County Clerk Turns State Prisoner After Embezzlement Confession
Shatter D. Shobe 38 former Union county court district clerk confessed embezzling 3000 dollars in public funds. He told County Attorney Camp he diverted funds from the clerk office and will serve his sentence at the state reformatory for men in Anamen. Howard Sear was named to fill Shobe's term.
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Creston
D. Shobe
Union Court District
State Reformatory
Anamen
Shobe
Marshall
Historic Credit Mobilier Records Found in Iowa City
Iowa City AP Historic documents connected to the Credit Mobilier and Union Pacific, missing for 63 years during a Senate probe, have been acquired by the Iowa State Historical Society. The papers include letters from Sherman Johnson Grant and others, plus Durant ledgers detailing vast payments and stockholder lists.
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Iowa City
United States Senate
Iowa State Historical Society
Union Pacific Railroad
Credit Mobilier
L. O. Leonard
New York City
Thomas C. Durant
Iicentescent
Union Pacific
William T. Sherman
Andrew Johnson
U. S. Grant
Phil Sheridan
David Farragut
Henry Ward Beecher
Gideon Wells
Horace Greeley
Jay Gould
Brigham Young
Durant
Senate
Senate Group
Durante
Lrerent
Aia
Eees
Townsend Plan Support Sought in Congress by Utterhack
A fragmented account notes Utterhack urged Congress to back the Townsend Plan. The text references injuries from a Wyoming incident involving Florence Dirks and Taymond Mortensen after a car collision with a horse. no further reporter details are clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utterhack
Townsend
Congress
Wyoming
Florence Dirks
Challenges to Iowa bank law reach Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court heard a challenge to chapter 159 of the Forty-fifth General Assembly acts, the law under which many Iowa banks operate. Rachel L. Priest of Cass County claims four constitutional defects, including impairment of contracts and due process concerns.
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Des Moines
Forty-fifth General Assembly
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Rachel L. Priest
Cass County
Priest
Ernest L. Muller
Iowa County Election Expenses Reported
The document lists various campaign costs including personnel pay and travel for candidates. It names supervisors and local officials such as James, Werner, and Uhlmann, with totals around 44 to 100 dollars and percentages noted. The report notes election outcomes and a candidate named Tousvey Knock facing defeat, with a total expense figure cited as 10040.
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Yedhert
Soto
Shederdetmn
Clark
Poe
James
Werner Uhlmann
Beach Umbrella Aids Geodetic Survey In Iowa Winter
In a snowbound Main Street scene, two U S geodetic surveyors work under a beach umbrella. They use the device to protect a level instrument from snow while calibrating instruments for a survey across Iowa.
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Florida
Iowa
U. S
Piimme Mann
Pioneer Cascade Woman Leaves 126 Descendants
Funeral services were held for Catherine Hosch 85 a pioneer of Cascade born in Germany who moved here at age three She leaves 126 descendants including eight children ninety grandchildren and twenty eight great grandchildren Her husband John Hosch died in 1925 Surviving children include Mrs Peter Kurt Mrs George P Rogers Mrs John P Kurt John J and Peter Hosch of Cascade Michael and Nicholas of Randolph Nebraska and Mrs Jacob Beitbach of Peosta.
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Cascade
St. Mary’s Church
Catherine Hosch
Germany
John Hosch
Temple Hill
Jones County
Hosch
Peter Kurt
George P. Rogers
John P. Kurt
John J
Peter Hosch
Michael and
Nicholas
Randolph, Neb
Jacob Beitbach
Peosta
Automobile Sales Gain 42 Percent in Iowa in 1934
Des Moines based report shows eleven month 1934 automobile sales totaling 36 541 up from 25 638 in 1933 a 42 1 percent rise while November sales fell from 2 127 in 1933 to 1 882 in 1934 and October 1934 totals dropped from 3 368.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Walter Ferrell
Iowa Automotive Merchants Association
Ferrell
Delhi Doctor Named Delaware County Medical Society Head
Dr. E J Wintenberg of Delhi was elected president for the coming year at the Glen-Charles hotel in Manchester. Dr. C B Rogers of Earlville was chosen secretary. Dr J I Jones of Manchester will be delegate and Dr C C B Rogers of Earlville is alternate delegate to the state medical meeting.
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Manchester
E. J. Wintenberg
Delhi
Delaware County Medical Society
Glen-Charles
C. B. Rogers
Earlville
J. I. Jones
C.C.B. Rogers
Five Condemned Convicts See Their Last Show
Five inmates at Fort Madison Penitentiary watched The Prison Minstrels in a Christmas performance. They are condemned to hang before next Christmas, and thus were not to view the 1935 show.
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Fort Madison
State Penitentiary
Four Bennie Meroff Orchestra Members File Damage Suits
Damages totaling 11000 are sought by four members of Bennie Meroff's orchestra after a mobile collision near West Liberty on Oct 6. The Des Moines Transportation Co. is named defendant. Dorothy Bell seeks 5000 for knee injuries affecting work as an acrobatic dancer earning 115 weekly. John J. Hill seeks 1000 for limited guitar playing time due to injuries.
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Owa City
Bennie Meroff
West Liberty
Des Moines Transportation Company
Dorothy Bell
John J. Hill
Entertainer and comedian seek damages after collision
His wife seeks 4500 dollars while comedian Meyer Druzinsky asks 500 dollars claiming ongoing headaches from the crash. Cedar Rapids attorney E J McPartland represents the plaintiff.
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Meyer Druzinsky
E. J. McPartland
Cedar Rapids
Head Of McGregor Lumber Firm Dead
J. F. Daubenberger, 72, president of the Daubenberger Lumber Co., died Thursday. The firm, started by his father Vincent Daubenberger with Peter Stauer about eighty years ago, is the oldest established lumber business west of the Mississippi in the Northwest, once operating a large sawmill at McGregor and later at Prairie du Chien.
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Mcgregor
J. F. Daubenberger
Daubenberger Lumber Company
Vincent Daubenberger
Peter Stauer
Mississippi
Prairie U Chien
Iowa Vets Could Receive 40 Million Dollar Bonus
Des Moines reports that if Congress approves immediate veteran bonuses or adjusted service certificates, Iowa would gain over 40 million dollars. Linn county veterans would receive about 1.4 million, with distribution details to follow from American Legion headquarters.
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Des Moines
Seventy-fourth Congress
Restitution Sought From Mrs Long Over Fees Shortage
Des Moines IA AP A demand for restitution of a 5776 shortage in chiropractic licensure fees will be made against Mrs Myrtle E Long former secretary of the state board of chiropractic examiners Assistant Attorney General Harry Garrett says If not paid the AGs office will sue to recover the sum from Long and the bonding company Long who resigned last summer returned to private practice at Bellevue She was appointed to the board in 1924 by Governor Nate Kendall
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DES Moines
Myrtle E. Long
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Harry Garrett
Garrett
Attorney General’s
Bellevue
Nate Kendall
Fire destroys Betsy Ashlock farm residence at Center Point
Center Point reports a Wednesday afternoon fire瓦 that leveled the Harry Meredith family home on the Betsy Ashlock farm four miles south of town. Center Point fire department saved part of the furniture. In Manchester, William Benter, a farmer near Ryan, was injured Christmas Day when hit by a Cedar Rapids auto on primary 13 while chasing a dog.
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Center Point
Harry Meredith
Betsy Ashlock
Here
Manchester
William Benter
Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Benter
Druggist Arrested For Evading State Cigaret Tax Law
Des Moines AP Henry J. Dykema owner of a downtown drug store posted 600 bond after pleading not guilty to selling cigarettes without state revenue stamps. Jack A. Reed wholesale grocer also under arrest for allegedly selling nearly 400 cartons without stamps in two months. Assistant inspector Brophy said Dykema admitted selling cigarets by the carton to special customers and that they were obtained through Reed from an unknown Chicago dealer.
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Des Moines
Henry J. Dykema
Jack A. Reed
Jack Brophy
Dykema
Brophy
Reed
Chicago
Youngster Sled Collision Leaves Two Hurt In Brooklyn
Dale Lippencott nine suffered a brain concussion when the sled he rode with Stanley Walford collided with a Brooklyn delivery truck driven by Albert Lawson. Walford sustained minor bruises and cuts.
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Brooklyn
Dale Lippencott
Ray Lippencott
Stanley Walford
Albert Lawson
Lawson
Walford
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Supreme Court
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Fou Vata
Vesadeott
Catena
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