Woodward Baby Wins Health Championship At State Fair
Floyd Joseph Cooper of Woodward claimed the health contest crown with a record 99.24 percent at the Iowa state fair. Dolores Marie Kingsbury of Marshalltown won grand champion girl with 98.88 percent, and Wayne Gordon Basler Jr of Cedar Rapids led city boys with 98.86 percent. Other top finishers included Jacqueline Ann Schultz of Ames and Vera Jean Hunter of Waukee as rural and town winners, with twins Lottie Jane and Dottie Jean Miller of Des Moines noted for their pair score.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Floyd Joseph Cooper
Floyd G. Cooper
Wood
Dolores Marie Kingsbury
Marshalltown
L. B
Jacqueline Ann Schultz
Ames
Vera Jean Hunter
Waukee
Bradley Joseph Schnittjer
Delhi
Lottie Jane Miller
Dottie Jean Miller
August Miller
Easler Baby
Patricia Lee Prow
Harold J. Prow
Centerville
Joseph
Oelwein Honors Last Civil War Veteran Boots Dies at 92
Thomas L. Boots 92 former Oelwein resident and last Civil War veteran in town died at his daughter's home. Born August 26 1840 in Brighton he served in the Union navy on the Essex and aided at Island No 10. He survived the Essex attack and later moved to Elkader Arlington and Stanley before settling in Oelwein. He leaves his widow and ten children including Fred J Boots, famed aviator, who died in Hartford.
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Oelwein
Thomas L. Boots
Fred White
Brighton
Saratoga
Great Lakes
West Indies
Union
Chicago
Mississippi River
Boots
Island No. 10
Mississippi
George Dewey
Elkader
Arlington
Stanley
Fred J. Boots
Hartford
Conn
Iowa highway board awards contracts for state highways
The Iowa highway commission announced contracts totaling 1 411 433 92 dollars under the federal unemployment relief act. 500 workers will be employed at 40 cents per hour for unskilled and 60 cents for skilled labor. Projects include paving graveling grading and bridges with 69 miles of paving 29 miles grading 51 4 miles graveling and 11 bridges plus 181 culverts and one overhead crossing.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
Marion
Palo Alto
Warren
Webster
Lyon
Mitchell
Monona
Sioux
Shelby
Audubon
Osceola
Floyd
Chick- No
Guthrie
Mills
Pottawattamie
Shelby Counties
Annual Mennonite Conference Closes At Deer Creek Church
The Conservative Amish Mennonite annual conference ended Thursday night at Upper Deer Creek six miles north of Wellman Iowa. About 1,200 attended each evening in a large tent. Jonas Yoder of Belleville, Pa. delivered the key sermon defending old church doctrine. The report notes frugal, plain living, opposition to modernism and religious taboos including bans on instruments phonographs and radios.
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Upper Deer Creek
Iowa County
Wellman
Mississippi
Menno Simon
Jonas
Iowa
Johnson Counties
Washington County
Divorces Sought in Cedar Rapids District Court Petitions
In Cedar Rapids district court a divorce petition was filed by F O Gille with cross petitions by Margaret Gille and John P Gille. Additional petitions include Lulu Cook against Sidney E Cook Minnie Bevins against Michael Bevins and Violet Oppelt against Kenneth Oppelt.
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Vinton
F. O. Reason
Cross
Margaret Gille
John P. Gille
Lulu Cook
Sidney E. Cook
Minnie Bevins
Michael Bevins
Violet Lucile Oppelt
Kenneth Oppelt
Lost Nation Rural Schools Open With New Teachers
Sharon township opened its rural schools this week with instructors Violette Willimack Evelyn De Vries Ruth Clancy and Ethel Gilmore listed as new incumbents in grades five through seven.
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Sharon Township
Inceme
Violette Willimack
Evelyn de Vries
Ruth Clancy
Ethel Gilmore
Anticipated Enrollment Rise in Clayton County Schools
Eleven of thirteen Clayton County districts expect 100 to 125 more students at start of the year. Consolidated Luana opened last Monday while McGregor Elkport start Tuesday and Elkader Edgewood Farmersburg Garnaville Guttenberg Littleport Marquette Monona Strawberry Point and Volga City begin Monday. Last year enrollment across all thirteen was 2419. eleven districts project 2214 this year. Superintendents Edward C. Mason and Cotrell swap at Farmersburg.
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Eleader
Luana
McGregor
Elkport
Elkader
Edgewood
Farmersburg
Garnaville
Guttenberg
Littleport
Marquette
Monona
Strawberry Point
Volga City
Edward C. Mason Sue- Cotrell
Hopkinton Thieves Sought After Garage and Store Break-In
Authorities chase a Ford truck theft tied to a Greif and Reggentin garage break in and a late night L Beitz grocery store entry. A farm near Worthington is said to hold a definite clue as the thieves stopped for water and a farmer claims to recognize them.
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The
Gazette
Hopkinton
Greif and Reggentin
L. Beitz
Worthington
Premium list shows Elkader fair awards exceed 2500
Elkader secretary Thomas Thomson will report to the fair board that premiums awarded in 1932 surpassed 2500. Cattle exhibitors led payouts, followed by hogs, with horses 400, cattle 856, 520, sheep 201, poultry 95 and vegetables 57.75, fruit 38.35, domestic arts and flowers 402.25, educational 63.75, boys and girls clubs 308.5, and fat steer 25.
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Elkader
Elkader Fair
Thomas Thomson
Fitzgerald Seeks Higher Valuation For Condemned Boathouse
Melvin Fitzgerald amended his condemnation petition in Iowa City seeking $45,000 for his boat house slated for use by the University of Iowa art colony, after originally asking $25,000. Attorneys Messer and Nolan cited a clerical error and noted the board had appraised the property at $5,000.
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Iowa City
Melvin Fitzgerald
University of Iowa
Messer and Nolan
Grundy County Fair Opens With Reduced Admission Prices
Grundy Center gears up for a four day Grundy County fair starting Sept 6 with half price admission. Beaman and Reinbeck exchange acts and grand events include kitten ball, running races, boxing on Friday night, and a county chorus with men from Sanit southwest Grundy.
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Gazette
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Grundy
Butler
Beaman and Reinbeck
Seasonable Weather Graces Iowa With Mild Temps
Sunshine prevailed over Iowa with no rain statewide Friday. Temperatures stayed moderate as Estherville reached 8 and Decorah recorded a low of 45 Thursday night. Possibility of southeast showers noted.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Estherville
Decorah
Funeral services for Mrs Peter Beucher Held in Postville Cemetery
Funeral services were held Thursday forenoon for Mrs Peter Beucher with Rev R F Galloway officiating and burial in Postville cemetery. She was born in Ohio on March 20 1848 and moved to Iowa with her parents settling near Springfield south of Postville. She married Peter Beucher in 1866 and made Postville their home.
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Postville
Peter Beucher
R. F. Galloway
Ohio
Iowa
Springfield
Damage suits flood Grundy county court docket
Several car wreck suits are filed in Grundy county actions. Mrs Speer and Miss Speer allege injuries from a May crash after Miss Eggert’s car sideswiped theirs near Grundy Center. Other cases name O Nederhoff Coertederhoff, James Casey, F L Binder and Le Roy Campbell with damages sought ranging from 1000 to 2500 dollars and dates in 1930 1931.
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Miss Eggert
Speer
Hardin Eee
Miss Speer
Albert Tjepkes
O. Nederhoff
Coertederhoff
Grundy Center
Tjepkes
Coert Ae
Trepkes
James P. Casey
Black Hawk County
John L. Binder
F. L. Binder
Grundy County
Beaman
Casey
L. E. Collins
Tama County
LeRoy P. Campbell
Clement Maine 55 Found Dead Along Road Near Arlington
Clement Maine, 55, a longtime farmer near Arlington, was found dead beside a road between the creamery and schoolhouse. Coroner J N Smittle ruled death from heart failure. He was unmarried, survived by three brothers and a sister, with a history of a prior hit and run injury.
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the Gazette
Arlington
Clement Maine
J. N. Smittle
Waucoma
Maine
Brush Creek
Winsfield
Cedar Rapids
E. Fitzgibbons
Reverend Stock to Preach First Sermon at St. Martin’s
The Rev. William Stock of Hoffman Minnesota has been named the new minister at St. Martin’s Lutheran church near Marengo Benton county. He will deliver his first sermon at his new charge this Sunday.
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Marengo
William Stock
Hoffman, Minn
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
Benton County
State Board of Education Files Suits On Notes
Iowa City petitions filed Thursday by the state board of education seek foreclosure on two promissory notes from 1912 for 800 dollars and 3500 dollars. Defendants Maud B. Butler Annie B. Murphy and Elizabeth Butler now deceased are named with W F Murphy. The board asks foreclosure and judgment of junior liens on property mortgages and asks that other claims be adjudicated.
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Iowa City
State Board of
Eee
Ee Y of
Iowa
Maud B. Butler
Annie B. Murphy
Elizabeth Butler
W. F. Murphy
John Fletcher
Oral Swift
B. Olsen
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Chickasaw
Bremer
Clayton
Deer Creek
Yoder
Belleville
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Newmans
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