Drowning toll in 1934 Iowa counties reviewed
State health division study of 84 drowning deaths in 1934 shows 64 male and 20 female victims, with July the deadliest month. Most fatalities occurred in rivers or streams, farms, and ponds, and lack of swimming ability and supervision noted. Bedford urged to build a supervised pool for youths.
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Towa
Fle
State Department of Health
Dickinson
Polk
Woodbury
Ioowia
Bedford
Conway area social and travel notes list locals and visitors
Conway area residents and guests recount recent movements and gatherings. Shenandoah visitors return home with Mrs. Brown while others visit family in Can wary, Greenfield, Fontanelle, and Maryville. Local teachers, graduates, and students are noted amid health updates and farm moves.
Gravity residents join annual fishing trip andDecoration Day visitors
Dr L T Reed of Gravity and two Reed kin plus dozens of guests attended an alumni banquet at Gravity Schoolhouse served by Christian Ladies Aid. Visitors from multiple Nebraska and Iowa towns dot the list as Decoration Day activities brought relatives to Gravity and nearby farms.
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L. T. Reed
Gravity
Roe Reed
Clearfield
G. P. Reed
Davis City
Minnesota
Christian Ladies’ Aid
Pentecostal Services Planned at Conway and Sharpsburg
Rev. E E Gerrett announces Pentecostal services next Sunday morning at Conway and Sharpsburg with Conway holding evening services. At Tuesday Sunday school board meeting Mrs Elton Bruner was chosen superintendent and Mrs P C Miller named assistant.
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E. E. Gerrett
Conway
Sharpsburg
Sunday School Board
Elton Bruner
P. C. Miller
Valley Homecoming Postponed by Mud and Flood
Valley community notes a postponed homecoming due to high water on the Middle River. Local families visit, graduates from Valley attend Bedford exercises, and residents report foxes taking chickens near the west river. Eighth grade graduates Ruth Melvin and Jane McMaster were honored.
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Ruth Melvin
Jane McMaster
Bedford
Marriages and a Broadway drama in this period notice
A newspaper item lists multiple June marriages including Miss Laula Melvin to Ernest Crabtree near Conway and Miss Estella Wackernagle to Clyde E. Taylor at Clearfield. It also notes a Bedford nuptial and a Gravity union, plus a Bedford couple wed in Chillicothe. A Rialto Theatre feature, Times Square Lady, headlines a modern drama set in New York nightlife with Hollywood stars in a dual love story.
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Laula Melvin
Ernest Crabtree
John Melvin
Conway
A. I. Jones
Estella Wackernagle
Clyde E. Taylor
Clearfield
Times
Helen Twelvetrees
Raymond
Hatton
Henry Kolker
Jack LaRue
Robert Elliott
Russell Hopton
Fred Kohler
Times Square
New York
Iowa
Sporting World
Lamb load tops St Joseph market at 12 cents a pound
Twenty years ago this week the Trumbo brothers and Ed McCormick of Jackson township shipped a load of lambs to St Joseph that sold for 12 cents a pound, a record price for the market. W G Stephenson sold the New Market Herald to E L Howard, and Miss Cora Pepler and Oscar White wed at Halt township in the Richardson home on Wednesday evening May 26.
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Trumbo Brothers
Ed McCormick
Jackson Township
St Joseph
St. Joseph
W. G. Stephenson
The
New Market Herald
E. L. Howard
Prescott Argus
Cora Pepler
Halt Township
Oscar White
Adams County
W. R. Richardson
Halt
Miss Marie Double and W H St Clair Wed in Vin ton Iowa
Ten years ago Miss Marie Double daughter of Mrs Fannie Double of Bedford and W H St Clair of Clarion Iowa wed in Vin ton on a Tuesday. They will live in Charles City where he serves as a school coach. Rex Moody is now a license.
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Dale Matheny
Gaylen McCurdy
Rachael McCurdy
Chloris McCurdy
W. W. Myers
Virginia
Maryville
Geraldine Myers
C. W. Farmer
Cromwell
Roy Cooper
St. Joseph
Roy Nickle
Edna
South of Clearfield
Vernon Straight Home
P. C. Miller
Norma
Iowa City
Jud Miller
Jackie Plowman
Jed Miller
Cedar Falls
Wilma Donaldson
Louise McBride
Chillicothe
Aiten Dresher
Bedford
Marie Double
Fannie Double
W. H. St. Clair
Clarion
Iowa
Vinton
Charles City
West Point of the Air at Rialto with four cadet stars
The Rialto screens West Point of the Air featuring four young Army cadets led by Russell Hardie Henry Wadsworth Robert Livingston and Robert Taylor in a drama about budding screen stardom. Also showing Naughty Marietta with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, a Creole era romance set in New Orleans during Louis XV days.
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West Point
Rialto Theatre
Russell Hardie
Henry Wadsworth
Robert Livingston
Robert Taylor
Randolph Field
Texas
Victor Herbert
New Orleans
Rialto
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Marietta
Louis XV
Doings of Congress on NRA Supreme Court decision
In Washington the Supreme Court ruling on the NRA dominates discussions as President hints at his stance at yesterday’s press conference. Congress and officials weigh legislative options, with voluntary codes debated though not proven effective. The NRA has aided national recovery, and officials insist the road to recovery continues despite the Court’s decision. Farm prices and merchandise costs reflect a slow but steady rebound under New Deal efforts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
NRA
Congress
Otha Wearin Discusses Economic Conditions and NRA Legislation
The document notes improved conditions due to various factors and says the decisive question is how long the administration will shape future NRA policy. The Senate moved on a ten month extension bill while the House prepares to resume sessions to address national matters and potential legislation.
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House
Senate
House of Representatives
NRA
Hazel Dell social notes and travels
Hazel Dell residents report Sunday visits among A C Scott family and Art Scott. Deloris and Max Greever joined Lloyd, Mrs. and Mrs. Scott, and Irwin Cunning at the Scott home. Callers in Clarinda include Art Scott and A C Scott. Rural eighth grade graduation in Bedford drew attendees from the area. Noble Mothershead visited Harold Mothershead's near Maryville. Donald Bordner works at the Maryville Country Club. Alta Greever helped care for a new baby in Clarinda. Walt Gray and family with Em ily Swaim spent Sunday at Floyd Swaim’s home.
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A. C. Scott
Lloyd, Deloris
Max Greever
Art Scott
Irwin
Cunning
Troy Rogers
Elmer Beauchamp
Bedford
Clarinda
Noble Mothershead
Harold Mothershead
Maryville
Donald Bordner
Alta Greever
Paul Gorton
Walt Gray
Emily Swaim
Floyd Swaim
Local visitors and hosting families honor week in Clarinda
Clarinda residents host and visit across state lines with Mrs N O Hickenlooper, Lydia King, Vera Mackey, Scott Johnson family from Kansas City, Myers Judy of Hillrose, Nell Rose club gathering, C V Hamilton entertaining, Warren Adams family from Topeka, Elnora Bush hosting friends, Harry and Mershon visit, W S Stephenson Merry Makers club, Vivian Fordyce from Maryville spent the weekend with kin.
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N. O. Hickenlooper
Lydia King
Vera Mackey
Clarinda
Scott Johnson
Kansas City
D. T. Waldrip
Myers Judy
Hillrose
Colo
Robert Judy
C. V. Hamilton
Nell Rose Club
Merry -Makers’ Club
Vivian Fordyce
Maryville
Family memories and a Kodak book of babies
An intimate reminiscence recalls Dodie Hank and Mary as infants, with parents' daily care, sign language, and first aid lessons. The narrator humorously notes mama’s busy nursing role, a fire drill for workers, and a near-quiet house filled with echoes of grandchildren and photos, ending with graduation plans for Don and Robert.
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Mary
Mama
Kodak -Book
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Foster
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Fontanelle
J. H. Chilcote
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Reuben Daniels
Joe McMullin
Son LaValle
Jim Owens
Hopkins
McMullin
E. W. Wintermute
H. G. Wintermute
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Fern Lambley
Elton
Robert Brown
Joyce
John Lambley
Ardith Huddle
Vernon Straight
Frank Duncan
Sim Beemer
Albert Luton
Ruth Nixon
C. R. Bischoff
Lulu Phelan
U. State Teachers College
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Chambers
Nebr
A. J. Leighton
Elmer Dutton
Vera Leighton
Prescott
Cliff Snowdall
Springfield
Idaho
Perry Williams
Albert Lund
Julia Sawyer
Art Lund
E. Martin
Walter van Nice
Omaha
Naomi van Nice
Bernice van Nice
Lee Huss
Little Son
Teddy Lee
University ‘Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Art Huss
Maude Posten
L. E. Morley
North Gravity
J. C. Merrick
Allerton
L.T. Reed
Garnette Lawson
J. E. Clark
Garfield Hadley
Frances Clark
Jess Morgan
Albert Levi
H. P. Simmons
Wayne Price
Smithville
Will Price
Mirs
A. C. Clabaugh
Essex
Claude Heninger
David City
A. J. Heninger
Maggie Dickerson
Inavale
Kate Adams
Dave Peck
Des Moines
I. M. Damewood
Bertha
Villisca
Carrie Kerns
George Teatsworth
Creston
Cooper
J. G. Savage
Rs. Stewart
Des Moin
Frank Peterson
Hter
Roy Adaimus
Frank Davis
A. C. Davis
Charles O'Beirn
Virginia Hanna
Zona Marie
Denver
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U. S. Mail
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Council Bluffs
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Jess Renfro
Will Killiam
Tauma Carson
Ruth Oxley
Halbert Tiensley
Beverly Jane
F. L. Mendenhell
H. V. Melvin
Carl
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G. L. McMaster
West 102
E. T. Sheley
Savannah
Nichols
B. F. Mendenhall
Olaf Mendenhall
Kelita Mendenhall
Earl Smith
Harold Fickess
Pauline Blake
Ting
Times-Press
Hulda Greenlee
John A. Dietzel
H. A. Greenlee
North
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Missouri
Caryl B. Damewood
Albert J. Lunde
Methodist Church
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Howard Williams
Fred Clute
Paris
Everglades
Rex Moody
Hon
Otha D. Wearin
Dist
Hazel Dell
Blockton
Grandma
Aeta Dodie
Hank
Dodie
Barbara Hutton
Yvonne
Cecile Dionne
T. E. Anderson
Don
State University
Dong
Ames
Nee
Robert-grad
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LAW General Law
Frank
J. Kirkethg
Wisdom & Kirket Lawyers
Bedford National ‘Bane
H. P. Jaqua
Viemeral
Bedford National Bank
Iowa’ Zee Zat
Life IN S. CO
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Flick & Lucas Lucas
James R. Locke Reid L. Hunt
Laweral
J. M. Haddock
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C. C. Carlton Federal Farm Loans
Farm Credit Administration
Farmers and Merchants Bank Deoliding
Co. W. Steward
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