State school coordination fight to be settled Tuesday
Des Moines February 21 The house committee reported the Klay bill to reform the education board order affecting Ames Iowa City and Cedar Falls and a commission plan was introduced for final action. The battle centers on whether to fix courses or appoint a commission led by the state attorney general with five others including a woman. The minority will seek to restore the original Klay bill while the majority pushes the commission plan.
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Des Moines
Board of Education
Ames
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
House
Jacob Pill
Klay
Special Meeting of Sportsmen's Assoc March 6 at Ft Dodge
E. C. Hinshaw, president and newly appointed fish and game commissioner, calls a special meeting of the Iowa State Sportsmen's Association for March 6 at the Crawford hotel in Ft. Dodge to discuss resolutions on current legislation. A tran shoot follows the meeting with ten 16-target events using the Jack Rabbit system.
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E. C. Hinshaw
Iowa State Sportsmen's Association
Fish and Game
Crawford Hotel
Ft. Dodge
Orange Township Notes and Social Updates
Mrs George Davis recovers after a serious operation at Presbyterian War in Waterloo. Bible Rover leads church activities in Orange this week with no Literary Society meeting due to Bible school. Mrs Blanche Hoover Hewitt and baby plan to join husband in Montana. Clarence Hamer and bride to arrive from Pennsylvania. friends extend congratulations. John Harbaugh sale well attended with good prices. Mr and Mrs D R Shank returned from California. Orange residents attend church events in Waterloo as Clara Wells moves.
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Orange Township
George Davis
Waterloo
Rover
Orange
Literary Society
Blanche Hoover Hewitt
Baby
Montana
Clarence Hamer
Pennsylvania
Charlie Grady
John Harbaugh
D. R. Shank
Boms
California
Ro ckford Notes Include Elections Visits and Birthday Plan
Ro ckford friends Win ters convention eel and Mr and Airs Jy Heft returned from St Tes Rely Dhews visited from Cornell College over Sunday. Ladies Aid will serve Washingtons birthday cupptr Feb 6. Archie Peaks former Ro erkford resident is president. H Price in Chicago. Graham and John Crowell call on Miss City business. A McElray laid up with a lame.
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Jy Heft
St . Tes
Rely
Cornell College
Ladies’ Aid Society
Washington
Archie Peaks
Roerkford
Presidenty Elile
H. Price
Graham
John Crowell
A. McElray
Quarantine Issued Near Rockford For Smallpox
The home of Asa Clark, twelve miles west of Rockford, is under quarantine for smallpox. The notice warns that chilled and wet feet can cause internal congestion and kidney inflammation with back pain. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a tonic remedy for kidney and bladder issues and rheumatism, claiming no habit forming drugs and quick results, sold by all druggists.
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B. L. Miller
Norfolk
Nebr
Asa Clark
Rockford
Judge Ransier Plans Retirement From Grundy County Bench
Grundy Center Republican reports Judge Ransier announced at his last Grundy County court session that he will resign before the September term to return to private practice. He is praised as an able lawyer and among Iowa's best on the bench, with friends regretting his retirement but wishing him success in private practice.
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Grundy Center
Ransier
Grundy County
Iowa
Hansier
Lights and Water for Quasqueton Move Brought to Spring Vote
Petitions circulate in Quasqueton Iowa to submit a combined electric light and waterworks proposal at the March 31 spring election. Signatures from a majority of voters are needed, with active canvassing essential to meet the deadline. The new form promises utilities at lower total costs and greater practicality than the earlier electric lights plan.
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Quasqueton, Ja
Quasqueton
Helen Taft May Become 13th White House Bride
Washington society buzzes over a possible White House wedding as Helen Taft may wed Dr Cary Grayson before leaving the White House. The presidential family has not commented on the engagement rumors, and a quiet ceremony is expected if it occurs.
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Helen Taft
White House
Washington
Wilson
Miss Taft
Cary Grayson
Grayson
Alice Roosevelt-Longworth
McVay Sentenced to Hang for Brother’s Murderer Case
John M. McVay of Little Rock Arkansas is declared to be dying of fright in a straight jacket as doctors diagnose collapse delirium Bell’s mania after aiding his brothers Calvin and Edward McVay in the 1911 killing of J W Ethridge of Fall Back Mississippi as he went to be tried for murder of Albert McVay. The case is noted as one of Arkansas most interesting criminal annals.
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Little Rock
Ark
Med
John M. McVay
J. L. Greene
McVay
Calvin
Edward
Bell
Burton Holmes Panama travelogue halted by audience coughs
Burton Holmes' Panama travelogue at Orchestra Hall Chicago was interrupted by persistent audience coughing. The ad urges Faley's Honey & Tar Compound as a remedy for coughs and colds, noting it is sold by all druggists.
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Burton Holmes
Orchestra Hall
Chicago
Faley
Des Moines Woman Sues for Slander in School Scandal
Jennie Steele Huegle, former county superintendent of schools, sues George F. Poorman, special accountant to the board, for 15000 dollars alleging slander. The suit cites Poorman's defamatory statements about Huegle and claims a conspiracy to indict her for an innocent crime.
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Des Moines
Jennie Steele Suegle
George F. Poorman
Board of Supervisors
Huegle
Poorman
Hueglae
Masons to Rage at Indianapolis Big Auto Race Entry Hint
Mason Motor plans may enter three cars in the International Sweepstakes at the Indianapolis speedway on Decoration Day. R Mason announces readiness despite strong European and American rivals. He cites Elgin Milwaukee records as evidence and urges newspaper advertising as a key publicity tool.
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Mason
Indianapolis Brick Speedway
Mason Motor Company
R. Mason
Waterloo
Elgin
Milwaukee
The
Civil Service Commission Letter Warns About Parcel Post Jobs
Postmaster Hubert Law reports a message from John C. Black of Washington D C president of the Civil Service commission. The commission says no big expansion of the parcel post staff is planned and duties will be done by regular postal workers. No special parcel post examinations are planned.
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Hubert Law
John C. Black
Washington, D. C
Civil Service Commission
United States Civil Service Commission
Postal Service
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