Chain Stores Tax Challenge Seeks Constitutional Ruling
Benner Tea of Burlington argues before Iowa Supreme Court that the two or more stores tax confiscates property without due process and violates uniformity and equal protection. The case questions exemptions for lumber firms hotels and co operatives and is part of a broader tax constitutionality dispute.
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Des Moines
Benner Tea Company
Burlington
Supreme Court
Iowa
Polk County
United States Supreme Court
Harold R. Fisher Named Mount Vernon Coach
Harold R. Fisher of Carlisle has been employed as athletic coach for Mount Vernon high school for the coming year. He was on the all Iowa conference football team in 1929 and served as Simpson College football captain that year. He also has five years of experience as athletic director. Naomi Brant of Oelwein is elected fifth grade teacher and Maxine Davis of Lacey is named fourth grade teacher and girls basketball coach. A commercial teacher remains to be selected.
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Mount Vernon
Harold R. Fisher
Carlisle
Mount Vernon High School
Adlerika Promise of Clear Complexion and Energy
An advertisement promotes Adlerika as a remedy to cleanse the bowels and improve skin and vitality. It features testimonials from E S Converse of Converse Texas and Mrs W T M of Louisville Kentucky praising clearer complexions and brighter eyes after two weeks. The copy urges trying Adlerika for one week and notes availability at druggists and drug departments.
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Adlerika
E. S
Converse
Tex
Rose Bampton to sing at Cornell College May Music festival
Former Cedar Rapids pianist Frederick Schauwecker accompanies Rose Bampton in a cosmopolitan program Friday at 8 15 p m as the second concert of the 1936 May Music festival at Cornell College This year marks the thirty eighth festival opening with Cornella cappella choir and symphony orchestra under Harold W Baltz and Horace Alden Miller Bampton a Metropolitan Opera debutant in 1932 33 is praised for diction range and tone Schauwecker a leading recital accompanist recalls Cedar Rapids roots and Chicago base The program lists arias and lieder from Peri to Ravel with works by Brahms Schubert Chausson and more.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Rose Bampton
Cornella Cappella Choir
Harold W. Baltz
Horace Alden Miller
Francis German
Frederick Schauwecker
Bampton
Cedar Rapids
Lulu Engelmann Welty
Clyde Stephens
Alice Inskeep
Chicago
United States
Miss Bampton
Wolf ‘Ferrari
Donaudy
Cisovecess
Hageman Rotor
Griffes Fe
Saree
Taylor
Golde
Winneshiek County Sees Three Sets Of Candidates
Decorah reports the entrance of the farmer labor party into local politics creating three candidate slates for county offices on the primary ballot. Democrats list names for auditor to attorney. Republicans present a full slate including coroner. farmer labor fields officers from auditor to sheriff with diverse nominees.
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Decorah
Labor Party
Winneshiek
Sylvester Handley
Julius Kapinos
Julian Moe
Harry Haugen
Bert Smithling
George Harris
J. P. Burns
Paul Leuenberger
Harold Carolan
John S. Cutting
O. A. Hanson
L. A. Ostensen
Ossie Orwell
Raymond Hjerleid
Leo J. Collan
Otto Anderson
Walter R. Cummings
A. T. Johnson
Carl Nystrom
E. L. Acres
B. K. Willoughby
L. B. Willis
Farmer-labor
Arthur Tollefson
Walter W. Mull
Joyce B. Kirschman
Harold A. Harvey
Eli Ellickson
Delaware School Board Reelects Carter and McGlade. Nobles Hired
Cecile Carter is reelected superintendent of the Delaware public school. Ruth McGlade of Hopkinston is reelected teacher. Lois Noble of Hazleton is hired to fill the vacancy left by Miss Wilmina Roll.
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Delaware
Cecile Carter
Ruth McGlade
Hopkinton
Lois Noble
Hazleton
Wilmina Roll
Labor clash injures three at grain storage project
In Des Moines AP reports three employees were hurt when 300 to 400 striking union workers stormed the In land Mills project. Police broke up the rally. injuries not serious. Victims named include Joe Campbell, A L Quiett and H A Gibson while wage dispute centered on 35 cents versus 67.12 cents per hour.
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Des Moines
Inland Mills Company
Jones- Hettelsater Company
Kansas City
Elwood N. Jones
Joe Campbell
A. L. Quiett
H. A. Gibson
Young Republicans Plan Rally in Iowa City
Dr. George A. Chaney of Des Moines, Republican candidate for U.S. senator, will address a Young Republicans rally in Iowa City on May 13. Chaney is a former member of the University of Iowa College of Commerce faculty.
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Iowa City
George A. Chaney
Des Moines
United States
Chaney
University of Iowa College of Commerce
Iowa University to Host Physical Education Conference
Iowa City officials announced a physical education conference at the University of Iowa on June 25 and 26 with speakers from several states. The event is part of a June series on child welfare and parent education, drawing about 1,000 parents and educators.
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Iowa U
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Lost Nation pioneer Henry Dobling dies at 80
Henry Dobling aged 80 a Lost Nation pioneer died Wednesday at his son George Dobling's home. Born in Germany he came to America at 16 aboard an eighteen day ocean voyage. He settled in Maquoketa worked in a furniture store later married Anna Ott and became a farmer. He later ran a hardware store in Lost Nation and with H Heitman owned a grist mill. He and Fred Daniel installed an electric plant powering the town. Surviving are four children George and William of Lost Nation Emma Mohl Davenport and Lottie Reyelts near Calamus. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. in the Federated church with Rev. Cheney officiating.
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Lost Nation
Henry Dobling
George
Germany
America
Mr. Dobling
Maquoketa
Anna Ott
H. Heitman
Fred Daniel
William
Dobling
Emma Mohl
Davenport
Lottie Reyelts
Cal
Mount Auburn Savings Declares Second Dividend
Mount Auburn Savings bank announces a 20 percent dividend on trust certificates, bringing total payouts to 50 percent on these certificates.
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Mount Auburn
Mount Auburn Savings Bank
Macbride Park Entrance Limited to Solon Route After May 15
Iowa City reports that after May 15 only one road entrance to Lake Macbride State Park will remain open. The south road will be flooded by dammed lake water and the northeast park road abandoned. A new north entrance will be built, with access only from Solon via the east.
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Iowa City
Lake Macbride State Park
Solon
M. L. Hutton
Iowa Conservation Commission
Oneida High School Seniors Lead in When a Woman Decides
Laura Johnston and Donald Nagel, seniors, will star in the senior class play to be presented Thursday and Friday nights in Oneida. Other cast members include Ivy Cocking Berneice Cocking Ruth Hillers Lois Carpenter William Carpenter and William Bell. George Tookey coaches and Iva Brayton designs costumes.
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The
Gazette
Oneida
Laura Johnston
Donald Nagel
Oneida High School
Ivy Cocking
Berneice Cocking
Ruth Hillers
Lois Carpenter
William Bell
Donald Carpenter
George Tookey
Iva Brayton
Moline Man Indicted in Iowa City Auto Theft Case
Earl Pobanz of Moline Illinois and three others were indicted by a Johnson County grand jury. Pobanz is charged with stealing an automobile belonging to Paul Bess of Iowa City. Names of the other indicted persons will be released after custody.
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Moline
Iowa City
Grand Jury
Earl Pobanz
Ill
Johnson County
Pobanz
Paul Bess
Monticello High to Graduate 38 in May 28 Ceremony
Monticello high school will graduate 38 students on May 28 with Fred J. Kluss of Cedar Rapids delivering the commencement address. The class includes Paul Allen Dorothy Bader Raymond Buol Lewis Burrichter and many others. normal training graduates are Lauretta Cooper Mary Kiburz Dorothy Sawyer Erman Louise Schneider Velma Tobiason and Mary Ellen Wismeier.
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Monticello
Monticello High School
Fred J. Kluss
Cedar Rapids
Paul Allen
Maxine Andrews
Dorothy Bader
Frederick Bone
Raymond Buol
Lewis Burrichter
Beulah Came
Olive Lorene Clark
Doris Cotton
Mildred Doden
Katherine Ferring
Lucille George
Elsa Ruth Gutknecht
Wilma Harford
Erman Louise Schneider
Velma Tobiason
Mary Ellen Wismeier
Helen Havlichek
Dorothy Sawyer
Marian McVay
Shellsburg Juniors Stage Moon River Rancho Western Drama
Shellsburg consolidated school's junior class presents a western comedy drama Moon River Rancho this Friday and Saturday. Lois Husted stars as the young ranch owner with Louis Deklotz as the horse foreman and a cast including Lucille Chittick Lois Woodson Marion Reynolds Eleanor Warner Velma Walker Ivan Kibbie Marvin Holmes Boyd Owens and George King. Stunts between acts are by Laurence Maxwell Russell Lubbock Bernice Wilt and Emmett Stark under coach Ruth Graham.
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The
Gazette
Shellsburg
Moon River Rancho
Shellsburg Consolidated School
Lois Husted
Louis Deklotz
Lucille Chittick
Lois Woodson
Marion Reynolds
Eleanor Warner
Velma Walker
Ivan Kibbie
Marvin Holmes
Boyd Owens
George King
Laurence Maxwell
Russell Lubbock
Bernice Wilt
Emmett Stark
Ruuh Graham
Maquoketa Plans Memorial Day Program and Speakers
Dubuque Legion commander Frank McCarthy will be the Memorial Day speaker for Maquoketa on May 30. He leads a new Sons of American Legion chapter with seven Iowa posts and is endorsed for state department commander. Local organizers include F. R. Purinton C. K. Risser and H. D. Keeley. A church service May 24 at Evangelical and Reformed will feature Rev. C. Edward Holyoke. Timber City Legion post 75 hosted guest speaker Fred P. Veith of Clinton who shared Camp Blackhawk Y camp photos.
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Maquoketa
Frank McCarthy
Dubuque
McCarthy
Evangelical and Reformed Church
C. Edward Holyoke
Timber City Legion Post No
Fred P. Veith
Clinton
Camp Blackhawk
Y Camp
Maquoketa River
Bailey couple marks 61st anniversary at Keswick farm
Mr and Mrs W G Bailey celebrated sixty first wedding anniversary at their Keswick area farm home Tuesday. Bailey born April 4 1854 near Cincinnati came to Wilton Iowa with parents at age four and married Mary Walton May 5 1875. They moved to the Keswick area in 1890 and raised four children W E Bailey Ella Paull Jessie Beinke Anna Ackley, deceased.
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Keswick
W. G. Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Cincinnati
Wilton
Mary Walton
George Walton
Bailey
W. E. Bailey
Ella Paull
Genoa, Colo
Jessie Beinke
Webster
Anna Ackley
County awards road work contract to Cedar Rapids firm
The Jackson county board of supervisors accepted a $10,449.41 bid from F. T. Patik of Cedar Rapids for construction on a county road into Lamotte from Cottonville. Work to begin on or before May 15.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
Board of — Supervisors
F. T. Patik
Cedar Rapids
Lamotte
Cottonville
Farm man injured by hog near Volga City
Thomas Duff, a local farmer, was knocked down by a large hog on Tuesday. He suffered fractures to both bones in his lower right leg and was admitted to Mercy hospital in Oelwein for treatment.
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Volga City
Thomas Duff
Here
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Tama County G O P Rally With Iowa City Mayor Talk
Traer will host a Tama County Republican rally in the library auditorium on Wednesday night May 20 with Thomas E. Martin mayor of Iowa City as principal speaker. The event kicks off a monthly series by the Tama County Republican Women's Club with state and county candidates invited. Mrs H G Ross will preside. Local club officers organize.
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Traer
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
Tama County
Republican Women’s Club
H. G. Ross
Traer Republican Women’s Club
Elmer E. Taylor, Jr
Springville Senior Play Set At Butler Opera House
The Springville High School senior class presents Sound Your Horn a three act comedy at the Butler Opera House on Thursday and Friday Leoma Shellhammer and Eugene Hampton lead the cast with Ruth White Margaret Port Joan Davenport Albert Hindman Quentin Post Fay Pherrin Eleanor Roberts and Merle Van Sickle in supporting roles Supt A C Hoorneman coaches the production.
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the Gazette
Springville
Springville High School
Butler Opera House
Leoma Shellhammer
Eugene Hampton
Ruth White
Margaret Port
Joan Davenport
Albert Hindman
Quentin Post
Fay Pherrin
Eleanor Roberts
Merle van Sickle
Supt
A. C. Hoorneman
Blind Hen Exposes Chicken Theft Case In Iowa
A blind hen traced from Farson to Swift and Company helped convict Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fuller of Farson for stealing chickens from Roy Harper’s farm near Hedrick. Judge Frank Beckley sentenced Fuller to Fort Madison with his wife’s sentence suspended for her three children. Officers released the chickens at Harper farm. the Bind hen found her nest in the coop after the couple had sold birds to the Farson produce house.
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The
Gazette
Sigourney
Harry Fuller
Farson
Roy Harper
Hedrick
Fuller
Fort Madison
Rockwell City
Frank Beckley
Farson Produce
Swift and Company
Ottumwa
Harper
Fullers
Farson Produce House
Viola Seniors Stage With the Help of Scotty Play
Viola high school seniors present the class play With the Help of Scotty in the school auditorium Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Ward Knight and Helen Newlin star with cast members Joe Allen Wilfred Gorius Leland Schuman Doris Dolan Burdena Condit and Nettie Brown. Director Sybil Sheets Sherman leads the production.
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The
Gazette
VIOLA
Viola High School
Scotty
Ward Knight
Helen Newlin
Joe Allen
Wilfred Gorius
Leland Schuman
Doris Dolan
Burdena Condit
Nettie Brown
Sybil Sheets Sherman
Winners announced in Midwest high school writing contest
Prof Clyde Tull of Cornell announces Midwest high school winners. Tone High School in Minneapolis and Central High School students win cash awards in poetry and prose. Betty Lu Schoening and Stella Smith top divisions, Lorraine Miller second in prose, Belva Richardson second in poetry. 167 contestants from 42 Midwest schools submitted 316 entries.
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Mount Vernon
Clyde Tull
Cornell English
Tone High School
Minneapo Central High School
Cornell English Club
Betty Lu Schoening
Stella Smith
Wilson
Lorraine Miller
Belva Richardson
Sioux City
Midwest
Husk
English Club Quarterly
Cornell
H. Grove
Franklin High
Cedar Rapids
Prof. Tull
Jewell Bothwell Tull
Lois Taylor
Cecile Rudin
Winifred Mayne van Etten
Hotel proprietor’s wife suffers broken hip in fall
Mrs Harper Smythe wife of the Easterly hotel proprietor slipped and fell at the hotel Wednesday morning sustaining a broken hip.
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Anamosa
Harper Smythe
Paving Bonds Approved in Buena Vista Co Iowa
Buena Vista county residents approved a 1,000,000 bond issue to finance nearly fifty miles of paving with about 4,500 votes cast. The plan follows earlier approvals in Calhoun and Cherokee counties as the region expands its gravel road network.
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Storm Lake
INL
Buena Vista County
Iowa
Buena Vista
Calhoun
Cherokee
Hall and Nordhoff Describe Coauthorship on Bounty Tale
Grinnell Iowa story notes James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff co writing Mutiny on the Bounty and a forthcoming film project Hurricane. They draft plots together then divide chapters and flip for ownership when they clash. Hall, tall and tanned, visits Colfax relatives and Grinnell College during the trip.
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Grinnell
INS
James Norman Hall
Grinnell College
Iowa
Hall
Charles Nordhoff
Society Islands
Tahiti
Colfax
Country club elects new chairman and secretary
The country club recently elected William Shaffer as chairman and C F Shimanek as secretary. Directors named are William Shaffer Sam Rhatigan Milton Thoeni E C Ricklefs J E Heiserman and Riess Stuhler.
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Monticello
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