Benton County Fire Destroys Barn Killing 3 Year Old
A barn fire on the Petersen farm between Keystone and Benton County fatally burned Billy Petersen, 3, as family indoors heard shouts and found the blaze. Neighbors searched cornfields but the body was found after the structure burned. Loss is estimated at 3,000 with adjoining cattle shed damaged.
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Billy Petersen
William Peteren
Flume
Petersen
Keystone
Gait
Benton County
Bai
Perrenota
Hon
Bey
Glenn
Mido
Hans Petersen
Belle Plaine
Pla
Kesstane
Young Republican State Convention Chairmen Named
DES MOINES UP The Town Young Republican league named committee chairs for the July 1 state convention. Rosa Lee Snyder Cary dan chairs resolutions with E J Van Nostrand Newton as vice chair. Irving W Myers Des Moines heads the league and notes key tasks include resolutions and officer elections.
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Des Moines
Young Republican League
Rosa Lee Snyder
Cary Dan
E J van Nostrand
Newton
Irving W Myers
Bes Moines
League
Myers
Wendell Willkie
Charles L. McNary
Hotel Savery
John Mowry
Marshalltown
Norma Doellinger
Davenport
John Redd
Sidney
Lavena Nuckols
Eldora
Vivian Seibel
Sigourney
William Perry
William Welch
Montezuma
Marceline Ita
Burlington
Clarissa Hurtie
Adair
Curtis Yocum
Chariton
Waubeek Couple Celebrate Their 50th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs James McFarlin observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner at their Waubeek home. Married in Anamosa, they retired to Waubeek after farming years. They have two children Mell McFarlin and Mrs Henry Dreler, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Sixteen attended the anniversary dinner.
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Sprelal
Waubeek
James McFarlin
McFarlin
Jones County
OL Linn
Anamosa
Waubeck
Hawkeye
Thelma Allen Uhl
Edgar Allen
Henry Gipper
Mary Gipner
Strawberry Point
E. W. Kraemer
Harold House
Gipper
West Liberty
R. A. Dunahoo
Nora Springs
Smutz
Myr
B. R. Smutz
Fairfield
Aurora
American Legion Auxiliary
Alice Hauschen
Ruby Meinken
Eula Graves
Oxford Junction Man Dies in Self-inflicted Shotgun Lethal Act
Otto Vv Bees age 44 a lifelong resident of Oxford Junction died Sunday evening from a self inflicted shotgun blast in his bathroom Coroner F L Harrington Wyoming ruled the death suicide noting a farewell note expressed despondency over ill health He was the son of Mr and Mrs John Bees and survived by four brothers John Sabula Antone Springville G J Oxford Junction Louis Bees Bennett and one sister Mrs Fannie Moravec Davenport.
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Oxford Junction
Otto
Chet” Bees
F L. Harrington
Wyoming
Bees
John Bees
John
Sabula
Antone
Springville
G. J
Louis Bees
Bennett
Fannie Moravec
Davenport
Nelson Reade
Harrington Chapel
R C Scott
Methodist
Reade
Indiana
Jones County
Home Guards
Edith Marshall
Jessie Arnold
Clarence A Reade
Onslow
Bessie Dawes
Center Junction
Interurban Tracked Off By Truck Near Des Moines
A southbound interurban car was knocked onto its side by a westbound 4800 bottle bleaching fluid truck at a North Des Moines crossing. Five people injured, one seriously, including Margaret Finn of St Marys Indiana who suffered a back injury. The truck driver Evald Jensen of Herman Nebraska was cut on the head. Frank Comer the motorman escaped injury. The incident left only the rear interurban on the tracks and toppled into a 20 foot ravine beyond the right of way. Other injured were G F Johnson the conductor Pete Seuras Persae and C A Hunt.
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Des Moines
Margaret Finn
St. Mary's
Evald Jensen
Herman
Neb
Frank Comer
Granger
Perry
Omaha
Chicago
G F. Johnson
Des Moine
Pete Seuras Persae
C. A. Hunt
Woodward
Bids Open July 30 for Anamosa Post Office Building
Bids will be opened July 30 in Washington for the Anamosa post office project described as a two story brick building with stone trim and a slate roof and wooden cupola. The total allotment is 75 000 dollars including site cost with offices for the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Extension Service on the second floor.
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Anamosa
Anamesa
Washington
Supervising
The
Public Buildings Administration
Ford Street
Main
First Streets
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Extension Service
Department of Agriculture
Youth Drowns in Allamakee County River
Gerald Schwartzhoff, 23, son of C J Schwartzhoff of Dorchester, Allamakee County, drowned Sunday around 11 am after stepping into a deep hole while wading in the Upper Iowa River. He was with his brother Emmett and brothers-in-law Joseph and Raymond Doubs. Rescue efforts failed. body recovered about two hours later. Sheriff John King and Coroner Charles Boyden attended. no inquest was held. Survived by father, three brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Gerald Schwartzhoff
C J. Schwartzhoff
Dorchester
Allamakee County
Iowa
Emmett
Joseph
Raymond Doubs
John King
Charles Boyden
Waterloo Man To Head Post Office Mechanics
AP report names Audrey L. Brown of Waterloo as president of the Town branch of the National Association of Post Office Mechanics. He succeeds BJ Ninsel of Mason City, who is also reelected as secretary-treasurer. Mason City hosts the 1941 convention on June 18, with auxiliary officers from Marshalltown and Mason City including Mrs. Alex Gaal, Mrs. Lamke, Mrs. Schmidt, Mrs. Nagle, and Mrs. Kensil.
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Waterloo
National Association of Post Office Mechanics
Audrey L. Brown
Waterlion
BJ Ninsel
Mason City
von Selmid
Alex Gaal
Marshalltown
Lamke
J . Schmidt
Jacob Nagle
Bert Kensil
Funeral notices and marriages across Eastern Iowa towns
Obituaries and brief wedding items from Wyoming to Maquoketa list Nelson Reade 97 burial in Wyoming chapel. Margaret Alston 83 Linn County teacher and painter dies in Central City. many local notices include weddings Weston Frye Decorah. Rebekah and I O O F installations. Red Cross auction in Louisa County. various town updates on tracings of lives and community events.
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Central City
Margaret Alston
Linn County
Hatch Funeral
Davenport
Robert
Cornell College
Itowa State Teachers College
Wapello—A
WAPELLO—A_ Red Cross auction will be held Wednesday at 730 pm in front of Pouge
McGill and
Dunlap
Louisa Courty
Mazel Hi Griffin
C.K. Allworth
M. F. Hicklin
Ed Wittler
Helen Weston
Lloyd Weston
Kenneth Frye
Frank Frye
St Benedict's Catholic Church
Maurice E. Nolan
Arline Weston
Norman Severson
Beulah
Myrtle West
Addie Lee
Mabel Hanchett
Lloyd LaLone
Noble Grand
Russell Hughes
Charles Hoyt
Kieron Hoyt
W. H. Barnes
Tipton Girl Weds Cedar County Agent in Tipton Home
Howard Hamilton county agent for Cedar county and Edna Hambright Farm Bureau assistant in Tipton were married Sunday at the bride’s parents home four miles northwest of Bennett. The Rev. William Crossley officiated with Olga Piersall and Sterl McCullough as attendants. The couple plans a southern California wedding trip and will reside in Tipton after August 1.
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Howard Hamilton
Cedar County
Edna Hambright
Farm Bureau
Tipton
Bruce Hambright
Bennett
William Crossley
Olga Piersall
Clarence
Sterl McCullough
Hampton
Hanmilton
Franklin County
Iowa State College
Albin
Hamilton
Tipton High School
Jessie Morton
A. T Hamilton
Barbara Hamilton
Rockwell City
Betty Hamilton
Keytesville
Florence Letherknight
Shippensburg
Louis Rank
Spirit Lake
Ida Rank
Belle Plaine
James Seidell
Pottstown
Carl Accola
Canton
California
West Branch Man Has Back Injury in Auto Crash
Tommy Taylor 22 manager of the West Branch Independent Telephone Co suffered a broken back when his car sideswiped another west of Springdale around 130 am. His wife and Idell West also suffered injuries. The other driver Neil Glenney was uninjured.
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the Gazette
West Liberty
Tommy Taylor
West Branch Independent Telephone Company
Highway 3
Springdale
Taylor
West Branch
Idell West
Little Rain Reported In Scattered Cities
Des Moines and other Iowa cities saw summer warmth with little change expected from above normal temperatures. Carroll reached 94, Iowa Falls dipped to 57, and Des Moines ranged 91 to 68. State average ran about three degrees above normal with minimal rain near Atlantic 0.4, Dubuque 0.8, and Marshalltown 0.2 inches.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Carroll
Iowa Falls
Atlantic
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Vacation School Opens at Methodist Church
The church vacation school opened Monday at the Methodist church and will close July 21. The Rev. Arthur Henry heads the teaching staff as superintendent. Activities include music games toy making kindergarten sewing and Bible story dramas.
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DELTA
Methodist Church
Arthur Henry
Suspension On Century Liquor Lifted After Setback
DES MOINES AP Iowa Liquor Control Commissioner Curtis lifted the six week suspension of Century Distilling Co products in Iowa state stores. Century, a top seller, had supplied about one eighth of liquor in 174 state outlets. The halt followed the bootleg liquor seizure in Burlington tied to Century and its Iowa representative Felix Edwards. Governor Wilson called the six week penalty ample and noted Edwards was removed. investigation into the Burlington incident complete, broader probe ongoing.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Burlington
Century
Felix Edwards
Younker
Peoria
George A Wilson
Edwards
Liquor Commission
Centurys
Century Company
False Fifth Column Reports Alarm Cedar County Sheriff
Sheriff W. W. Christian hunted down rumors of fifth columnists across Cedar County after calls from Tipton about mysterious, uncommunicative individuals. A Davenport worker on an agriculture project was questioned before being cleared by County Attorney Reid L. Hunt, then another Davenport man claimed a Nazi hotbed near a farm, but the federal man was convinced it was a mistake.
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Sprelal
Tipton
W. W. Christian
Cedar County
Davenport
Reid L. Hunt
Department of Agriculture
Christian
Agriculture Project
Willie Willis Comments on Nervy Friends and Their Pain
Willie Willis reflects on how his friends’ behavior affects him and describes those who irritate him as a constant nuisance. He expresses awareness of others' expectations while noting his own tolerance limits.
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4382 Availability
Pattern 4382 is offered in women sizes 34 to 48. Size 36 requires 32 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send fifteen cents to Pattern Department Cedar Rapids Gazette 243 West 17th Street New York NY. Add ten cents for latest pattern book.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
N.Y
Miss Laura Bruner 84 Toledo educator dies
Miss Laura Bruner former Tama county teacher died Saturday in Toledo at age 84. Born northwest of Toledo in Monticello district she and her family helped build local lumber history. Funeral arrangements await relatives from California with burial planned at Rose Hill cemetery northwest of Toledo.
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Tine Solterman
Orpha Parker
Alice Hausehen
Esther Meinken
Dubuque
Morlay
Margaret Brouillet
Central City
Russel-Paine
P H Kester
Adam Sutherland
Seatehh Grove
Canada
Seatch Grove
Miss Sutherland
Seatch Grove Township
Monticello High School
Lenox College
Coe College
Oxford Junction
Sigourney
Anamosa
Patrician Traynor
Independence
Gordon Elliott
Waterloo
Winthrop
Quasqueton
Plattville
Wis
Cascade
Mary Monahan
San Jose
Calif
Robert D. Lane
Carmel Mission
Southern California
W. C. Granera
Science College
Santa Clara University
Lane
Thomas J. Lane
Notre Dame University
College of Medicine
Creighton University
WPA
Delta
Kathryn Benesler
William Bensler
John Wittetoe
Greeley
Cole
Laton Phillips
Claude
Toledo
Laura Bruner
David
Catherine Bruner
Monticello
Bruners
Tama County
Bruner
Marshall
Tama
Harry Bruner
California
Rose Hill Cemetery
Four Cedar County Residents Injured In Auto Collision
Four Cedar county residents were injured in a gravel road collision three miles south of Clarence Saturday night. They were taken to St. Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids. William Kortum, 55, of Stanwood, was the most seriously hurt with a possible fractured leg and broken pelvis. Raymond Kortum, 27, also of Stanwood, was uninjured. Ralph Streets, 23, of Mechanicsville, suffered shock and bruises and was dismissed after treatment. Clarence driver Milton Behrens sustained a fractured right arm and facial cuts. Helen Wingert, 21, Tipton, had cuts on her ankle and above her eye.
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Clarence
Cedar County
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
William Kortum
Stanwood
Raymond Kortum
Ralph Streets
Mechanicsville
Milton Behrens
Jeff
Helen Wingert
Tipton
Fifteen Iowans Die In Auto and Water Accidents
Iowa records a four day holiday weekend claiming 15 lives from auto crashes and drownings. Ten deaths occurred in traffic accidents and five from water incidents. Notable fatalities include Elizabeth Chambers of Shenandoah, Martin Sweeney of Creston, and Walter Cox from near Cantril.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Elizabeth Chambers
Shenandoah
Sidney
Fremont County
Martin Sweeney
Creston
Bedford
Walter Cox
Cantril
Marshalltown Police Seek Thieves Of Safe
Marshalltown police hunt three or four men who stole an 800 to 1000 pound safe carrying about 700 dollars from the Coca Cola bottling plant. The safe was abandoned in a northwest pasture after a Saturday night burglary and the lock was chiseled. Police suspect the safe was moved from the plant in a truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Coca Cola
Decorah Educator Named Kindergarten and Primary Teacher
Hazel Johnson of Decorah named kindergarten and primary teacher. Hawkeye reports a donation of sixty books on religion history fiction and poetry to the Hawkeye public library by Mr and Mrs Loren Ostrander.
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Hawkeye
Hazel Johnson
Decorah
Hawkeye Public Library
Loren Ostrander
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Oskaloosa
Willis Harris
James and
George Bensler
Western Contracting Corporation
Lioux City
Rock Island Lines
Scotche Grove
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Nellev. Morey
Grove
Eloise Sutherland
Marvin Lacock
June Tenrichs
Conesville
J. F. Coffin
Coffin
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James McKee
Joe Jean
McKee
Gaylord
Detroit
Mich
North Liberty
Orval Fisher
Burton Coffin
Muscatine
Debbie Coffin
J. Fred Coffin
J. P
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Nettie D. McKee
Maquoketa
Henry Schocker
Bill
Christina Fischer
Wheatland
Carl
Maquokela
Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Hamilton
US Nero
Federal Discount Corporation
Paramount
Willie Willis
Anne Adams
Marshalltown Police
Ely
Linn
Edwin J. Vavra
Sas
Apeneteer
Awe
Mr Ox
Illinois
Centrat
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