Founders Day Observed at Coe College With Portrait Gift
Coe College marked Founders Day with the presentation of a large oil portrait of Rev. Dr. John A. Marquis, former president, accepted by C. G. Greene. Dr. Harry Morehouse Gage introduced the portrait on behalf of Mrs. Martha Marquis and her daughter Sarah, recounting Marquis life and service from 1909 to 1919.
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Coe College
John A. Marquis
C. G. Greene
Harry Morehouse Gage
Coe
Martha Marquis
Sarah
Marquis
Janesburg
N. J
Gage
Dr. Marquis
Dr. Gage
Greene
George Greene
Harry Kremers
Paul S. Ray
Catherine M. Adams
Johnston Sues Over Gas Installations In Iowa City
George Johnston of Johnston Coal Co filed suit for an injunction to stop the Iowa City Power and Light Co from installing natural gas in Iowa City. He contends the company has no franchise and has no right to tear up streets and alleys to lay mains.
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Iowa City
George Johnston
Johnston Coal Company
Iowa City Power and Light Company
Johnston
Funeral for Miss Marie May Thursday at St Patrick's
Funeral services for Miss Marie Alice May will be held Thursday at 9:30 am in St Patrick's church conducted by Rev Father D J Lenihan. Burial will be in Mount Calvary cemetery. Pallbearers: Donald Berger Vincent Spillane Regis Mulherin Vincent Nolan Edward Smith Ernest Miller. Honorary pallbearers: fourteen Mercy Hospital student nurses. Mass servers: Joe Spaight Leo Sears Robert Sullivan. Knights of Columbus council No 909 will recite the rosary at her parents home at 8:15 pm Wednesday. Miss May died Tuesday of embolism after a fall.
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Marie Alice May
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Lenihan
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Donald Berger
Vincent Spillane
Regis Mulherin
Vincent Nolan
Edward Smith
Ernest Miller
Mercy Hospital
Joe Spaight
Leo Sears
Robert Sullivan
St. Patrick's School
Knights of Columbus Council
Miss May
Herman May
F Avenue NW
Roosevelt Hotel
K. of C Council
Knights of Columbus
Permanent Registration Plan Cuts City Election Costs
Cedar Rapids registration for the November election cost $30196 under the permanent plan. Finance Commissioner Louis D. Burgos noted the new cost versus the previous $1500 usual expense before permanent registration was adopted.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis D. Burgos
Repeal Aids Corruption Warns WCTU Leader
Ida B. Wise Smith, national president of the WCTU, says the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment has fueled political corruption and unsettled the liquor question. She cites increased drunkenness accidents and a rise in legal liquor sales undermining local control and politics.
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Ida B. Wise Smith
Evanston
Six youths plead guilty in aluminum theft case
In district court Judge John T. Moffit sentenced six Cedar Rapids men for larceny in the theft of aluminum strand wire from the Iowa Electric Light and Power warehouse on Dewey avenue. Brim Frasher and Brown received indeterminate five year terms at Anamosa.
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John T. Moffit
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Dewey Avenue
Sixth Street
Walter Brim
Clarence Brown
Ray Frasher
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa State Reformatory
Brim
Moftit
George Frasher
James Michael
Hannibal
Bailey Given One Year County Jail Term for Brim Case
James Bailey twenty from South Dakota received a one year county jail sentence on good behavior while out of Iowa as a state's witness in the Brim case. The term starts November 20, the arrest date, with release after two months if he exits the state. Judge Moffit notes Bailey’s origin.
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Iowa
James Bailey
Bailey
South Dakota
Moffit
Suit to set aside Lisbon deed and quiet title
Judge H C Ring heard Jake Wicher in district court Wednesday seek to set aside a 1933 deed involving Lisbon property owned by Wicher and to quiet title. Defendants include Robert J Minor Vivian G Minor Alberta M Laker and Elmer Laker. Wicher alleges the deed was to be held in escrow but was filed and possession taken with no consideration. He seeks return of the real estate an accounting and judgment for income.
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Lisbon
H. C. Ring
Jake Wicher
Robert J. Minor
Wicher
Vivian G. Minor
Alberta M. Laker
Elmer Laker
Final Arguments In Main Death Claim Case Heard
Judge F O Ellison presided as the district court jury heard final arguments in a $15 000 death claim suit by Harry S Rodman administrator of the Cliff L Main estate against Virginia Walter and Cecil Walter of Cedar Rapids. The case concerns a two vehicle crash on highway 161 east of Marion two years ago in which Miss Main drove her father’s car and Cliff L Main, a Monticello resident, died.
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F. O. Ellison
District Court
Harry S. Rodman
Cliff L. Main
Virginia Walter
Cecil Walter
Cedar Rapids
Main
Miss Walter
Man Sentenced for Manslaughter After Cedar Rapids Slaying
Mike Serdes, 34, of Cedar Rapids, was sent to Fort Madison state penitentiary to serve an eight year term for manslaughter. Judge John T. Moffit imposed the sentence. Serdes and his coffee shop co proprietor status were noted. The defendant was accused of fatally slugging Joe Catanzaro on November 22.
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Mike Serdes
Cedar Rapids
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Larry Condon
Serdes
John T. Moffit
Fourth Street SE
Joe Catanzaro
First Avenue E
Linn County Sheriff Race Costs Noted in Campaign Return
Democrat Joseph Topinka spent 202.47 in his failed bid for Linn County sheriff in the November 6 election, per his expense return filed with County Auditor Robert M. Vesely. Republican H. R. Churchill, defeated in Rapids Township justice of the peace race, listed 97 in expenses.
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Joseph Topinka
Linn County
Robert M. Vesely
H. R. Churchill
Rapids Township
Ray Racklift Seeks $871 Judgment Against Miller
Ray Racklift files in district court to recover 871 dollars and 68 cents from D. H. Miller for balance due for farm work performed between February 23, 1926, and February 10, 1930.
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Ray Racklift
D. H. Miller
Court Sets Final Equity Assignment for November Term
The court will make the last assignment of equity cases for the November term on Saturday December 8 at 9 am. The Northwestern Railroad Co seeks a $156.68 judgment against F. H. Schnade doing business as Home Heating Co in an account action. A $447 conditional sale contract action of T. P. Rogers against Harold L. Spaight and Cinder Block and Material Co. has been settled in district court.
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H. C. Ring
District Court
The
North Western Railroad Company
F. H. Schnade
Home Heating Company
T. P. Rogers
Harold L. Spaight
Cinder Block and Material Company
Large Labor Charity Ball Promises Record Cedar Rapids Attendance
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor plans the Charity ball for Wednesday December 12 at Memorial Coliseum. Proceeds beyond expenses go to city Christmas charity. A $100 parlor suite is donated as a prize along with many others. Music by a ten piece orchestra and refreshments in the armory. Committee members include Ben Hendal Frank Jiruska Ralph Lane Harry Haller Theodore Neilsen and John McComas.
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Cedar Rapids
Federation
Hendal
Frank Jiruska
Ralph Lane
Harry Haller
Theodore Neilsen
John McComas
Thieves Take Small Loot From Stores
Police report two break ins with minor thefts. H. E. Batchelder’s store at 218 First Street NE were entered by breaking a glass pane before 10 p.m., items stolen include candy bars cigars knives gum a detective badge and a match machine. At Joe Julis’s barber shop and beer parlor 1202 Third Street SE thieves forced a rear door and escaped with over 2500 cigarets and an electric clipping machine.
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H. E. Batchelder
First Street
Joe Julis
Third Street
Battle Wages With Little Effect In Republican Row
Washington reports show no immediate move to reorganize the Republican Party as Senator Borah presses for liberal leadership. Chairman Fletcher resists resignation. Couzens taunts Borah over platform and taxes on tax exempt securities. Senate leaders and reform-minded colleagues watch, while McNary plans cautious peace talks with La Follette and Shipstead.
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Idaho
Lone Wolf
Henry P. Fletcher
Fletcher
Senate Progressives
Borah
Couzens
Michigan
Senate
Calvin Coolidge
McNary
Oregon
Vandenberg
Hiram Johnson
California
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Wisconsin
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Minnesota
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