Decline in Iowa moneys halted Linn County ranks second
Iowa's 1934 moneys and credits values show no material change from 1933, ending a multi year drop. Polk County leads with 25,985,848. Linn County is second at 17,169,334. Other counties list smaller totals including Cass, Appanoose, Cedar, and Black Hawk. The six mill levy funds debt retirement and relates to secured value assessments.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
State Board of Assessment and Review
Polk County
Linn County
Cass
Appanoose
Hears
Jefferson
Bertram Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Bertram marks the Oct. 9 golden wedding of Mr and Mrs George D King with a series of parties. A surprise reception at the Methodist church featured music and a program including readings and duets. They have lived in Bertram since 1927 and have three children, a grandchild, and long community church involvement.
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Bertram
George D. King
Methodist
Bruce Eyestone
Mount Vernon
Lohengrin
Evyestonce
Iva Mie Wetzel
E W. McCracken
J. Bruce Eyestone
Helen Roselle
Regis McCrackin
Darrell Kitchen
Maxine Thompson
Billy McCrackin
Ruth Minish
George Minish
Dons Kitchen
Junior Thompson
A R Minish
Jean Minish
Darrel
Doris Kitchen
James Baltz
Fred Lake
Jjames Ballz
Eleanor Locke
T L. Wolfe
Charles Luts
Clair Stoneking
Fred Stoneking
George Lake
Raymond
S. A. Westcott
Myrtle Westcott
Delbert Clark
J. W. Hunter
Donald
H. B. Cassidy
J. G. Harper
Howard Hamer
Harold Bender
Joseph Blazek
Joe, Jr
Clarence Harper
E. J. Wes
Allen Stamy
C W . Beatty
John Cabalka
C C. Davidson
Marvin Davidson
Thomas McDonald
Lee M. King
Irma Black
Cedar Rapids
Irma Blazek
Howard Davidson
King
Hersey
Chicago
C Cc. Berry
Floyd Kitchen
Frank Drakos
Byron Wetzel
Levi King
Equality
Tennessee
New Lisbon
Ohio
Herman Hamacher
Ox Roast Event at Sharon Planned for October 18
A local notice confirms an ox roast to be held in Sharon on October 18. Details are incomplete due to damaged text, but the event is listed with the oct date and Sharon as the venue.
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Sharon
Start Work On Iowa U Theater Units In Nov
Towa City Iowa University of Iowa plans begin construction of the first theater unit next month with bids opened by the state board of education. The project includes a north wing with technical workshops and a 480 seat auditorium to be completed with additional funds. The auditorium will gain a cyclorama a large stage and wagon stages.
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Towa City
University of Towa
State Board of Education
Ep Auditorum
Witness Returned to Waukegan for Trial
A woman known as Mabel Davis was returned to Waukegan to testify in a murder case connected to George Kelsery of Iowa City. She reportedly saw a confrontation and witnessed a choking incident involving Folsom, leading to the indictment against Tous Claw and others.
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Mabel Davis
Weunegan
Johnson County
Jowa
George " Kelsery
Wauke- Herednesday
Killed By Train When Auto Stalls On Tracks
Harry Fixal 58 lost his life when his car stalled on a Burlington railroad near Fort Madison and was struck by a train. Brown, a passenger, was seriously injured. An Onslow Republican rally Tuesday drew over 100 attendees with Ed Grimwood presiding and Martin Andelsinger of Dubuque speaking.
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Fort Madison
Harry Fixal
Burlington
Brown
Bony
Strawberry Point Couple Celebrate Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Ludwig Schmidt marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a dinner for family and a 300 guest afternoon program. Born in Germany and Iowa, they reside on Seminary Hill farm near Strawberry Point. Their twelve children, thirty five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren join in the celebration with several out of town relatives attending.
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Strawberry Point
Ludwig Schmidt
Inlaw
Louie Schmidt
Melchert
Augusta Hoffman
Arlington
George Eder
Rock Rapids
Amalia Eder
St. Sebald Lutheran Church
Fuehr
Schmidt
Eicha
Sachsen Meiningen
Germany
America
Taylorsville
Seminary Hill Farm
Eder
Richard Homewood
Ernest Schmidt
August Schmidt
Mike Schmidt
Henry Schmidt
Oscar Schmidt
Alfred Schmidt
Carl Schmidt
William Nodurft
Edgewood
Paul Schuchmann
Frank Nus
Carl Zwanziger
Richard Eder
Albert Eppler
Helen Walker
Emma Mauer
Frank Larem
Dubuque
Geret
Westgate
Gerlach
Siegel
Hanff
Tripoli
Charges Filed Against Evans in Waukon Oil Station Robbery
DES MOINES Charges of breaking and entering will be filed against James Evans who is under arrest in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin for the robbery of a Waukon Iowa oil station Park A Findley head of the state bureau of criminal identification said Fingerprints on an oil bottle matched Evans fingerprints found by J S Gladstone state fingerprint expert Evans was arrested at Prairie du Chien following a restaurant robbery there.
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Des Moines
James Evans
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Waukon
Park A. Findley
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Evans
J. S. Gladstone
Luther College Homecoming Opens With Banquet and Events
Decorah hosts Luther college homecoming activities starting Friday with an alumna banquet. Saturday includes an alumni breakfast, chapel by Rev. S M. Topness, annual meeting, and 1934 Hamlet Peterson team in action against Western Union of Le Mars at Nystad field. Dr. Carlo A. Sperati leads the college band downtown and on the field. Old Matin illumination by Greater Band. main exercises feature Rev. C. S. Thorpe as speaker. churches host guest ministers. reunion band concert closes the day.
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Gazette
Decorah
Luther College
S. S. Reque
S M. Topness
Stoughton
Wis
Hamlet Peterson
Western Union of
le Mars
Nystad Field
Carlo A. Sperats
C K. Preus Hall
East Des Moines to Get New State Liquor Store
DES MOINES AP reports the state liquor commission will open a new liquor store in East Des Moines within thirty days. A blanket lease on an east side building has been secured, though lease approval is still pending by commission members.
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Des Moines
Jury Deadlock in Bootlegging Case Disrupted by Missing Evidence
A six hour deadlock in district court ended with a seven to five conviction vote against Nick Arme of Bellevue on bootlegging charges. During deliberations officers found half the contents of a pint bottle marked as state evidence had disappeared.
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Maquoreta
Nick Arme
Bellevue
Tinley Praises Iowa State Liquor Stores Fulfillment
General Matt A. Tinley of the nine member committee said the Iowa state liquor store plan meets public needs with reasonable provisions. He noted the system is self sustaining and faces less opposition than before while reflecting the committee's aims.
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Council Bluffs
Matt A. Tinley
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Tinley
Road contracts totaling $216,189 awarded in Ames
Iowa highway commission awarded road construction contracts totaling 216,189 dollars at a regular meeting. Low bidders included Portello Construction of Boone for nine miles of grading west of La Porte City, W A Burton of Waterloo for culverts, E B Spencer of Waterloo for pipe, A Olson of Waterloo for two bridges, and Booth and Olson of Sioux City for paving a cut-off near Highway 20 to Primary 59.
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AMES
Iow- Highway Commission
Commission
PWA
Black Hawk County
la Porte City
Portello Construction Company
Boone
W. A. Burton
Waterloo
Assures Hunters Of Open Quail Season In Iowa
Iowa quail hunters were told by State Fish and Game Warden I. T. Bode that quail hunting will occur on regularly established class A game areas. The season opens October 15 and runs through November 15, with open days to be announced later by the commission.
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Des Moines
Iowa
I. T. Bode
Fish and Game
Fish and Game Department
Bode
Librarians of Iowa Open Annual Meeting in Des Moines
The Iowa librarians meet in Des Moines for a two day gathering featuring an address by C H Comp ton of St Louis IL as ALA president. Vera Brittain discusses autobiography while Dr Harold Lancaster Dr Hubert Phillips and Mrs Robert Kerr speak. Bobby Leach later injures himself after Niagara Falls stunt.
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Des Moines
C H. Compton
St. Louis
American Library Association
Iowa Organization of Librarians
Vera Brittain
Harold Lancaster
Ottumwa
Hubert Phillips
Des Moines Public Forum
Robert Kerr
Grinnell
Iowa Senators Split on New Deal in Galesburg Fort Dodge Des Moines
U S senators L J Dickinson and Louis Murphy headlined rival stumps over the New Deal as Iowa heads toward fall elections. Dickinson warned of executive orders while Murphy defended the administration. Other candidates Dan W Turner Wallace Short and Ed O Connor campaigned on various platforms in Des Moines Burlington and Fort Dodge.
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Iowa
U. S
Dan W. Turner
Wallace Short
Ed O'Connor
L. J. Dickinson
Galesburg
Ill
Roosevelt
Louis Murphy
Fort Dodge
Dickinson
Treasury
Murphy
Turner
Des Moines
Herring
Burlington
Short
Missionary Rev Paul Flichler to Speak at Immanuel Church
Earlville notes Rev Paul Flichler a missionary seven years in New Guinea will deliver a Sunday morning address at Immanuel Lutheran church. Flichler lives at Straw berry Point.
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Earlville
Paul Flichler
New Guinea
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Fuiehler
Strawberry Point
Long Indian Summer Favored by Fair Iowa Weather
The Iowa weather outlook says the unusually warm spell may persist as a high pressure front covers the region. Charles Reed of the weather bureau reports Iowa stations averaging 78 degrees in the past 24 hours with similar conditions across the country from Edmonton to the gulf coast.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles Reed
Federal Bureau
United States
Canada
Edmonton
Gulf Coast
Mason City Man Killed in Minnesota Car Crash
Mason City resident Clarence Kennedy, 19, died Wednesday near Blooming Prairie Minnesota when the car he rode in with Reese Adams, also of Mason City, skidded and overturned. Adams remained unconscious Thursday with a skull fracture.
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Mason City
Clarence Kennedy
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Reese Adams
Adams
Iowan Stabbed In Quarrel Over Debt
Eddie Olert 38 was stabbed by Jack McKay 55 in Hampton after a gambling debt dispute. Olert’s wind pipe was cut by a jackknife and he is in critical condition but expected to recover. Olert reached his rooming house before being taken to the hospital. McKay is jailed.
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Hampton (Ap
Eddie Olert
Jack McKay
Olert
McKay
Farmer hurt helping neighbor with shredders
William Gericke, a farmer living northeast of here, suffered a fractured left leg and cuts and bruises on Tuesday while helping neighbor S. A. Harris prepare shredders. His team attached to a fodder rack ran away, throwing him from the rack.
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Postville
William Gericke
Here
S. A. Harris
Three Bandits Rob Pershing Fuel Office in Iowa Heist
State and county officers joined a hunt for three bandits who robbed the Pershing Fuel mine office of 2600 dollars. They used a Buick sedan with possibly stolen Illinois plates, abandoned near Monroe. Witnesses reported seeing a Chevrolet sedan as the trio escaped, heading south.
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Knoxville
Pershing
Paul Gruber
E. C. Wenig
Paul Grundman
Marion County
Monroe
Grundman
Illinois
C. W. Hart
Des Moines
Grandman
Ten-Year Sentence for Dubuque Home Burglaries
Fred R. Letcher 24, of Tulsa and Los Angeles, was sentenced to ten years in the Anamosa reformatory after confessing to burglarizing five Dubuque homes on September 17 and 18 and stealing about $1,000 in jewelry. Detectives trailed him to Chicago and Washington, D C, and he was captured there Wednesday afternoon.
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Dubuque (Ap
Fred R. Letcher
Tulsa
Okla
Los Angeles
Calif
Anamosa Reformatory
Dubuque
Letcher
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules advertised for kidney relief
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic and stimulant to flush waste and poisons from the kidneys. It claims benefits for weak kidneys and irritated bladder with symptoms like backache puffy eyes leg cramps moist palms and burning or scanty passage urging readers to ask their pharmacist for the Holland produced product.
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Haarlem
Holland
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Donald McFarlane
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George D King
Berry Mboo
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Ther
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Charles Ford
J W Blaine
Mire
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Paul Thompson
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Torpenson
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Gene Sider
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