Mysterious Deaths In Oelwein Yards Baffle Coroner
Coroner J. M. Smittle investigates the deaths of two transients, L. R. Hicks and Frank Richter of Pittsburg, Kansas, in the Great Western yards at Oelwein. Hicks drank water then collapsed. Richter was found in a box car. No poison or liquor found yet. stomach contents sent to Iowa City for analysis. coroner suspects strychnine but notes careful dress and clean appearance.
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Oelwein
J. M. Smittle
Fayette County
Great Western Railroad
Oelwe
L. R. Hicks
Frank Richter
Pittsburg
Kan
Hicks
Richter
W. L. Hicks
Smittle
Iowa City
TODDVILLE COUPLE CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Toddville group marks fifty years of marriage for Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Palmer with a family reunion at their Linn county farm. They wed Sept 10, 1882, spent a year in Clarke county, and have lived in Linn county the rest of the time.
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Toddville
Roscoe Palmer
Clarke County
Linn County
Walter Palmer
Allen
Lois
Center Point
W. R. Haynes
Phyllis
Cedar Rapids
W. C. Wallace
Gary
M. L. Brown
Fay
Max
Mr. Brown
Blockade Around Sioux City Reaches Stalemate
Farmers from Iowa and South Dakota push embargo into Sioux City as picketing resurfaces with 75 South Dakota protesters stopping trucks on highway No 50. Woodbury County plans a meeting to decide next steps while Farmers Holiday association eyes a September 21 gathering to discuss governors conference proposals and a peaceful marketing strike with thirteen states.
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Sioux City
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Woodbury County
Farmers’ Holiday Association
Former Kentucky Governor To Speak At Iowa GOP Rally
Homer Stephens, chair of the Kentucky Republican State Central Committee, says former Kentucky Governor Edward P. Morrow will headline a statewide GOP conference in Des Moines next Friday. The event, with county chairs and vice chairs, focuses on organizing, rallies, and spreading campaign issues to voters before fall elections.
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DES Moines
Homer Stephens
Republican State Central Committee
Edward P. Morrow
Kentucky
Stephens
Iowa
Grinnell Officer on Duty for Traffic Patrol
Grinnell welcomes a motorcycle officer placed on duty Monday to patrol the city and report traffic violations by order of Mayor Wil Nelson. Washington County Baptist elects James Ralston as moderator and installs him in West Chester with officers named. Prairie Flower to host 1933 meeting. Belle Plaine receives new post office equipment to be installed in two weeks in the Frank Axler building, moving from the Williams building. Paul Wheeler, 12, cited for rescue of Archie Stevenson and Roger Guffy from city reservoir and may receive Boy Scout recognition pending national approval.
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Grinnell
Wil Nelson
Washington
Washington County Baptist Association
James Ralston
Keota
West Chester
A. A. Vinz
Merle Lafever
Ralston
Edmondson
Kalona
Hugh Jones
E. H. Reif
Prairie Flower
New Haven
Wellman
Howard Grove
Louisa Center
Ainsworth
Belle Plaine
Frank Axler
Warren Burnham
Postal Department
Williams
Paul Wheeler
E. G. Wheeler
Archie Stevenson
Roger Guffy
Paul
Floyd Dawson
Herring To Speak Sept. 24 At South English Homecoming
South English schedules a homecoming on Saturday Sept. 24 with morning address by Charles F. Clark Cedar Rapids republican candidate for lieutenant governor and afternoon talk by Clyde Herring Des Moines democratic candidate for governor. The event features the South English band three concerts the male quartet glee club and other activities including a kitten ball tournament a church dinner and a free movie and dance.
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Charles F. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Herring
Des Moines
H. M. Price
Wapello Couple Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Cleaver Pontzius of Wapello marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their country home west of town. They wed Sept 11 1882 at the bride’s aunt’s home near Winfield. Nine children survive and eight grandchildren helped honor the occasion with a wedding cake centerpiece.
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Wapello
Cleaver Pontzius
Fanny Nichols
Winfield
Pontzius
Bushnell
G. R. Pontzius
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ethel McCall
Tom Pontzius
Mediapolis
Forrest
Howard
Joe
Albert
Albert Eet
Frank Pontzius
Lintz Fined for Liquor Nuisance in Richmond Iowa
Harry Lintz of Richmond received a $700 fine and seven months in county jail for maintaining a liquor nuisance. Judge Frank Bechly of Montezuma sentenced him. He did not pay the fine and faces fourteen months in jail.
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Washington
Harry Lintz
Richmond
Frank Bechly
Montezuma
Lintz
KLEENEX Promotion Emphasizes Versatility and Convenience
A promotional blurb touts KLEENEX as the soft yet strong disposable tissue suitable for handkerchiefs removing cold cream substitutes for linen towels and napkins for home or office use and urges immediate purchase.
Field speaks at QeeweIn festival
Henry Field republican candidate for United States senator addressed a large crowd at the Oelwein fall festival. He urged farmers to price their own products, criticized price controls, and praised cooperative marketing to achieve market power and fair prices.
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The
Gazette
Oelwein
Henry Field
United States
Washington
Homecoming at Bennett Church draws large crowd
One hundred forty seven people registered for Bennett Methodist Church homecoming on Sunday. The event, planned as an annual affair, featured a morning sermon by Rev. DeWitt C. Perry and an afternoon historical program led by Mrs. George Montz, Aileen Vaughn, Alison Moore, Charles F. Bell, Mrs. Jay Smith, James Reeves, Mrs. S. S. Kessler, Lucie B. Flodin, and Rev. Otis Moore, with recollections by Rev. A. W. Straub and Rev. Perry.
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Bennett Methodist Church
DeWitt C. Perry
Bennett Church
George Montz
Aileen Vaughn
Alison Moore
Charles F. Bell
Jay Smith
James Reeves
Farmer John Dew Injured Releasing Bull
John Dew a well known farmer southeast of Grundy Center was seriously injured Saturday when a bull crowded him against the stall. His collarbone was fractured and his chest crushed. He was taken to a Waterloo hospital in serious condition.
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Gazette Grundy Center
John Dew
Here
Dew
Waterloo
Death of Local Merchant L H Twachtmann at 55
Lowden mourns L H Twachtmann 55 owner of L H Twachtmann and Son general store died Sunday after months of heart trouble. Survived by widow son Harry and brother George, all of Lowden. Funeral set for Wednesday at Zion Evangelical church.
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Lowden
L. H. Twachtmann
L. H. Twachtmann and Son
Harry
George
Zion Evangelical Church
Eighty Students Seek Jobs Daily at Iowa U
In Iowa City since Aug 15 more than eighty applicants per day seek work through Dr. Benjamin Robinson's university employment service. The bureau, a clearing house for campus and private jobs, filled 2,247 placements last year totaling $286,000, with over half the positions for board.
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Iowa City
Benjamin Robinson
University of Iowa Employment Service
Robinson
Employment Service
Employment Bureau
Jackson County Cuts Special Deputy Pay For Deputy Henry
Jackson County board reduces the salary of special deputy O. T. Henry from 85 to 50 dollars monthly after his installment in the sheriff office duties for drivers licenses. The board also invited bids on gravel work for a 1.4 mile county road project from highway 117 to Spragueville the Pankow Memorial highway named for Chris Pankow who died this summer in Spragueville.
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Maquoreta
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
O. T. Henry
Spragueville
Pankow Memorial
Chris Pankow
County Supervisors urged to sponsor local relief funds
Des Moines reports Governor Turner's emergency relief committee urged county boards to raise as much money as possible for local relief. The request from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation emphasizes communities should finance relief themselves where feasible without RFC aid.
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Des Moines
Turner
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Grundy Board Rejects Plea for 2.5 Mill Road Tax Cut
At a Grundy county supervisors meeting a large farmer and taxpayer delegation urged a two and a half mill reduction in road maintenance to lower next year’s taxes. A motion to cut one and a half mills failed for lack of a second. The board had previously trimmed the levy from 17 to 11.4 mills and later shaved a fraction of a mill. officials argued dirt roads bridge costs and winter maintenance justify not granting a 2.5 mill cut.
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Grundy Center
Board of Supervisors of
Grundy County
Cornell Begins 80th Year Enrollment Drops
Cornell college begins its 80th year at Mount Vernon with a smaller freshman class. Nine states are represented and more than a third of Iowa counties appear in the freshman roll. Faculty member highlights include Nama Lathe pursuing a master’s at Columbia and Donald Gould completing geological study for a PhD.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Iowa
Nama Lathe
Cornell
Columbia University
Lathe
Provincetown
Mass
Francis German
Cornell Conservatory
Columbia
Donald B. Gould
Colorado
Luella V. Ninde
Michigan State College
Dorothy Rogers
Helen Spence
E. E. Moots
University of Iowa
Columbus Jet Man Gets Eight Years For Manslaughter
Phillip Povick Austrian of Columbus Junction was indicted for murder of Dan Magana of the same town. He pleaded guilty after counsel suggested reducing the charge. Povick was sent to Fort Madison for a sentence not to exceed eight years at hard labor.
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Wapello
Phillip Povick
Columbus Junction
Dan Magana
Fort Madison
Thompson
Muscatine
Povick
J. &. Reaney
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