Fire Ruins Maquoreta Cattle Sale Barn Figures Die
A Sunday morning blaze at the H. L. Bowman Cattle Company sale barn in Maquoreta rapidly destroyed the structure. More than 50 steers died, about 45 tons of hay burned, and nearly 200 cattle were in the yard at discovery. The loss is estimated at 12 000 to 15 000 dollars, mostly insured, with plans to rebuild. Auctions will pause temporarily while private sales continue.
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Maquoreta
H. L. Bowman Cattle Company
David Hansen
H. L. Bowman
Sale Ring
Don Larkey
FBI Lecturers Outline Espionage Countermeasures Course
Iowa peace officers and highway patrolmen gather at the University of Iowa July 7 to 12 for the fifth annual short course. FBI instructors lead eight classes and 14 labs on sabotage prevention, espionage techniques, arson, and counterfeiting with hands on work in fingerprinting, weapons identification, and evidence preservation.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Rollin M. Perkins
College of Law
FBI
Williamsburg Storm Destroys Trees and Poles at Dusk
A freak wind and rain storm hit Williamsburg at dusk on Sunday, flooding sewers and flooding lowlands into Monday. Trees and small buildings were blown down in the southern part, telephone poles snapped, street lights failed for hours, chicken houses overturned and fowls drowned as water rose in Old Man's creek.
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the Gazette
Williamsburg
Old Man's Creek
Thundershowers Forecast Across Scattered Iowa Areas
Iowa weather remained hot and variable Monday with lingering thundershowers Sunday afternoon. Cooler conditions possible in the north Tuesday as scattered storms hit multiple towns including Davenport, Iowa City, Charles City, Waterloo, and Decorah with varying rainfall totals.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Estherville
Davenport
Iowa City
Charles City
Waterloo
Decorah
Waterloo Cyclist Is Victim of Collision
Arnold Ray of Waterloo, part of a motorcyclist group from a hill climb at Dubuque, was injured four miles east of Manchester on primary road 20 Sunday night when his cycle struck the rear of an automobile driven west by Leon Moraine of Dundee Indiana. Ray suffered head cuts and body bruises and was hospitalized before being moved to Waterloo by Moraine.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Arnold Ray
Barclay Street
Waterloo
Dubuque
Leon Moraine
Dundee
Moraine
Ray
Charles City
Descendants Mourn Theresa Shaeffer 95 Monona Obituary
Funeral services for Theresa Shaeffer 95 Monona oldest resident were held Monday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Burial followed in St. Patrick's cemetery. Surviving are six children, twenty one grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. Her family reunion marked her birthday June 15 with five generations represented.
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Monona
Theresa Shaeffer
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Luke Denilon
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Arnold Shaeffer
Giard
Shaeffer
Theresa Becker
Mason City
Mary Connell
Minneapolis
Elizabeth Tietgen
Des Moines
Edward
McGregor
Emma Gilster
Katherine
Traer Couple Welcome First Child Born in Waterloo Hospital
Mr and Mrs William Neidick of Traer announce the birth of their daughter in a Waterloo hospital. The newborn weighed three pounds at birth and is in an incubator as doctors monitor her health.
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Traer
William Neidick
South Traer
Waterloo Hospital
Iowa Highway Markings Shift to Single Yellow Lines
Backstage in Iowa politics and road safety notes discuss removing double lines on 5400 miles of concrete highways. The move aims to standardize center markings nationwide with yellow lines guiding lane discipline and discouraging passes.
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Frank T. Nye
Iowa Daily Press
ES Moines
Iowa
W. O. Price
State Highway Commission
Boy Drowns In Tama County Lake
Tama County youth Melvin Zink, 19, of four and a half miles northeast of Green Mountain, drowned at Union Grove lake near Gladbrook Sunday afternoon while wading with three other Gladbrook boys. He sank 50 feet from the bank in eight feet of water. body recovered 45 minutes later. Coroner Dr A J Wentzien said no artificial respiration was attempted on arrival. No inquest planned. Zink had just graduated from Green Mountain high school.
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Tama
Melvin Zink
Green Mountain
Union Grove Lake
Gladbrook
Zink
Robert Kruger
Richard Fleming
Heins Fulster
Deer Creek
A. J. Wentzien
Tama County
Robert Malek
Russell Wise
Toledo
Wentzien
Sam Zink
Green Mountain High School
Iowan Drowns and Child Killed In Weekend Accidents
Two Iowa deaths from weekend accidents include Bob Lewis 45 Newton who drowned at Red Haw Hill state park while fishing. In a separate incident eleven year old Gerald Aldinger near Towa Falls died from a gunshot accident while playing with friends.
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Des Moines
INS
Bob Lewis
Newton
Red Haw Hill State Park
Iowa
Gerald Aldinger
Ed Aldinger
Towa Falls
Hopkinton Gil And Detroit Man Married
Miss Gertrude A Reeve and George Shimmin wed at Hopkinton Presbyterian Church in Hopkinton I A. M. relatives and friends from Marion Cedar Rapids Chicago Saginaw and Detroit attended The couple will reside at 1303 Delaware Detroit after July 1 with maid of honor Miss Hila Beth Reeve and four bridesmaids in blue and coral rose gowns.
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Hopkinton
Gertrude Alice Reeve
H. M. Reeve
George Shimmin
Detroit
Saginaw
Mich
Presbyterian Church
James Grier
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Ill
David de Best
Hopkinton Presbyterian Church
Hila Beth Reeve
George Braun
Betty McAllister
Chicago
Mary Elizabeth Gearhart
Jane Hayman
Nancy Paul
Marion
Frank Shimmin
Ronald Porteous
Edward Dalton
Thomas Ti
Delaware Street
James Paul
William Dennison
Connie
Ray F. Anderson
Betty
Ray F. Anderson, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Retired U S Steel executive Samuel Dunlap timeline
Samuel Dunlap of Cleveland retired after 46 years with United States Steel and American Steel and Wire. Born in Belle Plaine Iowa on June 14 1872 he began as a railway clerk and rose through roles from chief clerk to assistant auditor before becoming auditor in 1936. He lives with daughter Elizabeth at 2914 Torrington Road Shaker Heights.
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Cleveland
United States Steel Corporation
Samuel Dunlap
American Steel and Wire Company
Belle Plaine
Dunlap
North Western Railway
Railway
Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
U. S. Steel
South Works
South
Crown Point
N. Y
New York
Shoenberger Works
Pittsburgh
American Steel and Wire
Torrington Road
Shaker Heights
Elizabeth
Unnamed Local Figure Connected To Civic Groups
A local resident is identified as a member of Shaker Heights Country Club Cleveland Chamber of Commerce the Controllers Institute of America and the Masonic lodge. He attends Epworth Euclid Methodist church. His immediate plans focus on improving his golf game as his preferred recreation.
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Shaker Heights
Caddy Struck by Lightning at Davenport Club
Davenport Iowa UP report says 12 year old caddy Tom Hughes sought shelter under a tree at Davenport Country Club when lightning struck. He was knocked unconscious and the golf bags and clubs he carried were destroyed.
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Davenport
Tommy Hughes
Davenport Country Club
Funeral rites held for Victor resident Ed ward Kempf
Edward Kempf 62 lifelong Victor resident died Thursday after a lingering illness at 8 30 am Funeral services were conducted at McAninch Funeral Home Saturday afternoon by Rev J J Pritchard Burial followed in ICCF cemetery He leaves wife Jennie Wilson Kempf two sons Lester and Earl and daughter Gertrude Callahan of New York City along with mother Mrs Sophia Kempf and brother George of Milwaukee Wis and several other relatives
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Victor
McAninch
Edward C. Kempf
J. J Pritchard
I.C.C.F
Kempf
Jennie Wilson Kempf
Gertrude Callahan
New York City
Lester
Earl
Sophia Kempf
George
Milwaukee, Wis
Safe robbers seize cash from West Liberty bulk plant
West Liberty yeggs cracked the bulk plant office over the weekend through a broken window and door lock. They bored a hole in the cash box and stole between 150 and 175 dollars. The entire office was ransacked but nothing else missing. Sheriff Fred Nesper suspects expert burglars due to proper tools. No prior thefts yielded more than this.
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West Liberty
Yeggs
West Liberty Oil Company
Fred Nesper
Town weighs iron-removal plant for water supply
What Cheer officials study a potential facility to remove iron from the town water. They have visited comparable plants in several other towns.
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George A. Wilson
Tax Commission
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Iowa State College
Statehouse
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Mary Ann Hartz
William J. Thurman
Mary Ann Joseph
Philadelphia
Norway
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Hartz
Blairs
Harry Hartz
Eerie
Hopkinton Gul
Lorillard
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Reries
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Dr. J. ©. Landenberger
Optometrist
Third Street SE
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Frig
Gali
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Checker Electric
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