Three Iowans Die In Weekend Auto Accidents
Mrs. Carrie Ballenger of Iowa City along with Clarence Riemer of Dysart and Harvey Grover of Monticello were killed in weekend crashes. Ballenger, longtime W C T U secretary, died when her son’s car collided head on with a truck near Crescent. her son Harold Ballenger and daughter-in-law were critically injured. The Crescent crash left two Ballenger children bruised. Harold’s family and the Ballenger car driver were treated at a hospital.
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Council Bluffs
INS
Carrie, Ballenger
Walker Civil War Veteran Joseph Hudson Dies at 8:30 P.M.
Civil War veteran Joseph Hudson died Sunday at his Walker home at 8:30 p.m. He served four years in the war and belonged to C. G. Francis post, G A R. Born 1842 in Pennsylvania, he moved to Grant township at age 19 and lived there ever since. He is survived by five children, twenty seven grandchildren, and nineteen great grandchildren, with two siblings and two more veterans noted among Walker’s remaining Civil War veterans. Funeral plans are not yet announced.
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Walker
Joseph Hudson
C. G. Francis Post
Mr. Hudson
Pennsylvania
No. 86
Infantry
Grant Township
Sarah Andrews Hudson
New First District Democrats to Meet in Mount Pleasant
Democrats of the new first district will convene Tuesday to pick a congressman from four candidates. Lee county's 53 votes will help decide, with other counties like Cedar Des Moines Johnson and Muscatine adding 99 votes. The convention requires 132 for nomination.
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Mount Pleasant
Lee County
Max A. Conrad
Burlington
William F. Kopp
Samuel D. Whiting
Iowa City
Edward C. Micher
Washington
Stanley Watts
Birmingham
Lee
van Buren
Jefferson
Henry
Des Moines
Louisa
Conrad
Iowa
Johnson
Cedar
Muscatine
Henry County
Eicher
Whiting
Porty
Watts
Mrs. Ella Thibeau Dies At Tama Home Of Daughter
Ella Thibeau died at her Tama home with daughter Mary Tyler at her side. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. at Harrison funeral home with Rev Eckler officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. She was born August 9 1854 in St Louis Missouri and married four times, last to Samuel Thibeau in 1912. She lived in western Iowa Omaha Marshalltown and Olin and worked as a nurse. Five grandchildren survive plus three Warren nephews and a sister in law.
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Harrison Funeral Home
W. ©. Eckler
The
Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ella Mary Ludington Thibeau
St. Louis
Joseph L
Eleanor Caroline Ludington
Allison F. Briggs
Samuel Thibeau
Thibeau
Congregational Church of
Marshalltown
James
Grace
Shirley
Pearly
Robert Tyler
L. A. Warren
Enid
Okla
R. A. Warren
Chicago, Il
C. W. Warren
Land O’ Lakes
Wis
Legion May Make Bonus Compromise
Delegates at the Iowa American Legion convention in Fort Dodge discuss the urgent issue of immediate veteran bonus payments. Key figures include W Earl Hall Mason City W J Rathke Glenwood William R Hart Iowa City and Robert Shaw Sigourney with James F Barton present from Indianapolis. The convention may adopt a compromise to pay bonuses promptly only to veterans in need, potentially becoming the first state body to take a position.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Mason City
W. J. Rathke
Glenwood
William R. Hart
Iowa City
Robert Shaw
Sigourney
National Legion Organization
James F. Barton
Indianapolis
Iowa Department
Resolutions Committee
Death in head on crash near Dysart on Highway 30
Chelsea residents Chelsea Clar ence Riemer died instantly and Walter Musel was seriously injured when their cars collided head on at the cutoff turn on Highway 30 east of town. Riemer was a Dysart school bus driver and Musel a Chelsea barber.
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Chelsea
Clarence Riemer
Dysart
Walter Musel
Highway No 30
Mosel
E. X. Duran
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
E. O. Harris
Toledo
J. W. Miller
Garwin
Riemer
Belle Plane
Will Riemer
Musel
Frank Musel
Monticello Youth Killed in Highway 117 Crash
Harvey Grover 28 son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Grover of Monticello was killed instantly in a late Saturday auto crash on highway 117 one mile east of Anamosa. He and two Monticello companions Oliver Sampson and Harold Starks were en route to Wyoming when they veered to avoid an oncoming truck the car overturned and Grover was pinned beneath wreckage. Coroner S E Beam ruled death by a broken neck. Grover survived by his wife and his parents.
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Monticello
Harvey Grover
Stephen Grover
Anamosa
Grover
Oliver Sampson
Harold Starks
Wyoming
S. E. Beam
Four Held In Death Of Unidentified Man
Four transients were held Monday in connection with the death of an unidentified man whose body was found in a boxcar at George Iowa Saturday night. At a coroner inquest Saturday the transients testified that the dead man and a partner occupied the boxcar Friday night and the partner departed alone early Saturday.
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Rock Rapids, Ia
George
Yeggs Break Safe At Independence Seed Co
Yeggs broke into the Webster Seed company office in Independence drilling a safe, opening it with a punch and stealing $2.65 from a cash box and rifling a desk. Entrance was via the basement back door. Mrs. Claud Wolfe, the company treasurer, found the office empty Saturday morning at 8. Sheriff notified but no clues found.
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Independence — Yeggs
Webster Seed Company
Claud Wolfe
Entry Blanks For State Fair Baby Contest Ready Now
Entry blanks for the Iowa baby health contest are open to babies aged 12 to 36 months in Iowa. Separate classes for city town and rural babies offer five hundred dollars in prizes and trophies. Baby specialists will examine participants and advise on potential child health concerns at the Iowa State Fair from September 26 through September 30.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Fair
Oldest Law Practitioner In Jones County Dies
Funeral services were held for Dallas D. Rorick oldest law practitioner in Jones county. Born June 18 1844 in Franklin county Ohio he moved to Iowa as a child and practiced law in Miller South Carolina Oxford Junction and Monticello where he lived for seventeen years. He was married to Martha Jane Hammond and leaves a daughter Julia Rorick of St Paul. He served in the Jones County and Iowa State Bar associations and one session of the state legislature.
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Monticello
Presbyterian Church
Dallas D. Rorick
Jones County
Roy V. Porter
Oxford Junction
Mr. Rorick
Franklin County
Ohio
C. H
Julia F. Rorick
Iowa
Miller
S. C
Martha Jane Hammond
Julia Rorick
St. Paul
Jones County Bar Association
Iowa State Bar Association
Clinton County
Liquor Raid Leads to Monticello Man Arrest
A midnight raid by local and county federal agents arrested Harry Nubauer in Monticello. Four gallons of alcohol and twenty seven pints of home brew were confiscated. Nubauer waived preliminary hearing and was arraigned before Justice Echternacht. unable to post a $1,000 bond, he remained in jail.
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Gazette
Monticello
Harry Nubauer
Nubauer
Justice Echternacht
Mrs Sabrina McDonald Dies Suddenly at Central City
Mrs Sabrina Elizabeth McDonald of Central City died suddenly at 4 pm Sunday at her home after a heart attack. Born in Paris Iowa December 17 1858 she married Alexander McDonald in 1876. Survived by two sons Andrew of Jewel and Bert of Waterloo, a sister Mrs Charles Forest of Central City two stepdaughters Violet McDonald Davenport and Mrs Montgomery Coggon and four grandchildren.
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Central City
Sabrina Elizabeth McDonald
McDonald
Paris
Alexander McDonald
Jones County Board Cuts Budget by Eight Thousand Dollars
Anamosa report states the Jones county board of supervisors trimmed the budget by $8,000, adding to a $35,000 cut last year for a two-year total of $43,000. A one mill levy will fund three items: 2 mills for agricultural exhibits, 2 mills for soldiers relief, and 5 mills for the county insane. Estimated expenditures for 1933 total $367,000.
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Anamosa
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Fontanelle Man Elected Head of Forty And Eight
Ross B. Patterson of Fontanelle was elected grand chef de gare of the Forty and Eight the American Legion af filiation. Other officers named include Fred Johannsen of Sioux City grand chef de train Charles G Kretschner of Dubuque grand correspondent Al Pilgrim of Ames grand commissive intendant W D Ingledue of Marshalltown cheminal nationale and Carl Powers of Ames alternate.
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Fort Dodge
Ross B. Patterson
Fontanelle
American Legion
Legion
State Legion
Fred Johannsen
Sioux City
Charles G. Kretschner
Dubuque
al Pilgrim
Ames
W. D. Ingledue
Marshalltown
Cheminal Nationale
Carl Powers
Escaped Iowa Woman Convict to Be Returned to Reformatory
Mrs Arvetta Smith who escaped from Rockwell City Iowa women s reformatory while serving 15 years was escorted back to the state institution by matron E Pauline Johnston. Smith was captured after a gun fight between her husband and police following a grocery store robbery. A severe sentence was handed to her husband for complicity.
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Oklahoma City
Arvetta Smith
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Iowa Institution
E. Pauline Johnston
Reformatory
Independence Liquor Violators Sentenced
Judge R. W. Hasner sentenced two men in Independence district court on Saturday. Fred Kane pled guilty to maintaining a liquor nuisance and received 300 dollars fine plus costs and 90 days in jail with 1000 dollar bond. Arthur Wendling pled guilty to operating while intoxicated and was fined 100 dollars and six months in county jail, with licenses revoked for one year and parole to Sheriff Ray Burch after suspension for good behavior.
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Independence
R. W. Hasner
Fred Kane
Arthur Wendling
Ray Burch
Uniform county examinations set for August 3 to 5
Examinations will be held here on August 3 4 and 5 with certificate records possible at the tests. Teachers may write to request grade raises. First time test takers should see the office for details and eligibility.
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Eleader
Promote Area Near Wapello As Site For State Park
A concerted movement in southeastern Iowa led by the Wapello civic service aims to promote the Meyerkholz lake area for state park designation in the 25 year conservation plan. Officials will visit the area soon to survey it, with the Wapello Lions club and the Tarry Awhile club coordinating the effort.
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Wapello
Iowa
Wapello Civic Service
Meyerholz Lake
Wapello Lions Club
Tarry Awhile Club
Webster announces Dorothy Weber to Walter Johnson wedding
Mrs Hazel Webster of Waucoma announces the marriage of her daughter Dorothy to Walter Johnson son of Mr and Mrs C W Johnson of Coralville on December 26 in Rock Island Illinois.
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Coralville
Hazel Webster
Waucoma
Iowa City
Dorothy
Walter Johnson
C. W. Johnson
Rock Island, IL
Clayton County Bankers elect new head and officers
C. J. Adam cashier of the Clayton County State Bank at Guttenburg is elected president of the Clayton County Bankers Association succeeding W. F. Daubenberger of McGregor. Other officers named include L. W. Thompson Farmersburg vice president H. L. Swenson Elkader secretary and W. R. Phelps Littleport treasurer.
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Eleader
C. J. Adam
Clayton County State Bank of
Guttenburg
Clayton County Bankers Association
W. F P. Daubenberger
McGregor
L. W. Thompson
Farmersburg
H. L. Swenson
Elkader
W. R. Phelps
Littleport
Urbana Savings Bank Reopens After Ten Day Holiday
Urbana Savings bank resumes operations after a July 16 closure for a ten day holiday. Most depositors signed three year waivers on their accounts allowing the bank to continue business.
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Urbana
Urbana Savings Bank
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Ella Thibeau
Tama
Yeggs
Independence Seed Co
Independence Liquor
Kline’s Grocery
LUX
Swift
Nash
Earna Teres
Kline’s Shoe Repair
Cne
Resinol
Bor Yres
Gore Baker
Clayton Co. Bankers
Urbana Bank
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