Explosion and Fire Damages Oakdale Sanatorium Roof
Two men were injured when a blow torch exploded during paint work at the Oakdale sanatorium Tuesday morning. Chester Christy suffered a broken neck from the blast and Ed Bowlishta was overcome by smoke. The fire damaged the third floor and roof of the main building, though there were no patients inside. Christy was taken to University Hospital Iowa City for treatment, while Bowlishta is expected to recover. Fire crews from Oakdale and Iowa City battled the blaze and by 10 a.m. the flames were controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale
Oakdale Sanatorium
Chester Christy
Cedar Rapids
Ed Bowlishta
Aoe
Christy
Iowa City
Town City
Mary Clark
Iar
Iowa State College
University Hospital
Bowlishta
J. A. Edwards
Iowa Wholesale Trade Edges Higher in 1933
Iowa recorded 5 057 wholesale firms selling 447 254 000 worth of merchandise in 1933 with 24 413 000 in wages and salaries and 18 417 full time employees plus 2 758 part timers. Despite improvements late in the year, 1933 totals lagged 1929 with 1 057 006 000 in sales, 23.3 percent fewer employees, and a 40.5 percent drop in salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Federal Bureau of the Census
William L. Austin
Department of Commerce Census Bureau
Austin
Prize advertisement for Welch's overalls promotion
Display by Morris Sanford Co advertises a single guess to win 10 prizes of Welch's standard overalls, inviting visitors to view the Morris Sanford Co window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Sanford Co
Farmer-Labor Party To Be Formed In Iowa
Des Moines AP reports a new Iowa political party forming after a Monday meeting of 200 delegates to the farmer labor federation. A July 26 convention is planned to join forces with neighboring states and rival progressive efforts. Gus Erickson was named permanent chairman and C. M. Church secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Farmer Labor Political Federation
Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party
New Progressive Party of
Wisconsin
Gus Erickson
C. M. Church
Lone Tree Crash Injures Mountain Family and Fountain Children
In a Saturday night collision south of Lone Tree Mr Harry Mountain, his wife, and their son Harry Jr were injured along with three Fountain children who were bruised. The Fountain head suffered broken ribs and cuts while Mrs Fountain had numerous cuts and bruises and Harry Jr required 12 stitches. In Garrison a June wedding was announced for Miss Mary McNeal of Big Grove and Harold Noe of Garrison with Rev. D D Whitmore officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Harry Mountain
Harry, Jr
Columbus Junction
Fountain
Garrison
Mary McNeal
Big Grove Township
Harold Noe
D. D. Whitmore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs. Whitmore
Local Nuptials and civic notices across Iowa towns
Miss Ethel Whitmore daughter of Art and Mrs McNeal of Big Grove marries son of Dell Noe four miles south of Garrison. Harold Noe, class of 1928, runs Gar ison supply store owned by his father. Delta hosts a reception for Floyd Shafer and Mildred Sydness married at Slater. Sigourney appoints W W Etter as Keokuk county relief chairman. Dysart ties Arthur Keidel and Harold Jaspers in marriage. couple to reside in Vinton after honeymoon. Maynard hosts Ketchum cousins reunion with 96 attendees. 22 localities. Toledo hosts Tama county American Legion convention. N R McAnulty elected commander.
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Ethel Whitmore
Art McNeal
Big Grove
Dell Noe
Garrison
Harold Noe
Delta
Harry. E. Shafer
Floyd
the Methodist Church
Slater
Burley Roberts
Bert Moore
Hilda
Blanche Moore
Ethel Ellis
Mildred Sydness
N. T Sydness
Des Moines
Chicago
Sigourney
W. WL. Etter
Keokuk County
H. L. Snakenberg
Ponday
Herring
Etter
Dysart
Lucille Rosamund Keidel
Samuel Jaspers
Vinton
Northwood
Minnesota
Canada
Maynard
Ketchum
Byrne Park
Waterloo
Frank Ketchum
Ray Bell
Oelwein
Ed Vial
la Grange
Irving Stewart
Bolivia
Muriel Maxwell
South Africa
Dick Ketchum
Salt Lake City
E. H. Stewart
Joe Marquis
Toledo
Tama County
American Legion
N. R. McAnulty
W. A. Downs
Gladbrook
W. F. Sieverding
Bushman
Iowa County
Father of Twelve Ends Life Near West Liberty
William Feldman, 61, a farmer near West Liberty, Iowa, hanged himself in a barn on Monday afternoon. The coroner reported months of despondency. Survived by six children from first marriage and six from second.
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West Liberty
Iowa City
William Feldman
Vinton businessman C S Pickering dies at 61
Charles 8 Pickering of Vinton, a longtime local figure in recreation, dry goods, clothing, and restaurants, died at his home after a short illness due to heart trouble. Survived by his widow formerly Miss Jennie Spillman of Dysart. he was the last of his immediate family. A second note lists Masonville Holy Communion for 12 children at Immaculate Conception church with a program by Sisters of Presentation.
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Vinton
Charles
Pickering
Charles Seely
Jennie Spillman
Dysart
Masonville
Immaculate Conception
J. F. McCaffery
Sisters of Presentation
Anna Mae Maroney
Arlene Mildred McGraw
Madonna May Ruden
Delores Theresa Duffy
Virgil Bernard Neuhaus
John Victor Connelly
Charles Callahan
Harold James McMahon
Kenneth Louis Anders
Duane Louis Doyle
Leo Henry Haas
Clement Lynch
LaVonne Mersch
Beverly Cummings
Mary Ella Ruden
Dorothy Mae Shonka
Gypsy thieves flee across states stealing from local man
A band of gypsies stole $32 from John Barclay, prompting a cross county chase across Jones and Jackson counties. The group used four cars with plates from Georgia, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Colorado, eluding officers most of the night. A gypsy woman at the Barclay home attempted a nails swap then took back the pocketbook, leaving the money missing. Barclay planned to pursue near Maquoketa where the band camps by a carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Wyoming
John Barclay
Jones and
Jackson
Georgia
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Colorado
Barclay
United Charities Of Tipton Name Officers
TIPTON The United Charities elected officers at the county courthouse Monday evening with Loren Carlyle as president and Mrs Nesmith as first vice president. Mrs John Smith serves as second vice president and secretary with Mrs John Smith as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
United Charities
Court House
Loren Carlyle
Nesmith
John Smith
Edwin Carlson
Katherine McKee
Charles Bolton
Bertha Mathews
A. S. Gibbons
Fred Agne
Arthur Reeder
William Chappell
Tom Allen
Drowned Youth in Pine Lake Near Eldora
Jack Williamson 19 of Marshalltown CCC camp drowned Monday night while boating at Pine Lake near Eldora. The overturned craft left Williamson beneath 25 feet of water. revival attempts failed.
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Pine Lake
Eldora
Jack Williamson
Marshalltown
CCC
Vinton Council Names Supervisor Of Public Works
Vinton voters will see a city hall reorganization as Roy G. Miller, longtime city electrician, is named supervisor of public works with a 140 dollar monthly salary. Wages for several city staffers are raised about 10 percent and plant personnel shuffled. Others see raises for F J Lynch and city clerk duties added. Changes to plant posts include Rowe as shift man and several assistants reassigned. The measure cites rising living costs as the reason for higher pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Roy G. Miller
Miller
R. C. Rowe
Ray Davis
Ben Bordwell
Earl Olmstead
Olmstead
Carl Evans
B. L. Relfenstahl
F. J. Lynch
Light and Water
Leta Mae Donels
Newt Pettit
Melvin Gray
Jerry Cottrell
Twister Flattens Barns at Clarence in early Tuesday strike
A long distance prone twister hit Clarence at 12 30 am Tuesday flattening five barns owned by Jacob Gortner George W Harness Henry Fedderson and Charles Reed and a hog house owned by L W Hockman. A windmill fell at Arnold and Lawrence Kleppe farms. Shingles torn from houses and trees felled. An auto remained undamaged inside the Fedderson barn as the storm moved on in a brief rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Jacob Gort
Ner
George W. Harness
Henry Fedderson
Charles Reed
L. W. Hockman
Arnold
Lawrence Kleppe
Fedderson
Cedar Rapids Man Heads Gable Family Reunion
The ninth Gable family reunion was held at Silver Inn camp in Oxford with 72 members and nine visitors. Five of the eight living children attended, including J. E. Gable of Cedar Rapids and R. M. Gable of Davenport. E. B. Gable was elected president, Ada Seeger vice president, O. A. Gable secretary treasurer, and J. E. Gable named honorary chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Gable
Silver Inn Camp
J. E. Gable
Cedar Rapids
Anna Peck
Olin
R. M. Gable
Dayenport
Mary Gillam
Ollie
Emma Eby
Monmouth
E. B. Gable
Ada Seeger
Morley
O. A. Gable
Tipton
Funeral services for Jacob Kelting in Wheatland
Jacob Kelting 76 a Bennett resident for nineteen years died recently. Born in Germany January 15 1858 he came to the United States at age six. He married Wilhelmina Kaye in October 1888. He farmed in Wheatland and retired nineteen years ago. Survived by wife and children Pauline Lawrence at home Mrs D D McGarvey Bennett and Mrs Charles Elliott Wheatland.
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Elgin
J. C. Cooley
W. J. Cooley
Iowa City
J. J. Snyder
Sarah Ann Patterson
William and
Susan Killinger Patterson
Elkader
Cooley
Charles Clinton
Chicago
William J
C. J. Wonser
Tama
Rose Conner
Platte
Austin . Schumaker
Bellevue
Ohio
Tipton
Jacob Kelting
Bennett
Wheatland
Kelting
Germany
Wilhelmina Kaye
Pauline
Lawrence
D. D. McGarvey
Charles Elliott
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Brain Truster No
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Paul Porter
AAA
Iowa Bankers Association
Iowa Bankers
Brookings, S. D
Farmer-Labor Party
Iowa News
Ruth Hirsch
Dayton
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chamber of Commerce
C. S. Pickering
Vinton Business
Band OF Gypsy
United Charities of
Vinton Council
Man ‘ Heads Gable
Melita
Southland
Liecerr & Mrzrs
Tosacco Coy
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