Education Board Completes Bills for State Institutions
Des Moines reports the state board of education held a session with Gardner Cowles present to finalize bills for biennial funding. Net increases total 530,875 dollars over two years, with annual support rising 444,000 dollars. bills to be prepared but not yet ready for presentation. The board of control requests 332,176 dollars in new appropriations for 14 institutions, plus minor legal changes including epileptics colony admissions and custodial oversight. A teachers pension bill proposes a village tax and teacher payments to yield 400 dollars per teacher, with annual pensions from 340 to 600 dollars. Women supporters plan open headquarters during the session and expect the legislature to back suffrage amendments for a state-wide vote.
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Critical Moments Health Tides With Golden Medical Discovery
The ad claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cleanses poisons from the body within 24 hours by stimulating the liver stomach and bowels. It promises to improve skin conditions including pimples and eczema and asserts strong health through purified blood.
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Great Book Free Medical Adviser Offer
Dr Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is newly revised with 1008 pages and is sent free on receipt of two dimes or stamps to cover mailing. Address to Dr Pierce Buffalo NY.
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Judge Wade Will Accept Judgeship
Des Moines Jan 23 Judge Wade of Iowa City may resign the federal judgeship to be state and national party leader. Dr J W Reynolds, chairman of the Democratic state central committee, is mentioned for the national committeeman post if Wade is named to the bench. Mauri ce Connolly of Dubuque is urged as director of the mint to fill the Roberts vacancy at Fort Dodge Iowa with a $15000 salary.
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Fort Dodge
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Abolish Board of Parole Bill Reported to House
Des Moines Jan 28 The bill by Jamison to abolish the parole board and the indeterminate sentence law was reported to the house judiciary committee with two of three sub committee members recommending passage. The full committee voted to pass over consideration until a later meeting. The subcommittee on hotel and judging house keepers bill reported unfavorably, saying the subject is already in statutes. The committee will likely indeterminately postpone both measures as they speed the proper disposition of matters.
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Two Cold Deaths Reported in Iowa Towns
In Emmetsburg James Andre, living alone at Ayrshire, fell on ice while returning from town and fractured his skull. He lay undiscovered until the next day and never regained consciousness, an old settler of the area. In Keokuk near Summitville Burlington resident William Koehler was found frozen and identified by his brother-in-law. The coroner’s jury ruled death from epileptic fit, freezing, and exposure.
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William Koehler
Land Title Forger Is Finally Trapped
Des Moines reports capture of the so-called greatest forger in the world at Waukesha Wisconsin after years of activity since 1898. He allegedly defrauded businessmen across the Mississippi valley and detectives cite over 150000 in recovered funds. Real name believed to be John H Kling, he used numerous aliases.
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Iowa towns face fraudster claiming six figures
A roaming swindler known to victimize residents in six Iowa cities since 1906 fooled realty dealers in Glinton Muscatine Cornell Bluffs Oelwein Sioux City and Dubuque before shifting to Wisconsin. He forged deeds, recorded fake instruments, and borrowed small sums against fake titles, often vanishing for a year before detection. Deputy Sheriff John Sullivan nabbed him at Waukesha for a $200 aim.
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Heavy damage suits filed in Lee County
Keokuk January 23 four damage suits totaling 100000 have been filed in the district court clerk office. William Linton owner of a major transfer and storage concern is sued by W S Flickinger for 25000 alleging assault with a heavy piece of pipe. Mrs Granderson Tall Wilsey sues for 25000 blaming Mrs Kate Williams for alienating her husband. Two suits against the Mississippi River Power Company seek 25000 each over a 1913 launch accident in which four people drowned caused by a shed obstructing the water. A C Miller administrator claims negligence for the company leaving a shed to float and strike the craft. William La Feber seeks 5000 alleging third degree police abuse by the Keokuk police after he was charged with burglary and maligned by officers and others.
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Sam Cochrane
Row To Cure a Lagrippe Cough
Postmaster Collins of Barnegat New Jersey endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for violent lagrippe coughs. He says a dose or less stopped the cough and urges readers to try it, noting druggists everywhere carry the product.
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Art of Singing Aptly Defined in Courier Song Book Pitch
A Courier notice extols singing as voice work aided by good ear and practice. It promotes the song book Songs That Never Grow Old, listing seven themed volumes with sentimental, comic, college, patriotic, and international songs and portraits of famed vocalists. Readers are invited to clip a certificate to order.
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Socials and visits mark La Porte City week
Miss Ruth Struble hosted a china party with Bertha Gardner and Fre d Head to come wedding plans. Local ladies held M E church social events, sewing and games followed by two course luncheons. Wallace Koons departed for Chicago after visits with family, and Mrs W H Bahr joined Maude Mitchell for a Christian church meeting in Bran don.
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Purify the Biles Catarrh Remedy Promises Quick Cleanse
Ad text touts a purified blood formula claimed to cure chronic catarrh by cleansing the system. It asserts catarrh affects mucous surfaces and organs, promising rapid relief from nasal congestion sore throat and bad breath with one bottle of S S S. Prepared by The Swift Specific Co of Swift Run Atlanta Ga, offering free medical advice via its department.
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Fishermen oppose proposed pole fishing rule debate grows
In Bellevue on January 2, residents critique State Fish and Game Warden Win shiw’s recommendations to the governor. They oppose licensing pole and line fishing and a ban on nets, arguing it harms poor families who rely on summer fish meals and widow households with many children. Public comment also questions size and quantity limits and the impact on traditional fishing practices.
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Cadillac Supports City Manager Plan Over Charter Change
A letter from Attorney Flo Cudney to Charles Vleck outlines Cadillac Michigan adopting a city manager form with five commissioners and a general manager. The plan eliminates most boards, retains library and cemetery boards, and calls for nonpartisan nomination by petition. The author argues the proposed system ensures representation and prevents power concentration, stating residents would not revert to the old charter.
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Canvass of Salien Petition Adjourned to 1915 Hearing
The canvass timeline for a Salien petition is unsettled with adjournment taken last evening. A date of ten days after filing for a hearing by the county board is noted, while work to procure withdrawals may begin once the petition is filed and the board approves the currency of the statement.
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Conty Board
Auto Driver Injured In Grocery Truck Incident
A motortruck driver, Earl Cone grocery, was injured when a brake date backfired as the engine cranked, breaking her right forearm. The incident occurred during vehicle operation at the Earl Cone grocery, with board members reporting recovery and noting a ten day limit for publication.
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Gentle Cascarets Ad Promises Clean Liver And Bowels
An old advertisement touts 10 cent Cascarets as a remedy for headaches and bilious stomach issues. It claims gentle cleansing overnight, pleasant taste for children, and no grog or sickness, promising a clear head and sweet stomach for months.
Petition and saloon tax schedule potential changes
The petition if found valid would take effect before March. The mule tax is payable in quarterly installments on January, April, July, and October. If the board finds the petition sufficient by early March and saloons reopen, saloonmen would owe no quarterly tax for only a few days of the quarter remaining to operate.
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