Battle Over Big Estate in Tipton Sparks Large Dispute
Judge H C Ring ordered Louis and Margaret Voss to turn over all papers and property of the Henry Iwers and John Iwers estates to William Treimer and William Dage. The case begins a major Cedar county feud as seventeen claimants contest the will and heirs. The estate includes 880 Cedar county acres, residences in Iowa, North Dakota farmland, and numerous personal assets.
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Tipton
H. C. Ring
Cedar Rapids
District Court
Louis Voss
Margaret Voss
Sunbury
William Treimer
William Dage
Henry Iwers
John Iwers
Cedar County
William
John
Henry
Louis
Doctor Injured In Manchester Crash At South Tama and Delaware
One person was injured and three cars damaged in a late Sunday crash at the South Tama and Delaware streets intersection in Manchester. John Rizer of Manchester drove east and struck Dr. L. C. Garling, whose car was traveling south. Garling suffered a head laceration needing three stitches while Rizer was treated for shock. Sheriff Harry Gurley’s parked car near the jail was also tapped in the impact.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Tama
Delaware
John Rizer
L. C. Garling
Garling
Harry Gurley
Rizer
Presbyterians To Hold Iowa Synod At Ames
Presbyterian leaders from Iowa and surrounding states gather in Ames for the 55th annual Synod of Iowa meeting July 29 to August 2. Events begin at Collegiate Presbyterian Church with most programs at Iowa State College Memorial Union. Noted speakers include Rev. William Crowe and Dr. Robert E. Speer. election of a moderator follows opening service.
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Ames
Iowa
Synod of Iowa Presbyterian Churches
Collegiate Presbyterian Church
Iowa State College Memorial Union
William Crowe
Westminister Presbyterian Church
St Louis
W. O. Harless
Dodge
Synod Council
S. L. Haynes
Chicago
Robert E. Speer
New York City
Joseph A. Stevenson
Philadelphia
Synod
A. B. Thutt
Clarinda
Thutt
Walter Barlow
Paul B. Shedd
Rockwell City
E. L. Marousek
Jefferson
Washington Safety Unit In Membership Campaign
Washington county safety council launches a membership drive with Harland W. Mead as president and officers including Mrs. Maynard Brown and Dr. R. H. Mahin. Directors from towns and rural districts listed. fifty cent memberships fund signs and posters for a safety campaign in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington County Safety Council
Harland W. Mead
Maynard Brown
R. H. Mahin
Ainsworth
Clarence Logan
Paul Snakenberg
Era
Hughall
Forrest Johnston
Brighton
Mark Schafer
Wellman
E. Hesselschwert
Kalona
William Griffin
Riverside
H. Miller
Crawfordsville
West Chester
Joe Knotek
Homer Birney
W. O. Morgan
Hal Huston
John Luithly
Rubio
Washington County
Alpha Tau Omega Tops Iowa Fraternity Grades
Alpha Tau Omega led all national social Greek groups at the University of Iowa with a 2.339 average for the past school year. The registrar notes fraternity men overall posted higher grades than non fraternities and the all university male average over the last 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
University of Iowa
Alpha Tau Omega
Oldest Brandon Man Celebrates Birthday
Brandon James Wolf is the oldest man in Brandon and marked his eighty second birthday on Monday. Born June 22 1854 in West Virginia he moved through Illinois and Kansas before settling near Ha zleton Iowa then Brandon. He has two children Hezzie Wolf and Mrs J W Elliott both in Brandon, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Brandon
James Wolf
West Virginia
J. W. Elliott
Two School Conferences Open At University Of Iowa
More than 500 school superintendents and physical education teachers will attend two conferences at the University of Iowa starting Thursday. The three day secondary education conference features Dr. Walter A. Jessup and L. D. Coffman with other speakers guiding half day sessions. A separate physical education conference includes Delbert Oberteuffer Ruth Murray Louis E. Hutto and C. H. McCloy delivering talks and leading sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Walter A. Jessup
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
L. D. Coffman
University of Minnesota
Rudolph D. Lindquist
Ohio State University Experimental Schools
Truman G. Reed
East High
Treasure Trove Case Delayed Filing In District Court
In Marshalltown Ida Mae Zornes 15 seeks 1313 dollars and 25 cents found under a home's floor three years ago. Judge B O Tankersley said no ruling has been filed though he indicated a favorable decision against R J Bowen was expected, attorneys requested delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Ida Mae Zornes
B. O. Tankersley
R. J. Bowen
Tom Mix and His Circus to Appear in Iowa City
Tom Mix the silent western star will bring his circus to Iowa City for two shows on Thursday June 25 at 2 and 8 pm. The circus travels with 157 railroad cars and 900 personnel, 1009 animals, and three large elephant herds. Mix on his horse Tony remains the main attraction, greeting friends before the performance and opening the menagerie for free inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Tom Mix
Big Tent
Mix
Tony
Death Takes the Steering Wheel stage play in Riverside
An Anti-Saloon league presentation titled Death Takes the Steering Wheel will be shown at Riverside Methodist church Tuesday at 8 p.m. The cast features Harry Soukup Reverend Judson Perkins Homer Coppock John Bates Harold Cress O C Bergman Irma Beranek Genevieve Hartzler Leon Karel and Glenn Younkin. A jury of twelve Riverside citizens will preside.
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Riverside
Death
Methodist Church
Harry Soukup
Judson T. Perkins
Homer Coppock
John Bates
Harold Cress
O. C. Bergman
Irma Beranek
Genevieve Hartzler
Leon Karel
Glenn Younkin
Toledo candidates file additional election expense affidavits
Several more affidavits of candidates' election expenses have been filed in Toledo. Names include Marvel L. Kensinger, Amiel Wilmek, W. O. Beck, Joseph C. Caloud, W. J. Henke, A. J. Wentzien, Harvey Jones, and E. M. Hufford. Some report small amounts, others list no expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Marvel L. Kensinger
Amiel Wilimek
W. O. Beck
Joseph C. Caloud
W. J. Henke
A. J. Wentzien
Harvey Jones
E. M. Hufford
Justice of Peace
Toledo Township
Iowa Traffic Death Toll Surges With Weeklong Toll
Iowa report cites 13 lives lost last week raising June total to 29 and yearly toll to 185. Sioux City victims include Tony Ziverink and Vern C. Smith. Other fatalities include Mrs. Fred Onnen near Titonka and Dolph Hanson Jack Kelly Wilbur Williams Will iam Krall and H S Raidal. A 17 year old hitchhiker Catherine Sanders was injured near Parkersburg.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Tony Ziverink
South Sioux City
Neb
Thomas Church
Carroll
Vern C. Smith
Fred Onnen
Titonka
Kossuth
Onnes
Woden
Dolph Hanson
Essex
Jack Kelly
Emmetsburg
Wilbur Williams
Clarion
William F. Krall
Decorah
H. S. Raidal
Northwood
Parkersburg
Catherine Sanders
Iowa Falls
Record Attendance At Iowa Knights Templar Conclave
The 73rd annual Grand Commandery of Iowa Knights Templar conclave in Spirit Lake draws record attendance. Parades in full dress occur three evenings starting Tuesday with high ranking officers from Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska Kansas Missouri and North Dakota expected. Thomas G. Reynolds of Kansas City is noted as past Missouri grand commander. Opening services were led by Judge Grover W. Brown and the school of instruction began Monday. Frederick W. Fischer of Shenandoah is the Iowa grand commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Knights Templar
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
North Dakota
Thomas G. Reynolds
Kansas City
Templar Park
Grover W. Brown
Shenandoah
Frederick W. Fischer
Knight Templar
Death of G L Phetteplace Former Monticello Buttermaker
Announcement of G L Phetteplace former Monticello creamery employee death at his Ashland Oregon home Tuesday. Survived by son Dr Glen Phetteplace Rosburg Ore and daughter Mrs J L McCollum Ashland. Mrs Phetteplace had died earlier. Funeral services conducted in Ashland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
G. L. Phetteplace
Ashland
Carnival Comedy Program Planned at Cornell College
Cornell College Summer Theater, directed by Albert Franklin Johnson and Bertha French Johnson, announces a three day Carnival of Comedy July 9 to 11 featuring five plays and a musical. The lineup includes Rain From Heaven in French, Dear Brutus, and a double bill Saturday matinee with Wanted a Widow and Cox and Box, plus Spring Turns Left. Exhibits from Co operatives of Iowa and Cornell summer students accompany the event with named staging crews and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Mount Vernon
Cornell College Summer Theater
Albert Franklin Johnson
Bertha French Johnson
Rain From Heaven
S. N. Behrman
Cornell Purple Masquers
Ruth Miller
Waterloo
Dakota Wesleyan
Cornell
Lady Wyngate
Moliere
Dorothy Page
University of Redlands
Calif
Dear Brutus
James Barrie
Cox and Box
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
James Casady
Black Box Little Theater
South Bend
Ind
Johnson
Cornell Summer Theater
Wede
New York
Co-operative Artists of Iowa
Cornell Art Department
Robert Hartung
Betsy Quarton
Cedar Rapids
Sheldon Rahn
Lisbon
Hulda Peet
Phyllis Rathbun
Preemption
Ill
Clara Moore
Lincoln
Neb
Margaret Albright
Howard Emerson
Tom Nelson
Durant
Ann Mathern
Toledo
Lillian Elsessor
Amboy
Fred Smith
Chicago
Alice Lubbock
John Strief Dies Former Control Board Member
John H. Strief, 70, Des Moines, a former state board of control member, died Sunday after an operation. Appointed in 1917, he served until 1930 before moving to the federal Department of Justice, where he stayed until retiring in 1935. He was born in Galena Illinois and had worked as a Sioux City newspaper man.
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Des Moines
John H. Strief
State Board of Control
Strief
State Control Board
Federal Department of Justice
Galena
Ill
Sioux City
Pike's Peak Park Improvement Plan Approved
Plans for improving the new state park on the Mississippi river hills south of McGregor have been approved. Work begins with drilling a well on the Pike's Peak grounds, using McGregor CCC crews for park and soil conservation tasks. The 544 acre park includes Pike's Peak, Pictured Rocks, Point Ann, and the 101 Indian mound group. development focuses this year on Pike's Peak and Pictured Rocks.
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Mcgregor
Mississippi River
M. L. Hutton
Iowa Conservation Commission
Logan Blizzard
Pike’s Peak
U. S. National Parks Service
Soil Conservation Service
McGregor CCC
Blizzard
Pictured Rocks
Point Ann
Indian Mound
Sny Magill Slough
Iowa Old Age Pension Reform Plan Aims $30 Million Annual Revenue
The National Old Age Pension league proposed a complete financing overhaul for Iowa's $6 million yearly pension system. They seek $45 to $50 monthly for residents over 60 and would raise about $30 million annually by taxing liquor profits, sales and cigarette taxes, oil pipelines from Texas and Oklahoma, while eliminating the current $2 head tax. The group plans a national campaign and will back or oppose candidates on elder pension issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
INS
Iowa
National
Texas
Oklahoma
League
Cdonnell
Driving Tests Cut Highway Accidents For Truck Drivers
Alvin R. Lauer of Iowa State College analyzes driver examinations for commercial vehicles. He cites five safety benefits, including matching jobs to abilities, awareness of personal limits, anticipation of others’ mistakes, incentive to study traffic rules, and heightened responsibility to reduce accidents.
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Ames
Alvin R. Lauer
Iowa State College
Engineering Extension Service
Lauer
Trucker Fined For Failure To Pay For Gas In Belle Plaine
Nevada trucker Mert Ferguson bought five gallons of gasoline in Belle Plaine then drove off without paying. Marshalltown police pursued with a warrant for petty larceny. He was fined $15 in Belle Plaine court but the fine was suspended on payment of costs and the gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Belle Plaine
Mert Ferguson
Nevada
Marshalltown
D. W. Viall
Pioneer 84 year old Rose Harmon dies in DeWitt
Mrs. Rose Markland Harmon 84 died after a lingering illness at her daughter’s home in De Witt. Born in Indiana, she moved to Camanche Iowa 75 years ago, married Isaiah Harmon in 1873, and later lived near Grand Mound. Survived by son Dr D W Harmon and a grandson, with funeral set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Grand Mound Methodist church. Burial Evergreen cemetery Grand Mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt
Rose Markland Harmon
M. R. Fayram
Indiana
Camanche
Isaiah Harmon
Welton
Grand Mound
Harmon
de Witt
N. A. Merrell
Pythian Sisters
Rebekah Lodge
M. E. Sunday School
D. W. Harmon
Glenwood
R. S. Harmon
Houston
Texas
Grant Barnes
Truman, Minn
Will Kirwin
DeWitt Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Revered E. J. Schultz Dies at 99 After 76 Years in Ministry
Rev. E J Schultz a longtime itinerant preacher died at 99 in Clinton after a 76 year ministry. Born in Germany he served in Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota, began in 1860, held pastorates in Clinton Waterloo Cedar Rapids Dubuque Des Moines and became a presiding elder in 1892. He spent retirement writing for church papers.
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Clinton
INS
E. J. Schultz
Horseback
Iowa
Abraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
John Jurgensen
Germany
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Des Moines
Washington county booster trips promote centennial celebration
Booster trips begin Monday to advertise the Washington county centennial events from June 29 to July 4. Four groups will cover towns with two hour programs. tours include stops in Rich mond, Kalona, West Chester, Coppock and more. The July 4 celebration will feature an historical parade free acts and a fireworks display at Troop Field.
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Washington
Washington County
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Troop Field
Crawfordsville
Noble
Ainsworth
Richmond
Wellman
West Chester
Brighton
Rubio
Coppock
Riverside
Haskins
Kalona
Cloud Willits
City Hall
Keota
Cotter
Columbus Junction
Wapello
Winfield
Olds
Swedesburg
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
Washington Municipal
Mayor Martin to Speak at Washington County Republican Women
Washington Iowa Mayor Thomas Martin will address the Republican Women’s Club of Washington County in Sunset Park on Wednesday at 2 30 p m. He will report on the national Republican convention he recently attended. Mrs T A Michels current president of the club arranged the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas Martin
Iowa City
Republican Women’s Club
Washington County
Sunset Park
T. A. Michels
Run Down Three Gun Thieves By Piece Of Thread
County Attorney Curtis W Gregory announced three youths from Peoria and Jacksonville confessed to stealing three guns from a hardware store in Stuart Indiana. A thread from a broken window and fingerprints on glass led to arrests and a quick confession. The guns were hidden under a nearby bridge, averting a potential holdup.
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Adel
INS
Curtis W. Gregory
Stuart
Arthur Lynn
Peoria
Ill
Charles Randolph
Old Settlers Reunion Set For Shellsburg Thursday
Shellsburg hosts annual Old Settlers Reunion next Thursday under the Commercial club with multiple events. Verne Marshall Cedar Rapids Gazette editor will speak at 2 30 p m and son of a Shellsburg native Harry L Marshall will attend. The day includes bands from Alburnett Newhall Shellsburg, a Musketeer drum and bugle corps drill, a Walker vs Palo baseball game, dances and a free talking movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Shellsburg
Old Settlers
Marshall
Hugh Mossman
Vinton
Banner Howard
Cedar Rapids
Alburnett
Newhall
Howard Ellson
E. E. Beatty
E. E. Newton
S. M. Thompson
Chris Little
Emmet Cripps
C. L. Blattler
Jess Perry
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S. E. Sennett
Lowden
Henry Kroh
Wheatland
Horseshoe
Robert Barnes
Floyd Stoecker
J. V. Milota
Otto Klahn
Louis Stoecker
Cornell College
John Strief
Control Board
Pike's Peak Park
Pioneer
Henry Picard
Victor Hugo
Los Angeles
World of Fashion
Paris
Hugo
George Reis
WM. I. Hollingsworth
London
Claire Huntington
J. Reynolds
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