Pass Bill Against Railway Trespass Sparks Legislative Activity
Des Moines Ia March 17 Special the senate paused the bill making it misdemeanor for any person to trespass on railroad right of way within city units The measure aims to curb hoboes in yards and on trains with statistics showing more deaths from trespass than from wrecks Members urge action as only a month remains in the session The Pickford education bill passed by the house proposes state aid for rural schools teaching agriculture home economics and trades with 500 per room levels and caps on per room aid to promote school consolidation and expansion future aid restricted for schools not already on state normal aid
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Iowa
Pickford
Iowa Iamestead
James M. Pierce
Hatpin Accident Tied to Legislation After Fatal Wound
James A. Sinclair former head of the Caledonian society died after an inquest found a decedent hatpin incident caused blood poisoning. The case influenced a legislation banning unguarded hatpins extending beyond the crown. Sinclair and Mrs. Jessie Green attended a Dec 7 party when his head touched Green s hatpin. He died Dec 15.
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Boston
James A. Sinclair
The
Caledonian Society
Ely
Sinclair
Jessie Green
Lady Nellie Colantha Sets Michigan Dairy Record
Marquette Michigan March 17 Lady Nellie Colantha a Holstein cow at Emblagaard dairy farm owned by John M Longyear has completed a year with 22 710.8 pounds of milk and 948.94 pounds of butter in 865 days she is 4 years old and her milk yield sets Michigan and national records for a senior 4 year old cow with only one senior 4 year old surpassing her.
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Marquette
Mich
Nellie Colantha
Emblagaard
John M._Wongyear
Michigan
New York
Saloon Petition Appeal Set for April 1 Hearing
Hearing on the saloon petition appeal likely starts April 1 before the new judge to replace Judge Ransier. The Bekiares murder trial may extend into next week, delaying the appeal before Ransier’s March 31 departure. Tax payments due April 1 prompt saloonmen to seek early ruling on sufficiency.
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Ransier
Bekiares
Local Notes From Washburn District March 15
Dan Metcalf and wife return from St Paul after a visit. W Klein of Sheldon Ill visits his brother John Klein. A brother in law from Troy Grove Ill visits. Mrs Chas Markle ill with typhoid fever improving. Dr Hough of Waterloo duck hunting locally. Mr and Mrs Jake Lillig Gilbertville visit daughter Mrs W Erpelding. Luther Heichel hauls milk to Orange Creamery three loads weekly and lives on his farm again. His son moved from near Hudson to the old McKellar farm. W Burger plastering for Mr Strifert. John Over and Nick Kemp stock buyers went to Chicago with three carloads. Residents attend Klein and Mullen funerals at Eagle Center.
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Jake Lillig
Gilbertville
W. Erpelding
Luther Heichel
Orange Creamery
Mr. Heichel
Hudson
McKellar
Chicago
Klein and Mullen
Eagle Center
Horticultural Extension Goes on Wheels to Southern Iowa
A liberal section of Iowa State College horticultural experts will tour southern Iowa in April using a Burlington special car with exhibits pruning tools spraying gear and pest control materials. They will visit 10 to 12 fruit growing communities offering two to three hour orchard demonstrations at nearby farms. Hugh Webster 1912 graduate becomes associate editor of the Northwestern Agriculturist in Minneapolis.
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Ames
Horticultural Department
Iowa State College
Iowa
Burlington Railway
Hugh Webster
Northwestern Agriculturist
Northwest
Minneapolis
P. W. Collins, Publishing Co
Webster
Iowa Agriculturist
Infant Son Dies at Four Months in Chautauqua Park
Yesterday afternoon at 1 30 oclock death claimed the four month old infant son of Mr and Mrs Thom as Dunn at their home in Chautauqua Park. The child had been ill for weeks and the funeral was held at 2 30 this afternoon from the home with Rev M G Munn officiating. Interment followed in Elmwood cemetery.
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Thomas Dunn
Chautauqua Park
M. G. Munn
Elmwood Cemetery
Traffic in Flesh and Blood
An old advertisement claims hard work harms women and promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for headaches backaches nervousness and mood troubles, suggesting the remedy makes work and life more pleasant and worthwhile.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
First Agricultural Engineer Opens Practice in Iowa
E. Cable, 1910 Iowa State College graduate and former extension lecturer, becomes the first U.S. agricultural engineer to hang out his shingle. He will practice in Waterloo and Black Hawk County, aiding farmers with farm siting, buildings, machinery, and drainage. The department head predicts many more consulting agricultural engineers will follow.
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Anes
Marc
Iowa
Towa
Iowa State College
E. ¥. Cable
United States
J. B. Davidson
Department of Engineering and Agriculture
Adelaide Thurston to star in The Love Affair at Waterloo
Adelaide Thurston arrives Friday at Waterloo under Francis X. Hope in a new Frederick Paulding comedy The Love Affair set in a Newport style summer home on Jones Island New York. The play centers on Mary Bishop amid a tale of love opposing domestic chaos and social satire.
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Adelaide Thurston
Waterloo
Miss Thurston
Francis X. Hope
Frederick Paulding
John Savage
Jone Island
New York
Mary Bishop
Mary Bishop Shines in Thurston Role
In a firm and decided performance Miss Thurston as Mary Bishop commands the stage through tense and comic scenes. Critics note her career peak includes this striking portrayal and the show’s lively reception highlights her strength in the role.
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Hhe
Mary Bishop
Miss Thurston
Well to do youth and companion at a Chicago restaurant
Kent Cooper recalls observing a well to do young man and a young woman at a Chicago restaurant. The man ordered a cigar and coffee while the woman giggled and refused a cigar. The exchange included playful banter about cookies and pockets, ending with a humorous note from Youth's Companion.
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Kent Cooper
Chicago
Bertie
County Officers Seek Higher Pay for Deputies and Recorders
Recorders across 75 counties press for deputy salaries to be paid by the county and for recorders in small counties to rise from 1200 to 1400 dollars. A Des Moines meeting of auditors clerks sheriffs and recorders discussed salary changes but rapid legislative ending may limit gains.
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Plummer
Des Moines
The Forty Year Test of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
The article touts Chamberlain’s Cough remedy first offered in 1872 and claims forty years of world wide popularity. It asserts the medicine both relieves and cures coughs and colds and is sold by all dealers.
Tramp’s Kindness Saves Harrod From Freezing
Rapid City March 17. The kindness of a tramp saved J. H. Harrod from freezing to death after he was found lying on the railroad east of St. Paul. Harrod was suffering from severe exposure and danger of hypothermia when rescued.
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Rapid City
J. H. Harrod
Harrod
Chicago, Darlington & Quincy Railroad
St. Paul
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