Limited booths left for All Iowa Livestock show merchandise expo
Few booths remain in the tent for the All Iowa Livestock show merchandise exhibition September 6 to 10. Cedar Rapids merchants report strong interest and expect more exhibitors than planned. Space reservations advance, with front canvas auditorium arriving September 2 and access to booths three days before opening. Factory displays and national entertainers to be featured on the large stage.
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Merchants, Whalesalers and Manufacturers
NI Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Two Iowa men arraigned in federal liquor case at Oxford Junction
Winkler and Kramer of Earlville waived preliminary hearing on a federal liquor charge and were bound over to the grand jury. Bond set at 5000 each. The case ties to a large still on Frank Buresh’s farm near Oxford Junction that exploded Aug 5, destroying the barn. Buresh surrendered after the incident.
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Winkler
Clarence Kramer
Earlville
United States
Edward J. MaePartland
U. S
Internal Revenue Laws
Vistors
L. J. Winkler
Cedar Rapids
Earl Stanley
Alcohol Tax Tait
Federal
Winkler and
Kramer
Frank Buresh
Oxford Junction
Baresh
Iowa
Green and Green clash over sitdown strikes in UAW
Atlantic City and Milwaukee reports show Homer Martin defending sitdown tactics as labor’s best weapon against management. William Green of the AFL blasts the stance as communist influence, while the UAW leader retorts at the convention and in Milwaukee replies.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Martin
CIO
Green
UAW
Indicted Numbers Racketeer Slain in Wheeling
Mike Russell a numbers racketeer indicted with three others including George W Oldham was shot to death in front of his Wheeling home his body riddled with ten bullets from an automatic weapon and the killer fled Russell who faced trial next week reportedly planned to testify at the federal court proceeding.
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Wheeling
W. Va
INS
Mike Russell
Russell
West Virginia
George W Oldham
Federal Court
Detectives Probe Death of Actress Jane Weir in Los Angeles
Two homicide squad detectives opened an inquiry into the death of film actress Jane Weir of Davenport Iowa who died unexpectedly after an apparent surgery complication. Authorities reported Weir’s death certificate forthcoming as investigators review medical records and estate details.
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Los Angeles
Homicide Squad
Jane Weir
Davenport
Tao
Freeas
Oman
McHenry
Mies Weir
Public debt hits new high of 36.96 billion in August
The public debt rose to a new record high of 36 964 477 636 dollars on August 23, with officials citing continued deficits and rising borrowing. The increase marks the largest single-day total in the nation’s history to date.
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Washington
Lydia E. Pinkham Ad Promotes Vegetable Compound
An old advertisement urges women to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease monthly and lifecycle discomforts. It sells the product as a natural aid for "smiling through" from girlhood to motherhood and approaching middle age.
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Lydia BE
Pinkham
Nature
Lydia EO Pinkham
Buck Creek Fair Draws 500 At Hopkinton Event
The annual Buck Creek fair in Hopkinton attracted about 500 people on Tuesday August 24. A noon chicken dinner was served by Buck Creek Methodist church women. Sen Elis of Maquoketa gave an afternoon address. The program included musical numbers by local students and duets, needlework displays, farm produce exhibits, and athletic contests among men boys and youths. Sundogs were noted when sunlight shone through ice crystal clouds.
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Hopkinton
Buck Creek
Elis
Maquoketa
Lila Beth Reeve
Victor Stead
Gertrude Reeve
Raymond Opfer
Roger Bald
Kenneth Clark
Margaret
Virginia Hogg
Louise Buck Breaks Arm After Street Car Slip
Louise Buck fell while catching her heel in a street car track at Third avenue and Third street SE on Tuesday. She broke her right arm, was taken to Mercy hospital for X rays and treatment, then returned home.
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Third Avenue
Third Street SE
Louise Buck
Fourth Avenue SE
Miss Buck
Mercy Hospital
Former Washington Legislator Is Dead
William Sutherland 84 retired farmer and former state legislator died of a heart attack at his daughter’s home four miles southwest of Washington. He was born August 3 1853 in Charlottesville Virginia came to Washington in 1874 and was married to Winnie E Davis in 1882 later married in 1930.
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Washington
William Sutherland
Gertrude Doig
Charlottesville
Winnie E. Davis
Sutherland Dies. Civic Leader Served Iowa County
Prominent in Democratic circles, former state representative from the county, Austin Sutherland, survives with a daughter, a brother and a sister. Mrs Jane Hahn of Sigourney preceded him by a year. Funeral set for Thursday August 26 at 10 30 a m in Sherman chapel with Elm Grove cemetery burial.
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Jane Hahn
Sigourney
Sutherland
Washington
Methodist Church
Austin Sutherland
Mattie
Fairfield
Sherman Chapel
Elm Grove
Viola to Hold Ninth Watermelon Day Celebration
Viola will celebrate the ninth annual Watermelon Day on Friday at the Consolidated school grounds. Free watermelons will be distributed and a noon chicken dinner served in the school basement. An act program will precede a baseball game between Alburnett and another team.
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Gazette
Viola
Alburnett
All-Star Event With Exhibits and 4-H Demonstration
An All-Star team is scheduled for the afternoon. Premiums will be offered for the best fruit grain vegetables and handwork exhibits in the school gym. The 4-H club will demonstrate at 2 30. The free act program repeats in the evening with a boxing show and a bowery dance.
Golfer Nets Hole-in-One After Dream Promise
Walter Gatward left Bush Hill Park golf club house and told his caddy he dreamed of a hole-in-one on the 12th. Two hours later he holed out at 112 yards on the same hole.
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London
Walter Gatward
Bush Hill Park
Farmers Market Watch Ad Promises Useful Reading
A farmer urges another to read The Gazette FARMERS MARKET PLACE Want Ad section, highlighting its value in locating market information and opportunities. The note frames the ad section as a practical resource for farming community readers.
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Gazette
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