Centennial Week Dubuque Welcomes Legion Convention
Thousands of visitors fill Dubuque for the Iowa American Legion annual convention as former residents return for the citys centennial show. Notable guests include former Senator Dan Steck Jo Ray Murphy and James F Barton. State leaders back Roosevelt NRA program while Legion membership awards go to Des Moines Highland Park and other towns.
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Dubuque
Iowa American Legion
Legion
United States
Dan Steck
Jo Ray Murphy
Eagle Grove
National Legion Legislative Committee
James F Barton
American Legion Monthly
Knoxville
Villisca
Casey
Aurora Ta
Indian War Veteran Andrew Bonner Dies in Des Moines
Des Moines reports the death of Andrew S S Bonner 92 a veteran of Indian wars from near Zanesville who moved to Iowa at 18 and settled on a Des Moines farm since 1906. He is survived by his wife and daughter Mrs Letha Jamison of Oc Clinton. He belonged to the Masonic lodge for about seventy years. Funeral arrangements to be announced locally Monday.
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Des Moines
Andrew S
Seymour Youth Killed By Truck On Delivering Hauling Route
Seymour AP report states 16 year old Harry Messersmith fell under a moving truck in Seymour while trying to board it at the south shale hauling site. Witnesses say the wheel passed over his head causing fatal injuries. He was son of Minane Wes Albert Messersmith.
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Seymour
Harry Messersmith
Hanline
Tawny Messersmith
Woo Meo Oteamith
Minane
Wes Albert
Tipton and Surrounding Iowa Notices Mixed in In Brief
A collage of items from Tipton to Winton and beyond lists church homecoming in Tipton on September 10, a State Vocational and Educational conference in Ames August 23, and Phi Beta Kappa election at Comet College. scattered notes report a Yakima resident injuring a leg near Edgewood and a cornucopia of local event hints, budget estimates, and public notices across small towns.
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Tipton
Margaret Gardner
Myr
FC Gardner
Ames
Mount Vernon
Florence Hansen
Mainneapolis
Town Deltas
Phi Beta Kappa National
Ho Orars Scllastic
Comet College
Dog Pat Returns to Deaf Boy in Oskaloosa
A Boston bulldog named Pat trotted to an Oskaloosa home on Monday and brought happiness to Dan Hill a deaf and mute boy who has not heard or spoken since a meningitis attack two years ago. Pat had been missing for over a week and believed stolen. The reunion ended a week of loneliness as Dan slept beside his cherished pet who had waited by the boy’s side.
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Oskaloosa
Boston
Dan Hill
Pat
Dan
Seven Deputies Appointed To Collect Wheat Tax
Washington AP reports seven special deputy Internal Revenue collectors will be appointed soon to aid in collecting wheat processing taxes in Iowa. Nebraska will have three deputies, South Dakota two, and duties are temporary with salaries of 1800 dollars a year less 15 percent. Applicants are asked to apply through state revenue collectors.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Towa
Internal Revenue Bureau
Nebraska
South Dakota
Cedar County Relief Work Aligns With NRA Codes
A Cedar county joint meeting of the board of supervisors and Emergency Relief committee set schedules to fit NRA rules. Unemployed workers will have eight hour days and four day weeks. Truck drivers paid 7 cents per yard mile for hauling crushed stone. the board intends longer term savings by fewer hours rather than higher pay.
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Tipton
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Cedar County Emergency Relief Committee
NRA
Johnson Applies For 112 000 Road Fund
Johnson county and Iowa City seek about 112 000 of a 10 01 000 federal highway appropriation for improvements. The chamber of commerce requests 37 000 to resurface ten blocks, while nine miles of No 1 from Iowa City to Anamosa and related routes seek funding. County supervisors request 22 800 for secondary roads and bridges.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Chamber of Commerce
Sharon Center
Solon
Mount Vernon
Anamosa
No Need For NRA Is Bible Held To Says Anamosa Native
Anamosa native Alva W. Taylor a Vanderbilt professor drew New York reviewers to his thesis Christianity and Industry in America He argues Jesus teachings would shape economic structure and industry if practiced Not a theorist he offers a practical utopia contrasting Jesus simple ideals with modern business methods
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Anamosa
Gazette
New York
Alva W. Taylor
Vanderbilt University
America
Jesus
Taylor
Sir Thomas More
Thieves Steal Two Wheels From Car in Toledo Garage
Robbers entered the Leon Spooner garage in Toledo Saturday night and used a car jack from the toolkit to remove and steal the two front wheels. Another report to Sheriff Harris from the Vana brothers at Montrouge recounts thieves taking 315 dollars in cash, ten new tires, and five batteries from their garage.
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the Gazette
Toledo
Leon Spooner
E. O
Harris
Vana Brothers
Montour
Missing Manchester Man Found in West
Special to The Gazette reports W A Jarvis once missing with his family in 1931 has been found in Sterling Cole where he is being held. Sheriff Utley and a deputy head to Sterling to return him. An indictment for uttering false checks stands against him. Jarvis ran multiple ventures from autos to real estate and hog trafficking. Jackson County officers identify 250 pounds of dynamite found near Baldwin as loot from the Clinton Armstrong store last spring.
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Manchester
W. A. Jarvis
Jarvis
Sterling
Cole
H G
Utley
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Baldwin
Armstrong
Clinton
Governor Herring to Speak at August Day Parade
State Center will honor Gov Clyde L Herring with a celebration on August 16. The Eldora Training School band will lead a parade and a noon community picnic on school grounds will give away free watermelon.
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State Center
Clyde L. Herring
Eldora Training School
Legionaires Reform Say Commander Earl Hall at Dubuque
In Dubuque Commander W Earl Hall of the Iowa American Legion says members have reformed and no longer disrupt towns at conventions. He notes their age brings stability and maturity, while joking about past antics and emphasizing citizenship and responsibility. TOLEDO probate: will of Grant Dunlap of Dysart names wife Martha Dunlap as executrix and life tenant of Tama county farm, with remainder to three children Inez Floyd J Earl W Dunlap.
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Dubuque
W. Earl Hall
Iowa Department of American Legion
American Legion
Toledo
U.S. Grant
Inez Dunlap
Floyd J. Dunlap
Earl W Dunlap
Maquoketa Lumber Yard Destroyed by Fire
Maquoketa reports the Hand-Fischer Lumber yard destroyed by a 4 am Monday fire caused by lightning. Losses include 30000 dollars in damage and 25000 dollars in stock insured, with buildings valued at 5000 dollars possibly unprotected. Fire crews from Maquoketa and Delmar battled for over an hour. rain helped prevent spread to nearby homes.
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Maquoketa
George Suther
Delmar
Harry Fischer
Sutherland- Tubbs Company
First Iowa Bird Record Made From McGregor in 1673
Des Moines ornithologist Philip Dumont says the first Iowa bird record dates to June 17 1673 near McGregor when Marquette and Joliet traced the Mississippi two miles below town He notes swans were common then but vanished along with the passenger pigeon and wild turkey.
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McGregor
Towa
Philip Dumont
Des Moines
Wild Life School
Marquette
Joliet
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Iowa
Dr . Morehouse
Backbone Park
Delaware County
J. S
Musketeers Drum Corps Set for Coggon Harvest Home
Cedar Rapids musketeers juvenile drum and bugle corps will perform at the Coggon Harvest Home on Friday and Saturday, drawing local youth groups and families to the event in village celebration.
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Coggon
Cedar Rapids Musketeers
Iowa Master Shoe Rebuilders Formed in Des Moines
A new Iowa association of shoe repair men organized in Des Moines with 150 delegates drafting a wage and working hour code. The tentative plan sets a forty hour week and wage minimums of 10 dollars weekly plus tips for shiners and 18 dollars for repair men.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Master Shoe Rebuilders Association
Infantile Paralysis Shows Decrease From Last Year
DES MOINES AP The 1934 infantile paralysis count in town indicates a 20 percent drop from 1932. Up to August 1 only five cases were reported, said state health commissioner Dr Walter L Bierring. Epidemics occur roughly every ten to fifteen years, with notable outbreaks in 1916 and a milder rise in 1930 and 1931.
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DES Moines
Walter L. Bierring
Bierring
Alleged Alcohol Found in West Liberty Raid
Sheriff Fred Nesper led a raid on the home of Mr and Mrs William Keith in West Liberty about 9 pm Saturday. Officers found a hatchet and about one and a half pints of whiskey amid the scattered evidence. The Keiths were taken into custody for questioning.
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West Liberty
WESDP
Mro
William Keith
Sherif Fred Nesper
Mar Hal Pauli Andeon
Wet Paiberty
Museatope
New Barn Destroyed By Fire Near Grundy Center
Fire destroyed a new barn near Grundy Center in an early week blaze. The incident caused extensive damage with smoke and flames observed from surrounding properties as firefighters battled the inferno.
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Grundy Center
Spanish American War Vets Meet At Vinton
A local gathering of Spanish American War veterans is planned in Vinton with veterans expected to share memories and reconnect with comrades from the conflict era. Organizers invite members to attend and note the event details and meeting time.
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Vinton
Funeral Tuesday For Boys Killed at Grundy Center
Funeral services are planned Tuesday for two boys killed in Grundy Center. The local community mourns as families and neighbors recall the boys’ years of activity and a long association with Des Moines groups.
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Grundy Center
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