New Cases Filed for February Term of Court Eldora
A batch of filings for the February term of district court convening February 8 at Eldora includes a $10,000 damage suit by Leslie Johnson Cedar Falls against C. E. Greer Eldora for injuries from a wall collapse while loading at a store. Claude Koon Iowa Falls sues John M. Whiteside et al on a $555 note and mortgage foreclosure. W. C. Hilton Des Moines seeks $200 from Lehman Bakery Co. for a car damage in a February 5, 1931 collision. The docket also includes a fatal auto crash case involving Laverne Newland and Roger Hale. owners Richard Hale and G. McClelland Sr. of Iowa Falls are defendants with requests to sever trials. Metropolitan Life Insurance seeks $23,582 against R. T. Hamilton et al plus foreclosure on mortgaged real estate. John Hancock Mutual seeks $6,946 against Martha K. and Homer G. Wampler and a receiver appointment. W. A. Scott sues Frank Priyn et al for $2,677. An appeal notice is filed in State v. William Shapshair for DUI. Richard Davis, jailed at Eldora, pleaded guilty in Story County to burglary. he faces ten years in Anamosa. Davis is alleged to have robbed the Gildner K Love store in Iowa Falls.
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Eldora
Leslie Johnson
Cedar Falls
C. E. Greer
Claude H. Koon
Iowa Falls
John M. Whiteside
W. C. Hilton
Des Moines
Lehman Bakery Company
Laverne Newland
Young Newland
Roger Hale
Marshalltown
Richard Hale
Hale
G. McClelland
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York
R. T. Hamilton, Et al
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Martha K
Homer G. Wampler
W. A. Scott
Frank Priyn
Wm. Sharpshair
Steamboat Rock
Richard Davis
Story
Nevada
Anamosa
Gildner-Klove
Just Another Racket Feeds on Senior Widow near Mechanicsville
A man posing as a government inspector warned Mrs. Agatha Miller she must have feather beds inspected for a supposed germ threat. He cut open beds, stirred mixtures claiming to kill germs, then demanded payment of $2.50 per gallon and a final bill of $6.18. The 76 year old widow handed over $14, and the man departed claiming he would settle later.
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Agatha Miller
Mechanicsville
Teacher’s Dolphin Fact Sparks Curious Question
A teacher discusses dolphin habits, claiming a single dolphin has two thousand offspring. A girl asks how many the married dolphins have, prompting a humorous classroom exchange.
Chicago Speeding Case Fines Set at 3 Dollars Per Mile
The judge who tried Fred M. Conklin of Chicago for speeding fined him 3 dollars for each mile per hour he was traveling, totaling 135 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M. Conklin
Chicago
Iowa schools study methods to cut public expense
The State Teachers association plans an intensive winter and spring survey by teachers and officials to trim costs without harming education for over 700,000 Iowa students. They target delaying nonessential capital projects, potential classroom crowding, and group buying of supplies to reduce prices across state, county, and city departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Teachers Association
Pyle
County Divides Into Three Supervisor Districts
A county board of supervisors voted last Saturday in Eldora to establish three supervisor districts. District 1 includes Alden, Hardin, Buckeye and Ellis. District 2 covers Clay, Jackson, Sherman, Tipton and Pleasant. District 3 comprises Eldora, Union, Providence, Grant and Concord. District 1 will not nominate or elect a supervisor this year as Boddy moves to a new term, Chantrill from Ellis township appears unlikely as a candidate, and Martin from district 8 will likely seek the term starting January 1, 1934. Boddy and Martin voted for the resolution while Chantrill opposed. Chantrill was elected chairman, succeeding Boddy.
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Board of Supervisors
Eldora
Alden
Hardin
Buckeye
Ellis
Clay
Jackson
Sherman
Tipton
Pleasant
Hadora
Union
Providence
Grant
Concord
Boddy
Chantrill
Ellis Township
Martin
Messrs. Boddy
Butter production in Iowa near ten million pounds
Iowa dairy and food division preliminaries show 1931 butter production about ten million pounds, six percent below 1980. Through eleven months, estimated at 189 million pounds versus 200 million in 1980, with weather and feed conditions driving the shift, not reduced interest in butter.
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Iowa
Dairy and Food Division
Iowa Department of Agriculture
R. G. Clark
Sounds Fishy Teacher Joke Card
A humorous exchange about bones and a lunch mishap. William replies with nine hundred bones and explains he had sardines for lunch, prompting the teacher’s disbelief. The quip plays on mistaken biology and wordplay.
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William
The Fixer Teacher and Bad Boy Exchange
A teacher scolds a student with a harsh line while the boy responds he will speak to his father to fix the situation. The exchange hints at parental involvement as a potential remedy.
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Bad Boy
Dad
Augusta Mensing buried at Alden after brief illness
Augusta Mensing died Wednesday at her Lee Center home after two years with diabetes. Funeral at Alden Methodist Church with Eastern Star and Royal Neighbor assistance. Burial in Alden cemetery. Born May 17, 1863 in Leipzig, Germany, she married Fred Mensing in Chicago. Survived by seven children and eleven grandchildren. lived east of Burdette, Iowa, later in Lee Center community.
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Augusta Mensing
Lee~Center
Alden Methodist Church
Willis
Popejoy and
Lee Center
Order of the Eastern Star
Alden
Augusta Matilda. Fiedler
Leipzig
Poland
America
Chicago
Fred Mensing
Bensonville
Ilinois
Iowa
Burdette
Franklin County
George
Ted
Minnie O’kelley
Louise Freley
Sophia Stockdale
Iowa Falls
Fred
Dows
Old Customer Week Marks Illinois Central 82nd Year
The Illinois Central System launches Old Customer Week to celebrate its eighty second year of public service. Representatives nationwide and abroad will pledge support for a renewed platform of courteous, efficient service as President L A Downs notes old friends are a comfort and old customers a valued asset to any business. Time tests relationships and confirms those that are worthy. The railroad hopes to continue serving those it has pleased.
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Illinois Central System
United States
L. A. Downs
Weather in Iowa in 1931 Out of the Ordinary
1931 Iowa weather featured a mean annual temperature around 58.5 degrees the warmest in sixty years. A drought in early months gave way to a hot summer and very heavy November rainfall. October frost arrived late but some vegetation remained active into December amid scattered minor storms and occasional tornadoes.
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Iowa
Weather and Crop Bureau
One Hand Washing The Other In Church Run Station
An Ohio church with 500 members runs a filling station offering gasoline tires and accessories. The piece argues about whether religious and other organizations receiving public aid should enter business, potentially competing with community merchants and affecting taxes rents and public welfare contributions.
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Ohio
Times-Republican
Social Service League Meeting Next Monday
Hardin County residents may help shape league policies at the seventh annual Hardin County Social Service League meeting. It will be held Monday January 11 at 2:00 PM in Eldora court room with reports by J. C. Boyd Fanny Duren Harry Lutz and Elsie L. Parker. Dr Mae Habernicht of Des Moines will speak and a board of directors vacancy election will occur. The public is invited to attend.
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Hardin County
Hardin County Social Service League
Eldora
J. C. Boyd
Fanny Duren
Harry Lutz
Elsie L. Parker
Mae Habernicht
Des Moines
Child Welfare Bureau
State Board of Control
Alden 4-H Club News Sees Year Reorganization
The Junior Livestock Farmers met December 29 at Alvin Smith's home with Rev. Wilkinson speaking on New Years Resolutions. The next meeting is January 12 at Gale Whistlers. The club will reorganize, elect officers, and candidates will give campaign speeches. Members urged to bring parents and another boy to boost the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Smith
Wilkinson
Gale Whislers
Zoom Inhalent Relief for Head Cards and Asthma
An old medical ad notes Zoom Inhalent Relief claimed to aid head congestions and asthma symptoms. It references bronchial affections and Ries as a dealer or manufacturer. The brief promotes quick soothing effects and domestic availability.
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Ries
Iowa 4-H Boys Meet at Ames Iowa 4-H Club
The Iowa 4-H boys short course at Iowa State College December 28 31 drew about 400 boys and leaders. Attendees from Hardin county included Lowell Waldo Frederick Mitchell Marion Graves Russel Finster Wm Eckel Melvin Meints Geo Willems Kenneth Campbell Leonard Lettow Gale Whisler and Mr Olson accompanied the group. Highlights were livestock and grain judging contests a cyclone party and farm tours at poultry and dairy facilities. George Godfrey gave a keynote at the banquet with prize winners named in judging cattle hogs poultry and grain. The extension department highlighted memorials for George Washington and Gettysburg and State Journalistic awards were announced with Gale Whisler placing second. The session closed with officers elected and a strong spirit of cooperation.
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Gale Whisler
Iowa
Agriculture Hall
Iowa State Poultry Farm
Iowa State College
Great Hall
Memorial Union
Everett Nelson
Cass County
George Godfrey
Algona
Esper Hamman
Boone County
Aghall
Gerald Breen
Hampton
Everett Haas
Washington County
George Martens
Tama County
Raymond Scheiber
Webster City
Dale Williams
Jonson County
John Fowler
Frederick Deckman
Sac
Willis Danielson
Gerald Brown
Franklin County
Kenneth Roofer
American Forestry Association
Bob Sedgely
Storm Lake
Scott County
George Washingtons
Gettysburg
George Washington
Arthur Thompson
Wallace
Farmer
Lawrence Skromme
Kelley
Alden
Robert Mitchell
Cuckingham
Miss Buchanan
Norris Wentworthy
Hove
Hame
Fragmented Innocent Snippet From Unknown RT Item
A damaged OCR fragment outlines an unclear event involving a possibly legal or civic action. The text references a response by an official or party and mentions dates or identifiers, but the meaning remains opaque. No definite names or places are recoverable from the fragment.
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A. R. Idso
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J. A. Owens
Edith Ries
Nell Robertson
Lottie Christianson
Assoc
Meta Wheel
Alice Edwards
Marshall
Ollie Schalk
Mary Schmedhka
Adah
Kathryn Heslop
Ruth—Irene Lawton
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Martha—Arlene Dietrich
Electa
Luella Smith
Warder
Cora Metcalf
Sentinel
Ernest Smith
Royal Neighbors
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Oracle
Emma Urmson
Maud Thompson
Myra Pettinger
Anna Nelson
June Orpin
Floy Rogers
Abbie Steward
Inner Sentinel
Minnie Kirkpatrick
Outer Sentinel
Rieke Orpin
Alice Brotherton
Bertha Cady
F. E. Furry
Radiant Lodge
A. F
A. M
J. Dietrich
Wm. Eberhardt
J. Mott
Fred Parker
E. C. Edwards
L. A. Watson
C. C. Miller
C. W. Sheaffer
Lee Heslop
Tyler
Geo. Smith
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Social Service League
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Ames
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