Fourth Member Of Butter Theft Ring Sentenced To Prison
L C Fitzpatrick of Mapleton Iowa hotel operator and admitted member of the north Iowa butter robbery gang was sentenced by District Judge T H Goheen to ten years in Anamosa reformatory. He pled guilty to butter theft from an Ionia creamery as part of a gang with other inmates serving penitentiary terms.
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NEW Hampton
T. H. Goheen
L. C. Fitzpatrick
Mapleton
North Iowa
Anamosa Reformatory
Fitzpatrick
Ionia
Byron Green
Franz Harvey
C. E. Wright
George “Shorty” Hart
Sioux City
State Bureau of Investigation
Maquoketa Receives 75,000 Loan for Plant Addition
Maquoketa is to receive a government loan of 75,000 to add a 500 watt unit to the municipal power plant as part of a rural electrification project. The loan will be repaid from earnings and the plant will be remodeled. A WPA grant of 18,000 has already been awarded for water plant improvements operated with the power plant.
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Maquoketa
WPA
State University Entertains Dads at Dad's Day Festival
Iowa City hundreds of fathers join Senator elect Clyde L. Herring for the fourteenth annual Dad's Day festival at the University of Iowa. Festivities began Friday with mass, bonfire, a blanket hop, and Ellsworth P. Conkle's film. Speakers included Don Nelson and two football assistant coaches. A Dad's Day dinner closed the program.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Clyde L. Herring
University of Iowa
Memorial Union
Purdue-Iowa
Herbie Kay
Ellsworth P. Conkle
New University Theater
Don Nelson
Francis Schammelil
Christian “Dutch” Schmidt
Riverside Man Celebrates 94th Birthday Pioneering Resident
Special to The Gate Riverside honors Martin Birrer on his ninety fourth birthday at his daughter’s Riverside area home. Birrer came to America from France at age three, farmed and built rural structures, served as justice of the peace, and held various local offices. He remains active in the Catholic community and Democratic party with many descendants in the region.
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Spriversi
Martin Birrer
Cornelius W. Walsh
Riverside
Birrer
America
France
Iowa
Christine Broeckman
Mary Gringer
Frank
Nicholas
Henry
Montana
Romania Schulze
Washington
Ignatius
Andrew
Magdalen Mellecker
Hills
Pellagia Walsh
Josephine Deutsch
Liberty Township
Sharon Mutual Fire Insurance Company
St. Stanislaus
St. Mary’s
St. Joseph’s Church
Franklin Roosevelt
Mary M. Droll
Frances Fisher
Kinross
Ely Couple Celebrate Their Golden Wedding Anniversary
A surprise celebration in the Legion building honored F. J. Ross and his wife Frances on their 50th wedding anniversary. About 300 relatives and friends attended. grandchildren staged a mock wedding and presented a radio and cake. The couple have ten children, 23 grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.
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Ely
Legion
F. J. Ross
Bohemia
Iowa City
Newport
Johnson County
Frances Dostal
Riverside man bags ten ducks in one shot
Washington Iowa report states Robert Cress of Riverside fired a single shotgun blast along the Iowa River and bagged ten ducks, the legal limit, raising concern he could become an unintentional law violator if his aim improves.
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Washington, Ia
Robert Cress
Riverside
Cress
Iowa River
Fire guts Easton building in Lake City damage thousands
Fire departments from Rockwell City Carroll Auburn and Sac City battled a Friday night blaze in Lake City destroying the upper floor of the Easton building and damaging the National Bank roof. Debris removal continued Saturday as firefighters could not determine the fire origin.
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Lake City
Charles Bauman
Slayer's Widow Back In Jail On U. S. Charge
DES MOINES, UP. Mrs James Edwin Moore 24 tearful blond who husband was killed in a Tulsa gun fight was jailed again at federal request. Previously released by city police after no connection shown to the death. she fled to her mother in Des Moines after the shooting. Federal officials said the automobile used by the couple, the same car driven to Des Moines, was stolen in Fort Worth Texas.
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Des Moines
James Edwin Moore
Tulsa
Okla
Complete jury for trial of Cornwell
Eleven farmers and a coal dealer will decide the fate of Albert Cornwell who faces murder charges in the Dan Shine marriage plot case. The panel includes Walter Dettman Garnaville William Frederick Marion Emert Graybill Millville Will Goodin Sperry William Heck Volga Carrol Klingman Highland J H Maehl Read Verni Neuhering Jefferson Ralph Moser Mallory Frank Montgomery Monona William Radloff Grand Meadow Harry Wold Wagner. Judge W L Eichendorf recessed court until Monday at 10 o'clock for first testimony.
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Eleader
Albert Cornwell
Dan Shine
Walter Dettman
Garnaville
William Frederick
Marion
Emert Graybill
Millville
Will Goodin
Sperry
William Heck
Volga
Carrol Klingman
Highland
J. H. Maehl
Read
Verni Neuhering
Jefferson
Ralph Moser
Mallory
Frank Montgomery
Monona
William Radloff
Grand Meadow
Harry Wold
Wagner
Montgomery
W. L. Eichendorf
Freezing Temperatures Forecast for Sunday Across Iowa
Des Moines AP reports a cold weekend with temperatures expected to dip below freezing. Saturday saw 68 degrees at Council Bluffs and a 36 degree low at Charles City. Northern Iowa could drop to 24 with southwest near 30 and southeast near freezing.
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Des Moines
Mercury
Council Bluffs
Charles City
North Iowa
Iowa
Squirrel Halts Des Moines Power System
An inquisitive squirrel crawled into a transformer at a Des Moines river bank plant causing a ten minute outage. Both direct and alternating current were shut off amid flashes of fire as the animal paid with its life for curiosity.
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Des Moines
INS
Wife pleads for escaped convict in bid to block extradition
Mrs Erma Sorensen appealed to Colorado and Iowa governors to stop the return of Christian W Sorensen who fled the Iowa reformatory two years ago. He faces extradition to Anamosa to serve seven years of a 10 year term for breaking and entering, while his wife says he has gone straight in Denver.
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Denver
Erma Sorensen
Ed. €. Johnson
Colorado
Clyde Herring
Iowa
Christian W. Sorensen
Anamosa
Sioux City
Sorensen
Plainview
Neb
Honor North English Man For Fifty Years Of Railroad Service
Philip H. Flack station agent and telegrapher in North English received a fifty year service honor from the Milwaukee railroad at a Wednesday evening event. Marvin Pollard led the telegraphers group and guests were hosted at C. C. Carnes home with spouses listed from Conroy Williamsburg Sigourney Richland Rubio Dawn and North English.
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Philip H. Flack
Milwaukee Railroad
Marvin Pollard
Kansas City
C. C. Carnes
Meredith
Conroy
George Gallaher
Dorothy Harrington
Williamsburg
Knight
Sigourney
Edward Farrell
Richland
Ireland
Rubio
Dawn, Mo
Flack
Carnes
North English
Dentists Attend University of Iowa Alumni Clinic
Iowa City hosts the twenty eighth annual clinic of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry alumni association. About 200 members attended, with welcomes by President Eugene A. Gilmore and talks by Dr. Morris Katzoff and Dr. George Reid. A Memorial Union banquet occurred Friday night and a Saturday program opened with Dr. Gerald Timmons speaking on therapeutics for the general practitioner.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Eugene A. Gilmore
Morris Katzoff
George Reid
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Union
Gerald Timmons
Indiana University Dentistry School
Hahn couple marks 55th wedding anniversary
Riverside residents Mr. and Mrs. August Hahn celebrated their fifty fifth wedding anniversary at their Riverside home with about thirty guests. Mrs. Hahn born in Galva Ill in October is 74 and the couple married in Washington. Their seven children include Dessie Carson Iowa City Tyrus Hahn Fort Dodge Mary Hahn Chicago Glen Hahn Valley Junction and Elizabeth Hahn Davis Cedar Rapids.
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Riverside
August Hahn
Hahn
Galva
Ill
Iowa
Franklin
Washington
Dessie Carson
Iowa City
Tyrus Hahn
Fort Dodge
Mary Hahn
Chicago
Glen Hahn
Valley Junction
Elizabeth Hahn Davis
Cedar Rapids
Thornburg Juniors Stage Play Friday
Thornburg The juniors present Big Ideas as the class play Friday night. Cast includes Elinor Myerly Barbara Strasser Phyllis Edmundson John Bos Lois Walsh Edward Holland Hale Moore Rex Russell Alvey Whitworth Maria Jean Maurer Doris Marie Warnock and Richard Orr. Director is Miss Evelyn Randall.
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The
Gazette
Thornburg
Elinor Myerly
Barbara Strasser
Phyllis Edmundson
John Bos
Lois Walsh
Edward Holland
Hale Moore
Rex Russell
Alvey Whitworth
Maria Jean Maurer
Doris Marie Warnock
Richard Orr
Evelyn Randall
Sigourney considers new city jail plan with fire station site
Sigourney officials C A Lyons and Marshal Harry Klein Schmidt were chosen to study a new city jail to replace detention in the county facility. If built, the jail would likely sit at the city fire station and a rural fire truck topic also arose during discussion.
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Sigourney
C. A. Lyons
Harry Kleinschmidt
Sigourney Council
Stolen Car Tied to Ladora Post Office Robbery
A Tama car abandoned near Oak Hill cemetery was identified by owner G A Saxton from Oxford as used by bandits in the early Thursday post office safe robbery at Ladora. The 800 pound safe was loaded in the car and driven 87 miles before the vehicle ran out of oil. Authorities from Iowa county Cedar Rapids and a state fingerprint expert joined the Tama search after a letter from the safe was found inside.
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Tama
Oak Hill Cemetery
G. A. Saxton
Oxford
Ladora
Saxton
Milford Engelbert
Iowa County
R. A. Monroe
Cedar Rapids
Joseph J. DeRaad
Funeral Services For Maquoketa Civil War Vet
John Huff Civil War veteran died after a six months illness. Funeral Monday at 10:30 a.m. in Carson and Balster chapel with Rev H H Dill officiating. Timber City Legion post to provide military honors. Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery. Survivors include his widow and two sons Dr Ellsworth Huff and Dr Fay Huff of Los Angeles.
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Maquoketa
John Huff
Carson and Balster
H. H. Dill
Timber City Legion Post
Mount Hope
Huff
Erie County
Wisconsin
Eleventh
Wisconsin Infantry
Jackson County
Ellsworth Huff
Fay Huff
Los Angeles
Spear Couples Davenport Bride In Rock Island Parsonage
Miss Evelyn O Brien daughter of Mrs Mary O Brien and the late Thomas O Brien of Davenport wed Jack Spear of Tipton at a Presbyterian parsonage in Rock Island with Rev Ritchey officiating. Mrs Spear graduated from Immaculate Conception academy Davenport and Mr Spear from Culver Military academy. They will reside in Tipton.
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Gazette
Tipton
Evelyn O’brien
Mary O’brien
Thomas O’brien
Davenport
Jack Spear
F. W. Spear
Rock Island
Ritchey
Spear
Immaculate Conception Academy
Culver Military Academy
Bids Sought on Macbride Park Bridge Project
Special to The Gazette Iowa City The Iowa Highway Commission will receive bids November 24 for a 40 by 20 foot I beam bridge over Mill Creek near the entrance of Macbride Park.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa Highway Commission
Mill Creek
Macbride Park
Four young couples plead guilty to hog thefts in Iowa
Orion and Margie Tomlinson and Clyde and Ira White of near Montour and Toledo pled guilty to larceny of twenty hogs from farmer Durward Wintrowd. They sold the hogs to a Cedar Rapids packing plant for 187.50, hauled them in a truck. Sentences to Anamosa and Rockwell City reformatories suspended on good behavior. paroled to the sheriff. Bond set at 1,000 each. Names include W. R. Arthur and E. O. Harris signing information.
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Orion
Margie Tomlinson
Montour
Clyde
Ira White
C. E. Walters
Durward Wintrowd
Tomlinsons
Cedar Rapids
Tomlinson
White
Anamosa
Rockwell City
Walters
E. O. Harris
W. R. Arthur
Harris
Henry Pippert Dies at 73 Former Tama County Supervisor
Henry Pippert 73 a Dysart merchant for over six decades died at home Thursday. He moved from Illinois to a Benton County farm at age nine and married Mary Stahr in 1890. Survived by wife two children an adopted son nine grandchildren one sister and three brothers. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. Evangelical church conducted by Rev H J Wackerbarth. Former Tama County supervisor and First Evangelical member.
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Reuben Heindel
Columbus City
Samuel
Susan Rathson Heindel
Heindel
Emma Hanft
Malcolm
Samuel D. James
Cecil Lowe
Letts
Manford Rabhenold
Ainsworth
Harry Busse
Morley
United Brethren Church of
Tama
Lloyd Asher
Harrison
I. J. Devies
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Asher
Methodist Episcopal Church
Elberon
Vaughn
Kayla Vaughn Asher
Elizabeth Kucera
Emil Kucera
Toledo
Dysart
Henry Pippert
Illinois
Benton County
Mary Stahr
Herman Lenabury
Freeman J. Pippert
Gladbrook
Ben Pippert
Lizzie Wiener
Pipestone
Minn
Adam
Jacob
John
Garrison
Evangelical Church
H. J. Wackerbarth
Pippert
First Evangelical Church
Tama County Board of Supervisors
Perils Of Nationalism Presented By Hayes
Carlton J. H. Hayes of Col umbia University warned at Cornell College that nationalism has become a religion and fuels savage tribalism. He urged peace education through schools and media to foster patriotism compatible with world peace and warned that unchecked nationalism risks total destruction in a future world war.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Carlton J. H. Hayes
Columb University
Cornell College
United States
Hayes
Vinton Couple Observe Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Wilelis W Palmer of Vinton marked their golden wedding with a family dinner at home. Twenty eight relatives and neighbors joined an evening party. They married in Lakeside New York November 11 1886 and moved to Benton county in 1887.
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Vinton
Wilelis W. Palmer
Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Benton County
Emma Huston
Lakeside
Wayne County
N. Y
Big Grove Township
Gerald Palmer
George L. Palmer
New York
Clarence and Stanwood Couple Wed In Iowa Ceremony
Miss Hilda Kammeyer daughter of Mr and Mrs August Kammeyer of Clarence and Wilfred Haessemeyer son of Mr and Mrs C H Haessemeyer of Stanwood were married November 8 at the Lutheran parsonage in Stanwood. The Rev William Nagler officiated with Miss Ina Kammeyer and Carl Haessemeyer as attendants. A wedding dinner followed at Hotel Roosevelt Cedar Rapids. The bride a former student at Iowa State Teachers College taught in Mechanicsville public schools. The groom a University of Iowa graduate belonged to Sigma Nu and works in banking.
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Hilda Kammeyer
August Kammeyer
Wilfred Haessemeyer
C. H. Haessemeyer
Stanwood
William Nagler
Ina Kammeyer
Carl Haessemeyer
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Teachers College
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