Decorah Veteran's Sentence Upheld in Grattan Case
Iowa Supreme Court denied James W. Willett's plea to free Civil War comrade Marvin T. Grattan who was sentenced to eight years for shooting Claude Meade at the Decorah fairground during a 1933 horse race dispute. Grattan pled guilty on retrial after a first degree murder conviction.
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DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
James W. Willett
Marvin T. Grattan
Grattan
Claude Meade
Decorah Fairground
Willett
Henry Grattan
Meade
Supreme Court
H. E. Taylor
High Court
Marshalltown
Halden Takes Leave to Focus on Senate Campaign
Chariton republican candidate Berry F. Halden announces a leave of absence from managing and editing the Chariton Herald- Patriot to devote full time to his United States senator campaign. He says the party that nominated him deserves all his energy in the campaign ahead.
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Chariton
Berry F. Halden
United States
Chariton Herald- Patriot
Halden
First Day Search On Iwers Farm Yields No Extra Wealth
Tipton report notes the initial organized search for buried wealth on the Iwers farm found no new riches. Only two of twenty buildings were checked as authorities plan to speed operations Friday. The estate co administrators William Duge and Louis Voss and court appointee James Risden lead the effort amid claims of further valuables.
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Tipton
Iwers
James Risden
John Iwers
William Duge
Louis Voss
Suit Against Former Washington Sheriff Goes To High Court
Des Moines AP Norton a Van Buren farmer sues former Washington county sheriff Daryl C Mathers for false arrest seeking 5000 as damages. Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance joins the suit after a district court jury ruled for the defendants. Norton says he was jailed for three days on a stolen property charge and humiliated by the arrest.
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DES Moines
J. Milton Norton
van Buren
Daryl C. Mathers
Washington County
State Supreme Court
Norton
Mather
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
Mathers
Feuling Buys Lawler Dispatch Newspaper
New Hampton publisher Eugene J. Feuling has purchased the Lawler Dispatch, a weekly newspaper in Lawler Iowa, from Charles Leonard who started it about 25 years ago. Leonard will stay as editor.
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NEW Hampton
Eugene J. Feuling
Democratic
Lawler
Dispatch
Charles Leonard
Leonard
Chelsea Bank Granted Charter In Des Moines Filing
Chelsea Savings Bank filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state on Thursday listing capital stock of 25000 dollars. S. A. Brush, former state senator from Chelsea, serves as president and J. R. Vermayn as cashier.
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Des Moines
Llp
Secretary of State
Chelsea Savings Bank
S. A. Brush
Chelsea
J. R. Vermayn
Charles Webster 77 Veteran Iowa Railroad Commissioner Dies
Charles Webster aged 77, longtime Iowa railroad commissioner and state fuel administrator, died Friday after an illness of old age. He served 17 years on the commission, was born in Waucoma in 1859, and held high state office since 1890. Survived by widow and three sons in Lakeland Florida, Jackson Mississippi, and Mason City. funeral Sunday at 2 30 p.m. in Fayette County.
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Waycoma
Charles Webster
Iowa State Railroad Commission
Webster
Fayette County
William Larrabee
W. L. Harding
Mr. Webster
Waucoma
J. P. Webster
Eden Township
Milwaukee Railroad
Ace Webster
Knights Templar
Joseph C. Webster
Lakeland
Fla
Neil Webster
Jackson
Miss
Bennett A. Webster
Mason City
Iowa
American Legion
E. Henson
H. M. Sheridan
F. C. Johnston
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Mary Owens
Noble Grand
Hazel Billings
Merle Shhabilion
Myrtle Jennings
Nellie Littrel
Neva Maxwell
Alvera Maxwell
Edna Snyder
Nita McKean
Outside Guardian
Millie Maxwell
Inside Guardian
Maud Dwinell
Lillian Snyder
Ethel Gabriel
Lola Lambert
Lena Owens
Ella van Vliet
Minnie Rabenold
May Lewis
Flying School
Tulsa
Farmers Day
Ottumwa
James K. Stepp
Jesup
Manchester
Molly
Central City
New Legion Hall
Woman’s Relief Corps
W. G. Henke
Charles City
Tipton
Carrie Pfaff
Charles Dodds
Trinity Lutheran Church
A. M. Simonsen
W. E. van Buren
Miss Pfaff
Cedar County
Bennett
William Heick
Mildred Furney
Rowene Kenssler
Eva Goodnough
Dora Wilson
Buckingham
St. Mary’s of Mount Carmel
Eagle Center
Lewis C. Klein
Waterloo
R. F. Duffy
Klein
Helen McGarvey
Eagle Township
Patrick McGarvey
Margaret
Monica
Dorothy
Kathleen
Rosemary
Wilma
Daniel
Patrick
Nichols
Methodist
Des Moines
L. M
E. N. Nash
J. V. Nash
Cedar Rapids
R. N. Nash
Muscatine
J. E. Koch
Wilton Junction
Legion Rooms
Koch
Sunbury
For Iowa Clubs Planned In All Grade Schools
Des Moines AP The Iowa Department of Public Instruction will launch For Iowa clubs in 9400 grade schools to foster spiritual growth, better conduct, and home relations. Led by Superintendent Agnes Samuelson the program aims to build safety habits, learn geography and history, and aid students in choosing vocations.
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DES Moines
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Agnes Samuelson
Koser Offers Oil Station Site to University of Iowa
Realtor George D. Koser offers to sell the plot opposite the hydraulics lab in Iowa City for an oil station. University officials oppose the project as a constant explosion risk for about fifty students in the lab building. A city council vote on the lease petition is set for August 7 and appraisers will set the price if sold.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
George D. Koser
Hydraulics Laboratory
Koser
Eugene A. Gilmore
Norway Pioneer Assn Picnic Set for August Ninth
The ninth annual Norway Pioneer Association picnic will be held August 9 in the city park. A 12:30 picnic dinner will precede a program featuring speakers who are descendants or longtime area residents. Memorial services led by Alta Birdsall McClenahan of Davenport. The program includes Ox Team Days by Henry Tuttle, Horse and Buggy Days by J. E. Johnson, Automobile Days Our Heritage by E. H. Schloeman, The Gay Nineties by Maude Knouf Pirie, with singing by Prof. C. A. Fullerton. presiding officer Mary Birdsall Santee of Cedar Falls.
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Norway
Alta Birdsall McClenahan
Davenport
Henry Tuttle
Osborn Tuttle
J. E. Johnson
Sioux City
E. H. Schloeman
Mankato
Minn
Spirit of Rochester Centennial Pageant Rehearsals Under Way
More than a hundred residents rehearse under Rev J M Newgard and Miss Marie Kensinger for Rochester centennial pageant The Spirit of Rochester to be staged Sunday with queen Miss Louella Lamp and maid of honor Lorraine Anderson The cast includes Matt Atkinson Lucy Anderson and many local residents in four episodes and a ferry boat scene listed among the principal participants.
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Gazette
Tipton
J. M. Newgard
Wilton Junction
Marie Kensinger
Rochester
Louella Lamp
Lorraine Anderson
Blanche Conley
Henrietta Crees
Sylvia Morgan
Orpha Morgan
Matt Atkinson
Lucy Anderson
Catherine Phelps
Frank S. Chapman
Elwood Hain
Gertrude Simpson
Jeanette Reedy
Alta Sterner
Edna Faye Sterner
Shirley Jepson
Mary Mathias
Tone Linn
Dale Stiff
William Stiff
Jimmy Atkinson
Dale Sterner
John Sterner
Eugene Linn
Wyant Crees
Patsy Crock
Dorothy Jean Stiff
Liar Mae Stiff
Clarence Tevis
Margaret Yerington
Gladys’ Taylor
Joyce Linn
Martha Howe
Margaret Morgan
Supreme Court Rules Findley Not Required to Reveal Gift
The Supreme Court ruled Miss Rieka Findley need not disclose how she obtained more than 100000 in property described as a gift from her late brother Park A. Findley. The decision reversed a district court order forcing her to testify before a probate referee in a private hearing. The court said the matter had reached the limit of the referee's jurisdiction and any dispute with Grace Findley must be pursued in separate litigation.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Rieka Findley
Park A. Findley
State Investigation Bureau
Miss Findley
Dring Needham
Russell Jordan
Supreme Court
High Court
Grace Findley
Iowa City Mayor Seeks Civic Center Plan After Legion Fire
Iowa City Mayor Thomas E. Martin urged rebuilding the fire damaged American Legion hall as a civic center. He spoke of a soundproofed new building with an auditorium to house many groups and cover operating costs. The Chamber of Commerce moved to temporary headquarters at the Jefferson hotel while the Legion post seeks space. Insurance adjusters’ report due in about ten days.
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Iowa City
American Legion
Thomas E. Martin Friday
Martin
Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson Hotel
American Legion Post
Ben S. Summerwill
Tama County Bands Picnic Draws Seven Entries
The seventh annual Tama county band picnic will be at Theodore F. Clark state park northeast of Traer on Sunday August 9. E A Franklin says seven bands from Traer Toledo Tama Dysart Gladbrook Geneseo and Montour will perform with Garwin contributing musicians to the massed band and at least two more bands expected.
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Traer
Tama County
Theodore F. Clark
Funeral services held for Mrs. Mary Jane Williamson
Funeral services were held for 86 year old Mrs Mary Jane Williamson at the Christian church in Sigourney with burial at Sixteen cemetery. She died at her son Clyde Williamson's home in Sigourney after a long life on a Thornburg area farm. She is survived by two sons, two sisters and a son-in-law.
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Thornburg
Mary Jane Williamson
Clyde Williamson
Sigourney
Williamson
Salem
Ohio
Isaac Williamson
The
Christian Church
Sixteen Cemetery
Clyde
Warren A
Newton
Lida Campbell
Oskaloosa
Susie Painter
J. L. Eyler
Myrtle Shifflet
Malcom
Carrie Rickert
Medford
Ore
Lillie Headlee
Omake
Wash
Blanche Barnes
Deep River
Fred Eyler
Gibson
Fern Johnson
Tipton
Wapello Homecoming Festival Draws Large Crowd
The second day of Wapello's homecoming celebration drew a crowd beyond sponsor expectations. A kids parade opened the program led by the high school band under C. C. Smith, with many award winners in categories from pets to decorated vehicles. The Farm Bureau picnic followed with dinner, free barbecue sandwiches, and horse races on the grounds.
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Gazette
Wapello
Community Club
American Legion
Fire Department
C. C. Smith
Lloyd McElhinney
Deam Marshall
Ella Scheihing
Harold Boulton
Loretta Phillips
Jack Thomas
Lois Milligan
Doris
Joanne Johnson
Danna Lee Rhyner
West End Kids
Fisherman
Little Miss Muffett
Leota Dodds
Mary Quite Contrary
Ruth Marie Hemphill
Mary Ellen Eubanks
Mary
Donna Cover
Roger
Richard Bedford
Peter Pumpkin Eater
Martin
Charles Hicklin
Kelly Thompson
Freddie Barrick
Russell Rhyner
Malcolm Baird
Mary Jane Hunderman
Patty
Sally Bumgardner
June Yakle
Alma Deihl
Girl Scouts
Barbara
Denelda Main
Park
Betty Stroup
Tillman Twins
Carol Huddle
Betty Pullin
Clarence Jennings
Junior Hemphill
Marilyn McClurkin
Danny Barrick
J. C. Dodds
Ray Barrick
Charles Stroup
Warren Stroup
Farm Bureau
Poison Beer Death Leads to Inquest Recess
Logan county coroner's jury recessed after questioning witnesses in the poison beer death of Anson Riesland, 49, a Dunlap farmer. The group drank from a half gallon bottle. caustic soda was found in the beer, no foul play suspected, source unknown. Riesland's widow and nine children survive.
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Logan
Harrison County
Anson Riesland
Riesland
Fred Peters
Leonard Brummer
Funeral services for Allen Yount held at local church
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Methodist Episcopal church for Allen Yount who died after a lingering illness at age 57. He is survived by his widow and five children: Fred of Hartwick, Claude of Rock Island, Ruth of Des Moines, Edith Kriegel of Brooklyn, and Louis of Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
Allen Yount
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. H. Freedline
Mr. Yount
Fred
Hartwick
Claude
Rock Island
Ruth
Des Moines
Edith Kriegel
Louis
Brookyn
Robbers Take 2000 Pounds of Butter From Creamery
In Manchester a Masonville creamery branch of Wapsie Valley Creamery reported theft of between two and three thousand pounds of butter, in prints and tubs, after a forced lock. Sheriff Gutley and Deputy Anderson traced the robbers’ truck to highway 20. no insurance was carried.
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Manchester
Masonville
Wapsie Valley Creamery Company of Independence
Harry Gutley
Carl Anderson
Highway 20
Highway Patrol Celebrates First Year Urges Bigger Force
DES MOINES Iowa officials mark the patrols first year and push for expansion from fifty patrolmen to about two hundred. Secretary of State Mrs Alex Miller, Chief Glen Schmidt and Governor Clyde Herring cite fewer accidents and deaths in 1934 the first six months of 1935 showing improved safety with a larger force.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Highway Patrol
Alex Miller
Glen Schmidt
Bureau of Investigation
Clyde Herring
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School of Letters
T. R. McGeorge
Lyle Townsend
Bradgate
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Bob Klenck
Ellsworth Miller
North English
Bonnibell Kirkpatrick
Mount Vernon
Southside
Maquoketa
Marion Ellis
Bernadine Wingert
Hand-Fischer Company
Barker Coal Company
Southern Illinois Stoker Coal
Anamosa
Winneshiek County
Carl Hamilton
Independence
Donald Stoneman
Ross Stoneman
Velma Thom
Leonard Thom
Winthrop
Presbyterian Parsonage
F. E. Hamlin
Maud Butterfield
Quasqueton
Ernest Freeman
Winthrop High School
Marvin Rieken
Peet
Ostercamp
Rieken
Eichhorn
Springville
Justice Court
Columbus Junction
Odd Fellows Lodge
Charles Billings
Alden Maxwell
J. A. Crim
B. C. Wolfe
A. A. Jean
Eldred Maxwell
W. E. Gabriel
John Sharp
A. M. Sheridan
Cecil Billings
J. H. Snyder
George Bonnichsen
Guardian
S. A. Dwinell
Columbus
J. E. Lukins
Keswick
Springdale
Harry Hale
A. E. Shaull
Will Gross
W. I. Grush
F. O. Werner
Francis Grush
Neva Ackley
John Rugg
Tunis DeBont
Garrison
George Long
Delbert Long
Lucile Lane
Vinton
Garrison High School
CCC
Iowa Canning Company
F. T. Patik
Johnson County
Patik
Wapello Festival
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
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