Extradition Sought for Two in Iowa Robbery Case
Greene county Iowa seeks the extradition of Joseph Acerra and George Biggs from Cambridge Illinois where they are jailed on charges of assault with intent to murder after the attack on Lizzie Cairns of Jefferson Iowa. Warrants name $25 000 bonds. Biggs seeks aid via letters while Carl Melin is chosen to represent him.
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Cambridge, Ill
Foss Davis
Greene County
Springfield
Joseph Acerra
George Biggs
Lizzie Cairns
Jefferson
Acerra
Biggs
Iowa
Aceera
Chicago
Carl Melin
Cambridge
Henry County
Dedication Program For Highways 13 And 10 Announced
A Manchester committee announced a Sunday dedication ceremony for the final links of highways 13 and 10 recently surfaced. The event includes a picnic at Backbone state park, speeches by state officials, music by the Manchester high school band, and a parade from Backbone to Edgewood with a musical program in Edgewood.
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Gazett
Manchester
Manchester High School
Backbone Auditorium
Clifford L. Niles
Anamosa
State Highway Commission
Logan Blizzard
McGregor
State Conservation Board
J. P. Hammill
Edgewood
C. L. McKinnon
New London
Iowa
J. C. McLaughlin
Des Moines
Carl E. Cox
Byron W. Newberry
Strawberry Point
T. J. O’donnell
Dubuque
State Highway Patrol
Backbone State Park
Edgewood Municipal Park
Alcoban marketed to curb liquor craving nationwide
A hospital prescription once used for alcohol addiction is now sold to the public as Alcoban. The remedy claims to remove the craving and build resistance, with money back guarantees. Distributed by Western Chemicals, Inc., Seattle, at two dollars and sold by May's Cut Rate Drug Store.
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Western Chemicals, Inc
Holland Bldg
Seattle
Washington
May
Alcoban
Wadena High elects officers and area obituaries noted
Special to The Gazette reports Wadena high school elected officers for each class including seniors Elizabeth Aeschliman and Betty Minihan and juniors John Longmuir and Marie Corkery. The column also lists deaths, weddings, and local notices from Columbus Junction, Washington, Postville, Bertram, Blairstown, Tipton, Maquoketa, Monona, Waukon, Toledo, Mechanicsville, Decorah, and other towns with brief biographical details and funeral arrangements.
Flush kidneys with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules
An advertisement claims to flush out poisons from kidneys and stop night urination. It urges immediate attention to kidney and bladder symptoms and promotes a 35 cent package of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a diuretic and stimulant, claiming rapid relief and urging authenticity from Haarlem in Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Holland
Cedar County Faces Busy 1936 Supervisor Races
Cedar County heats up as independents file and five supervisor districts hold contests for the first time. Incumbents from Tipton, Clarence, and surrounding areas face Republican challengers and cross-ticket rivals amid a crowded field for state and county offices.
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Tipton
Cedar County
William Trede
Durant
G. D. Goldsmith
William Freese
Freese
Goldsmith
Clarence
J. H. Maurer
T. C. Moffit
John P. Jensen
Foster Maxson
Fred G. Daut
Arthur Bachus
Herman Krebs
W. C. Fairley
Louis Hansen
D. C. Bow
E. Hinkhouse
Sugar Creek Township
Will Dinse
Farmer-Labor
Herman Oaken
L. C. Hamiel
J. M. Blazek
Alex Buchanan
Clerix
Howard Hamilton
Funeral services held for Howard T. Reidel
Howard T. Reidel 2g died Saturday at his uncle Henry Schmitt’s home after a fire earlier in October. He had pneumonia for five months. Born in Giard Township, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reidel, he attended Monona schools and worked at Murphy garage. Survived by parents and sisters Mary and Mabel Mae. Burial at city cemetery with eight cousins as pallbearers.
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Monona
Howard T. Reidel
Henry Schmitt
Evangelical Church
W. L. Zeller
Giard
Charles Reidel
Murphy Garage
Mary
Mabel Mae
Clifford Pilkington
Glenn Zirbes
Floyd Lestina
Leonard Plazel
Jake Sudal
Frank Jeremeier
John H. Waalk
George Waalk
Reunion of Wherman Families at Blairstown Picnic
Mrs. Rose Jahnke and her son Richard hosted a Wherman family reunion at their Belle Plaine home. Attendees from Blairstown included August Wherman and many relatives. several families from Luzerne, Davenport, Aberdeen, and Davenport gathered for a Sunday picnic.
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Belle Plaine
Rose Jahnke
Richard
Wherman
August Wherman
Aberdeen
Kenneth Dawson
Davenport
Martin Krueger
Carl
Thelma
Lee Steinford
Robert Steinford
Martha
Gus Steinford
G. H. Steinford
Lawrence Nieland
Ben Nieland
Darlene
Ellen Haugenberry
Blairstown
Frank Dusel
Edwin Kern
Ed Wherman
Luzerne
Richard Jahnke
Dorothy
Laura Wherman
Harold
Burr Oak Dedication Near Lost Nation Completes Rural School
About 150 people attended the Burr Oak rural school dedication seven miles northwest of Lost Nation. The new building replaces a frame house from 1860 and featured a cake bearing 1860-1936. A program followed with welcomes, presentations, pupil performances, a paper read by Mrs. Lloyd Guyer, music by Mrs. Chris Beneschek and son, and remarks by County Superintendent F Bowersox.
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Lost Nation
Burr Oak
Chris Beneschek
Olin
Walter Becker
Velma Kleneck
Heffren
Lloyd Guyer
Maquoketa
Edward Becker
Old East Road
Marvin
F.bowersox
Gas Pipeline To Be Laid Without Permit In Iowa City
Iowa City to lay natural gas pipeline within a week without a city excavation permit. Roscoe Taylor of Iowa City Light and Power says work proceeds despite a stay order from the Des Moines federal court. Judge Dewey previously empowered the utility to proceed, and city officials may appeal to the circuit court of appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Roscoe Taylor
Iowa City Light and Power Company
United States District Court
Des Moines
Charles Dewey
J. F. Sproatt
Dewey
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Former Burlington Auditor Pleads Guilty To False Entries
Theo dore E. Upton former city auditor pled guilty to making false entries in city books while in office. Judge James D. Smythe will set sentence, maximum five years. The case ties to payroll padding and four thousand dollars embezzled from park funds via fictitious warrants. Embezzlement and forgery counts will be dropped. three co defendants Hiltz Payne and Tierney face indictment for larceny and embezzlement.
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Burlington
INS
Theodore E. Upton
James D. Smythe
Upton
City Park
John A. Dailey, Jr
Arthur Hiltz
Dana Payne
Arthur Tierney
Hunger Striker Freed From Jail
Frank Trummer ends a 27 day hunger strike after a grand jury fails to indict him in a Tabor robbery case. He eats bacon and eggs, has gained five pounds, and plans a short Omaha visit before resuming crime lectures.
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Sidney
Frank
Trummer
Tabor
Omaha
Johnson Property Tax Reduced Sixteen Mills
Iowa City lowers Johnson county property tax levy by 16 mills to 35.4, after a 118 806 state sinking fund payment. County Attorney Ed Sulek says the cut trims the budget by 67 000 and retires bonded indebtedness, marking the lowest levy in years.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Ed Sulek
Sulek
Wedding in Clutier Vining area unites Stoklas and Svoboda
Miss Albia Stoklas and Paul Svoboda wed Tuesday at St Marys church Vining with Rev G Gor ecki officiating. Sixty five guests attended. families from Toledo and Clutier joined in the ceremony and reception. The couple will reside on a farm near Clutier.
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Clutier
Albia Stoklas O” Toledo
Paul Svoboda
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Vining
G. G. Gorecki
Emma Stoklas
Ben Svoboda
Genevieve Kucera
Blanche Zmolek
Julia Hlas
Anna Hala
Funeral services for Nolan Williams held in Maquoketa
Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Buchner chapel for Nolan Williams 56 who died Saturday night at his home after a three and a half year illness. Rev George F Barsalou officiated burial was in Mount Hope cemetery. Williams born November 1 1879 in Fulton Iowa married January 12 1906 to Mary Potter and survives with daughter Alberta. He leaves sister Mrs Charlotte Cokie and brother Galen D Williams of Elgin Illinois. He learned printing in youth and later opened Shorty’s Lobby in 1918 which he operated until two years ago when illness led to retirement.
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Maquoreta
Basil Cook
Jackson County
Monona
H. F. Siefkes
San Antonio
American Lutheran Church
Siefkes
Iowa
Waukon
Charles Fleenor
Browning Literary Club
Warren Hayes
O. J. Moe
H. E. Taylor
Toledo
Joseph H. Schlenvogt
Polk County
Charlotte du Pre
Tama
Tama County
Schlenvogt
Miss du Pre
Mechanicsville
Alma Phoebe Struck
Bellevue
Lowdon
Arnold Struck
Lulu Johnson
State of Washington
Pearl Brownbridge
Cedar Rapids
Myrtle
Lawrence
Monmouth
Ill
Margaret Joerger
London
E. Winslow Brown
Tama _ county
Harry Rager
Charlotte Cokie
Galen D. Williams
Elgin
Williams
Shorty
Free paid $4 an hour during Woodbury county probe
Fred H. Free former special assistant at the attorney general drew 1116 dollars at four dollars an hour from February 26 to May 2 while traveling for investigations into Woodbury county conditions. He billed for eight hours on March 19 returning from Sioux City. Total bill 2567.64 with 1700 paid from contingency funds. dispute over appointment and legality cited by Woodbury county attorney Maurice Rawlings.
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Des Moines
Fred H. Free
Woodbury County
State Comptroller’s Office
Free
E. L. O’connor
Sioux City
O’connor
Maurice Rawlings
State Supreme Court
Rawling
Grand Jury
State Comptroller
J. E. Risden
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Woodbury
Risden
Comptroller’s Office
Attorney General
Executive Council
Rawlings
Supreme Court
Horse Accident Near Tama Injures Woman
TAMA AP Miss Helen Scheiding twenty six of Marshalltown was seriously injured when a car struck a horse two miles west of Tama near the Indian reservation. The horse’s hind feet punched through the windshield striking her in the face and tearing an eye necessitating removal of the eye at a Marshalltown hospital.
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TAMA
Helen Scheiding
Marshalltown
Remodel Washington Building For Hotel In Washington Ia
The Bailey building in Washington Iowa will be renovated into a hotel starting November 1. Harry Sooden of the Annex hotel manages the project, with Henry Bailey directing and Soller Construction of Davenport winning the remodeling contract. The five story structure will hold thirty six hotel rooms with a bank on the first floor and a hotel lobby on the second. The lease begins January 1 leaving two months for work including fixtures and plumbing by W T Carson. Most renters have 30 day notices and fourteen firms are relocating.
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Washington
Bailey
Harry Sowden
Annex
Henry Bailey
Soller Construction Company
Davenport
Bank
W. T. Carson
Bailey Building
Funeral services for Mrs Paul Ode near Decorah
Funeral services for Mrs Paul Ode age 50 will be held at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church with Rev Paul Koren officiating. Born Clara Matilda Nelson in the Bakke community on April 29 1886 she spent her life there and married Paul Ode on June 20 1907. She is survived by her husband and children Gustav Elsie Henry Walter Rudolph Lester Kenneth.
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Decorah
Paul Ode
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
Paul Koren
Clara Matilda Nelson
Halver Nelson Bakke
Ode
Gustav
Elsie
Henry
Walter
Rudolph
Lester
Kenneth
Iowa City Woman Ida Miller Dies at 69
Iowa City mourns Ida Miller 69 lifelong resident died Sunday night. Funeral services were held Tuesday. She is survived by a brother and three sisters.
Kinross Farmer Ends Life With Gas In His Car
James Hotchkiss, 47, of near Kinross, committed suicide Monday afternoon in his car near home. Found Tuesday morning, he had attached a hose to the exhaust and inserted it through a car window. Sheriff Tremmell and Coroner Reynolds labeled it a death by own action.
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the Gazette
Sigourney
James Hotchkiss
Near Kinross
Tremmell
Reynolds
O'Connor and Messer to Argue Chain Store Tax Appeal
Iowa Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor will travel to Washington to argue the state's chain store tax law before the U S Supreme Court. Special Assistant Attorney General Frank Messer will accompany him. The case questions the constitutionality of the percentage gross income tax portion and the occupational tax. The lower court struck the percentage tax, costing about 3 million dollars annually, while upholding the occupational tax expected to yield around 100 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Edward L. O’connor
Washington
Iowa
United States Supreme Court
Frank Messer
Iowa City
North English Couple Married Sixty Years
North English Mr. and Mrs. Adam Greenlee celebrated sixty years of marriage with a family gathering at their home. Due to Mr. Greenlee’s health only close relatives attended, including numerous relatives and friends from North English and Colo rado.
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Adam Greenlee
Greenlee
Ferol Cline
Dorothy
J. M. Hall
al Simmons
Cedar Rapids
Tom Greenlee
Vernon Lockhart
Dicky
Donald Coffman
Larry
Helen Althouse
Jennie Boyd
William Coffman
William, Jr
Lina Greenlee
Ed Markwell
North English
Tama Merchant Announces Marriage of Etta Parsons Schmidt
Announcement lists Mrs. Etta Parsons Schmidt of Marshalltown marrying Henry W. Schmidt, Tama grocer. Ceremony held August 10 in Grant City Missouri with Rev. Jesse Cunningham officiating. Attended by Mrs. Schmidt’s son and daughter‑in‑law Orval Parsons. They plan to live in Tama.
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Tama
Etta Parsons
Marshalltown
Henry W. Schmidt
Grant City
Jesse Cunningham
Funeral services for Ida Miller in Iowa City
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Iowa City for Ida Miller 69 a lifelong Coralville resident who died Sunday after a lingering illness. Born August 28 1867 she is survived by brother Fred Miller of Iowa City and four sisters Mrs Mae Osborn Miss Amy Miller of Coralville and Mrs William Hastings near Iowa City.
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Coralville
Ida Miller
Iowa City
Miss Miller
Fred Miller
Mae Osborn
Amy Miller
William Hasting
Annual meeting held by American Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance
The Grand Mound gathering elected N. O. Langbehn as president Ingwer Andresen as vice president A P Blunck as secretary and Max Hopp as treasurer. Directors named include Herman Block Henry Peters Gus Griebel Herman Buchmann all from Grand Mound with Henry Gleasing Theodore Kahler of DeWitt and Herbert Schmidt of Delmar.
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Grand Mound
American Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association
N. O. Langbehn
Ingwer Andresen
A. P. Blunck
Max Hopp
Herman Block
Henry Peters
Gus Griebel
Herman Buchmann
Henry Gleasing
Theodore Kahler
DeWitt
Herbert Schmidt
Delmar
WPA artists deny political use of portraits in Iowa
State Director L. S. Hill rejected claims that a large 12 by 14 foot portrait of President Roosevelt painted by WPA artists was used for politics. He said no reproductions exist by WPA artists and not all workers are portrait painters. 47 Iowa WPA artists are listed across Des Moines Davenport Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs with 90 percent from relief rolls.
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Des Moines
INS
WPA
L. S. Hill
Roosevelt
Federal Building
Hill
Iowa
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Counscil Bluffs
Gillette Attacks Landon Policy On Gold Standard
Iowa City reports Democratic Senate hopeful Guy Gillette attacking Alf Landon’s push for a return to the gold standard. Gillette said most ignore the standard while warning that shrinking gold reserves could reduce purchasing power and choke trade both domestic and foreign.
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Gillette
Landon
Iowa City
INS
Alefred M. Landon
Guy Gillette
United States Senate
Alf Landon
Funeral Rites Held For Pioneer Montour Woman
Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs. Lorenzo Wibbard 83 who died Saturday at a daughter's home Mrs L E Davis Born July 8 1853 in Dallas county She and Lorenzo Wibbard married in 1875 and farmed in Tama county Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Davis and Mrs S T McCoy Montour two half brothers John Booyer Montour Will Booyer Mexico and a half sister Mrs Cassie Burrel Boone
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Gazette
Montour
Lorenzo Vibbard
L. E. Davis
Sarah Jane Booyer
Dallas County
Lorenzo Wibbard
Tama County
Davis
S. T. McCoy
John Booyer
Tipton Burhop Dies After Long Illness at Home
William Burhop 56 of the Clarence area dies at home after a lengthy illness. Born in Germany Sept 17 1880 he farmed in Cedar county for years. Survivors: wife one son John Tipton two daughters Lena and Mrs John Wiese Tipton two brothers Conrad and Henry. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Tipton
William Burhop
Clarence
Germany
Cedar County
John
Lena
John Wiese
Conrad Burhop
Henry Burhop
Poslam Promises Immediate Eczema Relief
An advertisement touts Poslam ointment as fast soothing for itching inflamed skin. It claims immediate relief on first contact and offers a 50 cent box or a free trial by writing to Poslam Co desk 2, 254 West 54th Street, New York.
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Poslam CO
West 54Th St
New York, N.Y
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