Snowstorm Presses Iowa Voters Despite Narrow Turnout
Voters in central and western Iowa faced a snowstorm as polling opened with heavy turnout reported in Des Moines Muscatine Fort Dodge Estherville Waterloo Davenport Sioux City and Marshalltown. Officials warned rural areas could see reduced voting while western and eastern regions saw brisk participation.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Creston
Muscatine
Fort Dodge
Estherville
Waterloo
Davenport
Sioux City
Marshalltown
Inexpensive Rheumatic Pain Cure Promises Quick Relief
Progressive pharmacists tout a low cost prescription for rheumatism claiming a guaranteed stop to pain or money back in 48 hours. The ad touts a 24 hour departure of excess uric acid with a medical formula claimed to ease sciatica neuritis and lumbago.
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Prin Deanering Crus
How One Man Lost 22 Pounds
Detroit reader Herman Rankis testifies that Kruschen Salts helped relieve rheumatic pain and, with the first bottle, aided a 22 pound weight loss. The ad promises a safe quick fat loss plan by taking half a teaspoon daily in hot water before breakfast and offers a money back guarantee.
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Herman Rankis
Detroit
Tama County Cuts Rural Teachers Pay to Save Funds
Special to The Gazette reports Tama County will save over 10000 in the current school year by reducing rural teachers salaries. The office of Mary A Richards shows cuts from 5 to 25 monthly with some unchanged, averaging 71 a month for 129 teachers. The peak year 1929 30 averaged 8416 monthly with top pay 105. this year top rural wage is 90 with Alice Ames of Lincoln earning that amount.
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TRAER
Tama County
Mary A. Richards
Alice Ames
Lincoln
Cornell Students Hear Stump Speeches At Mount Vernon
More than 100 Cornell College students heard stump speeches for Hoover Thomas and Roosevelt on Monday. Wesley Burr spoke for socialism, Harold Keele for Roosevelt, and Cyrus Burgstahler for the Republican stance. Keele urged Christian socialist ideals while Burgstahler defended Hoover. The vote occurred Tuesday.
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Cornell College
Hoover
Thomas
Roosevelt
Wesley Burr
Buffalo
Harold Keele
Dysart
Cyrus Burgstahler
Norman Thomas
America
Burt Buregstahler
Cornell
Vets to Pay Court Costs From Disability Checks
Des Moines AP: The Veterans Administration regional office will deduct unpaid court costs from veterans disability and compensation payments. Fifteen men face full suspension until costs from $26 to $600 are paid, while some partial payments may continue. About 140 war risk insurance suits are pending in Iowa federal courts.
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Des Moines
Veterans’ Administration
L. Williams
Iowa
Cornell Protest Over Foreign Student Work Ban
Cornell University will protest to Secretary of Labor Doak over a proclamation ordering foreign students to depart if they work for pay. Prof. S L Chandler says ten thousand foreign students would face hardship and that widespread protests will be joined by many town schools.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Doak
America
Dork
Secretary's Office on Delaware County Fairgrounds Burns
Fire at 3 a.m. Tuesday destroyed an unoccupied cottage of E. W Williams secretary of the Delaware County Fair Association on the fairgrounds. Contents including furniture and household effects owned by Williams and Florence serial Retna were not saved. Loss estimated at 361,200 with insurance. fire believed started by prowlers.
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Manchester
E. W Williams
Delaware County Fair Association
Whch
Wiliama and
Florence
Belle Plaine Folk Hurt In Collision
Five injured three miles west of Belle Plaine when a Fort Dodge trailer truck sideswiped an auto driven by Frank Sklenar. Injuries include a broken shoulder blade and knee laceration. Garden club meeting elected officers for the coming year.
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Belle Plaine
Lincoln Highway
W J LaPoint
Fort Dodge
Frank Sklenar
Armistice Day program in Wheatland honors World War Alaska
Wheatland hosts Armistice day program at Legion hall with Mrs. Henry Pingle giving a talk on The World War in Alaska. A two part cantata led by Joe Kamrar and a long list of local performers are scheduled for the event.
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American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Henry Pingle
Alaska
George Washington
Father of
Joe Kamrar
Mary Ann Cress
Mildred Sieffert
Doris Selhauer
Ruth Bicknese
Edna Schanze
Ethel Guenther
Ruth Dennie
Mayme Sparentheln
Betty Mahlstedt
Mildred Hamdorf
Mildred Smith
Frances Riedesel
Phylis Wilmarth
Marjone Ehrke
Maxine Hamdorf
Junior Kinhn
Lola Andresen
Darrell Zeller
Irene Schanze
Donna Fox Everett Ehrke
Ray Bicknese
Kenneth Hass
Donna Alexander
Katherine Kamrar
Vera Petersen
Geneva Petersen
Mildred Ronald
Verna Mae Hoffman
Frances Hamdorf
Juanita van Pelt
Earl Wilmarth
Walter Fox
Walter Kiahn
Elmer Riedesel
Ella Zeller
Charles Heckard
Ray Andresen
John Bicknese
Wilma Riedesel
University Dental College To Observe 50th Anniversary
Alumni dentists will return to Iowa City Friday and Saturday to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the University of Iowa dental college founded in 1882. The event coincides with the 24th alumni association meeting and includes a painting presentation of Dr. Lyman C. Ingersoll. Since opening, the college has graduated about 2100 dentists, most of whom practice in Iowa.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Dental College
Lyman C. Ingersoll
Iowa Dental College
Iowa
United States
Hoovers Friends In West Branch Flock To Polls
West Branch residents turn out in force for election day with President Hoover drawing strong support. Four residents over ninety vote early, including Mrs. Jennie Scéllars who owns Hoover's birth house, and Mrs Mollie Brown Carran who voted by absent ballot to cheer her former pupil.
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West Branch
Hoover
Jennie Scéllars
Mollie Brown Carran
Urbana School Boy Hit By Automobile
Urbana nine year old Dick Remer, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Remer, was knocked unconscious and dragged about thirty feet by a Brandon driver named Mr. Brady at 4 p m Monday on highway 92 in front of Urbana school. He regained consciousness at a doctor's office. A six inch long deep cut on one leg was sewn up.
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Gazette
Urbana
Dick Remer
R. W. Remer
Brady
Brandon
Highway 92
Urbans
Evangelist to Speak at Anamosa Baptist Church
Evangelist Walter Lechlitner known as The Burning Prophet of the Northern Pines will speak at the Bertie church in Anamosa Wednesday night at 7 30 in charge of Rev E A Schlaman and Mr McMurrin. Children invited to join in new gospel choruses. The evangelists plan to depart Friday for Evansville to begin a campaign.
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Lake Bluff
Ill
Chicago
Oelwein
American Legion and Auxiliary
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Frank Logeman
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Oclwein
Bernice Rust
Nashua
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Osage
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R. J Laird
W. G Lenz
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Hall
W H Frisby
Waterloo
H Rutenbeck
Lost Nation
Ed Farrow
John Stickley
Margaret Hall
Irene Hall
Cedar Rapids
R. D Cooley
Moran and Snyder
Anamosa
Ed Franks
Walter Lechlitner
Northern Pines
Evansville
Judge Falls After Wrong Call Sends Him From Bed
Des Moines report says Truman S. Stevens chief justice of the Town supreme court was awakened by a phone call at his home. In the darkness he slipped on a fish and fell, breaking his right arm.
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Des Moines
Truman S. Stevens
Supreme Court
Cist Sozneone
Dad's Day Weekend Program at State University
University of Iowa readies Dad's Day activities with an all university hop on Friday night, a football finale vs Purdue Saturday, and a Dad's Day dinner drawing about a thousand guests. Craig T. Wright of Des Moines and B. F. Thomas of Traer lead the toast program. Philip T. Walker of Iowa City and Hildegard Frese of Readlyn represent the students' side.
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University of Iowa
Iowa
Purdue
Craig T. Wright
Des Moines
B. F. Thomas
Traer
Iowa Dad's Association
Philip T. Walker
Iowa City
Hildegard Frese
Readlyn
University Debaters Defeat Dublin Team
The University of Town debate team won an audience decision over the University of Dublin Ireland, arguing that war debts should not be cancelled.
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Io‘ma City
University of Town
University of Dublin
Ireland
HERRING AND KRASCHAL HURT AFTER COLLISION NEAR CLINTON
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Clyde Herring and lieutenant-governor hopeful N G Kraschal escaped serious injuries when their car collided with an interstate bus two miles west of Clinton. They were treated locally then continued home after attending a rally. Brooklyn high school student Theodore Thomas was elected president of the Iowa Vocational Guidance association at a Des Moines luncheon, succeeding C C Dunsmore.
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Clyde Herring
N. G. Kraschal
Brooklyn
Theodore Thomas
Brooklyn High School
Iowa Vocational Guidance Association of Iowa
Des Moines
C. C. Dunsmore
West Waterloo High School
Thomas
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