Iowa Debates Code Revision and State Commission Plans
The article outlines Speaker Pitt's program for the General Assembly including passage of a bill to create a three member governor appointed code revision commission to work with the governor and Iowa Supreme Court. It also seeks approval for a special commission of fifteen members to investigate duplication of state offices, delay adjournment to allow reports, and later erect a monument to General Grenville M. Dodge with a paid, no salary commission authorized to solicit subscriptions and select monument location.
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Iown Supreme Court
Menor
Grenville M. Dodge
Monuyment
Abolish Millage Tax Vote Could End All Tax Confusion
Des Moines reports a proposed bill by Representative James Weaver to end the millage system. The measure would require budgets and fixed levies, forcing officials to present dollars and cents rather than tax riddles. It aims to stop inflated levies from rising with property valuations and make taxation clear to the public.
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Des Moines
Jamey G. Weaver
Des Maoines
Boards of Review
State Executive Council
Board of Review
Executive Council
Weaver
Revision and consolidation codes debated in Iowa legislature
Speaker M B Pitt warns against piecemeal code revision and urges a three member revision committee with the governor and supreme court input. A joint session after study could finalize reports with no extra cost. Separately union labor and employers clash over an anti injunction measure as Danbury Hatters cited. Grant Hamilton to present arguments at joint judiciary committee meeting. Senator Clement F Kimball proposes a commission to solicit subscriptions and locate support for a monument to Gen Dodze.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
M. B. Pitt
Supreme Court
Iowa
Grant Hamilton
Washington, D. C
Legislative Committee
American Federation of Labor
House Judiciary Committees
Danbury Hatters
Hamilton
Colorado
Denver
Gen. Dodze
Clement F. Kimball
Full February Meeting Program For Des Moines Editors
Des Moines editors announce a full February meeting program with speakers from George Ade to Paul Faust, five hundred editors expected, including sessions at Savery and banquet at Chamberlain hotel, plus tours for ladies and addresses by state officials and press leaders.
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Des Moines
Jan
H.C. Hotaling
Nationalisteria! Associa ‘Thon
Paul E. Faust
Town Press Association
Hanquet
Chamberlain Hotel
Greater
Hf. G. Larimer
Charlton
Iowa
the Savery Hotel
G. L. Caswell
Lowa Press Association
Banking Department proposed as separate state unit in Iowa
Des Moines Jan 25 A legislative push seeks to detach the state banking department from the auditor's office and create a standalone state department with backing from the Iowa Bankers Association though no formal action has been taken. A house banking bill by Bruce would extend savings bank laws to state banks.
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Des Moines
State Banking Department
Auditor’s Office
Department of State
Iowa Bankers’ Association
House Committee On Banking
Bruce
Pocshontas County
Gilbert
Marshall County
Bank Bookkeeper on Trial at Clarinda
Guy Brent former bookkeeper for Clarinda Trust & Savings bank faces embezzlement charges in district court. Brent was arrested after the bank cashier Spry died by his own hand last summer and left a letter blaming Brent’s defalcations for the humiliation he endured. A large legal team signals sensational possible developments. Brent had promised to testify on the witness stand. Woman loses arm in accidental shotgun shooting by her husband at What Cheer. arm amputated after injury.
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Clarinda
Guy Brent
Clarinda Trust & Savings Bank
Brent
Tiy
Spry
Als
Walter Chapman
Third Regiment to Come Home First
Des Moines reports the Third Regiment with brigade headquarters officers and attached men will be the first to return from the border. After mustering out these troops the Iowa Cavalry field hospital and ambulance corps will follow, likely en route by January 30. Colonel E R Bennett says he will review the troops with Governor Harding and the legislature on their return, expecting Des Moines arrival about February 5.
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Des Moines
Logan
Barry
Chicago
Iowa Cavairy
Ambulance Corps
Iowa
R. Bennett
Third
Iowa Infantry
Harding
Bennett
Bale of Chester White Hogs Sold at Tracy Farm
The annual Bale of Chester White hog sale at J. B. Tracy & Sons farm near Greene attracted 46 head sold for an average of 64.48 dollars per hog. The top price paid reached 135 dollars.
Speculators Urged in Livestock Marts Across Cities
Des Moines reports Chas O Cessna telling Corn Belt Meat Producers association that speculators in Omaha Kansas City and Chicago are a necessity to meat producers. He notes most stock moves through speculators and that elimination would not raise producer profits.
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Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
Chicago
Chas
O. Cessna
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Jeenbat
Convent Inspection Bill Again For State Oversight
Des Moines January 25 Representative E D Rayburn of Poweshiek will reintroduce a bill to require annual state inspection of all secular institutions housing inmates or pupils. The measure aims to place Catholic convents schools and homes under state supervision and report to the state board of control. It passed the house last session but died in the senate with 68 yes votes and 28 absent.
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Des Moines
E. D. Rayburn
Poweshlek
State Board of Control
House
Senate
Steele gains lead in eleventh Iowa district contest
Sioux City reports Congressman Tom Steele now leads by 75 votes on unofficial counts in the eleventh Iowa district. Steele, a Democrat of the Sixty-fourth Congress, contests the election as Republican George C. Scott, elected to the Sixty-fifth, calls for a district recount. Scott has requested a statewide recount of Sioux City precincts.
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Sioux City
Tom Steele
Iowa
Steele
Scott
George C. Scott
Captain Fred A. Gallup Shot Himself After Dismissal
Boone January 25 A report says Captain Fred A Gallup son of W H Gallup Boone a former pioneer editor shot himself at Newport News Virginia He was badly wounded but had a chance of recovery The act followed his dismissal from the army over topographical maps made with outside aid An appeal to President Wilson failed to reverse the court martial finding Gallups mind believed unbalanced by hard work and overstudy
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Boone
Fred AW. Gallup
W. H. Gallup
Pioneer
Newport News
Gallup
Wilson
Tragic Kansas case slowly unfolds in Memoir of Estella Spellman
A Kansas tragedy in Miami county near Pendleton is revealed as Capper's Weekly reports the death of Mrs. Estella Spellman and critical injuries to her 14 year old daughter Hazel. Authorities investigate a possible mother daughter murder suicide after a note is found and questions about a secret past emerge. The couple were seen at a school then drove toward a wooded area where the bodies were found and the mystery deepens.
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Estella Spellman
Bremer County
Miami County
Kan
Capper's Weekly
Kansas
Ibsen
Hazel
Pendleton
Spellman
Mrs. Spellman
Self Cure After Rupture Ends Long Seafaring Risk
Captain Collings spent many years at sea before a severe double rupture confined him ashore and bedridden for years. After failed doctors and numerous trusses, he was advised to dangerous surgery or death. He chose and achieved a cure on his own with remedy and rock.
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Collings
Truss
Driverless Spellman buggy found after Paola murder rumor
The Spellman horse and buggy was found unattended in the road two hours after the carriage disappeared. Investigators later recovered the body of the mother and the wounded daughter near the old barn, as speculation grew that Mrs. Spellman shot her daughter.
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Spellman
Paola
Swamp Root Ad Promises Kidney Health Relief
An advertisement urges readers to try Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder troubles noting common symptoms such as back ache and fatigue plus a sample bottle offer by enclosing ten cents. It claims widespread success and directs readers to purchase bottles and mail order details from Binghamton New York.
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Binghamton, N
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N.Y
Waterloo Evening Courier
Kimer
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