Chariton Man Sentenced In Slaying Case
Claude Foutch 42 pled guilty to second degree murder in the Christmas Eve hammer slaying of Earl Nichols 53 at an abandoned Cliffland coal mine shaft in Ottumwa. He received a 50 year sentence at Fort Madison. Nichols body was found in water twenty feet deep. the hammer is missing along with $200.
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Claude Foutch
Earl Nichols
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
R. W. Smith
Centerville
Foutch
Nichols
Chariton
Utilities Company
Wapello
Franz Jacobsen
Davenport
Katherine Leahy
Waukon Girl Burned Near Open Fireplace Accident
Florence Monroe a dry goods clerk suffered serious burns when her clothing caught fire from a fireplace at the O B Kelly home in Waukon on Tuesday.
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Waukon
Florence Monroe
O. B. Kelly
Funeral services for Samuel Wilson Johnson
Mechanicsville prepares Thursday service at 2 p.m. for Samuel Wilson Johnson 39 county road worker who died after a week's illness Surviving include widow Leona Oakley two brothers William and Frank two sisters Alice Nicolaysen and Carrie Miller and his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Johnson
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Mechanicsville
Presbyterian
Samuel Wilson Johnson
Leona Oakley
William
West Liberty
Frank
Alice Nicolaysen
Carrie Miller
Montana
Albert Johnson
Mortgage Foreclosure Ordered In Iowa Case
Default and judgment were entered in district court in Vinton in the Home Owners Loan Corporation of Washington DC versus John F Hamrick and wife and H A Frazier and wife of Belle Plaine. Foreclosure of a mortgage for 1454.60 against defendants’ property was ordered and they must vacate within ten days by Judge L J Kirkland.
Weatherman forecasts snow and rising temps for Iowa Thursday
Federal observer Charles D. Reed predicted probable snow for Iowa on Thursday with rising temperatures. He noted Tuesday mean temps were three degrees above normal in the west and three below in the east, and that Iowa was clear with no recent precipitation. Iowa Falls logged 6 degrees while Council Bluffs reached 28.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Federal
Reed
Iowa Falls
Council Bluffs
Williamsburg Gym Dedication With University Exhibition
Williamsburg high school will dedicate its new gymnasium Thursday at 7 30 p m with a program featuring the University of Iowa gym team led by Robert Parry and George Nissen. Receipts fund gym equipment and dancers Gene Erwen and Severa Siebert will perform.
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Williamsburg High School
University of Iowa
Iowa
Robert Parry
George Nissen
Whetstine
Griswold
Leonard
Brown
Gene Erwen
Severa Siebert
Hazleton Girl Weds West Union Man in Hazleton Church
Miss Opal Latham daughter of Mr and Mrs E F Latham Hazleton and Kenneth C Burnham son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Burnham West Union were married in the First Presbyterian church Hazleton by Rev Charles Rebenberg. Attendants were Miss Thelma Latham and Howard Wendland. Out of town guests included C H Burnham W H Burnham Howard Wendland Meyers Latham Mahoney Leyden.
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Opal Latham
E. F. Latham
Hazleton
Kenneth C. Burnham
Clarence Burnham
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Rebenberg
Thelma Latham
Howard Wendland
C. H. Burnham
W. H. Burnham
George Meyers
Maynard
Maquoketa Town Tops County in Flood Relief Giving
Maquoketa Spragueville with 83 residents leads Jackson County towns in per capita flood relief contributions. Edward Luckiesch Maquoketa chapter chairman accepted a $100 donation Wednesday for Red Cross relief efforts.
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Maquoketa
Spragueville
Jackson County
Red Cross
Edward Luckiesch
Funeral for Delbert Donaldson Held at Belle Plaine
Funeral services for Delbert Donaldson were conducted Wednesday at the Presbyterian church with Rev. T W Chisholm in charge. He died after a two month illness at Deaconess hospital in Marshalltown. He was the son of Earl and Mrs Donaldson and former Toledo graduate who attended the American School of Business in Des Moines. The high school boys’ quartet sang and pallbearers were Virgil Beck Harry Dugan Wayne Padley Wayne Emerson Bernell Clark and William Dickens. Delbert was president of the class of 1936 and played in bands in Chelsea Tama and Toledo.
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Delbert Donaldson
Presbyterian Church
T. W. Chisholm
Earl Donaldson
Marshalltown
Toledo
American School of Business
Des Moines
Deming Smith
Robert Amidon
Charles Maplethorpe
Victor Jones
Claude Rose
Death of Mrs. John Dighton Near Hopkinton
Mrs. John Dighton 79 died Monday at her son Roy Dighton home five miles west of Hopkinton. Born 1858 in Dubuque county to David and Ann Riley she married John Dighton who died in 1898. Survived by son Roy of Buck Creek six grandchildren Duane Coggan Bernice Cedar Rapids Clarke Harley Reva Zella Buck Creek and sister Mrs Katherine Smith Rapid City S D. Funeral services were held Tuesday.
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Blair’s
Royal Neighbors of America
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Henry Schmuecker
Oracle
Jean Gibbs
Bessie Burkhart
W. M. Schwartz
D. F. Newton
Edna Hoyt
A. R. Heck
Everett Sheets
Marshall
Ethel Oberthein
Inner Sentinel
P. C. Christianson
Pete Thode
Alex Koser
West Union
Herman Boeding
St. Lucas
Elizabeth Boeding
Anna Lensing
Festina
Arnold
Clem
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Ben
Henry Boeding
Waucoma
Frank Kuennen
Joe Blong
Henry Bodensteiner
Near West Union
St. Luke’s Church
Msgr. A. Beeding
Dubuque
Francis Schuh
Troy Mills
S. A. Keller
Independence
Lucy Smith
Leo Smith
Bismarck
N. D
Viola Tull
Elmer Tull
Hopkinton
John Dighton
Roy
David
Ann Riley
Dubuque County
Buck Creek
Duane
Coggan
Bernice
Cedar Rapids
Clarke
Harley
Reva
Zella
Katherine Smith
Rapid City, S. D
Tama County Sets Record For Road Building In 1936
New record for Tama County road work in 1936 as 44 miles of trunk and local roads were built to permanent grade and 94 miles of mud roads surfaced with gravel. The 191 miles of trunk roads are now permanently graded with only 3 miles unsurfaced. Total graveled mileage reaches 404 of 1 190 miles. Spending totaled 68 694.80 for new construction and maintenance rose to 187 815.12, pushing 1936 costs past 245 000.
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TRAER
Tama County
Harry A. Rager
Board of Supervisors
University of Iowa Engineers Offer Flood Aid The G Sow A City
The University of Iowa offered six of ten sanitary engineers and chemists to flood areas. Dean Francis M. Dawson said the staff are ready to depart to aid water treatment as areas face rising pollution. Graduates are already active in Kentucky Illinois Tennessee and West Virginia. The effort marks the first time the university has deployed trained lab staff to flood relief.
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Arkansas
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University Engineering Department
Dawson
Howard Schmidt
University
Farmer Near Waukon Dies as Car Is Struck by Train
Walter Englehorn 28, a farmer ten miles northeast of Waukon, was killed Monday night in Rochester when his car was hit by a train. His body lay unidentified for hours while he received medical care. Survived by his mother Mrs Frances Englehorn and brother Oscar, he had lost his father years earlier whose body was found in backwater of the Mississippi near Lansing.
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Walter Englehorn
Rochester
Minn
Frances Englehorn
Oscar
Mississippi River
Lansing
Farmersburg Teachers Plan April Contests at McGregor
Clayton County schoolmasters gathered in Farmersburg to set a commercial contest for April 3 at McGregor with shorthand bookkeeping and typing tests. A reading contest is set for April 17 and a one act play contest is planned for March.
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Clayton County Schoolmasters Meeting
McGregor
Boy Dies of Lockjaw After Farm Injury
Robert Fleming twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs George Fleming of near Oelwein died in the local hospital Monday afternoon from lockjaw following a slight mouth injury received while working on the farm. He was rushed to hospital Sunday morning when symptoms appeared.
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Robert Fleming
George Fleming
Robert
J E Marietta Dies Noted Vinton Pioneer At 89
J E Marietta longtime Vinton insurer and civic leader died in Long Beach California after a flu illness. He held posts with Iowa Canning Company Vinton Building and Loan Evergreen Cemetery and served on the State Bank of Vinton board. Born 1852 in Ohio he moved to Vinton in 1869 and built a long business career with partners before continuing solo. He married Alice Berger in 1878 and leaves a daughter Mrs C H De Acres of Los Angeles.
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Evergreen Cemetery Association
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W. E. Bickel
Marietta and
Foreman Couple Celebrates 58th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs William Foreman of Troy Mills marked their fifty eights wedding anniversary on a Wednesday. Born in Buchanan county he in May 1858 she in October 1859 they are among the early pioneers. They married January 27 1879 and live on a farm in Troy Mills. They have four children eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. They are active in the Methodist church.
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England
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Buchanan County
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Iowa City
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Orva
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Ralph
Methodist Church
Westenhaver v Walker case heads for Davenport court
Mrs. Mary C. Westenhaver of Kansas City seeks 3500 dollars against Philip S. Walker alleging the late Henry C. Walker substituted notes for a mortgage. Hearing before Judge W. W. Scott in Davenport district court was expected to wrap up Wednesday.
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Mary C. Westenhaver
Kansas City
Philip S. Walker
Henry C. Walker
W. W. Scott
Davenport
Appointed Secretary of State Succeeds Mrs. Miller
Dr. Robert E. O'Brian, a Scotch Irish Methodist minister and former Morningside College president, was named secretary of state to succeed the late Mrs. Alex Miller by Gov. Nels Kraschel. His yearly salary is set at $5,000.
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Alex Miller
Nels Kraschel
O’brian
Morningside College
Sioux City
Railroad Engineer Dies At McGregor
William Keenan a 72 year old veteran Milwau kee Marquette Dubuque division engineer from Dubuque died suddenly in McGregor after collapsing from a heart attack minutes after leaving his engine in the yards. He had just completed a run from Dubuque and was taken to McGregor hospital where he died minutes later. The body was later sent to Dubuque.
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William Keenan
Dubuque
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Marquette
McGregor Hospital
Watkins Oberreuter and Fitzgerald Betrothal Read
Bans announce the approaching marriage of Aloysius Oberreuter of Watkins and Agnes Fitzgerald of Van Horne. The wedding is planned for early February.
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Aloysius Oberreuter
Agnes Fitzgerald
van Horne
Creomulsion Ad Promises Quick Cough Relief
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as fast relief for coughs chest colds and bronchial irritation. It claims the medicine soothes inflamed membranes loosens germ laden phlegm and guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer if results are not seen from the first use.
Missing Protivin salesman feared foul play
Iowa officials report Paul Landa, a Protivin nursery salesman for Owattawa Nursery of Minneapolis, has been missing since January 19. His car was found abandoned and investigators say all evidence points to foul play. Landa last seen January 19 in Duncan, Iowa. portfolio and order blanks found in his car. he planned to return January 23.
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INS
W. W. Akers
Iowa State Bureau of Investigation
Paul Landa
Iowa
Owattawa Nursery Company
Minneapolis
Charles Trea
Duncan
Akers
Osceola
Automobile Protective and Information Bureau of
Chicago
State Bureau
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Protivin
Clark Beems Speaks At Mount Vernon Dinner
Mount Vernon officials and farmers attended the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner where Clark A. Beems of Cedar Rapids spoke on Eleven Years Behind the Walls. Attorney George Wilson introduced retiring president. James McCutcheon was elected president and Harold Ehle the new vice president.
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Chamber O Commerce
Clark A. Beems
Cedar Rapid
George Wilson
James McCutcheon
Fordyce
Don Pringle
Harold Ehle
Kellogg Ad Promotes Low Caffeine Coffee Blend
An advertisement claims Neuritis signals uric acid and recommends a Kellogg Battle Creek blend with 97 percent less caffeine yet full flavor. It presents Koffee-Hag Coffee as real coffee made by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
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Battle Creek
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