Washington Centennial Fete Reaches Climax Saturday
Washington county marks its centennial with a countywide parade at 10 30 Saturday and fireworks and a kittenball game that evening Speakers include William Hart and Iowa City Mayor Thomas Martin The Thursday program drew 6000 attendees and highlighted the Three Quarter Century club with Jess Harvey as oldest guest at 96.
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Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Rubio
Coppock
Brighton
Kalona
Riverside
William Hart
Thomas Martin
Iowa City
Democrat
Jess Harvey
John A. Gibson
Frank Bell
Donald
Delbert Lins
Ina
Nina Morgan
Frank
August Rummelhart
Brighton Band
Ardith Luithly
van Dyke
Dora Dunbar
Lydia Farrier
Mary Davison
Miss Coppock
Emma Merrick
Madam Coppock
Ruth A. Gallaher
State Historical Society
Norma Mae Payne
Margaret Schneider
Nellie Anderson
Record Sale of Cigaret Stamps Sets New Iowa Mark
In Des Moines, the state treasurer's tax department reported 12002.59 dollars worth of cigaret tax stamps sold, enough to legalize 600000 packs. The June total rose about 1000 dollars daily vs last year, attributed to higher cigarette and liquor sales.
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Des Moines
State Treasurer’s
E. F. Rahm
Wentzs Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary at West Branch
Mr and Mrs John Wentz marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a Sunday gathering at their West Branch home. Guests traveled from Downey Iowa City Cedar Rapids and other local areas. Mr Wentz and Mrs Wentz were wed in Austin Minnesota. Their sons Jacob and Jon and Mrs Dewey Davis attended along with relatives whose birthdays fell late in June.
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West Branch
John Wentz
W. W. Applegate
Downey
J. W. Jones
O. N. Riggs
Iowa City
Fred Switzer
Fred Wentz
Cedar Rapids
Woman Sentenced After Postville Raids In Iowa
WAUKON Iowa AP Mrs Ella Thomas Sylvester farm woman was sentenced to an indeterminate term in the Rockwell City women's reformatory and then paroled. She pled guilty to altering a car’s color to hide its identity in connection with a theft linked to the Postville raid network. The car, taken April 9 from John Doyle of Stockton Illinois, was seized in the raids. Paroled to the county sheriff for good behavior due to first offense and poor health.
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Waukon
Postville
Ella Thomas Sylvester
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Sylvester
T. H. Goheen
John Doyle
Stockton
Ill
Henry Beese
Art Sweikert
Nebraska Liquor Seizure Ties to Talbott Raid
A Des Moines liquor bureau raid arrested Melvin Talbott and seized Nebraska licensed liquor totaling eighteen gallon jugs, sixty four half pint bottles, and three pints of whisky. Talbott faces illegal possession charges. Earlier May 1 authorities seized two cases bearing Nebraska seals from Talbott’s car and he was bound to the grand jury.
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Des Moines
Liquor Bureau
Melvin Talbott
Nebraska
Talbott
Jessup Named Summer Commencement Speaker
Iowa City Dr Walter A Jessup president emeritus of the University of Iowa will return as speaker for the summer commencement on July 16 He led the university from 1916 to 1933 and now heads the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching He lectured here last week at a conference on secondary education.
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Iowa City
Walter A. Jessup
University of Iowa
Jessup
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Eugene A. Gilmore
Old Capitol
Gilmore
Brownville
Neb
Iowa
IOWA PAYS TRIBUTE TO REP JACOBSEN IN CLINTON
Congressman B M Jacobsen died Tuesday at Rochester Rochester, Minnesota at seventy four. He served six years in Congress and was a German born merchant. Funeral at St John Episcopal Church with Rev Thomas Horton officiating. National guard units formed a guard of honor with four grandsons and four grand-nephews as pallbearers. Governor Clyde Herring attended.
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Clinton
INS
B. M. Jacobsen
Rochester
Congress
Benny
Jacobsen
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Thomas Horton
Gaffney Renominated by Democrats in District Judicial Convention
Democrats in the eighth district including Iowa and Johnson counties unanimously nominated Judge James P. Gaffney of Williamsburg for judge. Nomination speeches were made by William R. Hart and E. P. Korab with others, and Gaffney accepted the nomination. Republicans did not nominate a candidate as no GOP candidate sought the office.
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Marengo
James P. Gaffney
Williamsburg
Iowa
Johnson Counties
William R. Hart
Iowa City
E. P. Korab
Lowa City
P. P. White
Bert Hanson
Frank Messer
Gaffney
J. M. Otto
J. Paul Naughton
Thoen
Henry Negus
Paul Harned
Addie Schaff
Mather Family Reunion Draws Guests From Across States
West Branch reports the Mather family reunion on Cedar River banks with attendees from Chicago Hammond Ind San Francisco LeMars Ohio Columbus and other places. The notice lists many relatives and confirms reunion details.
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West Branch
Mather
Samuel
Lydia Evans Mather
Cedar County
Cedar River
Lewis Jones
Glenn Mather
Chicago
Merlin Mather
Keith and
Ray
Hammond
Ind
Kenneth Mather
San Francisco
F. G. Higbee
Jay
Iowa City
Budget Estimate and Record of Filing Palo Consolidated School
The Palo Consolidated School District Linn County Iowa will meet July 15 1936 at 8 p m to consider the budget estimate of expenditures. Taxpayers may appear for or against the proposed expenditures and tax rates including estimated taxes per 1000 and mills per dollar of taxable value. Readable figures show district人口 ages 142 and 1935 valuations including property and credits.
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Winton
Benton County
Robert J. Hilliard
District Court
Palo Consolidated School District
Fayette Township
Linn County
Iowa
Palo
J. Warren McClintock
Viola Consolidated School District
Brown Township
F. B. Collins
Wn Sown Co
Iowa village notices and personal milestones in July listings
Local items report family marriages and deaths across towns including Masonville Decorah and Postville. Notable entries cover a haying accident in Volga City a school board appointment in Palo and a pool project in Decorah with WPA funding.
Record Iowa motorists rise with more cars on roads
Mrs. Alex Miller cites records showing one vehicle per 3.72 people in Iowa, a 4.62 percent rise. Licensed cars total 591,564 with trucks at 74,763 and 29,853 new cars licensed so far this year. Drivers licenses top 938,538, with chauffeurs up 10,061. gasoline taxes hit a record $12,968,582.
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Des Moines
INS
Alex Miller
Lew Wallace
Motor Vehicle Department
Miller
Wallace
Iowa
George Gay Installed as President of Iowa City Rotary
George Gay was installed as president of the Iowa City Rotary Club to succeed Henry Negus. Other officers for the next year include Henry Negus as vice president Henry Fisk secretary J L Cannon treasurer Rev Evans A Worthley editor and William E Grimm sergeant at arms.
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Iowa City
George Gay Thursday
Rotary Club
Henry Negus
Henry Fisk
J. L. Cannon
Evans A. Worthley
William E. Grimm
Fourth Celebration Opens at Manchester Fair
Manchester July third and fourth celebration sponsored by Delaware County Fair Society features horse races midway shows and band concerts each afternoon and night. A Saturday baseball game Delhi versus Masonville. Saturday night Wild Willie Williams Cedar County corn husking champion and wrestler faces Friday’s winner Jim Bear or Cyclone Binley. Dances fire works at the fair grounds pavilion each evening.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County Fair Society
Delhi
Masonville
Wild Willie” Williams
Jim Bear
Binley
Fairgrounds
Elksport to Erect Cement Block Building on West Broadway
J Kriebs plans to tear down the existing structure except the brick front and construct a cement block building 30 by 50 feet on West Broadway. M Golob, former renter for used parts, has leased the new building for five years. Conesville Hilda Owen was re elected secretary of Orono township school board with Mrs John Singleton as treasurer.
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Decorah
Winneshiek Society of Equity
East Water Street
PALO
Palo Consolidated School Board
Esther Kerstetter
Vinton
Wilma Andrews
Center Point
Edna Adcock
Ottumma
Ruth Ditch
Marion
Darrel L. Wallace
Melbourne
Walter Wagner
L. C. Eye
Warren McClintock
C. V. Frantz
Newport
Frank Reha
Mary Alice
Edward Wilson
Amos Wilson
West Liberty
St. Wenceslaus Church
E. W. Neuzil
Edna Englert
Kathern Berk
Leona Reha
Joseph Ryan
Solon
Columbus Junction
Russell Phillips
Muscatine
George Oakes
Louisa County
Dunn Motor Company
Phillips
Dunn
Fredonia
Here
Manchester
Melissa Moore
Earl Hampton
Atlantic City
N. J
Wilbur
Toledo
F. J. Kriebs
Elkport
West Broadway
M. Golob
Conesville
Hilda Owen
Orono Township
John Singleton
District Deputies Named In Knights Of Columbus Lodge
W D Kearney state Knights of Columbus deputy who took office July 1 announced the selection of district deputies in all but the seventh and tenth districts to be chosen later. The appointments list deputies for Dubuque Waukon Ossian Elkader Clinton Davenport DeWitt Muscatine Bellevue Burlington Keokuk West Point Fort Dodge Webster City Ames Eagle Grove Marshalltown Des Moines Marshalltown Colfax Newton Greene Carroll Perry Templeton Jefferson Denison Harper Victor Washington Marengo Cedar Rapids Oelwein Anamosa Manchester Emmetsburg Algona Mason City Estherville Missouri Valley Council Bluffs Neola Dunlap Earling Farley Cascade Monticello Dyersville Farley Odebolt Cherokee Fonda Storm Lake Corning Atlantic Creston Shenandoah Stuart Missouri Valley Council Bluffs Neola Dunlap Earling Farley Second Des Moines and Farley ex officio, plus several other members named. The state executive committee and educational and koy activity committees are also listed with deputies and ex officio members.
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W. D. Kearney
Knights of Columbus
J. W. Cretzmeyer
Dubuque
Waukon
Ossian
Elkader
Paul F. Kamler
Clinton
Davenport
DeWitt
Muscatine
Bellevue
C. H. Ostertag
Burlington
Keokuk
Fort Madison
West Point
John H. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Boone
Webster City
Ames
Eagle Grove
Dave Coulton
Des Moines
Colfax
Newton
W. B. Stager
Greene
Charles City
New Hampton
Cresco
Protivin
Carl J. Hess
Carroll
Perry
Templeton
Jefferson
Denison
Clem A. Boyle
Iowa City
Harper
Victor
Washington
Marengo
John H. Bormann
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Oelwein
Anamosa
Manchester
L. G. Brennan
Emmetsburg
Algona
Mason City
Estherville
T. M. Delaney
Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
Neola
Dunlap
Earling
Edward Gautheir
Corning
Atlantic
Creston
Shenandoah
Stuart
Patrick E. Kehoe
Farley
Cascade
Monticello
Dyersville
H. C. Sommers
Odebolt
Cherokee
Fonda
Storm Lake
Kearney
Ray F. Conley
P. J Coffey
W. H. Redmond
Leo J. Wegman
Greg A. Figge
John B. Keefe
Sioux City
Harry J. McFarland
Conley
C. C. Ries
J. J. Meyers
John F. Ward
J. C. Mullaney
M. J. Carey
P. J. Coffey
R. W. O'Connor
Joe Flynn
R. H. Baker
Brandon Motorist Fined $100 in Vinton Case
Brandon resident Lewis Likens was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading Reckless Driving before Justice J A Ruhl. Deputy Sheriff Jack Franklin and Constable Walter Smith arrested him on a six week old warrant for colliding with a truck on a residence street and leaving the scene with a stalled vehicle. He awaits payment in the county jail.
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Vinton
Lewis Likens
Brandon
J. A. Ruhl
Jack Franklin
Walter Smith
Likens
Lost Church drama by Epworth League at La Porte union
Epworth League members stage the drama Lost Church at the La Porte union meeting in the Methodist church Sunday at 8 p m. Rev C D James plays the Man of the World with solos by Mrs F E Lehman. Rev Roy Smith leads devotionals and Rev Paul Figge gives invocation and benediction. Drama coached by Mrs John Kettleson.
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LA Porte City
Epworth League
C. D. James
F. E. Lehman
Roy Smith
Paul Figge
John Kettleson
Lyon County approves bonds for pavement plan
Lyon County residents vote four to one to authorize a million dollar paving program. The fund will finance fifty nine miles of main highways, completing paving of all primary routes in the county after two prior rejections. The plan is part of a regional effort to finance paving in northwestern Iowa.
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Rock Rapids
INS
Iowa
Lyon County
Thompson Couple Marks Golden Wedding at Monticello
Mr and Mrs J H Thompson celebrated fifty years of marriage with a family dinner in Monticello. Married in 1886 in Buchanan county, they have three children and hosted relatives from several states. Out of town guests included relatives from Gladbrook Phoenix Ariz Fulton Ill and Norway Iowa.
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J. H. Thompson
Iowa
Center Junction
Cedar Rapids
Thompsons
Thompson
Sam Thompson
Margaret Thompson
Hammond
Ind
Isabelle Thompson
McDowell
Gladbrook
Martha Thompson
Jean
Phoenix
Ariz. E. P. Thompson
Mary
Fulton, Ill
S. K. Thompson
Lida Rastede
Glenn
Albany, Ill
Lee Lane
Norway
Fannie Dunlap
Bernie Dunlap
Quasqueton
Kathryn
Lyle Thompson
Alma
Lyman Thompson
Keota Man Victor In Clash With Bull
Keota barber Chience Gammon killed a 1000 pound bull after it blocked a road near Sigourney. He struck the animal in the neck with his car, then another motorist helped roll the bull from the pavement. Floyd Mertz paid for car repairs.
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Keota
Chience Gammon
Sigourney
Gammon
Floyd Mertz
Legion auxiliary to meet in Fairfax Tuesday
The American Legion Auxiliary of Fairfax will meet Tuesday at the home of Mrs. J. F. Listebarger at 1208 First Avenue West in Cedar Rapids. Grace Blakely Linn county chairman will install the officers.
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Fairfax
American Legion Auxiliary of
J. F. Listebarger
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Grace Blakely
Linn County
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