J. M. Bailey 70 PioneER Resident of Marion Dies
J M Bailey age 70 longtime Marion resident and former businessman died Saturday at 12 20 pm at his home 959 Seventh street after a lingering illness. He was born Viola March 25 1867 son of S J Bailey. Survived by wife Henrietta Fox Bailey three sons Dr L F Bailey LaPorte City Dr Lyle Bailey Millwood Wash Merrill M Bailey Hollywood Calif one daughter Flossie Bailey two sisters Mrs Clara Sherwood Ontario Calif and Mrs Ellen Shanklin Pasadena Calif. Funeral services Monday 2 pm at Yocom's mortuary burial in Oak Shade cemetery.
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J. M. Bailey
Marion
Seventh Street
Viola
S. J. Bailey
Hazleton
Doric C. Carvey
Geo. H. Goodrick
Mr. Carvey
Hazleton Township
Elizabeth Menzel
Fayette County
John Carvey
Cedar Rapids
Arch Gallup
Goose Lake
Albert Sloan
Donna Sadilek
Lois Kalm
Oelwein
Dorothy Stone
Ventura
Manchester
Brown Mortuary
Henry G. Porter
Delaware County
Thomas P. Shaffer
Oakland
Mary Bloodgood
Louis and
Eliza Bloodgood
Bedford County
Milo Township
Robert W. Joslyn
Bert Eugene
Robert
Leonard Bloodgood
Porter
Ralph Milroy
Woman's Relief Corps
Anamosa
Lawrence A. Miller
J. H. Ramsey
Cedar Rapids Conducting the Burial Services. Mr. Miller
Anamosa National Bank
Jones County
Nellie Hackett Miller
Oscar
Spokane
Wash
DAR Christmas party and luncheon notice
Members of the Marion Linn chapter invite those unable to attend the Christmas party and 1 o'clock luncheon Wednesday at Mrs. J. T. Gallivan to inform the hostess by Tuesday. Bring gifts for approved schools including towels wash cloths sheets pillow cases children clothing school supplies yarns embroidery materials or handwork goods for making rugs. Ten cent gifts will be exchanged. Do not bring dishes or silver. purses only.
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Marion Linn
Daughters of the American Revolution
J. T. Gallivan
Birthday dinner honors Mr Erwin at Erwin home
Mrs. H. W. Erwin will host a birthday dinner at the Erwin home northeast of Marion. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Stevens and daughter Iva Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wallace and daughter Alice Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kershner, and Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Scott and their sons Bob and Jack.
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H. W. Erwin
Erwin
Marion
Mr. Erwin
Roscoe Stevens
Iva Stevens
Carl Wallace
Alice Wallace
Andrew Kershner
Irvin Scott
Bob
Jack
Marion club to host picnic and Christmas party
The Marion Nature and Garden club meets Wednesday at 1 PM for a picnic dinner and Christmas party at Mrs A Fontaine 1197 Lincoln Drive. Mrs Clementine Schminke discusses turkey origins and Mrs W H Bleakly shares the Christmas flower story with assistance from Mrs Clara Tilton and Mrs Effie Reimers.
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Marion Nature and Garden Club
A. Fontaine
Lincoln Drive
Clementine Schminke
W. H. Bleakly
Clara Tilton
Effie Reimers
Funerial for Max Dahl Held in Savanna
Mrs. Fred M Blakeslee and Mrs. Guy W Miller attended the funeral of Max Dahl in Savanna. Dahl, a nephew of Mr and Mrs A J Elder and former Marion resident, died Thursday in Texans of pneumonia while a student at Texas A M College. Dahl had visited Marion several times. Missionary Circle Meets at 7:30 Tuesday at Mrs Keith Vawter home 890 Central Ave. Edna Roberts in charge. This is the last six month meeting. Mrs Charles Harlan assisting hostess. Concord A and L club to hold all day Friday with a picnic dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs H W Erwin northeast of Marion.
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Fred M Blakeslee
Guy W. Miller
Savanna
Max Dahl
A. J. Elder
Marion
Texas A. and
M. College
Dahl
Missionary Circle
Grace H. Starr
Concord A. and
L. Club
H. W. Erwin
Virginia Self Wins In Radio Speech Contest On Tuberculosis Fight
Virginia Self of Marion high school wins the fourth annual radio speaking contest on tuberculosis hosted by the Iowa Tuberculosis Association and Linn county Christmas Seals. Ten state winners will be announced with medals and a silver trophy to the top group winners. talks to air on station WHO in Des Moines on dates December 4 11 and 18. Local judges include Mrs E E Parsons and Miss Sara Watt. Also note Patmos Commandery No 27 meeting and Mrs Pauline Nase's grandson George Parsons sustains a fractured arm.
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Virginia Self
Marion High School
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Linn County Christmas Seals
Cedar Rapids
WHO
Des Moines
E. E. Parsons
Sara Watt
W. G. Koppenhaver
Elmira Russell
Alice McGowan
Virginia Biber
Retta Knapp
Helen North
Phyllis Freeman
John Granger
Babe the Marion Milk Route Queen Known on Street
Marion’s last delivery horse Babe a nine year old dapple gray mare works daily on the milk route owned by CE Batchelder. She guides Darrell King and the wagon with keen route memory and even stops a tired driver from dozing. Babe dislikes large trucks and endures wear on her left shoes from a sloped pavement route.
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Amber Travis
Marion
Babe
CE. Batchelder
Batchelder
Darrell King
Babe K
King
Marion junior class to stage A Rose O Plymouth Town
The Marion high school junior class presents a four act play directed by Miss Elmira Russell. Set in Plymouth in 1622 and 1623, Neal L. DeWees stars as Garrett Foster with Kathryn McElwain as Rose de la Noye as the heroine.
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Marion High School
Rose O' Plymouth
Lincoln School
Mayor Pazour Proclaims Christmas Seals Sale in Marion
Mayor John H. Pazour issues a Christmas seals proclamation in Marion urging participation in the annual sale starting the day after Thanksgiving and running through Christmas to fund tuberculosis relief. Funds support efforts in Marion, Linn County, Iowa, and nationwide as part of a community duty.
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John H. Pazour
Marion
Lirin County
Iowa
Oxford Methodist Young People's Meeting and Local Club Events
Local religious and civic groups in Cedar Rapids and Marion announce upcoming gatherings. Events include a Methodist church youth meeting led by Hon Gung Hsing Wang, Martin Creek community picnic, Tennyson and U S circle meetings, Presbyterian Ladies Aid, Priscilla guild luncheon, Christian Endeavor at Presbyterian church, Athenian club gift exchange, and Railway Mail Auxiliary Christmas party with hosts and locations listed. Various meetings run through Tuesday to Friday with social exchanges and officer elections.
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Oxford Club
Methodist Church
St. Paul's Church
Cedar Rapids
Gung Hsing Wang
Martin Creek Community Club
Legion Hall
Women Of St Josephs Parish Hosts To Deanery
The women of St Josephs Catholic parish host a Sunday deanery meeting of the National Council of Catholic Women at 2 30 p m in the church recreation room. Representatives from Benton Jackson and Jones counties attend with a program including piano solos vocal duets readings and a talk on Catholic education. The Marionette 4 H club meets Thursday with Rita Remington and Townsend club gathers Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Bert Dean.
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St.Joseph's Catholic
National Council of Catholic Wmen
Benton
Jackson
Jones Counties
Marion Unit
Elizabeth Norris
Patricia Benedict
William Redmond
Howard Cruse
Simon O'Neil
Frances Clark
Gene Jacobs
John Burk
John Burke
W. H Balster
T. J. Scott
J. R. Goodman
Townsend Club
Bert Dean
Seventh Avenue
Iowa News in Brief Dispatches Highlight Trials and Speeches
In Manchester Delaware district court opens a December term with 31 new cases including five divorce actions and several damage suits under Judge Ralph W. Hasner. In Sigourney J A Dilinger of Des Moines will speak at a Memorial hall banquet with Rev. Richard Sneed as master of ceremonies.
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Richland
Christmas party plans advance for Legion Auxiliary guests
Eckley heads the banquet as Sigourney and Manchester groups announce events. Veterans and families will gather December 15 in Legion hall with auxiliary sponsorship. two new members Beulah Maxwell and Charles E. Cawley join.
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Glen Corbett
August Bruns
Carl Ford
Ed Diverbliss
Mildred Allen
Manchester
Anothe
Legion Hall
Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Beulah Maxwell
Charles E. Cawley
Fox Terrier Tippy Guards Oelwein Purses Daily
In Oelwein a black and white fox terrier named Tippy serves as a familiar watchdog for Mrs. H J Pfeiffer. The six year old animal carries her purse on downtown trips, fetches the daily paper, wakes his mistress, and guards items until dismissed.
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Oelwein
Tippy
H. J. Pfeiffer
Dreams In Treatment Of Mentally Ill At Iowa City
Dr. William Malamud outlines dream analysis as a key tool at the University psychopathic hospital for neurotics without physical brain causes. He explains dreams reveal repressed problems, are decoded by trained psychiatrists using free association, and that laypeople should not attempt self interpretation.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa General Hospital
Psychopathic Hospital
William Malamud
University Psychopathic Hospital
Malamud
American Medical Association
Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry
Dr. Malamud
Avho
Verna Drichel and Herman Deerberg Wed at Zion Church
The marriage of Miss Verna Drichel daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Drichel living six miles southwest of Lowden to Herman Deerberg son of Mrs Sophie Deerberg living north of Lowden took place Friday in the parsonage of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev F J Abele officiating. Attending were Dorothy Drichel sister of the bride and Ered Deerberg brother of the groom. The couple were reared and educated in the Lowden vicinity and will make their home on a farm three and one half miles northwest of Stanwood.
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Lowden
Verna Drichel
Robert Drichel
Here
Herman Deerberg
Sophie Deerberg
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
F. J. Abele
Dorothy Drichel
Ered Deerberg
Peldenewen
Political pots in Iowa begin boiling in 1938 contests
The piece notes incumbent and open seats across the Iowa judiciary and state commissions. It cites Jacobsen Wearin Dowell Gilchrist facing opposition, nine Democratic justices with six-year terms expiring, and races for the commerce commission and district judges. Analysts expect a broad campaign on war, relief, roads, and official salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Gilchrist
Laurens
Jacobsen
Wearin
Dowell
Gilchrist
Iowa
Supreme Court
John W. Anderson
Sioux City
Maurice F. Donegan
Davenport
John W. Kintzinger
Dubuque
State Commerce Commission
G. A. Huffman
Des Moines
H. B. Dunlap
Ames
Auto Victim Dies At Mount Pleasant
Amos Ballard aged 94 died from injuries after a car struck him in Mount Pleasant Iowa. The accident occurred Friday and the driver was William Van Burssel. An inquest is expected to be held. Ballard's death raises the 1937 traffic toll to 509.
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Mt, Pleasant
Ins
Iowa
Amos Ballard
William van Burssel
Ballard
Eastern Star officers elected at Hazleton meeting
At the Hazleton regular meeting officers for the Order of Eastern Star were elected: Worthy matron Ora Latham, worthy patron Linn Scherm erhorn, associate matron Mrs. Lillian Moore, associate patron Carl Mahoney, conductress Mrs. Carl Brown, associate conductress Mrs. Carl Mashoney, secretary Mrs. Forest Latham, treasurer Mrs. George Porter. Miss Maria Henrietta Johnson 41 died after an auto accident near Strawberry Point. Funeral services set for Anamosa Smykil’s mortuary Monday at 1 p.m. and Wayne Lutheran church at 1 30 p.m. Rev Willms officiating. She was born near Amber September 9 1896 and survived by her mother Mrs. Willms and seven sisters and two half brothers. Gift ads also noted.
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Wayne Lutheran Church
Willms
Miss Johnson
Strawberry Point
Amber
Anamosa
Christina Johnson
Anna Hogen
Hannah Arbelger
Readlyn
Louise ‘Reuter
Monticello
Edna Haegen
Center Junction
Grace Gerdes
Strawberry Kink
Mawesa
Clarence
Walter Willis
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D. A. R. Plan Meeting
Garden Club
Thompson
Margery Lary
Kathryn McElwain
Helen Riddick
Susan Hawkins
Edward Conrad
Neal DeWees
Frank Travis
John Ferreter
Patmos Commandery No
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Masonic Temple
Pauline Nase
George Parsons
Washington, D. C
Babe IN the Harness
Mayor
Tennyson Club
A. G. Beckman
Ninth Avenue
Celan Rollins
Theu. S. Circle
Frank Webber
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
A. B. Black
Adeliza Daniels
Priscilla Guild
Ed Sigfred
Janet Derflinger
The
Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Church
Marion F. Robb
Athenian Club
Isabel Miller
Eleventh Street
Railway Mail Association
A. A. Hardin
Twelfth Street
W. W. Lary
C. H. Foster
C. A. Ward
E. T. Hiams
EE. C. Hamm
George Hutchison
O. O. F. Hall
Women of
Rita Remington
Clarence Vahl
Mae Vahl
Iowa News
the Gazette
Sigourney
Marguerite Green
J. R. McEldowney
Sigourney High School
Guards Family
Robert Sherwood
Aids Neurotics
Mount Pleasant
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