloo as a cemetery. After a swift data briefing, the visitor renewed belief in local work prospects and urged calling the Commercial Club for temp help. Local context notes 100 uncatered applicants and comparisons to Chicago unemployment. Also mentions Lapland dress norms and longer lifespans on islands versus mainland.
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First National
van Vleck
Gome
Van
Waterloo
Altho
Chicago
Waterloo Commercial Club
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Ad Promises Natural Darkening
A grandmother’s dark hair remedy uses Sage Tea and Sulphur to restore color and sheen. Sold as Wyeth’s Sage and SulphurHair Remed y at drug stores for about fifty cents, touted to cover gray and treat dandruff.
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H. W. Taggart
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