Stearns challenges Rapids township justice election
Justice Henry A. Stearns filed a contest with County Auditor Robert M. Wesely over Rapids township justice results. He alleges ballot confusion and duplicate listing of his name cost him the race to Almon S. Reed and W. J. Grunewald, seeking a court ruling that no legal election for the position take effect for the term starting January 1.
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Henry A. Stearns
Rapids Township
Board of Supervisors
George S. Lightner
Stearns
Howard R. Churchill
Churchill
Stearns Wins Independent Bid in Unexpired Term Race
By Ahern arrangement of party lanes, according to County Auditor Robert M. Vesely. Stearns appeared again for the unexpired term in the republican lane. Stearns received nearly 3,000 votes as an independent for the full term and more than 8,000 for the unexpired term.
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Robert M. Vesely
Stearns
Large Relief Consignment Of Apples And Potatoes Planned
Linn county relief to receive a large surplus provender shipment next week from Des Moines. The box totals include 2 445 fifteen pound boxes of potatoes and 1 833 fifteen pound boxes of apples for distribution.
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Linn County
Cora Jacobs
Des Moines
Five Deaths Termed Murder and Death by Own Action
The report notes six people identified the deceased adults and children including Mr and Mrs Goodin Dili, tourist camp proprietors. Authorities described the deaths as murders and death by own action and noted efforts to identify the car and track license plates. The glasses and coats were examined for clues as investigators pursued sources and connections.
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Adams
Goodin Dili
Philadelphia couple linked to two family slayings in Pa
Three Philadelphia residents identified a man and woman found shot near Duncanville as the couple who had been in a Philadelphia restaurant with three small girls on November 18 and 19. They also linked the girls to earlier killings in the Carlisle mountains, naming Anna Lazaure Louis Ellis and Anna Gasparon as the children’s companions. Ellis runs a Philadelphia restaurant and Gasparon is a waitress.
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Duncansville
Philadelphia
Here
Carlisle
Anna Lazaure
Louis Ellis
Anna Gasparon
Ellis
Philadelphia and Miss Gasparon
Mrs. Lazaure
Deep River Woman Sentenced for Larceny Embezzlement
Mrs Jessie Goebel of Deep River was sentenced by Judge D W Hamilton to six months at the Rockwell City women's reformatory after being found guilty by a jury of larceny by embezzlement. Also sentenced were Lloyd Sisco and Wilburn Wallace of Grinnell to three months in the county jail and a $300 fine for burglary and Charles De Wispeleare of Brooklyn to six months for breaking and entering.
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Gazette
Montezuma
Jessie Goebel
Deep River
D. W. Hamilton
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Jealous Husband Slays Wife and Self in Chester Shooting
Grover Evans 38 shot and killed his wife Anna Evans then wounded James Lang 36 and Hilda Gibson 33 before killing himself with a sawed shotgun in a rooming house near Chester. Police described him as a small time racketeer driven by jealousy.
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Chester
Grover Evans
Anna Evans
James Lang
Marcus Hook
Hilda Gibson
Evans
Families Of Slain Federal Men To Get Pension Under Law
CHICAGO AP The widows and children of Samuel P Cowley and Herman E Hollis federal agents slain in a gun battle with George Baby Face Nelson will receive compensation under a federal act for survivors of federal employees killed on duty. H H Clegg a Justice Department inspector said the act provides a widow 35 percent of the employee's monthly salary until death or remarriage.
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Chicago
Samuel P. Cowley
Herman E. Hollis
George “Baby Face
Nelson
H. H. Clegg
Department of Justice
Washington
Philippine Typhoon Destroys Property In Southern Islands
A typhoon with winds up to 125 mph struck the southern Philippines causing crop losses of at least one million pesos and feared deaths as high tides flooded farms and homes. The storm centered north of Capiz and will likely pass south of Manila. In Tipton a Boy Scout troop was organized under Forest Wakefield with Francis Zajicek and others earning tenderfoot status.
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Manila
P. I
Philippines
Delacruz
Leyte
Capiz Island
Tipton
Forest Wakefield
Francis Zajicek
Gerald Salisbury
Allen Kautz
Lester Shawver
Warren McAfee
Leo Lorence
Gale Sissel
DeWayne Smith
Dick Swartzlender
Warren Werling
Warren Schriver
Dr W A Reed of Marengo Dies at 70
Dr W A Reed 70 of Marengo died at University hospital Iowa City Tuesday night from blood poisoning. He practiced dentistry in Marengo over 40 years, born North Bay New York, came to Iowa in 1870, retired about two years ago. Mrs Reed died March 14 1929. Survived by brother Fred Reed Chicago. Funeral at Foster chapel 2 pm Friday. in charge of Masonic order.
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Marengo
W. A. Reed
University Hospital
Iowa City
Notable staff names listed for unnamed event
The document lists several roles and individuals: Maud Shepherd as excellent chief, Olga Cosmos as excellent senior, Huldah Hoon as excellent junior, Alice Maurer as manager, Merle Casterline as mistress of records and correspondence, Gertrude Messner as protector, Mayme Hokenson as guard, Edith Glick as trustee, Philo Reid as, with Miss Margaret France named as installing officer.
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Maud Shepherd
Olga Cosmos
Huldah Hoon
Alice ‘Maurer
Merle Casterline
Gertrude Messner
Mayme Hokenson
Edith Glick
Philo Reid
Margaret France
Shellsburg Glee Club Elects Officers for Year
Shellsburg high school glee clubs elect officers. Girls club leaders include Dorcas Ford president Hazel DuFresne vice president Laura Johnson secretary and treasurer Lois Husted librarian. Boys club leaders Robert Bergen president Ray Boyer vice president William Bul secretary and treasurer George King librarian. Miss Opal Stearns is director.
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Shellsburg
Shellsburg High School
Dorcas Ford
Hazel DuFresne
Laura Johnson
Lois Husted
Robert Bergen
Ray Boyer
William Bul
George King
Opal Stearns
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Grocer
By Ahern
Oxfords
Women’s Suedes
Trim
Juliettes
Lapon
Mien
Children’s Rubbers
Ane
GALE +s
Philippine
Mount Vernon
Russell
Cooper
Cornell
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Carnegie Endowment
MacMillan Company
Pythian Sisters Lodge
Bertha Jennings
Rite-Way
Cedar Rapids
A Grocer
Iowa
Surat
Michigan Navy
California
Grimes
Ben Davis
New
Pearl
Mayflower
Pineapple
Jack Sprat
Alaska
Tali Cans
P&g Soap
Charmeuse
Lou Webb
Marian McDonald
Rite-Way Food Stores
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