Five Iowans Die in Drowning Accidents Over Fourth
Five Iowans lost their lives on Independence Day drowning in Des Moines river and other waters. William Halloran 69 and Collins Carson 16 perished after their rowboat capsized near Center Street dam. Francis Conroy 17 survived. Other drownings occurred in Cedar river near Charles City and New Park Lake at LeMars. Ted Carlson 34 drowned near Walker Minnesota.
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Associated Press
William A. Halloran
Collins Carson
Des Moines
Nalloran
Western Newspaper Union
Hal Joran
Center Street
Francis Conroy
Halloran
Carson
Lucille Reynolds
Ray Reynolds
Charles City
Cedar River
Walter Hughes
Sioux City
New Park
LeMars
Walter
Ted F. Carlson
Walker
Minn
Mrs Ruth Holub Dies At Prairieburg
Mrs Ruth Ellen Holub aged 21 died at her Prairieburg home at 6 30 am Thursday. Born June 25 1914 in Viala she had lived in Prairieburg two years. Survived by husband Joseph D Holub an infant son Merle father Fred Northup and brothers Allen Harald and Paul Northup of Cedar Rapids. Funeral at St Josephs church 9 30 am Saturday with Rev Father S J Kucera and burial in St Josephs Cemetery.
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Prairieburg
Ruth Ellen Holub
Viala
Joseph D Holub
Merle
Fred Northrup
Allen Harald
Paul Northup
Cedar Rapids
St Joseph's Church
S. J Kucera
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Tama Fourth of July Fair Draws Big Crowds and Prizes
Huge Tama crowds filled Wednesday and Thursday events for a Fourth of July celebration. A single casualty occurred when 8 year old Betty Shu Jer was struck by a stone from a torpedo, injuring her left eye. Horse and pony show winners include Oscar Van DeWalle and Clifford Maiden with multiple prize recipients. Baby parade crowned Pat Loftus as miniature Uncle Sam. beauty contest went to Kathryn Coyle with Eloise Francis and others placing. Mesquakie Indian maid title earned by Una Roberts. crowd contests crowned hog and chicken callers with numerous Tama participants.
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Tama
Betty Shu Jer
John Shuler
Oscar van DeWalle
East of
Clifford Maiden
Earl Spooner
Horace White Breast
Russell Yerkes
Toledo
Rowe Cory
Uncle Sam
Waterloo
Harrison's Furniture and Undertaking
Central Fibre Products Company
Toledo Commercial Club
Pat Loftus
John Loftus
Sam
Ardis Throop
Fred Throop
East of Tama
Marilyn Jean Hansen
E. H. Hansen
Des Moines
Hansens
Cedar Rapids
Harold Oldson
Vince Hanus
Bobby Johnson
Elmer Prusha
Gene Fiala
Harold Fiala, Jr
Frank McBride
Henry Bildwell
Jde Formanek
O. P. Kupka
Frank Hodina
Ed Hanus
George Podhaisky
Clutter
Elmer Paul
Harold Badger
Ray Shope
Brooklyn
Henry Bidwell
Malcom
C. J. Steahm
Kathryn Coyle
Eloise Francis
Clyde Schultz
W. S. McBride
Una Roberts
Pearl Leaf
Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary For Onslow Couple
Onslow Mr. and Mrs. James Warren celebrated six decades of marriage with a Wednesday home gathering and picnic dinner attended by thirty relatives. Born in Town, they spent their lives in eastern Iowa. they wed July 3, 1875, and have five children, six grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
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Onslow
James Warren
Emma Conley
Monticello
John Brent
Vinton
M. W Moulton
Bellevue
Solcher
Warren
Dubuque
Loisa Conley
Eugene
California
Ben
Hulda Allen
Alka Keister
Canton
Melvin Struchen Center Point Farmer Dies
Melvin Earl Struchen aged 40 died Thursday at 8 30 am in a Cedar Rapids hospital after an acute appendicitis attack. Born on a farm near Center Point, he lived in the area all his life and is survived by his wife two children two brothers and three sisters. Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm at Alice church with burial in Alice cemetery conducted by Rev Beareman of Alburnett.
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the Gazette
Center Point
Melvin Earl Struchen
Cedar Rapids
John Struchen
Dora Lee
Earl, Jr
Lloyd
Purley
Minnie Wheeler
Fern Stauffacher
Madison
Wis
Bertha Hutchinson
California
Alice Church
Beareman
Alburnett
Alice Cemetery
Edgewood Elects Harken as Earlville Schools Superintendent
Urban Harken, longtime principal of Earlville High School, has been chosen to lead the district as superintendent. His five years at Earlville High informed the decision, with a focus on curriculum and community engagement.
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Edgewood
Urban Harken
Earlville High School
Average Iowan's tax bill hits $106.26 in six months
Iowa Daily Press Bureau totals show a typical household paying $49.02 state, $17.19 city and school levies, $26.59 to schools, $8.19 to county, and $4.01 to federal in the first half of 1935. Real estate, sales, gasoline, income, and cigarette taxes shape the $106.26 six month burden with state aid and local returns noted.
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Lowa Daily Press Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa Daily Press Association Today
Tocnl
Graft Charges Filed Against Iowa Transient Service
L. W. Stebbings and Philip G. Wilcox filed statements with Polk county attorney accusing graft and maladministration in the federal transient service in Iowa. They allege hotel bed checks misaligned with census, housing contract prices rose from 15 to 35 cents, and issuance of relief outfits including clothing watches and fountain pens. They call for an audit and say protests were ignored. statements will go to U S district attorney Edwin G. Moon.
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Des Moines
L. W. Stebbings
Philip G. Wilcox
Polk County
Federal Transient Service
Iowa
Wilcox
Transient Bureau
Edwin G. Moon
United States
River Sports Draw Crowds At Iowa City Holiday Fete
A half inch morning rain delayed Iowa City's Fourth of July celebration drawing about 5 000 spectators. The parade was postponed from 10 30 a m to 1 30 p m while a baseball game between Iowa City City Odd Fellows and Muscatine Muskies was canceled. Two concerts by the Iowa City high school band and a fireworks display closed the night program. Swaners dairy won first prize for the most attractive float among over eighty five entries.
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Iowa City
Spedal
the Gazette
Iowa City City Odd Fellows
Muscatine
Swaner’s Dairy
Iowa Educator Agnes Samuelson Heads National Education Association
Agnes Samuelson, Iowa state superintendent and long time rural schools advocate, was elected president of the National Education Association. Her career began in 1906 in Page County and progressed through Silver City Yorktown and county leadership before state service in 1927 and re election in 1932. Her view is that education must streamline for better performance.
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Denver
Agnes Samuelson
Iowa Prairies
America
National Education Association
Samuelson
Iowa
Page County
Shenandoah
Silver City
Yorktown
State Teachers College
Rural school choir groups spark national music move
The organizer of rural school musicians in Iowa drew national attention by leading 500 singers at the Iowa state fair. She says the rural school choir portrays the experience and culture of the nation in song helping launch a nationwide rural music movement.
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Iowa
Wapello mail carrier charged with embezzlement
Federal embezzlement charge filed against Howard Green of Wapello Indiana. He was arrested after postal inspectors say he opened letters with marked currency collected from drop boxes and did not deliver them. Green worked city routes in Wapello for 11 years.
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Keokuk
Howard Green
Wapello
Green
E E Mitchell Funeral Saturday at Mt Vernon
Funeral services for E E Mitchell who died after a two week illness from heart trouble will be held Saturday at 2 p m at Neff funeral home with Dr S C Chandler officiating. He is survived by his son Dr T S Mitchell city clerk and another son Lewis Mitchell of Columbus O E E Mitchell would have been 87 at month end. Burial will be in Mount Vernon cemetery.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
E. E. Mitchell
Neff
Janesville
Wis
Iowa
Lisbon
Catherine Dorcas
Tipton
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Northeast Iowa Press Picnic Set for McGregor Friday
The Northeast Iowa Press association will hold its annual summer outing and picnic in McGregor on Friday, August 9. Editors Kling bell Postville Strauch Elgin Druger Elkader and Clark Lansing have been in McGregor this week meeting with Fred Huebsch of the North Iowa Times to finalize the program and arrangements.
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Mcgregor
Northeast Iowa Press Association
William Klingbell
Postville
Rich Strauch
Elgin
J. A. Druger
Elkader
Frank Clark
Lansing
Fred Huebsch
The
North Iowa Times
Harvard astronomers find 125000 new galaxies in survey
Harvard University astronomers report the discovery of 125000 new galaxies in a recent deep sky count. The star map Lig is only about one third complete, underscoring the vast remaining unseen cosmos.
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Harvard University
Wellman Man Hurt by Hit and Run Car
Lester Sederlund a 25 year old farm hand near Wellman Iowa was seriously injured when struck by an automobile that did not stop He was found along the highway by Arlo Conklin Sigourney Iowa and taken to Iowa City hospital Sederlund suffered a crushed left leg a serious hip injury and partial scalp loss
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Washington, Ia
Lester Sederlund
Wellman
Arlo Conklin
Sigourney
Sederlund
Fireworks Barrage Sends Oelwein Crowd Scurrying for Shelter
In Oelwein a Fourth of July burst in the business district injured Robert Conkey’s eye and ruined Esther Herron’s fireworks stand. Miss Herron said a firecracker set off by Conkey sparked the blaze as sky rockets exploded in a wartime style barrage.
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Oelwein
Robert Conkey
Esther Herron
Miss Herron
Conkey
Burns From Stove Explosion Fatal To Lamont Farm Woman
Mrs. George Helms Jr a Lamont area farm woman died in an Oelwein hospital after a kerosene and gasoline mixture used to start a fire exploded in her stove Wednesday night. She was survived by her husband and a year old baby.
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Oelwein
George Helms, Jr
Lamont
Oelwein Hospital
Helmss
Reverend Jersing Thompson Installed at Burr Oak Lutheran
Decorah report says Rev. Jersing Thompson will be installed as pastor of Burr Oak Lutheran church Sunday morning. Installation will be conducted by Rev. N. Astrup Larsen of Ames, president of the Iowa district Norwegian Lutheran church of America.
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Decorah
Jersing Thompson
Burr Oak
Iowa Woman's Clubs Name Department Heads for Year
Mrs Hiram C Houghton Jr of Red Oak announced the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs department heads for the coming year. Two new departments conservation and junior membership will be led by Mrs Francis E Whitley of Webster City and Miss Lulu Green of Des Moines. Other heads include Mrs R H Sylvester Des Moines American home Pearl Bennett Broxam Iowa City fine arts Mrs Max Mayer Des Moines public affairs Mrs W G McMartin Tama education Mrs C W Maplethorpe Toledo public welfare Miss Blanche Wingate Des Moines publicity and poetry committees led by Mrs Lewis Worthington Smith Des Moines and Mrs H S Vincent Fort Dodge. A federation policy committee will guide cooperation with other women's organizations in community affairs.
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Des Moines
Hiram C. Houghton, Jr
Red Oak
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation Board of Directors
Francis E. Whitley
Webster City
Lulu Green
R. H. Sylvester
American Home
Pearl Bennett Broxam
Iowa City
Max Mayer
W. G. McMartin
Tama
C. W. Maplethorpe
Toledo
Blanche Wingate
Lewis Worthington Smith
H. S. Vincent
Fort Dodge
Federation
Iowa Highway Beautification Board
Plan Junior High School Addition At Washington
The Washington school board plans to purchase two lots for an addition to the junior high building. It seeks a $41,000 federal grant, with town voters to approve the remaining $60,000. The project includes an auditorium gymnasium and classrooms and would host high school and junior college basketball games.
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Washington
Grocery list with prices and items in a local ad
A long ledger of shop purchases and prices including sugar, cheese, oil, vinegar, jams, cereals, fruits and vegetables. It notes quantities like 10 lb sugar, 2 lb packages and lists brands and specials with prices such as 51c per 10 Ib sugar, 1.09 for a gallon Penick Oil, and 29c for Loganberries. The dense catalog also shows flour, coffee, baking powder and canned goods along with a Friday Saturday ad cadence.
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Fey
K. C
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Joe Stark
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Louis Rupert
Town City
E.E. Mitchell
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Iowa Woman’s Clubs
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