Iowa to receive 52 million federal relief funds
Iowa will gain about 52.1 million dollars from the federal works program based on plans to spend 1143 dollars per employable person in each relief case. The Iowa emergency relief administration lists 45 773 employables, with forecasts of a continued drop in relief rolls through fall.
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sCopyright
Preas
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Awa
Iowa Relief Administration
L. Steve Hill
Hil
Washington
IERA
E A Coverdale Dies at Maquoketa Aged 78
E A Coverdale 78 prominent in Clinton and Jackson county farm and business circles died Thursday night in Maquoketa. Funeral at his home Sunday at 9 am conducted by Rev George F Barsalou. Burial in Union cemetery. Survived by wife three sons John W of Waterloo Roy and Charles of near Maquoketa and daughter Mrs Earl Boyer of Maquoketa. He was a Jackson State Bank director and had long ties to local farming communities.
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Maquoketa
E.A. Coverdale
Clinton
Jackson County
George F. Barsalou
Congregational Church
Union Cemetery
John W
Waterloo
American Farm Bureau Federation
Roy and
Charles
Earl Boyer
Coverdale
Clinton County
England
Sarah Jepsen
Jackson State Bank
Iowa City Suburb Votes To Incorporate As Town
Residents of the University Heights area vote to incorporate as a town after a contentious process. The dispute over school district boundaries prompted protests by local residents while a broader note cites U S hospital statistics on annual patient totals.
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Iowa City
Lowa City
Um Oety Heights
Lowa
Incorporate
University Heights
Safe Pleasant Way To Lose Fat
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a safe weight loss method promising 15 pounds in a month and simultaneous health gains. It urges weighing daily, taking a half teaspoonful in hot water each morning, avoiding pastries, and weighing again after a bottle, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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May Drug Co
Iowa City records top nation in 1934 birth rate
Iowa City posted a 1934 birth rate of 794 babies per 1000 population, attributed to hospital births in state charity wards. R L McLaren cited University of Iowa hospital care for about one in 40 Iowa births, with indigent residents served by relief agencies. Private physicians questioned the procreative advantage of the city, while state annual births run around 400,000 nationwide.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa Hospital
R. L. McLaren
Bureau of Vital Statistics
McLaren
University Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Fire Destroys Troy Mills General Store
Fire at the Cook and Wilson general merchandise store in Troy Mills caused more than $1,000 in losses. The blaze started in the rear store room around 8 am Friday, discovered by W C Cook and customer Harold Polk. Citizens helped remove stock and form a bucket brigade with the Walker department, aided by Coggan and Center Point fire crews. fire under control in about 45 minutes. Losses insured.
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Specia
Gezette Troy Mills
Cook and Wilson General Merchandise
W C Cook
Harold Polk
Walker
Coggan
Center Point
Battle over estate of missing man in Tama County
Seven years after William Voss disappeared at sea en route from Germany to the United States, Tama county court weighs settlement. Meta Voss claims $7,500 as widow. Emil Voss seeks to annul marriage and deny her claim. Judge Stiger suspended distribution pending a hearing to verify marriage and death details. George A Rehder seeks administration withWilliam’s property valued around $5,752.14. Hearing set for Sept 2.
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the Gazette
Toledo
William Voss
Gladbrook
Tama County District Court
Voss
Midocean
Germany
United States
Meta Voss
Emil Voss
William
Emil
Carl B. Stiger
F E. Northrup
Marshalltown
M. W Hyland
Tama
George A Rehder
Willam
Rehder
Stiger
F Russell
La Porte Set to Review Power Plant Bids Wednesday
La Porte City Council will meet Wednesday to award the municipal light plant contract after receiving seven bids from firms. Central States has proposed selling its water plant and electric distribution system here. In all, thirty bids were filed for the project and equipment.
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Borde
Gezette
Men Held At Sigourney On Statutory Charge
Charley Stew art of North English Charles Dawson of What Cheer and Dice Martin of Kinross were arrested on a statutory charge on complaint of a What Cheer girl. Martin and Dyson have served penitentiary terms and Stewart has been confined in an inebriate hospital.
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Gazette
Sigourney
Charley Stewart
North English
Charles Dawson
What Cheer
Secrecy Veils First Meeting of Democrat Executive Committee
Des Moines Iowa, secrecy surrounded the first meeting of Iowa s new democratic executive committee. The group met to organize for the 1936 campaign and to decide vital policy. Ed H Birmingham chairman did not reveal accomplishments.
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Democrat
Des Moines
Iowa
New Democratic Executive Committee
Ed H. Birmingham
State Central Committee
Clyde L Herring
U. S
Louis Murphy
Birmingham
Central State Committee
Eugene J Feuling
Maher Heads Iowa Soil Conservation
R E Uhland announced John R Maher as state soil conservation director for Iowa. C T Cheney and S T Runkel join as associate specialists with 25 CCC camps to implement erosion control through crop rotation terracing contour farming and tree planting under Maher at the Iowa soil conservation service headquarters in Bethany Missouri.
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Bethany
R. E. Uhland
Soil Conservation Service
John R. Maher
Iowa
Jev
Lester E
Clapp
C. T. Cheney
S T Runkel
Maher
Uhland
CCC
Union Savings Bank Declares 10 Percent Dividend
Wilton Junction reports the closed Union Savings bank will pay a 10 percent dividend totaling $31,000. This brings the total dividends paid to depositors since closure to 50 percent.
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Wilton Junction
Union Savings Bank
Baker Arrested in Iowa After Return from Mexico
Norman Baker, cancer hospital operator long absent from Iowa since 1931, is held on a $1,000 bond after returning to Muscatine. He faces a conspiracy to practice medicine without a license charge first issued in 1932. Hearing tentatively set for Tuesday. Baker says he plans to return to Iowa permanently and contest the charge. He was arrested while addressing 150 patients at his clinic. He formerly ran KTNT radio and a local newspaper before leaving in 1932 for Nuevo Laredo Mexico to start XENT radio station.
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Muscatine
Norman Baker
Iowa
Baker
Omaha
Farmer-Labor
Jack Pace
Justice of the Peace
J. C Coster
KTNT
Federal Radio Commission
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
XENT
Baker's
Erosion Control CCC Camp Set Up In Louisa County
One hundred eighty youths were moved from Arkansas to the CCC camp at Oakville this week. Work includes soil improvement erosion control and reforestation under supervision of R. J. Cotter Columbus Junction Louisa County Board of Supervisors George Sayers Muscatine County Board and C H Young drainage engineer. Housing will be in tents until permanent buildings are ready.
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Arkansas
CCC
Oakville
R. J. Cotter
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
George Sayers
Muscatine County Board
C. H. Young
Two Accident Cases At Oelwein Hospital
Two accident cases were treated at Oelwein hospital Thursday. Frank Allens tein, a 65 year old Lamont farmer, suffered a gash from ear to mouth after being struck in the face with a hay fork. Frank Graziano, 13, a Chicago guest of August Lee, on crutches from prior leg operations, fell when his crutch slipped and suffered a double fracture of the leg.
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Oelwein
Frank Allenstein
Lamont
Frank Graziano
Chicago
August Lee
Twin Births in Decorah Hospital Within Twelve Hours
Two sets of twins were born within twelve hours at Decorah hospital this week. Monday night Mrs Gavin Gittelson near Mabel Minnesota delivered a boy and a girl. Tuesday morning Mrs Clarence Kosbau near Waukon gave birth to twin girls. Both deliveries attended by the same physician.
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Decorah
Decorah Hospital
Gavin Gittelson
Near Mabel, Minn
Clarence Kosbau
Waukon
Washington seeks federal grant for sewer addition plan
The Washington city council asked for a federal grant to cover 45 percent of a $20 000 sewer addition project. Engineer Howard R Green of Cedar Rapids turned over the plans. A British anatomist proposed that brain development may accompany tooth rest and that many with faulty teeth show high brain power.
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Washington, Jra
Washington
Howard R. Green
Cedar Rapids
Late 1930s grocery flyer itemizes wide range of prices
A dense list details everyday grocery prices and specials including sugar, coffee, cereals, canned goods, snacks, and produce with varied prices per pound or unit. The notice reads like a store circular with items such as 10 lb sugar 53c, 1 lb cheese 18c, Libby Apple Butter gal, oil, sardines, canned beans, and fresh produce.
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Fey
Ryce
Dia. K
Watson's
Mills
Carpenter Johnson Co
Jersey
Omar
Pillsbury
Graham
Sunbright Cleanser
Rolls Steel
Funeral notices from Monticello and surrounding towns
Funeral services are planned for Frank Schone 61 at the home of Godfrey Bader with burial in Oakwood cemetery. Florence McDaniel 90 a Vinton pioneer dies in Fort Worth with services in Evergreen cemetery. Lily May Knickerbocker Lord 1868 Conesville obituary notes many relatives. Independence budget hearings set for July 25 26 with detailed city and school figures. Anamosa Will Morressey 68 dies after tonsillitis. La Porte City Harry Taft arrested for theft of $70 from Diamond store. Independence Clyde L Heyward named post office caretaker. Martha Jane Hillhouse 78 dies in Washington. Katharyn Toomey 50 funeral at St John’s West Union parish. Washington Mrs. Martha Hillhouse noted as a Crawfordsville native.
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Conesville
Jerry Lord
Columbus City
Lily May Knickerbocker
Jones County
John
Sarah Knickerbocker
Harry Houts
Blaine Bliven
Fredonia
Henry
Butler, Mo
Anamosa
Will Morressey
Mary Cheshire
John Brady
Troy
N. Y
St. Patrick’s Church
Father Behan
Holy Cross Cemetery
LA Porte City
Harry Taft
Diamond
Taft
Independence
Clyde L. Heyward
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Martha Jane Hillhouse
John A. Hillhouse
W. H. Mitchell
Crawfordsville
Wayland
Aaron
Elizabeth Collins Abbott
Havre
Hillhouse
The
Christian Church
Pleasant Hill
Mitchell
Clyde C. Hillhouse
Katharyn Toomey
Cornelius Toomey
Westburg
Township
St John’s Catholic Church
M. F. Toomey
West Union
Westbury Township
Patrick Toomey
Iowa mother wins temporary extension for Paris-born son
Representative Gillette reports the Immigration Bureau has extended for one year the stay of Thom as Wurlu, a 12 year old with a Japanese father, born in Paris, living with his Iowa mother Mimi Youde Wurlu. He risks deportation under current law but could gain citizenship if a pending bill passes.
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Washington
Iowa
Gillette
Thomas Wurlu
Spencer
Mimi Youde Wurlu
Paris
Patent Granted to P. W. Ham in 1918 Witnessed by Pickles Herring
The 1918 patent issued to P. W. Ham lists C. Pickles and J. Herring as witnesses to the grant.
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P. W. Ham
C. Pickles
J. Herring
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Iowa News
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Godfrey Bader
Oakwood
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Ilinois
Frieda Schone
Richard Clarence Schone
John Schone
Will Schone
Crystal Lake
Sophia Behrends
Grand Mound
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Algonquin
Katrina Wolf
Vinton
Florence McDaniel
Cato Sells
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Tex
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Evergreen Cemetery
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