Permanent Road Boosters Win Support for Road Plan in Iowa
The Iowa Good Roads association adopted resolutions for a 1 mill levy for state aid, a state highway commission with powers, and a road bond issue to fund permanent highways. Governor Carroll endorsed permanent roads. Senator Cummins predicted federal aid and urged centralized planning with local input.
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Iowa Good Roads Association
Iowa
Committee On
General Assembly
John W W. Foster
Guthrie Center
Evening Tribune
Carrol
Carroll
Lafayette Young, Sr
State Highway Commission
William Mulvaney
A. B. Cumminey
United States
Senator Cummins
Cumming
Baker
Council Bluffs
H.C. Beard
Mount Ayr
Ottumwa Saloon Consent Petition Seeks Return of Liquor Venues
Ottumwa Iowa December 19 about 2950 legal voters are expected to sign the saloon consent petition, says C A Windle director of publicity for the Ottumwa Taxpayers Protective association. The petition would show a majority in favor of restoring legalized saloons if brought to vote. County Auditor James F Stevens will file notice with county papers after filing.
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C. A. Windle
James F. Stevens
Byrtha Hughes Displays Hand Painted China at Woods Millinery
Byrtha Hughes promotes a new line of hand painted china shown at Woods millinery. The display highlights delicate patterns and refined craftsmanship likely to attract shoppers.
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Byrtha Hughes
Woods’ Millinery
Converts at Owa Falls Close Revival With 376 Conversions
Town Falls Iowa reports revival meetings concluded with 376 converts. Sermon sessions raised 859 dollars for the evangelist. total costs near 1800 dollars for the month, with expenses about 900 dollars separate from the fund.
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Owa Falls
Town Falls
Suffragists as Editors in New York Move for 1974 Paper
Woman suffragists in New York plan a weekly newspaper The Woman's Political World to push for women's enfranchisement in New York State in 1974. Editor Harriet Stanton Blateh leads an editorial staff assembled by the women’s political union.
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New York
York State
Harriet Stanton Tlateh
Women’s Political Union
Tuik
Hog cholera serum plan urged by Black Hawk farmers
At a Black Hawk county convention at the institute yesterday afternoon farmers backed state funding for hog cholera serum and the creation of a commission to supervise inoculation. Speakers Dr Broadie and Bert Haymond urged testing and a state program, noting serum alone often failed after symptoms appeared.
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Roadie
Cedar Falls
Bert Waymond
Iowa
G Broadie
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Haymond
Broadie
Bert Haymond
la Porte City
Walter McHenry
Northwestern Manufacturing Co
St. Paul
Charles Hoppe
Spring Creek Township
Buskston
Vinton
Haymord
A. A. Burger
Beaver
Auto Ordinances Framed by Dealers
Sioux City Iowa officials receive proposed automobile ordinance changes drafted by the Automobile Dealers Association at a Chicago House dinner. The proposals include bans on underage drivers, right of way rules for north south traffic, penalties for diagonal street crossing, 45 degree angled parking on non streetcar streets, and mandatory alarm devices that are not nuisance use.
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Automobile Dealers’ Association
Chicago
Charles O'Shonessy
Ground to pieces by freight train
In Dubuque Iowa the body of Edward Reilly aged 36 was found in the Illinois Central yards after being run over by a freight train during the night. He was unmarried and previously lived in Harpers Ferry.
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Edward Reilly
Illinois Central
Reilly
Harpers Ferry
Paul Williams Wins Iowa Rhodes Scholarship
In Iowa City on December 14, 18 year old Paul Graves Williams was named a Rhodes scholar nominee by the Iowa Rhodes committee, earning one of the state's top educational honors for a youth.
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Towa City
Paul Graves Williams
Iowa
Iowa Rhodes Committee
Iowa Student Receives Oxford Scholarship for Three Years
Williams, the youngest Iowa scholar in state history, earned a three year Oxford scholarship with $1500 annual expense money. Son of Rev Mark W Williams of Wilmot North Dakota, he has studied at Grinnell College for three years and was a senior. He previously attended schools in Carrington Sanborn Cummings North Dakota and Winfred Madison South Dakota.
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Eng
Williams
Iowa
Mark W. Williams
Wilmot
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Carrington
Sanborn and Cummings
N. D
Winfred and
Madison
James Watson Dies in Chicago News Shock
Vinton IA reports word of James Watson death in Chicago on Sunday after a brief illness. He was in the office on Saturday and fell ill soon after. details remain sparse as the city memorials await.
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Vinton, Ta
Chicago
James Watson
Watson Brother of Late H. Watson Dies in Vinton
The text notes Mr. Watson, a brother of the late E. H. Watson, lived in Vinton for several years and was connected with the Wat- line. The passage implies a death and a biographical snippet of his residence and affiliation.
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H. Watson
Vinton
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