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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1932

Page

2

Funeral of Mrs. John A. Limback Draws Cedar Rapids Hundreds

Hundreds attended the mass at Immaculate Conception church for Mrs. John A. Limback of Cedar Rapids who died in Seattle. Father Ernest P. Ament led the service with Rev. Louis Forrey delivering the sermon. organist Mabel Canning accompanied, and pallbearers and ushers assisted. Burial followed at Mount Calvary cemetery with memorials from local firms and organizations.

John A. Limback Immaculate Conception Church Cedar Rapids Seattle Wash Ernest P. Ament Louis Forrey Forrey Clara Zimmerman Limback Maria O Salutaris Mabel Canning N. P. Craemer A. J. Diebold M. J. Benne Frank C. Welch Frank J. O'Connell Dubuque George Klaner Chicago J. J. Studer Charles Byrnes Melvin Hutchinson D. E. McGrath John Borman Turner Chapel Material Dealers’ Association Limback Lumber Company Order of Foresters Rotary Club Tuesday Club Curtis Bros. Company Wisconsin Lumber Company Jake Lampert Lumber Yary Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Home Lumber Company Hatch and Brookman Company Ogden Lumber Company Nagle-Eaton Lumber Company Williams and Hunting Company Cedar Rapids Sash and Door Company Builders Material Company King’s Crown Plaster Company South Side Sash and Door Company Mount Calvary Cemetery

Wild Life School to Hold Session at Backbone Park

The Wild Life School of McGregor opens August 1 to 13 and hosts an all day session August 4 at Backbone Park Strawberry Point with talks by Dr. H. E. Jacques Dr. Charles R. Keyes Dr. James H. Lees and Byron W Newberry The morning program in the park pavilion covers two legs versus six legs Indian Mounds of Northeast Iowa and Early Seas and Lands The afternoon features nature hikes guided by faculty through the park to study trees rocks Indian mounds birds and flowers.

Strawbery Point Wild Life School of McGregor Backbone Ee Park Park Pavilion H. E. Jacques Iowa Wesleyan Charles R. Keyes Archaeological Survey Iowa Historical Society Mount Vernon James H. Lees Des Moines Byron W. Newberry Strawberry Point R. D. Noble Jacques Indian Mounds Iowa Keyes Lees Fculty

How to Play And How to Win in Retting Card Game

Discussion of predicting trick power from final declaration and how defenses rely on bidding inferences. Example shows West using partner information to defeat a contract by trumping hearts and leading diamonds. Includes a question about the correct West bid given a specific auction and hand.

Vane West Cceur Waeth Tien Lew North East

Oldest Columbus resident Sarah A. Allen dead at 96

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah A. Allen 96 oldest resident of Columbus Junction were held at her daughter's home. She died Thursday night at the Coffin residence where she had lived sixteen years. Born April 27 1836 in Concord Ohio she married Harry Allen July 4 1854 whose death occurred August 10 1885. Survived by daughter Mrs. Coffin and grandson Frank Coffin. Burial in Columbus City cemetery.

Columbus Junction Sarah A. Allen F. G. Coffin W. A. Lamp Methodist Church Columbus City Allen Sarah Flate Concord Ohio Harry Allen

Considerable Building In Vicinity Of Elkader

Prices stay low as building picks up in Elkader. Fred Bauer begins a brick veneer home on lower First Street at about $6000. John Schneider adds a frame house on upper First Street for roughly $5000. Henry Benschnieder starts a West Elkader basement for a Dutch Colonial. August Koehn builds on a site of a burned home south of town. A Barney Muench farm barn rises west of Elkader to replace a tornado wreck. William Becker plans a barn on Lau farm in Volga township next week. John Wilken from Arlington raises a barn on the Hagensick farm west of Elkader this week.

Elkader Fred Bauer Lower First Street John Schneider Upper First Street West Elkader Henry Benschnieder August Koehn Barney Muench William Becker Lau Volga Township John Wilken Arlington Hagensick

Dyersville Youth Drowns At Maquoketa River Beach

Al Woestemann 17 son of Mrs. Harry Woestemann of Dyersville died Friday at Terrill park beach Maquoketa River after a suspected heart attack while swimming with three companions. He sank near a float ten feet from shore and was recovered after twenty minutes of diving. artificial respiration failed. A star athlete at Dyersville High School, he is survived by his mother a sister Esther, his father having died a year ago.

Manchester al” Woestemann Harry Woestemann Dyersville Maquoketa Terrill Park Beach Woestemann LaVerne Fietcher Ea Ig High School Esther Woestemann

Guardian Asked to Appoint Andrew Whaylen Guardian

In Waterloo a district court on Saturday heard an application to appoint a guardian for 75 year old Andrew Whaylen. His adopted son Cressy is charged with murdering Whaylen's wife. Whaylen, once a famed wild west showman known as Plano Bill, is described as mentally ill and unable to aid police in the shooting on a country road near Reinbeck.

Waterloo INS Andrew Whaylen Cressy Whaylen Reinbeck

Refunds Ordered in Iowa Legislator Salary Grab Case

Judge E K Daugherty rules refunds may be collected from former Senator Frank Shane, former Representative L W Hall, and Representative Leonard Simmer for about 65 000 paid under the unconstitutional salary grab act. Each defendant faces a 500 judgment plus interest. The ruling cites a state supreme court decision and holds state not bound by officers acts when fraud is involved.

State Board of Audit Fortythird Forty-fourth

Indian War Veteran On Long Hike to Yukon

An Iowan War veteran named John Lonedog travels north with two homemade carts loaded with junk. He walked six miles to Iowa City and plans to reach Detroit then cross into Canada toward the Yukon, carrying an affidavit of service from 1917 and wounded at Cambrai.

Iowa City Iowa John Lonedog Yukon Lonedog Detroit Dominion Royal North Lancashire Regiment Boston Cambrai France Preston England Mississipi Valley Ganges Dominions

Ohio Woman Revives Old Exchange Plan

Cleveland notices a revival of barter exchange led by photographer Mrs. Ethel Standiford Mehling. She lists 36 participants including physicians architects ministers jewelers and a hotel ready to trade services or goods for needs they lack cash to buy. The plan envisions trades such as a dentist sewing a gown or a dress for a wife in exchange for dental work.

Cleveland Ethel Standiford-Mehling

Iowa News in Brief Highlights Across Counties

Reports from Wellman Central City Strawberry Point Oxford Vinton Dysart Springville Edgewood and other Iowa communities include court actions park concerts divorces school work and local notices. Notable items mention Gilbert Welsh 19 of Millville facing a ten year sentence and A L Kessler 62 of Oxford dies at home with nine children surviving.

Arham Justice Weihay Kennedy Richmond Kennedy Stern Kalona Chicago Wellman Eardley Bell, Jr H. D. MacGugin John Niece R. Ss Guy Mundy V. G R. D. Crouch I. G William Krueger Strawberry Point Rebekah Lodge Anna Petersen Bertha Allen Noble Grand Nelle Phelps Addie Little Anna Dorman Miss Nee Tracy Lillian Lyons Wilberta ‘Tracy Mary Tracy Inner Sentinel Grace Duncan Outer Sentinel William Schultz R. S N. G Mary Hines Lizzie Wareham Emily Cunliffe L. S Mary Wilder Adah Nichols Oxford A. L. Kessler Johnson County Frank Cedar Bluffs Mary Steinbrech Solon St. Peters Church Cosgrove Vinton—Thoma Ward Klein Norway Benton County District Court Truman H. Klein Marengo Mary T. Parry Thomas F. Parry Keystone Rock Island

Premier Of Green's Play Presented At State University

The world premier of Paul Green's play Tread The Green Grass was staged by the University of Iowa Players. It depicts a rural struggle between a lord and the devil for Tina's soul, using music and painting in short impressionistic scenes. The girl ends up insane as the devil escapes.

Iowa City Paul Green University of Iowa Players Tina Green

Roads Near Bixby Park Grading Raises Safety Concerns

Edgewood residents are urged to detour as a half mile of road near Bixby State Park undergoes dangerous construction. The ridge road to Strawberry Point is being graded and in poor shape. Park work aims to reduce washouts by building dams to trap sediment after the summer floods, which washed out hundreds of feet of park roads and carved a creek bed that created a local swimming spot for youth.

the Gazette Edgewood Bixby State Park Strawberry Point

Paramount presents Washington Masquerade with Barrymore cast

The Paramount feature Washington Masquerade stars Lionel Barrymore with Robert Young Margaret Perry and Lewis Stone in a melodrama of political intrigue and old morals. The Rialto offers Range Law with Ken Maynard delivering frontier action and stunts.

Paramount Lionel Barrymore Washington STATE Robert Young Margaret Perry Lewis Stone Rialto Ken Maynard

Threat of Showers Welcomed in Iowa

Hot weather persisted in Iowa with a four day heat wave. highs reached 102 in Clarinda and lower elsewhere. Forecasts predicted cooler air in the southeastern corner. statewide minimums dropped to the mid 60s with light precipitation reported in Alta and Sioux City.

Iowa Des Moines Reed Clarinda Lamont Davenport Iowa City Atlantic Creston Omaha Alta Waterloo Albia Burlington Keokuk Marshalltown Boone, Carroll Sioux City Iowa Falls Boone and

Two Heat Deaths Reported in North Central Iowa

AP reports two men died of heat prostration in north central Iowa. William Preble of Mason City collapsed midweek while working and died Friday night. Floyd Waltz, 30, of Belmond, died at home Friday night after heat exposure from a highway job near Goldfield midweek.

Mason City Iowa William Preble Floyd Waltz Belmond Goldfield

Edgar Earnest Stricken by Sunstroke Near Tama

Edgar Earnest, a young farmer living four miles east of Tama, was in serious condition Friday evening at his home after being stricken by sunstroke while working in the hay field at noon. He remained unconscious and suffered convulsions.

Tama Edgar Earnest Earnest

Iowa Senate Joint Resolution Adopts Vacancy Filling Amendment

The General Assembly proposes an amendment to Article three to fill vacancies by general law and to be chosen at the next general election. The Secretary of State must publish the amendment three months before the election. This is a true copy of Senate Joint Resolution No. 2, 44th General Assembly.

General Assembly State of Iowa General ‘Assembly Neral Assembly Ihereby Senate 44Th General Assembly G. C. Greenwalt

Notice of Hearing on Will Admission in Linn County Iowa

Court notice from Linn County Iowa states on July 22 19 that the Last Will and Testament of Braverman late of the county is to be offered for probate and proof for admission before the district court in Cedar Rapids. July 15 19 S Johnson clerk district court.

State of Iowa Linn County District Court Gs Kk&.m Braverman Cedar’ Rapids Iowa

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