Former Iowa football star Lowell Otte commits suicide in Sidney
Lowell Otte 32, once a standout end for Iowa, killed himself at his mother's home near Sidney Iowa. Coroner Ralph Lovelady cited heat and a distressed mental state as triggers. Otte's wife has moved to Tarkio College Missouri where she teaches. he recently coached there. The coroner noted a history of mental disturbance and a summer marked by extreme heat and a wind storm.
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Sidney
Lowell Otte
University of Iowa
Ralph Lovelady
Otte
Tarkio College
Tarkio
Iowa
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Beta Kappa
Grain Elevator Blaze Hits Ankeny Plant
Wagner Grain company plant in Ankeny suffered a 20000 bushel grain elevator and equipment loss in a Monday fire. Firefighters fought the blaze after an electrical storm likely started it. 10000 bushels of wheat were stored, with insurance covering all but 4000 dollars.
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Ankeny
INS
Wagner Grain Company
E. R. Wagner
Woman Injured In Crash Near Tama
Mrs. Paul Wilschutz of Des Moines sustained a facial cut requiring ten stitches when a passing car cut in too soon on Highway 30 west of Tama. Her husband and daughter Margaret were unhurt. The family, on vacation, returned home the same night.
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Tama
Paul Wilschutz
Des Moines
Highway 30
Margaret
Wilschutz
Waterloo Bandit Having Bad Luck
An armed bandit tried to rob Henry Hilmer at a Waterloo grocery early Monday firing twice from a .45 pistol. He fled after Hilmer's shouts. described as about 27, matching a man linked to two prior holdups this week. Roy Metzger and Margaret Cornwell faced threats but lost no money.
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Waterloo
Henry Hilmer
Hilmer
Roy Metzger
Margaret Cornwell
Man Injured in Ladora Area Auto Crash
Tom Keene, a bakery employee, was badly cut on the head in a car crash north of Ladora Saturday. He lost control while descending a hill and could not slow before striking a bridge. Seven stitches closed facial cuts. he suffered from loss of consciousness and other injuries.
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Marengo
Tom Keene
Ladora
Keene
Editor Heroically Rescues Boy From Rampaging Ram
Special to The Gazette. Fred W. Herman, Manchester editor and former mayor, pulled Roy Iben from a field when a buck ram trampled him. He wrestled the ram to the ground and knocked it out with a piece of stovewood before the animal could harm the boy. The boy sustained only scratches and bruises.
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Manchester
Fred W. Hermann
Old Age Pension Board of
Delaware County
Fred Iben
Hermann
Roy Iben
Iben
Iowa City Legion Renews Drive For Municipal Pool
Backed by the Iowa City American Legion post a campaign for a municipal swimming pool is renewed A Legion committee has met with the city council to discuss financing plans including public subscriptions federal funds and a bond issue Petitions for pool construction on American Legion property are circulating locally
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Iowa City
Iowa City American Legion Post
The
American Legion
Democrats Of First District Back McManus For Senator
Democratic leaders of the First District urged E W McManus Keokuk as successor to Senator Louis Murphy after a meeting with Congressman Edward C Eicher Saturday night Friends from Lee county said McManus could be available for the nomination McManus is an attorney, University of Iowa graduate, former congress candidate in 1922, and twice a national convention delegate.
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Washington
First Congressional District
Edward C. Eicher
E. W. McManus
Keokuk
Louis Murphy
McManus
Lee County
University of Iowa
Congress
Iowa Traffic Toll Rises to 220 for 1936
Iowa records show two deaths over the weekend raising the 1936 automobile toll to 220 with little of the year left. Mrs. Edward Hagedorn 29 of New Hampton perished in a collision that also injured Glen Owen 40 of Waterloo and others. Des Moines saw 86 year old Thomas J. Graham fatally struck by an advancing car after sleeping on the courthouse lawn. Matt Campiano 29 and Jay Bradford 32 were held for questioning as clues point to a broken headlight from Campiano’s car.
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Iowa
Edward Hagedorn
New Hampton
Glen Owen
Waterloo
Fred Owen
Waverly
Clara Bauman
Des Moines
Thomas J. Graham
Matt Campiano
Jay Bradford
Graham
D. W. Rayburn
Compiano
Washington Boy Drowns in Cone Lake
James Nichol 18 of Washington Iowa died after cramps while swimming in Cone lake Sunday afternoon. His body was recovered about two hours later thirty feet from the lapse. Sheriff F B Nesper directed the search as companions attempted rescue.
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Conesville
James Nicholson
Washington
Walter Nicholson
Cone Lake
F. B. Nesper
Seven Young People Lead Fairfield Church Service
From Marengo to Washington and beyond, Iowa brief items note a Fairfield conference service led by Richard Zentmire with choir and sermon, plus August church recess. District rally at Williamsburg featured Pierson Branch. Young People’s Society attended.
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Manchester
Brown Chapel
John Thompson
Delaware County
Ray Connell
C. A. Brown
The
Baptist Church
Thomas M. Martin
Kenneth B. Bolin
Harry M. Logan
Harte Allyn
George Wild
Walter Morehouse
John Graham
Cascade
Sarah Lewis
Mary Glassy
Richardsville
George Ridler
Kansas
Lost Nation
Hettie Boaden
Federated Church
Mr. Perry
Maquoketa
Union Cemetery
Fred Runs
Edward Myatt
E. M. Hoff
Milton Saddler
W. C. Rutenbeck
Fred Busch
W.R. Smith
Emily Smith
H. L. Frazier
Margaret Dickman
Boaden
Vesey
Webster City
Delhi
Henry Vesey
Charles and
Isaac
Hattie Bartlett
Puyllup
Wash
Maud Grigg
Jessie Lewis
Hopkinton
Ida Michael
Henrietta Bartlett
Iva Huggins
Harry Michael
Henry Bartlett
Frank Huggins
Raymond Lewis
Roy Andrew
Derol O’brien
Washington
Catharine Jane Hull
H. C. Hull
Charles van Riper
Champion
Mich
Charles Grayson
University of Iowa
University of Minnesota
Delta Gamma Sorority
Iowa
van Riper
University of I Iowa
Kalamazoo
Independence Man Shot and Woman Held in Romance Case
Susie Kirkner, 35, jailed after allegedly shooting James Kelly, 36, in a jealous lovers dispute on a side road south of Independence around 2:30 pm. Kelly, wounded near the heart, was hospitalized with a dangerous bullet wound but expected to recover. no charges filed yet. Kirkner had been living at Crawford Kirkner’s home and was arrested after returning there.
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The
Gazette
Independence
Susie Kirkner
James Kelly
People’s Hospital
Kelly
Miss Kirkner
Here
Kirkner
Crawford Kirkner
Grass Fire Burns Golf Course and Nearby Lands
About thirty acres of grass burned at the Washington Golf and Country club and adjoining pastures Saturday. The blaze started from a cigarette or match shortly after one oclock and spread across six holes of the nine hole course. A hay patch on the Miller farm and dry pasture on the Wenger property also burned, along with several fence posts. The greens, watered daily, were not damaged.
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Washington
Washington Golf and Country Club
Miller
Wenger
Tama Woman Sustains Severe Fractures in Car Crash
Mrs. F. W. Mills wife of the Twin City laundry owner in Tama is in critical condition at a Marshalltown hospital after her car crashed into a tree near the Tama public library Saturday night. Her daughter Margaret, a recent University of Iowa graduate, has facial cuts a fractured rib and body bruises and remains at home.
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Tama
F. W. Mills
Twin City
Marshalltown
Margaret
Tama Public Library
University of Iowa
Sigourney Family Hurt In Collision Near Highway 149
Mr and Mrs Frank Parker and their children were badly cut and bruised when their car sideswiped a car driven by Betty Joe Arnold 15 of St Paul on highway 149 near Sigourney. The Parker car overturned twice. Mrs Joe Arnold Mr and Mrs John Gehrig and their two children were uninjured.
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Sigourney
Frank Parker
Betty Joe Arnold
St. Paul
Highway 149
Joe Arnold
John Gehrig
Parker
Deed Dispute In Tama County Court Involving Irene Harris
Irene Harris of Gladbrook files affidavit in Tama county district court over a lost deed to 230 acres in Spring Creek township. Cornell college alleges Irene Harris name was wrongfully inserted by Luella Warner and seeks proof of the deed. Harris says it was lost or destroyed during bank moving work and cannot be produced in court.
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Toledo
Tama County
Irene Harris
Gladbrook
C. F. Harris
State Bank
Cornell College
Harris
Spring Creek Township
Anna B. Johnston
Luella Warner
Miss Johnston
Iowa City to Receive 118806 From State Sinking Fund
Iowa City will get 118806 from the state sinking fund to cover city deposits in closed banks after August. Finance chair Van der Zee says funds may cut taxes slightly and fund new services notably fire department personnel. About 50000 of the money is pledged for bond retirement.
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Iowa City
Jacob van der Zee
van der Zee
Women’s Home Missionary Society Elects Officers
Mrs Elias Anderson was elected president of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church at the July meeting at Mrs S F Schaefer's home. Other officers chosen include Mrs S F Schaefer vice president Mrs Sue Myers secretary and Harriet Alden treasurer.
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Wyoming
Elias Anderson
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
S. F. Schaefer
Sue Myers
Harriet Alden
Ray Murphy Declines Senate Candidacy
Iowa based Ray Murphy national commander of the American Legion rejected reports he would seek the U S Senate seat left open by Senator Louis Murphy's death. He said the Legion constitution bars national officers from elective office and he will not quit his post before it ends September 24 to campaign.
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Chicago
Ray Murphy
Iowa
The
American Legion
United States Senate
Louis Murphy
Murphy
Town to consider surface upgrade on Green and Washington streets
Wyoming town council will discuss adopting asphalt and rock surfacing for Green and Washington streets at the Aug. 7 meeting. Property owners facing assessment may appear to object. The choice favors permanency after owners opposed oiling plans.
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Wyoming
Washington
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