Dubuque County Brother Slaying Confession Reported
Edgar Rogers 52 confesses to killing his brother Elmer 56 with a double barrel shotgun near their Mississippi river flats shack. Police say the quarrel escalated after Elmer refused a command not to return. Neighbors heard the dispute and found Elmer dead. Edgar’s arraignment was expected later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Edgar Rogers
Elmer
Mississippi River
Ednief
John Giellis
Edgar
Bellis
John L. Duffy
Duffy
Justice of
Mace Court
Giellis
James Ward
Intoxication Cases Rise 7.7 Percent in Iowa
Des Moines AP report shows Iowa intoxication arrests totaled 199 145 for the year ending June 30 1936 with 17 767 in the previous two months and 20 560 in 1935. driving while intoxicated arrests jumped from 1 510 to 42 636, while convictions edged from 16 688 to 18 666. South Lee county report pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Seo
State Liquor Control, Commission
Lee County
Yowa
Des Moines Liquor Chairman Cites More Arrests
Des Moines state official Bernard E Manley cited better law enforcement for a rise in intoxication arrests and noted more officers could yield even more detentions. The remarks reflect ongoing discussion of enforcement capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bernard E. ‘Manley
No Inquest To Be Held In Death By Own Action
Coroner W M Larkin ruled no inquest for Matt Schmitz 65 of Tonia who died Tuesday night after a self inflicted gunshot wound and later a knife attack. Neighbors reported two gunshots then a pocket knife plunge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampton
Corooner
W. M. Larkin
Matt Schmit
Tonia
Schmitz
Clean False Teeth New Magic Way
Dental science presents a simple method for cleaning plates and removable bridges. Soak in water with Polident powder and observe stains and deposits dissolve quickly. Polident, made by Wernet Laboratories, is claimed harmless and approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau. Gums look natural again. Polident costs 30 cents at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wernet Laboratories
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Hazel L Butler Weds John G Connor In Mechanicsville
Hazel Louise Butler daughter of Mrs Marie Butler Mechanicsville and John Geary Connor son of Mr and Mrs John Connor Pueblo Colorado were married Tuesday at St Mary's Catholic church by Rev H F Frencken. Attendants included Mary Jar Butler and Miles Connor with a breakfast at the Butler home. Mrs Connor a Mechanicsville high school graduate attended junior college in Kansas City and is Iowa University alumna who recently worked in Corydon. Connor attended Notre Dame a year and graduated from the University of Town and works as a chemist for Colorado Milling. They will move to Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville
Hazel Louise Butler
Marie Butler
John Geary Connor
John Connor
Pueblo
Colo
St. Mary's Catholic Church
H. F. Frencken
Mary Jar Butler
Miles Connor
Butler
Helen Brown
Kirby Connor
Decorah
Christian Tonning
Will Kautz
Ed Hoover
John Erickson
Grand Jury
Vinton
Charles A. Hittle
Harry Spinner
H. E. Taylor
Spinner
Resettlement Administration
Alvin J. Foss
Calmar
Columbus Junction
Dallmeyer
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Ira Jones
J. A. Schlichting
Chester Chelf
Muscatine
Chicago
Letts
Wapello
Rowley
Elvin Brunko
Near Brandon
Harry Robison
Charles City
Dale Brunko
Herman Brunko
Brandon
Dudley Robison
Elmer Ratchford
Bert Ratchford
California
E. W. McDonald
Genevieve McDonald
Minnie McDonald
F. R. Bechter
Claire
Kathryn
Donald Ratchford
Ray Ratchford
Independence
Robert Elvidge
J. W. McGrath
Margaret
Robert
Donald McGrath
Frank Ratchford
Winton
Garden Club
Shelter House
Riverside Park
Benton County
TRAER
Maude R. Patterson
Garwin
Tipton
W. W. Christian
Stanwood
John Wilson
Robert Jones
Clinton
Jones
William Hanna
Cedar Rapids
Hanna
Frank Moremo
Anna Mendez
Davenport
Treverton Warren
Harry Juarez
Viola Jarvis
Cedar County Rural Teachers Association
Alma Licht
London
Frances Nebergall
Wilma Tittle
Dorothy Weller
Dorothy Pfeffer
Des Moines
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Louisa County
Oscar Hale
Petit Jury
Cedar County
Board of Supervisors
Ray A. Potter
Cedar County Soldiers' Relief Commission
William H. Naber
Center Junction
Young People's Societies
Reta Noah
Jean McNeilly
Imogene Chase
Evelyn Courtney
Helen Himebaugh
Edward Snell
Miriam Courtney
Charlotte Rickels
Paul Smith
Jack
Barbara
Presbyterian Church
Smiths
Anamosa
S. G. Thompson
R. E. Beall
Blanche Aschliman
Wadena
Malcolm McLelland
Jean Cole
Myrtle Bilden
Clermont
Blanche West
Walter C. Clauson
LA Porte Citfy
la Porte City State Bank
Margaret Haven
J. J. Maloney
W. M. Blough
A. J. Baschnagel
J. J. Campbell
Humboldt
McGregor
Amy Gerndt
Charles Gerndt
Norman Scrogum
Julia Scrogum
Marquette
St. Mary's Church
J. J. Horsfeld
Woodrow Wickler
Scropumias
D. A. R. District Group Meets Friday At Toledo
The northeast district of the D A R will meet in Toledo Friday with about one hundred expected at lunch and the session at United Brethren church. State Regent Mrs Imogen B Emery will speak. musical numbers by Claude Rose and Mary Walters. A tour to the Indian reservation and sanitarium is planned plus an inspection of the state juvenile home. Tea will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Rose
Mary Walters
Toledo
W. G. McMartin
Tama
Iowa
Marshalltown
Grinnell
C. W. Maplethorpe
H. C. Woods
W. S. Gallagher
Grace Withington
Cora Conant
Lee Youngman
Carrie Elwood
Carlton Richards
Withington
Earl Spooner
H. P. Giger
C M. Richards
Churches of Christ Benton Buchanan Hold 79th Convention
The seventy ninth annual Churches of Christ convention for Benton and Buchanan counties meets at Prairie Creek church near Brandon September 10 11 12. E L Lane presides Mrs Ida Horn chairs entertainment committee with a series of rallies devotions Bible study addresses and basket dinners led by local and visiting clergy including Dr Paul Slater and Rev C Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Churches of Christ of
Benton
Buchanan
Prairie Creek
E. L. Lane
Ida Horn
E. C. Satchett
S. D. Noah
Bible School
F. A. Andrews
W. B. Slater
Burlington
Mary Hall
Paul Slater
China
S. E. Wallace
C. C Miller
S. R. Wall
Vinton
John McKee
F. M. Brannie
Shelbyville
Young People's Christian Endeavor
Leta Mae Donels
Y. W. McKee
North Liberty Epworth League elects officers
North Liberty officers were elected at the first Methodist Epworth League meeting of the year. President Lloyd Myers. vice presidents Berniece Anderson Carolyn Colony Carl Snavely Ruth Green. secretary Eleanor Maye Colony. treasurer Madeline Ranshaw. pianist Inez Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Liberty
Methodist Epworth League
Lloyd Myers
Berniece Anderson
Carolyn Colony
Carl Snavely
Ruth Green
Eleanor Maye Colony
Madeline Ranshaw
Inez Anderson
Iowa towns considered for new federal post offices
Federal list includes five eastern Iowa towns for new post office buildings as part of 380 projects total. Eligible towns span districts from Burlington in District One to Corydon in District Five, with towns in Johnson, Jones, Linn, Scott, Tama, Hardin, Wright, Grundy, Allamakee, Cerro Gordo, Clayton, Fayette, and Fayette counties among candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gavette
Washington, D. c
Iowa
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Burlington
Anamosa
Monticello
Jones County
Bettendorf
Scott County
Mount Vernon
Linn County
Belle Plaine
Benton County
Tama
Toledo
Tama County
Eldora
Hardin County
Clarion
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Lansing
Postville
Waukon
Allamakee County
Clear Lake
Cerro Gordo County
Elkader
Clayton County
West Union
Fayette County
Corydon
Committees Named for Mayflower Descendants Iowa Group
The Iowa Society of Mayflower Descendants announced committees for 1937 38 appointed by the governor Mrs Charles W Wester of Cedar Falls publicity chairwoman Mrs C W Strine of Boone The board of assistants will meet in Marion at Mrs Robert Hydes home on Sept 11 Committee members include Relics and historical documents Mrs J R Treichler Cedar Rapids publicity Mrs E W Williams Manchester legislative Irving H Hart Cedar Falls sesquicentennial Mrs C W Wester Cedar Falls Irving H Hart Cedar Falls
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOONE
INS
Iowa Society of Mayflower Descendants
Charles W. Wester
Cedar Falls
C. W. Strine
Board of Assistants
Marion
Robert Hyde
J.R. Treichler
Cedar Rapids
E. W. Williams
Manchester
Irving H. Hart
C. W. Wester
Multiple Obituaries and Public Notices Across Iowa Towns
Independence, Wilton Junction, DeWitt, Ely, and Columbus Junction report deaths, anniversaries, and public works bids. Individuals include Howard Godeby of Independence, Gus Bartels of Wilton Junction, Francis A. Flannery S J, and local families in Ely. Sealed bids announced for primary road 305 grading and culverts by the Iowa state highway commission at Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Howard Godeby
Henry Oelsen
Godeby
Mason City
Asa
Catherine Godeby
Waterloo
Bertha Brimmer
Catherine Hoffman
Ralph
William Godeby
Charlotte
Doris Hoffman
Charles
Max Hoffman
Wilton Junction
Gus Bartels
Dewitt
Francis A. Flannery
S. J
St. Francis Xavier Church
St. Louis
St. Stanislaus Cemetery
Florissant
Clinton County
St. Joseph's
Clinton
St. Stanislaus Seminary
L. V. Flannery
Florence
Robert
Ely
G. C. Chadima
Swisher
William Skalsky
Wilma
Anna Skalsky
Frank Krob
John Phillips
Louis Stanek
Frank Zvacek
Harold
Swenka
Edward Zvacek
Dorothy
Marlene
Alma
Esther Z
Letts
U. S. Road 6
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
Onslow Civil War veteran James Spencer 93 birthday
James Spencer born near Cleveland Ohio and a Civil War veteran of the Twenty fourth Iowa. Onslow Onslow family gather for his ninety third birthday with relatives including Lydia Lyon Harriet Lamey Mildred Barlow. Spencer has lived in the Onslow area for years and served in 1862.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
James Spencer
Lydia Lyon
George Lyon
Spencer
Twenty-fourth
Iowa Regiment
Cleveland
Ohio
Iowa
Harriet Lamey
Mildred Barlow
Cedar Rauids
James and
Ohn
Heat on Des Moines as vice crackdown continues
Des Moines police vowed ongoing raids after 179 arrests in 376 actions closed seven gambling houses and halted many taverns selling hard liquor. A syndicate shifted to a downtown hotel and a federal grand jury may probe slot machines amid statewide ban enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Roy Chamberlain
Paroled After Five Year Sentence For Sigourney Robbery
Clyde Buckles, 24, was sentenced by Judge Frank Beckley to five years for grand larceny in Montezuma and paroled to Sheriff E. E. Tremmel. Buckles pled guilty to taking a billfold containing 124 dollars from Vincent Carmichael, a Sigourney truck driver, on August 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Clyde Buckles
Frank Beckley
Montezuma
Anamosa
E. E. Tremmel
Buckles
Vincent Carmichael
Two Appointments To UI Engineering Faculty
Iowa City Dean Francis M. Dawson named Henry L. Godeke and Dana D. Sherrill to the University of Iowa college of engineering faculty. Godeke, an Iowa graduate, will be associate professor, while Sherrill, a University of Colorado graduate, becomes an instructor. Godeke previously taught at the University of Illinois and Sherrill worked as a junior engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Francis M. Dawson
University of Iowa College of Engineering
Henry L. Godeke
Iowa
Dana D. Sherrill
University of Colorado
Godeke
Sherrill
University of Minois
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Denver
Sauerkraut To Rule At Blairstown Celebration
Blairstown hosts the third annual Sauerkraut Day under the M. J. Kirby post American Legion. Festivities run Saturday from 10 a.m. with a concert, a parade at 10:30, morning horseshoe contest, free sauerkraut 12 to 1, afternoon horse and pony races, baseball vs Newhall at 2:30, tug of war, two concerts, and dances to close the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecing
the Gazette
Blairstown
M. J. Kirby Post
American Legion
Newhall
James Kubichek
Pete Hill
Thirty Nine Civil Cases Filed At Vinton Court
Only 39 new civil cases were filed for the September term of district court in Vinton, the smallest number in years, with Judge L J Kirkland presiding. Defaults followed and an assignment of law cases was set for petit jury reports. Trial notices exist in 15 equity, 10 law and three probate cases. The grand jury was not convened this term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
District Court
L. J. Kirkland
Iowa City sees PWA funds delay for new high school
The Iowa City school board has yet to receive official word from Washington on a 326250 PWA allocation for a new central high school. A bond-election date may be set at a special meeting to cover the remaining construction costs. Other items note police chiefs attending a Clinton convention, Iowa dental hygiene project growth, court terms, hunting and fishing licenses sales, and University radio programs for freshmen. Funeral notices for Frank Lovetinsky and M H Donahoe are also recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa City School Board
Washington
PWA
Edward C. Eicher
Don McComas
Harold D. Evans
R. J. Jones
Johnson County
University of Iowa
University Women's Association
Betty Braverman
Lost Nation Farmer Found Dead In Barn
Michael Scanlan, 65, of Lost Nation, was found dead in his barn at 1 30 a m Tuesday from heart failure. His niece Gertrude Wolfe found the body after he failed to return from tending a cow. Survived by brothers Ed Lost Nation and Dr M Scanlan DeWitt with another brother John dead recently in a similar incident. funeral plans not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Fay
J. J. Clark
Frank Lovetinsky
Holbrook
M. H. Donahoe
the Gazette
Lost Nation
Michael Scanlan
Scanlan
Gertrude Wolfe
M. Scanelan
DeWitt
John
Cedar County Attorney Gets Mitchell Ruling
Atty. Gen. John H. Mitchell ruled that the 3 percent evaporation allowance on gasoline should be calculated from refinery gallonage rather than the receiving point. The decision aligns with prior Iowa Supreme Court interpretation. The opinion also directed the state highway commission to cover weed-removal costs on primary roads from its general fund, with counties paying for county roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
John H. Mitchell
Leo J. Wegman
Iowa Supreme Court
Attorney General's Office
Hermann Onken
Tipton
State Highway Commission
Inheritance Reports Filed in Tama County
Preliminary inheritance tax reports filed in Tama County district court indicate estates for Melissa Allard of Gladbrook valued at $6,845.56 with $1,491 debt and real estate valued at $5,200 after mortgages. heirs include two sons, four daughters, three grandsons, and one granddaughter. Other reports concern Anton Wilimek of Traer with a wartime policy stake of $1,970 and heirs Minnie and Vencil Wilimek. William Wilimek of Traer with a $200 insurance claim. Martha Brecht of Garwin valued at $15,013.49 with four granddaughters as heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Tama County
District Court
Melissa Allard
Gladbrook
Spring Creek Township
Wallace H. Allard
Cedar Falls
Ray C. Allard
Pearl Engel
Leta Stauffer
Edna Wiese
Laura Reinhard
George
Floyd
John Oaks, Jr
Mae Oaks
Anton Wilimek
Traer
Minnie Wilimek
Vencil Wilimek
Vining
William Wilimek
Edward Wilimek
Martha Brecht
Garwin
Adeane_ Hessenius
Melbourne
Thelma Freese
Kathryn Whitney
Hubbard
Nedra Foster
Minneapolis
Minn
Springville Bride Weds W Gordon Helsel in Quiet Ceremony
Alice Sherman of Washington D C became the bride of W Gordon Helsel son of Mrs Mary E Helsel of Clearfield Penn in Springville The Rev R A Badger officiated Attendants included Genivieve Sherman Harold A Kline and many relatives Guests from Tipton Morley Anamosa Olin and other towns attended A luncheon followed with cousins serving and punch and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
W. A. Sherman
Alice
Washington, D. C
W. Gordon Helsel
Mary E. Helsel
Clearfield
Penn
Genivieve Sherman
Harld A. Kline
Lock Haven
R. A. Badger
Curtis, Lamb
Des ‘Moines
L. A. Miller
Anamosa
Dale John
Maxwell
Helsel
Veterans’ Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Willard Sherman
United Airways
Carl Mather
Evelyn Hamill
Tipton
Clifford Stevens
Cyrus Lamb
Morley
L. G. Freeman
Sherman Merritt
Delbert Brickley
Harold Merritt
Lee Oy Skeels
Harlan Skeels
Helen Eden
Dorothy Mae
Carl Rhowedder
Esther
Olin
Robert Condit
Florence
Ruth
Burdena
Norma Condit
Harry Freeman
Maurine Christian
Leech at G A R Camp in Madison Wis Civil War Vet Leads
Dr. L. J. Leech and his wife spend the week at the G A R national encampment in Madison Wisconsin. He is the Cedar county last Civil War veteran and past commander of the Town G A R at 91 still active in civic life.
Stove Explosion Damages Home in Oelwein
Fire crews responded Tuesday to a gasoline stove explosion at the home of Harry Beckner in Oelwein. Damage was slight and no serious injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Harry Beckner
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Wadley
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Wheatland
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Hugo Rix
Edgewood
D. A. Lighty
Perry Lighty
Greeley
Charles Lighty
Veryl Sherman
Raymond Lighty
John Reedy
Earl Rolfe
Crystal Township
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J. R. Patterson
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Treva Poland Conant
George W
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Swan
Gerwin
James A. Patterson
Wapello High School
Alice Rose Daily
Glendora Downs
Ivan Glen Mills
Pete McGill
Dick Platt
Eunice Pettis
Bob Brown
Cornelia Springer
Dolla Jean Dunlap
Billy Holmquist
Billy Foot
Bob Hook
Sigourney Man
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Sauerkraut
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Harte
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