Girls' Kittenball Team Involved in Crash Near Riverside
A truck carrying fourteen Washington girls kittenball players collided with an automobile one mile south of Riverside at 7 pm. The wreck left four in Iowa City and Kalona hospitals with serious injuries and fifteen others with minor cuts and bruises. The overturned truck dumped passengers along the highway as ambulances rushed to the scene.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington Girls
Riverside
Leo Sharpe
Richmonds
Iowa City
James Chalupa
Kalona
Dis
Washington County
Dorothy Shirley
Pauline Snyder
Leo Mangold
Mangold
Walker Homecoming Set For Aug 15 16
Walker the annual home coming here will be held Wednesday and Thursday August 15 and 16. The Quasqueton baseball team will play the Walker team Wednesday afternoon, and Coggan will play Walker Thursday afternoon. each has won a game this season.
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Walker
The
Gazette
E. G. Fisher
E. T. Ellison
Donald Sorensen
J. Kuhn
I. L. Gritman
Vernon Winn
Louis Ross
Tom Wiley
Frank Assmus
Frank Chester
M. J. McCalley
J. A. Kayser
Frank Sand
Jack Kuhn
H. E. MacDonald
Joe Ernst
Quasqueton
Coggan
Dallas Center Man Named G O P Secretary
George Lloyd of Dallas Center was named secretary of the Republican state central committee at a Des Moines meeting. The committee also renewed plans to resume the Iowa campaign early next month, skipping the usual state fair delay.
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Des Moines
George Lloyd
Dallas Center
Republican State Central Committee
Iowa
Fairfax Drowning Victims Funeral Arrangements News
Funeral plans for three Fairfax boys drowned while wading the Iowa river at Middle Amana were announced. Milo F. Kilberger Lumir J. Kilberger and Charles Z. Pospisil will have services in Cedar Rapids and Fairfax with burial in local cemeteries.
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Fairfax
Iowa River
Middle Amana
Milo F. Kilberger
Lumir J. Kilberger
South Side Commercial Club
Cedar Rapids
Methodist Church
Francis Pokorny
E. F. Austin
Milo Kilberger
Lumir Kilberger
Polansky Chapel
Charles Z. Pospisil
T. B. Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Polataky Chapel
Tuesny
Great Dramatists Highlight Carnival of Comedy
Cornell summer theater presents Aristophanes The Birds and Moliere comedies The School for Husbands and The Learned Ladies in a three day Carnival of Comedy. Cast includes Herman Apfel Pleasantville and Elizabeth Patchen Mason City with guest star Mrs Herbert Stamats Cedar Rapids.
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Gazette
Mount Vanon
Aristophanes and
Moliere
Cornell Summer Theater
Albert Franklin Johnson
Bertha French Johnson
Cornell Summer Colony
Aristophanes
College Library
Herman Apfel
Pleasantville
Charlotte Austin
Dumont
Robert Guilbert
Melvin
Ill
Gerald Guthrie
Bloomfield
Verne Klimo
Mount Vernon
Alice Lubbock
Cedar Rapids
Martha Mead
Evanston
Elizabeth
Herring And Turner To Be Speakers At Coggon Celebration
COGGON The harvest home days return August 10 and 11 with Dan Turner speaking Friday at 11 a.m. and Clyde Herring addressing Saturday at 11 a.m. The events include kittenball and baseball games, street sports, wrestling, boxing, music by Cedar Rapids Drum and Bugle Corps, band concerts, and bowery dances.
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Gazette
Coggon
Dan Turner
Clyde Herring
Cedar Rapids
Phyliss Ludwig Hosts Tenth Birthday Party
Phyliss Ludwig entertained several schoolmates for a tenth birthday party Saturday. Guests included Anita Madden Morothy Potter Dolores Reynolds Betty Jean Baldwin Lucille Spivey Betty Shira Betty Meade Irene Chipman Margaret Jane Wylie Laura Miller and Marie Brant. Games followed by a lunch were enjoyed.
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Tiffin
Phyliss Ludwig
Anita Madden
Morothy Potter
Dolores Reynolds
Betty Jean Baldwin
Lucille Spivey
Betty Shira
Betty Meade
Irene Chipman
Margaret and
Jane Wylie
Laura Miller
Marie Brant
South and West trap double to win small slam
South opens with a three card suit headed by the Ace and, despite a void in clubs, pursues a slam. West misreads Souths bid and doubles, a redouble by South yields 910 extra points. North and South vulnerable. Seven no odd makes for a seven to zero swing with spade and heart finesses succeeding.
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South
North
West
Fall Fatal For North English Boy
Jerry Weber six year old son of Mr and Mrs Henry Weber died after falling through a hay chute on Kenneth Lockridges farm near North English. He suffered a fractured skull and cerebral hemorrhage not long after the accident. Coroner E M Mahanna said there would be no inquest. Survived by his parents a sister and a brother.
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The
Gazette
Kenneth Lockridge
Jerry Weber
Henry Weber
Jerry
E. M. Mahanna
Precautions Urged as Iowa Faces Typhoid Threat
Dr. Carl F. Jordan of the Iowa health department warned of a potential typhoid outbreak after an inspection in Waterloo where twelve cases and seven suspected cases were reported. A dairy linked to infections has been closed and water samples near the Cedar River are tested for contamination.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Carl F. Jordan
State Department of Health
Waterloo
Jordan
Cedar River
Descendants Honor Pioneer On 86th Birthday in Benton Co
Mrs. Josephine Schmidt, Benton county pioneer, was honored on her eighty sixth birthday with a family picnic hosted by ten children at the Charles Schmidt home two miles north of here. Attending were forty grandchildren and thirty four great grandchildren along with many relatives and friends.
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Gazette
Watkins
Josephine Schmidt
Benton County
Charles Schmidt
Here
Adam Schulte
Charles Schulte
N. A. Keffler
Charles Nolte
Mary Burhman
Charlies Schmidt
Dave Maag
Clayton Schmidt
Clifford Schmidt
Henry Becker
Ervin Schmuecker
Adam Schulte, Jr
Kate Smith
Cedar Rapids
Griffith
John Smith
Urbana
Leonard Smith
Lee Smith
Frank Kramer, Jr
John Kramer
Vinton
Dorsey
Charles Dorsey
Ellen Price
Raymond
John de Walt
Homer Madison
S. E. Railsback
Whittier
Calif
Will van Dyke
Richard Dorsey
Lew Robbins
Shellsburg
Frank Henderson
Milt Hall
Doris
Frances
Emory Dorsey
Ruth
William
Mount Auburn
Stanley Railsback
Sherman Richart
E. N. Mitchell
Jack Dorsey
Emmett Porter
Ellen
Mildred
Verona Loehmer
Mill Hall
Shaw
Riverside Park
J. C. Shaw
Donna Shaw
Carl Beresford
Bessie
Glenn
Marjorie Beresford
Mina Pitts
Carl Detrick
Helen
Elmer Detrick
Harold Beresford
Betty
Jane
Leslie Shaw
John
Teddy
Vinton and Vicinity
Robert Byers
Bobby
Lawrence Beresford
Davenport
Troy Mills
Henry
Deborah Fairchilds
Island Park
Cedar Falls
John Fairchilds
Ray Dix
Fern Horak
Opal Brown
Cecil Ondler
San Diego
Milo Ware
Coggan
Donald Lee Fairchilds
Harry Fairchilds
Aurora
Walker
Mary Jeffrey
Iowa
F. W. Steele
Charles Winner
Lincoln
Grant
Otter Creek
Salt Creek
Richland
Columbia
Blairstown Legion Sponsors Sports Day Activities
Blairstown M. J. Kirby post of the American Legion will sponsor a sports day on August 9. The morning program includes a Blairstown high school band concert and horse racing with speaker Frank Miles of the Iowa Legionaire. Afternoon events feature band concerts, a kittenball game Belle Plaine versus Luzerne, Blairstown versus Norway baseball, and a school band concert followed by a dance.
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The
Gazette
Blairstown
M. J. Kirby Post
American Legion
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionaire
Sayers Grove
Belle Plaine Girls
Luzerne Girls
Norway
Mediation Halted In Kohler Strike
Mediation toward a settlement of the Kohler strike halted temporarily as National Guard patrols continued in Kohler Wisconsin after a weekend clash left two dead and forty three injured. Chicago regional labor board arbiters urged militia presence and said negotiations should wait, with plans to resume likely later in the week. In Postville Mrs Ed Schmid remains hospitalized after a tire blowout caused a car to overturn three times. Mr Schmid was unhurt.
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Kohler
Wis
National Guardsmen
Chicago Regional Labor Board
Postville
Ed Schmid
Schmid
Drunkenness studied as driving menace at luncheon
Albion R. King of Cornell College told Canopus club members that drinking two beers makes drivers 39 percent likelier to fumble. He called alcohol a narcotic, outlining stages from dulled self criticism to impaired sensory function and eventual pass out during intoxication.
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Albion R. King
Cornell College
Canopus Club
Hotel Roosevelt
King
Woman Believes She Saw Body In River During Bridge Crossing
Mrs. Thomas Elliott reported seeing a sunburned boy in a blue bathing suit in the Cedar River near the Fourth Avenue bridge around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police, firemen, and bystanders conducted a search, but at 2:30 p.m. no body was found and the effort was called off.
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Thomas Elliott
Third Avenue
Cedar River
Fourth Avenue
I Sland
Payee
Dorsey Shaw Fairchilds Families Hold Reunions Across Iowa
Across Vinton, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns, multiple family reunions were held. Notable gatherings included Dorsey, Shaw, and Fairchilds descendants with attendees from Iowa and beyond. Road projects noted in Tama County.
Nancy Page quilt club sees idea of world trip through scraps
Nancy Page presents a new quilt concept called Scrap Bag. Ida Locke from Mc Minnville sent a partial block originally for a trip around the world pattern. The design features blocks of 113 small squares with fixed plain colors and varying prints, centered on yellow and built in progressively lighter color rings.
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Nancy Page
Nancy
White House
McMinnville
Tenn
Ida Locke
Hearing on Cedar Rapids sewer plant plans and contract
Official notice for a hearing on August 4 1934 at Cedar Rapids City Hall to consider proposed plans specifications and contract forms for sections F G H and I of a sewer outlet and purifying plant on government and Walter Schreds Addition lots in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Objections may be filed by interested parties. Published July 24 and 31 1934.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Walter Schreds
Pleasant Valley Avenue
Burlington Street
A. D
L. J. Storey
M. M. Krebs
Cedar Rapids seeks bids for sewer plant sections F G H I
Official notice calls for sealed proposals by August 24 1934 for construction erection and installation of sewer outlet and fortification plant sections F G H and I in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Plans and specs available from City Clerk and City Engineer. deposits $20 to obtain documents refundable if plans returned in good condition. project includes sludge digestion tanks vacuum filter drying gear and floating covers with detailed fixed-sum items and staged completion deadlines.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
L. J. Storey
City
City of
Iown
Cedar Raplds
H R Green
Towa
Iim
Secion F
Flins
Scrap Bag Quilt Design Pattern by Nancy Page
The article describes a color themed Scrap Bag quilt where each square becomes a miniature world trip. It notes a central dark piece with lighter neighbors and advises adding a quarter inch for seams. To obtain the full pattern send three cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Nancy Page at The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Gazette
Josephine Culbertson
Culbertson
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Nancy Page
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Beer Revenue Jump in July 1934
Des Moines reports Iowa beer tax receipts for July 1934 rose sharply from July 1933, totaling 110 788 88 dollars compared with 57 886 76 the prior year. June receipts also climbed to 95 658 04. Permit fees plus beer tax comprised the July total with inheritance tax showing a July 1934 decline.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jay
Leo J. Wegman
Wegman
Department of the Treasury
La Porte City Plans It Annual Jiggs Day
La Porte City committees prepare for the annual Jiggs Day with a free corn beef and cabbage lunch. Sept. 20 is the date. Merchants sponsor the event and named Dr. W F Christopher as general chairman with chairmen C V Barnhart for entertainment Cecil Gates for concessions F E Lehman for finance Pee Betts for dance R R LaTour for coordination. Grinnell farm home of P A Harris five miles north burned Monday causing $2100 in damage insured.
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LA Porte City
W. F. Christopher
C. V. Barnhart
Cecil Gates
F. E. Lehman
Pee Betts
R. R. LaTour
Cedar Rapids invites bids for public works contract
The City of Cedar Rapids Iowa invites sealed bids for a public works project with payment terms based on monthly expenditures not to exceed eighty five percent of prior month value and final payment after 30 days. Bids require a five percent certified check and a one hundred percent performance bond with two year defect guarantee.
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Cedar Rapids
Lowe
Iowa
Towa
United States of America
Earente
PWA
A. L. Storey
M. M. Krens
St Paul man offers free Udga for stomach ulcers
William H. Fraser of St Paul announces a discovery for stomach ulcers and acidity. He offers free samples of Udga and a seven day trial box backed by a money back guarantee from May Drue Company to readers who write him.
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St. Paul
Minn
Wm. H. Fraser
Fraser
Suite 72
Foot-Schulze Bidg
May Drue
Widow of Dollfuss Returns to Italy with Children
Fran Dollfuss widow of Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss arrived in Riccione Italy with her two children Rusdolf nine and Eva ten after the Vienna assassination. Donna Mussolini wife of Italy's premier greeted them and Frau Dollfuss thanked Mussolini for caring for the children during the tragedy. She explained to the children their father had gone on a long journey and would not return soon. Officials said Mussolini might visit Rome to discuss conditions there.
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Riccione
Italy
Fran Dollfuss
Engelbert Dollfuss
Austria
Donna Rachello Mussolini
Rusdolf
Eva
Frau Dollfuss
Signora Mussolini
Vienna
Mussolini
Rome
Continue Process Tax For Cotton
Washington AP reports the farm administration will keep the cotton processing tax at 42 cents per pound for the 1934 35 marketing year to counter rumors and uncertainty. A rental and benefit payment program for production control is in place for the next year, necessitating the tax continuation.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Druggan Freed From Atlanta Jail After Tax Conviction
ATLANTA AP Federal officials disclose that Terry Druggan once a Chicago prohibition era beer baron was released from the federal penitentiary after two years for violation of income tax laws. Warden A C Aderholt says Druggan was released last Friday but records had been locked up and he did not recall the portion of sentence served. Druggan was brought here about a year ago from Leavenworth.
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Atlanta
Terry Druggan
Chicago
Federal Penitentiary
A. C. Aderholt
Druggan
Leavenworth
Mount Vernon Band To Honor Baldwin Veteran
Mount Vernon community band plans a Thursday concert honoring Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Chase of Baldwin. Uncle Andy, age 87, is the area’s only surviving Civil War veteran. Mrs. Chase is 86. Pieces under Prof Walter Hodgson will honor old settlers, with John Klimp arranging. The band also backs Solon homecoming August 16 and Labor Day Kolach Day events by the American Legion post and auxiliary.
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Mount Vernon
Andrew Chase
Baldwin
Andy
Chase
Walter Hodgson
John Klimp
American Legion Post and Auxiliary
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Hector
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Monroe
Verne Kluimo
Edgar Walker
Mason City
Herring
Turner
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Chambray
First Street
Pioneer of Benton Co
Blairstown Legion
Alchy Menace
Cornell
Iowa News
Nancy’s Quilt Club
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Grinnell
P. A. Harris
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Reveal Druggan
Peterman
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