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Iowa Court Permits Swearing by Telephone

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 8, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 35.

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Iowa Court Permits Swearing by Telephone

The Iowa Supreme Court declares that swearing, in a moderate degree, is permissible in that state over a telephone, on the ground, presumably, that there is no law against it ordinarily. Swearing, profane or “wooden,” is a wretched habit. It does the swearer no good, and is painful to others.