Iowa Assembly Delays Big Bills Amid Rathbun Probe
Des Moines report notes the Thirty-eighth General Assembly faces extended sessions as the Rathbun pardon inquiry and Senate Departmental Affairs probe absorb time. Key items include the road bill, final Dean bill action, automobile registration, and primary reform measures. Labor bills and workmen compensation remain on the agenda with House and Senate committees preparing reports for action.
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Des Moines
Thirty-eighth
General Assembly
Rathbun
Senate Committee
Secretary of State
House
Kimball
Senate
Pitt
Kimbali
Temple of Justice
Hadeen
House Judicary Committee
Iowa
House of Representatives
Assembly
Counly
State House
Legislature Moves on Key Bills and Suffrage Try
The house elections committee reported out a measure with an amendment restoring railroad commissioner nominations to the primary and other changes. A Sunday closing law revision is tied to the beverage laws, and primary woman suffrage passed the house but failed in the senate with reconsideration pending. Workers compensation, housing, and labor measures loom, signaling a busy session ahead.
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House
House Elections Committee
Senate
Booze Seizures Mark Busy Fort Dodge Court Term
Fort Dodge reports a record term as the district court processed liquor law offenses. Judge Fryugat shut down three leading drug stores over beverage sales, with two stores still under indictment for liquor nuisance. About 1,000 pints of whisky seized and to be destroyed. 340 pints valued at about $3,000 were seized from Albert Jean shipments to Kort Dodge, with packages found after a bottle broke. Discovery led to the seizure. H. M. Martin remains unlocated.
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Fort Dodge
District Court
Hon
Kort Dodge
Albert Jlea
Minn
H. M. Maritin
Sioux City Council Boosts Gas Rate 10 Cents Per 1000 Feet
Sioux City Iowa March 4 City council passes ordinance raising gas rates 10 cents per 1 000 cubic feet. Councilmen Mann Malone and Lewis vote yes while the mayor and Michelstetter vote no. Mayor’s motion to postpone fails. Crowd criticizes action without voter approval despite counsel Kennedy saying it would be illegal.
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Sioux City
Broans
Mann
Malone
Lewis
Michelstetter
Council Chamber
J. L. Kennedy
Leon Boy Demonstrates Coolness Unde Une
On March 24 Donald Scull, age 1, son of Mr and Mrs M S Scull, alerted a fire at the south school basement. He rang the fire bell, helped classmates evacuate, and signaled the fire station before the blaze could worsen. The fire department arrived and saved the building with minor damage to the baggage room.
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J.gou
Donald
T Ales
M. Scull
Leon
I Walk 25 Miles to Enlist in Navy but Is Too Light
Davenport Iowa March 24 To walk 25 miles to enlist in the Navy and be turned away by a recruiter David M Henley of Wilton Junction 19 years old weighed just 97 pounds though he was nearly 5 feet 6 inches tall He would have needed 126 pounds to qualify He left with instructions on how to gain weight The notice ends with an unrelated promotional snippet about farming books and welfare bills Fort Dodge Fort Dodge Courier Fort Dodge Ia March 24
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Davenport
Iwalk
Navy
David IV. Henley
Wilton Junction
Altho
Northwest Iowa Teachers Association backs welfare, wage, suffrage
The Northwest Iowa Teachers Association, in session last week, endorsed Senator Greenell's bill to create a welfare association for teachers. Lee also backed the minimum wage bill and woman suffrage. The teachers opposed repealing the cigarette law.
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Northwest
Iowa Teachers’ Association
Greenell
Lee
Cadomene Tablets Promote Nervous Health Says Ad
An advertisement touts Cadomene Tablets as a remedy for nervous weakness caused by drink, overwork, and poor nutrition. It cites testimonials from G A Hoover in Reading Pennsylvania and Joe N Herndon in Sacramento California praising quick relief and overall vitality, with a guarantee on the livery package.
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G. A.hoover
Reading
Joe. N. Herndon
Twenty-fifth St
Sacramento
Cal
Balmwort Tablets Offer Kidney and Bladder Relief
A New York City reader reports dramatic relief from kidney and bladder pain after using Balmwort Tablets. The letter claims rapid improvement in back and hip pain, rheumatic twinges, headaches, nervousness, fever, and urinary symptoms. The testimonial endorses Balmwort as a reliable medicine and notes it is sold by reading druggists at $1 per bottle.
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Lester
Nellie McGinn
East 238Th Street
New York City
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