Old Iowa University Backstory Through Emma Graham's Lens
The 1864 entering of Emma Struble at Iowa under frills free era is recalled by Emma Graham now 82. She describes chapel, dorms, and a stark campus with 250 students, a Civil War backdrop, and professors like Parvin. The piece traces life from Old Capitol to Tama county relocation and church work.
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Iowa City
Emma Graham
First Avenue W
Graham
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Campus
Iowa River
Old Capitol
Lincoln
Kansas
Iowa
University
Emma Struble
Tama County
Marengo
Siruble
Tama
William
George Graham
Bertha Graham
E. H. Ruge
Westminster Presbyterian
Cultus Club
City Missionary Union
Taxing university property in Iowa City prompts questions
A letter from a city council member asks how much university condemnation and rental properties reduce tax revenue. He urges disclosure of the universitys investment in noneducational holdings and the annual rents and other returns, noting such lands avoid general taxation and shift burden from university to the public treasury.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa voters face candidate quality and fiscal concerns
Reader letter argues voters blame poor candidate quality on voters themselves. Cites A Sykes of Ida Grove as ideal farmer reformer, notes Iowa Eleventh district history, and contrasts with current congressmen. Also critiques Linn county tax spending and debt levels 1930 31, urging clear tax plans from candidates.
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Gazette
A. Sykes
Ida Grove
Eleventh
Ninth
Linn County
Iowa
Polk County
Polk
Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids discovers land site owned by city in dispute
City officials negotiating to lease or purchase a land corner at B avenue and Tenth street NW confront the surprising fact that the city itself owns part of the plot. Public safety chief Dan Kruidemier notes a hazard to Lincoln highway traffic due to a triangular projection near a street car track. City attorney Harry Johnson seeks removal or curve adjustment, while engineers survey options including paving or removing the city owned segment. Louis Zika comments on public improvements.
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Henry Ford
Cedar Rapids
B Avenue
Tenth Street
Dan Kruidemier
Public Safety
Harry Johnson
Cedar Rapids and
Marion City Railway
Fic
Louis Zika
Public Improvements
Recorder's Office Role Through Linn County History
The article details the recorder’s office as a vital depository of Linn County records from deeds and mortgages to incorporation articles. It notes the volume of copying, types of instruments filed, chattel and real estate mortgages, releases, and the handling of non profit and military records. It also cites hunting and fishing license duties and a 1931 Iowa ranking for permits.
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Babylon
Egypt
Recorder
Linn
Secretary of State
Linn County
Iowa
Coe Extension Classes Add Practical Public SpeakingCourse
Coe college offers a Tuesday evening extension class on public speaking taught by Loren T. Jenks, using Dale Carnegie’s book as a guide. The course covers courage, self confidence, stage fright, and articulation and will broadcast President Hoover’s Des Moines speech by radio as part of the curriculum.
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Loren T. Jenks
Coe College
Dale Carnegie
Carnegie
United States
Herbert Hoover
Des Moines
Witness questioned after murder claim shifts to pianist
A man refuses to report a murder claim saying the victim was Beethoven and the alleged killer was a pianist, prompting questions about motive and duty to act.
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Beethoven
Pathfinder
Dixie Jubilee minstrel show by Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Minstrel program at McKinley Junior High features Joe Hronik as interlocutor with a long cast list of performers from Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges. Acts include solos, tap dance pairs, Black child features, variety numbers, and a finale titled The Chocolate Cream Wedding. Henrietta Seabrooke directs with Olga Chromosta on piano and Frank Vlasek guiding the orchestra.
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Odd Fellow
Rebekah
McKinley Junior High School
Joe Hronik
Dempsy Jones
Roy Kazebier
Paul Smith
W. J. Jepson
Maude Siver
Grace Berlin
Eleanor Hach
Violet Kopecky
Alice Spevacek
Lillian Heral
Eleanor Hovorka
Henrietta Seabrooke
Bobby Smythe
Ed Stein
Libbie
Emma Pnovsky
Mary Louise Fiesler
Katheryn Schamberger
Mary Louise Jepson
Dorothy Melsa
Bernita Alton
Anna Mae Chromosta
Edith Spencer
Maxine Houser
Jane Bachman
Doris Seabrooke
Katheryn Smith
Anna Belehrad
Hazel Williams
Nora Withor
Anna Mrstek
Hattie Getts
Edrie Tucker
Leota Kraut
Gladys Mally
Alma Farley
Clara Pope
Mattie Hronik
Grace Hanson
Mayme Kraulik
Viasta Trachta
Ella Sedenka
John Farley
Verne Gordon
Charles Bachman
Frank Pickens
W. J. Neill
Henry Jensen
John Sedenka
F. G
Twins Pardoned After Poultry Theft Case
Henry Simoons and Andrew Simoons of Keswick were sentenced to one year in county jail for stealing sixty six chickens on the L. J. Ring farm. Governor Dan Turner pardoned them, suspending the term on September 29. They were arrested April 29 with Amel Mundt, who received a ten year sentence for breaking and entering. Mundt had prior records in 1923 and 1929.
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Henry Simoons
Andrew Simoons
Keswick
A. B. Clark
Dan Turner
Simoons
Amel Mundt
L. J. Ring
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Joseph A. Petrus
Larry Condon
Jay Davis
Mundt
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Sheriff’s Office
Anamosa State Reformatory
Fayette County
Simoons’ Brothers
Scout Camp Dedicated Near Independence With New Cabin
Independence area scouts dedicated a new Boy Scout camp four miles southeast of the city. Troop 47 led by acting scoutmaster Allen Smith unveiled a 16 by 28 foot cabin for overnight camping. The site includes pasture and woodland access sponsored by the Men's Main Street class of the First Presbyterian church.
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Independence
Allen Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Local Baker L V Maulsby Plans New Modern Bakery
Prominent bakers L. V. Maulsby of Electrik-Maid Bakery at 109 First Avenue SE will open a new modern bakery at 217 Second Street SE beside May Drug Store and offers $10 in gold for the best name. Submit entries by bringing or mailing to the address.
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L. V. Maulsby
First Avenue SE
Second Street SE
May Drug Store
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University of Iowa
Eliza Hickok
Parvin
State Library of
Tru
People’s Forum
DR. Jessup
Old
Congress
O’brien
Dakota
Montana
Napolis
Wong
Tama Jim
W. I. Endicott
H. L. Haase
Woodbury
Scott
Haase
Linn County Financial Report
CITY
Recorder’s
Fred C. Henson
Linn County Recorder
Donald C. Gaffney
Coe
S. H. Miller
D.C
N. 3Rd St
Dial
Third Avenue E
Rebekahs
C.F
Minstrels
McKinley School
Miss Seabrooke
Olga Chromosta
Frank Vlasek
Perfection Oil
Florence
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