Four Hurt In Crash East Of Marion
Four people were injured in a crash two miles east of Marion at the junction of highways 161 and 13. Edwin Pitts and Mrs. Thomas Thompson and her daughter Marian Thompson, all in the Pitts car, plus Mrs. Otto Lange were treated at Mercy hospital. Pitts was pinned. Lange uninjured. The Lange car reportedly turned into the Pitts vehicle. Deputies investigated.
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Otto Lange
Marion
Edwin Pitts
Nineteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Thomas Thompson
Seventeenth Street
Marian Thompson
Pitts
Thompson
Miss Thompson
Lange
James H. Smith
Roy Radebaugh
Dick Payn
Court House News Receipts Show 1935 Gain Over 1934
District Court Clerk Edwin W Lundquist reports to July 1 1935 receipts total 13 620 26 up from 11 345 69 in 1934 an overall rise across several fee categories including clerk fees marriage licenses probate transcripts court reporters and jury fees fines and forfeitures and mechanics notes.
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Edwin W. Lundquist
Linn County Board Issues Weed Destruction Order
The Linn County board of supervisors issued an annual weed destruction order under state law directed to all landowners and anyone in charge of stands in Linn County, including railroad properties. It requires the destruction of Canada thistle sow thistle quack grass and European bindweed to kill rootstocks.
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Linn
Celebrate Fourth At Health Camp Weed Cutting Schedule
The notice lists weeds to cut before bloom to prevent seed. By July 15 target species include smooth dock buckhorn wild mustard sour dock wild parsnip wild carrot and quack grass with repeated cuts as needed. Other species tagged for July 15 destruction include Canada thistle horse nettle Russian thistle shoofly burdock and European bind weed. Wild sunflower velvet weed and cocklebur must be cut before August 10 with follow up cuts to destroy seeds. If owners fail, weed commissioners will cut and charge the owner. The document also states a plaintiff seeks 339.55 on a promissory note and 76.64 on a lease claim against Willis J. McGrew.
Brainard Sues Kern for 5000 Over Porch Push Injury
S W Brainard seeks a 5000 judgment against George Kern alleging Kern pushed him from a porch during an investigative visit for Linn County old age pension department. Brainard says he fell on concrete blocks and fractured hip and arm near Robins. Judge King granted divorce to Esther Hayes Pickerill from Boyd Pickerill on cruelty grounds.
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S. W. Brainard
George Kern
Brainard
Kern
Linn County Old Age Pension Department
Robins
H. C. King
Esther Hayes Pickerill
Boyd Pickerill
Uncle Wiggily Sails Quiet Fourth of July Boat
Uncle Wiggily seeks peace on the Fourth of July. He hides in Nurse Jane’s wash tub to take a secret boat ride on the brook, avoiding curious rabbit children and loud fireworks. He sails away unseen and enjoys a calm moment before returning home.
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Uncle Wiggily
Wiggy
Rabbit Lady
Mr. Longears
Nurse Jane
Janie
Mrs. Longears
Bunny Rabbit
Baby Bunty
Uncle Wigglly
Bunty
City Briefs and Personal News Highlights
The New Lafayette Cafe opens today. The So kolky hold a regular meeting Friday at 8 p.m. at Sokol hall with refreshments. Des Moines High Twelve convention report to be given Friday noon at Hotel Roosevelt by Cedar Rapids delegates. Mrs. Opal Coates suffers a fractured left wrist in a home fall and is treated at Mercy hospital. Home Rebekah lodge 79 to meet Friday 1:30 at Barta funeral home for Emma Fisher’s funeral. W L Krueger treated for a right hand gash at Mercy hospital. McCrory’s father, Rev. W Greer McCrory, dies prompting his Johnston Pa. trip. he is accompanied by his son Albert.
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Des Moines
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Rebekah Lodge No. 79
Barta Funeral Home
Emma Fisher
W. L. Krueger
K Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Stueres
Purse Stolen From Des Moines Visitor
Miss Hanna M. Kenyon of Des Moines reported to police that her purse containing $12 was stolen from the home of William Rhein at 623 Seventh Avenue SE where she was visiting on Wednesday evening.
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Hanna M. Kenyon
Des Moines
William Rhein
Seventh Avenue SE
Miss Kenyon
Dietitian Suffers Sprain At Camp Good Health
Miss Vera Murray a dietitian at Camp Good Health was treated at Mercy hospital at 9 30 p m Wednesday for a sprained left ankle after a fall at the camp. She did not remain in the hospital.
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Vera Murray
Camp Good Health
Mercy Hospital
Miss Murray
Carvings Requested for Display in Washington D C
Henry Geiger of Cedar Rapids is asked to send seven wood carvings to Washington D C for display by Edward Rowan of the PWA procurement division. A new 19 inch electric fan was reported stolen from Lee Chandler's car on G Avenue NE after noon. trunk left unlocked and fan missing.
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Henry Geiger
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D. C
Edward Rowan
PWA
Lee Chandler
G Avenue NE
Chandler
Miss Jonas Heads to New York Editorial Post
Miss Louise Jonas daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley J Jonas from 548 Forest Drive SE has moved to New York City to work as an editorial employee of The Starbroom Laundry Journal She previously spent four years with The Radio Guide in Chicago and joined the laundry journal three months ago authoring New Jersey Laundry Owners have their Jobs Outlined in the May 15 issue Not From Behind Car Mrs Leroy Lewis of 615 Thirty Third Street NE said George Petitclair 7 did not dart from behind a parked car but ran from the curb into her vehicle The garbage truck on the wrong side forced her to swerve and she took the boy home calling a doctor He sustained only bruises
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Miss Jonas
New York
Louise Jonas
Stanley J. Jonas
Forest Drive
Gazette
New York City
Starbroom Laundry Journal
Radio Guide
Chicago
The
Laundry Journal
New Jersey
Leroy Lewis
Thirtythird Street
George Petitclair
C Avenne
the Gazette
Mount Washington school closes as winter yields to spring
In Mount Washington Massachusetts residents learn the old one room school at Plaintain pond will close as roads remain impassable until late winter and spring. Children return to classes next Monday signaling the start of the summer term.
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Mount Washington, Mass
Plaintain Pond
Mount Washington
Diver Suffers Neck Crack After Creek Dive
Robert Carpenter, 19, of 323 Twelfth Avenue SE, cracked a neck vertebra and suffered a deep scalp wound when he struck a submerged log while diving in Prairie creek. Deputy Game Warden Jack Townsend reported the incident. Carpenter was sent to St Luke's Hospital for X rays.
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Robert Carpenter
Twelfth Avenue SE
Prairie Creek
Jack Townsend
Carpenter
Townsend
St. Luke's Hospital
Omaha Tram Worker Abduction Reported
Elmer F. Engel, a member of Omaha’s non-striking tram employes committee of seven, says two strike sympathizers abducted him from a waiting trolley, robbed him of 70 dollars, and wounded his left hand during interrogation about non-striker activities and finances. The incident follows Governor Cochran’s charges of non cooperation and the committee’s stance against arbitration of seniority amid a large strike.
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OMAHA
Elmer F. Engel
Committee of Seven
Engels
R. L. Cochran
Pottawattamie County
Iowa
Blair
July 2 1776 true Independence Day claim debunked
The text argues July 2 is the true Independence Day as the Continental Congress passed the declaration then and preambles were adopted on July 4. It notes actual signing occurred August 2 1776 with 53 members and later absentees signed. last signature Nov 4. The parchment is shown in the Library of Congress.
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Continental Congress
United States
Congress
Library of Congress
Washington, D. C
Public Ledger, Inc
Congress Briefs Continue With Recesses and Hearings
Senate met briefly and recessed until Monday. House Ways and Means members conferred about wealth taxes at the White House. Wednesday the Senate heard a discussion on lobbying dealings regarding utilities, and the Interstate Commerce Commission approved a resolution to probe lobbying.
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Ways and Means
White House
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Americans Crowded Roads On Fourth
The Fourth of July drew massive crowds as roads and trains filled with travelers. New York areas saw peak travel, New Jersey used planes to monitor traffic, beaches and golf courses thrived while Hoover spoke in Grass Valley and Roosevelt met with House leaders in Washington.
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United States
New Jersey
Hoover
Grass Valley
Calif
Roosevelt
Washington
Fort Sumter Guns Fire Again in Civil War Echo
Civil War echo from Charleston reports twelve inch rifles firing at Fort Sumter after fifteen years as coastal artillery training begins for the National Guard.
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Charleston
S. C
Fort Sumter
National Guard
Brown Acquitted in Torch Murders at Yates Farm
MARION Ky UP A jury acquitted Martin Brown brother of ex congressman John Young Brown of the torch murders of elderly Mr and Mrs Sidney Yates on April 17 The verdict followed a deadlock report Brown testified he did not buy gasoline or hide in the barn His wife fainted as the verdict was read
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Marion
Martin Brown
John Young Brown
Sidney Yates
Charles H. Wilson
Brown
Yates
Edward Bremer
Colombian man hides under bed. case dismissed
Lucino Gonzales slipped from burglary charges after explaining the stunt was a joke to surprise Elsie Sterns who left briefly. Police found him under the bed. friends described him as from a wealthy Colombian family and a steamship trip home was planned. The case was nolle pressed.
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Chicago
Lucino Gonzales
Gonzales
Elsie Sterns
Nolle
Cloudburst Disrupts Iowa City Fourth of July Festivities
A sudden cloudburst around 9:30 a.m. halted Iowa City's planned Fourth of July celebration. The parade was postponed, ball games canceled, and events moved indoors as crews battle rising water in the park near the flooded Iowa River.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa
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