Warrant Served On Farmer Elza Jones Found In Sanatorium
Des Moines reports Elza Jones Taylor county farmer was charged with murdering his son in law Thomas A Allen. Jones, located at the Retreat sanatorium in Des Moines, was brought to Bedford for arraignment accompanied by state agents. The body of Allen was found in a shallow grave on the Jones farm after Jones disappeared post funeral. Witnesses included Ed and Jim Allen and Harry Hartzler. Evidence cited included footprints and blood, with motive not disclosed.
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Des Moines
E.za Jones
Tayior
Thomas J Alen
Bedford
D. van Waener
Pete Griffin
Ray Scott Janee
Tas Orae
Fiza Jones Taylor
Thomas A. Allen
Jones
Willam Meikle
Young Allen
Allen
Jim Allen
Harry Hartzler
Hartzler
Carloads Of Food Bought For 14 207 Iowans For Winter
Food orders signed by the Iowa state board of control provide carloads of supplies for inmates in state institutions for the coming months. The packages include beans and oats among other dried foods, sufficient to feed about 14 207 people through winter.
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Shropshire
State Board of Control
Toon Titanioens
Eave Cape
Rota
Woman Finds Four-Foot Rattler After Basemen Hunt
Speil to The Gate Winthrop Mrs Zimmer hunted two days in the basement for a noise believed caused by a frat jar. She located a four foot rattlesnake under the dining room rug. Mr Zimmer retrieved it with a hoe and shot it in the yard.
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Spee
Winthrop
Four killed in Iowa weekend auto accidents
Weekend traffic in Iowa produced four automobil fatalities and numerous injuries. In two cases near Denver a car overturned after skidding on gravel killing Lewis Ferris and Alice Kobliska while Bert Lumry and Evelyn Natwig were injured but expected to recover. Dorothy Harper died after a side swipe near Spencer, with Inez Smith Dr C C Steinbach and Burdette Greeney among the injured. In Des Moines Mrs. Harriett Krenek died and Godfrey Krenek was badly hurt, with three others slightly injured in a separate crash. A truck and auto collision in Des Moines also left three injured.
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Denver
Lewis Ferris
Waterloo
Alice Kobliska
New Hampton
Bert Lumry
Evelyn Natwig
Dorothy Harper
Spencer
Inez Smith
C C Steinbach
Burdette Greeney
Sioux City
Des Moines
Harriett Krenek
Godfrey Krenek
Showers Forecast To Hold Iowa Temperatures Below 95
Iowa's 13 day heat wave eased as showers were forecast to dampen high temps. Federal Meteorologist Charles D. Reed expected little change through Tuesday with most readings under 95 though Estherville hit 99 and Inwood 96. No drownings reported Sunday, season toll 72.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Estherville
Inwood
Iowa
Boone and
Decorah
Thome Remodeling Gains Reflect June Activity
Des Moines data from the state public health engineering bureau show June dwelling construction valued at 198 500 across 14 first class cities, up from 575 000 a year earlier. Remodeling permits also rose, with 53 dwellings remodeling valued at 2 471 last June versus 77 permits for 253 improvements the prior year, indicating stronger activity in remodeling and new builds. Separately, Allen Seiffert Correll, son of Marjone Allen Seiffert, a Midwestern poet, reportedly had a poem accepted for publication in Poetry magazine.
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Des Moines
Nthe
State Bureau of Public Health
INA
Mount Vernon
Allen Seifree Correll
Marjone Allen Seiffert
Burns Prove Fatal To Child At Oxford
Evelyn Seimer four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Seimer died after a doll clothes ironing accident in Oxford. The burn from a hot iron led to fatal heart complications following initial blankets and neighbor aid. Survived by parents a younger sister and brother two grandparents and distant relatives. Funeral at Oxford Methodist church with Rev F E Hemple officiating and burial in Oxford cemetery.
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Oxford
Evelyn Seimer
Herman Seimer
Evelyn
F E
Burbank
Eileen
Leland
Wiliam Miller
Henry Seimer
Williamshore
FE Hemple
Conroy
Oxford Cemetery
Grinnell Woman Nominated for Governor by Socialist Party
In Des Moines the Socialist convention named Grinnell College faculty member Letitia M. Conard for governor and Arnold Sather of Ames for lieutenant governor. I S McCrillis was chosen for U.S. senator, with a platform calling for a five billion dollar federal relief and moratoriums on mortgages and taxes. Other nominees include Carl Moll for secretary of state, J W Duke for state auditor, E O Welk for state treasurer, J P Russell for attorney general, H G Altenburger for secretary of agriculture, S O Smith for superintendent, and William James for railroad commissioner.
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Des Moines
INS
Socialist Party of Town
Socialist Party
Letitia M. Conard
Grinnell College
Arnold Sather
Ames
United States
I. S. McCrillis
Carl Moll
J. W. Duke
Burlington
E O, Welk
J P
Altenburger
Ankeny
S.O Smith
Denmark
William James
Washington
Iowans May F Hunt From Oct 1 To Nov 30 This Year
Des Moines AP reports a revised open season schedule for wild ducks and geese. Iowa hunters may hunt from October 1 to November 30 with a daily bag limit of 15 ducks. No more than 5 elder ducks and 10 canvasbacks or other listed species may be bagged. The federal regulations extend to several nearby states.
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Des Moines
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
President of R. T. Southern Railroad Dies At Davenport
Davenport AP report says James W Walsh president and general manager of the Rock Island Southern Railroad died Sunday evening at his Davenport home after a heart attack. He had just returned from a business trip to New York and Washington and had been ill due to heat. Born in Clinton December 17, he studied law at the University of Iowa and practiced in Clinton before leading utilities in Town and Ha-nois for 35 years. He leaves a widow, two daughters, and three brothers. Funeral arrangements pending likely Wednesday or Thursday.
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Davenport
James W Walsh
Rock Island Southern Railroad
Walsh
New York
Washington
Town
Hanois
Clinton
Rar
University of Iowa
Mark A
Charles Walsh
Burlington
Eugene
Towa PennsylvanIa Picnic Draws Residents to Berler Park
All Towa residents who formerly lived in Pennsylvania are invited to attend the annual Towa Pennsylvania picnic to be held at Berler Park in Marble Rock this Sunday.
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Towa
Pennsylvania
Berler Park
Marble Rock
Ramseyer of Iowa to Direct G. O. P. Speakers Bureau
Rep C William Ramseyer of Iowa named director of the Republican presidential campaign speakers bureau. The bureau will launch about Aug 1, with Ramseyer at home in Bloomfield awaiting full campaign activity. Ramseyer, in Congress nine terms, may become Secretary to the President if Hoover is reelected. Sanders notes earnest campaigning to start around Sept 25. Curtis to visit Chicago campaign HQ.
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Chicago
C. William Ramseyer
Iowa
Everett Sanders
Republican National Committee
Sanders
Ramseyer
Bloomfield
Congress
Hoover
Walter H. Newton
Minneapolis
Charles Curtis
Washington
Benefits Increase 36 Per Cent Costs 4 In Vets Office
In Des Moines the veterans administration regional office reports year ending June 30 overhead rose to just over 40 percent while direct veterans benefits increased by 779 404 or 36 percent. Medical examinations rose from 35667 in 1931 to 36061 last year. The bulk of direct benefits growth came from higher payments for non service connected disability allowances.
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Des Moines
Veterans Administration
Funeral Services Held For Pioneer Of Walker
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at the Christian church in Walker for Azuba Hodge Keller 83 a longtime area resident. Born in 1849 in Flagstaff Maine she moved with her parents to Illinois then Iowa where she spent most of her life near Troy Mills and Walker. She married Ephram Keller in 1869 at Independence he died in 1918. Surviving are seven children four sons and three daughters twenty one grandchildren and thirty five great grandchildren.
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Gazette
Walker
Christian Church
Azuba Hodge Keller
Azuba Hodge Stevens
Prince Thomas
Asenath Staples Stevens
Flagg Staff
Maine
Illinois
Iowa
Troy Mills
Ephram Keller
Independence
Lenora Dell Peyton
Luetta Church
Tessa Melvina Andrews
Prince Edward Keller
Frank Keller
Hawthorne
Wis
Funeral Held For Mrs. Georgianna Berry In Toledo
Funeral services for 76 year old Mrs Georgianna Berry longtime Toledo resident were conducted Sunday afternoon at her sister Mrs H H Lichtys home north of Toledo She is survived by son Ray of Hollywood California and two grandsons Robert and Charles The story notes her death at the sisters home and mentions her longtime residence in the Toledo area.
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the Gazette
Toledo
Georgianna Berry
H H. Lichty
Berry
Ray
Hollywood Calif
Robert
Charles
Plan program for state Legion meet in Fort Dodge
A four day plan for the fourteenth annual Iowa department American Legion convention July 31 to Aug 1 outlines speeches meetings banquets golf and dances. National leaders including James F. Barton will speak. Governor Dan Turner and Hanford MacNider are among the featured speakers. The program includes drum corps preliminaries parade reviews and a midnight show with Barton’s address and officer elections closing on Wednesday.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa Department of the American Legion
National Legion
James F. Barton
Indianapolis
National Adjutant
Legionaires
Department
Robert Calflesh
Des Moines
Dan Turner
Dan Sowers
New York
National Americanism
Jane Prichard
Onawa
State Auxiliary
Milton W. Strickler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wilbur Ingledue
Marshalltown
Sam Reynolds
Omaha
Nebraska
Hugh L. Stephenson
Sioux City
U.S. W. Vu
T. J. Noll
Grinnell
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
United States
Canada
The
Legion
J. C. Lewis
Iowa Federation of Labor
M. Myrton Shelley
Auxiliary
Raymond Fields
Oklahoma
T. P. Gilmer
Iowa
Barton
William Lyons
Forty and Eight
Minneapolis
Harry W Colmery
Topeka
Kan
Justice Agent Is Charged With False Arrest By Iowan
A $20 000 suit filed in Sioux City alleges false and malicious arrest by Harry Cooper a department of justice agent based in Omaha. A related $10 000 suit targets Everett Smith Sioux City detective tied to the Cooper case. Separately Mrs Fred Miller of Maquoketa died after two weeks illness leaving Fred Miller and daughter Mrs Mabel Goller as survivors with one brother. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 3:30 pm in the home with Mt Hope cemetery burial.
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Sioux City
Harry Cooper
Department of Justice
Omaha
Neb
A. L. Stein
Everett Smith
Cooper
Maquoreta
Fred Miller
Jeanette
Fred
Mabel Goller
Brookline
Mass
Phillip Blinn
Mt. Hope Cemetery
127 B and P W Members Attend Maquoketa Meeting
One hundred twenty seven members and guests of the sixth district federation of Business and Professional Women clubs attended a district picnic at Riverview Country club near Maquoketa. The program featured state and club officers, a luncheon, music, and outdoor activities including golf swimming tennis boating and a trip through Maquoketa Caves state park.
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Maquoketa
Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Riverview Country Club
Nellie Morey
Anamosa
E. Persis Sheldon
Martha Davis
Iowa City
Edith Christensen
DeWitt
Darline Gordon
Edna Becker
Marie Schmidt
Clinton
Frances Plath
International Finance Committee
Blythe Bennett
Davenport
August Brissman
Moline
Detwiler
Rock Island
Frances Miller
State Federation
Murva Kelly
Par Dubuque
Maquoketa Club
Bessie Moyle
Persis Sheldon
Odette Keene
Bunn Funeral Held At Maynard
Garrett W. Bunn 86 died Thursday. Funeral services were held at the Maynard home, with burial in Winnebago Illinois. Born November 5, 1846 in Hunterdon NY, he moved to Illinois at age ten. He married Clara E. Liggett on December 21, 1876 and later farmed north of Maynard. Survived by widow, two sons Harry F and Homer of Maynard, six sisters, and three sons who preceded him in death. Pallbearers were six nephews. out‑of‑town attendees included Miss Newmatter and Miss Mitchell of Chicago, James Lorden of Dubuque, Mrs Hanna Van Valzck of Rowena SD.
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the Gazette
Maynard
Garrett W. Bunn
Winnebago
Ill
Mr. Bunn
Hunterdon County
Illinois
Clara E. Liggett
Harry F
Homer
Lucy Weld
Rockford
Adelia Powell
Byron
B F, Anderson
Hanna van Valzeck
Rowena
S. D
Martha Liggett
Marcus
Mary Newmatter
Maizie Mitchell
Chicago
James Lorden
Dubuque
Hanna van Valzck
Funeral Services For Solon Pioneer Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Cinderella Weaver 77 who died Saturday night in Morse will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Morse with Rev. Roy Mills officiating. Burial will follow in Morse cemetery. Born March 5 1855 in Ohio she moved to Iowa in 1896 and spent the last twenty one years with her daughter Mrs. Charles Beranek in Morse. Survived by daughter Mrs. Lucy Hemstead Grand Forks N D a son Benjamin Weaver Concrete Washington and five grandchildren.
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Gazette Solon
Sarah Cinderella Weaver
Charles Beranek
Morse
Roy Mills
Weaver
Ohio
Iowa
Beranek
Lucy Hemstead
Grand Forks
N. D
Benjamin Weaver
Concrete, Wash
Bank approves 60 percent payout to Haskins savers
Columbus Junction reports Judge D W Hamilton authorizes an extra 10 percent dividend for depositors of the Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of Haskins, secured by T A Michels, bringing total distribution to 60 percent.
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Columbus Junction
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of
Haskins
D. W. Hamilton
T. A. Michels
Walker Bank in Center Point reports $42000 shortage
Center Point-Walker Trust company directors suspend operations at the Center Point headquarters and Walker and Coggon branches after discovering a $42,000 shortage in the accounts of Mrs. Stella Kayser assistant cashier in charge of the Walker office. Kayser admitted embezzlement spanning about two years. Banking officials move to a ten day holiday to untangle accounts and firm up bonding arrangements before reopening.
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Center Point
Stella Kayser
Walker
Center Point-Walker Trust Company
Walker and Coggon
Walker and Coggan
Moving Million Dollars Across Street To New Bank Premises
Des Moines bank officials say moving a million dollars in cash is complex. The Trowa-Des Moines National bank opened in a new building after transporting the last unit of cash, valued at $1,000,000, under police surveillance.
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DES Moines
INS
Trowa-Des Moines National Bank
Miller Farm Home Near West Union Destroyed by Fire
WEST UNION The Henry Miller farm house and a tenant Frank Boyles belongings were burned Saturday morning. Miller puts loss at 1500 with insurance on his side. Boyles loss is uninsured. Farm is six miles southeast of West Union in Pleasant Valley township. Fire started from the kitchen stove as family left for milking yard. An attached wood house burned but other buildings were safe due to still air.
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West Union
Henry Miller
Frank Boyles
Unidentified Man Killed by Train at McGregor
An unidentified man about 40 years old was struck and killed by a train while crossing the railroad tracks in McGregor on Sunday night. He was dark, of medium height, wearing overalls, with no clues to identify him. The body will be held in McGregor for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Mcgregor
Pioneer Of Maquoketa Celebrates Birthday
Maquoketa resident Mrs Orison A Ellithorpe celebrated her eighty seventh birthday with a family dinner. Born July 23 1845 she is believed Maquoketa's oldest native. Her parents were the first married on the Maquoketa townsite in 1839. Con Nims her 89 year old brother also resides nearby. Mr and Mrs Ellithorpe marked sixty years of marriage in March and have spent their entire life in Maquoketa.
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Maquoketa
Orison A. Ellithorpe
Addie Nims Ellithorpe
Amasa Nims
Con Nims
Mrs. Etlithorpe
Post office routes consolidated at Edgewood
Edgewood consolidated routes No 1 and 2 with F Ray Minkler named carrier Edgewood. R C Wheeler retired July 10 after nearly twenty years of service.
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Edgewood
F. Ray Minkler
R. C. Wheeler
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