Seek Extradition Of 2 Men For Robbery Attack
Greene county Iowa sheriff traveled to Cambridge Illinois to seek extradition of Joseph Acerra and George Biggs from the county jail to Greene county. They are charged with assault with intent to murder after an attack on Lizzie Cairns of Jefferson Iowa last Wednesday. Fingerprints linked them to the Cairns home. Bonds set at 25000 dollars. Biggs letters from jail sought aid as his relatives engaged Carl Melin to represent him at extradition.
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Cambridge, Ill
Foss Davis
Greene County
Springfield
Joseph Acerra
George Biggs
Lizzie Cairns
Jefferson
Acerra
Higgs
Towa
Aceera
Biggs
Chicago
Carl Melin
Cambridge
Henry County
Dedication Program Set for Highways 13 and 10 in Backbone Park
A ceremony planning the dedication of the final links on highways 13 and 10, recently paved, will be held at Backbone state park Sunday. Manchester and Edgewood groups, plus Strawberry Point, organize a picnic at Richmond Springs, with music by the Manchester High School band and remarks by state highway officials.
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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 advertised as cure for liquor craving
A physician used prescription Alcoban in hospitals for alcohol addiction and now offers it publicly. Marketed as harmless and usable in tea or food, it claims to remove cravings and rebuild resistance with a money back guarantee. Distributed by Western Chemicals Inc Seattle at two dollars, sold by May's Cut Rate Drug Store.
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Western Chemicals, Inc
Holland Bldg
Seattle
Washington
Wadena Officers Elected. Columbus Junction Dignitaries
Iowa brief lists Wadena high school officers for each class, plus obituaries for Allen Brook of Winfield and religious and civic notices across Columbus Junction, Bertram, Blairstown, Tipton, Maquoketa, Monona, and Decorah with church events, anniversaries, and public notices.
Flush kidneys with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules ad
An advertisement urges readers to flush kidneys and stop nighttime bathroom trips with a 35 cent package of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It claims the capsules drain waste and uric acid, soothe the bladder, and curb related joint pains, touting the product as original from Haarlem, Holland.
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Haarlem
Holland
Cedar County Sees Five Supervisor Races Amid 1936 Campaign
Cedar County races intensify as five supervisor districts hold contests for the first time in county history. Incumbents face Republican challengers in districts one through four, with third and fourth districts featuring additional candidates. State races include H. D. Miller challenging George Miller and Carl J. Mitzner. Cedar county offices see familiar names competing for auditor, treasurer, clerk, sheriff, recorder, and county attorney.
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Gazette
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. Bowers
Bowers
Fairley
Twentyfourth
Jones
Cedar Counties
H. D. Miller
Morley
George Miller
Wyoming
Carl J. Mitzner
LaMar Foster
West Branch
E. D. Hinkhouse
Sugar Creek Township
Will Dinse
Herman Oaken
L. C. Hamiel
J. M. Blazek
Alex Buchanan
Howard Hamilton
Charles H. Reid
W. W. Christian
Guy Osborn
Helen R. Schriver
Ralph Marquis
Reid L. Hunt
B. J. Maxwell
Ray A. Potter
Funeral for Howard T. Reidel in Monona
Howard T. Reidel 24 died Saturday at his uncle Henry Schmitt’s home after a prior fire subsidence. Funeral held Monday at the Evangelical church with Rev. W. L. Zeller. burial in city cemetery. Survived by parents Charles and Mrs. Reidel and two sisters Mary and Mabel Mae. Pallbearers were eight cousins including Clifford Pilkington Glenn Zirbes Floyd Lestina Leonard Plazel Jake Sudal Frank Jeremeier John H Waalk and George Waalk.
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Wadena
Wadena High School
Elizabeth Aeschliman
Gladys Shaffer
Betty Minihan
John Longmuir
Marie Corkery
Irene Kennedy
Dick Kennedy
Arlene Welch
Nellie Whittenbaugh
Arthur Homewood
Gerald Duncan
Mary Dick Leonhart
Duane Raftis
Columbus Junction
Allen Brook
Winfield
Farmers’ Union
Fredonia
Here
Norman
William
Grover
Cole
Arthur Aronholt
Nellie Campbell
California
Blanch
Washington
Brook
Louisa County
John Howard Johnston
Alice Pierce
John Coon
Orville Allen
Musa Todd
Jane
Harold Putnam
Hayes
Postville
Community Presbyterian Church
Olivette Holmes
Clifton Weihe
Lather
Bertram
George D. King
Clair Stoneking
Jed
Henry Roselle
Iva Mae Wetzel
Darrell
Doris Kitchen
John Cabalka
Joseph Milkulecky
Clinton Berry
Harold Lerner
Osmond Berry
C. C. Berry
Mrs. Stoneking
Helen Roselle
Byron Wetzel
Fred Stoneking
Floyd Kitchen
Doris
Frank Lerner
Joseph Mikulecky
Fred Lake
Catherine Berry
Ruth Mikulecky
Jean Baldwin
Charlotte Berry
Helen Soukup
Caroline Berry
Junior Berry
Blairstown
Charles Schultz
Schultz
Luzerne
Dora Schultz
August Schultz
George Schultz
Marengo
Henry Schultz
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
Wherman family reunion at Belle Plaine Minnesota
Belle Plaine hosts a Sunday reunion at the Rose Jahnke home with attendees from Blairstown Aberdeen Davenport Luzerne and Belle Plaine including August Wherman Sr and many spouses and children. The gathering features a picnic dinner and family fellowship among Wherman relations and Steinford Nieland and Jahnke members.
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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 Rural School Holds Dedication Near Lost Nation
The Burr Oak rural school dedication Sunday drew about 150 people seven miles northwest of Lost Nation. A large cake marked 1860 1936 celebrated the new building replacing the 1860 frame house. The program featured Welcome by Walter Becker, board and teacher recognitions, pupil numbers, a reading by Mrs. Lloyd Guyer based on a piece by Mrs. Edward Becker, plus music by Mrs. Chris Beneschek and Marvin Beneschek and a talk 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 City Permit
Iowa City will begin laying a natural gas line within a week without a city excavation permit. Roscoe Taylor of the Iowa City Light and Power Co says a federal stay stops the line from being used or gas sold, despite a judge earlier allowing proceeding. City officials had barred permits a year ago, and an appeal to the circuit court of appeals is anticipated.
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Iowa City
Roscoe Taylor
Iowa City Light and Power Company
United States District Court
Des Moines
Charles Dewey
Former Burlington Auditor Pleads Guilty to Charge
Theo dore E. Upton, former Burlington city auditor, pleaded guilty to making false entries in city books while in office. A five year maximum sentence awaits Judge James D. Smythe to set for Monday. Embezzlement and forgery charges dropped. payroll padding around four thousand dollars cited from park funds. Three others, Arthur Hiltz Dana Payne and Arthur Tierney, remain indicted on larceny and embezzlement charges.
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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 ended his 27 day hunger strike by eating a double order of bacon and eggs after a grand jury declined to indict him in a Tabor robbery case. He planned a brief Omaha visit before resuming lectures on the evils of crime.
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Sidney
Frank
Trummer
Tabor
Omaha
Johnson Property Tax Reduced Sixteen Mills
Iowa City officials cut the 1936 Johnson county levy by sixteen mills, lowering the rate to 35.4 mills from 41.63. County Attorney Ed Sulek said the $118,806 state sinking fund payment allows a $67,000 budget reduction and retirement of bonded debt.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Ed Sulek
Sulek
Stoklas Svoboda Tie The Knot At Vining Church
Miss Albia Stoklas of Toledo and Paul Svoboda wed Tuesday at St Marys Catholic Church in Vining in a double ring ceremony officiated by Rev G G Gorecki. Sixty five guests attended with sister Emma Stoklas and brother Ben Svoboda as attendants. The bride wore white satin with puffed sleeves a high collar and pearl headband. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home with yellow green and white decorations. A dance and shower are planned for Dupanda hall Thursday. The couple will reside on a farm near Clutier.
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Clutier
Albia Stoklas
Toledo
Paul Svoboda
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Vining
G. G. Gorecki
Emma Stoklas
Ben Svoboda
Genevieve Kucera
Blanche Zmolek
Julia Hlas
Anna Hala
Dupanda Hall
Svoboda
John Stoklas
Mr. Svoboda
John Svoboda
Funeral service for Nolan Williams held in Maquoketa
Nolan Williams 56 died at home after a three and a half year illness. Funeral in Buchner chapel with Rev. George F. Barsalou officiating. Burial in Mount Hope. Born November 1 1879 in Fulton Iowa. Married Mary Potter January 12 1906. Survived by wife daughter Alberta sister Charlotte Cokie brother Galen D. Williams. Williams was a printer and later ran Shorty's Lobby until retirement two years ago.
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Maquoketa
Buchner Chapel
Nolan Williams
George F. Barsalou
Mount Hope Cemetery
Mr. Williams
Fulton
Mary Potter
Alberta
Charlotte Cokie
Galen D. Williams
Elgin
Free Paid Four Dollars an Hour During Woodbury Probe
Fred H. Free, once a special assistant at the attorney general's office, drew 1116 from the state between February 26 and May 2 at four dollars an hour for travel and conferences with Attorney General Be OConnor in the Woodbury county investigation. Risden also drew pay as an investigator. Free’s total bill reached 2567.64, with 1700 paid and the remainder confidential.
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Des Moines
Fred H. Free
Woodbury County
State Comptroller's Office
Free
Be, L. O'Connor
Sioux City
O'Connor
Maurice Rawlings
State Supreme Court
O’connor
Rawling
Grand Jury
State Comptroller
J. E. Risden
Town Bureau of Investigation
Comptroller
Risden
Comptroller’s Office
Attorney General
Executive Council
Rawlings
Supreme Court
Horse Goes Through Windshield West Of Tama In Road Crash
TAMA AP Miss Helen Scheiding 26 of Marshalltown was seriously injured near Tama when a car struck a horse two miles west of Tama. The horse’s hind feet broke through the windshield, striking her face and injuring an eye, leading to its removal at a Marshalltown hospital.
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TAMA
Helen Scheiding
Marshalltown
Miss Schelding
Remodel Washington Building for Hotel in Washington Iowa
The Bailey building in Washington will become a hotel with remodeling to begin November 1. Harry Souden, Annex hotel manager, signs the lease. Henry Bailey directs the Bailey estate which awarded the project to Soller Construction of Davenport. The five story building will hold thirty six rooms with a bank on the first floor and a lobby on the second. Remodeling begins after a January 1 lease start, plus plumbing sub contract to W T Carson. Most renters have 30 days notice and 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 in Decorah
Mrs. Paul Ode 50 will be buried at Washington Prairie Lutheran church with Rev. Paul Koren officiating. Born Clara Matilda Nelson on April 29 1886 to Halver Nelson Bakke the deceased wed Paul Ode June 20 1907 and left sons Gustav Elsie Henry Rudolph Lester and Kenneth surviving.
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Decorah
Paul Ode
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
Paul Koren
Clara Matilda Nelson
Halver Nelson Bakke
Ode
Gustav
Elsie
Henry
Ees Rudolph
Lester
Kenneth
Iowa City Woman Ida Miller Dies at 69
Miss Ida Miller 69 lifelong Iowa City resident died Sunday night Funeral services were held Tuesday She is survived by a brother and three sisters
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Iowa City
Ida Miller
Kinross Farmer Ends Life With Gas In His Car
James Hotchkiss 47 of near Kinross committed suicide Monday afternoon in his car near home. He attached a hose to the exhaust and ran it through a car window. Sheriff Tremmell and Coroner Reynolds reported death by his own action. body found Tuesday morning. family mourns.
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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. He will be joined by Frank Messer in October hearings challenging a Des Moines federal court ruling that struck the gross income tax but upheld the occupational tax, affecting potential annual revenue.
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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 marked sixty years of marriage with a Sunday gathering at their home. Health issues limited attendance to close relatives including Mrs. W. W. Moore Mrs. Neva Roller and several Cedar Rapids Fort Collins and Colorado guests among others.
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Adam Greenlee
Greenlee
Ferol Cline
Dorothy
J. M. Hall
A. 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
Marriage of Tama Merchant Announced
Announcement of the marriage between Mrs. Etta Parsons of Marshalltown and Henry W. Schmidt, Tama grocer, performed August 10 in Grant City Missouri by Rev. Jesse Cunningham. Attended by Mrs. Parsons and Mr. Parsons. Mrs. Schmidt will manage an apartment house in Marshalltown, and Schmidt partners with his brother in Tama. They will reside in Tama.
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Tama
Etta Parsons
Marshalltown
Henry W. Schmidt
Grant City
Jesse Cunningham
Funeral services for Ida Miller in Coralville
Funeral services for Ida Miller 69 lifelong Coralville resident were held Tuesday in Iowa City 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
Grand Mound Hosts Annual Mutual Fire Insurance Meeting
The American Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance association held its annual meeting on Saturday in Grand Mound. Officers elected include N. O. Langbehn as president Ingwer Andresen as vice president A P Blunck as secretary and Max Hopp as treasurer. Directors are Herman Block Henry Peters Gus Griebel Herman Buchmann all of Grand Mound Henry Gleasing and Theodore Kahler of DeWitt and Herbert Schmidt of Delmar.
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Grandmound
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
Grand Mound
Henry Gleasing
Theodore Kahler
DeWitt
Herbert Schmidt
Delmar
WPA Artists Denied as Political Tools in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa WPA state director L S Hill denied claims that the WPA artists program or a large 12 by 14 foot portrait of President Roosevelt has been used for politics. He said no reproductions have been made and artists earning 60 to 94 dollars monthly have not been assigned to private portraits. Forty seven Iowa WPA artists are listed with locations Des Moines Davenport Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs and 90 percent are from relief rolls.
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Des Moines
INS
WPA
L. S. Hill
Roosevelt
Federal Building
Hill
Iowa
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Gillette Attacks Landon on Gold Standard Policy
In Iowa City on Tuesday Guy Gillette Democratic Senate candidate attacked Alf Landon’s push to return to the gold standard. He warned that as the gold reserve dwindles credit and money shrink prices fall and trade suffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
INS
Alffred 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 in Montour. Born Sarah Jane Booyer July 8 1853 in Dallas county she lived on Tama county farms after marrying Lorenzo Wibbard in 1875. She is survived by her husband two daughters two half brothers and a half sister.
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the Gazette
Montour
Lorenzo Wibbard
L. E. Davis
Sarah Jane Booyer
Dallas
Tama County
Davis
S. T. McCoy
John Booyer
Wilt Booyer
Mexico
Cassie Burrel
Boone
Death of William Burhop at Clarence area home
William Burhop 56 died at his southeast Clarence home after a long illness. Born September 17, 1880 in Germany he farmed in Cedar county for years. Survived by wife, son John of Tipton, daughters Lena and Mrs. John Wiese, two brothers Conrad and Henry. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Decorah
Patrick J. Gallagher
Bluffton
St. Bridget’'s Catholic Church
Grunewald
Father Gallagher
Patrick Gallagher
Immaculate Conception Academy
Columbia College
Dubuque
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Catholic Seminary
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Chicago
East Dubuque
St. Joseph Hospital
John Gallagher
Burr Oak
Frank Gallagher
William McConnell
Frank Donlon
Margaret Whalen
St. Paul
Tipton
William Burhop
Clarence
Germany
Cedar County
John
Lena
John Wiese
Conrad Burhop
Henry Burhop
Poslam Eczema Ointment Promises Quick Relief
Ecstatic claims from Poslam highlight immediate soothing of itching and burning in eczema afflicted skin. The advertisement urges readers to obtain a 50 cent box from local druggists or request a free trial by writing to Poslam Co District 2, New York.
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Poslam CO
West 54Th St
New York, N.Y
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van Horne
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Feicr Cooper
George Thien
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Jackson County
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Browning Literary Club
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Lulu Johnson
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