Canopus club rallys support for Cedar Rapids baseball drive
County Attorney G K Thompson urged Canopus club members at a Tuesday luncheon to back the drive to finance a Western league club in Cedar Rapids this season. The effort starts April 6 after a noon luncheon hosted by the Rotary club. 1,200 books were hoped sold to raise funds, each priced at 10.70 dollars and including grandstand tickets for adults and children. The Western league restructuring to six clubs was discussed as a practical plan, with Manager Crossley and players named as part of a solid nucleus for a successful year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Thompson
Cedar Rapids Baseball Association
Canopus Club
Rotary Club
Thompson
Raiders
Treasury
Crossley
Skeeter Webb
Frank Howard
Frank Graham
Howard Taylor
Harry Johnson
Association
Farm Men And Women Of 11 Counties Confer On Bureau Membership
More than 100 farm men and women from eleven eastern Iowa counties met in Cedar Rapids with Iowa Farm Bureau officers and Ames extension service staff. The gathering, led by district director Harry Crist of Clarence, aimed to find ways to boost membership. Attendees included Francis Johnson of Terrill, state president, O R Beeler of Des Moines, and Harry Carter of Montezuma, with counties listed as Linn, Benton, Tama, Jones, Jackson, Clinton, Cedar, Scott, Johnson, Iowa and Poweshiek.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Ames Extension Service
Harry Crist
Clarence
Crist
Francis Johnson
Terrill
State Farm Bureau
O. R. Beeler
Des Moines
Harry Carter
Montezuma
Linn
Benton
Tama
Jones
Jackson
Clinton
Cedar
Scott
Johnson
Poweshiek
New Local Supt of Rock Island Brings Wide Experience
Co. C. Cunningham is appointed superintendent of the Cedar Rapids-Dakota division with Cedar Rapids HQ. An Iowan born in 1887, he joined the Rock Island in 1909 and has held multiple engineering and division roles across Kansas, Texas, and Illinois. He served in the army 1917-1919 and is married with a son Charles, age six.
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Co. C. Cunningham
Cedar Rapids-Dakota
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Rock Island
Yale
Topeka
Kan
Liberal
Dalhart
Tex
Herington
Fifth Field Artillery
Chicago
Kansas City
C. B. Pratt
Second District
el Reno
Okla
Cunningham
Charles
Deaths Funeral Held For William Long Civil War Veteran
William Long 89 a Civil War veteran and longtime Vinton resident died at his son in law Charles Elliott 410 Seventh Street SE Friday noon. Funeral services were held at Fry mortuary Vinton Monday with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. He lived in Florida after leaving Vinton in 1913 then moved back to Cedar Rapids to live with his daughter Mrs Elliott. He is survived by two grandchildren Earl Elliott and William Elliott, a sister in law, and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Long
Vinton
Charles Elliott
Seventh Street
Fry Mortuary
Evergreen Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Earl Elliott
William Elliott
Emeric Narber
Seymour Long
Amboy
Ill
Mrs Anna White Dies at Home on Twenty First Street SE
Mrs Anna White wife of Lovette T White died at her home 926 Twenty first street SE. The notice gives no further details about the cause or funeral plans.
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Anna White
Lovette T. White
Twenty-first Street
Cedar Rapids Woman Dies After Prolonged Illness
Mrs. White born March 16 1874 in Linn county dies after a long illness. Survived by husband, son Allen C. White, three daughters, four brothers, one sister, and three grandchildren. Funeral at Turner chapel 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. J R McCullough officiating. burial Cedar Memorial park.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Allen C. White
I. G. Burns
C. A. Kline
H. E. Switzer
Mason City
Ahart
Charles
Godfrey
Wendl Melsa
C. A. Bort
W. D. Melsa
United Brethren Church
White
Turner Chapel
J. R. McCullough
Cedar Memorial Park
Mrs Katherine Lowney 75 Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Katherine Lowney widow of Cornelius C Lowney died at her Cedar Rapids home 817 Tenth street SW at 6 30 am Tuesday after a short illness She lived in Cedar Rapids sixty years and is survived by four children Ed ward Lowney Edmonton Canada Mrs Margaret Rice Cedar Rapids Mrs Edith Tabary and Mrs Belle Hagar Chicago and two brothers Edward Redmond San Jose California John Redmond Robins Funeral services will be at St Patrick church date to be announced Burial in Mount Calvary cemetery Friends may call Beatty chapel
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Katherine Lowney
Cornelius C. Lowney
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Edward Lowney
Edmonton
Canada
Margaret Rice
Edith Tabary
Belle Hagar
Chicago
Edward Redmond
San Jose
Calif
John Redmond
Robins
St. Patrick’s Church
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Frances Dostal
Funeral services for Mrs Frances Dostal will be held in the Polansky chapel Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. and in St Wenceslas church at 9. Burial will be in St. John's cemetery. She was a Rosary Society member and the Rosary will be recited at the chapel Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Dostal
Polansky
St. Wenceslaus
August Vojacek
St. John’s Cemetery
Funeral Rites Planned for Infant Orline Lisle Wood
Funeral services for infant Orline Lisle Wood son of Mr and Mrs Hubert Wood of 1105 Twenty first avenue SW were set for 4 pm Tuesday at Turner chapel with Rev P L Born officiating. Burial followed at Cedar Memorial park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orline Lisle Wood
Hubert Wood
Twentyfirst Avenue
Turner Chapel
P. L. Bornhoeft
Cedar Memorial Park
Bertram Mayor Vote Confusion Emerges From Ballot
Bertram namesake Gene Davidson appears as mayor on the ballot, while August Pospisil claims equal support after 15 write in votes. Voters also cast ten for incumbent Morris Kearns. Some ballots show August Drahos as a write in, with ties to Pospisil family.
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Bertram
Gene Davidson
August Pospisil
Davidson
August Drahos
Frank Drahos
Pospisil
Drahos
Morris Kearns
Cedar Rapids Notes Miss Vera Scott Joins Band Tour
Local briefs report Miss Vera Scott leaving for Decatur Illinois to join the Ruby Korte Top Hat band for a summer tour. Other items note a National Union for Social Justice meeting, residents returning to Cedar Rapids, a chimney fire with minor loss, fines in police court, hospital update, and Navy recruit activity.
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Vera Scott
Fifteenth Street SE
Decatur
Ill
Ruby Korte Top Hat
Illinois
Auto crash claim filed by Henry with city council
O. O. Henry of Wilson and company telegraph department filed a $10 damage claim with the city council on Tuesday after a collision with Anton Soukup driving a city garbage truck at Fourteenth avenue and Third street SE.
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O. O. Henry
Wilson and Company Telegraph Department
Anton Soukup
Fourteenth Avenue
Third Street SE
Henry
Marriage Licenses for Harold Robbins and Audry Davis
Harold E. Robbins and Audry Davis of Traer obtained marriage licenses. A new low wing cabin monoplane designed for high altitude flight can reach 300 mph at 26 000 feet.
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Harold E. Robbins and
Audry Davis
Traer
Trial Opens in $4,000 Promissory Note Suit
Open trial in district court before Judge John T. Moffit as A. H. Markert sues F. J. Check and Ida Lea Check for $4,000. The plaintiff testified first, alleging the Checks endorsed the note to W. Prescott for value received.
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A. H. Markert
F. J. Check
Ida Lea
John T. Moffit
District Court
Markert
W. Prescott
Five Year Note Dispute Involving Jeters Endures
The case centers on a five year note made to John R. Jeter and Edythe L. Jeter on December 14, 1923. Defendants claim the note related to a real estate deal and that St. Paul negotiators avoided liability via endorsement. They allege endorsement lacked consideration and no payment demand was made. A separate $10,000 jury case, Gladys Zuber v Serbousek et al, followed a Fairfax crash on November 17, 1934.
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John R. Jeter
Edythe L. Jeter
St. Paul, Minn
Gladys Zuber
William Serbousek
Johnson County
Serbousek
Fairfax
F. O. Ellison
Carl Noe
Amana
Emil Zuber
Total Judgment Sought On Three Notes for $11000
The Peoples Savings bank as property guardian seeks a total judgment of $11000 in three district court note suits. The plaintiff asks $5000 on a note made by Zisko Fruit Co Inc to Joseph Ziskovsky Jr in February 1929 and endorsed by E W Ziskovsky Charles A Ziskovsky and Joseph J Klimes. A $3000 judgment is sought against E W Ziskovsky on a 1927 note and another $3000 against Joseph J Klimes E W Ziskovsky Fred M Davis and Charles A Ziskovsky. George C Gorman seeks $300.25 against L L Hoskinson on a 1928 note by Hoskinson and J H Boots.
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Peoples Savings Bank
Zisko Fruit Co., Inc
Joseph Ziskovsky, Jr
E. W. Ziskovsky
Charles A. Ziskovsky
Joseph J. Klimes
Gypsies At Forest City Not Group Wanted Here
Sheriff James H. Smith and Aldrich Rigel returned from Forest City where officials held a group of gypsies. They did not match suspects in the $300 theft from Aldrich Truhlar’s bib pocket last Thursday. Rigel accompanied Truhlar at his farm when the gypsies appeared.
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Forest City
James H. Smith
Oldrich Truhlar
Aldrich Rigel
Near Western
Winnebago County
Truhlar
Rigel
Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Not Guilty to Liquor Possession
Clifford C. Baldwin 36 of Cedar Rapids pleads not guilty in district court before Judge F O Ellison to a charge of illegal possession of alcoholic liquor. Bond set at 400 dollars after officials reported seizing six pints bearing Iowa seals in Baldwin s hotel room last Friday.
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Clifford C. Baldwin
Cedar Rapids
F. O. Ellison
G. K. Thompson
Iowa Seals
Baldwin
Will and divorce items in district court records
The will of John R. Welsh who died February 23 was admitted to probate in district court Tuesday with the Order of Railway Conductors Home association named as beneficiary and J. E. Rogers appointed executor. Judge H C Ring granted Grace Augustine a divorce from Donald Augustine on cruel and inhuman treatment. her maiden name Grace Van Milligan was restored. The marriage occurred January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Welsh
Order of
Railway Conductors’ Home Association
J. E. Rogers
Savannah
H. C. Ring
District Court
Grace Augustine
Donald Augustine
Grace van Milligan
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
The District Court in Linn County Iowa will hear on April 2 1956 at 9 am the proof and admission to probate of the Last Will and Testament of Clara A Lemon late of Cedar Rapids Iowa. Edwin W Lundquist Clerk District Court signs the notice dated March 31 1956.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
District Court
Clara A. Lemon
Ween
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Lasswell Photo
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Wm. Long
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National Union For Social Justice
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W. W. Elliott
Elory A. Turner
Second Avenue SE
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Washington Avenue SE
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Eighth Avenue SE
Jimmy Johnson
Third Street NW
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Geraldine Green
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Martina Rice
Mercy Hospital
Chamber of Commerce
Trinity Lutheran Church
First Avenue
Fourteenth Street
John A. Jaeger
Karl Wagner
Agricultural Mutual Hail Insurance Association
Montrose
Arden J. Kennedy
James Kennedy
Iowa City
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Cedar Rapids Federal Building
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San Diego
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Tangy Mountain
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