Congressional Bills and Committee Shuffles Reported
House measures propose abolishing the Isthmian Canal Commission and placing canal work under an executive department. A rules committee expansion and speaker exclusion are proposed, with Ways and Means increased. Anti cigarette enforcement bills target interstate shipment. Senate receives currency reports on bank donations. Des Moines cavalry and artillery postings discussed. Dolliver and Burrows move on Smoot case. St Helena trade declines after Suez.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Mann
Illinois
Crumpacker
Indiana
Committee On Rules
Iowa items from court to crimes and fires include forged check
A man giving name New comb claiming to travel for Red Oak Grocery forged about $40 at Osceola Bank. Judge John F. Oliver adjourned Primghar court due to illness and went to Sioux City for an operation. A dynamite blast at Hamilton jail nearly killed prisoner W J Davis who escaped with minor injuries. The Newton suspect Guy E Farmer faced three indictments over forgery and perjury with $9,000 bonds. Yet more notes cover insurance officials meeting in Chicago and cement plant prospects in Mason City.
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Newcomb
Red Oak Grocery Company
Osceola National Bank of Osceola
John F. Oliver
Primghar
Sioux City
Oliver
W. J. Davis
Hamilton
Davis
Guy E. Farmer
Newton
Farmer
G. F. Rinehart
0. P. Farmer
Philip King
Rinehart
Carroll
District of Columbia
Department of Insurance
Chicago
Washington
Commissioners’ Association
Iowa
Thomas E. Drake
Mason City
John’ ‘A. Cruikshanks
Bellefontaine
Ohio
B. J. Breen
Fort Dodge
Northwest
Dwight Harrison
Columbus
Portland Cement Company
New York
Towa
Iowa State Normal
Arthur Watson
Cedar Falls
Price Gethman Price Company
Gladbrook
Sturtevant Company
Boston
Johnson Company
Chicaro
Tom Cunningham
Hose Company No. 3
Davenport
Joseph Shinski
Sheldon
Shinski
William A. Sunday
Burlington
Tabernacle
Keokuk
Harrison & Deitz
Harrison
Detroit
Supreme Court
C. H Shaw
Marshaltown
van Law
Brown
Jefferson County
Newtos
Grand Jury
O. P. Farmer
G. E. Rinehart
Renne
Rock Island
Waterloo
Markling
Hervert
A. H. Peterson
Mai
E. Fairbain
Minneapolis
C. V. Farnum and Baby
Sykston
J. I. Oliver
E. C. Brown
State House
A. H Whiting
Whiting
G. H.whitine
Todd Moore
Vilusen
H. V. Hethershaw
Des Moines
Jacob Let
Cambridge
Fred Hethershaw
Dora Horton
St Louis
Riley Cook Horton
Fred H. Cutting
Oto Bank
Oto
First National Bank of Lyons
Oto Bank Fahinie
Iting
National Life Insurance Company of Ciiengo
Supreme Court Reverses in Hamilton v Schlitz Liquor Case
Iowa Supreme Court reverses Linn county district ruling in the Hamilton versus Schlitz case though the reversal rests on evidentiary errors not shipment or sale methods. Hamilton, formerly an agent, seeks $5139.35 paid for beer claimed in violation of state law. The decision follows prior U.S. Supreme Court liquor rulings.
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Des Moines
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
John Hamilton
Schlitz Brewing Company
Linn County
Supreme Court
District Court
Schlitz Company
Cedar Rapids
Hamilton
Brewing Company
Wall building fire in Muscatine causes $25,000 loss
The Wall building, Muscatine's largest, burned to partial ruin last evening. Loss estimated at 25,000 with 18,000 insurance. cause a defective chimney in the A O U W lodge kitchen on the fourth floor. Fire destroyed lodge room, third floor flats, second floor Commercial Club, and first floor business spaces.
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Muscatine
Wall
Muscatine Commercial Club
C. B. Vail
A. F. Tiffany
Davenport
Des Moines Fire Destroys Rothwell Block
A basement blaze at the Rothwell block on Sixth and Walnut streets gutted the building and caused nearly 200000 dollars in losses. The HW Chase grocery store and J W Hess drug store were among the major damaged tenants. Firemen fought the flames from midnight until 3 am when the roof collapsed, then continued spraying water until 6 am.
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Des Moines
Rothwell
Sixth
Walnut Streets
Chase Grocery Store
Boys Afloat on Floe Near Des Moines River Rescue
In Fort Dodge on December 17 Edmund Jacobson and Mike Kearns skated on the Des Moines river ice when a breakup sent them adrift on a fast moving floe. People on shore called for help and a water works boat arrived. The two boys were rescued after a perilous moment when a second floe rammed the rescuing craft.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Edmund Jacobson
Mike Kearns
Justy
Pray
Water Works
Horse Thieves Nuisance Stirs County After Robbery
Local officers have not secured a clue in the Perry raid by horse thieves who took a team and buggy last Saturday night. A 75 reward is offered to spur action while farmers near Dubridge grow anxious over the theft.
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Perry
Dubridge
Board of Control proposed for Iowa state schools
A Des Moines report states a single fifteen member Board of Control for Iowa City Ames and Cedar Falls will govern the state university Agricultural college and normal school. An executive committee of three will manage operations with all funds handled by the state treasurer.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Ames
Cedar Falls
Thirty-first General Assembly
Legislative Commission
State University
Agricultural College
The
Normal School
Whipple
Benton County
Ite
Association For the Study and Prevention of ‘Tuberculosis
Meggare
Seritigiam
Board of Control
Ames Denies Beardshear Hall Name For New ISU Building
Ames officials report the Iowa State College board rejected alumni wishes to name the new building Beardshear Hall and instead designated it Central Hall. The board approved plans for a new agricultural hall costing about 333,000 dollars, with total expenditures including equipment and land around 371,000 dollars and initial requests for legislative funding.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Beardshear Hall
Beardshear
College
Engineering Hall
Estherville Suffers Two Major Fires in 46 000 Loss
Two principal Estherville business blocks were wiped out by a Saturday night blaze. The William Bartlett building housing H C Brees Furniture and the Lawrence Peterson owned Newberry department store were destroyed with total losses around 46 000. Fire origin remains undetermined. Newberry stock loss about 20 000 with 11 000 insurance. Brees stock loss about 10 000 with 7 500 insurance. Bartlett building 7 000 lost partly insured. Peterson building 9 000 lost partly insured.
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Estherville
William Bartlett
H. C. Brees
Lawrence Peterson
Newberry
Brees
Man Settles Damages After Alleged Pocket Theft
Mrs. Rahn sued John L. Bowman for stealing a kias on the way to church, claiming assault and theft. Jurors didn’t fix damages, the dispute settled out of court for 133 dollars covering costs. The Arabian notes a proverb about words and deeds.
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Carroll
John L. Bowman
Iowa and Tuberculosis Bill Sparks Capitol Debate
Des Moines reports cite Iowa corn and oats yields with value over 30 million dollars. A tuberculosis sanatorium bill proposes state funding and examiner appointments, with options for cost sharing among state counties and patients.
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Weekly Tribune
Webster City
Freeman-Tribune Pub
Edwards
Kentucky
Senate
Shaw
Tillman
Millard
Nebraska
Interstate Commerce Committee
Grane
Massachusetts
del Iver
Crane
Wlodge
Fort Des Moines
Bates
Hull
War Department
Congress
General Chaffee
Genereral Chaffee
Dolliver
Committee On Committees
Smoot
Burrows
Dollivers
Tolliver
St. Helena
South Atlantic
Napoleon
England
Cape of Good Hope
India
Australia
East
Httle
the News IN
Hamilton-Schlitz
Jay
Stote
Dickens
John R. Sage
Iowa Crop and Weather Service
Bage
Winterset
Pure Food Committee
State Department of Agriculture
Stat
Packard
Wright
Department
Theil
Hin
Russia
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