Legion and Board Clash Over Veterans Preference in Appointments
Iowa station AP reports a public clash as the American Legion demands enforcement of veterans preference in hiring for state institutions. William Rathke accuses the Board of Control of failing to consider veterans for the Toledo juvenile home superintendent post. Harry White defends the board’s statutory duties and promises cooperation.
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Des Moines
American Legion
State Board of Control
Legion
William C. Rathke
Glenwood
Harry White
Board of Control
Toledo
Rathke
Virginia Silver
White
The
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Herrine Duust
Board of Contrel
Pioneer Brooklyn Woman Celebrates Her 90th Birthday
Mrs Martha A Lyke celebrated her ninetieth birthday at a family dinner in Brooklyn. Attending were three sons, two daughters, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She came to Iowa seventy years ago with her husband and one child and lived on a farm ten miles north of Brooklyn for forty years. Mr Lyke died eleven years ago and a daughter Mrs Julia Bickford lives with her. Lyke has traveled coast to coast since age 80 and enjoys quilt piecing without glasses. Present were Ellis Lyke of Bartlesville Oklahoma, E W Lyke of Cedar Rapids, F E Lyke of Mason City with his wife and children, daughter Dr Myrtle A Bone of Fremont Nebraska, and Mrs Bickford.
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the Gazette
Brooklyn
Martha A Lyke
Mrs Lyke
Iowa
Lyke
Julia Bickford
Ellis Lyke
Bartlesville
Okla
E W. Lyke
Cedar Rapids
F. E. Lyke
Mason City
Myrtle A. Bone
Freemont, Neb
Bickford
Blairstown
Presbyterian Church
Billy Charles Nieland
William Nieland
Luzerne
Ll. P. Nieland
J. C. B. Peck
International Cemetery
Maynard
McLeish
James McLeish
Aravada
Andrew McLeish
Veronca Crowley
Oelwein
Colorado
Betty
George
Robert
John
A. G. Simpson
Arch
Oran
Roy
Chicago
Mount Vernon
Alberta Munkres
Department of Education
Cornell
Hale
Fred Chatterton
Alfonso Antiallia
Lee Smith
Los Angeles
Chatterton
Hosea Ballou
Burlington
Roy Smith
Frank Ballou
Davenport
Paul Ballou
Anamosa
Howard Ballou
Clarence
Ethel Phillips
H. H. Freeman
Glenn Phillips
Clara Shankland
Hubert Shankland
Merle and Lyle
Hallie Bird
Ivan
Dwight Smith
Ray Chatterton
Olin
Frank Phillips
Marie Phillips
Harl Phillips
E. O. Root
Morris Tubbs
Hazel Chatterton
Oxford Junction
Frank Cruise
Milo Phillips
Wyoming
Garrison
Henry Henkle
Mr. Henkle
Elwood
Huckleberry Finn
Paulena Kellogg
Dwane Miller
Carol Schultz
Elsie Hans
Eleanor Hill
Velma Petersen
Maxine Waugh
LaVern Waugh
Edward Tubbs
Darrel Hicks
Edward Clark
Strawberry Point
Miss Wright
Model League
Harvey C. Travis
Oclwein
Tama
Mary Thompson
Deaconess Hospital
Ivan Flowers
Toledo
Ercel F. Lacina
Highland Township
J. W. Wilson
P. Hensen
Portman, Mont
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Wilson
Iowa City
James P. Gaffney
Citizens Savings and Trust Company
Ben S. Summerwill
Columbus Junction
Lyle Eugene Edwards
W. L. Edwards
Gladwin
Shangha
Oelwein and Richfield Lutheran Ladies Aid Societies
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George Boess
Fred Ehlert
Will Rappold
Albert Boess
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Richfield
Anna Brushler
Henry Gundacker
T. N. Walsh
Charles Gabel
Richard Belschner
Will Fritz
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Richard * Belschner
Center Junction
Roy D. Young
Madison Pioneer Cemetery
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Storm Lake
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Epworth League
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Bob O’ Keiser
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Doris Sprague
Stanley
Earl Rasmussen
Frank Brownell
Lloyd Kiefer
Omer Young
Joseph Hall
Robert Hall
Kenneth James
Helen Morgan
Irene Hoppes
Mildred Potwin
Lucille Clark
Maxine Arnold
Ines Campbell
Royce Heffner
Marjorie Swales
Anita Huber
Anna Toczek
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Glen
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Washington State
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Eddyville
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Clark
Springville
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R. A. Badger
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Jennie van Sickle
Elin Foust
Lucy Cooper
Minnie Wilson
Clara Clausen
Carl Burroughs
Dorothy Dunn
Jean Burroughs
Pair Thumb Ride To Jail After Cashing Sheriff Ride
Special to The Gazette Independence Joe Ortege and George Exman thumbed for a ride on highway 20 west of Waterloo. Deputy Sheriff James McDonnell, seeking them for questioning in the Gedney Smoke shop robbery, gave them a ride to jail where they confessed to stealing 24 cartons of cigarettes and a man’s coat.
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Independence
Joe Ortege
George Exman
James McDonnell
Highway 20
Waterloo
McDonnell
Gedney
Leaders Chosen for Cornell Parents Day 1935
Mount Vernon news announces the fourth annual Cornell Parents Day to feature the Cornell Monmouth football game with mothers and fathers as guests. The program includes morning chapel, noon luncheon, tea, and an evening program with Prof Clyde Tullis as master of ceremonies.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
C. L. Rich
Cornell-Monmouth
Pleasantville
Curtis Moore
Lime Springs
William Schroeder
Charlotte Radcliff
Hayward
Wis
Alice Davidson
Muscatine
Virginia Blanchard
Dubuque
Ruth Coffman
Polo
Genevieve Greenwood
Geneseo
Laura McKay
Savanna
Mary Ellen Moore
Tipton
Doris Newstrand
Dayton
Katheryn Swain
Kewan
Legion officers elected at Greeley meeting
At a Greeley American Legion meeting the officers were elected: Commander Huse A Dow, vice commander Jaspar Crane, adjutant Neal Slater, chaplain Fred Woeste, sergeant at arms Wilbur Connor.
Dickinson Warns of AAA Damage
Senator L J Dickinson repeated opposition to the AAA and New Deal experiments in addresses to the Lions club and the Republican Women's club of Tracr Monday night. He argued AAA shifts corn and hog business from Iowa to the south, reduced hog processing in the corn belt, and increased imports threaten Iowa markets. He urged McNary Haugen as feasible relief, warned of waste, debt growth, and that federal grants are repayment obligations.
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TRAER
L. J. Dickinson
AAA
Lions Club
Republican Women's Club
Tracr
Iowa
Corn
Dickinson
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
Tama County Court Sets Nov 12 Jury Assignments
Toledo reports judge B O Tankersley issued an October term jury list excused until Wednesday then reassigned for Tuesday Nov 12. Cases include O'Meara receiver v Willey and others against National Fire Insurance and First National Bank Chelsea with equity dates set for late October and early November.
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Toledo
Tama
B. O. Tankersley
J. V. O'Meara
Edna A. Willey
E. P. Willey
C. E. Webb
National Fire Insurance Company
Fred Hagedorn
Albert Meyer
Margaret A. Axon
Albert E. Caslavka
August J. Seeman
George Seeman
A. J. Bird
First National Bank
Montour
Fred
Olivia Carrick
Schultz Lumber Company
Wally Curphy
W. B. Schultz
Ben Morgan
Gladys Lacina
Admis
Joseph Lacina
James U. Ryan
Joseph Benesh
First National Bank of Chelsea
James A. Ryan
William Duggan
Mary Duggan
Arthur Thomas
Admr
James H. Shelhorn
D. W. Bates
Traer State Bank
James Shelhorn
of Batcher
B. L. Carter
Iowa town briefs recount local obituaries and events
A long list of brief notices from Blairstown to Elberon covers funeral services, deaths, births, marriages, school plays, club elections and local incidents. Notables include Billy Nieland 7 Luzerne, James McLeish Aravada, and Henry Stonecipher Earlville, with school plays at Elwood and Wyoming and court actions in Toledo and Iowa City.
Marquette A Town Noted For What It Lacks
Special to The Gazette describes Marquette with 814 residents lacking doctors dentists lawyers and clergy. The town has no cemetery and no local stores or trades aside from a sparse police presence. services and banks are in nearby McGregor and Prairie du Chien across the river.
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Marquette
McGregor
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Dun Dee District Approves School Building Plan
Voters in the Dun dee independent district approved plans for a $35 000 high school building including a gymnasium and auditorium as an addition to existing facilities by 158 to 42. Construction begins Dec 15 without a bond issue, funded by a PWA grant of 15 750 and an approved transfer of 18 581 from the general fund to the school house fund contingent on the vote.
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Dundee
Dundee Independent - School
PWA
Celebrate Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary at Lone Tree
Mr and Mrs Jesse Holdeman celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in Lone Tree. They have eleven children: Mrs Glen Huffman Rock Island, Mrs Lilian Burr West Liberty, Harley Holdeman Nichols, Mrs Elsie Case Adel, Mrs Bessie Bowman Moline, Kenneth Miami, Leslie Kansas City, Mrs Lucy Kirchner Perry, Vernon Lone Tree. Born March 11 1862 in Michigan, they moved to Iowa in 1866 and married Oct 21 1885 in Lone Tree. Holdeman built Lone Tree high school Kirkpatrick block Fisher block and city hall. Thirty nine guests attended the anniversary dinner.
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Jesse Holdeman
Holdeman
Lewis Z
Sarah Mangus Holdeman
Berrian County
Michigan
Iowa
Samuel
Adelaide Hinkley
Mr. Walker
Iowa City
Lone Tree High School
Kirkpatrick Opera House
Fisher Opera House
Two Hogs Stolen From Jackson County Farm
John Shana han, a farmer near South Garry Owen in Jackson County, reported two hogs weighing 150 to 175 pounds each were stolen Saturday night. The hogs were killed and loaded onto a vehicle to be removed. Shana said he missed the animals Sunday. The Jackson County Protective League offers up to $1,000 in rewards for information leading to conviction of farm thefts.
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Maquoreta
John Shanahan
South Garry
Owen
Leo Heinecke
Shana
Hani
Jackson County Protective League
Iowa County Legion Elects New Officers
Russell Jennings of Victor was elected Iowa county commander of the American Legion here Monday night. Frank McCallister of Williamsburg was re-elected adjutant and Steve Chimpanis of Marengo became county treasurer.
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Marengo
Russell Jennings
Victor
Iowa
American Legion
Frank McCallister
Williamsburg
Steve Chimpanis
Letts Man Waives Hearing On DUI Charge
Gage of Letts waived preliminary hearing before Mayor Pine in Columbus Junction on a charge of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was held for the October grand jury under $260 bond furnished by sheriff George Oakes and deputy Frank Hook.
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Wapello
Gage
Letts
George Oakes
Frank Hook
Pine
Columbus Junction
Poisoned kidneys relief and night-time urination cure ad
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to flush poisons and acids from kidneys and calm bladder irritation. It claims relief for nighttime urination and other kidney bladder symptoms such as scanty urine burning or smarting passage backache leg cramps puffy eyes.
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Haarlem
Bromo Quinine: Quick Remedy for Colds
A quảngage ad promotes Bromo Quinine as a fourfold cold treatment in a single tablet. It urges immediate use under a pharmacist’s guidance, taking two tablets every four hours, claiming relief within 24 hours and asserting safety and low cost at drug stores.
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Grove
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