Violence Threatened As Farmers' Strike Paralyzes Sioux City Truces
Farmers block highway with a steel cable halting over forty trucks headed to market at Woodbury county line. A shot was fired near Sergeant Bluff as authorities consider deputizing about one hundred officers to curb violence. The milk truck disruption leads to widespread rerouting and a formal pledge not to haul farm products during the movement.
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Sioux City
Towa
John A. Davenport
Ralph C. Pritchard
Board of Supervisors
Woodbury
Perry Creek
Sergeant Bluff
Davenport
Harold Breckenridge
Woodbury County
Rickenbacker Airport
South Dakota
Sioux River Bridge
Belle Plaine War Vet Celebrates 87th Birthday
John Hancock post G A R member George Ringler, last survivor of his Civil War company, marked his eighty seventh birthday at home in Belle Plaine. Ringler, born 1845 in Athens County Ohio, recalled Shiloh and Vicksburg, served under General Grant and Sherman, and later preached in several Iowa towns before settling in Belle Plaine.
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Belle Plaine
John Hancock Post
Athens County
Ohio
Reuben
Elizabeth Ringler
Iowa
Blairstown
George Ringler
Vinton
Thirteenth Iowa Infantry
Thirteenth
Mr. Ringler
Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Shiloh
Corinth
Natchez
Chattanooga
Nashville
Vicksburg
Army
Sherman
Lee
Washington
Louisville
Ringler
Davenport
Belle Plaine Woman Born a Slave Reaches Eighty Third Birthday
Eliza Marshall of Belle Plaine observes her 83rd birthday. Born Aug. 15, 1849 in Madrid, Missouri, she was raised in slavery but says her owner was kind. She later lived in Toledo Indiana and Belle Plaine, married Thomas Marshall, and cared for two children. She belongs to John B. Hancock Woman's Relief corps and Bethany Evangelical church.
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Belle Plaine
Eliza Marshall
East St. Louis
Grant
Toledo
John B. Hancock Woman's Relief Corps
Bethany Evangelical Church
Pioneer Resident of Benton County Dead
URBANA Jeff E Dever pioneer of Benton county died Sunday He lived on a farm near Urbana fifty years and for sixteen years carried mail between the post office and the railroad station He was born in Indiana and moved to Iowa at age five Surviving are his widow a daughter Mrs Hugh Brody and a son Benjamin of Lafayette Minnesota Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p m at the family home
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Marengo
Jane Hollowell
Nettie
Charles
Jane Prewt
Sanford Ringler
Omaha
Wilford Ringler
Whitmore
Edith Elben
Duluth
Ringler
Original Christian Church
Hilton Creek
Johnson County
Knowlton
Horton
Spencer
Peru
Los Angeles
Annie Nelson
Belle Plaine
Urbana
Jeff E. Dever
Benton County
Indiana
Iowa
Hugh Brody
Benjamin
Lafayette
Minn
Rocket Car Explodes Before Crowd at Fair
The rocket car demonstration at the Mississippi Valley fair grounds ended with minor injuries to Sig Haugahl as rockets proved too powerful. Manager Alex Sloan estimated damage around $1000 and the car will be repaired for a rescheduled demonstration next Friday.
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Htecaetera
Sig Haugahl
Mississippi Valley Fair Grounds
Alex Sloan
Keystone Retires Longtime Rural Mail Carrier Julius Klappholz
After more than twenty five years of service Julius Klappholz of Keystone will retire September 30 upon reaching the 65 year age limit. The route may be abandoned and patrons reassigned to nearby routes.
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Keystone
Julius Klappholz
Woman in Hospital Man in Jail After West Liberty Crash
Mrs. Jennie Roman of Rock Island is in University hospital at Iowa City with cuts to her head and leg while Robert James of Rock Island remains in Muscatine county jail after a West Liberty crash. James faces illegal transport charge after five quarts of alcohol were found in his car. he is bound over to the grand jury on $500 bond. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Starkweather of Muscatine were in the other vehicle. Mrs. Starkweather was slightly hurt.
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West Liberty
Jennie Roman
Rock Island
University Hospital
Iowa City
Robert James
Muscatine
West Liberty Street
James
J. A. Starkweather
Justice Court
Grand Jury
No End In Sight For Rainy Weather
Rains continued in Iowa with widespread showers and forecasts of local rain through Monday night and perhaps Tuesday in the east and south. Total amounts in the 48 hours ending 7 am Monday included 4.58 inches at Lamont and 3.35 at Atlantic, with Des Moines at 0.68 and Council Bluffs 1.58 inches. highs reached 86 at Council Bluffs and 58 at Iowa Falls.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Atlantic
Lamont
Clarinda
Creston
Council Bluffs
Keokuk
State Weather Bureau
Iowa Falls
Annual Quilt Show to be held at West Branch
WEST BRANCH The Ladies Auxiliary of the Friends church will host the annual quilt show on Thursday afternoon and evening August 18. A one act play The Quilt Exhibition at Skaggs Corner will feature Mary Phelps Kate Wilson Gladys Smith Mae Mae Lehman Pearl Wood Anna Edwards Bessie Heald Ada Moore and Grace McCaleb. About 100 quilts will be on display.
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West Branch
The
Friends Church
Skaggs’ Corner
Mary Phelps
Kate Wilson
Gladys Smith
Mae Mae Lehman
Pearl Wood
Anna Edwards
Bessie Heald
Ada Moore
Grace McCaleb
Wild Life School Closes After Two-Week session
McGregor the Wild Life School on a hilltop overlooking the Mississippi ended Saturday evening after two weeks with 376 students enrolled plus faculty and speakers bringing total registration over 400, a gain of 100 from last year. Dr. W L Strunk of Luther college spoke on Yellowstone wildlife highlighting the rockchuck and predators like the golden eagle and coyotes.
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McGregor
Wild Life School
Mississippi
W. L. Strunk
Luther College
Decorah
Strun
Plains
Picnic at Crystal Lake Sponsored by Farm Bureau Members
Clarence Day, Dayton, Massillon and Fairfield township Farm Bureau members sponsor an all day picnic at Crystal Lake near DeWitt on Tuesday. A noon dinner, swimming, kitten ball and contests are planned. At 1:30 Reverend W. T. Smith of Clinton First Methodist Church will give an address. Committee in charge includes H. H. Crist, Earl Elijah and Lester Kelly.
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Clarence
Dayton
Massillon
Fairfield Township Farm Bureau
Crystal Lake
DeWitt
W. T. Smith
First Methodist Church
Clinton
H. H. Crist
Earl Elijah
Lester Kelly
Toledo Man Sued Over Fatal Accident Payment Claim
A lawsuit seeks 7500 dollars as damages from driver Smith after Quaintance a 76 year old Vail Crawford county night watchman died crossing the Lincoln highway at a street intersection on December 30 1931. The plaintiff claims Smith acted negligently and violated speed laws. Attorneys J H OConnor and M W Hyland represent the plaintiff.
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Quaintance
Vail
Crawford County
Lincoln Highway
Smith
J. H. O’connor and
M. W. Hyland
Benton County Drops 7.8 Mills in Tax Reduction Plan
The Benton County board trimmed road levies from 18 to 10.5 mills and eliminated the mandatory one mill school levy, while raising the bond levy from 3 3-4 to five mills to cover county road bonds due next year. Officials say no other levy increases will occur, but school authorities protest the loss of essential funding and warn of possible legal action to restore the one mill levy.
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Gazette
Vinton
Belle Plaine
Taxpayers’ League
Board of Supervisors
Watermelon Day Set For Gar rison Friday
The fourth annual watermelon day is planned in Garrison on Friday with program committees appointed and business leaders rallying funds for a gala event.
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Garrison
Busiee
Stone City colony artists to display at Iowa State Fair
Des Moines AP Stone City colony artists will exhibit paintings in oil water and monochrome at the Iowa State Fair. Notable participants include Grant Wood Adrian Dornbush Byron Ben Boyd and Dorothea Marquis with works drawn from Cedar Rapids countryside and wheat field scenes. The exhibit runs August 26 through September 2 with broad interest anticipated.
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Des Moines
Towans
Stone City Colony
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood
President Hoover
West Branch
New York
Byron Ben Boyd
Dubuque
Sternberg
Grinnell
Henry Ness
Stone City
Sheriff Seizes ONeill On False Check Charge
Sheriff Burch brought Simon O'Neill from Elkader on a warrant accusing him of issuing a false check to a local merchant. O'Neill works for an eastern collection agency and lives in Volga City. West Union authorities say they have a warrant for a similar offense and he remains jailed.
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Independence
Burch Friday
Simon O'Neill
Elkader
O'Neill
Eastern Collection
Volga City
West Union
Man slain in gangland style near Glenwood Iowa
The body of Angelo Sivigliano 31 of Kansas City Mo was found shot nine times in back one mile north of Glenwood Iowa. He had lived in Omaha and Council Bluffs and was identified Monday by his brother Bus ter Sivigliano who sent the body to Kansas City.
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Glenwood
Angelo Sivigliano
Kansas City
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Sivigliano
Buster Sivigliano
Here
Missouri
C. L. Shallenberger
Shallenberger
Angelo Mauro
Arthur C. Emerson
Lincoln, Neb
Indian skeletal remains found in Humboldt gravel pit
The State Historical Society was notified Monday after 16 skeletons, believed to be Indian remains, were found in a gravel pit south of Humboldt. Workmen from Humboldt Gravel Company uncovered bones in a single grave late Saturday.
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Humboldt (Ap
The
State Historical Society
Humboldt
Humboldt Gravel Company
Collision Fatal to One in Iowa Falls
Ralph Eberhardt, 20, Beaman, died Sunday after a Saturday crash between a motorcycle and an automobile. His motorcycle companion David Schwartz, 17, Iowa Falls, sustained serious injuries.
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Iowa Falls
Ralph Eberhardt
Beaman
David Schwartz
Everhardt
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