Iowa Faces Record Tax Burden in 1937 Says State Board
Iowa property owners face a total tax levy of 92,139,000 for 1937, the highest since 1932, with homestead refunds potentially reaching 10,000,000 if the relief bill passes. County totals vary, with rural districts seen 2.8 percent higher than 1936 and cities 2.2 percent higher. Eastern Iowa counties listed include Allamakee and Winneshiek with 1936 and 1937 figures.
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Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Des Moines
Iowaroperty
State Board of Assessment
State ‘Board
Iowa
Allamakee
I. Creey
Aise
Penton Paweshiek
Wasincton
Winneshiek
Iowa Supreme Court Cleans Tax on Annuity Premiums
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the state may tax annuity policy premiums under the insurance premium tax law. It overruled a Polk county decision that would have exempted Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance from 2 percent tax on 209 362 62 dollars in annuity contract premiums.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Iowa
Polk County
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Eastern Iowa school boards elect varied slate Monday
In Iowa City and towns across eastern Iowa, numerous school boards re elected or gained directors. Thomas Caywood Elza Means topped Iowa City ballots while incumbents and unopposed candidates won in DeWitt Coralville Toledo and many others amid light turnout.
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Iowa City
Thomas G. Caywood
Elza H. Means
Hugh Dunlap
Means
Caywood
Glen R. Griffith
Coralville
L. O. Bender
Charles Fieseler
Gordon Dinsmor
Harley O. Ewart
Belle Plaine Home Gutted by Morning Fire
The ten room Dr J A Irwin estate house in Belle Plaine occupied by E R Broachey was gutted by fire discovered in the attic around 11 am Tuesday. Firemen could not reach the fire from inside due to a small attic and no stairway. Loss estimated at about $2 000. A statically controlled new cigar lighter is guaranteed to provide 20 000 lights, cited as a safety feature and convenience.
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
Norway Voters Approve School Addition in Record Poll
Norway residents approved a school addition by 301 to 160 after two narrow defeats. The project includes a gymnasium and classrooms costing about 28 thousand dollars, funded with 15 thousand from school funds and 12.9 thousand from the PWA. Charles Buchanan, a director for 21 years, was reelected with 191 votes to 117 for Joe F. Schulte and 116 for Chester Tow, Schulte’s name written in.
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Norway
PWA
Charles Buchanan
Joe F. Schulte
Chester , Tow
Schulte
Monticello Man Fined in Anamosa Liquor Case
John Lambert of Monticello operator of Kate's place pled guilty to illegal sale and illegal possession of liquor in district court. He was fined 300 dollars plus costs on sale charge with 90 days jail if unpaid, suspended on payment of 150 dollars. He also faced a 500 dollar fine plus costs for possession with 150 days jail if unpaid, suspended on payment of 150 dollars. It was his second offense.
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Anamosa
John
Lambert
Monticello
Kate
H. C. Ring
Oil and Water Seeker Replaced by Electricity and Dynamite
An old divining rod for locating oil and water is being superseded by electricity and dynamite as methods to probe nature’s secrets. The shift reflects a move toward scientific tools in resource discovery.
Troy Mills Votes Bonds for School
In a spirited election Troy Mills voters re elected W. R. Dudley and H. B. Orcutt to the board of education and approved a 28950 bond for a school addition. The project includes a gymnasium and two classrooms with alterations to the existing building aided by a PWA grant. Dudley and Orcutt received 141 votes each. Mrs. Pearl Fiala 66. William Treichler 84. Both directors will serve three year terms.
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Conroy
Joe Zuber
Ladora
William Henry
Dale Maschmann
F. N. Dougherty
Marengo
Wallace Agee
D. H. Zentmire
Parnell
T. J. Collins
P. M. Saller
George Lower
Victor—Godfrey Messer
Ed Levin
Walter Brown
Louis Miller
Roy Park
Williamsburg
R. E. Jones
L. H. Yoder
Toledo
J. P. Walters
T. K. Holliday
West Branch
J. E. Larson
Glenn Speight
E. C. Morris
Central City
C. E. Butters
Traer
C. H. Brown
Dr. Brown
O. O. Owens
C. C. Crabbe
W.G. McCornack
R. G. Stoakes
Stanwood
Alfred Meyer
Harry Klahn
Board of Education
W. G. Fenton
Bert Moffit
Fenton
Conesville
Orono Township
H. B. Johnston
Charles McCormick
Harold Hawkins
George Brown
Charles Roush
Eldred Maxwell
Laporte
Harold Johnson
Elmer Riggles
Johnson
Riggles
Clifford Strohecher
Manchester
Robert L. Condon
J. J. Arduser
Barber
Condon
Arduser
Percy R. Lilliebridge
Manchester Banker
Calmar
Fred Meyer
Will Hazelton
Valentine Frana
George Halverson
J. F. Conover
Delaware
Albert Gienapp
Levi Easter
John Saunders
O. W. Mussehl
Oelwein
M. L. Spear
Belle Plaine
Walter Vaughn
John Buckholdt
Decorah
L. K. Knight
Norman Nelson
E. R. Haines
A. Gete
Troy Mills
W. R. Dudley
H. B. Orcutt
PWA
Dudley
Orcutt
Pearl Fiala
William Treichler
Iowa County Notes 63 Miles Surfaced Among Roads
Auditor records show Iowa County has 63 miles of secondary roads surfaced out of 978. In 1936 70 thousand dollars were spent on construction and maintenance. 21.5 miles gravel and 35 miles grade added last year. Totals include 134 miles county trunk and 844 miles local roads.
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Marengo
Iowa
Werner Uhlmann
Center Point Couple Marks 55th Anniversary
Center Point Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fuessley celebrate their fifty fifth wedding anniversary Tuesday. They are in good health and do much of their own work. German natives, he born 1856 and she 1858. They have three children Albert Center Point Henry Winthrop and Mrs. Clara Schmickle Alburnett, nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Mr. Fuessley is last of twelve siblings. Mrs. Fuessley has two sisters Fritz Pflughaupt and Ben Bauer of Marion and a brother Charlie Krapf of Marion.
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Fuessley
Fritz Pflughaupt
Ben Bauer
Marion
Charlie Krapf
Iowa River Recedes After 1918 High Flood Peak
The Iowa River, after cresting at 14.65 feet, moves toward normal levels. The flood swept away a 40-foot bridge at Hills and destroyed two pilings of the Mahaffey bridge on the road to Lake Macbride near North Liberty.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Mahaffey
North Liberty
Lake Macbride
Cedar River
Urbana
Urbana-Shellsburg
Shellsburg
Carl
Clarence Kisling
Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine for Cold Treatment
Public health advice urges treating a cold seriously to prevent complications like flu or pneumonia. Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine is advertised as a four effect cold tablet that opens the bowels checks infection relieves headache and fever and fortifies the system with sugar coated and plain tablet forms.
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Grove
Four Sprague Brothers Held for Colesburg Holdup
Four Sprague brothers Herbert Gordon Leonard and Burton aged 21 to 28 living near Winthrop were arrested by Sheriff Harry G Utley and jailed on robbery with aggravation charges tied to a February holdup near Colesburg. Roy Ingles reported being robbed of 200 dollars while returning home with Gordon and Burton Sprague, after giving hitchhikers a ride in the Sprague car.
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Brecal
Gazette
Manchester
Herbert
Gordon
Leonard
Burton Sprague
Winthrop
Harry G. Utley
Colesburg
Sprague
Colony Township
Roy Ingles
Ingles
Spragues
Lawsuits Withdrawn Against Iowa City Ambulance Driver
Suits totaling 20000 filed in Johnson County district court against W A Wallen, hospital ambulance driver, were withdrawn Monday. Wallen drove the ambulance involved in the 1935 Harcourt crash that fatally injured Mary Ellen Johnson and Thomas E Smith of Cherokee. No reason given for dismissal.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
W. A. Wallen
Wallen
Mary Ellen Johnson
Thomas E. Smith
Harcourt
California hunter spared after antlered deer death ruling
A California hunter killed an antlered female deer and faced arrest but the game official ruled it a nature error and released the hunter. The case centered on whether the deer was legally culled and if the hunter acted within wildlife regulations.
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California
Wyoming Defeats Playground Land Purchase Plan
In a record town vote Wyoming voters rejected a proposal to buy more ground for a school playground. The measure failed 178 to 88 as residents preferred using funds to retire the current school debt. Claude Sears won a one year school board seat 154 to 91 over Dr. E M Stoffel. Gordon Marshall won a three year term 138 to 105 over H P J Westphal.
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Wyoming
Claude Sears
E. M. Stoffel
Gordon Marshall
H. P. J. Westphal
Louisa County Petit Jury Panel Announced
WAPELLO The next term of Louisa county district court will convene in Wapello March 29 at 2 p.m. with Judge James D. Smyth on the bench. Grand jurors are summoned to report for duty at the same hour. Petit jurors drawn for service during the term are summoned to report for duty March 31 at 2 p.m. with a long list of jurors from Columbus City Wapello City Letts Morning Sun and other towns.
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Wapello
Louisa County District Court
James D. Smyth
Paul D. Howell
Columbus City
Paul Wiederrecht
Wapello City
Fred Shear
Milford Bell
Oscar Davis
William Snyder
Zella McNeal
Richard Davison
J. F. Russell
Wapello Township
Lester Goode
Margaret Burkett
Concord
Ralph Haight
Eliot
Mary Lou McCollister
John Meyerholz
Morning Sun
Paul Havenhill
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