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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1936
Page
5
Laura H. Attwood duly appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of Bertha Swayze deceased in Linn County Iowa on July 29 1926. Creditors are asked to make immediate payment and claimants to file authenticated claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk. B D Silliman attorney.
The District Court in Linn County Iowa will hear proof for the Last Will and Testament of Thomas A. Kelly on August 3 1936 at 9 am. Edwin W. Lundquist Clerk of District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa dated July 29 1936. Chas L Benesh Attorney.
The city council on final reading passed an ordinance authorizing emergency parking zones in the loop district with fifteen minute limits. Zones must be established by resolution on recommendation from the public safety commissioner.
City council Thursday ordered oiling of multiple dirt streets including Seventeenth avenue SW from B street to C street and Eighteenth street NW from Johnson avenue to the fifth lot south, plus several more segments listed in the order. The action aims to improve dust control and travel conditions citywide.
The Cedar Rapids mercantile bureau launches a drive to cut daytime parking by downtown workers. Letters go to service clubs urging cooperation. Employers urged to direct staff to use the municipal lot south of the old Washington high school or F Avenue bridge. Six lots will hold about 200 cars with signs planned at Third and Fifth streets.
Four three year county road program grading contracts were let by the Linn county board of supervisors Thursday morning. The work will be done between August 13 and Oct. 15. The accepted bids totaled $16,441.87. Bidders include Jay McCormick of Olin for 3,481.36 dollars west of Central City Maine township. M. O. Weaver of Des Moines for 5,081.94 dollars east of Lisbon Franklin township. Ben C. Johnson of Cedar Rapids for 6,058.65 dollars in Fayette and Monroe townships near Chain Lakes. and Ben C. Johnson of Cedar Rapids for 1,819.92 dollars west of Cedar Rapids Clinton township.
A Linn county Republicans motor caravan will travel to the Coggan Harvest Home festival in Coggan Saturday at 2 p.m. to hear Senator L. J. Dickinson speak. The caravan forms in Marion at Eleventh Street and Fifth Avenue at 1 p.m. and travels with the senator.
Union labor leaders approved a compromise to settle the Des Moines bridge labor dispute proposed by Gov. Clyde L. Herring. They telegraphed their decision to the governor as he travels to Washington. Attorneys for contractors said no action until preliminary steps are settled, including highway commission approval and extra federal funds to raise the East Fourteenth street viaduct wage scale.
Linn county Red Cross volunteers deliver 252 yards of seersucker cot and bed spreads to Camp Good Health. Fifty two children benefit from readers’ Camp Good Health Fund gifts while Miss Helen Hubbard chairs the volunteer service committee assisted by Mary Campbell May Winterberg and Mrs George H Walker.
A man once constructed a steamboat on a high rock at New Haven Connecticut to be ready for a second flood. He ultimately sold his rock and moved on from the venture.
An individual departs the area leaving a boat behind. Local observers note the unattended vessel remains at the water’s edge as authorities assess next steps. No further details on the owner or location are provided.
D W Bates as Receiver of the State of Iowa seeks authority to sell a sheriff's certificate of purchase covering 180 acres in Linn County Iowa described as sections 17 20 town 83 N range 6 W for 8500 dollars hearing on the application will be held as on file in the Linn County District Court clerk's office Depositors creditors etc are notified to attend
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