Highway Commission To Let Bids On 239 Miles Road Work
Iowa highway commission set bids for Sept 26 covering 1456 miles of paving 2377 miles of grading 22 26 miles of original gravel 178 37 miles of second course gravel 12 bridges and 115 culverts. Projects include grading and gravel works across Linn Benton Cedar Falls Worth Woodbury and other counties with federal funding and wage scales. A separate note mentions a radio built for motor use showcased at the International Chiefs of Police convention in Chicago.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Walford
Fairfax
Berton
Linn
Cedar
Bark Hawk
Crdden
Us&s
Carro
Estherville
Emmett
Aiden
US 20
Hardn
Norvshwest
Sioux City
Woodbury
Fayette
Sumner
Des Moines
Burlington
Lee
Serandars
Benton
Norway
Garrison Reeth
van Horne
U. S 30
Civil War Vet Frank Kirner Dies in Belle Plaine
Frank Kirner 95 a Civil War veteran and Belle Plaine resident died Wednesday at his home after a brief illness He enlisted May 30 1861 in Company C Richmond Pa Reserves served under McClellan and fought at Yorktown Bull Run He later farmed in Pennsylvania before moving to Iowa in 1869 where he started the first milk route and built a 40 acre farm now 300 acres He survived by wife Mary and two children Lutina Kork and Joseph Kirner with four of six children predeceasing him He was a member of John B Hancox Post G A R and the Catholic church.
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Sperat
Gazette
Belle Plaine
Frank Kirner
Fulow
Union
W A Vincent
Mr Kirner
Germans Neck
America
New York
Easton Pa
Arge
Kirner
Montgomery Courts
Pennssvania
Ana
Richmond Pa
MaClelan
Pennsylvania
Henrietta Brill
Iowa
Lutina Kork
Oak
Cahf
Joseph Kirner
Iona
Kuirner
Mary Chmaes
E Plaine
John B Hancox Post G.A
Cathote Chi
Eicher Urges Prompt Action on loan requests
Congressman Ed Eicher returns to Washington to press for quicker processing of farm mortgage loan applications. He cites firsthand county reports on administration and appraisal delays and urges timely loan approvals to support the national recovery drive.
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Eicher
Washington
Ed Eicher
Washeton
Scrimgeour Named Chief Benton Bar Association
Scrimgeour of Belle Plaine was elected president of the Benton county bar association at a Tuesday meeting tied to the district court session. Also elected were F J Lt Cass Vinton vice president Hugh Mosman Vanton secretary and treasurer executive committee members J H Miroy Venton Squain Be’e Plane and Judge G W Burnham Union. Funeral services were held Tuesday for F C Northrup 50 who died after amputation of both legs. He is survived by his widow and children. The Rev Mr Badger of Springville conducted the service. Burial was in Springville cemetery.
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Speets
Gazetta Vinton WC
Anavmosa
F C Northrup
S. Turaas
Cleo Pearson Northrup
Mr Badger
Springville
Vernon Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs John Stockton marked fifty years of marriage with a family reunion at their Mount Vernon home on Lincoln Highway. Born in 1862 and 1864 respectively, they recalled past rides and trips, while a serenade by the Mount Vernon community band and a yellow-themed celebration honored the milestone.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
John Stockton
Lincoln Lighwas
Stockton
Stocktons
Meadville
Jackson County
Iowa County
Dora Whitlock Stockton
Cleveland
Ohio
F L. Wilson
Marengo
H C Gates
Elias
L. Stockton
Moline
Ill
H W C Gates
Elias Whitlock
Ada
E. H Stockton
R. A Stockton
Ora
R. W Curfman
Donald Stockton
Ladora
Thirty Nine Lots Sold in State Park Site on Mill Creek
Special to The Gazette Iowa City sale of thirty nine lots in the proposed state park near North Liberty has been completed. Dr E J Anthony chairman of the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce committee says remaining forty one lots likely sold before September 20 when options on the 400 acre tract expire. Both Iowa City and Cedar Rapids residents have bought cottage sites.
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Iowa City
North Liberty
E J Anthony
Iowa Cry Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Anthony
Wellman boy injured by contact with electric high line
Floyd Miller, 15, son of Sol Miller, was shocked unconscious and seriously burned on the Elmer G Swartzendruber farm six miles north of Wellman when a rope with a chain became snagged on electric wires. He grabbed the rope to free it and received a heavy electric current.
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Wellman
Floyd Miller
Sol Miller
Swartzendruber
Miler
Freshmen Arrive for Cornell Activities at Mount Vernon
About 215 freshman students arrived on the Cornell college campus at Mount Vernon by noon Thursday for the first Freshman week activities. A preliminary registration led by Ralph Wilkinson begins Thursday afternoon. The president hosts an 8 pm reception at the Burgstahler home. Friday includes a general assembly, English placement exams, the president's chapel, and an upper Palisades picnic supper.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Ralph Wilkinson
Alden
Cornell Christian Association
H J Burgstahler
Palisades
Keswick Couple Observe Golden Wedding Date
SIGOURNEY Mr. and Mrs. Philp Hartzell of Keswick marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at the home they first moved into fifty years ago. Over 100 guests attended a dinner and ceremony. The couple said they would like to be young again and praised the brotherly neighborly spirit of half a century ago as the solution to today’s problems.
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Sigourney
Philp Hartzell
Keswick
Liquor Board to Hear Seventeen Groups in Des Moines
The Iowa liquor control panel invited seventeen organizations to present arguments on changes to liquor laws on September 20 starting at 9am. Written briefs welcomed. hearing open to the public with thirty minutes per group on a first come basis.
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Des Moines
W Oh. Millhaem
Millhaem
Association Leaders Named in Iowa Drug and Clerical Groups
Gene Henery of Grinnell serves as president of the Mississippi Valley Druggist association with M E Sherman of Des Moines as secretary of the Iowa State Pharmaceutical association. Olin Hill of Clinton Indiana chairs the Iowa Repeal for Prosperity committee with Rhey N Cowin as chairman and Dr Floyd A Bush of Des Moines as president of the Ministerial association.
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Gene Henery
Grinnell
Mississippi Valley Druggist Association
M. E. Sherman
Des Moines
Iowa State Pharmaceutical Association
Olin Hill
Clinton
Iowa Repeal For Prosperity Committee
Rhey N. Cowin
Des Moines Mineisterial Association
Floyd A. Bush
Fayette Attys Declined for Bank Receivership Case
West Union Iowa reports Judge W L Eichendorf refused D W Bates state banking sup asking to replace all Fayette county bank receivership attorneys with Oelwein Democrat E R O'Brien. Current Fayette attorneys are Republicans. Judge had earlier rejected similar request in Clayton County displacing Delbert W Meier of Monona as receiver’s attorney for a closed Garnavillo bank.
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E. R. O'Brien
Oelwein
W. L. Eichendorf
D. W. Bates
Fayette County
O'Brien
Eichendorf
Clayton
Delbert W. Meier
Monona
Garnavillo
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