Man to undergo rare eye operation in New York
Fre Mont H Clark, 35, World War veteran and brother of Mrs Carl Cox of Manchester, travels Saturday to New York for one of America’s rarest procedures. A Spanish surgeon, Dr Ransom Castroviejo, will transplant a cornea from a donor eye, sewing Clark’s eyelid shut for seven weeks. The case, with only seven prior similar ops by 1932, could restore sight after months if successful.
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Manchester
Gid Haumer
T. Fremont H Clark
Carl Cox
Thansday
New York
America
Clark
G P Clark
Wadena
Omaha
Conception
Imazine Hospital
Ransom Castroviejo
United States
Castroviejo
Mayo Clinic
Medical Center
Sur- Leon
Newhall Hunter Bagged 14 Foxes During Last Winter
A Newhall hunter records 14 foxes bagged in the last winter on patrols in the English Channel and while serving off Scotland, Norway, and Bermuda. He later lived in Wadena and Cedar Rapids before entering badge work in Fayette County in 1920.
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Newhall
English Channel
Scotland
Norway
Bermuda Islands
Wadena
Cedar Rapids
Fayette County
Omaha
Newywhall
A. F. Seeman
Mr. Seeman
Newhsil
State Orphanage in Toledo Aims for Homier Atmosphere
The Toledo State Orphanage plans a homey setup under Superintendent La Vere Smtr to educate wards in sewing, cooking, and cloth making. It details a May annual event, new admissions, and progressive care including medical checks, psychiatric testing, and eventual placement in private homes under state welfare supervision.
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State Orphanage
Toledo
Harold M Skels
State Bureau of Wild Welfare
Tama Civic Interest Runs High After Fiery Election
Tama voters backed Edwin C Carnal a Democrat and longtime Tama resident to become mayor after a heated race. Carnal a barber and former councilman plans policy shifts including a mayor's court, cost remissions in police matters, and potential changes in city marshal and deputy roles. Community interest surged as appointments and beer-parlor regulations were discussed ahead of Monday council meeting.
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Gazette
Tama
Edwin C Carnal
Carnal
Lauren Sadler
Ed Houghton
Houghton
Hilmar Lassen
Volga River steel bridge near Fayette to be finished by May 15
Progress on the No. 93 Volga River steel bridge at the west edge of Fayette is moving with Ward Construction in charge for the PWA. The continuous 300 foot I beam span was erected in January and now forms are being completed for the noorse stem as work resumes toward a May 15 completion date. Fayette county workers, teams of 15 to 20, have carried the labor, while smaller approaches on the new highway route are being built by Coffeen and Brennan of Decorah and Lansng.
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Fayette County
Coffeen and
Brennan Construction Companies
Decorah
Lans.ng
Independence To Honor Basketball Teams At Banquet
Independence prepares for a Rotary Lions banquet honoring Independence high school and junior college basketball teams for a strong season. Os s ie Solem University of Iowa football coach will be principal speaker with coaches from Iowa and nearby colleges expected to attend.
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Independence
Rotary and
Lions Clubs
Ossie Solem
University of Iowa
Dickenson
Genhall
Baker
Whitfield
Iowa State Teachers College
Rutgers
Eby
Coe
Dorman
Upper Iowa
Seivers
Raffensberger
East Waterloo
Lee
Oelwein
Tollefson
Manchester
Clayton Supervisor Accepts Mud Road Complaints
Special to The Gazette. Clayton County Chair man Frank Brown explains a supervisor’s tough spring as mud roads spark complaints. He commutes by splitting two cars between Colesburg and Garber, walking several miles daily to cover western and eastern areas. He laments nature’s control over road conditions and notes dirt roads resist even caterpillar tractors.
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Gazette
Elkfader
Clayton County
Frank Brown
Brown
Colesburg
Garber
Calesbury
Beer Taxes And License Fees On Increase In Iowa
Iowa state treasurer reports March tax revenue gains from beer licenses and gasoline. Beer taxes brought in 63,581.55, up from February and March 1934 figures. Gasoline receipts totaled 694,324.33 with allocations to road funds and related accounts. Inheritance taxes rose to 100,129.17 for March year over year.
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DES Moines
Tama Indians Make Maple Sugar For Use As Barter
Mesquakie Indians on the Tama reservation operate twelve sugar camps along the Iowa river. Sap flows were unusually strong this season, yielding a generous surplus of syrup and sugar. The sugar is primarily used for barter with other tribes, with pouches of buckskins porcupine quills and medicines among prized trade items. The season nears its end as maples bud.
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Tama
Iowa River
Maynard School District Evidence on Consolidation Costs
Maynard consolidated school, completed in 1921, proves that consolidated districts cost less than rural units. Building cost was 200 000 dollars with indebtedness 95 000 to be reduced to 75 000 in 1940. District covers 39 sections and 220 acres with assessed value about 1.53 million dollars. Ten buses transport pupils, routes seven to nine miles. Superintendent Hileman has led since 1922, with a 1923 graduating class of 28 seniors and a commencement by Professor Forrest C. Ensign of the University of Iowa.
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Maynard
Harlan Township
General Fund
School House Fund
Maynard's
Maynard Public School
Weynard
George McLeish
O. G. Kruse
F. H. Schmitt
P. P. Stewart
S. T Payne
Frank
Supt. C D. Hileman
Fernn Hileman
M. E. Aspenson
Herbert Carris
Evelyn Schultz
Katherine Sarset
Mary Anderson
Florence Keefer
Alice Lyle
Beryl Lansing
Mabel Dawson
Una Hodson
Izella Frahm
Neva Flickinger
Don Campbell
Purley Jennison
Earl Foss
Henry Schrader
L. C. Surfus
A. M. Gantenbein
E. H. Stewart
Puppet Show At Cornell Tuesday Special to The Gazette
The Rufus Rose marionette company, dubbed the Paderewski of Marlonette Shows, comes to Cornell College for two performances on Tuesday April 2 under the English club and the Cornell lecture course. Shows include Pinocchio and The Variety Revue at 4 pm in the chapel and At Baba and The Variety Revue at 8 pm, with Rufus Rowe guiding the marionettes through a scientifically built program that drew acclaim at Chicago’s Century of Progress.
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Mount Vernon
Rufus Rose
Paderewski
Marlonette
Cornell College
Cornell
Inatyan
Baba
Rufus Rowe
Chicago
Brooks Elected President Brooklyn Board of Education
C E Brooks was chosen to lead the Brooklyn local school board at the re organizing meeting. He is also mayor of Brooklyn, head of the Brooklyn Mutual Telephone board, and a Sunday school teacher. fellow directors include Roscoe Ormiston E J Schmitz O M Latta and H R Light. The secretary treasurer are C W Fowler and Bess Bramer. TOLEDO The Farmers Cooperative Elevator of Lincoln sued William C Wiese Theresa Wiese et al in Tama County district court for 273.00 claiming a note and asking for a lien on mortgaged premises and a receiver.
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Brooklyn
E. Brooks
Brooks
Brooklyn Mutual Telephone Company
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Wilson
Roscoe Ormiston
E. J. Schmitz
O. M Latta
H R Light
C. W. Fowler
Bess Bramer
Toledo
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company of Lincoln
Tama County
William C. Wiese
Theresa Wiese
Lincoln
Kraschel Attacks Special Interests In Iowa Legislature
Lieutenant Governor Kraschel charged that special interests block progressive measures in the Iowa Assembly. He cited five pending bills including his livestock buying plan, trucking regulation, port of entry, chain store tax, and homestead exemption while predicting a chain store tax passage and opposing a broad homestead tax shift. He urged his remarks as analysis, not personal opinion.
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DFS
Tov
N. G. Kraschel
Iowa
Congress
Kraschel
Iowa Assembly
Senate
Equor
Oelwein Hosts District Music Convention This Week
Oelwein high school will host the district music contest from Thursday through Saturday, April 4 to 6, with events in orchestras, bands, soloists, chamber groups, and vocal competitions. Eleven schools from the Vinton sub-district enter, along with twelve top-sub district performers from Charles City. Agnes Schneider and the advanced commercial class will handle tabulation and judges' comments. More than 5,000 babies were cared for by New York sea Cir graduate Medical school and hospital during the first nine months of 1934.
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Oelwein
Oelwein High School
G. B. Ferrell
Vinton
Washington High
Wilson Junior High
Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
Reinbeck
Blairstown
Dysart
Gladbrook
Town Schools For
Blind
Trace
van Horne
Charles City
West Waterloo
Osage
Dumont
Nashua
Nora Springs
Elkader
Greene
Allison
Clarksville
Marble Rock
St. Ansg
New York Sea
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Fayette
Upper Iowa University
U. S
National Federation of Progressive Sightless
Cope
Cawthorn Retert
Meesyer
Excelsior Springs
A. C. Gertsen
Hotel
Montrose
Edo T
Richard Simp
Mmner
Coeree Bend
Ted
Tro-Art
E. C. Carnal
Volga River
Alice Witokey
George Young Bear
Charles Witesky
White Breast
Maynard Consolidated School
Airhay
Ablelad Diy
Ayaico Hart
Anatale Pranep
Ivingaetna Chanthe
C. E. Brooks
Brooklyn Board OF Education
Cc. E. Brooks
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Smulekoff
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