Confesses Killing Two Of Wife's Kin In Brooklyn
Thomas McFarland a 39 year old varnish maker and father of three confessed to murdering his mother in law Nora Kelly 68 and her granddaughter Florence McVey 18 in their Brooklyn home. He described visiting with wine and alcohol leading to a violent confrontation and choking of Kelly and smothering of McVey before being held without bail on homicide charges.
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New York
INS
Thomas McFarland
Nora Kelly
Florence McVey
McFarland
Brooklyn
Kelly
Iowa News in Brief highlights from Independence to Victor
The Gazette compiles short notices from Iowa towns. Gladys June Elliott's will is probated in Jesup with her husband Robert Elliott and father Henry Diehl as equal heirs and executor. Other items note deaths in West Union and Independence, a Grinnell professor on leave to lecture, an Earlville high school alumni election, Belle Plaine mayoral appointments, Troy Mills cemetery officers, a Victor bank dividend, and Independence resident Mrs. Earl G. Brown's death with services held.
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Independence
Gladys June Elliott
Jesup
Robert Elliott
Henry E. Diehl
West Union
John Craft
Anson Quackenbush
Paul Craft
Grinnell
Charles E. Payne
Grinnell College
Scripps College
Claremont
Calif
Payne
California
Earlville
Gerald Faust
Lois Clifton
Ruth Klaus
Kenneth Hunt
High School
Methodist Church
Belle Plaine
Wallace F. Snyder
E. N. Brown
P. R. Lohr
H. W. Miller
Robert Payton
Paul Niebel
Pearl Rucker
Troy Mills
Cemetery Association
S. A. Keller
May Fay
Hannah Oldridge
Rebecca Cherry
Sarah Keller
Nola Wininstorfer
Obituary notes and local notices span several towns
Obituaries for John Bormann 86 formerly of Cedar Rapids died in Preston after two weeks illness. Naomi McArthur born Independence 1883, died. multiple memorials and family survivors listed. Central City birthday tribute to Mary Ellen Sawyer. Grinnell business sale of Coutts contracting firm. Maynard funeral for Harriet Malven. Oelwein school break in robbery spree. Earlville dividend distribution at Farmers Bank. Hartwick school teachers reappointed. Oelwein Rotary directors named. Belle Plaines funeral for Glenn Dean Conklin. numerous local greetings, services, and survivor lists.
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John Bormann
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Schwirtz
Preston
Mr. Bormann
Germany
Clinton County
Commercial
J. H. Bormann
E. L. Kindig
A. V. Bormann
F. E. Hamlin
Mount Hope Cemetery
Naomi McArthur
Independence
Peter McArthur
Earl G. Brown
Esther Brown
Rochester
Minn
Wayne
Richard
Roy McArthur
Compton
Calif
George McArthur
Jessie McArthur
Cherokee
Alice McArthur
Rebekah Lodge
First Presbyterian Church
Central City
E. M. Adams
Mary Ellen Sawyer
Glen Page
Sawyer
Tom Bender
Billy Page
J. F. Wager
C. C. Crane
Anna Gloss
Adellah Pike
William Ford
Emma Sawyer
Ella Moses
Rose George
Margaret McLeod
William Goldsberry
Florence Burling
Maynard
Harriet Malven
Presbyterian Church
Purley Jennison
W. F. Caldwell
H. W. Brant
J. C. Davis
A. S. Harper
L. W. Hayter
C. E. Meyers
Belle Plaine
Glenn Dean Conklin
Carroll
Claude
H. B. ,Conklin
Art. Rusk
Mrs J R McCausland claims Kruschen fat loss
Pittsburgh reader says she lost eight pounds in two weeks using Kruschen Salts, while eating normally. The ad urges others to use half a teaspoon in hot water each morning, tasting fine with lemon juice, and promises safe weight reduction with a four week supply sold at May Drug Store.
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J. R. McCausland
Pittsburgh
Kruschen
Elementary and Junior High Fail Rates Reported
Superintendent Arthur C. Deamer reported to the board of education that 3.82 percent of elementary students did not pass at the end of the last semester while 2.11 percent of junior high students failed. The overall average failure rate was 3.41 percent.
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Arthur C. Deamer
Board of Education
Education failure rates shown fall across classes
Monday night figures indicate an overall average failure rate of 3.41 percent, with earlier periods recording over ten percent. Deamer attributes the drop to the humanizing of the educational system and tailoring work to pupil ability, noting 1-B had the highest failure rate at 12.16 percent.
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Deamer
Lenten Service Planned at Trinity Lutheran Church
The Rev. P. L. Bornhoeft will preach on Love for Mortal Enemies at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday Lenten services. John A. Jaeger will be organist. The program includes Gethsemane, Savior When In Dust To Thee, Daughters of Jerusalem, Lenten Prelude, Lord Jesus Who Our Souls To Save, and O Lamb of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Bornhoeft
Trinity Lutheran Church of the Missouri Synod
John A. Jaeger
Otto Malling
Bobo
Ferris Tozer
Bursa Bornhoeft
B. Luard Selby
Lord Jeans
Lamb of God
Larzo
G. P. Haendel
School Bldg Committee Delays Report On Foremen Wage Boost
The board of education authorized a $12.20 deduction from the Franklin junior high addition plumbing contract. The building committee was not ready to report on the general contractors' request for an extra allowance tied to a PWA wage increase for foremen after contracts were signed.
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Franklin
Board of Education
E. A. Chamberlin
First Evangelical Church
McKinley School
PWA
Raymond Hughes
Iowa State College
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Iowa News
the Gazette
City
R. G. Coutts
Richardson- Phelps Lumber Company
York Lumber Company
Ross V. Coutts
Coutts
Oelwein
Farmer's State Bank
State Bank of
Paul Klaus
Manchester
Victor
Hartwick Board of Education
Hartwick School
Elliot
Anton Carlsen
Copenhagen
Denmark
Rotary Club
United States
Oelwein Chamber of Commerce
Oelwein Rotary Club
Trinity Lutheran
Hughes
Thames
Millbank
England
Shrine Circus
Dr. Doherty
Star Jewelry
Second St. SE
Lorrow
Hoover
Smn
Sowa
Axminster
Third Ave
S.W
Vata
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