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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1932
Page
8
A fire at a farm home north west of Garrison late Sunday morning forced seven residents to flee before dawn. Mrs Irvin and her daughter were rushed to Garrison in the right cone. The house and belongings were insured, with partial insurance on the dwelling.
Two men from Clinton County died in an automobile crash blamed on strong winds. Authorities said the collision occurred late at night on a rural road, with investigators citing weather conditions as the primary factor. Names and exact ages were not released pending family notification. The incident remains under local sheriff department review.
Postville hosts a regional road celebration with representatives from multiple counties and towns to showcase new paving projects and infrastructure. The event highlights collaboration among local governments, paving milestones, and anticipated economic benefits for nearby communities.
Josephus C. Daniels former secretary of the navy under Woodrow Wilson will speak in Iowa City Friday en route to the West Coast where he is to address the American Legion convention in Portland Oregon.
Lucas county coroner Lazear Throckmortar announced an inquest into the death of 72 year old Mrs Botkin who died from wounds inflicted by an unknown assailant. No charges filed yet as authorities await lab reports and notes from Iowa City as part of the investigation.
Sheriff uncovers break from Johnson County Jail as two inmates escape through bars. A hacksaw and other tools found. three prisoners were moved to the Iowa state reform school in Amamosa to begin sentences.
In Delmar Indiana the St Patrick’s church observance marked its golden jubilee with special mass and services led by Most Rev Henry P Rohiman bishop of Davenport. Jubilee sermon delivered by Rev Joan Glenn pastor of St Patrick’s Clinton. Church founded in 1881 by Rev Dorothy Treacy who held services in a hall and the church was dedicated a year later.
Emory J Miller, 58, died of a heart attack while playing golf Sunday in Waterloo. He formerly worked with Letts Fletcher wholesale grocery and Mars Wallows, serving there as credit manager for about two decades.
Maquoketa Mr and Mrs Nis Ohlsen celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at home. About seventy five relatives attended a noonday dinner including their two sons and wives seven aunts grandchildren and great grandchildren. The couple were born in Schleswig Holstein and immigrated in 1882 living in Chicago before farming near Nashville then settling in Maquoketa.
Mrs. Resina Mueller of Strawberry Point quietly celebrated her 92nd birthday with relatives visiting her home. Born September 27, 1840 in Bacon Endhel Germany she came to the United States at age 11, settled near Dubuque then moved to St Sebald, married Henry Mueller on July 4, 1883, and has seven children two living John Mueller and Rose Mueller. She is the oldest member of the St Sebald church and the local Lutheran church with seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Jackson County Schoolmasters club outlines fall events at Lakehurst with eight county schools represented. Plans include water-school activities, a county club contest in Preston on March 27, basketball tournaments in Maquoketa and Bellevue, a track meet in Maquoketa, and various other subcounty contests and dates set by the group.
60 workers are assigned to a channel project, with crews organized to advance the construction. The work details and personnel are listed in fragmentary notes from a local planning document.
A car crash near Cedar Ranids left a girl unharmed. Local authorities reported the incident at a roadside location with no serious injuries observed.
Homer A. Miller veteran Iowa banker died Saturday of a heart attack in Beverly Hills. Former president of the Iowa-Des Moines National Bank and Trust Company, he retired five years ago and had banking interests in several Iowa cities. Survived by widow, son Walter H. Miller of Beverly Hills and daughter Mrs. Alex H. Ardrey of New York. Born in LaPorte Indiana, Miller moved to Iowa as a youth and began banking in Des Moines in 1899 after time in Webster City and Eagle Grove. educated at Webster City and Notre Dame. The obituary mentions Andrew Jackson as the oldest U.S. president with a stray line about age and the White House.
Dense smoke from burning weeds along the Rock Island rail line caused three accidents Friday afternoon. A Marshalltown meat truck driver stalled near Morrison was struck by a car driven by Mrs. Pete Huisman. Pallbearers including Al Wumkes and Dan Richmond were in a following car that hit Huisman’s. A separate collision at Morrison’s east edge involved Mr and Mrs Shimer and daughter Oma Cooper, leaving Mr Shimer with broken ribs and an arm injury, Mrs Cooper cut, and Mrs Shimer bruised.
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