Burns on gas stove stir fatal kitchen accident
Miss Faye Carpenter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Carpenter, suffered burns to her face and arms while lighting a gas stove. She lit a match after the oven failed to ignite, causing an explosion about twenty minutes later.
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Earlville
Faye Carpenter
Reuben Carpenter
Riverside
Funeral Held For Jo seph Franzen In Delmar Iowa
Jo seph Franzen 32 died Saturday after a two week illness of pneumonia. Funeral Mass was held Monday at St Patrick s church with burial at Sugar Creek cemetery. He is survived by his wife Laura Perion Franzen, his father, several brothers and sisters in Sugar Creek area, and his mother who died a month ago.
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Delhi
Methodist
Dale Welch
University of Dubuque
Kenneth Wintenburg
E. J. Wintenburg
Betty Palmer
Myrice Irmscher
E. H. Fleming
Trustee Board
James Lyness
Here
Lewis Taylor
Lyness
Rachel Maulson
Morel Helkenn
Savage
Helkenn
Tipton
Helmerec Gartner State Bank of
A.v.dends
Julia Thompson
Mary Haler
F E Hamlin
Presbyterian Church
Swan
Lestve Crape
Correctionville
Dulia E. Dewey
Columbus
George Dewey
Hardin County
Marshalltown
Fayette County
James C Thompson
Doran McGuire
Independence
Henry
Fred Meyers
Bertha Barnes
Fayette
Ton: Meyers
Oelwein
Ed Meyers
Aurora
Castalia
Will Albright
Albright
Earl Birdsell
Lloyd Birdsell
Elmer Schultz
Postville
Art Coultas
Forest Mills
F. J Schmitz
Mary Lou
Phillip Schmitz
Vina Allen
Ossian
Laverne Stevenson
Betty Jean Sanders
Maxine Davis
Bernice Davis
Shirley Finch
Doris Evans
Gladys Sanders
LaVerne Sturm
Betty Halsted
Anna Belle Epperson
Calvin Mauman
Katherine Woodall
John Epperson
Marjorie Halsted
Joseph Maumaw
Lois Maumaw
Clarence la Verne Stevenson
Harold Stevenson
Luana
Helen Jane Page
Charles City
Efford Lindroth
Frank Lindroth
St. John's Lutheran Church
H. P. Kumpfer
Myron Lindroth
St. Olaf
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Chevrolet Motor Company
Rowley
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Nellie Forney
Elsie Loretta Timson
Andrew
Elmira
Jane Woods Timson
Robert Rider
Lottie Thorpe
Waterloo
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St. Louis
Neva Wrede
North Liberty
Opal Border
Cecil
Winthrop
Irene Speece
Inez Schwabe
Robert J
Leo
Rowley Cemetery
O. J. Felter
Olin
Columbus Junction
Sarah McCray
Columbus City
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Columuus City
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Alex Randolph
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J. Fred Huff
H M. Gilkey
Russell Gilkey
Waukon
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Howard
Delmar
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Iowa Supreme Court Rules Tax Lien Superior To Land Sale Claim
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed a Linn county ruling in a tax collection case. It held that taxes on real estate create a lien superior to a seller’s conditional contract claim, applying to 1934 and 1935 taxes on a restaurant Edith Steele sold to H. W. Duncan in 1933 and repurchased in 1935. Justice Hamilton wrote the opinion with six others concurring. Chief Justice Richards dissented.
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INS
Linn County
Iowa Supreme Court
Edith Steele
H. W. Duncan
H. C. Ring
Supreme Court
Hamilton
Parsons, Donegan
Anderson, Sager
Stger
Kintzinger
Richards
Judge overrules defense in Wapsie Fair trust case
Judge H. C. Ring in district court Monday overruled defense motions in the Wapsie Valley Fair association suit to impress a trust on a $1,000 purchase option for the Central City fairgrounds. Linn County Fair, Inc. sought dismissal as to it and to strike other defendants. The other defendants including G Q Filloon, P G Mills, Lester Falcon, William Smola Jr, H N Rockwood, Minor Estill and H A W Koch joined the motion to strike. The motions argued misjoinder of parties and causes of action.
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Wapsie Valley Fair Association
Central City Fairgrounds
Linn County Fair, Inc
G. QO. Filloon
P. G. Mills
Lester Falcon
William Smola, Jr
H. N. Rockwood
Minor Estill
H. A. W. Koch
Mason Case Settled In Judge Moffit Court
Judge John T. Moffit in district court entered costs judgment of 2914.50 in Tom Mason’s injury suit against National Transfer Co of Marshalltown and driver R Morrison. The matter was settled out of court. defendants had verdict directed March 24. Mason suffered right hand injuries Feb 3 1936 while helping unload a drum of chemical solvent at his Third avenue SW shop.
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John T. Moffit
Tom Mason
National Transfer Company of
Marshalltown
R. Morrison
Moffit
Mason
Morrison
Third Avenue SW
Whiting Sues Nagle Eaton Lumber For 15000
Mary Jane Whiting of St. Louis seeks 15000 against Nagle-Eaton Lumber Co. Cedar Rapids partnership and Lee Nagle and A. L. Eaton. She alleges a car driven by Eaton struck her on Highway 40 near St. Charles Missouri on February 7, 1936.
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Mary Jane Whiting
St. Louis
Nagle-Eaton Lumber Company
Cedar Rapids
Lee Nagle
A. L. Eaton
Eaton
St. Charles
George Kirk Seeks New Trial In Personal Injury Suit
Judge John T. Moffit heard the new trial motion in district court after jury awarded S. W. Brainard $2,750 on March 13. Brainard claimed Kirk pushed him from a porch during a directions inquiry at Alice on September 30, 1934. Kirk contends Brainard entered the house without permission and did not leave when asked.
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George Kirk
S. W. Brainard
Alice
John T. Moffit
Brainard
Kirk
Moucka suit against Cedar Rapids dismissed with prejudice
A $3 500 district court damage suit filed March 19 by John and Julia Moucka against the City of Cedar Rapids was dismissed with prejudice Monday. The Mouckas claimed impairment of property value due to proximity to the city’s sewage disposal plant. Judge H C Ring presided.
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Cedar Rapids
John Moucka
Julia Moucka
H. C. Ring
Mouckas
Divorce Suit Filed for Crual and Inhuman Treatment
Mae Ross files for divorce from C H Ross in district court on cruel and inhuman grounds. The couple married in Stone City on Sept 1 1903. Bids for Springville Water Works assets in receiver ship extended to next Tuesday at 10 am in Judge Ring's courtroom with W E Bell serving as receiver.
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Mae Ross
District Court
C. H. Ross
Stone City
Springville Water Works Company
H C. Ring
W.E. Bell
Marriage Licenses Reported Across Iowa Cities
John W Gaines of Waterloo and Carrie L Hanson of Central City. Francis Linn Bucklin and Mary G Dwyer, Cedar Rapids. Joseph D Rozek and Irma Josephine Zitek, Cedar Rapids. Leo Wasendorf of Elma and Vergil Kelley of Cedar Rapids. Walter A Wolgemuth of Oxford Junction and Retha L Underhill of Cedar Rapids. Hubert M Eh and Lucille E Dill, both of Cedar Rapids.
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John W. Gaines
Waterloo
Carrie L.hanson
Central City
Francis Linn Bucklin
Mary G. Dwyer
Cedar Rapids
Joseph D.rozek
Irma Josephine Zitek
Leo Wasendorf
Elma
Vergil Kelley
Walter A. Wolgemuth
Oxford Junction
Hubert M. Eh
Lucille E. Dill
O O P Club Dinner Honors New Member and Guest
The O O P club entertained at a dinner Monday at Rev. and Mrs. E T Goughs home honoring Mrs. Max Voris, an out of town guest, and new member Mrs. Kenneth Cornell. Bouquets graced quarter tables while Eleanor Gough and Bernice Gough performed, Marilyn Fontain read, and Mrs. J L Papes spoke.
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E. T. Gough
Max Voris
Fairhope
Fla
Kenneth Cornell
Eleanor Gough
Bernice Gough
Marilyn Fontain
J. L. Papes
Voris
Mrs Ruth McGehee Visited by Marion Relative Trio
Additional Marion news notes Mrs Ruth McGehee of Daytona Beach Florida visiting her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs A E Granger. Mrs Willian Rawle Brown of Northville Michigan who accompanied Mrs McGehee to Marion returned home Tuesday.
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Ruth McGehee
Daytona Beach
Fla
A. E. Granger
Willian Rawle Brown
Northville
Mich
McGehee
Marion
Lynn Donnells among survivors after car plunges into flood west of here
Lynn Donnells of Shellsburg and several riders escaped death Saturday night when his car swerved into fast floodwater four miles south near the Nelson Babcock farm. The machine plunged ten feet into flood water that washed away a bridge approach. occupants suffered cuts and bruises.
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Bran —Lynn Donnells
Shellsburg
Here
Nelson Babcock
Donnells
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