Two Women Die In Fire At Independence Apartment
A Tuesday early morning blaze in a two story frame building in Independence killed mother Mary Lynch Stats Harper, 64, and daughter Ethel Stats Lamb Chesmore, 43, who were trapped on the upper floor. Charles Stats and George Davis were lightly burned escaping. twelve to fifteen residents were asleep. The Louis Kiggins grocery was in the front, with the Kiggins family among the rear occupants. the structure was once the Murray house.
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George Davis
Stats
Louis Kiggins
Kiggins
Murray House
Iowa Women in a Wide Range of Professions
A long profile lists Iowa Business and Professional Women members across diverse fields from teachers and bookkeepers to radio shop operators and surgeons. It highlights many women in public office, ownerships, and professional roles, noting prominent leaders and nationwide reach, ending with a claim that men must create new jobs or abandon the notion of women as the weaker sex.
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TRAER
Iowa Business and Professional
Gro
Iowa
Iowa Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Africa
Red Cross
Sand and Gravel Company
Gowrie Wins Prize at Tama Co. Fair Drum Corps Victory
Gowrie American Legion Drum and Bugle corps won the Tama county fair contest with over 2500 attendees. Water loo, Cedar Rapids, Maquoketa, Leugue, Valley Junction, and Grinnell followed in prizes as judges from the state legion command and local leaders produced top placings. First prize paid 200 dollars plus 18.20 from grandstand receipts.
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Toledo
Gowrie
American Legion
S. C. Nelson
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionaire
Cedar Rapids
Drum and Bugle Corps
Jack Fromm
Des Moines
Robert Dowd
Montour
Dean Dolash
Roger Fleming
Dinsdale
Ram
Funeral for Leroy McAtee in Troy Mills
Funeral services for Leroy McAtee 23 of Troy Mills were held at the Christian church in Manchester area. He died Saturday when struck by a low telephone wire while atop baled hay. Pallbearers were six schoolmates. Burial was in Troy Mills cemetery. He survived by parents eight brothers two sisters a half sister grandmother and a niece and nephew.
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Troy Mills
Leroy McAtee
Robert McAtee
Manchester
Christian Church
Charles Sauer
Quasqueton
Ethel Schantz
Alburnett
Lois McKee
Walker
Sarah Keller
Lester Hoover
Carl Andrews
Forrest Cherry
Harold McCright
Edwin Powell
Martin Cook
Leroy
Donald
Guy
Laverne
Harold
Burl
Lloyd
Wilbur
Wayne
Laura Cameron
Claudia Berry
Leona Masteller
Waterloo
A. D. Washburn
Troy
Grundy Pair Escape Injuries When Car Is Struck By Train
Grundy Center Ernest Eckhoff and Edward Tiseman narrowly escaped serious injuries Saturday evening when their car was struck by a south bound Rock Island passenger train at the Wellsburg crossing. They were returning from a Wellsburg ball game and, due to dust, could not see the train. The car was dragged about thirty feet and thrown into a ditch, but both men suffered only minor bruises.
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the Gazette
Grundy Center
Ernest Eckhoff
Edward Tiseman
Rock Island Crossing
Wellsburg
Pinney Family Injured In Automobile Accident
Mr. and Mrs. Alden Pinney and Mrs. Effie Gayle are hospitalized in Hannibal Missouri after a weekend crash when their car was struck by a truck near Elgin while returning to Ewing. Mr Pinney, owner and editor of the Scott County Democrat, has a double back fracture. his wife and sister are badly bruised.
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Gazette
Elgin
Alden Pinney
Marengo Man Dies While Pitching A Game Of Baseball
Ralph Smoley 2 of Marengo died Sunday afternoon at 4 while pitching for the Tama Indians in Koszta. He collapsed from the bench where he sat before his team’s next game after a win over Norway. Survived by his widow Rose and six siblings, Smoley had served as Marengo post office engineer since June 1 and earlier worked six years at Carson high school. He belonged to the American Legion and Knights of Pythias.
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Marengo
Ralph Smoley
Tama Indians
Koszta
Norway
Smoley
Indians
American Legion
The
Knights of Pythias
Keswick Farm Home Destroyed By Fire
Fire Monday morning destroyed the farm home of Mrs. Stella Axmear Martens one and a half miles west of Keswick. The blaze discovered at 6 30 am as the roof began to fail, and the origin remains unknown. Only a few furniture items were saved. The family set up temporary quarters in a three room house on the premises.
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Keswick
Stella Axmear Martens
Death of Dr Edward R Steel Stuns Grun dy Center
Dr Edward R Steel 45 a former Grun dy Center veterinarian died Sunday afternoon in a Kansas City hospital. He and his family moved to Kansas City about five years ago. He is survived by his widow and six children.
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Grundy Center
Edward R. Steel
Kansas City
Field silences hecklers with call for jobs in Iowa
Carroll Ir Ia Henry Field republican Senate candidate spoke at a 4 H show to an audience of 10 000 in Toledo and Mason City after being interrupted by hecklers over prohibition. He ended the confrontation with a pledge that Iowa needs jobs not jags.
Chester Powell Family Reunion At Central City
Sun day descendants of the Chester Powell family met at Central City for a picnic celebrating the third wedding anniversary of Orlin and Mrs. Sehl and Mrs. Keller's birthday. Twenty eight family members attended with officers elected for the group.
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Troy Mills
Chester Powell
Central City
Orlin Sehl
Alburnett
I. W. Keller
Katie Iehl
James Powell
Helen Powell
Leona Potter
Nona Powell
Orlin Iehl
Harlin Powell
Edwin Powell
Oakley Powell
Opal Keller
Emmett
Charles Potter
Leona
Lucille
Ed Keller
Allie McPike
Walker
Eva
Helen
Eleanor
Vera Fuessiey
Lorraine Dunn
Cedar Rapids
Kathleen
Alice
Mrs. E. C. Mc Sweeney Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. E C Mc Sweeney aged 61 died Sunday after a prolonged illness. She is survived by her husband three sons and one daughter.
Sues 68 Nieces Nephews To Break Livingston Will
Mrs Bertha Hyde files suit in County Burson Manchester against J R Grimes and sixty eight others heirs of Amos Livingston of Colesburg claiming promised but not received inheritance. Livingston died leaving about 21000 value estate. Hyde cared for him nine years and seeks entire estate. Separate divorce suit: Mrs Walter Kelley seeks dissolution from husband on cruelty and intoxication.
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Manchester
Bertha Hyde
Burton Clark
J. R. Grimes
Amos Livingston
Colesburg
Livingston
Antate
Hyde
Mr. Livingston
Colesbury
Walter Kelley
Cedar Rapids Good Will Tour To Feature Edgewood Homecoming
Edgewood hosts Homecoming with Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Good Will tour arrival. A 1 p.m. band concert precedes Guy Linville’s 1 30 address. Edgewood Oelwein Elkader groups perform. noon barbecue. Edgewood teams play kittenball versus Earlville and a baseball game with Littleport. children’s events round out the day. About 1000 attended last year.
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Gazette
Edgewood
Edgewood Commercial Club
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Guy Linville
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein
Elkader
Earlville
Littleport
Waterloo to Host 39th Iowa Teachers Session
About 1,800 teachers from eighteen counties gather in Waterloo September 30 and October 1 for the Iowa Teachers Association. Sessions run mornings with round table discussions and group luncheons. evenings feature The Barber of Seville by Festival Opera of Chicago.
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Een Educational Ers
Iowa
Augustus O. Thomas
World Federation of Educational Associations
Bess Goodykoontz
United States Commissioner of Education
Washington
Festival Opera Company of
Chicago
Association
Malcolm Scott Hallman
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
A. O. Vaala
Chickasaw
New Hampton
E. Blendie Byers
East Junior High School
Waterloo
T. M. Clevenger
Waverly
Last Week Healthiest Of Year In Iowa States
Iowa health figures show decline in summer illnesses for the week ending September 1. Typhoid eight, scarlet fever five, whooping cough nine, diphtheria three, smallpox three, chickenpox three, mumps three, and tuberculosis led with seventeen cases. State Health Commissioner D C Steelsmith announced the tally.
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Des Moines
Iowa
D. C. Steelsmith
Hendrickson Death Evidence To Court Tuesday
County Attorney Morrison planned to present evidence to the district court grand jury on Tuesday regarding the death of John Hendrickson 39. Walter Mickey 60 is jailed on the case saying he does not recall details of the fight. Others named Joe Adams and Carl Ragan were drinking with the men at Brighton when the hat was knocked off prompting blows that led to Hendrickson being struck on the cement sidewalk.
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Washington
George F. Morrison
District Court
John Hendrickson
Walter Mickey
Mickey
Hendi
Hendrickson
Joe Adams
Carl Ragan
Brighton
Mrs. Phebe Beckner Dies After Illness in Fayette
Mrs. Phebe Beckner widow of Joseph E. Beckner died at Fayette Sunday morning after a long illness. Born December 6 1850 in Cambridge New York she moved to Greeley at age nine. She is survived by sister Mrs. Martha Jenkins of Greeley and brother Martin Freeman of Maynard. Funeral to be held Tuesday afternoon at the Christian church with Elma Hutson to sing. Pallbearers listed as Martin Freeman C B Trewin Laurence Gras Peter Oleson Herbert S and Henry Hilsenbeck.
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Greeley
Phebe Beckner
Joseph E. Beckner
Fayette
Phebe Mathilda Freeman
Cambridge
N. Y
Manley
Hannah Freman
Beckner
Farm Bureau leader urges unity for economic votes
Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau federation, told 5,000 western Iowa farmers at Shelby county's Labor Day picnic that farm problems in Arkansas, Tennessee, California and Iowa share a common solution. He urged agriculture and labor to unite, saying all economic affairs are political and the ballot is the strongest weapon to keep prohibition and other issues from confusing economic issues at election time.
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Harlan
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Shelby County Farm Bureau
Arkansas
Tennessee
California
La Porte City Home Damaged By Early Morning Fire
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henry in La Porte City suffered extensive damage from a Fire around 3 30 Monday morning unknown origin. Three rear rooms and the kitchen were destroyed while remaining rooms were scorched and smoked. The Henry family and their son Evan escaped by window. insurance covers the damage.
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LA Porte City
Thomas Henry
Henry
Evan
Meyer Celebrate Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs William Meyer of Wheatland marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a Sunday evening reception for about 100 relatives and friends on the Wheatland farm. Mrs Meyer, formerly Miss Anna Giebelstein, wed on the Wheatland farm and the couple have seven children all living at home.
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Wheatland
William Meyer
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