Broken back man shows 16 year insurance payoff
Robert Broadwater of 3025 Cayenne NE has collected 20 900 over sixteen years from a business courtesy policy after a 1918 accident that broke his back. He remains largely immobile yet readers a political argument and reads widely. His daughters carry on with support from the policy payments.
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Naome Dobbel
Robert Broadwater
Ayenne
Gam
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Quality Cafe
Third Street
Mrs. Broadwater
Deep Sea Explorers Describe Unusual Deep Sea Fishes
Dr Beebe and a colleague recount their descent in a steel bathysphere to 1900 feet where blue water gave way to darkness and strange phosphorescent fish darted in roaring light like Roman candles. They observed six foot giants and noted vast deep sea life previously unseen.
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Beebe
Blossoms and Fruit On Marion Plum Trees Surprise Orchard
Mrs. Ethel Ashlock on rural route near Marion reports plums ripening while a second wave of blossoms appeared this spring. Abnormal weather blamed for the oddity, with blossoms first at normal time and a second bloom last week. Fruit crop is unusually good and being picked all week.
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Ethel Ash- Jock
Marion
Ashlock
Pitt
Bancroft fights wife No 1 with counter suit in LA
Los Angeles AP report says George Bancroft answers a maintenance suit by alleging his first wife was not legally divorced when she wed him in 1913. He claims her prior divorce from Clarence Holt was invalid due to lack of orders about a daughter, and accuses her of having a valid marriage to Holt. Venice detailed: in Granada Spain a bullfight crowd caused thirty injuries when fans rushed the ring after a vicious bout.
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Ruth Ann Born to Van Vieck Family in Aug
A daughter Ruth Ann was born to Mr and Mrs A W Van Vieck of T04 Thirty-second Street NE on August 10, weighing nine pounds.
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A W van Vieck
Thirty-second Street
Ruth Ann
Iowa Leads In Service Payrolls In 1933 Census Findings
A partial 1933 census of American business drawn by 15,000 workers shows Linn county Iowa centers in several service and retail metrics. The study, covering January to March 1934, notes Cedar Rapids as industry hub with Linn county ranking high in full time and part time payrolls across wholesale and retail sectors.
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United States
Iowa
Kermit H. Smith
First Avenue E
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Linn
Polk
Woodbury
Des Moines
Sioux City
Grant Wood and CWA Paintings at Iowa State Fair
Grant Wood will exhibit new paintings at the Iowa State Fair August 22 to 31 along with Civil Works Administration artworks. He will not compete for prizes. The fair features a million dollar livestock show, 40 thousand dollars in premiums, auto and horse races, rodeo, fireworks, 4-H events, and numerous exhibitions covering health, cooking, drama, and garden clubs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Civil Works Administration
Grant Wood
Iowa City
Checker Sharks
Horseshoe
1934 Is Dryest And Hottest On Record
Washington AP reports the year 1934 is the dryest and hottest on record thus far. The Weather Bureau notes seven decades of data and cites a severe drought worsened by extreme heat. Meteorologist J B Kincer says no previous year shows such deficient rainfall across April to July.
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Weather Bureau
Annals of the Weather Bureau
J. B. Kincer
City Briefs and Personals Roundup
Regular meeting of the board of adjustment set for Monday at 3 p.m. Linden camp No 145 Modern Woodman of America to meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. for regular work at 109 Second Avenue SE. Erie Pa and Theresa G Kern of Riverside wed by Justice Henry A Stearns. Frances Louis Truhlicek plans two month visit to relatives in Wisconsin and Illinois. Inheritance tax of 367 37 on Burman G Lyman estate paid. taxable value 7347 35. Fire Company No 1 still alarm caused by short circuit at 810 Seventh Street SE. damage limited to wires. Cedar Rapids lodge No 278 A Q O U W meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. Paul Temple state manager to attend. Lodge picnic planned. attendance urged. Knights of Pythias Star of the West lodge No 1 to meet Monday at 8 p.m. Important business listed. all members to attend.
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Tuesaday
Second Avenue SE
Associated Press
Burman G. Lyman
Fire Company No. 1
W. C. Ellet
Seventh Street
Cedar Rapids Lodge
Moose Hall
Paul Temple
Star of the West
Knights of Pythias
H. H. Glackin
Thief Steals Wheel and Tire as Homecoming Festivities Continue
Catherine McEvoy of Central City reports to Sheriff Petrus that a wheel and tire were stolen from her Ford while parked on a Coggon street during Friday night homecoming celebrations. Harold M. Cooper, chair of the Iowa liquor commission, will address the Rotary Club at the Cedar Rapids Country Club on Monday, instead of the Hotel Roosevelt, as tradition.
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Central City
Joseph A. Petrus
Coggon
Rotary
Harold M. Cooper
Marshalltown
Iowa Liquor Commission
Rotary Club
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Clarinet Stolen From Chicken House Reported
A clarinet stolen from a chicken house on Joi at Robins was reported by J. L. Wilson of Marlow Route No. 4. A black leather medicine case was also taken. H. B. Champlin reported a broken door lock on a car stored in his backyard and four nearly new Goodyear tires and rims stolen.
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J. L. Wilson
Marlow
Wilson
H. B. Champlin
Grovecourt SE
Goodyear
Scientists plan descent into Mount Vesuvius crater
Italian researchers led by Guglelmo Marconi prepare a six week countdown for a complete survey of Vesuvius interior. The expedition seeks to map the tunnel, caverns, and lava flow origin while exploring heat extraction to power Naples and study volcano activity and risks to surrounding areas.
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Italy
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Vesuvius
National Council of Research
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Pompeii
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Italian Research Council
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Sheriff Arrests Two in Coggon Slugging Case
Sheriff Joseph A. Petrus and Deputy Larry Condon took Jack Murray 28 of Waterloo and Ronald House 23 of West Union into county jail for investigation after Walter Knott of Coggon was slugged on Friday night. The incident occurred as Knott headed home and a small amount of money on his person remained undisturbed.
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Waterloo
Ronald House
West Union
Joseph A. Petrus
Larry Condon
Walter Knott
Coggon
Knott
Murray
House
Coggan
Government employs roughly one and a half million people
The article notes that about 1,556,000 people are employed directly or indirectly by the United States government, indicating a sizable federal workforce and its ripple effects across related employment sectors.
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