Wiota Election Results and Bond Action Report
In a June 3 1915 special election at Wiota the six district school consolidation proposal failed 95 to 61 with rural votes defeating the measure. The city council moved to issue 3060 in bonds remaining from a 25000 purchase of the old electric plant. Earl Holton won the Republican county attorney nomination with 1404 votes. Incumbent H G Ar direct defeated Homer Kirkham and T E Ostrus by 135 more votes than their totals. Mr and Mrs Arthur Lee returned from San Francisco due to Mrs Lee's mother's illness.
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Wiota
Earl Holton
Richard Rudolph
Tom C. Smith
Holton
Rudolph
Smith
H. G. Armentrout
Homer Kirkham
Anita
T. E. Ostrus
Mrs. Arthur Lee
San Francisco
Mrs. Lee
Knowledge Test Answers and a Drowning Tragedy
The page lists ten test answers including Damocles and Topeka, then reports a drowning in Rock River near Rock Island Illinois. Eleven year old Paul Kaminsky died after an inner tube deflation. his father Frank Kaminsky tried to rescue him as his sisters watched.
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Damocles
Pal-mal
Pal
Cal
Pel Mel
William Saroyan
Percy B. Shelley
William Phillips
The
White House
Maximilian
Delilah
Topeka
Lad
Davenport
Paul Kaminsky
Rock River
Paul
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Frank Kaminsky
Jessel in Serious Illness After Stroke at Home
Hollywood comedian George Jessel, newly wed to Lois Andrews, suffers a stroke leaving one side of his face paralyzed. Attorney Burnett Willson says he cannot leave his home for an extended period.
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Jessel
Hollywood
George Jessel
Lois Andrews
Burnett Willson
Southwest Iowa Catholic Youths Hold Conference
More than 250 Catholic Youth Organization members from nine southwest Iowa towns gathered for an all day program in Stuart. The event featured Mass, a luncheon, reports by local leaders, keynote remarks from Rev. J. J. O'Brien and Florence Kinney, and addresses by diocesan and deanery officials. Towns represented included Adair Atlantic Audubon Greenfield Guthrie Center Massena Reno Stuart Wiota Casey.
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Iowa
Stuart Deanery
Legion Building
SS. Peter and Paul
Legion Hall
SS. Peter and Paul Church
P. N. McDermott
Lucille Lewer
Atlantic
Stuart Deanery Catholic
Edward Dowd
Stuart
B. Tearney
Guthrie Center
Eileen Frederickson
Audubon
Betty Anstey
Reno
Miss L. Riea
Greenfield
Christ the King
James Zuch
Florence Kinney
Des Moines
National Council of Catholic Women
J. J. O’brien
Omaha
O’brien
Catholic Youth Organization
Mary Camilla Hegarty
Menlo
Father Schwarte
St. Frances Parish
Council Bluffs
James Anstey
Massena
James Burns
Mary Jane Lydon
Adair
Stuart, Wiota
Casey
Des Moines Market Reports Lower Hog Prices Across Iowa Lotting
Combined hog receipts at 16 yards and 10 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 48 hours ending 8:00 a m show receipts 56 400 head, up from 32 500 last week and 38 300 a year ago. Prices decline 10 15 cents for various weight ranges with steady to 20 cents lower. Barrows and gilts 160 to 360 pounds quoted at 4 35 to 5 15 per cwt, with sows from 3 60 to 4 35 for heavy weights.
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Des Moines
I. N
Iowa
Minnesota
Chicago
Atlantic Sends Three Youths to Boys State Camp
Three Atlantic youths Val Schoenthal Robert Marshall and Warren Conrad attend Hawkeye Boys State citizenship camp at Camp Dodge as local Legion post Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club cooperate. They left Saturday morning by bus and will return next Saturday evening.
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American Legion
Camp Dodge
Atlantic
Val Schoenthal
Robert Marshall
Warren Conrad
Legion Post
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Grain futures end higher as corn leads gains
Chicago markets report corn rising 1 to 1 1 2 cents with July at 62 1 2 cents. Wheat closes unchanged to 1 4 cent higher, July at 82 cents. Oats and soybeans hold steady with mixed cash grain quotes across yellow hard and white varieties.
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Chicago
I. N
New York Stocks Drift Lower on Quiet Trading Session
The New York stock market moved down slightly as trading remained near a standstill. Bethlehem Steel fell over 3 at times while U S Steel lost about half that amount. several leaders, including Chrysler, DuPont, General Electric and Standard Oil, posted fractional declines.
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New York
Bethlehem
U. S. Steel
Youngstown
Republic
Chrysler
Phelps Dodge
Cerro de Pasco
Douglas Aircraft
Sears Roebuck
American Car & Foundry
DuPont
Union Carbide
U. S. Gypsum
Owens-Mlinois Glass
Am Can
Am C & F
Am Loco
Am Smelt
Am T & T
Am Tob
Anac Cop
At Ref
Avia Corp
B&o
Beth
Bendix Av
Burr Add
Case
Chrys
Int Nick
Lorill Tob
Mack Tr
Mont Ward
Nat Bis
Oliver Farm
Penn & Ford
Penn RR
Penney Co
Radio
Rep
Sears Roe
Std Oil
Cal
Ind
Std Oil NJ
Soc Vac
Swift & Co
Texas Co
Texas Alf Su
UN Pac
UN Carb
Utd Air
US Rub
US Stl
West UN
Westghse
West Air
Wolworth
Wrigley
Hogs Drop 15-20 Cents in Midwest Livestock Markets
Chicago and regional markets show hogs 15 to 20 cents lower with most sales 10 to 15 cents down. Cattle and sheep also softer on the day with feeders and yearlings drifting lower and buyers cautious at Chicago, South Omaha, and Kansas City auctions.
Chicago Produce Chicago June 3 Market Report
Butter and eggs steady with large totals. Butter ranges 23 to 26 cents per tub or dozen, eggs 12 to 18 cents for various grades, live poultry and other birds vary by type with mixed prices. Odd closing line references a cat saying night vision limits.
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Chicago
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Sahara Desert
Cape
King Pescara
U. S. Pat
Ofa
Ripley
Frank Yoon
Mamaroneck N.Y
Karl Hess Salinas
D. O. Herbert
Fulton Bldg
East Fifth Street
Osborne-Tomlinson Funeral Home
Sixth and
Oak Sts
Humphrey Chiropractic Clinic
Harry B. Swan
Sixth Street Atlantic
Kent Martin
Chestnut
Hansen
Vic
Lows
Roland, Peacock & Baxter
J. Burnea
West Sixth St
Atlantic, la
Lawyers Atlantic State Bank Bldg
Voss Manufacturing Co
East Third St
Rudolph Law Offices
S. H. Rudolph, Sr
R. D. Rudolph
S. H. Rudolph, Jr
Chas. R. Rudolph
Earl S. Holton
Burgner
Lees
Baldwin
Critchett Piano Co
Dex Moines
W. W. Chamberlain
News- Telegraph
D”—News-Telegraph
Hereford
Bill Tracy
Cumberland
Wallace Knight
Call
McCormick-Deering
Ralph Gottsche
Griswold
Jersey Giants
Albert Rourick
Brayton Phone
Linke Chevrolet Co
Sargent
Bailey's Feed Store
A. M. Tempieéon
Phoenix
A. W. Morton
Otto Muller
Waters Grain Co
Wiotap
Singer
Singer Sewing Center
Green Colonial
Lou Camblin
Alaska Ice
T. L. Smith. Lp
Watkins
Earl Garrett
Guernsey
B. W. Roberts
East Std
2Nd and
Walnut
G. H. Allen
Jorgen Jeppesen
Brayton
News-Telegraph
Atlantic Territory
Dale Larsen
Andrew Nelson
Marvin Byriel Brayton
Corrine Miller Casey George Smith Cumberland
Gail Meyer
ELK Horn
Lyle Wittrup Exira
LeRoy Layland Griswold
C. E. Woodward Hamlin
Franklin Viges Kimballton
Dagmar Jensen
Marne
Ruby Jean Bannister Lewis
Malcolm Reynolds Massena
Burton Hood
Maurice F. Donegan
Clyde L. Herring
U.S
Southern District of
Iowa Supreme Court
Beatt County
Supreme Court
Donegan
Ohn K. Valentine
Centerville
U. S. Attorney
Dalton & Dalton, Attorneys
Don Savery
H. P. Ziegler
H. K. Williams
Atlantic Phone
Oakland Rendering Co
George Addison
Atlantic Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Popeye
Sagaskia
Epling Chart
City
E. St. L
St. Joe
Soo City
St. Paul
Indianap
Buffalo
Cincinnati
South Omaha Livestock
South Omaha
Neb
California
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