Assembly Works to Beat Out Lifting Program
Des Moines reports the legislature advancing key probes and bills. The Rathbun inquiry and Ida Grove grand jury remand, push for pardon hearings, and potential repeal of grand jury secrecy loom. Secretary of State scrutiny and salary equalization bills advance, with Perkins law extension for gratis hospital care pending governor. Memorial building bonds and local option provisions also move forward.
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Des Moines
Laws
Rathbun
Departmental Affairs
Senate
Assembly
J. L. Kennedy
Sioux City
Ida Grove
Charles Hamilton
House
T. PF. Harrington
House Judiciary Committee
Ida County
House Committee
Secretary of State
Holdoegel
W. 5
Allen
State House
State University Hospital
Iowa City
Haskell-Klaus
Haskell
Linn County
Klaus
Delaware
Wichman
J. E. Wichman
Hancock County
Boards of Supervisors
House Way Senate
Wormley
Plymouth County
Davidson
Page
Food destruction declared illegal in house measure
Des Moines March 17 The Town house of representatives Friday afternoon passed a Will by Epps of Wapello county aimed at prohibiting wilful destruction or wastage of food. It cleared the house by 65 to 0 with Epp noting the law targets wholesalers accused of destroying produce to keep prices high. Penalty for violation set at a $1000 fine or one year in jail or both.
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Des Moines
Town House of Representatives
Epps
Wapello
Epp
Iowa Power Plants Reach 325 in 1917 From 225 in 1912
Preliminary quinquennial figures supervised by A G Hartley show Iowa power stations growing across 1912 and 1917 with 325 stations in 1917, 176 new establishments since 1912, and a large rise in total power output. Electric service accounted for most revenue. dynamo capacity rose 246.6 percent. current generated up 815.3 percent with the Keokuk plant boosting output and regional distribution.
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Iowa
Washington, D. C
Central Electric Lght
Agene F. Hartley
Mississippi River
Kyokuk
Jawa
Keokuk
Towa
Army man talks Brest hardships and waste in mud
Cedar Rapids veteran G M Clark, ex member of Company I, 162nd Regiment, Sunset division, describes Brest as a hellhole. He alleges deadly mud, poor clothing, wasted uniforms, and humane treatment issues under camp officers. Clark recalls long details, bare tents, rain, and pneumonia deaths, urging cleanup before more boys die.
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Cedar Rapids
Brest
G. M. Clark
162Nd Regiment
Clark
Camp Dodge
Persblog
United States
France
Bone Rollers Pick Wrong Hotel Room in Fort Dodge
Four young men from Fort Dodge Iowa are accused of entering the wrong hotel room and being pinched by Havnerites in a March incident. Police report details are sparse but indicate a mistaken room intrusion led to an altercation and subsequent charges. Local authorities investigate the event as a misidentification dispute with no severe injuries reported.
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Wagmer
Fort Dodge, ‘In
Fatal shooting at Hopkinton home leaves teen dead
A quarrel at the George Huggins house near Hopkinton resulted in 18 year old Jesse Gray being fatally shot and Mrs George Huggins sustaining a hand wound. The incident occurred on March 17. Local authorities are investigating the deadly event.
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Gray
George Uuggles
Jesse Gray
Huggins
Hopkinton
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Courier
America
Fairview Cemetery
H. W. Grout
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W. McFarlane
Invincible
Tom Moore
Chicago
Milwaukee
Rockford
Myers-Cox CO
Dubuque
Towa, Distributors
Castoria Mierda
Hansen & Hansen
J. Miller
Arti
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