Rapid warm spell followed by predicted deep freeze in Iowa
Iowa faced a quick end to a weekend warm spell as the Weather Bureau forecast a cold wave with temperatures dropping to 10 below in the northwest and near zero in the south. Meteorologist Charles Reed warned a high pressure arc would push temperatures lower Tuesday, with light snow and icy highways possible.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Federal Weather Bureau
Charles Reed
Sioux City
Reed
Charles City
Dubuque
Davenport
Minneapolis
Former Iowa City Chief Seeks Court Review of Ouster
W H Bender former Iowa City police chief asked the Iowa supreme court to rehear its ruling upholding C O Paine's appointment to replace him. Bender contends the decision voids the soldiers' preference act and enables discharge or non appointment of war veterans by mere asserted fair investigations. Hopkinton Rev F E Allen to address Jones County ministerial association in Wyoming on Archaeology.
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Iowa City
DES Moines
W.H. Bender
Iowa Supreme Court
C. O. Paine
Bender
Thomas E. Martin
Paine
Supreme Court
Farmers Union Solon Sells Multiple Properties to Reyhons
The Farmers Union Exchange of Solon sold lots 22 and 21 with the Farmers grocery and hardware Solon cafe and Wilson and company cream station buildings to Mr and Mrs Frank Reyhons for 6005 dollars.
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SOLON
Farmers Union Exchange of
Frank Reyhons
Farmers Grocery and Hardware
Solon Cafe
Wilson and Company Cream Station
Iowa's Only Oil Well Tower Near Decorah Is Being Taken Down
A tower claimed to be Iowa's sole oil well monument, standing 14 years on the Bakke farm southeast of Decorah, is being dismantled by Gus Nelson of Hayfield Minnesota. He plans to reuse the lumber and recover as much of the 3,300 foot well pipe as possible. The Decorah Oil and Gas Co formed in 1921 by Oscar A. Brown drilled in 1922 amid optimistic stock sales of about 80 000 dollars. Reports of oil emerged then faded as the site was abandoned.
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Decorah
Iowa
Winneshiek County
Bakke
Gus Nelson
Hayfield
Decorah Oil and Gas Company
Oscar A. Brown
Mitchell appoints three state agents in Iowa bureau
Attorney General John H. Mitchell named William Fogarty Des Moines Ross Graham Bloomfield and Jerry Wood Ottumwa as new Iowa bureau of investigation agents. A fourth Steve Quealy Fort Dodge was named last week and one more will be appointed Tuesday. The bureau will operate with five agents for now and add three more later with Irma Wegman retained to head the records division.
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Des Moines
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
John H. Mitchell
William Fogarty
Democratic State Committee
Ross Graham
Bloomfield
Davis County
Jerry Wood
Ottumwa
Wapello County
Steve Quealy
Fort Dodge
Mitchell
Irma Wegman
Bureau
Leo Wegman
Couple Married In Jail At Sigourney
In the Keokuk county jail search room Evelyn Grace Williams of Bloomfield wed Keith Clell Whisler of Bunch Ia. Both grooms are held pending preliminary hearing on a charge of passing bad checks. Dale Whisler attended as best man.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Evelyn Grace Williams
Bloomfield
Keith Clell Whisler
Bunch, Ia
Dale Whisler
Keith
Survives execution plot after dynamite blast
Mrs Helen Sieler of Sioux City survived a dynamite explosion that killed her boyfriend Harold Baker and left her with injuries. Authorities issued murder warrants for Harry Reeves and William Nesbeth as gang members suspected of planning the hit because they feared she and Baker would reveal information to police.
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Helen Sieler
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
S. D
Harold Baker
Sieler
Harry “Slim” Reeves
William Nesbeth
Rainbow Girls Install Officers at Masonic Hall
Ruth Craig installed as installing officer after a musical program at the Masonic hall. Rainbow Girls led a candlelit procession and presented baskets and songs as officers and patrons were installed including Bertha Payton as worthy matron and Clyde Guinn as worthy patron. Genevieve McLennan presented Ruth Craig a past matron's jewel.
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Masonic Hall
Maude Leavelle
Ruth Craig
Amber Lahn
Esther Nebel
Dosia Byers
Genevieve McLennan
Bertha Payton
Rainbow Girls
Mildred Manuel
Molly White
Dorothy Craft
Evelyn Hecht
Maxine Maxson
Ella Mae Smith
Beverly Peterman
Vivian Colson
Horace McLennan
Addy ‘Firkins
Alice Firkins
Leone Nebel
Cecelia Comer
Mildred Johnson
Agnes Peterman
Grace Morek
Ada
Bertha Kurth
Ruth
Esther
Mollie Dierks
Martha
Mary Scrim
PENAL EXPERT
A cryptic crossword like entry notes a “PENAL EXPERT” as the clue title with fragmented hints including phrases about identification methods and a mention of a French maker. The text lists various numbered clues and partial words pointing to a puzzle or glossary segment.
Justice Whitcombe of Anamosa Dead
Francis Harris Whitcombe 60 longtime Anamosa justice of the peace and civic leader died Monday after a Friday stroke. He served ten years as JP and presided over many weddings. Born July 12 1876 in Cambridge Massachusetts he moved to Anamosa and married Florence May Heeler who survives with one son. He was a member of the K P lodge and funeral services at Congregational church will be announced.
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Tipton
Clifford Kiser
South Bethel Church
Otis Moore
Freda Nebergall
Lester Chambliss
Donald Johnston
Oren Kiser
Manchester
Brown Chapel
George M. Thorpe
Delaware County
George Winters
Manchester Community Church
Thorpe
Benjamin Thorpe
Hackensack
N. J
Delhi
Ss. P. Thorpe
Monticello
George Thorpe
Fayette
Ella C. Potts
Colesburg
Clair M. Thorpe
Nene Thorpe
Minneapolis
Congregational Church
Traer
Theodore Steuben
Inez McNeal
Buxton
Steuben
Burns Lumber Company
Earlville
Alvena Glant
Louis Glanz
Maurice C. Wendel
Fred Wendel
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Elsie Glanz
William Schrieber
Anamosa
Francis Harris Whitcombe
Jones County Boy Scout Council
Whitcombe
Jones County
Cambridge
Mass
Florence May Heeler
Francis Henry
K. P. Lodge
Bailiff Awakens Juror In Sleep During Jacobsen Trial
In Ottumwa Judge Wennerstrum warned jurors not to discuss the Franz Jacobsen murder case. Bailiff Charles Carlson woke a juror who was audibly trying the trial in his sleep at a local hotel. Jacobsen, Ottumwa chef, allegedly killed his sweetheart Catherine Leahy on November 3.
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Ottumwa
C. F. Wennerstrum
Jacobsen
Charles Carlson
Franz Jacobsen
Catherine Leahy
Four Hurt In Auto Collision On Highway 74 Near Tipton
Four persons were injured three miles east of here on highway 74 Sunday at 7 p m when a car driven by La Verne Flambo of Muscatine struck the rear of a car owned by Harry and Paul Riley brothers living four miles south of Tipton that had stopped on the highway. Paul Ailey and Harry Ailey suffered bruises and cuts while Virginia Laucamp 17 suffered facial injuries. Flambo was cut and thrown through the windshield. He said he may have dozed and failed to notice the Riley car. Flambo was alone in his car while Laucamp and another young woman rode with the Rileys en route to Tipton to a movie.
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Tal
Gazette
Sportpton
Here
la Verne
Flambo
Muscatine
Harry
Paul Riley
Tipton
Paul Ailey
Harry Ailey
Virginia Laucamp
Miss Laucamp
Riley Brothers
Sou Mey Bete Mae
Independence Woman Makes Bequests To Many Organizations
The will of Mrs. Josephine Jones Freeman filed for probate in Independence names her sister Jessie Louise Smith as principal beneficiary with a house and farm plus life use of residence. Cash bequests total to multiple local organizations and individuals with varied amounts. The estate also provides for executors Robert F Clark and Jessie Louise Smith and lists numerous personal bequests. A separate note reports Illinois Oil company thefts at a Solon station with gasoline and oil stolen.
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Independence
Josephine Jones Freeman
Jessie Louise Smith
Jones County
People’s Hospital
Independence Public Library
Carrie Bartle
Addie L. Harvey
H. C. Josselyn
Woman’s Missionary Society
National Christian Temperance Union of
Evanston
Jessie L. Smith
Smith
Smith Robert F. Clark
Robert F Clark
Absolute divorce petition filed in Linn County Iowa
The District Court of Iowa Linn County hears a petition by Matsaret Parsons seeking an absolute divorce from Harley Parsons on grounds of desertion for two years or more. The case warns the defendant to appear before noon on the second day of the March 1937 term at Cedar Rapids Court House or a default will be entered and judgment rendered. Edward J Dahms represents the plaintiff.
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District Court of
State of
Down
Sind Af Linn County
March
A. D
Matsaret Parsons
Harley Parsons
District Court
State of Iowa
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Edward J Dahms
Plainiing
Open Bids Tuesday For Mississippi Dam Near Clinton
Bids due Tuesday for dam No. 13 above Clinton will complete most of the upper river nine foot channel work. Dam No. 17 near New Boston, Illinois, will be let January 19. The Clinton project features three roller and ten tainter gates with concrete piers and an earthen dike, spanning 5138.5 feet. Several Iowa projects show high completion rates, with No. 13 near Clinton at 95 percent and No. 14 at Le Claire, Ta., lock at 97 percent.
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Rock Island
Clinton
Mississippi River
New Boston
Ill
Iowa
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Bellevue
Muscatine
Burlington
le Claire
Clinton, Lock
Edwards and Holmes Tie Knot in Monmouth Nuptials
Pauline Edwards daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry L Edwards of Columbus Junction and Gerald Holmes son of Mr and Mrs Homer Tinsley of What Cheer wed December 26 in Monmouth Illinois. They plan to reside in Tipton where Holmes is Benteco store manager.
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What Cheer
Pauline Edwards
Harry L. Edwards
Columbus Junction
Gerald Holmes
Homer Tinsley
Monmouth
Paul Smith
Holmes
Tipton
Benteco
Sigourney Garage Destroyed by Fire in Sigourney
Fire swept the large one story garage and farm implement building of Harry White Sunday afternoon leaving only exterior walls. Loss not estimated but said to be insured. Fire started near a stove with assistance from Keota and Sigourney volunteers. Two new stock cars and other vehicles damaged. a farm machine badly damaged. heavy tractor saved. Noller electric shop damaged by smoke and water. Living quarters above Agnew’s smoked and two doors removed. Marengo post office reports higher holiday business with $545.79 increase in receipts in late 1936.
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Gazette
Sigourney
Harry White
Keota
Mildred Wyllie
Noller Electric Shop
John Agnew
Agnew
Marengo
Life Insurance and Social Security in America
The piece notes the public rise of social security and frames life insurance as a triple safeguard for emergencies, savings, and dependents. It cites America’s large share of global life policies and the 1937 context, with companies poised to report favorable annual statements reinforcing financial security for policyholders.
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America
Life Insurance
Northwestern National Life Insurance 52nd Annual Statement
Fragmentary annual financial statement shows liabilities and contingencies for Northwestern National Life Insurance Company of Minneapolis. Mentions general contingency reserves and surplus to policyholders including paid in capital figures and large totals.
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Northwestern National Life Insurance Company of
Minneapolis
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Charles Ity
Keokuk
Maiden
Maquoketa
Iowa News
Gasca
Hope Louise
Mary Lou Gibbs
Leslie Gienapp
Dale Hammond
Eleanor Yelden
Barr Lumber Company
Belle Plaine
Associated Press
Phote
IAN Sig AB
Riopie
Arid
Justice Whitcombe
Independence Woman
Illinois Oil Company
Frank Hess
Don McComas
Clarence Kern
Mississippi
Sigourney Garage
Ben-Gay
Jules Bengué
Paria
Pea
PALN
Yael
UL Vemma
United States
NWNL
Imowrance
U. S
TOTAL
Nynl All Companies
Jaime
Northwestern National Life of
E. W. Denio
Higley Building
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