Urges Cut In Cost Of Caring For Poor At 8. U. S. Hospital
Dr W W Bowen of Fort Dodge president of the Iowa Medical Society told doctors in Ottumwa that state university hospital care for the poor is very expensively managed and should shift half the cost to county boards. He urged indigency be determined by the county before hospital admission and cited a $15 home treatment that becomes $150 to $200 en route to the state hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
State University Hospital
Iowa City
W. W. Bowen
Fort Dodge
Iowa Medical Society
Medical Society
Oldest exhibitor at Iowa State Fair shows giant melons
James Hethershaw, 92, longtime Iowa State Fair exhibitor entering prizes totaling over 7 000 dollars for farm, orchard and garden goods. He has competed for 52 consecutive years, tracing back to prize livestock shipments from England to Australia. Officials say agricultural displays will be highlights of the Des Moines fair this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James Hethershaw
Hethershaw
England
Australia
West Branch Faithful to Native Son Hoover in 1932 Race
Reporter surveys West Branch Iowa, Hoover birthplace, finding strong loyalty to Herbert Hoover and Republican principles. Voters cite disarmament stands, the park relief veto, salary cut, and St Lawrence waterway as reasons for support, while some urge change amid cow war memories and Brookhart criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Hoover
Cedar County
Dan Turner
Ray Anderson
The
Gazette
Garner “Park
St. Lawrence Inland Waterway
Amiia
Birthday Letters From Across the Nation Reach Hoover Birthplace
West Branch marks President Hoover's fifty eighth birthday with a yearly custom of mailing letters from a nationwide draw. Postmaster Yoder notes the practice draws envelopes of all sizes and colors, sent from Washington state to Washington D C and many midwestern cities. Mrs Yoder is a Hoover cousin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Hoover
United States
Washington State
Washington, D. C
Howard R. Green Appointed Fifth Iowa City Waterworks Appraiser
Howard R. Green of Cedar Rapids has been named the fifth appraiser for the Iowa City waterworks plant as the city considers a purchase. He will be paid about $2,000 and joins a panel including Day and Zimmerman Philadelphia J Sam Hartt Madison Burns and McDonnell Kansas City and Haskins Kansas City. Four of five appraisers must approve the valued figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Howard R. Green
Cedar Rapids
Green
Day and Zimmerman Engineering Company
Philadelphia
J. Sam Hartt
Madison, Wis
Burns and McDonnell Engineering Company
Kansas City
Haskins Engineering Company
Kansas City, MO
Confiscate Beer On Louisa County Farm
Sheriff George Oakes of Louisa county and Constable Cleo Hawkins raided the Jesse Mickey farm near Bard confiscating 72 pints and four quarts of alleged beer. Mickey waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the September grand jury under a $750 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
George Oakes
Louisa County
Cleo Hawkins
Columbus Junction
Jesse Mickey
Bard
Mickey
Weigner
Funeral Services Held For Mrs. R. H. Volland
Mrs. R. H. Volland, noted Iowa City club woman who died in New York City, was honored with funeral services Thursday at Trinity Episcopal church. Rev. Harry Sherman Longley officiated, and burial followed in Oakland Cemetery. Dr. Volland accompanied the casket, arriving after a Chicago stopover, with F. D. Williams Willis Mercer and Merritt C. Speidel of the First Capital State bank in attendance. the bank was closed during the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Iowa City
R. H. Volland
New York City
Trinity Episcopal Church
Harry Sherman Longley
Des Moines
Episcopal Church
Oakland Cemetery
Volland
Chicago
F. D. Williams
Willis Mercer
Merritt C. Speidel
First Capital State Bank
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Cite Lethargy Relief
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy for sluggish digestion and bile flow. It claims the pills awaken the liver and improve bowel movement without calomel, suggesting they restore energy and reduce sour taste and bloating. The copy emphasizes gentle, vegetable ingredients and notes a 25 cent price at stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Carter
Carter
Eis M. Co
Maquoketa Free Fair Organization Fully Formed
Maquoketa's free county fair committee was formed with Marko B. Walker as president and A. A. Hurst as secretary. Officers include Adams Ringlep and A. A. Hurst as vice presidents, J. B. Harrison as treasurer, and F. E. Krause as secretary. A $790 budget was set, with over $500 already raised and $300 anticipated before the August 31 opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Marko B. Walker
Adam Ringlep
A. A. Hurst
J. B. Harrison
F. E. Krause
C. L. Ely
H. Gale Buchner
Earl Boyer
Harry Fischer
A. Ringlep
Frank Barker
W. J. Pendray
Bert Finton
George Cooper
M. B. Walker
Ralph Gruenwald
Valuation Set for Central States Power and Light Co
The Iowa state board of assessment and review announced Central States Power and Light Co in Des Moines has a total assessed valuation of 692 242 for electricity. The board cited state act shifting valuation from local assessors to state control and listed town figures including Osage 98092 and Independence 53000 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Central States Power and Light Company
Iowa
Fort Atkinson
Osage
Protovia
Riceville
Elgin
Fayette
Randalia
Clermont
Dannon
Arlington
Waucoma
West Union
Third annual Kearns school reunion set for Aug 14
SPRINGVILLE announces the third annual reunion of former teachers pupils patrons and friends of the Kearns school will be held in Thomas park Marion on Sunday August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Kearns School
Thomas Park
Marion
Crops Benefit From Heavy Iowa Rainfall
A heavy rain spread over most of Iowa, soaking fields and lifting stream levels. Rain totals included 2.33 inches at Sac City and 2.17 statewide, with dozens of towns reporting varying amounts. Officials said the rainfall reduces drought risk and should benefit crops, while temperatures ranged from 94 at Council Bluffs to 52 at Estherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Sac City
Pocahontas
Alton
Webster City
Burlington
Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Estherville
Committee to Draft Iowa Traffic Patrol Measure
A committee of the A A A motor clubs of Iowa will draft a traffic patrol bill for the next general assembly. John A. Gunn of Des Moines announced the group includes F A Moscrip of Marshalltown W C Eastland of Clinton and Walter Balluff of Davenport. The panel will study traffic laws from other states and draft an Iowa measure at a forthcoming meeting. The push cites 223 deaths and large costs from Iowa crashes in the year's first half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A. A. A. Motor Clubs of
Iowa
General Assembly
John A. Gunn
State Safety Committee
F. A. Moscrip
Marshalltown
W. C. Eastland
Clinton
Walter Balluff
Davenport
Iowa News in Brief Quasqueton Independence Wellman
Quasqueton crowds attend Chesmore family reunion at Independence First Ward park. Grinnell swimmers pass life saving tests. four senior certificates expected. Wellman reports a marriage on January 9 in Albert Lea. Mechanicsville school to open Sept. 5 with listed staff. Belle Plaine hosts an interdenominational oratorical contest. Independence hires W. N. Atkinson as dean and high school principal with $1,800 salary. Mechanicsville notes a noon dance after a farm-hours day. Oelwein names Mannie Joy Clark as elementary teacher replacing a recent retiree. Grundy Center trims the budget by $1,407. Buckhorn forms a community club and elects officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark McMillen
Cozette
Eldon
George E. Foster
Frances
Ruth Cotton
Waterloo
Elza Chesmore
Kenneth
Kermit
Marshall Chesmore
Herbert Chesmore
Lloyd Chesmore
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Heston
Mechanicsville
Earle Chesmore
Independence
Grinnell
Red Cross
Floyd Dawson
Virginia Warlow
Robert Cranny
Lucille Barnes
Keith Barker
Carl Blandin
Lyle Lindsey
Mary Jane Peck
Donald Uire
Robert Garrigan
Anna Mae Thompson
Wellman
Wilna Wade
William Wade
Ed Schiabaugh
Elizabeth Schiabaugh
Albert Lea
Minn
Thomas McGeorge
Don C. Gemberling
Philip Peak
Cedar Falls
Marjorie Coleman
West Union
Alice Kegley
Mount Vernon
Marjorie Crissman
Vivian Hastings
Des Moines
Nina Johnson
Forest City
Hilda Kammeyer
Clarence
Elizabeth Nesley
Edna Thompson
Hopkinton
Belle Plaine
Ladies Missionary Society of the
Bethany Evangelical Church
George Winters
Jennie Seliers
Sheila Anderson
Jacob
Loreta Lewis Bricker
Mike
North End
Julia Oliver
Donald Garrell
Arnold Wratny
Nelson Anderson
Bernard Miner
Independence Board of Education
W. N. Atkinson
Muscatine
Robert Ross
George Ross
Mechanics
Oelwein
Mannie Joy Clark
Maynard
Florence Schmitt
Earl Alton
Iowa City Dean Heads to International Psychology Congress
Dean Carl E. Sea shore of the University of Iowa graduate college departed Iowa City for Copenhagen Denmark as a delegate to the International Congress of Psychology. He is one of two United States delegates chosen by the National Academy of Sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Carl E. Seashore
University of Iowa Graduate College
Copenhagen
Denmark
International Congress of Psychology
United States
National Academy of Sciences
Notice of Assessment for Cedar City Sanitary Sewer
By direction of the Cedar City Council a plat and schedule of proposed assessment for a sanitary sewer in Block One Cedar Improvement Company’s Second Adds has been filed. Hearing on objections is set for August 12, 1932 at 10 a.m. in the City Clerk’s office. Objections must be written and filed within twenty days from posting and the first publication. The Evening Game and Republican published August 11 and 12, 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oon An
City of
Cedar One
E Avenue
14Th Street
14Th
Center Point Road
Cedara Improvement Company
Saieity
Guy
F.ce M. Krebs
Evening Game
Republican
Thrice Divorced Wife of McGregor Poet Weds Watchman
Katherine Spaulding of McGregor, former wife of Iowa poet E. Leslie Spaulding, wed Galena Illinois Wednesday to C. D. Phelps a local veterinarian and night watchman. The bride and Spaulding had previous marriages and divorces three times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Watchman
Katherine Spaulding
Iowa
E. Leslie Spaulding
C. D. Phelps
Galena
Ill
Phelps
Three Paul Green One Act Plays World Premieres in Iowa City
University of Iowa professor Vance Morton announced three world premier one act plays by Paul Green The End of the Row Unto Such Glory and White Dresses will be staged August 19 in the studio theater at Iowa Memorial Union The earlier Tread the Green Grass had its world premier here last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Iowa City
Paul Green
Vance Morton
University of Iowa
Studio
Iowa Memorial Union
Green
Hazleton Boy Spragg Injured in Tree Fall
Harold Spragg ten year old son of H O Spragg fell from a tree two miles south of Hazleton Wednesday afternoon. He suffered a broken leg above the knee and a broken right arm above the wrist and was rushed to Independence hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Harold Spragg
H. O. Spragg
Independence Hospital
Sioux City Milk Producers Strike
Sioux City farmers launched a milk strike after a 500 farm leader meeting failed to push distributors to raise the price paid for raw milk to 2.17 dollars per hundred pounds of milk testing 3.5 percent butterfat. About 250 farmers pledged immediate support to a higher price program led by the producers association officers. The strike took effect Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Producers Association
Grimwood Hospitalized in Missouri for Emergency Appendicitis
E A Grimwood republican candidate for state senate from the Twenty fourth district underwent an emergency appendicitis operation in Kansas City Tuesday night. A former Jones County state representative, he had traveled to Kansas City Saturday with B E Rhinehart of Anamosa for the Knights of Pythias national convention when stricken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
E. A. Grimwood
Oxford Junction
Twentyfourth
Kansas City
Jones County
Grimwood
B. E. Rhinehart
The
Knights of Pythias
Wyoming Historical Society Elects New Officers at Annual Meeting
The Wyoming Historical Society held its annual meeting on Calkins square with a program by Clifford Paul of Anamosa. New officers include President Mrs. Nona Brainard Terhune and several vice presidents, secretaries, and a treasurer. The group, over 100 members strong, preserves local history and promotes historical research in Jones County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Wyoming Historical Society
Calkins Square
Clifford Paul
Anamosa
Jones County
Nona Brainard Terhune
Elsie Bender
Janet Reade
Grizelda Morse
Hetty Franks
Elizabeth Wherry
Jessie Koch
Elva Broderson
Jane Inglis
Winifred Wherry
Henrietta Franks
Mary Briggs
Leota Wherry
The
Elkader Legion Wins Robbins Trophy for Membership
Elkader's American Legion post displays the silver Col Robbins loving cup after winning a state membership contest. The Cedar Rapids donor cup was for towns 1 000 to 2 000 population with the highest percentage of membership over quota. The local post quota was 30 and it finished with 59 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
American Legion
Col. C. B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County Seeks Lower Valuations From State Board
TIPTON C F Richmann of London and G W White Cedar county auditor attended a Des Moines hearing before the state board of assessment and review. They urged lower livestock and real estate valuations to reflect current prices. The June cut of 25 percent on livestock was noted and the state board signaled it may grant part of the request. Cedar was the sole county representative at the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Farm Board
Iowa
Bond
Norman Baker
Mexico
Cedar County
Jake Lenker
Tipton
Lenker
C. F. Richmann
London
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
G. W. White
Des Moines
State Board of Assessment and Review
State Board
Cedar
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U. S. Hospital
D. W. W. Bowen
Roland White
T. B
Brookhart
Smith Wildman Brookhart
Roosevelt
America
Howard Green
Louisa
Free Fair Organization
Central States
Kryptok
H. G. Fussell
Grundy Center
Buckhorn
Alfred Kenney
H. E. Skott
C. E. Holyoke
Sioux City Milk Producers Strike
Missouri
Paul
Elkader Legion Post
Robbins Trophy
Coe
COE College
Student Secretary's Office
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Rose
Anita
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