State Board seeks 39 million for prisons and hospitals
The Iowa board of control asked the legislature for 39,265,084 to fund fifteen institutions over the next two fiscal years, a 2.44 million increase driven by higher supply costs. Salaries for non legally fixed positions would rise 10 percent as a restoration after prior cuts. Capital needs include 1.618 million for the period with several building projects listed, while prior savings of about 1 million will revert to the general fund.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
C B Murtagh
General Assembly
O. H. Michael
Control Board
State General Fund
Michael
Men's Reformatory
Anamosa
Cherokee State Hospital
Clarinda State Hospital
Orphan's Home
Davenport
Training School For
Eldora
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Glenwood
Independence State Hospital
Town Soldiers Home
Marshaldstown
Training School
Mitchellville
Mount Pleasant Estate
Oakdale
Rockwell City
Toledo
Woodward
Clankeity
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Relief From Indigestion
Mrs. Cyrus Weaver of Sioux Falls reports weakness indigestion and a sallow complexion improved after taking Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery. The ad lists tablet price 50 cents liquid 1 09 large size 2 55 and notes druggists and Pierce s Clinic Buffalo New York.
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Desirees
Keree
Cyrus Weaver
Main St
Sioux Falls
Vuerce
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Ye
Funeral Services Held For Mrs H D Kemmann
Special to The Gazette Lowden funeral services were held Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church for Mrs H D Kemmann 75 who died at home Tuesday The Rev H Maas officiated She was the wife of H D Kemmann founder of an automobile and implement business with headquarters here and a Clarence branch Survivors include seven sons Paul Clarence and Lawrence of London Alvin Arthur and Walter of Clarence and Hugo of Washington DC four daughters Ella Schindler Cedar Rapids Freda Stephenson Davenport Dwight Hastings Coggon and Clara Chino Calif Also Mrs T L TD Kemmano
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Lowden
Trinity Lutheran Church
RD. Kemmann
H. Maas
Kemmann
H. D. Kemmann
Clarence
Paul
Lawrence
London
Alvin
Arthur
Walter
Hugo
Washington, DC
Ella Schindler
Cedar Rapids
Freda Stephenson
Davenport
Dwight Hastings
Coggon
Clara
Chino
Calif
Mapel Named Chairman as Washington County Supervisors Grow
Roy Mapel was elected chairman of the Washington county board of supervisors for the coming year. It marks the first time the board has three Democrats, with M. T. Coon and Boyd Foster also serving. Foster replaced R. E. Brown by 11 votes after an official recount last week, and the board is finalizing routine business while planning the year ahead.
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Washington
Roy Mapel
Washington County Board of Supervisors
M. T. Coon
Boyd Foster
R. E. Brown
Measles Epidemic Closes Littleton School
Littleton school closed Wednesday evening until January 14 after a measles outbreak. Of 42 pupils, 25 in the lower grades and 17 in the upper grades attended, with only two and six present respectively.
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Littleton
Cedar County Tax Slightly Lower In 1935
Cedar County residents will see modest tax relief in 1935 as there is no state levy except soldiers' bonus. Rural levies total 10.137 mills, down from 10.307. corporate levies drop from 8.557 to 7.994. General county levy stays 15 mills. court expense down to .256. poor levy doubles to 1.5 mills. TB eradication levy in cattle set at 0.25 mills.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Soldiers’ Relief Fund
State Emergency Relief Administration
County Poor Fund
Battery of Seven Attorneys Fights Election Charges
In Harlan Iowa seven lawyers prepared pleas for Mrs. J W Bailey and Chris Broderson to enter before Judge Ernest M Miller on indictments alleging election law violations. The attorneys appeared first before the judge to launch the legal fight Thursday.
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Harlan, Ia
J.W. Bailey
Shelby County
Chris Broderson
Ernest M. Miller
Miller
Viola Woman Reaches 89th Birthday Celebration
Mrs. Rebecca Gordon celebrated her 89th birthday on December 30 with family at her daughter Mrs. Nina Newhard's home. The greeting count included forty eight friends. She enjoys reading The Cedar Rapids Gazette daily.
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Viola
Rebecca Gordon
Nina Newhard
Gordon
Cedar Rapids
Indicted in Absent Voter Case Broderson and Bailey
The defendants Broderson and Mrs. Bailey faced charges of alleged compulsion in obtaining votes from absent voters in the November election. Their indictments followed a grand jury investigation prompted by Republican leaders. Lawyers for Broderson and Mrs. Bailey appeared with motions and requests as proceedings moved.
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Broderson
Three Iowans Indicted in Minnesota Slaying Case
Three Iowa men Elroy McKeever Lee Bostetter and Francis McNeiley were indicted by the Mower county grand jury on first degree murder charges in the Johnsburg Minnesota storekeeper slaying. McKeever and Bostetter are jailed in Shenandoah Iowa, McNeiley is held in Columbia Missouri where he faces murder charges in a separate case.
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Austin, Minn
Elroy McKeever
Burlington
Lee Bostetter
McIntire
Francis McNeiley
Allerton
Mower County
Grand Jury
Johnsburg
Minn
McKeever
Bostetter
Shenandoah
McNeiley
Columbia
Martens Testifies Self Defense In Double Murder Trial
Keswick farmer Adolph Martens told a crowded Sigourney court that an August 2 dispute with his wife over money and corn led to a gunshot and a struggle with his step daughter Maxine Abel. He said he acted to protect himself as Maxine advanced with a butcher knife, then disposed of the gun in a well.
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Sigourney
Adolph Martens
Keswick
Maxine Abel
Martens
Maxine
Marriage license demand rebounds in Marengo area in 1934
After three years of slump Iowa county applications rose to three figures with 105 licenses granted. Three applications not returned though two marriages were solemnized and one canceled. Since 1930 demand had dipped from 129 to 94 in 1931 89 in 1932 and 90 in 1933.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Hartwick Farmer Loses Hand in Corn Shredder Accident
William Benda, a farmer northwest of Hartwick, suffered a severe left hand injury when a corn shredder amputated his hand. He was taken to Belle Plaine hospital for treatment and surgery.
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Hartwick
William Benda
Belle Plaine Hospital
Car Stolen After Plate Purchase In Baldwin
Maquoreta John Yardem parked his car by the courthouse block to buy 1935 license plates. He found the vehicle missing on return and was offered only half refund by Treasurer John Huisman with July 1 deadline. An hour later the car reappeared at the same spot with muddy footprints, and Yardem withdrew his refund request.
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Gazette
Maquoreta
John Yardem
Baldwin
Court House
John Huisman
Yardem
Financial Success Registered In 1934 At Cornell College
Mount Vernon report highlights Cornell college year 1934 with a 2 million dollar endowment from a Rockefeller grant plus 1 million raised from other sources. Federal aid benefited 53 students. June events include Judd Dean joining the athletic staff, 36th May music festival, Bowman hall remodeling, the summer colony school for comedy, a church forum conference, and Charlotte Radcliff earning third prize in Forum magazine poetry.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell
Horace Armstrong
Evanston
Ill
Cornell College
Rockefeller General Education Board
Summer Colony “School For Comedy
Church Forum
National Forum Magazine
Charlotte Radcliff
Mrs Delong Attends Husband Funeral After Jail Release
Mrs Sam L De Long left the county jail with an officer to attend the funeral of her husband who was found dead by a gun shot at his home. Purley Jennison led the service at the opera house as I O O F lodge rites were observed. He was born near Greeley in 1872 and survived by a son and three daughters, plus three sisters and four grandchildren.
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Gazette
Maynard
Sam L. de Long
Opera
Purley Jennison
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Mr. DeLong
Greeley
W. B
Ann DeLong
Duddthga C. Adams
Ellen Phillips
Winterset
George of
Earl Foss
Zella DeLong
Marathon
George Mears
Jane Meyer
California
Lida Ganley
Canada
Drunk Driving Allegation In Washington Car Crash
In Washington county hospital a man from Brighton is treated for injuries from a highway No 1 head on collision southwest of Washington. Earl DeWolfe of Brighton faces drunk driving charges as the other driver Ted Mortimore swerved to avoid DeWolfe, causing the crash. Mrs Mortimore and her daughter suffer minor injuries. Seaton, seated in the DeWolfe car, sustained a serious head wound but is not in critical condition.
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Eclal
Gazette
Owashington
Joe Seaton
Brighton
Washington County
Washington
Earl DeWolfe
Seaton
Ted Mortimore
DeWolfe
McLaughlin Hill
Iowa banks pay 13 million to depositors in 1934
Iowa closed banks paid 13,064,943.78 to depositors in 1934, according to D. W. Bates state superintendent of banking. December dividends reached 2,460,218.02, the year's high. Seventy banks across forty-four counties issued payments, with monthly shares ranging from 3 to 40 percent of funds. Names and totals include Algona County Savings 83,355.52, Burlington First Town State Trust 523,908.40, Dubuque Union Trust 206,491.43, and more across Cedar Rapids, Maquoketa, Pella, Sioux City, and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
D. W. Bates
Bates
Algona County Savings
Audubon Farmers State
Burlington First Town State Trust
Cedar Rapids Corn Belt Savings
Clinton Lyons Savings
Dubuque Union Trust and Savings
Fort Atkinson Home Savings
Guthrie Center Peoples State
Maquoketa Farmers Trust and Savings
Pella Security State
Sioux City First Trust and Savings
West Point State
Holy Cross Farmers Savings
Iowa City
Dorchester Postmaster Appointment Named Acting Leader
Representative Biermann of Iowa announced Helen Danaher has been appointed acting postmaster at Dorchester Iowa. Danaher will oversee postal operations and services for the Dorchester community.
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Dorchester
Washington
Biermann
Helen Danaher
New Royal Neighbors Lodge Officers Announced
Wellman reports the upcoming installation of Royal Neighbors lodge officers Friday night. Oracle Ruth Bull. vice Oracle Vera Kos. recorder Hattie Haberstroh. receiver Allie Green. chancellor Ida Bull. marshal Allie Livezey. inner sentinel Frances Huffman. outer sentinel Mabel Thiessen. manager Elizabeth Dickel. physician Dr. E. D. Miller. musician Osa Moomey.
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Wellman
The
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Oracle
Ruth Bull
Vera Kos
Hattie Haberstroh
Allie Green
Ida Bull
Allie Livezey
Inner Sentinel
Frances Huffman
Outer Sentinel
Mabel Thiessen
Elizabeth Dickel
E. D. Miller
Osa Moomey
Chesterfield Blended and Cross Blended Cigarettes Ad
A vintage ad touts Chesterfield blends offering a distinct favor and fragrance. It claims the combination of blended and cross blended tobaccos creates a unique smoke versus other brands.
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