Extension Farm Mortgage Moratorium Favored In Des Moines
Des Moines reports the state administration will ask an extraordinary session to extend the farm mortgage moratorium two years and lift current legal restrictions. Lt. Gov. Kraschel said foreclosures would halt absent debtor protests. extension to March 1, 1937, replacing the 1935 end date. Farm groups criticized earlier limits while foreclosures continue with farmers granted longer redemption periods and possible rental payments during the extension.
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Des Moines
INS
N. G. Kraschel
Kraschel
Emergency Legislation Committee
New Lisbon Postmaster To Take Office Nov 20
John E. McHugh, appointed postmaster for Lisbon, will begin his term November 20 as George Sailor’s term ends. McHugh, current mayor, previously served as postmaster from 1914 to 1923 under the last Democratic administration.
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New Lisbon
Garetts
Lisbon
John E. McHugh
George Sailor
McHugh
Williamsburg Church Celebrates 77th Anniversary in Iowa County
Williamsburgs oldest church marked its seventy seventh anniversary with two services led by Rev. P Adelstein Johnson of Grinnell. A birthday cake for the anniversary was cut by Mary Gittins, long time member, and a basket dinner followed. The program featured history readings, greetings, musical numbers, and communion. The church traces its roots to 1844 log cabins and was organized in 1856 with Evan J Evans as first pastor. The present building, completed in 1917 at a cost of 20000, sits on land donated by Richard Williams, namesake of Williamsburg.
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Gpedal
the Gazette
Williamsburg
First Congregational Church of
Iowa County
P. Adelstein Johnson
Grinnell
Congregational Christian Conference of Iowa
Ezra Swartzendruber
Mary Gittins
Jimmie Gittins
Luella James
Genoa Bluffs
J. D. Misbach
Dorothy James
Ivor James
M. E. Lewis
George Meyer
Rex Porter
George E. Meyer
Evan
William Evans
Richard Pugh
Old Man’s Creek
Evan J. Evans
Iowa City
Richard Williams
Evans
Abram Jones
Toledoq
Leo McNally
B. O. Tankersley
Belle Plaine
Naomi Shirley
Bethany Evangelical Church
Oscar Soiney
Mary Lahman
H. E. Woodruff
Oxford
Oxford Community Club
Lysle S. Duncan
University of Iowa
Sigourney
Rollin C Perkins
College of Law
Iowa City Hosts Elks Convention Next Weekend
Iowa City prepares to host the Iowa state Elks convention and related meetings for about 200 visiting Elks. Activities include an officers election, exalted rulers meeting, a golf tournament at the Iowa City Country Club, the Iowa vs Iowa State football game, and a party with Sunday dinner. Senator Paul W. Schmidt and Dr. J. Ward lead arrangements.
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Iowa City
Iowa State Association of Elks
State Association
Paul W. Schmidt
J. Ward
Council Bluffs School Bond Issue Is Defeated
In Council Bluffs voters rejected a 350000 bond proposal by 2478 to 518 for building two new schools and remodeling another. Wilton Junction officers were elected at the October meeting of the Women’s Progressive Club with Mable Swanson as president and Leota Herr as secretary treasurer.
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Council Bluffs
Wilton Junction
Women's Progressive Club
Mable Swanson
Christian Herr
Leota Herr
Frances Boot
Hollywood 18 fat loss ad promises dramatic results
Public notice style advertisement touts Hollywood 18 as a safe fat reducer. It features a testimonial from Mrs Katharine McClain praising rapid 25 pound loss in under a month and claims further weight drops of 12 to 44 pounds with a money back guarantee. It urges readers to ask a druggist for genuine Hollywood 18.
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Hollywood
Katharine McClain
Hollywood 18
Bates Confer on Farm Refinancing in Midwest
D W Bates state banking superintendent attended a debtors conference in Omaha with Dennis Hogan of the Omaha Federal Land Bank. The meeting aimed to refine farm mortgage refinancing across four states and speed up appraisals and loans. Bates Giants with Henry Nolen in Chicago to plan RF C fund use for bank depositors and county appraisal committees in Iowa.
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DES Moines
D. W. Bates
Omaha
Dennis Hogan
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Bates
Henry Nolen
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Towa
Chicago
Seventh Federal Reserve District Board
Iowa
Elgin marriage joins Miss A Arleta Gehring and John H Howard
In Elgin at St Pauls parsonage on Saturday Miss Arleta Gehring and John H Howard were wed. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Z P Tripp. Mrs Howard is a rural and Wadell Schools teacher. Mr Howard runs a transport truck and they will live with the bride's mother.
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Elgin
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
A. Arleta Gehring
John H. Howard
Z. P. Tripp
LA Porte City
Helen Flaherty
Ed Flaherty
John Rauth
Waterloo
St. Mary's of Mount Carmel
Eagle Center
R. F. Duffy
Katherine Gill
Bennett Kauth
Alice
Rosaland Ka
Wife Of Chelsea Farmer Ends Her Life With Shotgun
Mrs. Joseph Enegar, 29, committed death by her own action at her farm home four miles north of Chelsea on Monday afternoon. The body was found by her husband in a machine shed when he returned from the field. She shot herself in the back with a shotgun, pressing the trigger with a toe. Coroner Harvey Jones of Toledo ruled death by suicide. no inquest. Surviving: husband, niece Marie Skarva, two sisters Mrs. George Cuda and Mrs. L. Skarvda, and brother Milo Hanousek.
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Chelsea
Joseph Enegar
Enegar
Harvey Jones
Toledo
Marie Skarva
Enegars
George Cuda
L. Skarvda
Milo Hanousek
Elberon
Pioneer Wyoming Merchant Retires
E M Babcock longtime Wyoming drug and jewelry store proprietor sold his business to H G Miller of Cedar Rapids and his father George Miller. The store becomes Miller Pen George Miller began his 40 year Wyoming career with prior work in Onslow and Marion. Babcock 81 held longest continuous service as a local druggist and served as mayor and council member among community roles.
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E. M. Babcock
Babcock Drug and Jewelry
H. G. Miller
Cedar Rapids
Miller
George Miller
Onslow
Marion
Board of Education
Keystone Lodge No. 206
Order
Eastern Iowa Girls In Dolphin Contest
Twenty eight candidates from University of Iowa sororities and Currier hall compete for the Dolphin queen and four attendants to be crowned at the Dolphin club swimming pageant to be held this week. Final selection by Ben Berne. Eastern Iowa entrants include Florence Paine Audrey Ivins Marie Jeffries Mary Jane Hubers Cornelia Brady Sara Markovitz Willodine Gingery Bevelyn Westfall Virginia Hallgrenn.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Currier Hall
Dolphin Club
Ben Berne
Orchestra Reacher
Iowa
Florence Paine
Cedar Rapids
Alpha Chi Omega
Audrey Ivins
Kappa Alpha Theta
Marie Jeffries
Mary Jane Hubers
Davenport
Delta Gamma
Cornelia Brady
Sara Markovitz
Sigma Delta Tau
Willodine Gingery
Muscatine
Zeta Tau Alpha
Bevelyn Westfall
West Liberty
Chi Omega
Virginia Hallgrenn
Rock Island
Gamma Phi Beta
Petit Jurors Drawn For Court At Marengo
Forty jurors for the November term were drawn in Marengo. The panel includes S. W. Anderson, J. E. Birmingham, Jona Ballard, C. H. Buhrman, Russell Conn, C. D. Cox, Lavonne Cheney, C. C. Evans, August Folkmann, E. B. Gittens, Charles Hanley, George Kinzenbau, Joe Kohn, B. L. Keil, Bernard Kunle, Effie Lindsay, George McLeod, Edna McCauley, T. J. McDonald, John Maas, Ed J. Mulherin, P. J. Masterson, Howard Nicholas, Minnie Peters, Sam Patterson, Alfred Paul, H. J. Paepers, Sarah Rank, Lawrence Rathjen, Fred Schmidt, Minnie Slaymaker, Nannie Smart, Ervin Whitlock, Will Walsh, Marion Walters, Leo Wagner, Ellsworth Van Fleet.
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Marengo
James P. Gaffney
J. F. Randolph
S. W. Anderson
J. E. Birmingham
York
Jona Ballard
C. H. Buhrman
Russell Conn
Washington
C. C. Evans
August Folkmann
Hilton
EB. M. Gittens
Troy
Charles Hanley
Fillmore
George Kinzenbau
Iowa
Joe Kohn
Lincoln
B. L. Keil
Bernard Kunle
Sumner
Claude Lockridge
Ids Langlas
Effie Lindsay
George McLeod
Honey Creek
Charles Mag
Biermann Talks to Young Democrats in Manchester
Special to The Gazette Congressmen Fred Biermann told about 400 at a Young Democrat club meeting at the courthouse that the nation faces an economic crisis as dangerous as the Civil War. He urged cooperation to balance the budget by year’s end and praised Roosevelt’s actions and New Deal programs while noting mixed reception to pensions and the agriculture act. He criticized the Omaha land bank loans but affirmed NRA gains and urged continued effort as the country recovers.
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Fred Biermann
Young Democrat Club
Court House
Roosevelt
Great Britain
France
Germany
United States
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Congress
NRA
Dentists and physicians to conduct clinics this weekend
Iowa City alumni from the University of Iowa colleges of dentistry and medicine return for annual clinics. Dentistry features a lecture by Dr. Earle H. Thomas of Chicago while Dr. Walter L. Bierring of the medical college, Amerian Medical Association president-elect and Iowa health commissioner, addresses the physicians. Clinics adjourn Saturday noon. In Sigourney, a fire partially destroyed the Mayo home, with $1,000 damage and 400 residents assisting. flames controlled in 30 minutes, house and contents insured.
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Iowa
University of Iowa Colleges of Dentistry and Medicine
Earle H. Thomas
Chicago
Walter L. Bierring
University College of Medicine
American Medical Association
Iowa State Health Commissioner
Sigourney
Harry Mayo
Mayo
Alice Hinkley
C. J. Lambert
Sigourney Fire Department
C. W. Seidl
Dysart
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