Flood Devastates Colorado and Nebraska Towns
Floods sweeping eastern Colorado and western Nebraska caused eleven or more deaths and extensive damage. Kiowa Elbert and Byers suffered heavy losses while Max and Parks in Nebraska were reported wiped out. Colorado Springs listed $1,215,000 in property damage with relief efforts underway including army supplies and a pending $1.565 million PWA reconstruction grant.
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Colorado Springs
Earl Mosley
Ivywild
Fountain Creek
Lmits
Kiowa
Strasburg
Elbert
Elizabeth
Byers
Denver
Siebert
Colo
Max
Parks
Nebraska
Charles D. Vail
Colorado
PWA
Dinner at Seven
A humorous verse about the dilemma of dinner times. The speaker notes that invitations arrive at seven but meals rarely start until nine and jokes about eating beforehand to appease hunger. The poem preserves a light, amusing tone through playful rhymes.
How to Force an Opponent to Lead a Desired Suit in Bridge
A brief Bridge card play note describes forcing an opponent to lead a suit. It explains using throw-in tactics to make the right opponent lead, with emphasis on card reading and luck in a hand where South is the dealer and North-South are vulnerable.
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South
Dangerous over call in heart suit bridge hand analysis
A 1935 bridge problem discusses South holding five honor tricks and facing a two bid. North chooses the bid based on implied strength, while West opens hearts and South wins with King. A complex play follows with discards and squeezes, ending in South potentially making six tricks with precise plays.
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South
West
North
King of Hearts
East
Aleo Arenas
Bridge Rules and Etiquette booklet offered with Gazette
Readers may obtain a free copy rewritten to conform with 1935 laws and scoring by Josephine Culbertson. Mail request to Mrs. Culbertson in care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette with a 3 cent stamped self addressed envelope.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Josephine Gulbertson
Culbertson
Gas leaks and health concerns in apartment housing
Letters discuss gas leakage near meters troubling residents living above or beside gas facilities. Advice includes installing a proper flue or hood, venting, and possibly moving out if nuisance persists. Public service companies respond with willingness to address safety issues.
A Reader Rants About Webster Diction ary Critics
A columnist confesses losing memory of letters and venting about Noah Webster and the Webster dictionary. A distributor defends the modern edition while noting the Webster firm’s prestige. An inscription on the second edition flyleaf thanks Dr William Brady from G and C Merriam Co and Albert C Munroe president.
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Noah Webster
New International Hum
United States
New International Dictionary
William Brady
G. and C. Merriam Co
Albert C. Munroe
Medical Q and A on corsets and parasites
Readers seek guidance on stomach support garments and remedies for pinworms and trichiniasis. The column notes surgical corsets may help but offers caution and emphasizes thorough cooking of pork to prevent trichiniasis, advising medical care for serious cases.
Mencken Wife Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. H. L. Mencken aged 37, writer, teacher and lecturer, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a year of illness. Sara Powell Haardt of Montgomery Alabama, became Mrs. Mencken in 1920.
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Baltimore
H. L. Mencken
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mencken
Sara Powell Haardt
Montgomery
Ala
Anti New Deal Judge Resigns From Kentucky Court
Louisville AP reports Judge Charles I. Dawson resigns from the U S district court western district of Kentucky after controversial rulings on New Deal legislation. He says he will return to private practice.
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Louisville
Charles I. Dawson
Friday
United States Court
Western District of Kentucky
Limerick Sentenced to Prison for Life
Thomas R. Limerick, tied to a six state bank robbery ring, is sentenced to life at Leavenworth after pleading guilty in federal court to robbing the First National Bank of Dell Rapids. His brother-in-law Ernest Verhuel received 25 years for involvement in the Hudson bank robbery.
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Sioux Falls
S. D.ap
Thomas R. Limerick
Leavenworth
First National Bank
Dell Rapids
Limerick
Ernest Verhuel
Limerick-Denning
Verhuel
First National Bank of Hudson
Duiess
A. Lee Wyman
Anamosa
Iowa
Reformatory
Nebraska Penitentiary
Logan
Security National Bank
Superior
Wis
Theaters Lineup and Funeral Notice in Monticello
AT THE THEATERS AT THE THEATERS PARAMOUNT Mae West in Goin to Town March of Time TOWA Katharine Hepburn in Break of Hearts Jack Holt in Awakening of Jim Burke STATE The Age of Indiscretion with Madge Evans Border Brigands with Buck Jones RIALTO Warner Oland In Charlie Chan's Courage Big Boy Williams in Big Boy Rides Again PALACE Shirley Temple in Bright Eyes Also Strange People OLYMPIC When a Man Sees Red with Buck Jones and The Human Side with Adolphe Menjou MONTICELLO Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian church Friday for Miss Clara Che 36 who died Wednesday after a brief illness She had been employed in the telephone office for fourteen years She is survived by her parents and sisters and brothers Burial was in Oakwood cemetery.
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Paramount
Mae West
TOWA
Katharine Hepburn
Jack Holt
Jim Burke
STATE
Madge Evans
Buck Jones
Rialto
Warner Oland
Charlie Chan
Big Boy Williams
Palace
Shirley Temple
Adolphe Menjou
Monticello
First Presbyterian Church
Clara Che
Henry Helms
Bert Freeze
Hopkinton
Frank Kaufmann
Richard Perkins
San Francisco
Henry Ohe
John Ohe
Willam Grossheim
Oakwood Cemetery
Marengo Legion Plans Fourth of July Celebration
Marengo American Legion post will stage a traditional Fourth of July with Bert Davis Lloyd Simmons Ralph Freeze Charles F. Lindsay Fred Brown and Frank R. Smith as general committee members. Commander Ben C. Franks anticipates separate committees for specific duties with park events afternoon games and an evening dance on the program.
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Marengo
American Legion
Bert Davis
Lloyd Simmons
Ralph Freeze
Charles FE. Lindsay
Fred Brown
Frank R. Smith
Ben C. Franks
Niles wins VFW patriotic essay contest title
Catherine Niles daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Niles placed first in the annual patriotic essay contest with Elizabeth Hughes named runner up in second place.
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Anamosa
Catherine Niles
Clifford Niles
Elizabeth Hughes
Sheriff Sale Notice in Linn County Iowa 1935
By virtue of a special execution from the Linn County District Court The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company sues George BE Ing for 8576.37 plus 236.00 costs. Real estate levy: South Half of Southwest Quarter Section 24 Town Eighty Four Range Seven East, Iowa. Public auction scheduled June 1, 1935 at Cedar Rapids Court House at 12:00 noon. Deputy and attorneys signing.
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District Court
Linn County
Lonnon & Ide- Ment
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Apargainst George BE Ing
Linn
Tows
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Amy
Towns
Sales UK
Bath
Fore
Eas County
Towa
Land and Wetelman
Rey Rudebaueh
Willie Willis and Rory Claim Seven Marbles
A fragment shows Willie Willis and a boy named Rory speaking about marbles. The line emphasizes not playing for keeps and mentions a seven marble count, reflecting a schoolyard exchange.
Harold Seeks Pity After Girlfriend Leaves Him
A reader letter frames Harold as a man-child moping over a broken engagement and self-pity. The piece contrasts martyrdom with real manhood and hints at social judgment for lingering in despair.
Dear Miss Manners Responds To Troubled Reader
A reader asks how to ease parental quarrels. The advice suggests the daughter lighten her mother’s load, help at home, and encourage outings or shared meals to reduce irritability and restore harmony. The solution emphasizes goodwill and sustained effort for peace.
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Miss Manners
Dad
Eight GOP governors invited to grass roots parley
Springfield Illinois UP reports all eight Republican governors were invited to a midwestern grass roots conference set for June 11. The event targets nine midwestern states with unofficial delegates from others. California Delaware Kansas Maryland New Hampshire New Jersey Vermont and Michigan were named, with Kansas in the nucleus. Harrison E Spangler said the committee aims to cover NRA policy currency and the New Deal in general, with emphasis on bureaucracy.
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Springfield
United States
California
Delaware
Kansas
Maryland
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Vermont
Michigan
Harrison E. Spangler
Camp Good Health Fund Drives Local Support in Cedar Rapids
The Linn County Treasurer’s Office collects for Camp Good Health in Cedar Rapids, seeking donations from neighbors and clubs. The fund supports a summer health camp run by Public Health Nursing for underprivileged children ages up to 14, with a weekly cost of about five dollars per child and a total capacity of 48 campers.
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Link County
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health Fund
Gazette
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Linn
Milo J. Sedlack
H. R. Sindelar
I.R. Fitzgerald
Charles H. Supple
Michonie Johnson
Gladys Hauser
Grace Boyd
Ralph Hunter
Erma Sisani
Mary Burke
Cathée Finé A. Knowles
Virginia Neméc
G. R. Hendrickson
Camp Goods Health
the Gazette
Iowa
Will Rogers Praises Jack Garner In Public Letter
Hollywood columnist Will Rogers comments on Jack Garner as a smart man in politics. He cites Sense and Man and Nick Longworth praising Garner. Rogers voices concern over price cutting and chiseling, adding a civic note about law enforcement and public action.
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Ralte
Hollywood
Calif
Jack Garner
Sense & Man
Nick Longworth
Garner
Time
Will
Hoffman Death Declared a Death by Own Action
Coroner C Irwin ruled Edward Hoffman 40 of 1028 Sixth Street SW died by own action from a self inflicted gunshot in the garage at his address. The rifle barrel appearance plus expert test confirmed the weapon fired. No inquest will be held and the body was taken to Barta's mortuary.
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C. ®. Irwin
Edward Hoffman
Sixth Street
Irwin
Hoffman
Barta
Vacation Bible School Sessions Sets Schedule
A Bible school program at Atilesa runs from June 3 to July 5 with daily sessions 9 to 11 36 am except Saturdays and Sundays. The primary class meets in the hall above the bank building led by Miss Salina Hantelmann, juniors in the Lutheran church supervised by A N Hopperstead, and seniors with Rev H E Dieter in the parsonage.
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Atalissa
Bank Building
Salina Hantelmann
Lutheran Church
A. N. Hopperstead
H. E. Dieter
Baccalaureate Services Set for West Side Graduates
Union baccalaureate services honor graduates of Roosevelt and Wilson high schools. The service is Sunday at 7 30 p m at Trinity Methodist Church Third Avenue Southwest Fifth Street with Rev O T Engquist of Saron Lutheran Church as speaker. Music will be offered and seniors will wear caps and gowns.
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Union
West Side
Roosévelt and
Wilson
Trinity Methodist Church
Fifth Street
O. T. Engquist
Saron Lutheran Church
J D Schambackers Hurt in Automobile Collision
Mr and Mrs J D Schambacker of rural route one were injured at 5 pm Friday in a collision near Edgewood school No 1 west of the city limits on Aver hue rozid NW The husband suffered neck and shoulder bruises and his wife was cut about the face The other driver Norris Patterson rural route one was uninjured Patterson came north into the highway according to investigators from the office of Sheriff James Smith Both cars were wrecked.
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J. D. Schambacker
Edgewood
E Aver
Hue Rozid
Norris
Patterson
Schhambacker
James Smith
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