Man confesses to shooting wife with rifle in Burlington
Paul Kuepper, 52, admitted to police that he fired a rifle through a kitchen window, wounding his wife Clara Kuepper. He led officers to the hidden weapon at Murray Iron Works after the shooting. The rifle had been stolen from an electric welding shop on Dec. 21.
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Burlington
Paul Kuepper
Clara Kuepper
Kuepper
Delbert Murray
T. J. Gill
Joe Baird
Raymond Wright
Iowa Territory Birthday Observed In April History Week
The one hundredth anniversary of Iowa’s establishment as a territory will be observed during Iowa history week April 18 to 23. Prof. Benj F Shambaugh, head of the State Historical Society, announced the event. Joint sponsors are the Historical Society and the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs with schools clubs and civic groups urged to participate. The 1836 Wisconsin division act created Iowa Territory west of the Mississippi. At that time 22,859 people lived on the west bank of the river.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Benj F Shambaugh
State Historical Society
the Historical Society
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Wisconsin Territory
Mississippi River
Iowa Territory
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Mississippi
Century Old Elm Cut Near Center Point
In Linn county the old elm on the Frank Yost estate was felled by J. D. Frank and William Dye. The tree, about 100 years old with a 28 foot circumference, required a day and a half to cut due to opposing cuts for the saw. It grew on rich wet soil drained last summer with 1045 miles of tile to remove excess water, and it interfered with farming on the miller property now owned by Harry Miller of Olin.
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Linn County
J. D. Frank
William Dye
Frank Yost
Harry Miller
Olin
Eastern Star Installation Opens Week of Meetings
The Eastern Star chapter held installation at Mason hall Monday evening naming officers led by W M Beulah Ward and Ward Helen Parker with Carrie Steinmetz installing. Independence hosts joint installation with the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs attended by about 100 with Dayton H. Winter presiding.
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Masonic Hall
W. M
Beulah Ward
W. P
Charles Glaspy
Grace Hall
A P
C. B. Stevens
Edna Miller
Martha Steinmetz
Laura Holtzer
Helen Parker
Janet Raymond
Marshal
Edith Stevens
Irene Western
Margaret Parker
Ada
Gladys Farris
Ruth
Clara Lisk
Esther
Mabel Scott
Martha
Anna Hallett
Electra
Ethel Wolfe
William Badman
Sentinel
Carrie Steinmetz
Independence
Independence Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Dayton H. Winter
Odd Fellows
Otto Christiansen
Noble Grand
Roy A. Cook
Henry Hohl
Mr. Fouts
Carl Herman
James Stripes
Fred Jensen
Bruce McFarland
Inside Guardian
Kenneth Henline
Outside Guardian
Glen Campbell
N. Madison
Frank Bechter
W. H. Bierce
John McClintock
Orville Meyers
Orville Brimmer
Rebekah
Alice McArthur
Bertha Bantz
Florence Brown
Ethel Hesner
Phyllis Parker
Veda Ulm
Guardian
Berdina_ Holle
Myrtle Sackett
Bess Gray
Nessida Gates
Rose Slaughter
Beulah Martin
Ruth Bagenstos
Bertha Slaughter
Fire Rescues Paralytic Woman in Williamsburg Blaze
Bedfast Mrs. George Swigart was rescued from a Williamsburg home fire Sunday after neighbors and volunteer firefighters discovered the blaze on the roof. An overheated chimney caused the fire, which left only the walls standing. Mrs. Swigart, stroke victim, was hospitalized after the blaze and some furniture was saved. loss was insured.
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Williamsburg
George Swigart
James Gaffney
Move To Deny Beer To Winneshiek Relief List
Decorah plan by the Winneshiek board of supervisors would bar relief recipients from buying beer locally. It proposes canceling tavern beer permits for sellers who provide to relief persons, with councils given lists of violators.
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Winneshiek
Decorah
Winneshiek Board of Supervisors
What Causes Epilepsy and Is There a Cure?
A booklet from the Exhicational Division offers expert opinions on epilepsy. Free copies are sent to readers who write to 551 Fifth Avenue New York New York Novy Dept 3-303.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Des Moines Motor Chief Targets Careless Drivers
Des Moines AP report quotes Commissioner Lew Wallace of the Iowa motor vehicle department announcing a long term program to compile reports on all drivers to identify unsafe behavior. He says safe drivers will also be tracked, with goal to reduce fatalities and guide engineering and enforcement, though the plan may span ten years or more.
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Des Moines
Lew Wallace
Iowa Motor Vehicle Department
Wallace
Motor Vehicle Department
Receiver Is Named Pending Appeal Of Cornell Varner Suit
A Tama county decree grants Cornell college full title to about 530 acres, finds Luella Varner held naked title as trustee for the college, and orders her to account for rents. Dean Thomas of Traer is appointed receiver with $8,000 bond as Varner appeals to the supreme court.
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Toledo
B O Tankersley
Cornell College
Luella Varner
Tama County
Luella Warner
Miss Varner
Three youths plead guilty to chicken theft in district court
Maquoreta Orrie Liberio 18 Marvin Wilcox 27 and Kenneth Borah 18 admitted larceny of twenty chickens in county court yesterday. They obtained suspended one year jail terms after confessing and selling birds to Harold Staggs of Monmouth. Judge Frank D Kelsey suspended the sentence for good behavior on their first court appearance.
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Maquoreta
Orrie Liberio
Marvin Wilcox
Kenneth Borah
Art Keister
Brandon Township
Ronald Cahill
Arthur Janssen
Frank D Kelsey
Cahill
Harold Staggs
Monmouth
Keister Place
Hunter Killed By Own Gun Near Dyersville
Cletus Steffen aged 23 was accidentally killed by a shotgun discharge on a farm one mile south of Dyersville after he failed to return to his brother in law Albert Timmer’s home. The coroner said he apparently stumbled in a thicket while hunting. Steffen’s home was Waterloo.
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The
Gazette
Dyersville
Cletus Steffen
Here
Albert Timmer
Waterloo
Ex King of Hoboes Realizes Need for Steady Work
Harry, 70, former king of the hoboes, announced he will not seek reelection at the 1938 hobo convention in Britt. He says a steady job is his goal and running again might ruin his chances of employment. He declined to specify the job but indicated he is in line for steady employment.
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Harry
Britt, Town
Thieves Loot Penny Machines in Central City Break-In
Thieves broke into the Farmers' Exchange elevator office in Central City Tuesday night and forced a window. They opened two penny vending machines, took pennies, and grabbed a few candy bars and $3 in stamps, but left $3 in the cash drawer. Mayor Smola reported the incident to the sheriff, and deputies investigated.
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Central City
Farmers’ Exchange
W H. Smola
James H Smith
Larry Condon
Retirement Ends 26 Years of Ruppert Seemann Furniture Trade
Fred J Seemann of Iowa City announced retirement due to ill health after 26 years in the Ruppert Seemann furniture business. He and wife plan rest and travel then return. he will enter a new line after stock is disposed. The Ruppert Seemann partnership dissolved six years ago.
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Iowa City
Fred J Seemann
Seemann
Mr. Seemann
William G Ruppert
Ruppert
Lloyd Ihrig
Durbin Downey
Ihrig
Downey
Joan Wilson
Wesley Players
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Methodist Church
Harold Gaunt
I J. Shaefer
Lampert Lumber Company
Mercy Hospital
Shaefer
Sibley
Frank Holub
Harvey Schleuter
Schleuter
Edgar Vassar
George FE. Mocha
Funeral services held for John J. Coonrod in Hazleton
John J. Coonrod 81 a Hazleton township pioneer died recently. He came to Iowa at age eight and married Emma Kays in the Henry Coy home. He leaves his widow Emma and three sons all residing in Waterloo.
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Hazleton
John J. Coonrod
Hazleton Township
Presbyterian Church
Iowa
Henry Coy
Emma Kays
Waterloo
Surplus of 3 Million Dollars Faces Iowa Legislature
Iowa tax officials say the state will hold a surplus of about 3 million dollars in the next four years if current revenues hold. Funds are earmarked for old age pensions and relief, with potential use for homestead refunds, a new state office building, or school funding. Roddewig notes legislative changes possible when January 1959 session starts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Louis E. Roddewig
Roddewig
Tax Board
Old Age Pension Division
IERA
Indian School Dedication Near Tama Friday Afternoon
Tama Frank Christie of Minneapolis district supervisor of education in the Indian service will be principal speaker at the dedication of the new Indian school on the Sac and Fox reservation west of Tama Friday at 1 pm. Speeches by Rev F C Patterson and Dr Ira D Nelson follow. Mesquakie student George Young Bear and Clyde Davenport will perform with local rhythm and music by the Tama Indian band directed by Edward Davenport.
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Frank Christie
Minneapolis
Indian Service
Sac and Fox Reservation
Tama
F. C Patterson
Ira D. Nelson
George Young Bear
Three Men Sentenced for DWI in Manchester
Special to The Garzette reports that three men Joseph Loughren Earl Jefferies and Frank Pierce Jr pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated before Judge R W Hasner and were sentenced to sixty days in county jail. The arrests occurred a few days earlier in Manchester.
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Garzette
Manchester
R W . Hasner
Joseph Loughren
Mann
Earl Jefferies
Frank Pierce, Jr
Nordgaard Named Luther College Alumni Association Field Representative
Karl Nordgaard arrives to lead student solicitation for Luther College Alumni Association. A 1925 graduate with further study at Luther and Minnesota, he was honor student and student body president. He taught in Portland North Dakota and Alexandria Moon, and served as district manager for a Mankato life insurance firm.
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Luther
Nordgaard
Mankato
Minn
Dr E E Bentzinger Dies In Omaha
Dr E E Bentzinger of Shenandoah Ia pastor of the First Methodist church and former superintendent of the Burlington Ia district died in a Omaha hospital Tuesday from pneumonia after an operation for stomach ailment His body will be sent to Shenandoah for services and burial He entered the ministry 34 years ago serving Muscatine Fort Dodge and Mount Pleasant Ia and was a trustee of Iowa Wesleyan college where he earned his doctorate.
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Omaha
E E Bentzinger
First Methodist Church of
Shenandoah
Burlington, Ia
Bentzinger
Muscatine
Fort Dodge
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
O Brien Seeks Iowa Secretary of State Post
Des Moines AP Iowa reports that Robert E O Brien enters the race for secretary of state as a Democratic candidate among several contenders. Names mentioned include Lois J Etter and Alex Miller with other Republicans and Democrats weighing campaigns. The field also notes possible shifts in statewide posts and related offices.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert E
Brian
le Ten En
Omarsh
Rae Fe
Neon G Kos
Dro
Alex Miller
Lois J Etter
Daverpet
Thases
Ves Ohood
WW Wormhoudt
Henscount
Morringsee College of
Sioux City
Northiwesterr
Evanston
Sec
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Bohemian Mutual Insurance appoints officers at annual meeting
The Bohemian Mutual Insurance association of Tarmacony held its annual meeting Monday. Officers appointed include President Frel Vajnar Vice President Louis Police Kee secretary and John Ri oree treasurer. Membership grew with higher insurance amounts set.
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