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Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo, Iowa

17 May 1927

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Waterloo Evening Courier

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Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1927

Page

16

Northwest Iowa delegates push 3.06 million paving plan

A 50 member delegation from six northwest Iowa counties asked the state highway commission to fund a 112 mile paving program costing 3,360,000. Plans cover No 18 Algona to Spencer No 71 Spencer to Spirit Lake and No 9 Spirit Lake to Lyon County with bonds. Delegations from Hancock Wright and Polk counties also sought paving and road extensions.

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Ames Iowa State Highway Commission Algona Spencer Spirit Lake Dickinson Osceola Lyon South Dakota Northwest Iowa Kossuth Palo Alto Clay Forty-second General Assembly Hancock Wright Polk Garner Wright County Polk County McKinley Street Des Moines Commerce
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Electric chair praised as swift death by Ohio warden

Warden P. E. B. Thomas of Ohio penitentiary argues the electric chair offers the quickest, easiest death and prefers it to asphyxiation, drowning or other methods. He cites 1950 volts at start, instant heart stoppage, and rapid brain heat as proof of the method’s finality.

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Columbus P. EB. Thomas Ohio Penitentiary Thomas Altho
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Girls Sweat in Naples Hair Battle at Express Delivery

In Naples on May 17 the Express delivery firm barred shingled hair for female workers. Six employees wore the Parisian style next day, the manager dismissed them, they protested to the labor arbitration board. The commission ruled the manager overstepped, awarded damages for loss of jobs.

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Naples Express’ Delivery and Transport Secretary of the Labor Arbitration Board
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