Elkader Attorney Thomsen Acquitted on Manslaughter Charge
Thomas Thomsen, an Elkader attorney and secretary of a county fair group, was found not guilty of manslaughter after a 26 hour trial with 18 ballots. The jury, overseen by Judge T. H. Goheen, concluded the shooting of Jimmie Jacobsen was not deliberate. Vincent Boland testified he grabbed an arm during the struggle.
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Elkader
Thomas Thomsen
Claya County Fair Association
Thomsen
Jimmie Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Vincent Boland
Hold Funeral For Boy Victim Of Accidental Shooting At Vinton
Funeral services were held for 10 year old Charles Bordwell at United Brethren church after a shotgun discharge in a Byam barn. Coroner ruled the death accidental following questioning of Ralph Byam Buster Thompson and Louis Yeakle who were with him when the gun fell and fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bordwell
A. J. Bordwell
United Brethren Church
J. W. Peterson
John R. Burrows
Ralph Byam
Buster Thompson
Louis Yeakle
Charles
Byam
Garnaville Clerk Hangs Himself in Garnaville Home
McGREGOR Oliver Schultz a 28 year old clerk in the general merchandise store of George Tangeman at Garnaville hanged himself at his Garnaville home Sunday morning. He was found by his wife whom he married last July. No reason was learned. His grandfather H A Schultz was buried Friday from his home next door. Schultz was a son of H A Schultz of Clayton.
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McGregor
Oliver Schultz
George Tangeman
Garnaville
Wie
Schultz
H. A. Schultz
Clayton
Two tickets filed for Lowden town election
In Lowden two tickets contest the March 30 town election. The citizens ticket names Strackbein for mayor with Steinke Stolte Hansen Freese and Hoffmeier as councilmen and Freese for assessor. The People's ticket nominates Griesbach for mayor Kroemer Conrad Kemmann Sennett Hoeltke for councilmen and Deininger for assessor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Hoeltke
Ed Deininger
Benton Grand Jury Indicts Five Men
Benton county grand jury indicted four men for theft of twenty seven chickens from the James DuFresne farm west of Shellsburg. Accused are George W. Johnson Adam Haefner George Johnson and Earl Parmater, all linked to the crime. Robert DeBont was indicted for driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Vinton
Benton County Grand Jury
James DuFresne
Shellsburg
George W. Johnson
Adam Haefner
George Johnson
Earl Parmater
Robert DeBont
Cedar Rapids
Leland Fry
Vinton Man Arrested in Liquor Raid
Gerald Barkdoll was arrested in a liquor raid at his Vinton home Saturday night by Deputy Sheriff John Franklin and Marshal Phil McKevitt. A gallon of alcohol was confiscated. Barkdoll was arraigned before Mayor Alice, waived to the grand jury and posted $500 bond Sunday for release from jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Gerald Barkdoll
John Franklin
Phil McKevitt
Barkdoll
Alice
Mount Vernon Woman Named to Cornell Faculty
Miss Grace Kegley of Mount Vernon, a 1929 Cornell alumnus, will replace Miss Alice Louise Scatliff as assistant in Cornell's art department. Scatliff moves to Palatine Illinois. Kegley studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts last year. Also announced is C Edwin Pettit, 1933 alumnus from Macomb Illinois, recently employed in Detroit after Cornell graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Grace Kegley
Cornell
Alice Louise Scatliff
Scatliff
Palatine
Ill
Kegley
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
C. Edwin Pettit
Macomb
Detroit
Decorah Native Dies From Burns After Car Fire
Charles D. Matteson 67 of St. Paul died Sunday as the third victim of burns from a flaming gasoline fire following a truck car collision. His wife perished in the blaze, and Sidney S. Porter of Detroit died later. Matteson was an Indiana born investment banker.
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Hollywood
Fla
Charles D. Matteson
St. Paul
Matteson
Sidney S. Porter
Detroit
Decorah
Sub-District Speech Contest Plans Named For Iowa Towns
Supt T B Trieschman and fellow officers outline sub-district declamatory contests set for next week. The page lists host towns and groupings from Thornton to Maynard with winners advancing to the pre district event two weeks later.
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Maquoketa
T. B. Trieschman
Preston
Northeastern
Iowa
C. W. Bangs
Manchester
R. Carroll
Postville
Thornton
Clear Lake
Nora Springs
Rockford
Keystone
Vinton
Walford
Newhall
van Horne
Traer
Toledo
Elberon
Osage
Northwood
Cresco
St. Ansgar
Grafton
Decorah
Fertile
Epworth
Guttenberg
Lisbon
Bellevue
Marion
McGregor
Earlville
Hopkinton
Winthrope
Anamosa
Quasqueton
Brandon
Elgin
Harper’s Ferry
West Union
Randalia
Lansing
Waucoma
Charles City
Nashua
Waverly
Greene
Floyd
Maynard
Oelwein
New Hartford
Dumont
Hampton
Eldora
Buckeye
Iowa State Training School
Radcliffe
Reinbeck
Grundy Center
Story City
New Providence
Conrad
Clemons
State Center
Gilman
Collins
Legrand
Laurel
Cole
Second Murder Trial Set for Louis Clay in Iowa City
Iowa City judges schedule the second trial of Louis Clay 27 for the murder of George Folsom Johnson County pioneer. Clay, already sentenced to life, gains a new trial after the state supreme court ruled evidence from Mabel Davis inadmissible in district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Clay
Iowa City
George Folsom
Johnson County
James P. Gaffney
Clay
State Supreme Court
Mabel Davis
Three Hurt In Head On Crash Near Manchester
Three young people injured in a head on collision five miles east of Manchester on primary No 20. Miss Luetta Colson 18 suffered brain concussion and a severe scalp wound requiring twenty stitches. The other injured are Eugene Melchert 21 and Willis Roloff with lacerations bruises and a broken nose.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Luetta Colson
Harry Colson
Masonville
Colson
Willard Hospital
Eugene Melchert
Ryan
Willis Roloff
Herman Roloff
Melchert
Miss Colson
Robert M. Bebee
John Bebee
Daisy Williams To Direct Women In Fight On New Deal
Daisy V Williams former Iowa Farm Bureau secretary treasurer begins new role as head of republican grassroots women opposing New Deal policies. Harrison Spangler of Cedar Rapids announced her appointment as western division director, praising her knowledge of farm issues and urging coordinated farm belt action from Chicago headquarters into all farm states.
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Chicago
Daisy V. Williams
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Miss Williams
Harrison Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Republican National Committee
Spangler
National Committee
Iss Williams
Mrs. J. T. Moffit Died After Long Illness at Tipton
Mrs. J. T. Moffit wife of Judge John T. Moffit died at 7 40 am Monday at their Tipton home after a prolonged illness An operation last summer failed to help her She was born February 3 1867 in Clarence Iowa Her marriage in 1892 linked Cedar county pioneer families Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at the Moffit home survived by husband daughter Mrs Harry Platner and a grandchild The couple’s only child Margaret preceded them in life
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Baldwin
Lillian Werden
Pearl Seda
Walter Werden
Charles
John
Mary Thomas
Glenburn
N. D
Chase
Jackson County
Andrew Sylvester Chase
Jamestown
Wis
Congregational Church
Lemuel Jones
Grand Mound
Capa
S. D
Lucy Chamberlain Goodrich
Chester Goodrich
Dora Brown
Maquoketa
Sylvester Chase
Holyoke
Colo
Washington
Oscar Jugenheimer
B. F. Schwartz
Methodist Church
Rebekah
Iowa City
Bart Skala
Highland Township
Washington County
Rebekah Order
Pythian Sisters
James
Ed Gerot
Riverside
Onslow
Altruman Club
George Sears
Claire Fayram
Ward A. Hicks
Henry Koon
Loyal M. Smith
Leonard McKinstry
Harry Paulsen
Alice Overholt
S. G. Hutton
C. R. Smith
George Lyon
Decorah
Henry Wemark
Ridgeway
Iowa
Winneshiek County
Walter Yager
Calmar Courier
Paul J. Luenberger
Fort Atkinson
Betty Beanne Hoskins
Brighton
Mildred Helmick
Ethel Wolfe
Mary Schrader
St. Mary’s of Riverside
Gillespie
Carol Hines
Pleasant Plain School
Jackson Township
B. E. Bucknell
Otto Solberg
East Water Street
Bucknell
Highway 52
Amy
Jeanette Kauffman
Winterset
Frank Chestnutwood
Martin Stumpf
Columbus Junction
Edward Skinner
C. S. Rams‘dale
United Presbyterian Church
Columbus City
Alice Morgan
Tenn
S. P. Morgan
Mary West
Seattle
Wash
Phoebe Morgan
Arch
Ira
James B
Hawkeye
John Pleggenkuhle
August
Henry
Will
Fred Pleggenkuhle
Pine River
Minn
Sophia Korrupp
Fulton, S. D
Minnie Federer
Sumner
Alvina Ott
Alpha
Lizzie Winter
Lena Tessemer
Nettie Rueber
Westgate
Emogene Pleggenkuhle
Minneapolis
Trinity Lutheran Church
E. W. Kraemer
Tipton
Winifred Hecht Moffit
John T. Moffit
Mrs. Moffit
Clarence
Cedar County
Margaret Bossert Hecht
Pennsylvania
Nesselrode
Cornell College
Moffit
Ferry Hall
Lake Forest
Ill
Presbyterian Church
Margaret
Harry Platner
Chicago
Ehrig Jr Will Filed for Probate in Gladbrook
Toledo reports the will of Ernest Ehrig Jr. of Gladbrook was filed for probate. The Gladbrook homestead and household goods go to his wife with the remainder trusted to trustees to pay her net income. After her death, the estate will be sold and proceeds divided among his children and grandchildren.
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Toledo
Ernest Ehrig, Jr
Gladbrook
Iowa Traffic Death Toll Reaches 61 in 1936
Iowa's 1936 traffic deaths total 61 with Ottumwa man James W. Kelly, 60, as the 61st victim after a Sunday hit and run. The driver fled, while Orin Michaels of Ottumwa tried to pursue the car. Two other Iowans died in traffic accidents last week.
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Iowa
James W. Kelly
Ottumwa
Orin Michaels
Hortons Trial To Open Next Monday
Floyd Horton 38 a farmer and World War veteran denies involvement in the strychnine poisoning of his wife. His confessed accomplice and former paramour Anna Johnston pled guilty and isCommit to Rockwell City reform school until Horton's case is resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Floyd Horton
Anna Johnston
Horton
Homer A. Fuller
Fuller
Johnston
State Reformatory For Women
Rockwell City
Iowa City Considers 15 Voting Machines Purchase
Iowa City council and Johnson county board of supervisors discuss buying 15 voting machines for about 14000 dollars at a joint meeting. Machines would replace paper ballots in city wards and reduce election expenses, paying for themselves in 10 to 15 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa City Council
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Ed Sulek
Double-Mellow Old Golds Guarded by Dual Cellophane Seals
The advertisement explains extreme precautions to preserve quality. Each package is wrapped in two jackets of cellophane to keep the tobacco fresh in any climate. It emphasizes using the finest Prize Crop Tobacco and sparing no expense to seal in freshness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Lorillard Co., Inc
West 40Th Street
New York City
Smokers Since Oct 6 1935 Adhered To
A note marks the date October 6 1935 as the start of a tradition for smokers observed in the community. The reference indicates ongoing adherence since that day without detailing actions or figures.
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Iowa News
Center Junction
William Bohler
Dick Thompson
Bohler
Thompson
Catherine Thompson
Donald Driebelbis
Viola
Fletcher College
University Park
Dorothy Newlin
Miss Newlin
Fletcher
Harry Newlin
O. W. Ilten
Harvey Thompson
Douglas Wilson
Eleberon
Belle Plaine
Erastus Eugene Snyder
Lee Dunning
Patriot
Ind
Elizabeth and
Jacob Sny
Indiana
Kentucky
Martha Ellen Nave
Kenneth L
Everett E
William G
Eureka
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Benton
Nab Vinton
Daisy Williams
New Deal
J. T. Moffit
Judge
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