Record Senate passes 10 bills setting school age and funds
Des Moines reports the Senate adjourned after noon with a record number of ten bills passed. The measures include raising compulsory school attendance age to 16, funding for industrial homes, and a $12,750 monthly limit for the soldiers' home upkeep. A joyride law classifies car theft for joy riding as a misdemeanor. An Iowa schools program for agriculture domestic science and manual training to be taught after July 1 1915 also advanced.
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Senate
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Fayette
Jones
Arney
Marshall
Coles
Petter Fown Schools Commission
Iowa
Klay
State Pharmacy Commission
Ure
First Troops Reach Galveston Mobilization
Galveston Texas February 25 The first company D signal corps arrived for mobilization. Trainloads of soldiers followed as the army transport McClellan docked beside the Sumner and Kilpatrick was due later.
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Galveston
Tex
Company D. Signal Corps
Signal Corps
McClellan
Sumner
Kilpatrick
Fort
Russell
Cheyenne
Woo
Eleventh Infantry
Arthur Williams
D. A. Russell
Clarence R. Edwards
Philippines
New Zealand Journals News Note and Elgin Butter Prices
New Zealand reportedly has 233 daily weekly and monthly periodicals in operation. Elgin US reports butter sales on February 24 with prices 4 dollars 50 cents and 4 dollars 15 cents. Majority pricing sits at 4 dollars 50 cents.
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New Zealand
Elgin
License to wed issued in Waterloo for pair
A license to wed was issued to Sherbert D. Thorn 23 and Ida M. Bussey 18 both of Waterloo. The town also reports a small pox quarantine for Illinois Central engineer William Tully of 428 Dane Trust after contracting the disease in Albert Lea. Thieves stole jewelry worth nearly 500 dollars from a drug store in Oelwein. Mrs Shores sends word from Redland that a rare snowball season delighted locals.
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Sherbert D. Thorn
Ida M. Bussey
Waterloo
Jom. Hackett
A. W. Martqulst
Ottumwa
William Tully
Ilinois
Dane Ktrust
Tully
Albert Lea
Shariff
Maynard
Fayette County
Oelwein
Lomver Bundy
Lyman Eldridge
Commercial Street
Ruthven
Eldridge
Henry Weiss
North Star
Spigot Shown What Means It At Ten Cents Store
A spigot marked ten cents in the display window at Commercial street and Park avenue draws attention. Passersby wonder if the pricing reflects humor or value given current conditions, rather than any rarity of the beverage dispenser.
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Commercial Street
Park Avenue
Bill to regulate passenger service in Iowa legislature
Des Moines February 25 a bill aimed at the Keokuk and Western branch of the Burlington railroad proposes two daily passenger trains as a guaranteed service. The measure, introduced by Representative Stipe of Page county, seeks to ensure reliable rail passenger service.
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Des Moines
Keokuk Ow Western
Burlington Railroad
Iowa
Stipe
Page County
Condition of Dr H W Brown Improves at Home
Dr H W Brown who had been ill in Colfax since December and then at home for over a week showed some improvement this morning and rested well last night. He has practiced in the city for years and many friends await his recovery.
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H.W. Brown
W. H. Brown
Colfax
Brown
Bible motto bequeathed to fund translations abroad
Centerville Iowa February 25 Directing in his will that the words read pray and obey be printed on the seat of every bible Dr Amos Patterson 87 died last week left estate and personal property valued at 60 000 to the American Bible Society for translating the Bible into Chinese Japanese Indian and African languages Patterson was buried today he had traveled extensively in the holy lands
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Centerville
Amos Patteson
Tr. Patterson
Hle
Senate Approves $18 Million Annual Pension in Record Time
Washington February 2 the senate passed an 18 million dollar annual pension bill in twenty five minutes with under fifteen minutes of debate. The measure marks the largest annual pension awarded in government history.
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Washington
Senate
Bovertiedt
First Aid to the Injured Class to Resume Meetings
The First Aid to the Injured class, disbanded for a time, will resume meetings tomorrow evening in the YWCA assembly rooms. Dr. Louise Osten will again lead the class, and members are urged to be present.
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Asseeho
YO WI CI A
Louise Osten
Rev and Mrs Graves Celebrate Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Rev and Mrs R J Graves of the Hirst United Brethren church marked 25 years of marriage with a 12:20 ceremony, 400 guests, and a reception at the parsonage. The couple wed February 25, 1888, in Plymouth Iowa. their children were present and out-of-town relatives attended the celebration. A second ceremony and supper were planned at the church that evening.
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R. J. Graves
Hirst
Angeline George
Birs
P. M. Shriner
W. R. Emmet
Viola Pierce
A. W. Kistner
Nellie A. Lyington
Robert . Graves
Plymouth
Iowa
Erwin Turbett
Toledo
Earl Graves
Neva Graves
Harold and
Dorothy
Wilson resigns New Jersey governorship to be effective March 1
President elect Wilson resigns the New Jersey governorship at 1 o clock, to take effect noon Saturday March 1. He sends the document to Secretary Tumulty and notifies both houses. James Fielder, president of the state senate, will succeed him at the noon ceremony.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
New Jersey
David S. Crater
James Fielder
State Senate
Echo in Doney Case Breckenridge Seeks $600
M. Breckenridge of Idaho files suit in district court to recover 600 dollars on promissory notes against Dora Doxey Whitney. Notes alleged executed at Savannah Tennessee between November 15 1910 and March 8 1912 with Dr L B Doxey as surety.
Ohio Woman Leads Georgia Equal Suffrage Battle
Savannah reports Ohio woman Evelyn Novagon of Cleveland drives Georgia suffrage efforts. She trains Georgia riders and rides with the banner “Votes for Women” as part of a Washington bound parade contingent. The march aims to wake Georgia voters and push for women's rights.
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Ohio
Georgia
Savannah
Washington
Amon
Evelyn Novagon
Cleveland
Savanahaha
Georgiia Woon
Building Porches and Loggias North of Chicago
William A. Radford explains porch and loggia designs seen in Chicago area suburbs. He details definitions, construction ideas, and improvements like glazed sash screens and winter-ready loggias. He notes cement popularity, straight-line porch aesthetics, and the value of solid foundations with basements for small year-round homes.
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Chicago
Lake Shore
North Shore
Ljoggia
Quitoes
Riding Wrong Grizzly in Free Silver Days Tale
Ex-sheriff Jim Brent of Lincoln County New Mexico recounts a tale told to Emerson Hough. A prospector raised and rode a tame grizzly who faced six wild silver tip bears in a canyon. After a brutal melee six bears fell, but the rider realized he was astride one of the wild bears he had killed earlier.
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Jim Brent
Lincoln County
New Mexico
Tio Emerson Hough
Brent
Hough
Grimzly J
Prenuptial Sacrifices
A wry exchange frames a couple's negotiation over marriage with playful refusals and concessions. One vows to give up amok behavior, drinking, and club memberships, while the other concedes the idea of marrying may be off the table.
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Soleil
Church Ises Durango Population and Shoe Consumption
Durango Mexico with around 30000 residents uses about 120000 pairs of shoes annually. The text questions local habits and mentions car usage in the city.
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Ises
Durango
Mexico
Gotham
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