Marion News: Covered Wagon Trip To Ohio Recalled
Mrs Viola Gowans of Bellefontaine Ohio visited Marion and recalled a 51 year old journey from Iowa to Ohio in six weeks. Her family later traveled by car in twelve hours revealing the change from mud and wagons to highways and concrete.
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Ohio
Viola Gowans
Bellefontaine, O
Marion
Dr. C, F
John Gowans
Dr. Gowans
Lloyd W. Miller
Peru
Indiana
New Books Placed At Marion Public Library
Marion Public Library adds adult non fiction titles by Lippmann Post and Couch plus biographies and novels by Halsey Dane Wharton Stout and Priestley. Several fiction works include Dark River Doomsday Men and Puzzle and Poison with a focus on varied settings. Local clubs and residents schedule meetings and events through the week.
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Marion Public Library
Lippmann
Emily Post
Halsey
Frances Willard
Evanston
Trowbridge
Couch
Frank Miller
Mission Inn
Gale
de la Roche
Nordhoff
Hall
Krey
Texas
Dane
Brighton
Mont St. Michel
Vercel
Mont St- Michel
Wharton
Saratoga
New York
Bottome
Priestley
American Southwest
Stout
Berkeley
DeMolay Meeting and Local Social Notices
Irma Maier and Miss Sophie Coenen travel to Cedar Rapids to stay with Frances Mally in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Howard Martin hosts a sixth wedding anniversary buffet for twelve guests at 2035 Seventh Avenue. The Cornerstone Kensington gathering is set for Thursday at 2 30 at Clara Sears residence. Local students and teachers are involved in club meetings and visits across Marion and surrounding areas.
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Joe Cira
Michael Cira
Vincent Hart
Gus Pusateri
Mary Ann
William Graf
Iowa City
Ed Ryan
Clinton
Rose Gallo
Anna Lucy Gallo
Marion Scolaro, Jr
Charles Novotny
Sophie Coenen
Will Coenen
Cedar Rapids
Frances Mally
Fourth Avenue
Howard Martin
Seventh Avenue
Cornerstone Kensington
Clara Sears
Sixth Avenue
Restoration Work On Hoover House Nears Finish
Mrs. Herbert Hoover and Allan Hoover chose restoration is nearly complete after Cedar Rapids firm McKay Construction removed a later frame addition and reversed the original cottage position. Workers found an original exterior of rough vertical boards whitewashed on the outside beneath the siding.
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Herbert Hoover
Allan Henry Hoover
Bruce
Kenneth McKay
McKay Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Tipton
West Branch
Hoover
His Specialty Rye Bread Man Back From Minnesota
LAIRSTOWN William Hoebel prepares for a January birthday and for eighteen summers has visited Pelican Lake near Brainard. Friends recall his prowess as a cook and rye bread baker at camp or home. He runs a hardware business, dislikes inactivity, and is shown repairing a sewing machine in this photograph.
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Lairstown
William Hoebel
Minnesota
Pelican Lake
Brainard
Hoover Birthplace Site Preservation Moves Forward
While cleaning the Herbert Hoover birthplace site extensive wall restoration uncovered 12 inch plaster and two inch cotton patches for insulation. Wrought iron tools once owned by Jesse L Hoover were saved for potential display. Allan and Mrs Hoover may landscape with era shrubs including lilacs and a caretaker's modern cottage stands nearby.
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Jesse L. Hoover
Hoovers
West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Allan Hoover
OBE BAN ON RADIO MONOPOLY DEFIED
FCC Chair man MecNinch described a ban on radio monopoly as a landmark stance against concentration in Des Moines where Cowles interests own two radio stations and the Register and Tribune. He denied any plan for political censorship of radio programs.
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OBE
WNAX
FCC
MecNinch
Des Moines
Cowles
Register and Tribune
McNinch
Commission
FCC Approves WNAX Transfer as Price Scrutiny Rages
The FCC approves the WNAX sale to Cowles interests for 200000, noting a balance sheet value of 74436.45 though rumors place value near 40000. The decision targets the sellers and farmers tax refund scheme ties, while linking WNAX to WLW license issues and FCC personnel changes.
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FCC
WNAX
Cowles
Wnax Broadcasting Company
Gurneys
D. B. Gurney
WLW
Hampson Gary
W. J. Dempsey
New Deal
John J. Dempsey
New Mexico
Thomas Corcoran
Gary
Dempsey
No Bus Needed Pupils Ride Ponies to School in Cass No 1
In Cass No 1 near Tipton a rural school uses ponies for transport with thirteen of seventeen pupils riding. The pony herd includes Spot the fastest, Denny a 26 year old pony, Nancy who does tricks, and others named Beauty Billy Buster Dickey Kit and Danny. Families have long riders and shelters for ponies include a frame shelter and a straw bale shelter.
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Ppipton
Tipton
Jessie Morton
Spot
Denny
Nancy
Beauty
Billy
Buster
Dickey
Kit
Danny
Raymond
Darlene Miller
Cass No. 1
Delores
Kenneth Jedlicka
Richard Jedlicka
Carl
Billie Agne
Richard and
Fremont Gaul
Kenneth Schroeder
Dorothy
Paul Hines
Russell Marovek
Purchase Iowa Coal for Use at Iowa U
Muntz sues to block Iowa Board from buying 1000 tons of foreign coal for the school for the blind at Vinton claiming Iowa statute requires preference for Iowa coal. He cites court action to prevent the purchases, with prices noted as 308 dollars and 3.10 dollars per ton for Iowa City deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Iowa City
Muntz
School For Blind
Vinton
Iowa
Discoverers of Tooth Decay Germ Are Waucoma Men
Recalled early efforts by the Belding brothers to isolate a dental germ and link it to dietary factors. The pair tested saliva with naval midshipmen and suggested public health action while noting fermentation as a possible control. Their work connected caries to civilization and diet, sparking debate among medical groups and New York media.
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Bert
Paul H Belding
Fayette County
Bert” Belding
Waucoma School
Waucoma
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
University of Iowa
Iowa
Calmar
P H Belding
Leland J. Belding
Belding Brothers
New York Times
Lieut. Belding
Naval Academy
South Africa
Belding
Greater New York
Snakes Are Pets in Mt Vernon Home
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon Cornell College is hosting two student observers who study a pair of pet snakes kept by Mrs Jewel Bothwell Tull. The seven foot blue gopher Two-gun Beeley and four foot king Rad share pens with a dog Gaber and a cat Billy the Kid. The snakes, originally owned by Bill Lattner of Cedar Rapids, were kept in the Tulls’ home after a summer stay by Bernard and Mrs Van Etten. Monthly meals of raw hamburger and eggs are force fed via a grease gun with Beeley requiring two shots. Rad is a constrictor and kept separate to prevent harm to Beeley. both pose no danger to humans.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell Col Lege
Stuents
Jessie McKerrow
June Wetherbee
Beeley
Rad
Jewel Bothwell Tull
Tull
Gaber
Billy the Kid
Bill Lattner
Cedar Rapids
Bernard van Etten
Tulls
Arizona
Iowa Campaign Surprises Split Dickinson Gillette Race
Voters face a heated Dickinson versus Gillette contest amid a broader political battle in Iowa. Republicans push Roosevelt-free ballots and county wins while Democrats tout Kraschel and Wilson strengths. The race hinges on New Deal stances, party control fears, and regional supports ahead of the November election.
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Gillette
Dickinson
Roosevelt
Herring
Berry Halden
Chariton
Kraschel
George Wilson
Wilson
G.O.P
Cedar
Jones
Iowa
Congress
States House
Kraschel-Wilson Argument Is All About. the Dickinson-Gillette
Republicana
Fred Miller
Supreme Court
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Riceville
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Kensington
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Washington, D. C
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Order of DeMolay
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Keokuk
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Central City
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