Ayrshire honors taken by Langs at All Iowa fair
The Lang family captured three of four Ayrshire championships at the state All Iowa fair. Howie Lang and Sons of Brooklyn won the grand champion bull, and J Russell Lang and Sons of Grinnell took the grand champion female and junior champion bull. J Beek of Ankeny owned the senior yearling heifer. Judges included C Y Cannon of Ames and J B Fitch of St Paul. Ayrshire and Brown Swiss classes list dozens of winners from Ames, Grinnell, Cedar Falls, La Porte City, and other Iowa towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lang
Ayrshire
C. ‘.Y. Cannon
Ames
Howie “Lang
Joseph Beck
Ankeny
J. B. Fitch
St. Paul
Emmett Wilson
Cresco
C. W. Rominger
la Porte City
Howie Lang
J. Russell Lang
Edward DeBoer
Hospers
C. W Rominger
Waukon
John Fick
Boyden
Harold Iserman
Waverly
Wes Azeltine
Bull Calf
E C, Brandt
Postville
George
Lawyer Stipup Will Address Municipal League Banquet
Warley H W Stipup of Des Moines, president of the State Bar Association, will address the Iowa League of Municipalities at its annual convention banquet tonight. Lieutenant Governor B B Hickenlooper of Cedar Rapids will also speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warley HW. Stipup
Des Moines
State Bar Association
Iowa League of Municipalities
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Pilgrims Observed Turkey Day In Various Months
Plymouth archives show Thanksgivings varied by month from December July October and November with no fixed date in 1621 and 1622 records noting a July observance. The lack of schedules or modern constraints meant the holiday shifted with circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Mags
Roosevelt
Pilgrim Fathers
Turkey
Cape Cod
Plymouth Protest Over Thanksgiving Date Sparks Calendar Clash
Plymouth's five selectmen oppose the Presidents calendar shift and vow to keep Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November. They note their town's long custom as a Yankee tradition and voice concern about early December cranberries and Christmas shopping. State records show the first Constitution-era Thanksgiving observed on December 1, 1783.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
England
Ireland
Fairfield Banker Found Dead in Suspected Suicide
Fairfield reports Frank Ricksher 54 president of the Iowa State bank was found dead with a .22 bullet through his heart beside a revolver. A widow and son survive. Coroner Dr John W Castell said no inquest. Ricksher had been in poor health and once underwent goiter surgery in Rochester.
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Fairfield
INS
Frank Ricksher
Iowa State Bank
Ricksher
John W Castell
Rochester
Woman In Parked Car Injured In Collision
Mrs. Ethel McCune, 41, of 618 Nineteenth avenue W, sustained a wrenching shoulder and neck injury when the parked car she sat in was hit by three vehicles on Third avenue between First and Second streets SW around 1 30 p m Tuesday. Drivers Alva Rich 28 of 709 Third street NW Ray McCune 44 of Nineteenth avenue and John Repellacn 700 Seventh avenue were involved. Rich said he had just left the curb when Robertson's car struck his left front fender and veered into the McCune car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel McCune
Nineteenth Avenue
Third Avenue
First
Second Streets
Alva Rich
Third Street
Ray McCune
John Repellacn
Seventh Avenue
Rich
Robertson
McCune
Purrell Wilder's Daughter Geneva Weds Harley Clark
Geneva Wilder and Harley Clark married in Kirksville Missouri with Rev L V Freeman officiating. Attendants were Warren Simpkins and Mrs L V Freeman. Genea Wilder Clark is a LaPorte City High School graduate and seventh grade Redfield teacher. Harley Clark a Rosehill High School and Central College 1938 graduate who teaches at Kellogg. They will reside in Kellogg.
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Laporte City
Purrell Wilder
Geneva
Harley Clark
Walter Clark
Rosehill
Kirksville
L. V. Freeman
Warren Simpkins
Clark
LaPorte City High School
Central College
Pella
Redfield
Rosehill High School
Kellogg
Vice-President of Perpetual Savings and Loan Dies
Joseph Kubicek 1866 Cedar Rapids born March 19 1866 died after brief illness in Cedar Rapids at 10 30 p m He served 40 years with Perpetual Savings and Loan and held multiple posts including president of Bohemian Fire Insurance company and past national positions He retired from the postal service about eleven years ago He married Mary Holets July 3 1888 and they celebrated a golden anniversary last year He is survived by his wife a son Fred H Cedar Rapids three grandchildren two sisters in Cedar Rapids and Detroit Funeral Friday at 2 p m in Brosh chapel conducted by T B Hlubucek Burial in Bohemian National cemetery
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Joseph Kubicek
Second Avenue SE
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Kubicek
Perpetual Association
Bohemian Fire Insurance Company
State Association of Better Carriers
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
Prokop Velky Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Sokols
A.O.U.W
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Kubicek
Mary Holets
Schuyler
Neb
Fred H
Josephine Bartosh
Katherine Walker
Detroit
Mich
Brosh
T. B. Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Four Die In Baltimore House Fire
Flames and smoke tore through an old brick house killing four members of a six person family before dawn on a hot summer night in Baltimore. The cause is not disclosed and investigators are probing the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Man Clashes Over Parking Space Ticket
A. E. Melsa of 706 Third Street SW backed his car into a space on Second Ave between Third and Fourth to teach a rival driver a lesson. He searched for a police officer and found a yellow ticket for parking improperly. After protesting at the station he waived rights and paid a $2.50 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E Melsa
Third Street
Second Avenue
Third
Fourth
Melsa
Relief funds fall in 1104 cities by 1 percent
Washington AP reports a social security board finding a one percent drop in general relief cases and a five percent drop in obligations in 1104 cities for the last month. Decreases reached up to fifty six percent in some locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Social Security Board
Relief obligations and changes in Cedar Rapids listed
The report shows changes in relief obligations and case counts with increases up to 49 percent and decreases up to 41 percent. Cedar Rapids Illinois appears with 1,247 cases and $19,644 in obligations, both down from June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa WPA workers to get pay increases starting Sept 1
Des Moines AP reports most Iowa Works Progress Administration workers will receive a Sept 1 pay boost across classifications except unskilled inside projects. In major cities inside skilled pay rises by 10 cents. outside by up to 4 dollars monthly. intermediate, skilled and professional groups see higher leaps. Smaller towns show varied changes with inside unskilled cut to 42.90 and other categories rising accordingly.
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Iowa
WPA
Des Moines
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Ottumwa
Burlington
Dubuque
Waterloo
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Webster City
Fort Madison
Fort Dodge
Keokuk
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Red Oak
Ames
Atlantic
Creston
Fairfield
Wage shifts across skill levels in Inside labor
The Inside unstalled labor rate dropped from 40 to 6.20 dollars. Outside un skilled rose from 40 to 42.50. Intermediate wages rose from 25 to 52. Skilled wages increased from 55 to 67.60. Professional pay grew from 61 to 68.90, reflecting broad sector adjustments.
Just Keeping Liquor Book For A Friend
Charles Williamson 37 of near Walker said he kept a liquor book Tuesday afternoon for a man hiding his wife’s arrival. He admitted using the book and was jailed Tuesday night after intoxication was reported in the yard of 1125 Thirteenth avenue SE. In police court he could not recall returning the book and was fined $10 plus costs by Judge Powell. The liquor book was issued to Chester E. Wells Brainerd Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Williamson
Walker
Williamson
E. P. Patton
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Thomas B. Powell
Chester E. Wells
Brainerd
Minn
Tracks of a Grizzly Bear Measure Inches in Length
The article notes that the tracks of a grizzly bear can measure twelve inches in length excluding the claws. The statement emphasizes the size of the tracks rather than other bear features.
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LANGS
Municipal League
Gazette Photo
Lil Stiupp
Fairfield Banker
Perpetual Savings and Loan Assn
LOBEL
SECON
Second Street
MAY
Paris
John B. Turner & Son
THE
Rexall Drug Stores
Std Ave
3Rd St
Virginia
Comfort
Keilltan?scostione
Killian
Podzimek
2Nd Ave. SE
16Th Ave. SW
Kresge’s
Tella Drug Store
O’meara Clothing Company
Second Avenue- SE
Third St
Che
Suzette
Linn County
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Elizabeth
Aerioll
Eal
Coles
Deus
A’jss
LEY Ward
DIAL
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