Road measure in Iowa legislature eyed for next week
Des Moines report outlines Gill Healy presenting a statewide road bill. Johnston faction backs a plan to abolish the state highway commission, create a state engineer’s office, and shift control to Des Moines. Debate centers on votes, Senate fate, and federal aid loss. Continuous committee work precedes floor action.
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Des Moines
Genera Assembly
Johnston
House
Inca
J .MacFerren
Hamilton
Hall
Taylor Counties
Chase
Frailey
Lee
M. B. Pitt
State Highway Commission
Johnston Road
Senate
Pitt
Highway Commission
State check on funds expended through school boards
Des Moines January 25 Senator Ratcliff of Red Oak proposes extending the municipal accounting department authority to school boards They would be required to provide accounting for millions spent by state funded educational bodies and be checked for business methods by the state accountants The bill aims to cover school boards and demand accountability across 28 councils and commissions statewide.
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Des Moines
State Accounting Department
Iowa
W. C. Ratcliff
Red Oak
Ratcliff
Pontanelle Man Survives 60 Foot Fall And Flooding
Fontance Jan 22 Bread Duckett a Pontanelle man endured a series of jolts as a rope broke while he climbed a 30 foot well platform. He fell 60 feet into water nearly up to his neck where two hatches struck him and his knee was broken. He lay in water for an hour before rescuers arrived and during knee surgery he nearly died but recovery is now expected.
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Fontance
Bread Duckett
Duckett
Senator Seeks School Board Spending Audit
Senator Rateliff argues for checking school boards along with city finances. He notes boards spend millions annually with little scrutiny and urges audits of school board expenditures to ensure accountability.
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Rateliff
I Would Abolish and Consolidate Iowa Offices
Routine business before the Iowa Assembly outlines plans to abolish or consolidate multiple state offices. The Senate considers expanding the Cosson law for removing officials, curbing salary increases, repealing anti lippping provisions, and investigating capitol office conditions for a new building. Other measures push abolishing bee inspectors, fire marshal, and hotel inspector roles, with consolidations across labor, insurance, and education agencies.
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Senate
Taylor
Buchanan County
Cosson
Judiciary Committee
Chiuse
Chase
Railroad Commission
Rule
Mason City
Office of State
Lee
Sac County
State Food and Dairy Department
State
la Mada Bs Food and Dairy
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Aish and Game Department
Dubuque Sees Tremor From Wisconsin Powder Blast
Dubuque residents felt a quake after 1 o clock Monday following a massive blast near New Diggings Wisconsin about 30 miles away. Two foreigners said 2000 pounds of powder and dynamite exploded in a drying powder magazine, causing damages over 20000 dollars and injuries of several people. The shock rattled Dubuque, breaking windows and even lifting shelves. Police mistook the tremor for many hours, and Weather Forecaster Spencer ruled out an earthquake or a comet.
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Dubuque
New Diggings
Wis
Dubughe
Peters
Des Moines Enters Garbage Business
Des Moines will begin municipal garbage collection on April 1 with a new incineration plant. The city council awarded the incinerator contract to I. W. Stokes of Houston and set plans to start construction within 10 days, with completion possible in 60 days if weather permits. Kitchen garbage will fetch 59 cents per ton from Howe and Edwards, while remaining waste goes to the incinerator at about $12 daily.
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Des Moines
I. W. Stokes
Houston
Tex
Superior Garbage Furnace Construction Company
Denver
Dallas
Stokes
E. Howe
R. M. Edwards
Howe
Edwards
State Board of Health
Dubuque Swindler Arrested After Worthless Checks
Jan 23 report says John Meyers fleeced local merchants with bad checks then attempted the scam on East Dubuque saloonkeepers. He boasted of the number of persons he had fleeced and is jailed.
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Dubuque
John Meyers
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Credited By Druggist
A Kirksville Missouri druggist Mr W T Stephenson testifies after twenty years selling Dr Kilmer Swamp Root with no complaints. He praises its use as a laxative and diuretic and notes very good results from its use in his notes dated October 3 1916.
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Dr. Kilmer
Provo What Swamp-Root Will Do For You Ad
Letter to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY offers Swamp Root remedy. Request ten cents for a sample bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. Mention Waterloo Evening Courier. Regular fifty cent and one dollar bottle sold at drug stores.
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Provo
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Waterloo Evening Courier
Eight Hour Law for Women Urged by Equality Club
Des Moines suffragists press in legislature for an eight hour day for women and a minimum wage bill led by State Factory Inspector Rourke. Mrs. Gertude Milner of the Political Equality club champions the cause while critics say southern states lag in protective laws. Des Moines workers report long hours from 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and pay as low as five dollars weekly amid calls for improved wages and working conditions.
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Rourke
Gertude Milner
Political Equality Club
Teddy
Iona
North Carolina
Alabama
Florida
West Virginia
New Mexico
District of Columbia
Porto Rico
Tons of Food Fish Sent From McGregor Area
McGregor and North McGregor shipped about half a million pounds of commercial fish in 1918 with a single dealer handling 300000 pounds and paying fishermen around 20000 dollars. Prairie du Chien commission men bought heavily, pushing the total likely to about a million pounds in a few miles of river, a figure fishermen deem conservative. Despite large harvests, the fish supply shows no decline, with 1916 yields higher than 1918 or 1914. Winter shipments include frozen fish sent south by rail and river traders.
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McGregor
North McGregor
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Mississippi River
Prof Hertzog Praises This Perfect Laxative
Maguist Prof Hertzog of Philadelphia endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for constipation. Article urges mild laxative use over harsh purgatives and notes availability in drug stores for fifty cents, with a free trial bottle offer and a mail order address in Monticello Illinois.
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Hertzog
North
Orianna St
Philadelphia
Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticefio
Illinois
Jute Trade and Pile Cure Advertisements Highlighted
The item notes shipments moving from New York and eastern markets to Chicago and northern cities in summer. It cites a drugstore ad for PAZO OINTMENT promising relief from piles with first use and a money back guarantee. It also estimates the post office will use 2,000,000 pounds of jute twine or 681,818 miles of string enough to circle the earth 27 times.
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New York
Chicago
Clites
Ost
Light-Hearted Women and the Pinkham Remedy
A light hearted woman is a man's joy though health may wane with backaches headaches and nervous strain. Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is touted as the standard remedy for such ailments and praised for bringing happiness to thousands of homes over forty years.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Alkali in Soap Bad for the Hair
An old advertisement warns that soaps and prepared shampoos contain excess alkali that dries the scalp and makes hair brittle. It recommends ordinary magnified coconut oil for regular use, rubbed into wet hair to produce rich lather and thorough cleansing.
Stomach Ailments The Nations Curse Mayr Remedy
Stomach ailments are called the nation s curse in an ad for Mayr s Wonderful Remedy. It claims to cleanse bile and catarrhal deposits, soothe chronic inflammation, and prevent surgery. It promises free stomach ailment book and a money back guarantee if not satisfied, with purchase through Mayr or local druggists.
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Mayr
Mery
Geo
T. Mayr
Mfg
Chicago
K. Joder & Son
Wang+ ler Brown
Nile
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