Fire destroys Marengo garage and 20 cars in blaze
A fire tears through Hogan Brothers garage in Marengo destroying twenty automobiles and a large showroom. The blaze at 11 45 p m damaged the 84 by 132 foot stucco block building with gas tank explosions accelerating the flames. Insurance covered the losses and four displayed vehicles remained unrecovered. Ed Hogan and brothers, St udebaker representatives, operated the site across from the River to River hotel.
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Marengo
Hogan Brothers
Baker
Lyle Alverson
Alverson
Joe
John
Bert Hogan
Studebaker
Iowa City
Belle Plaine
Town Divided Over Speed Trap Flags Warn Motorists
Special to The Gazette reports a village split over enforcement of a speed trap. Flagmen posted at both ends of town warn drivers while Mayor Magirl and officials debate whether to keep police on duty. R. F. Hockady of Delaware County weighs in though stalemate persists.
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Ryan
Rom Independentre
Magirl
W. E. Albert Iowa game warden dies at 64
W. E. Albert 64 a veteran Iowa state game warden since 1919 died Saturday at his Lansing home after a streptococcus throat infection. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon. He led the Mississippi river district as superintendent and helped shape fish and game protection across Iowa and the Midwest. He also ran a jewelry store and had a Lansing residence with a son, a stepdaughter, and two brothers named Albert in Des Moines and Chapman Kansas.
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Lansing
W. E. Albert
Iowa
State Fish and Game Department
Game and Fish Department
Mississippi River
Middlewest
Allamakee County
W. L. Harding
Elmer Himshaw
Albert
Eace Ae
W. E. Albert, Jr
Ada Fuller
Rock Island
George Albert
Des Moines
State Labor Department
Charlies Albert
Chapman
Kan
Argue Fight Decision Ends With Prison Term
Waterloo dispatch reports a dispute over the heavyweight title decision between Jack Sharkey and Max Schmeling. Cable attacked Lester Chevalier during the argument, slashing him with a knife. Cable received one year in prison. Chevalier remained in hospital with expected recovery.
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Waterloo
INS
Jack Sharkey
Max Schmeling
Cable
Lester Chevalier
Chevalier
Doherty Company Must Stand Trial In Iowa Courts
Iowa supreme court rules Henry J L Doherty and company must face trials in Iowa courts over stock sale claims by buyers. The ruling affirms a municipal court decision denying the company’s argument that Doherty was not an Iowa resident and cannot be sued locally.
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DES Moines
Henry JL. Doherty and Company
Iowa
Supreme Court
W. S. Davidson
Doherty
Two Homeless Sisters End Four Day Trek From Minneapolis
Des Moines AP report notes Rose Marie Kenne fifteen acted as mother to sister Jean thirteen after fleeing Minneapolis. The pair rode hitchhikes seeking work for four days, having lived in private homes and cared for each other since April. A motorist ferried them to the state house where staff provided meals and temporary shelter while deciding next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Rose Marie Kenne
Jean
Minneapolis
Rose Marie
State House
Child Killed When Run Over By Auto Driven By Mother
Myron Sturtz three year old son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Sturtz farmers eight miles southwest of Tama was instantly killed Saturday morning when he fell from a car and was run over. Mrs Sturtz was turning the car in the farm yard when a door flew open, throwing the child in the path of a front wheel which passed over his head. Surviving besides the parents is a baby sister.
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Tama
Myron Sturtz
Ralph Sturtz
Large Barns Destroyed by Fire Near North English
A large barn and corncrib on Floyd Cheney’s farm six miles northwest of North English burned Friday evening. Spontaneous combustion of newly cut alfalfa hay is suspected. Fifty bushels of oats six hundred bushels of corn and about fifteen tons of hay were lost. Insurance of $1,000 will not cover the loss.
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North English
Floyd Cheney
Cheney
Contracts Awarded For U. of Iowa Hydraulics Building
Three contracts let for the University of Iowa hydraulics engineering laboratory at Iowa City with Currie Construction Co. of Waterloo handling canal and foundation work and Des Moines Steel Co. supplying the steel superstructure. The $40,000 project should be ready for occupancy next fall and will support university research and government dam projects in cooperation with the engineering department.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Hydraulics Engineering Laboratory
Currie Construction Company
Waterloo
Des Moines Steel Company
Hearing on Receiver's Final Report in Linn County
In Linn County Iowa the District Court will hear the final report of receiver L J Maresh in the matter of Cedar Aid Building and Loan Assn versus Jon C Morrow and Leona Mree. The court fixes the hearing for May 5 1932 at nine o'clock A M at the Cedar Rapids courthouse to approve the report and discharge the receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
District Court of Can
Linn County
Ceda Ar Pide Builds and Loan Association
Intiff
Jon C. Morrow
Leona M. Ree
SANTS
District Court
Iowa
L. J. Maresh
Sheriff Sale Notice From Linn County Iowa Court
A special execution from Linn County Iowa and Supe rior Court of Rapids Iowa directs sale of real estate held by Leah Springer and others to satisfy debts totaling 3783.07 plus 14.75 and 184.29 with costs 85.08. Property described as the NW quarter of the NE quarter in Section 9 Township 183 North Range 7 West, to be sold July 15 at 10:00 a.m. in front of the court steps at Charles City Rapids.
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District Court
Linn County
Iowa
Superior Court
Ar Rapids
Linn Co . Cs
M. 8P & Co
Leah Springer
Ufe
Said County
Linn
Ras
Rthwest
Mge
M Aed
A. D. Pe
County Auditors Expenses Rise in Iowa Study
An investigation by county tax groups traces a 10 percent rise in county auditor costs from 1928 to 1929 to higher deputy salaries and more deputies. Despite population and business growth, expense growth outpaced other measures, while 1929 fees fell short of 1920. Counties named include Scott, Pottawattamie, Cerro Gordo, Muscatine, Benton, Keokuk, Jackson, Calhoun, Pocahontas, Madison, Ringgold, Tama, Wright and Franklin.
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DES Moines
Audi
Ed Brown
Iowa
Scott
Pottawattamie
Cerro Gordo
Muscatine
Benton
Keokuk
Jackson
Calhoun
Pocahootas
Madison
Ringgold
Tama
Wright
Franklin
Third Recital By Jolas At Cornell Devoted To Bach
Mount Vernon notes describe Jacques Jolas delivering Bach focused program at Cornell chapel as part of the summer piano study class. Critics praise his human presence and deep reading of Bach including Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue. The recital features French Suite in B minor Italian Concerto Bach Busoni Chorales and Bach Tausig and Bach Liszt transcriptions. Next Friday's program will include Brahms Chopin and Liszt.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College Chapel
Jacques Jolas
Cornell
Johann Sebastian
James Huneker
Brahms
Chopin
Liszt
Funeral for Iowa City crash victim set for Monday
Funeral services for Robert Ford 18 of Iowa City will be held at 11 am Monday. Ford died in a hospital from internal injuries after a Friday afternoon collision at an intersection in Iowa City. He was thrown from the car and did not regain consciousness. Alvin Michener of West Branch was not held. Rev Ira J Houston of Webster City will conduct the services. Ford is survived by his mother and one sister.
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Iowa City
Robert Ford
Iowa
Aew
Alvin Michener
West Branch
Ford
Michener
Ira J. Houston
Webster City
Notice of Will in Linn County Iowa Probate
Notice of will of Caroline Christiana Baones, deceased, Iowa Linn County. Hearing set for proof and admission of the will before District Court in Cedar Rapids. Signed by Olive Johnson and John D. Randall on June 24.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Caroline Christiana Baones
Cedar Rapids
Bids Sought for County Road Surfacing in Linn County Iowa
The County Auditor of Linn County Iowa invites sealed bids by July 7 1932 at 10 30 A M for surfacing with crushed stone on multiple road projects in Buffalo Maine Franklin Linn and Penutus Townships totaling about 17.81 miles Plans and proposals may be inspected at the County Engineer’s office and bids must be filed with the auditor. The board may waive technicalities and a liquidated damages clause applies for delays.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Buffalo Township
Maine
Franklin Township
Linn
Rownshi
Penutus Te Townshi
Maize
Jmice Coun
Tr Low
Aighway
Moat E Serueana
District Court Notice in E. Ware Lake Case Iowa
In Linn County Iowa Cedar Rapids Division notices issued June 2 by M W Crass warn creditors to attend a meeting, present claims, appoint a trustee, and allow examination of assets in the matter of E Ware Lake Bank of Marion.
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Tows
Cedar Rapids
E. Ware Lake
E. W
Marion
LINN
Iowa
Towa
IOWA NOTES HIGHLIGHT MARRIAGES AND LOCAL EVENTS
Announcements from Blairstown Sac City and Tama include the marriages of Hazel Keir to Erwin Schmuecker and Lillian Sebetka to Joseph Melichar, with details on families and home towns. Other items note farm life, club activities, and a Tama county district court term opening in Toledo with 52 new cases and no jury trials.
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Blairstown
Hazel M. Keir
Sac City
Erwin Schmuecker
Schmuecker
Henry Schmuecker
Pine Hurst Farm
Iowa State College
Theta Delta Chi
Ames
Alpha Zeta
Pine Hurst
Royal Neighbors of America
Tama
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
Standard Bearer Society
Henry Janssen
E. G. Tims
Mabel Evans
C. 8. Brice
W. H. Malin
Missionary Society
W. O. Eckler
Margaret Leonard
Brice
Carleen Brice
TRAER
Emil Cherveny
East Dubuque, Til
Gladys Boikée
Waterloo
W. F. Whiteman
Parkersburg
Mr. Cherveny
Fred Cherveny
Mount Vernon
Lillian Sebetka
Clutter
Joseph Melichar
Millard
Neb
Immaculate Conception Church
Thomas Vopatek
Lester Sebetka
Cedar Rapids
Agnes Stepanek
F. J. Stodola
Charles Seda
Seda
James Melichar
Cedar Falls
Sebetka
Emma Hayek
Marie Sebetka
Wesley Sebetka
Wesley Stepanek
Joe Pulkrabek
Frank Yanda
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
LeMars
Melichar
Omaha
Giard
Oscar Allert
Allert
McGregor
Tama County
Toledo
Clarence Nichols
B. O. Tankersley
Mouthpiece heads Iowa theater program with Warren William
The Mouthpiece based on a New York lawyer tale opens a two day Iowa theater run led by Warren William with Sidney Fox Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee among the cast. The feature includes Al St. John in The Door Knocker and Paramount News.
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New York
Iowa
Warren William
William
Sidney Fox
Celia Farady
Aline MacMahon
Edward G. Robinson
Guy Kibbee
William Janney
John Wray
Noel Francis
Ralph Ince
Mae Madison
Stanley Fields
al St. John
Paramount News
Free One Suspect At Knoxville
Authorities continued to hold John Kingery, 21, for investigation into the slaying of Jennie and Letitia Keefer, elderly farm women, after releasing Floyd Tucker, 20, in Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
John Kingery
Jennie
Letitia Keefer
Floyd Tucker
Iowa librarians gather in Iowa City for two day conference
Several hundred librarians will convene in Iowa City on July 8 and 9 to discuss their problems. Speakers include Miss Joanna aeae Cedar Rapids Arthur Bostwick St Louis public library Miss Edith Tobitt Omaha Miss Nellie Parham Bloomington public library and Miss Agnes Nester Chicago. Recreation Through Books will be the theme.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Joanna Aeae
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Bostwick
St Louis
Public Library
Edith Tobitt
Omaha
Nellie Parham
Bloomington
Agnes Nester
Chicago
Carnival Matinee for Children at Royal American Shows
A Cedar Rapids carnival offers a Saturday matinee from 1 to 6 pm at Twenty-ninth street and B avenue NE with 5 cent admission to all rides and shows. The program features midget actors, Hawaiian acts, a monkey show, high diving, loop the loop, educational exhibits, wax crime figures, and Ituri pygmies among other curios. City permits extend the stay four more days as unemployment rises citywide.
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Carnival Grounds
Twenty-ninth Street
B Avenue NE
Alice
High Diver
Cedar Rapids
Paramount Night Shows Stars in Comedy and Vaudeville
The theater page lists Paramount features with Love is a Racket starring Fairbanks Jr and Ann Dvorak alongside vaudeville and kiddie revue acts. Also showing Buster Keaton in The Passionate Plumber, Warren William in The Mouthpiece at Iowa, and Rialto listings with Ken Maynard in Arizona Terror.
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Paramount
Fairbanks, Jr
Ann Dvorak
Buster Keaton
Iowa
Warren William
Rialto
Ken Maynard
Arizona
Doug. Fairbanks JR
Frances Dee Ann Dvorak
Council Bluffs Flood Dumps Two Feet of Mud in Downtown
A Council Bluffs storm dumped up to two feet of mud in the downtown area. Indian Creek overflow flooded basements and stores, inundated underground gasoline tanks, and halted railroad yard switching for hours. Streetcar service stopped as silt clogged streets.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Inwood
Carroll
Fort Dodge
Charles City
Clarinda
Omaha
Forest City
Atlantic
Council Bluffs
Indian Creek
North Western
Illinois Central
Riverside Farmer Found Dead After Self Inflicted Wound
Riverside Gerot, 55, a farmer one mile south of Riverside, was found dead at his home early Saturday. He had cut his throat with a razor after returning Friday from a Davenport sanitarium where he had been confined since last fall. An attendant was with him during the night but was eluded. Survived by a widow and two daughters.
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Riversid
Gerot
Riverside
Davenport
Surpica
Kate Bostedo Funeral Held at Sister's Home
Private funeral services were conducted Friday for Miss Kate Bostedo at her sister Mrs J J McConnell’s home north of Ainsworth. Rev H F Mee Callister led the rites. Born November 5 1874 in Wisconsin she was daughter of Alfred and Emma Gardner Bostedo. She lived in Atlantic Iowa after high school and studied at the Chicago Conservatory of Music. For five years she resided with her sister.
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Ainsworth
Kate Bostedo
J. J. McConnell
H. F. Mee Callister
Miss Bostedo
Wisconsin
Alfred and
Emma Gardner Bostedo
Atlantic
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Psychic bids and a surprising escape in a bridge problem
East dealer, both sides vulnerable, presents a bridge puzzle where a psychic flourish leads to a failed contract. South must bid four hearts to reveal two five card suits, enabling North to decide the best follow up despite the risk of a higher penalty.
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East
West
South
North
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U. of Iowa Hydraulics Engineering
Ahepa
Expense Polk Ooueae
Ore Ee
Dlack Hawk
Clinton Ree Marshal
Johnson Venee
usCare
Payette Clayton
Benton Orveee
Cen Oeseene
Inneshiek
Washington
Buchanan
Jolas
Bach
Olive
Johnson
John D. Randall
G. A. Senning County Auditor
M. W. Crass
Iowa News
John Lilyfield
Court Room
Iowa Theater
Wigwam Roller
Cedar Park
Riverside Farmer
Josephine Culbertson
South West
Buzzington
Jackson & Gardner
Micro-Phonics
Bredwins
Cervenka
Reolians
Paramount Sound News
Sn Jie
Peis
Barbara
With Warren William Sidney Fox
Guy Kribbee
John Wray Aline Macmahon
York
Batinas
ST. John
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