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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1936
Page
11
A report outlines Governor Hoffman considering a fresh reprieve for Bruno amid ongoing appeals. The article notes persistent questions about the case and public reaction, with details on hearings, legal arguments, and potential timing for action.
The notice lists meals for Sunday breakfast and dinner including barbecue sandwiches, grapefruit plain omelet, bacon buttered toast, coffee, broiled beets, asparagus, and various sauces. It records a long, garbled OCR of a meal plan with scattered names and references to courts or people, ending with a cryptic note about a death row scene and Hauptmann.
The Linn County District Court moves to speed civil case filings for the March term. Clerk E W Lundquist’s office schedules hearings Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. The spring term begins Friday at 25 pm, with the courthouse closed all day Saturday for Washington's Birthday observance. Harry H. Strother as trustee seeks a 73 237.50 judgment in a trust indenture foreclosure covering Frontier Park property south of Cedar Rapids with bonds of 22 200 issued. Appointment of a receiver requested. Other auto accident suits seek 2 500 and 15 000, including Richard and Laura Anderson vs Ruth Maybauer for a Dec 23 1935 crash on Highway 20. Conklin seeks 7 500 against Blaie Hyten after a Mt. Vernon collision. Various adjoined cases involve minor plaintiffs and claims for damages, separations, and alleged injuries across Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
A garbled OCR passage references names and terms such as Leib, New York, Boudica, Ambering, and Lebowitz amid scattered phrases. It appears as a broken news snippet with unclear context, lacking a coherent event or clear actors and outcomes.
Victory for Premier Kei suke Okada's government in diet elections indicated by early returns. Minseito party allied with the government shows 105 seats while the Seryukai opposition holds 84 and other parties 83 of 876 total seats.
Washington reports one of the century's harsh winters fueling strict quarantines nationwide. Meningitis peaks in Virginia towns with three deaths. influenza, pneumonia, and mumps force university and school closures in Mississippi, Texas, and Ohio. Public health cautions cold and crowds as risk factors.
New York report cites Dr E Strath-Gordon saying the Great Pyramid of Gizeh foretells a definite end to a depression on September 16 1936. He claims the prophecies also indicated a mood downturn would begin May 28 1922 and questions the 5 percent accuracy claim.
Marion schools will resume regular schedules Monday morning after the coal shortage curtailment. Emerson and Irving buildings reopen and Lincoln returns to regular classwork. Community notices include Ladies Aid officers at the Presbyterian church and various club meetings, illness updates, and local events.
A complex counterfeit plot was busted quickly in Sioux Falls South Dakota with five men and three others tied to the case arrested. Harry Cooper said the first bogus money issue of 6000 dollars occurred on February 5 with the first arrest next day. Warrick Maschka and Johnson admitted their roles and authorities seized plates photographs and paraphernalia. Hostetter confessed after agents convinced him conspirators double crossed him. Roads were snowbound but snowplows cleared routes for the operation. Mundt faces arraignment and a printing firm may have supplied the plates.
Wilbur C Dutcher died Wednesday at an Iowa City hospital and funeral services were conducted Friday at Beck Funeral home in Springville. He was a longtime resident of the Linn Grove community. Jesup schools have not met since Jan 21 due to blocked roads and coal shortages, with no expected reopening before March 1. Some secondary roads opened for bob sled travel and residents are traveling through fields to town for provisions and coal.
An old advertisement touts kidney cleansing with Cystex promising to remove acids and wastes. It claims quick relief for urinary and nervous symptoms, with a guarantee of results in a week or money back. The ad emphasizes low price per dose and urges readers to consult a doctor.
Madrid reports that President Zamora approved a sweeping amnesty decree to release roughly 10 000 political prisoners officially, with unofficial totals exceeding 20 000 as riots flare after Sundays general election. Civil guards killed two extremists and ten wounded in Bollullos Del Canado, raising election death toll to 27. violence largely in protest of socialist prisoner detentions.
AP report from Ottumwa quotes John Morrell & Co. president T. Henry Foster rebutting Secretary Wallace. Foster says pork division operated at a loss in 1935 due to AAA tax issues, with beef and other sideline profits barely offsetting losses. He calls claims of eightfold profits and unpaid taxes as exaggerated and unsupported by facts.
Hundreds of passengers including many Americans were stranded Friday on twenty ships frozen in the gulf of Chinli. Tugs with rescue parties searched for access to supply food and fuel as ice thickened up to forty feet in places.
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