Iowa panel backs combining school and municipal elections
An Iowa legislative committee on reducing government costs urges merging school and city elections. After reviewing questionnaires from 36 states the panel found combining elections feasible and potentially increasing voter turnout. It notes schools are already politically active and cites nine states with such combined systems.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Legislative Committee
Ohio
Vermont
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Georgia
Massachusetts
Missouri
Minnesota
Kansas
Elza Jones to Be Tried for Insanity
Bedford AP report says Judge H H Carter sustained a motion to try Elza Jones for insanity in the murder of his son in law Thomas J Allen. Jones was to be tried on a murder charge with immediate impaneling of a jury ordered.
Fire Destroys Brandon Coal Shed and Feed House
Fire at Brandon Co operative Exchange elevator destroyed the feed house and adjoining coal shed early Tuesday about 2 30 a m. An estimated 20 to 25 tons of coal and some feed were lost. Volunteer firefighters battled the blaze until 4 30 a m with north winds helping save the elevator. Manager W F Sharp has not yet estimated the total damage.
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Brandon
Orjain
Brandon Co-operative Exchange
W F Sharp
Funeral for Davenport Priest Honors Rt Rev Leonard
Catholic prelates priests from three states joined Davenport clergy civic and business leaders and Sacred Heart parishioners at Sacred Heart Cathedral for the funeral of Rt Rev Monsignor F J Leonard PA V G. The service drew mourners from the Davenport diocese and local community.
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Davenport
States
Sacred Heart
F J Leonard
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Luther Tesch Held for Murder of Father in Delaware Co
Luther Tesch, 23, is jailed in Delaware county at Manchester on $5,000 bond for the murder of his father Louis Tesch at their farm home last Thursday. He pled not guilty at a Saturday hearing and was bound over to the grand jury.
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Hopkinton
Louis Tesch
Here
Luther Tesch
Delaware County
Manchester
Tesch
Des Moines Speech Urges Tax Relief and Reduced Government
Henry Field told the Grant club in Des Moines that farm prices would still be too low even if doubled and taxes are crippling farmers. He condemned big government spending increases and argued for drastic budget cuts and withdrawing emergency government activities, favoring private handling of such matters.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Henry Field
Grant Club
Field
Abductor Bond Posted for Charles City Suspect
Martin Hallberg, one of sixteen arrested in Marian Stull kidnapping case, posted $1000 bond and was released Tuesday becoming the second to bond out. fourteen defendants remain jailed. SIGOURNEY Presbyterians invite Rev N R Miles of Shelby to fill pulpit. Miles accepts and will preach next Sunday.
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Charles City
Martin Hallberg
Marian
Sigourney
The
Presbyterian Church
N R Miles
Shelby
Iowa
Miles
Highway Board Sets Paving Work Across Nine Iowa Counties
Iowa highway commission, aided by federal funds, bids 70 miles of paving on primary routes in nine counties. Projects include grading and bridges in multiple counties with a 40 cent unskilled and 60 cent skilled wage scale, employing about 500 men.
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Iowas Highway Commission
Bremer County
Chickasaw
Emmmet County
Estherville
Wallingford
Floyd County
Floyd
Mitchell County
Chickasaw County
Winnebago
Hancock
Forest City
Louisa
Des Moines
Keokuk County
Martinsburg
Sigourney
Mahaska County
New Sharon
Poweshiek County
Winneshiek
Delaware
Buchanan
Delaware Guthrie Iown
Benton Mills
Pottawattamie
Jackson
Shelby
Emmet Louisa
Monroe
Arraign Vinton Man For Bootlegging On Testimony Of Buyer
Floyd Gray 21 of Vinton was bound over to the grand jury on bootlegging charge after buyer Murray Wenner testified he bought liquor from Gray at the Watermelon day celebration in Garrison August 19. Wenner 17, previously jailed then paroled, implicated Gray after a prior denial by a district judge.
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Vinton
Floyd Gray
G W Burnham
Gray
Garrison
Murray Wenner
Wenner
Teie
Eldora
Clarence Nichols
Grav
Mastodon Tusk to Go on Display at Towa University
A seven foot long mastodon tusk with about twenty inch circumference is set for display in the University of Iowa museum. Found by workmen in a Rock Rapids gravel pit, it ranks among the finest additions to the geology collection led by Dean George F Kay.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Rock Rapids
George F Kay
Department of Geology
Hopkinton Thieves Loot Grocery After Truck Theft
Thieves broke into the Gries and Reggentine garage to seize a large truck then entered L Beitz grocery filling the vehicle with groceries and dry goods. The trail of loot led toward Earlville then back near Hopkinton as authorities pursued and searched for missing stock.
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Hopkinton
Gries and
Reggentine
L. Beitz
Harry Utley
Here
Earlville
Thomas urges U S marketing agency for farm products
Norman Thomas, socialist candidate for president, calls for government operation of farm machinery and a non profit federal marketing agency to market crops. He also seeks to fund outstanding agricultural debts at the government bond rate, citing farm income declines and widespread farmer distress.
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Sioux City
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Weather smiles at Iowa State Fair as sun shines
The state fair enjoyed sunny skies on Tuesday as the weatherman smiled over most of Iowa. Forecast for Wednesday called for some cloudiness and cooler air. Light rain fell in parts on Monday with showers reported in Alta Carroll and Estherville up to 30 inches. Temperatures reached 93 at Burlington and Monday night lows were 70 in Estherville Inwood and Decorah.
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Iowa
Strueben Will Filed In Tama Probate Court
Claus Strueben of Gladbrook filed a will in Tama County Probate Court naming his wife Lena Strueben and E W Branch as trustees and executors without bond. The survivor of the trustees would manage the trust and eventually transfer remaining trust property to Sophia Schumann. The trustees may sell property without probate court approval.
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Epech
TAMA
Claus Strueben
Gladbrook
Strueben
Lena Strueben
E W. Branch
Sophia Schumann
E W Brauch
Sigourney Band Plays Twice At State Fair
Sigourney Municipal band presented two concerts at the state fairgrounds near the women and children's building. A large Sigourney delegation provided transport for band members to the venue.
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Sigourney Band
Spee
the Gazette
Sigourney
Sigourney Municipal Band
Hawkeye Pen nant plant to reopen as Hawk Eye Corp of America
The Hawk Eye Corporation of America, formerly Hawkeye Pennant, will reopen next week under J G Tilden in Ames. About thirty workers will be employed as the plant is restructured after sale by its receiver to Tilden Manufacturing Company.
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Speralto
Iowa City
Hawkeye Corporation of America
Fred W McChesney
J. G . Tilden
Ames
Tilden Manufacturing Company
Hawkeye Pennant Company
Iowa Women’s Clubs To Elect New Treasurer
The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs executive board meets at the state fair grounds to elect a successor to the treasurership held by the late Mrs RH Volland of Iowa City. Mrs Volland died in New York while preparing for a trip abroad. The meeting was called by state president Mrs William Larabee Jr of Clermont.
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Des Moines
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
State Fair Grounds
RH Volland
Iowa City
Volland
New York
William Larabee, Jr
Clermont
Boy Seriously Hurt In Fall From Elm Tree In Grinnell
Special to The Gazette Grinnell Roy Mellrath Jr eight grandson of Mr and Mrs J L Mellrath suffered internal injuries and two broken arms Monday when he fell from a large elm tree. Pere Roy is the son of Mr and Mrs Roy Mellrath of Wilmette 11
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Gazette
Grinnell
Roy Mellrath Jr
J L Mellrath
Pere Roy
Roy Mecllrath
Wilmette
Auditors End Work In Johnson County Iowa
Des Moines auditors reviewed Johnson county treasurer Charles Berry records and First National Bank ledgers seeking $20,000 missing from county funds. The report by Allen Busby and Harrigan remains secret as the board of supervisors declined comment after discovering a discrepancy between the treasurer and bank records following the bank’s January closing.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Des Moines
Charles Berry
Johnson County
Allen
Busby
Harrigan
First National Bank
Board of Supervisors
Clear Lake Resort District Razed By 25000 Fire Loss
A Tuesday fire at Clear Lake destroyed a new dance pavilion, a beach concession, and the C. F. Bruce cottage amid a $25000 loss. Fire started about 2 30 a.m. in the dance hall and spread quickly, aided by a lake wind. Mason City equipment joined efforts as the western lakefront cottages faced threat.
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Clear Lake
Harold Whitney
C. F. Bruce
Mason City
West Front Lake Cottage District
Tama Man Arraigned For Drunk Driving
Tama Willard Hennessy, 28, of Howard township north of Toledo, appeared before Justice E. M Hufford on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound to the grand jury with a $500 bond after being arrested Saturday by Sheriff E. O. Harris following a report from two Cedar Rapids men on the Lincoln highway four miles west of Tama.
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Tama
Willard Hennessy
Howard Township
Toledo
E. M Hufford
Hennessy
E. O. Harris
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln Highway
Farm Union Head Urges Co Operation Of Farmer Groups
Washington scene centers on Glenn Miller of Oskaloosa as he addresses the annual county farmers union gathering at Sunset Park and Washington city hall. He cites farming conditions, compares to other industries, and urges broad cooperation among farmers to secure better prices.
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Farm Union
Gazette
Washington
Glenn Miller
Oskaloosa
State Farmers Union Organization
County Farmers’ Union
Sunset Park
Washington City Hall
Miller
Iowa
Troy Mills Family Reunion Honors Nellie Fisher of Akron Ohio
The Fisher Baty reunion at the Carl Shonberg home near Troy Mills draws sixty five guests in tribute to Nellie Fisher of Akron Ohio visiting relatives. It doubles as a farewell for Miss Fisher who departs around Sept 1 after years teaching in Troy Mills and Akron.
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Fisher-Baty
Carl Shonberg
Nellie Fisher
Akron
Ohio
Miss Fisher
Wales Newlin
Wilfred Fisher
Alice
Charles
Edwin Fisher
Allen
Kristina Shonberg
Olaf
Youngsberry
Cedar Rapids
Norma Diltz
Iowa City
Andrew Shonberg
Center Point
Julia Fisher
A. J. Baty
Dale Baty
Wilmer Warner
Walter Baty
Bernita Dudley
Belle Plaine Woman Files Divorce Action
Nora M. Zieser of Belle Plaine files for divorce from Clarence Zieser in district court. She seeks custody and care of their children. The couple married March 10 1924 at Clinton.
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Vinton
Nora M. Zieser
Belle Plaine
Clarence Zieser
Clinton
William Hughes 107 Dies, Iowa Civil War Vet Noted
Fort Dodge report states William Hughes died late Monday at 107, likely the oldest Iowan and the nation’s oldest Civil War veteran.
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Fort Dodge
William Hughes
United States
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