Iowa Rivers Near Flood Stage After Snow Melt Rains
Across Iowa rivers rose to flood levels with melting snow and rain. In Decorah the Upper Iowa exceeded records at 1:15 a.m. Friday submerging Highway 55 areas, yards, gas works, and stations while bridges and parks faced rising waters. Des Moines and Raccoon rivers surged statewide with Boone and Algona recording record stages and lowlands flooding.
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the Gazette
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West Union
Turkey
Eldorado
Clermont
Elgin
Des Moines
Raccoon
Boone
Weather Bureau
Waterloo
Cedar River
Algona
Walburg
Fraser
Ledges Park
Iowan Begins Three Year Sentence for Milk War Murder
Nile Cochran Mevileta, a farmer, was sentenced to three years for second degree manslaughter in the killing of milk trucker R D Markell of Sioux Point South Dakota. Markell was shot while attempting to haul milk through a farmers picket line near Sioux City on February 3. Deputy sheriffs escorted Cochran to the state penitentiary within hours of the sentencing.
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Sioux Falls
Nile Cochran Mevileta
Cochran
R D Markell
Eix Pont
Sioux City
L. L. Fleeger
Tom Collins
Union County
Stomach Sufferers Drink Warm Milk
Advertises warm milk and M C Stomach Treatment Tablets for sour stomach heartburn and dyspepsia. Claims a money back guarantee and a $1.50 bottle with a month’s treatment available at local druggists.
Convicted Riverside Man Sued For 10000 Damages
Clara J. Hartsock administratrix of Mor gan B. Hartsock's estate sues Joseph B Wieland of Riverside for 10000 damages after Morgan Hartsock was killed by a car Wieland drove. Wieland already served eight years in Fort Madison prison for manslaughter and seeks a plea change and new trial on appeal.
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Iowa City
Clara J. Hartsock
Morgan B. Hartsock
Joseph B Wieland
Riverside
Wieland
Fort Madison
State Supreme Court
Traer High Wins Class C Drama Championship
IOWA CITY UP Traer High School won the first championship of the 1933 University of Iowa dramatic and forensic festival in class C play production. The Traer team presented The Rising Moon by Lady Gregory to defeat four other class C high schools including Springville Wilton Garwin and Alden. Final championships across six categories were to be settled over three days with debates, extemporaneous speaking, and oratory.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Traer High School
Traer Players
Lady Gregory
Springville
Wilton
Garwin
Alden
Iowa
Trance Victim Minnie Powell Hailed by Medical Experts
A four day trance of Minnie Powell 23 in Waterloo Iowa drew help from hypnotists physicians psychologists and a crystal gazer. Arthur Trott a self styled prophet faced accusations of vexing the town as Minnie awoke but refused to speak. The case blends auto-suggestion phobia melancholia and possible feigned illness with efforts to rouse Minnie under hypnotism and religious fervor.
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Waterloo
Minnie Powell
Minnie
Cedar River
Arthur E Trott
Trott
Legrange
Ore
Harlan Lavine
Lavine
Prairie Du Chien Plans Beer Celebration If Iowa Stays Dry
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin plans a beer celebration in April with a toll free bridge to Marquette across the Mississippi to help thirsty northeastern Iowa residents. Drum corps and bands from nearby towns will be invited to perform as the event recalls pre prohibition Wisconsin wet and Iowa dry days.
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Iowa
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Mississippi
Marquette
Wisconsin
Jaw Of Prehistoric Giant Found Near Belle Plaine
The petrified lower jaw of a giant human, likely 1000 years old, was found by Earl Bennett in the Iowa river near Belle Plaine. Cedar Rapids professors estimate death around 933 A D at age 75. The slate colored jaw measures four by three and a half by two and a half inches and Bennett will send the relic to the national museum in Washington.
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Belle Plaine
Iowa River
Earl Bennett
Cedar Rapids
Bennett
National Museum
Washington
Military Honor Given West Union School Man
WEST UNION The decoration of the purple heart has been awarded to Supt. E. A. Ralston. He served in Co. A 321st machine gun battalion eighty second division and was wounded Oct. 16 1918 in the Meuse Arconne offensive. The award from the War Department honors meritorious service and being wounded in action.
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West Union
George Washington
E. A. Ralston
Ralston
Co. A. 321St
Meuse-Arconne
War Department
United States
Quivering Nerves Benefit from Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy
An old advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervous strain and irritability. It claims 98 of 100 women report benefit and promises energy and improved life quality.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Williams burg couple marks fiftieth wedding anniversary
Special to The Gazette Mr and Mrs Ed J Jones hosted an open house Tuesday for their 50th wedding anniversary. A family dinner Sunday drew sixty five relatives. He remains active on the farm northwest of Williamsburg with his son Thomas. Mrs Jones, 76, bakes and manages the home. They wed March 28, 1883 at the bride's home. Elizabeth Hughes Jones was born in North Wales in 1857.
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Mr Jones
Williamsburg
Thomas B. Jones
Jones
Mr. Jones Weas
South Wales
Ohio
Iowa
Annie Hendryx
Marengo
Lois H. White
Weldon
Ruth
Sarah Jones
Chicago
Clarke A. Jones
Thomas E. Jones
Funeral Services Held For Monticello Pioneer
Nicholas Kehoe 92 died at home in Monticello after a long life in Castle Grove and Monticello. He was born in Ireland and came to the United States with his parents, later serving as trustee, school director, councilman, and poor commissioner. Survived by widow Bridget Crilley, children Denis Donovan, M J Hogan, Peter J Kehoe, 23 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren. Burial at Immaculate Conception cemetery.
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Nicholas Kehoe
Sacred Heart Church
Kehoe
County Wexford
Ireland
Simon
Margaret Kehoe
United States
Cincinnati
Castle Grove Township
Jones County
Castile Grove
Bridget Crilley
Castle Grove
Denis Donovan
Coggan
M. J. Hogan
Peter J. Kehoe
Dubuque
Father A. L. Loren
Ambulance Plan Aims to Cut Indigent Transport Costs
Four motor ambulances for indigent patients to the University of Town hospital are expected to save about $87 000 annually, per hospital administrator Robert E B Neff. Ambulance service began last summer with two cars and has averaged high mileage while reducing passenger transport costs to 617 cents per mile. The ambulances operate statewide to serve indigent needs.
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Crarette
Iowa
CYVY
University of Town
Robert EB Neff
House Resolution Seeks Cement Purchases Probe
A Iowa House resolution calls for an investigation of cement purchases for state highway work. Chief Engineer Fred R. White and the state highway commission urge a five member from each chamber committee to conduct the inquiry. The measure refers to a prior report alleging cement bid collusion and criticizes the chief engineer for not reporting bids to state officials. Oelwein notes new Bible school leaders with 300 children expected.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa House of Representatives
Fred R. White
State Highway Commission
Commission
House
Laughlin
McCreery
Ditto
Hanson
Winnebago
Mitchell
Senate
Highway Commission
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