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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1933
Page
5
London papers lead with Calvin Coolidge obituary coverage praising his personal character and leadership. Front pages feature lengthy tributes and editorials reflecting on his career and legacy.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine as a cure for colds with a fourfold action to open bowels kill germs relieve head symptoms and fortify the system. It urges prompt use during epidemics and notes long standing safety for all ages and two package sizes 30c and 50c.
A list of reduced prices on groceries and pantry staples including sugar butter oleo bacon cheese crackers crackers and canned goods. The dense ad shows multiple items with per unit prices and bulk offers for milk bread corn oil nuts dried fruits and snacks.
A period newspaper style advertisement lists dozens of grocery prices and bulk items including coffee beans tea flour and canned goods. It highlights 1 to 49 pound quantities with per pound or per unit prices and mentions free delivery at the 129 3rd Ave SW location.
A partition action involving twenty six persons was submitted to Judge H C Ring in district court. Harriett N Willmott seeks a twentieth share in property at Waubeck in the Jonathan Jones estate of Linn county. Several named heirs hold specific fractional shares. others receive defined smaller portions. A separate line notes a $3500 judgment against Frank Rush and a $1750.20 judgment against Rush, with a sheriff sale completed August 6 1931 and subsequent certificate of purchase transfers by Rose Kangley leading to a sheriff's deed. Further defense testimony was heard as arguments will be heard later.
Testimony concluded Thursday afternoon before Judge H C Ring in district court over Mrs Rose Harper's plea to set aside a sheriff sale and sheriff deeds. The hearing focused on legal arguments and the validity of the foreclosure process and deeds involved.
Minnie 8 Melichar died December 27 and her will probated Friday in district court. Executors named James H Melichar. heirs include George Clar ence Melichar and Dorothy Melichar Kooken plus siblings in Cedar Rapids Sioux City Ontario Calif New York City Manchester Blue Island. Daniel Travis of Mount Vernon also probate admitted with heirs Hester A Travis Willard Travis Fred Travis Flora Lacock Jessie Travis Ruth Current listed.
The appointment of Hester O. Travis and Jessie H. Travis as executors was confirmed. The will was made January 25, 1932.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette The Central City News Letter and the Mount Vernon Hawkeye Record were named official county newspapers by the board of supervisors in a Friday morning vote at the county building. Ruth Brainard was granted a divorce from Cedric W Brainard in district court Friday morning on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple married in Davenport in February.
Judge H. C. Ring grants Leonard Seed Co. a default judgment of 253.33 in district court against E. L. Rogers, who operated the business involved. The ruling secures payment from Rogers to the plaintiff.
In an account suit, Smulekoff Furniture Company was awarded a $172 default judgment by Judge A. B. Clark against M. E. Hahn in a conditional sales contract action.
L A Andrew as receiver of Corn Belt Savings bank wins a 4659 73 dollar judgment against R J Harrison and E H Farrow in district court. Judge H C Ring presides in the promissory note action on Thursday.
L. A. Andrew as receiver of Corn Belt Savings asks the district court for a 22 948 02 judgment against Fred M Higley on a promissory note and an 836 17 judgment against Freda J Higley. A defendant's motion to dismiss in an action for establishment of a new and accounting by Fred Sadilek Jr against Frank Sadilek was submitted before Judge A B Clark in district court Friday morning.
Former county treasurer Charles Berry testified in the board of supervisors lawsuit over a $20,000 county fund shortage that he kept a reserve fund in a safe during 1930 and 1931 as financial conditions demanded. He admitted the taxed money was not recorded on the books until December 31, 1931, and noted his stock speculation since 1924 with major bets in 1930 and 1931. The county treasurer and First National Bank are defendants in the suit.
The document reveals a deposit of 6000 dollars on January 2 1932 while the county pass book shows a deposit of 26000 dollars on that same date.
Dan Kruidemier says moisture in an underground cable halted traffic signals at the Third Avenue and First Street SE intersection. The outage will last one block with emergency wiring in use. Repairs led by Mike Skerick, chief of the fire and police alarm systems, are underway. Oranges were first grown in California in 1873.
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