Prohibition Amendment Spurs Early Iowa Special Election
Des Moines reports debate over a corrected prohibition constitutional amendment to be voted on in a special October election after approval by the Senate and governor. House plans a June 27 date, but farmers deem it too busy. The Equal Suffrage resolution gains committee momentum as banking and sales bills advance, and a bulk sales law reform aims to protect creditors amid disease risk in livestock.
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Iowa
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le Compta
Lucas County
Cornell to Open Campaign for Six Hundred Thousand
An Associated Press notice reports a gift of 190,900 to Cornell College Mt. Vernon through Rockefeller funds as the first step in a 600,000 campaign. President Flint says plans outline building a science hall and advancing endowment with the remainder for other campus needs over the next 12 to 15 months.
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Jolly Tars Reunion After Twenty Years Of Separation
Four sailors who served on a U S naval cruiser met in Fort Dodge after a 20 year separation. McKenna, Shatzer, Fever, and Foster reunited in a saloon on lower Venysl avenue, toasted with a quarter each, and planned to meet again in Omaha where McKenna is a top drug company stockholder. Foster sailed to Yuma, La Fever worked as a machinist in Davenport, and Shatzer was missing during the reunion. The group headed to Omaha to continue their gathering before returning to their respective homes.
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New York City
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Yuma
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Davenport
Louise Shatzer
Popular Elections of County School Superintendents
Des Moines report on the push to elect county school superintendents by popular vote. The House committee on schools and textbooks votes 21 to 4 to favor Rep. Merediths H. B. 2b for passage after debate. Current method uses a convention of township school presidents.
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Accretion Land Suit in Sioux City Decrees Hall Ownership
Judge W c Sears rules August Galles has no claim to accreted land at rear of M Hall properties near Sergeant Bluff. About 200 acres formed by Missouri River shift. area between extensions of Hall farm lines awarded to Hall. Galles argued land attached to his farm line and rear of Hall lot.
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Strief Oil owner files schedule in receiver case
Sioux City Jan 31 Harry J Strief president of the Strief Oil company filed a schedule of assets and liabilities in answer to a petition for a receiver in federal court by Muskogee Oil Refining company G Armstrong and La Velle Hogan Strief lists liabilities at 14 801 651 and assets at 25 238 72 Notes to J H Strief total 15 960 83 shown in the schedule
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LaVelle & Hogan
Striet
J. H. Striet
Prison Team Up Liberty Denied Hunter to Insanity Hospital
A. M. Hunter, 14 years in state reformatories, spent much of his sentence in solitary at Fort Madison. The Mount Ayr murder case of 1903 drew wide attention as Hunter killed college student Holland after a night of gambling. Insanity commission found Hunter suffered egotistical insanity, denying liberty and sending him to Independence Hospital.
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Fork Madison
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Holland
Mount Ayr
Iowa
Tranter
White
Drake University
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Pheen
Jones County Insanity Commission
Harry K. Thaw
Independence
Fort Dodge Gas Franchise Denied by Citizens
Fort Dodge residents rejected the Fort Dodge Gas and Electric company's proposed franchise by a vote of 170 to oppose. The plan aimed to grant the firm authority to conduct gas and electric operations in the city.
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California Syrup of Figs Advertisement Promises Quick Cure
An old style ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims to cleanse the liver and bowels, relieve symptoms of illness, and restore a happy, playful child with a 50 cent bottle. It urges asking druggists for the genuine product.
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Fort Dodge Franchise Voters Count and Timing
The text notes a business in Fort Dodge operating for 26 years and a franchise expiring in 1921. Of 1971 total votes, 60 percent cast, with 19 blanks or disputed ballots, leaving 195 percent. Registered voters total 3800.
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Inmate Peddles Booze at Mission as Preacher Prays
Sioux City report recalls Rev George L Search at Helping Hand mission where Pat O Kelly 23 was found with whiskey in his hotel room. O Kelly admitted selling liquor to two men at a pool hall and faced $300 bail. he pled guilty later, promising to quit drinking and seeking work at the mission.
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Sioux City
George L. Search
Pat O'Kelly
My. Search
O'Kelley
Hhis
Stey
Search
O'Kelly
O’kelly
Ole T. Nagelstad
Mr. Search
O’kally
Mission Hotel
Fire Insurance Rating Law Sure of Repeal
Des Moines January 41 The fire insurance rating law faces repeal as Senator Lytle of Woodbury county introduces a bill to repeal. He claims house opposition exceeds seven votes against the current law and senate support for repeal exceeds 33, signaling majority in both chambers. Lytle says insurance interests push to keep the law while many lawmakers have ties to insurers.
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Lytle
Woodbury County
House
Senate
Fire Insurance Rates Shielded by New Law Debate
Senator Lytle argues repeal of the old fire rating law, noting the Cedar Rapids bureau published 1.05 per thousand yet many policies were written as low as 50 to 70 cents. Now rates are 96 cents for all, a shift praised by supporters and criticized as a hidden rate hike affecting teachers like a Stout City schoolteacher with a small property.
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Lytle
Cedar Rapids Bureau
Stout City
Senator Frailey and Lytie Work on Fire Rating Law Revival
Lea county Senator Frailey and Senate committee chairman Lytie push to repeal the fire rating law. The measure, likely to be reported out favorably in a few days, faces insurance implications and may include key testimonies and prior committee actions.
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Lea County
Lytie
Senate
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