Railroad Veteran Ed McGuire to Retire on Milwaukee Pension
Edward McGuire, longtime Milwaukee railroad employee in Marion, will retire after sixty three years of service. He began in 1874, advanced to chief carpenter and then assistant chief carpenter, and helped build bridges across major rivers in Iowa and Missouri. His family also works for the railroad, with daughter Alice as stenographer and son Edward a train dispatcher, and the couple have lived in Marion since 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McGuire
Milwaukee Railroad
McGuire
Mr. McGuire
Bernard McGuire
Delhi
Mr McGuire
Fayette
Jackson Junction
Mississippi
Iowa
Missouri
Reading Circle Opens Fall Season With Friday Lunch
The Reading circle will open its fall season with a 1 o'clock lunch at the Marion Golf club on Friday. After dinner, members will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Mary English, 1024 Eighteenth street. Mrs. English chairs the program committee with Mrs. Ida Hall and Mrs. Irvin L. Ford listed as members.
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Reading Circle
Marion Golf Club
Mary English
Eighteenth Street
List of local club meetings and visits in Marion area
Mrs D E Voris visits Des Moines then Fairhope Alabama. Local clubs meet at homes on Monday including Ivanhoe at Mrs Fitzgeralds and Grove City Rebekah lodge. Elizabeth Sloss and Burdette Hanna accompany Miss Eleanor Hanna to Ames and Town State College. Various residents host dinners and visitors.
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D. E. Voris
Marion
Springville
Des Moines
Fairhope
Ala
C. Sheets
E. D. Armstrong
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Elizabeth Sloss
Burdette Hanna
Eleanor Hanna
Ames
Hanna
Town State College
Miss Sloss
Mr Hanna
Thomas Sloss
O. O. P. Club Dinner and Recitals At Local Homes
The O O P club plans a 6 30 dinner Monday at the Michel tea room with committee members Mrs R J Kendall Miss Lulu Secrist and Mrs Katherine Bogart Then guests will visit the home of Mrs J L Papes 998 Twelfth street St Catherine s Circle of St Joseph s church and families were hosted by Mr and Mrs Joseph Murrin Prize winners J W Dochterman high for men Larkin high for women and consolation to Louis Wienecke and Frank Bills Door prize awarded to Mrs J W Dochterman The entertainment committee included Mrs T V Davin Mrs Earl Jacobs Mrs Harold Mullaley Mrs John Troy Mrs Charles Meroshek Mrs F C Rasmussen and Mrs Murrin Death notified of C A Patterson former Marion resident at Seattle survived by two daughters Mrs Theodore Scott Seattle and Mrs L R Shurtleff Medford Ore W C T U meets Tuesday at 2 30 at Miss Minnie Whitcomb 1020 Ninth street.
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O. O. P. Club
Michel Tea Room
R. J. Kendall
Lulu B. Secrist
Katherine Bogart
J. L. Papes
Twelfth Street
St. Catherine’s
St. Joseph’s Church
Joseph Murrin
J. W. Dochterman
John Larkin
Louis Wienecke
Frank Bills
T. V. Davin
Earl Jacobs
Harold Mullaley
John Troy
Charles Meroshek
F. C. Rasmussen
Murrin
C. A. Patterson
Marion
Seattle
J. F. Patterson
Theodore Scott
L. R. Shurtleff
Medford
Ore
Tallcorn Exposition Comes to Marshalltown in October
Marshalltown readies a week of events October 4 to 9 featuring Kay Kyser and his dance band in two daily shows at the memorial coliseum. Melba Brian headlines The Tallcorn Shocks of 1937 with Grace and Nikko performing a novelty dance. The Fort Des Moines motorized artillery unit will parade October 5, first for an Iowa community exposition.
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Marshalltown
Kay Kyser
Memorial Coliseum
Melba Brian
Grace
Nikko
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Jury Awards Defendant $600 In Damage Suit
A district court jury in Waukon grants $600 to defendant E W Kiesau in a collision case with Elting Vangen. Kiesau sought $200 for truck damages while Vangen claimed $1 009 for car damage and personal injuries.
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Waukon
E W. Kiesau
Elting
Vangen
Kiesau
Wangen
Cornstalks Used for Fence Posts in Washington County
Eugene Morgan, a Rubio area farmer, fenced off a section by hogging down corn and driving woven wire to heavy cornstalks with smooth wire fastening. This year farmers in Washington county are repurposing cornstalks as fence posts.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Eugene Morgan
Rubio
Grasshopper Population Decreases After Poisoning
The Iowa fall grasshopper crop will be lighter than normal due to summer poisoning. State entomologist Dr C J Drake reports a drop in egg production where poisoning was thorough. A three-person count began last Monday to gauge full impact. Preliminary results show areas with strong poisoning have few to no eggs.
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Drake
Production Credit Man To Address Night School
SIGOURNEY L L Hall of the Production Credit association will speak at the farm school Monday night. A. E. Hagen, high school agriculture instructor, supervises the meeting. Forty seven attended last Monday’s class, the first of the fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
L. W. Hall
Ottumiva
Production Credit Association
A. E. Hagen
New Corn Delivery Contract At Dysart Elevator
The Tama Benton elevator at Dysart contracted farmer Wesley Mehlhaus for 1000 bushels of new corn at 60 cents a bushel. Delivery begins Monday with the crop to be mixed with old corn at Cedar Rapids for marketing this month.
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Dysart
Wesley Mehlhaus
Mehlhaus
Cedar Rapids
Earl Shultz Joins American Guernsey Breeders
Earl N. Shultz longtime Ames Dairy Extension service leader and head of Rural Youth resigns to become field representative for the American Guernsey Cattle club based in Petersborough New Hampshire. The move covers New England New York and Pennsylvania with an effective date in October.
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Ames
Earl N. Shultz
Ames Dairy Extension Service
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Petersborough
N. H
Shultz
Guernsey Cattle Organization
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
No European War Predicted For Two Years Says Scholar
Dr. Pittman Potter, visiting Geneva professor, told Cornell students and townspeople in Mount Vernon there will be no European war in the next two years. He called the crisis a conflict between nationalism and internationalism, not fascism and communism, and argued Italy and Germany seek to avoid danger while England France and Russia stand firm with democratic allies.
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Mount Vernon
Pittman Potter
Cornell
America
Graduate Institute of International Studies
Geneva
Switzerland
Illinois Man To Speak For Employers At Cornell Forum
James Donnelly executive vice president of the Illinois Manufacturers Association will argue the employers side at the Cornell College Forum conference set for October 17 to 19. He has been with the association for seventeen years. Other speakers include T T Brumbaugh on The Japanese Bid for Asiatic Leadership and Gung Hsing Wang Chinese vice consul in Chicago. Dan Brummitt will discuss the Oxford Conference on Faith and Order. Conference committee includes Dr King Sutherland Dows W Glenn Rowley Lloyd A Gustafson and J R Jackson.
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Mount Vernon
James Donnelly
Ilinois Manufacturers Association
Cornell College Forum
Alliion R. King
Donnelly
Manufacturers’ Association
Ilinois Industries
America
T. T. Brumbaugh
Wesley Foundation of
Japan
Gung-Hsing Wang
Chicago
China
Nanking
Dan Brummitt
Northwestern
The
Christian Advocate
King
Sutherland Dows
Cedar Rapids
W. Glenn Rowley
Davenport
Methodist Church
Lloyd A. Gustafson
Mount Verron
J. R. Jackson
Freeport
Ill
New Leader Named for Tama Order of Rainbow
Marilyn Storm is named worthy advisor of the Tama Order of Rainbow for girls. Other new officers include Arlette Rugg as worthy associate adviser and Frances Scott as charity, along with officers Roberta Lauderdale, Marjorie Nelson, Josephine Griswold and others.
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TAMA
Marilyn Storm
Tama Order of Rainbow
Leah Storm
Arlette Rugg
Charity
Frances Scott
Hope
June Ehret
Jean Lauderdale
Roberta Lauderdale
Marjorie Nelson
Josephine Griswold
Beulah Overturf
Claudine Weaver
Norma Jeanne Blythe
Phyllis Oldson
Ruth Obarra
Phyllis Mahn
Helen Rugg
Madelyn Vobornik
Wil Copp
Jesse Kauble
China egg exports and US drying plants face shifts in market
Termohlen notes China remains the world’s low cost egg supplier and warns US producers face a 97 cent tariff barrier that could curb domestic growth. He forecasts reduced US output next year, potential storage relief if Shanghais shipments stop, and a storage surplus now with 8,388,000 cases in September.
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U. S
Termohlen
China
United States
Shang- Sai
Fayette County Civil War Vet Manuel Birthday Milestone
West Union veteran Franklin S. Downs, aged 95, marks his 95th birthday and 88 years in Fayette county. Sole survivor of Company F, Third Iowa Infantry, he was wounded at Shiloh Hatchie and Jackson and spent 11 months in Keokuk hospital before discharge in 1864. He lives with the youngest of his 12 children, and two local descendants near West Union.
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West Union
Franklin S. Downs
Fayette County
Troy
Penn
Auburn
Douglass
Third
Iowa Infantry
McGregor
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Mr. Downs
Shiloh
Hatchie
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Grant
Vicksburg
General Brown
Downs
Keokuk
Davenport
Morris Christensen
Henry Downs
Cresco
William Bell
Seattle
Wash
Charles Downs
Morrisville
N. Y
F. W. Clyde
Phillipsburg
Moses McIntyre
Hawkeye
J. E. Tope
Harlingen
Texas
Garfield Downs
Joe Berken
Judson Downs
Fayette
Rufus Downs
Hurlburt Downs
John T. Gnger
Gager
John T. Gager
Leona Gager
Elbert McIntyre
Iowa News in Brief highlights local nonevent items and court actions
Robins elects officers for the Pioneer group with Jack Boyanovsky as chief ranger and Dale Bee as deputy. Decorah sees Ed Schrader fined 300 dollars for liquor nuisance and Jo seph Kvam granted parole after a motor vehicle without owner consent charge. Bertram to host a homecoming with a church program and community dinner. Independence reports Blaine Cook awarded divorce and custody of three children, with a prior injunction and denied alimony. Whilbur Massingham pleads guilty to petty larceny and faces 30 days in Buchanan county jail. Mount Vernon hosts a church planning conference at First Presbyterian Church.
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Decorah
Ed Schrader
Ossian
H. £. Taylor
Schrader
Joseph Kvam
Naylor
Kvam
Ener
Independence
Blaine Cook
Bertha Cook
Zlimony
Whlbur Massingham
R C Turner
Buchanan County
Mount Vernon
First Presbyterian Church
Joseph W. Gray, Jr
Church workshop discusses needs across city and nation
Members of the congregation outline needs in farming business homes nation and world church life and youth with speakers from the Sunday school trustees missionary society industrial society Westminster Guild and more. P. C. Boyd recovers after a grape juice bottle exploded injuring her hands.
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Ing
B. C Neal
B. V. R. Dvorak
H. D. Vanderlippe
Lester Dackin
George Petrick
Coggon Legionaires Sponsor Fall Festival Friday and Saturday
Coggon American Legion post No. 362 gears up for its fall festival marking the 50th anniversary of Coggon. Entertainment chair Harvey Chilmore announces a lineup including Reckless Rex Murphy and His Hell Drivers, free boxing, baseball games, games and contests, with a one hour stunt show and evening dancing to close each day.
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Coggon
American Legion Post No
Glen Ellis
Harvey Chilmore
Rex” Murphy
Hell
Iowa
Murphy’s Hell Drivers
Belle Plaine Man To Be Ordained Minister and Pastor
Belle Plaine Belle Plaine In a 2 30 pm service at First Evangelical Lutheran church Lester Peter will be ordained a minister and installed as pastor by Rev F Starke of Luzerne. The rite marks the churchs 200 year tradition. Peter home Story City attended Concordia St Paul and Concordia Theological Seminary. He will be assisted by Rev Theodore Stephan Story City and Rev O Nietinge Newhall. Fred Peter and Mrs Peter Story City will attend.
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Belle Plaine
Lester Peter
F. Starke
Luzerne
Starke
Alvin Starke
Peter
Story City
Concordia College
St. Paul
Concordia Theological Seminary
St Louis
University of Michigan
Theodore Stephan
O Nietinge
Newhall
Fred Peter
Tama Couple To Observe Golden Wedding Monday
Mr and Mrs C R Granger longtime Tama county residents celebrate their fifty year marriage at home in Tama May Anderson Granger born in Tama and quilt hobbyist Colonel Granger born in White Lake Michigan and later Iowa long involved in farming painting and paperhanging Mystic Workers lodge member Mrs Granger active in Mystic Workers They have two Tama sons Ralph and Earl one Cedar Rapids stepson Arch and four grandchildren and one great grandchild
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Tama
C. R. Granger
Tama County
Granger
White Lake
Mich
Iowa
Springville
Mr. Granger
Arch Granger
Cedar Rapids
Tenancy committee named to survey Iowa farm tenancy
Gov. Kraschel names Fred Hawley of Laurens to head a state planning board backed panel to study farm tenancy in Iowa. The panel will outline plans for state action and possible legislation to promote landlord tenant relations and secure land tenure, with cooperation from national programs.
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DES Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Iowa
Iowa General Assembly
Fred Hawley
Laurens
President Roosevelt
Farm Tenancy Commission
Iowa State Planning Board
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
Fred K. Bruene
Gladbrook
David A. Dacner
Lamani
Joe A. Anderson
Thompson
Jess Exline
Numa
Ray Anderson
the Gazette
Rev
Iowa State College
Ames
Lester JS. Vegas
Webster City
Don Murphy
Wale Lace
Farmer
Roy Stevens
Ottumwa
A. Ee
Fimberman
Oakland
W. W. Waymack
Register
And
Tribune
Mark Thornburg
Chamber of Commerce
H. J. Teaburg
J. J. Teachout
Farragut
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
Ralph Smith
State Soil Conservation
Newton
Charles Starrett
Iowa State Grange
Charles F. Pye
Iowa State Teachers Association
Ferner Nuhn
Cedar Falls
H. H. Kildee
Town State College
Memo
School board auctioned four houses for new public school
In Waukon the school board sold four small houses at auction on Friday to fund an extra public school building. George Rose paid 675 dollars for the estate house, Ben Swebakken 360 for the Amelia Cummens house, Frank Lee 310 for the Rupp brick house, and John Beede 65 for the DeWitt house. Buyers must remove houses at their own expense.
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Waukon
George Rose
Amelia Cummens
Ben Swebakken
Rupp
Frank Lee
John Beede
DeWitt
Blair's Ferry Road Built Project Through Marion Area
Emma F Klein recounts Blair's Ferry road origins from a Native trail to a county road. The route linked Marion to the Cedar River with historic ferry operations by James Blair and Albert Blair. The piece notes churches along the road, pioneer graves in Shiloh cemetery, and recent road improvements under county maintenance.
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Blair's Ferry
Marion
Cedar River
James Blair
Albert
Blair
Marion Public Square
Usher's Ferry
Albert Blair
Joseph McManus
Usher Road
New Buffalo
Buffalo
Shiloh
Highway 11
Blair's Ferry Road
Counery Funds
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Marion News
Ed McGuire
Amber Travis
Alice McGuire
Milwaukee Road
Edward
Manilla
James
Ella McCauley
Zita
Mary Claire
Earl
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Mrs. Voris
Ivanhoe Club
Ralph Fitzgerald
Highway 161
Donald Wolfe
Rob Roy
Lee Voorhies
Lillian Voorhies
Alina Zimner
Merman
Monticello
Stones
Dc Scott
Merle Kight
W D Shank
Tura Buter
W Fee
Fighth Street
Herry Snell
Mecca
Fred Rowe Wee
Floyd Emmonsworth
Manon
Ina, Brage
Wannifred Schrubbe
Marginal Dewees
Tur
Townsend Club No 1
Mrss Reiter
Sinth Avenue
Mise Dorothy Fillmore
James D Pope
L A Fried
Hathe Pope
Pope
Kromminga
Castle Grove
Hugh T. Tutten
S20
Eighth Avenue
Linn
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Pearl
Leota van Vieckt
Milwaukee
Mary McKean
Ida McCoy
Ora Crowner
Ed Allen
O.E.S
N. P. Vanderlinden
John Smith
Oxford Club
Glenn McGowan
C. R. Hawk
Ralph Hawk
Ralph
State College
E. F. O’brien
Aurora, Lll
L. A
Musical Literary Club
Ruth Engstrom
Fourteenth Street
Celan Rollins
John Wenger
Edna McCoy
Will Wenger
Ed Eilers
Glenn Eilers
W. A. Hart
Clarence Jacque
Betty
Jalan Groll
C. E. Clarke
Wes Dennis
Henry Neal
Shakespeare Club
Emma_ Klein
1000
Ninth Street
Oca Price
Carl Fer Inow
G. A. Storck
Iowta City
DE. Voris
A. E. Blinks
W. E. Bell
Roxy Graham
Aley Parsons
Edward T. Hiams
Mr Hiams
Charles Hiams
Lester Hiams
Henry Peiper
Helen Kerg
Twenty-second Street
Allen James
Pauline Smith
Postiille
Amis Catharine Keyes
New York City
A. J Keyes
Mia
Merton H Knapp
Knapps
Irene Schultz
Carrine Reichert
W.C.T U
Minnie Whitcomb
Man
Earl Shultz
Guernsey
Illinois
Order OF Rainbow
Franklin
Iowa News
Robins
Jack Boyanovsky
Dale Bebee
Junior Sietsema
William Burgess
Fred Lake
Velma Anderson
J. Bruce Eyestone
Catherine Berry
Charlotte Berry
F. G. Anderson
G. R. Jorgenson
Amos Berry
Pearle
Julia Berry
Emma FE. Klein
Blair’s Ferry
Amanas and
Iowa County
Walter A Wendler Co. V
Shepherd Agency
National Life Insurance Co. of
Montpelier, Vermont
Amana
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