First New Drivers Licenses To Be Mailed On July 5
Des Moines reports 36 000 licenses prepared with photostatic machines operating 24 hours a day. The first licenses will be mailed July 9 with Governor Clyde Heering’s number reserved. License issuance will start at 1,000 copies hourly, with officials and state employees first in line, then the general public from license number 5601 onward.
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Jed
Fcense
Cl.de Herring
Statehouse
Tate
Boy Hurt In Advance July 4th Celebration
Duane Boone of Manchester suffered an eyelid cut when a lighted firecracker under a bottle exploded during an advance Fourth of July celebration. Glass fragments struck his face as the device exploded.
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Boy Hurt
Manchester
Duane Boone
Doyle Boone
Car overturns near Troy Mills injures 16 year old driver
Troy Mills residence Troy Mills Iowa Sunday afternoon 16 year old Troy Mills boy Troy Mills Wilbur Powell sustained cuts and bruises when his car left the road rolled into a ditch while attempting to pass a westbound vehicle. Lloyd Butterfield and Marguerite Fuessley were with him but uninjured.
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Troy Mills
Wilbur Powell
Lloyd Butterfield
Marguerite Fuessley
Birthday Parties Honor Edgewood Civil War Veteran
Special to The Gazette Edgewood Iowa John A Richards Edgewoods only surviving Civil War veteran celebrated his eighty ninth birthday with dinners on Saturday and Sunday June 30 relatives gathered planning a trip to Chicago Milwaukee and perhaps Buffalo this summer He enlisted at seventeen in the Fourth Iowa Cavalry served at Vicksburg Gun Town and Missouri battles his horse was shot at one clash and his unit captured twelve thousand Confederate cavalry nearby at Atlanta he voted for Lincoln in St Louis and helped rebuild a bridge on the Chattahoochee after the war he became a carpenter and worked on most Edgewood houses including the local schoolhouse
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Buffalo
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Tenn
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St Louis
Richards
Honor Roll Names From Buchanan County Rural Eighth Grade
One hundred and twenty nine students from Buchanan county rural eighth grade passed final exams. On the scholastic roll of honor are Paul Baldwin, Kenneth B Bickert, Earl M Caldwell, Evelyn I Cherry, Ivadel M Elvidge, Margaret Francis Catherine Iennessey, Fern L Kivell, Robert M McCarty, Gervaise McGrath, Robert Neuenwirch, Luella Weiser, Alice Reichen, Aileen Cocking, Charles Kirkendall, Della Fay Seville.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Paul Baldwin
Kenneth B Bickert
Earl M Caldwell
Evelyn I Cherry
Ivadel M. Elvidge
Margaret Francis Catherine Iennessey
Fern L. Kivell
Robert M. McCarty
Gervaise Mce-Grath
Robert Neuenwirch
Luella Weiser
Alice Reichen
A Eileen Cocking
Charles Kirkendall
Della Fay Seville
Black Hawk woman dies after La Porte City crash
Mrs John Bottema 52, of seven miles northwest of La Porte City, died at 5 am Tuesday in a Waterloo hospital from injuries from a Sunday night head on collision near Eagle Center. Her right arm was amputated, and she suffered a crushed arm and broken shoulder. Her husband and five children survive. Funeral tentative for Thursday at Eagle Center, burial Mount Carmel.
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Mirs
John Bottema
Grundy Center
Waterloo
Bottema
Adams, Minn
Joseph Beck
la Porte
Eagle Center
Iowa
Father Boyle
Strawberry Point
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Luther B. Elliott Dies at 68 Former Iowa Faculty Member
Luther Bayard Elliott 68 a former Iowa university faculty member who specialized in biology and botany died after a brief illness at General Hospital Rochester. Born Glenwood Iowa July 12 1867 he later worked with the Frank Seaman company in New York handling accounts for Lackawanna and New York Central railroads and Cunard and White Star lines.
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N. Y.Y
Luther Bayard Elliott
Iowa University
General Hospital
Glenwood
Frank Seaman Company
New York City
Lackawanna
New York Central
Cunard and
White Star Steamship Lines
Milwaukee Track Washed Out In Winneshiek Co
McGREGOR The Milwaukee railroad tracks were washed out Monday night between Calmar and Fort Atkinson. The midnight Sioux limited from the west was detoured at New Hampton over the Great Western to Dubuque. The Tuesday morning west bound went only as far as Calmar. Tracks expected to be repaired by Tuesday afternoon.
Center Point Grocery Robbed. Meat Stolen Valued at $15
Center Point police report a Sunday night break in at the George Seemer store with merchandise theft. The largest single item stolen was $15 worth of meat.
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George Seemer
Iowa City Man Takes Over Findley’s Post
Glenn L. Schmidt of Iowa City is named official acting chief of the state bureau of investigation succeeding Park Findley who died June 12. Schmidt had been unofficial acting head since April and has long ties to the Iowa national guard and previously served as an aide to Findley. Attorney General O’Connor said Schmidt will continue the methods of the Findley regime.
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Iowa City
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Funeral Services For Dr. Schroeder Tuesday
Funeral services for Dr. E. H. Schroeder a 73 year old veterinary surgeon burned when his car left a Frankville road ditch and caught fire were held Tuesday at Louis Schuette funeral parlors with Rev. J Galloway officiating. Burial followed at Garnaville. He was the last survivor of fourteen children born to Ceres community farmers. Married January 5 1887 Mary Elizabeth Clair, they made Postville their home. His wife died six years earlier leaving six children still living in various states.
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E. H. Schroeder
Frankville
Louis Schuette
J Galloway
Garnaville
Schroeder
Ceres
Guttenberg
Mary Elizabeth Clair
Gertrude Widman
Paul Kossack
McGregor
Allen Schroeder
Elmwood
Wis
Harold Hargrave
Watertown
Henry Palmer
City petitions seek curb on dance halls and beer sales
Independence residents circulate petitions asking the city council to ban dancing in beer-selling venues, raise license fees from 100 to 300 dollars, and cut the number of licenses from ten to five.
Nine Inches Rainfall Follows Iowa Flood Damage
Fresh downpours hit central and southeastern Iowa with Primghar in northwest Iowa hardest hit by nearly nine inches. Boone observers measured 3.12 inches lifting the Des Moines River by about a foot and a half, while a 2.03 inch official reading left rain continuing. Bridges washed out and gravel highways damaged as a temporary bridge on highway 6 failed again. The Des Moines River flood risk was considered unlikely to worsen, with local showers possible tonight or Wednesday.
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Iowa
Primghar
Boone
Weather Bureau
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Ledges Park
Manchester Man Elected Head of Osteopathic Board
ELDORA Iowa AP Dr. H B Willard of Manchester was elected chairman of the Iowa state board of osteopathic examiners at the annual meeting here Monday. Dr H E Hannan of Perry was re elected secretary treasurer and Dr W D Andrews of Algona was named director of examinations. Dr Hannan was chosen delegate to the national meeting of boards of examiners in Cleveland O July 22.
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H. B. Willard
Manchester
Iowa State Board of Osteopathic Examiners
H. E. Hannan
Perry
W. D. Andrews
Algona
Hannan
Boards of Examiners
Cleveland
Iowa U Graduates Take Posts With I E R A
Eight graduates from the University of Iowa school of social administration have been hired by the Iowa Emergency Relief administration. Appointees will serve in counties across the state including Elaine Fail Iowa City Polk Elaine Howard West Branch Cedar Robert Gronewald Iowa City Scott Lois Miller Iowa City Clinton Dorothy Buchanan Mechanicsville Jefferson.
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University of Iowa School of Social Administration
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Elaine Fail
Polk
Elaine Howard
West Branch
Cedar
Robert Gronewald
Scott
Lois Miller
Clinton
Dorothy Buchanan
Mechanicsville
Jefferson
Bride Irene Bausch Weds Vernon Clark at Galena Parsonage
Miss Irene E. Bausch daughter of Mr and Mrs Adolph Bausch Wilton Junction married Vernon N. Clark son of Mrs Ross Clark at First Methodist parsonage Galena Illinois The couple will reside in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Irene E. Bausch
Adolph Bausch
Vernon N. Clark
Ross ‘Clark
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Cedar Rapids
Galena
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Stanwood Man Hurt As Beer Truck Strikes Car
Special to The Gazette TIPTON Clarence Davis of Stanwood, 40, is in University of Iowa City hospital with serious injuries after his car was struck by a loaded beer truck east of Mechanicsville on Highway 30 Saturday night. The truck driver C F Wertz of Cedar Rapids was uninjured and the sheriff held the truck until Monday before release to his employer.
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Clarence Davis
Stanwood
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mechanicsville
C. F. Wertz
Cedar Rapids
Wertz
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Chelsea Pair Sell Calf To Replace Stolen Fowls
Charles and William Bartacek, a father and son duo near Chelsea, faced charges for stealing eleven chickens from Martin Villers and selling them to a Belle Plaine produce house. They waived a hearing, posted $500 bonds, and admitted the theft to Sheriff E. O. Harris and County Attorney Raphael R. Dvorak, claiming to have taken four fowls but agreeing to replace all eleven with money from selling a calf.
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William Bartacek
Chelsea
Barraceks
S. A. Brush
Martin Villers
Belle Plaine
Raphael R. R. Dvorak
Center Point pays fifth ten percent dividend
Linn County Savings bank Center Point announces checks prepared for 10 percent dividend delivery Wednesday. This marks the fifth dividend bringing total paid to 65 percent, totaling about $29,000. Checks may be picked up at the Center Point Walker bank in Center Point.
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Linn County Savings Bank
Walker Bank
Anamosa Couple to Observe Their 65th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Matthew Bingham of Anamosa will celebrate their sixty fifth wedding anniversary on Wednesday. Married July 3 1870 in Marion they are pioneer residents of Jones and Linn counties.
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Matthew Bingham
Marion
Jones and Linn Counties
Cleveland City Manager In Iowa Lecture Friday
Clarence Dykstra city manager of Cleveland Ohio will give the fourth University of Iowa summer session lecture in Iowa City Friday night He will discuss problems of city government and participate in a round table Saturday morning Dykstra has been Cleveland city manager since 1930 after teaching at Ohio State and the University of California
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Clarence Dykstra
Cleveland
University of Iowa
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Round
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University of California
Three Plays To Feature Iowa U Summer Theater
The University of Iowa summer theater season will showcase three productions. The all state high school group performs The Farmer’s Wife July 10 and 11 directed by Prof. Vance Morton. University actors present Prologue to Glory July 16 and 17 with Philip Foster starring. Girls In Uniform by Christian Winsloe is scheduled July 13.
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Iowa City
University Players
University of Iowa
Eden Phillpotts
Vance Morton
Abraham Lincoln
Ellsworth Conkle
Philip Foster
Christian Winsloe
Funeral for Frank J. Novak Sr. Held in Chelsea
Funeral services for 80 year old Frank J. Novak Sr. were held Tuesday at Z. C. B. J. hall with Rev. Bren officiating. Burial followed in the national cemetery. Born January 1 1855 in Prague he came to the United States in 1867 and married Sophia Macek on May 8 1875. Surviving are nine children two sisters a brother and many relatives including Sophia Prohaska and Blanche Petra.
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Frank J. Novak
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Charles
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Sophia Prohaska
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Blanche Petra
Clutter
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