Farmer Dies in Dynamite Accident Near West Liberty
Joseph E. Kennedy a 56 year old farmer and stock feeder died at about 4 p.m. Thursday while dynamiting stumps on his 350 acre farm three miles west of West Liberty. An inquest found accidental death with a jury of Tom MelIntire Fred Wolf and Ed Mackey. Kennedy born January 26 1879 moved to the farm in 1910 and is survived by three sons Arlis Wayne and Gale three daughters Marguerite Mildred and Bevelyn a brother William Kennedy and three sisters Mrs Bruce Hayman Mrs Joe Phelps West Liberty and Mrs Nettie Phelps West Branch.
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Mr. Kennedy
Cedar County
Springdale
Bertha Earnhardt
Here
Arlis
Wayne
Gale
Marguerite
Mildred
Bevelyn
William Kennedy
West Branch
Bruce Hayman
Joe Phelps
West Liberty
Nettie Phelps
Ellsworth Emerges as Candidate for Knudson Senate Seat
Webster City AP Knudson resigns from the senate as he joins the state highway commission on July 1. Hamilton Hardin and Wright counties district previously represented. E. O. Ellsworth of Iowa Falls, a Republican house leader, signals intention to run for the now vacant senator seat.
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Webster City
Irving H. Knudson
State Highway Commission
Cide L. Herring
Knudson
Hamilton County
Hamilton, Hardin and
Wright County
E. O. Ellsworth
Iowa Falls
Five Carpenters Hurt When Staging Fell at Farm
OSAGE AP Five carpenters were injured Friday when a 114 foot staging broke during barn shingling at the C Hartwig farm. Contractors Herman Dieterich and Oscar Thorson were taken to an Osage hospital, August Ruechel was severely crushed and sent to Rochester, Eric Pleis suffered a back injury and was taken to Mason City, while Oscar Hoffland escaped with minor injuries.
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Osage (Ap
C Hartwig Farm
Herman Dieterich
Oscar Thorson
Osage
August Ruechel
Rochester
Eric Pleis
Mason City
Oscar Hoffland
Iowa news in brief highlights from across towns
Special to The Gazette reports birthdays and deaths, fires, road work, and local notices. Emily Brokaw celebrated eighty ninth with family in Keokuk county. Anna Timm funeral in Maynard. Miss Grace Wheeler and Jap Richardson wed in Victor. fire destroys James Main residence in Wapello. rural routes extended to Osborne and Mederville.
Funeral services for Robert Crampton in De Witt area
Funeral services were held for Robert Crampton on Thursday at the N F McGinnis funeral home. The 10 year old son of Mr and Mrs William Crampton formerly of De Witt was killed Tuesday in a head on crash with a car carrying Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Vines. Burial followed at Elmwood cemetery. Survived by parents two sisters a five day old brother and grandparents Mrs Charles Crampton and Fred Brockmiller both of DeWitt.
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Herbert Meyer
E . Warnke
Maynard
Cassen Hummets
Dwight
TL Vinton
H KK Swartzbaugh
Walter Smith
Walford
Walford Consolidated School
Catherine Kimm
Marian Russel
Helen Brusha
Curtis Weland
Jdovee Kleppe
Gladys Schluder
Leone Merta
Lorraine Schulte
Dorothy Brusha
McPartland
Ralph
Marengo
John Bean
Wallace Gant
William Warren
Ladora
KL. Turner
Marshalltown
Thornburg
William A Hollingsworth
Dale
Exerette
Ore
Hollingsworth
Elizabeth Warnock
Keswick
Willan Davis
Fort Pierce
Pla
J& A, Flint
Tilton
Etta Hanawalt
Virginia
Minn
Lloyd
James
Deep River
Roy
Sacramento
Rolla
Kalispell
Mont Vining
Holy Trinity Church
Gossipers Peeved By Woman Losing 21 Pounds
Mrs J C Bosham of Callaway Virginia says Kruschen Salts helped her shed 21 pounds in a month and improve health. Advertisement promotes the tonic available at May Drug Store Higley Building and others.
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J. C. Bosham
Callaway
Kruschen
May Drug Store
Higley Bldg
Phey
Lany Drug Store
Iowa chain store occupation tax forms mailed to 800 taxpayers
Des Moines AP information and remittance blanks for the new Iowa occupation tax on chain stores are being mailed Friday to about 800 taxpayers. The form requires listing each store and its location, with the tax due July 1. Fees per store range from 5 to 155 dollars depending on ownership count. Tax on gross sales starts next year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George R. Crame
Crame
Court Costs Total 1 457 On Famous Lenker Moore Case
Anamosa Iowa court records show the Jones county costs of the Lenker and Moore conspiracy case totaling 1457 27. J W Lenker and Paul Moore leaders in the 1931 Cedar county cow war were convicted on conspiracy to obstruct the T B contest. The case moved to the Iowa Supreme Court, then Fort Madison parole followed. Maynard school program highlights at Methodist church with many participants and prizes. Festina priest ordination noted at St. Mary's Festina after ordination at St. John Minn.
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Anamosa
Lee Byerly
Jones County
Herman Oaken
Cedar County
State of
Iowa
J. W. Lenker
Paul Moore
Supreme Court
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Willie Willis Makes Pie Heist Like a Script
A humorous line from Willie Willis describes a pie theft done as if following a book. He jokes about getting his mother to fetch the pie after ensuring she is hypnotized.
Mrs Delong Sentenced to Ten Years in Rockwell City Reform School
Mrs Ellen DeLong received a ten year term in the Rockwell City reformatory for the murder of her husband Sam DeLong a nard farmer. The sentence follows a second degree verdict with a 8000 appeal bond set. The defense challenged the jury foreman but was overruled and an appeal may follow. DeLong was shot December 30 1934. she claimed she found him slouched on a couch after he heard a shot.
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West Union
Rockwell City
H. E. Taylor
Ellen DeLong
Sam DeLong
Maynard Farmer
Knights of Columbus exemplification set for Elkader county turnout
Fifty candidates from Elkader Protovia and Prairie du Chien will be exemplified in the first to third degrees at the K of C hall Sunday. Mass at St. Joseph's church will be followed by a noon procession and a 1 pm exemplification with a 6 pm banquet in the opera house basement. State officers William H. Redmond Ray Conley and Greg Figge attend with guests. toastmaster Rev Father Taken. Musical numbers include Irene Burlingame Froelich Marie Moses Wilmarie Humnker Elkader Dorothy Burlingame Marian Bink and Mary Rita Ehrhardt.
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Elkader
Knights of Columbus
Protovia
Prairie du Chien
K. of C. Hall
St. Joseph's Church
J. P. Taken
Iowa
Opera House
William H. Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Ray Conley
Des Moines
Greg Figge
Ossian
B A. Kennedy
Father Daugherty
Waterloo
William D. Carney
Marshalltown
Father Taken
Irene Burlingame
Froelich
Marie Moses
Wilmarie Humnker
Monona
Dorothy Burlingame
Marian Bink
Mary Rita Ehrhardt
Elkader Passes Beer Ordinance Limiting Parlors
The town council approved a beer ordinance prohibiting dancing in beer parlors and setting a $200 permit fee. It confines establishments to the two main blocks, fixes midnight closing, and caps at six parlors, of which four are currently operating.
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Elkader
Hopkins Delays Mulock Successor Decision In Iowa Post
AP telegram reports Harry L. Hopkins says he has decided on a course for the Iowa works progress administrator but will not reveal the name. Speculation centers on E. H. Mulock, former state relief chief, with no confirmation from Hopkins about his continuation or replacement.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Relief and Works Progress
Works Progress
Iowa
Hopkins
Towa
Maine
New York
Wisconsin
Clyde L. Herring
Murphy
E. H. Mulock
Herring
Works Progress Post
Mulock
Gypsy Woman Steals $60 From 82 Year Old
In What Cheer a gypsy woman lured an 82 year old Iowan with a fortune telling claim and stole $60 after offering a palm read. The victim, a crippled merchant named Thomas, was moved in his wheelchair to read his palm and found the money missing when she vanished. Knights of Columbus officers from Ossian are listed as Dr J W Holtey grand knight and others.
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Cheer
Thomas
Ossian—Knights of Columbus
J. W. Holtey
Paul Schissel
Joseph Funke
G. F. Dolan
J. P. Schneberger
Ben Giesing
N. Hageman
Greg Bodensteiner
Elmer Hawkins
Minney Twins 70 Year Railroad Veterans of McGregor
William and Wilbur Minney of McGregor celebrate their seventieth birthday with paid-up policy checks from the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. They began as brakemen the same day and spent decades crossing the United States together before retiring. The bachelor brothers, raised in McGregor after arriving in Iowa at age three, are sons of Civil War veteran Charles Minney.
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McGregor
Minney
William
Wilbur
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
United States
Brotherhood
New York
Charles Minney
Decorah PWA Grant Reduced to Sixteen Thousand Five Hundred
Washington AP reports a combined loan and grant of 53000 for Decorah Iowa sewage treatment plant was altered to a pure grant of 16500. The reduction reflects changes in federal PWA funding allocations affecting the project.
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Washington
PWA
Decorah
Belle Plaine Obituary of George McLeod
George McLeod of Belle Plaine died at his home south of town on Wednesday. Funeral services were held Friday at Driscoll funeral home conducted by Rev. Vinton Lee. Born September 21, 1863 one mile from South Amana he married Nora Reed on March 6, 1888. Survived by widow six children Dr Max McLeod Manhattan Kansas Mrs France Phillip Luray Missouri Kenneth Elberon Arthur Eugene Irving Mrs Lois Eleanor Herring Belle Plaine Keitha Dell at home one brother Arthur McLeod Iowa Falls and four sisters Mary McLeod Mrs Ella Parr New York Mrs J H Huger Winburg and Mrs Eliza Knudson Harlan.
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Belle Plaine
George McLeod
Driscoll
Vinton Lee
William
Mary McLeod
South Amana
Nora Reed
Max Mcleod
Manhattan
Kan
France Phillip
Luray
Kenneth McLeod
Elberon
Arthur Eugene McLeod
Irving
Lois
Eleanor Herring
Keitha
Dell McLeod
Arthur McLeod
Iowa Falls
Ella Parr
New York
J. H. Huger
Winburg
Eliza Knudson
Harlan
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The
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Abbie Snodgrass
Illinois
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Keokuk County
What Cheer
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Indianola
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River Landing
E. F Budde
August Budde
Eleader
Max B. Bishop
Osborne
Mederville
Wapello
James Main
Mains
Earl
Victor
Grace Wheeler
Jap Richardson
Grinnell
Methodist
O J Fix
E. C Blair
Richardson
Wilton Junction
Anna Jewell
North Wales
America
Moscow
Mississippi
Coggon
T UW McMeel
St Johns Church
Francera
Prairieburz
Calvary Cemetery
McMeel
John J
Ruth
Cogron
Raymond Bush
Pocahontas
Bernard McAreaty
Parnell
Anna McMeel
Dubuque
Neisner
Valencia
Nis
First Avenue
Oxford
2Nd Avenue
Methodist Church
Sam Bogges
Ladies Aid Society
Walter Butts
Ralph Pliester
Frances Perry
Roy Langley
Edna Perry
E. H. Stewart
Raymond Glen
Georgia Palmer
Elmer Bogges
C H. Paul
Earl Foss
W. E. Pace
Oscar Sykes
Walter Thiele
E. S. Thomas
A. A. Sorg
Mary Jane Sykes
Carl Sorg
Earl Parke
Hazel Bartels
Guy Allen
S. E. Robison
Maman Allen
Robert Welch
Owen Tekippe
William Tekippe
Festina
St. Mary’s Church
Father Tekippe
St. John’s Abbey
St. John, Minn
Willie Willis
Twin Railroad
Decorah Pwa
Hi-Li
David Crystal
Frankels
Caomfo
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Gedur Rapids
Oujette
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