Iowa Temperance Advocates Press Liquor Mail Ban
Iowa temperance workers follow the U S house committee vote on barring liquor advertisements from the mails. If adopted, Iowa’s liquor trade via mail orders would lose its main advertising channel. Agents circulated lists from factories and firms, aiding mail solicits for spirits. Local ministers and police note the harmful scope of mail solicitation.
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Bes Moines
Iowa
Post Office Committee
United States House of Representatives
Des’ Moines
Irene W. OC. Barber
Lo Anti-Saloon League
Towa
Lowe
General Assembly
Iowa Workmen's Compensation Law in Highest Court
The Iowa workmen's compensation act faced a constitutional challenge in the U S Supreme Court. J C Hawking of Newton appeals after district court rulings, with Henry Sampson assistant attorney general defending. The case centers on the law's form and general purpose and the sole constitutional objection raised concerns its validity.
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Iowa
Sampson
Iowa case debates workmen's compensation act scope
The appellant argues the Iowa act abridges privileges and immunities and due process, while Sampson contends the statute is elective and not unconstitutional. He asserts the employer who rejects compensation retains liberty to contract and seek jury trials, with ongoing constitutional questions awaiting a Supreme Court ruling.
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Altormpson
Lowa
Farmer Fights Timber Wolf on Iowa Farm Near Liscomby
In Liscomby township northwest of Marshalltown Iowa farmer Frank Grammer faced a full grown timber wolf that attacked him while he hunted near the Jewa river. He fired twice crippling the wolf then subdued it with a fence halter and rifle shot ending the threat. Grammer claimed a bounty and trophies his pelt.
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Marshalltown
Wee
Canadian Northwest
Iowa
North Star
Liscomby
Frank Grammer
Jewa River
Grammer
Altho
Eight Years For Killing A Negro In Iowa
Des Moines reports Fred Coates colored was sentenced by Judge Hubert Utterback to eight years in the Anamosa reformatory for shooting and killing Wil Vaughn colored at a dance in Carney Iowa last October after a quarrel over 25 cents. An advertisement notes the Commercial Auto Repair and Paint Shop open for business today at 6th and Commercial Streets.
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Des Moines
Fred Coates
Wil Vaughn
Anamosa Reformatory
Hubert Utterback
Carney
Premonition of Death True in Mt. Ayr Case
In Mt Ayr a 87 year old man named John Roberts died when a 50 ton beam collapsed onto a wagon he rode. The incident happened on a hill as the wagon carried building material. Roberts, a longtime, robust worker, had Civil War service and was known for his hard driving, living in town.
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Ance Association
Youngerman Building
Des Moinen
Darney
Mt. Ayr
Mount Ayr
John Roberta
Victrola
Maggie
Roberts
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