Committee Chairmanships Stir Iowa General Assembly
Des Moines AP reports Iowa's139th general assembly debates large chairmanships and a sweeping plan to cut standing committees. Hammill backs senate Ways and Means chair. Andersen may lead House Judiciary, with Moen likely head of Ways and Means and Clark eyed for judiciary again. A radical shakeup would slim committees to core boards and majors, removing many legacy panels.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Lowa House
Senate
Wortieth General Assembly
John Hammill
J. H W. Anderson
Wichman
Judiciary
Smith
Madison
Hancock
Hammuill
Dutcher
Johnson
Wiehman
Hammil
Committee On Appropriations
Depesters
Cessna
Powesbiek
Holdvegel
Calhoun
Mantz
Audubon
Newberry
Clayton
Scott
Marshall
Stoddard
Woodbury
House
McClune
Anderson
Soldier's Orphan’s Home
Institute For the Feeble Minded
Hospital For the Insane
Penitentiaries
Agricultural College
State University
Normal Schools
Schools For the Deaf
College For the
Ehiict
Board of Control
Burial for Mrs. Rebecca Roe Arrives in Waterloo
The body of Mrs. Rebecca Roe who died in Seattle arrived in Waterloo with her daughter Mrs. George Wright. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at O Keefe and Towne, with a G A R ritual and a temporary mausoleum placement at Fairview. Surviving children include Mrs. Leta Dull Seattle Mrs. Wright Waterloo Fred Roe Texas Sherman Roe Denver Cole and Mrs. Ethel Simmons Tacoma plus fourteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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Rebecca Roe
Seattle
Wash
Waterloo
George Wright
Walnut
O’keefe & Towne Funeral
A. B. Gurran
Lincoln Circle
Fairview
Roe
West Virginia
Charles E. Roe
Leta Dull
Wright
Seatlle
Dull
Mes.right
Fred Roe
Texas
Sherman C. Roe
Denver
Cole
Ethel Simmons
Tacomia
King-Marson Post Reschedules Meeting
King-Marson Rainbow Veterans will meet at Memorial Hall next Monday evening to avoid clashing with the American Legion play Hathleen. The regular date, January 22, conflicts with one of the show nights.
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King-Marson Fost
American Legion
Hathleen
King-Marson Post
Rainbow Veterans
Memorial Hall
The Charm of Paris and Its Quiet Pleasures
A reflective portrait of Paris offering rest amid bustle. The piece extols parks like Bois de Boulogne, river quays, and market mornings, contrasting American visitors’ thrill with locals’ art of loafing. It highlights cafés, book stalls, Notre Dame views, Montmartre temptations, and free lectures as Parisian strengths.
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Paris
Montmartre
Farmers in Iowa File Bankruptcy Petitions
George W. Lynch, a Morrison farmer in Grundy county, files for bankruptcy through Waterloo attorney, listing debts of 29,910 and assets of 8,115 with 1,145 exempt. Assets include livestock, implements, and household goods. no real estate. Debts largely unsecured, with 71 priority claims and 360 dues for labor. Herman N. Benson, another farmer in New Hartford, also petitions, owing 4,126 with 823 secured by a mortgage on five horses. Assets total 2,792.55, with 2,289.65 in reversion from livestock sale proceeds. 260 exempt.
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George W. Lynch
Morrison
Grundy County
Waterloo
J. B. Jordan
Iowa
Brelainsors
Rose Lynch
Pollard
Grundy
William Goodfellow
la Porte City
Herman N. Benson
New Hartford
Jordan
Funeral rites for Frederick B Coleman at Petersen Bros.
Funeral services for Frederick Brown Coleman will be held at 10 a m Monday at Petersen Bros chapel with Rev Williamson officiating. Burial follows in Elmwood. Funeral services for Miss Vivian Pettice are set for 9 a m tomorrow at Petersen Bros chapel conducted by Rev R N McDonald with burial in Elmwood.
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Prederick Brown Coleman
Frederick Brown Coleman
Petersen Bros Chanel
Rev. R. &. Williamson
Elmwood
Hearings on Veterans Ratings Continue at Waterloo
B J Wieland and Quarles Pur mott of Waterloo War Veterans Bureau returned from Mason City where they aided a hearing for service men claiming disability and whose ratings were unsatisfactory. The session mirrored an earlier local hearing conducted by district officials and led by Dr Edward Robinson and J B Cooper. Thirty men were listed by the local Red Cross.
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B. J. Wieland
Quarles Purmott
Waterloo
War Veterans’ Bureau
Mason City
Dureru Offelals
Edward Robinson
Rating Board
J. BE. Cooper
Claims Board
Red Cross
Centenarian F Wichman Recalls Waterloo Roots
Frederick Wichman, born 1823 in Hanover, Germany, turned 100 last Monday and lives with a daughter in Garner Iowa after years in Waterloo. A former cigarmaker and German immigrant, he recalls sailing in the North Sea, overland California history, and voting Republican, while preparing for a final heavenly home with daily Bible passages and pastoral visits. Local residents remember him at 219 Clay Street and he still reflects on Kaiser era memories. Marriage licenses listed: Charles W Greer and Hooth, both of Waterloo.
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Frederick Wichman
Waterloo
FL Wichman
Fred Wichman, Jr
The
Smith
Lichty
Hill- Tman Co
John H. Wichman
J. H. Goawiller
J. &. Wichman
Garner
Mr. Wichman
Clay Street
Germany
Ian-Over
North Sea
America
New Orleans
Wichman
St. Louis
Galena
Frederick, Jr
Watertoo
California
Ile
Rev Perry to Lead Plymouth Congregational Church
Rev Perry, who will finish his course to Chicago and be ordained in Kentucky, will move to Witterloo to assume permanent pastorate of Plymouth Congregational Church in Anng. Announcement made at church meeting by Superintendent William Flaggastly and John Fails. Congregation approved the appointment. Plymouth has had no resident pastor since Rasamand W Cross resigned last year. A weekly supply will continue until the new minister arrives. Officers elected: Pink trustee, Teach deacon, Senuice, Weeks clerk, John Cundiff treasurer.
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Vavald . Perry
Chicago
Witterloo
Hionth Congregational Church
Anng
William Flagglgastly
Me. Perry
Plymouth Church
Rasamand
Teach
Deauon
Ars
John Cundiff
Oelwein Man Picked Up On Hoqch Charge
State prohibition agent fl M Stover and allies drop warning. John Stevenson of Oelwein is picked up for bootlegging. He is accused of gathering and transferring a charge to deliver to thirsty residents. Sheriff T Wagner of Oelwein takes charge of the enforcement.
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Oelwein
Official Birth Record Fragment Incoherent Text
A garbled birth record fragment lists names and relations in a damaged 19th or early 20th century style. The text mentions Me and Mes, several surnames, locations like Wellington street, and dates in a sequence that suggests family entries, but most details are unreadable.
Mosquitoes Mafia and a Spring Lake Mystery
In a tangled tale set around Mosquito Lake in early spring, Cornelia Langley and her chums face threats from a scheming ex-chum and a camphor bottle mystery. A tense sequence unfolds as warnings, betrayal, and a pivotal discovery drive Cornelia to confront a hidden foe amid jealous rivals.
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Cornelia Langley
Mosquito Lake
Exchium
Maganito Lake
Cornetia
Cornelia
Corgelia
Ceara
Frei Bane Palmer
Carnelian
Corkeda
Rowtighus
Carmelia
Entacla
Indictment of Portland Bank Officials T: Gruwell Named in Insolvent Deposit Case
Portland grand jury return indictments against former State Bank of Portland officials including RB. T. Gruwell once a pastor in the Upper Iowa Methodist Episcopal Conference. Indictments allege deposits accepted while the bank was insolvent. Friends of Rev. Gruwell here report news from Portland dispatches.
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Lampton
Portland
Ore
State Bank of
RB. T. Gruwell
Upper Iowa
Methodist. Episcopal
Gruweil
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