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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1937

Page

3

Racket Unveiled in Moonlight Murder Confessions

Chicago officials announced the Lee murder was solved by a moonlight robbery plot. Two men Foxey and Minella confessed and implicated Lucille Buchler, with Sappeniezo named as the shooter who fled town. Lee was killed during a failed holdup in Grant Park.

Chicago INS Herbert W. Lee Lee Grant Park Emmett Moynihan Moynihan Lucille Buehler Harry Posner Leonard W. Foxey Albert “Rags” Minella Anthony Sappy" Sappeniezo Sappeniezo

Eva Snakenberg 73 Dies At Sigourney

Mrs Eva Snakenberg 73 wife of Henry Snakenberg died Monday at her Sigourney home after a long illness. Born Eva Brannon April 14 1863 in Keokuk county she is survived by her husband one son Clifford one daughter Mrs Glen Noller of Sigourney three sisters Mrs Lafayette Higgins of Des Moines and Dean and Thi of Sigourney and two brothers Ed and John of Sigourney. Services Wednesday at 2 pm at the Presbyterian church burial in West cemetery.

Sigourney Eva Snakenberg Henry Snakenberg Eva Brannon Keokuk County Clifford Glen Noller Lafayette Higgins Des Moines Dean Thi John

Marriage Announced for Viola Kerton and Harry Heidemann

Announcements report the marriage at the Little Brown Church near Nashua on June 1 of Viola Kerton daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Kerton of Masonville and Harry Heidemann son of Mrs Clara Heidemann of Manchester. They were attended by Iola Southern Waterloo and James Macon Independence. The couple will reside in Manchester.

Manchester Little Brown Nashua Viola Kerton Bert Kerton Masonville Harry Heidemann Clara Heidemann Iola Southern Waterloo James Macon Independence

Propst Brothers Threshers Picnic Draws 135 In Keystone

In Keystone at Jerome Mitchell field the Propst Brothers held their second annual threshers picnic on Sunday with about 135 attendees. The main event was a North versus South baseball game, won by the South side 9 to 7.

Monmouth Propst Brothers Jerome Mitchell Keystone

Mrs Bert H Byers 62 Dies of self inflicted injury

Funeral services were planned in Adel with burial Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Bert H Byers, 62, died Saturday from a self inflicted bullet. Worry over her son Gerald’s health was cited as a cause of her despondency. Born Catherine Russell in Perry on August 23, 1875, she lived there until age eight, moved to Adel, married Dr. Bert H Byers on July 30, 1898, and later studied osteopathy in Des Moines. The couple moved to Manchester in 1911. Surviving are her husband, sons Gerald of Manchester and Donald a chemistry student at the University of Minnesota, her mother Ada Russell of Adel, and brothers Burton of Adel and Chester Jr. of Chicago. She was a member of the Community church and the Friday Afternoon club.

Manchester Adel Byers Des Moines Gerald Donald University of Minnesota Ada Russell Burton Chester Chicago Strawberry Point Arthur J. Butler Mason City James P. Gable Wadena Ruth Marie Starr George and Matilda Starr Mercy Hospital Ma‘son City Delwe Marilyn Ruth George Starr Edgewood Leonard Larson Lamont Duff Oregon Roy Thomas Louis Smith Oelwein Glenn Olinger Clarence Tucker Eldon Grapes Albert Graesch Carl Starr Elkader Solon Krob Joseph T. Krob Richard Krob Olga Zimmerman Lowell Pauba Duluth Leo Ulch Vernon Frank Schleuter Cedar Rapids John Reyhons Herman Stahle Marvin Stahie John Stahle John Krob Libbie Ocheltree Frank Krob George Richard Myron Nalley Vernon Kent William Dorothy Zenishek E. G. Rushek Milo Krob Anna Ulch J. E. Michalek Colette Meade Elmer Levtzo Russell Fell

Lane couple marks 52nd wedding anniversary

Mr and Mrs T J Lane celebrated their fifty second wedding anniversary Friday. They made no special plans for the occasion and spent the day at home.

LA Porte City T. J. Lane

West Union Obituary and Iowa Community Notices

Mrs Mae Rush died Sept 2 in West Union and is buried there after services at Bethel Presbyterian church. The obituary lists her parents from Rockford Illinois and surviving children Harry Rush and Lettie Ward with grandchildren and great grandchildren. The page also records numerous local notices from Springville to Delhi about reunions, church events, school openings, and marriages across many Iowa towns.

Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Advertised

An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe stimulant and diuretic for kidney and bladder discomfort. It claims relief from backache and irritable bladder with sleeping benefits and urges buying the Haarlem product from Holland for guaranteed results.

Haarlem Holland

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