Linn county real estate and personal property assessments rise slightly
Total Linn county assessments for 1935 reach 81 138 307 up from 80 921 937 in 1934 as real estate barely declined to 74 091 299 while personal property climbed to 7 047 008. Cedar Rapids realty eased to 46 862 314 with 1935 exemptions at 10 184 333. Personal property in Cedar Rapids rose to 5 505 994 and township values increased overall.
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Linn County
Robert M. Vesely
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Board of
Cedar Rapids
Dar Rapids
Bertram
Boulder
Brown
Buffalo
Clinton
College
Fairfax
Fayette
Franklin
Grant
Jackson
Linn
Maine
Marion
Monroe
Otter Creek
Putnam
Spring Grove
Washington
County tax figures show Cedar Rapids dominant share in 1934 1935
The countywide money and credit assessment totals 1934 reach 20,206,709 with Cedar Rapids home to 16,660,903. For 1935 the total falls to 19,830,723 and Cedar Rapids again holds 16,543,493.
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Lisbon
Marion
Mount Vernon
Palo
Prairieburg
Robins
Springville
Walker
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids City Council notes on sewer plans and finances
The Cedar Rapids city council discussed a petition for a sanitary sewer on Nineteenth Avenue SW from Thirteenth Street to Fourteenth Street referred to Public Improvement. May sewer rentals yielded 4 105 03 dollars net revenue. Waterworks reported a 9 993 81 dollar balance overdraft of 5 437 41 during May. Receipts were 20 142 72 and expenditures 23 800. A 1 433 47 dollar payment went to the sewage disposal fund.
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Nineteenth Avenue
Thirteenth ‘Street
Fourteenth Street
City Council
Public Improvement Department
Cedar Rapids
Waterworks Department
H. F. Blomquist
Council
Sixteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Eleventh Street
Army Man Indicted On Bribery Charge
Washington AP Col Joseph I McMullen head of the patents section of the Army JAG office was indicted by a DC grand jury on taking fees to lobby against a tax bill. He allegedly received a 1500 retainer on July 6 1932 from the Cuban American Mnaganese Corp and 250 on Jan 3 1933 as monthly pay.
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Washington (Ap
Joseph I. McMullen
Army Judge Advocate General's Office
District of Columbia
Secretary of War
Manganese Corporation
Hem Roid internal medicine by Dr Leonhardt
Painful piles blamed on internal bad circulation. Hem Roid tablets marketed as a safe remedy from May Drug Co. The ad claims the cause is hemorrhoidal veins with stagnant blood and promises relief by removing the cause with an internal medicine. It asserts druggists offer a money back guarantee.
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J. 8
Leonhardt
Dr. Leonhardt
Farm Credit aids refinancing talks to Cedar Rapids crowd
Frank A. O Connor, FCA general agent, outlines a new farm credit act and rate schedule starting July 1 1935 with gradual increases to 4.25 per cent by 1938. He cites four major units and reports large loan totals to Iowa farmers, claiming revived solvency and economic freedom for rural lenders.
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Frank A. O'Connor
Farm Credit Administration
Lions’ Club
O'Connor
Roosevelt
FCA
AAA
Iowa
Omaha Farm Credit System
Federal Land Bank
Intermediate Credit Bank
Bank For Cooperatives
Production Credit Corporation
Cedar Rapids Pca
Bank For Co-operatives
Land Bank Big
Stock Market In Germany Booms
BERLIN UP A boom in German stocks rose to high levels not seen since the 1931 banking crisis. The advance was linked to fears of devaluation and to a limited floating supply caused by government steps to curb speculation.
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Berlin
May Replace Land Bank Bond Issue
Washington AP reports the Farm Credit Administration may refinance about 254 million dollars of 4 1/2 percent land bank bonds on July 1. Cheaper money policies suggest refunding into a lower interest debt, possibly 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 percent.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Ridgeway Couple Wed At Lincoln Lutheran Church
Miss Blanche Ella Rue daughter of Ridgeway residents wed Oliver Thompson son of Calmar. Rev D C Jordahl officiated at Lincoln Lutheran church as Ruby Gullickson Mildred Thompson served as attendants with Einar Thompson Norman Howe as groomsmen and Eileen Rue as flower girl. Dinner followed at the bride’sparents. The Thompsons will reside near Spillville.
City Briefs and Personalities Highlight Local Actions
Wayne Dodds surrendered his driving rights for thirty days and paid court costs after a speeding conviction in police court. Merle Boyles was fined ten dollars plus costs for intoxication. The City Council finished its tax assessment reviews and adopted corrections, noting minor changes with no large properties affected. A father and son banquet at Church of God invites fathers and sons twelve and older with no charge. Cedar Rapids attendees, including Milo Sedlacek and family, joined University of Iowa ceremonies as Sedlacek’s son graduated in electrical engineering. Dave Williams, public improvements superintendent, was named weed commissioner with duties to supervise citywide weed cutting and levy costs on noncompliant property owners.
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Wayne Dodds
Fourth Avenue
City ’ Council
Milo ‘Sedlacek
J.B. Sedlacek
Joseph Mach
Lumir. Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
William Charles Sedlacek
Eighth Avenue
Sedlacek
Washington’ High
Dave, L. Williams
Fire at Curran home sparks mattress blaze
Firemen were summoned at 2 20 p m Thursday to the G E Curran residence 1315 B avenue NW where an overheated stove in a child’s playhouse set a mattress afire Loss limited to the mattress False alarms were answered Wednesday night at Bever avenue and Twenty first street SE and at the Vernon and Ridgeway drives SE box
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G. E. Curran
B Avenue NW
Bever Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Vernon and
Ridgeway Drives
Varner Faces Hearing Over Assault Charge
Wendl Varner, 25, demanded a hearing set for Friday afternoon on a charge of assault with intent to do great bodily injury filed by his former wife. Police say Varner met her on a Cedar River bridge and threatened to throw her into the river, according to the report from Justice W. J. Grunewald.
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Wendl Varner
Thursey
Beliere
W. J. Grunewald
Varner
Tom Mix’s Daughter Weds Bronco, Buster
Ruth Mix daughter of cowboy film star Tom Mix wed Harry Knight, Canadian bronco buster, after meeting at a New York rodeo two years ago. Rodeo promoter Tex Austin announced Knight telegrammed from Reno about the marriage. Five years earlier Miss Mix eloped with Douglas Gilmore and later obtained an annulment.
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Hollywood
INS
Ruth Mix
Tom Mix
Harry Knight
New York
Tex Austin
Knight
Reno
Miss Mix
Douglas Gilmore
205 Rural Pupils to Get Diplomas at Linn County Rur al Graduation
205 pupils in Linn County rural eighth grade graduation receive diplomas Friday at 2 p.m. in Benjamin Franklin High School auditorium. Scholastic honors go to 35 graduates, top 15 percent. The program features flag salute, piano solos by James Geiger, readings by Ruth Frederick and Yvonne Knapp, duets, songs, and city and township leaders presenting diplomas.
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Linn ‘County
Benjamin Franklin High School
Scholastic
State Department
Educa
James Geiger
Ruth Frederick
Yvonne Knapp
Luesther Patterson
Wayne Carpenter
Jordans Grove
Betty Zajicek
Vera Mae Lippert
Louise Sundberg
Dairy ‘Dale No. 1
Arlene Ashlock
Lulu B. Secrist
County
I’” Monogram
Mock Trial Features Odd Fellows Meeting
A Maine lodge Odd Fellows mock trial crowned the star witness guilty while the defendant Dempsey Jones faced ridicule for donkey maltreatment. Prosecution led by Guy Linville and Carl Hendrickson, defense by Frank Byers John Randall James Patterson. Judge H C Ring presided. Jury of Cedar Rapids Vinton Mount Vernon Marion members found A Tuck guilty. Refreshments followed.
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Maine Lodge
Odd Fellows
First Avenue'ne
Dempsey Jones
Bob Smythe
Guy P. Linville
Carl Hendrickson
Jones
Frank C. Byers
John D. Randall
James E. Patterson
H. C. Ring
A. Tuck
J. F. van Tassel
George H. Schollman
Plan Autopsy On Woman Who Died Of Poisoning
The body of Mrs. Sophia Rhodenbaugh who died after eating Heinz mushroom soup will be exhumed for an autopsy Saturday. Her estate sues the H J Heinz company for 10000 claiming the death resulted from the soup. Dr Edwin Jordan Prof Andrew MacLeish and others will conduct the autopsy.
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Mason Cips
Pitt Manning Arrested On DUI Charge After Collision
Pitt Manning age 40 of Mount Vernon was arrested by the sheriff on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a May 25 collision near the city east limits. The other driver was George R. Sykes of Lost Nation. A warrant from the county attorney's office supported the arrest.
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Pitt Manning
Mount Vernon
Sheriff's’ Office
Judge Grants Alma Ida Goodfellow Divorce on Cruel Treatment
Judge F O Ellison granted Alma Ida Goodfellow a divorce from Thomas F Goodfellow age 50 on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. Married in 1908. Mrs Goodfellow awarded title to household goods and real estate while the defendant receives an automobile and personal effects. Judge John T Moffit awarded finalizing details.
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F. O. Ellison
Alma Ida Goodfellow
Thomas F. Goodfellow
Holmes and Smith Divorces and Oil Company Suit
Nellie A Holmes divorces George B Holmes on cruel and inhuman treatment with custody granted and real estate title and support arranged. Myrtle K Smith divorces Clayton R Smith married in 1903 on cruel grounds. The Standard Oil Company seeks a $150 judgment in a district court account suit against W W Reams.
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Nellie A. Holmes
George B. Holmes
Standard Oil Company
W. W. Reams
Bread in alimony case nets wife three loaves daily
In Chicago AP report Judge Leon Edelman ordered baker Anthony Cassese to pay Mrs. Cassese seven dollars weekly temporary alimony and supply three loaves of bread per day.
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Chicago
Anthony Cassese
Leon Edelman
Cassese
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