Desperate political fight and daring flight described
The piece discusses Tammany Hall defending its mayor Jimmie Walker against governor Roosevelt, explores court jurisdiction and foreclosure redemption, notes Al Smith and Garner political dynamics, and honors Capt. J A Mollison for a record flight from Ireland to Canada, placing him among famed aviators like Lindbergh.
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Tammany
Jimmie Walker
New York City
Roosevelt
Walker
New York
Iowa
Supreme Court
Dishonest tax assessments cited in Chicago case
The Chicago Herald Examiner reports a business filed a $900 appraisal on property worth $105,000 and notes only 453,803 of 813,329 personal property owners filed returns. Fewer than 38 percent of 26,000 corporations submitted sworn assessments, underscoring why Chicago struggles to pay school teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald-Examiner
Chicago
Chicago Prepares World's Fair With Costly Advancements
Chicago accelerates plans for an unparalleled world’s fair promising the finest exhibits. Officials tout rapid progress, forecasting startling improvements and vast displays to showcase modern achievement.
Chicago World Fair Looms Over Lake Front Prospects
The piece portrays Chicago as a centerpiece for the world fair era with a lakefront setting and new islands, highlighting the transportation building as a major feature. It notes 2000 conventions booked for 1933, hotel reservations already made, and discusses wage cuts by railroads and unions amid slack freight and passenger business from trucking and autos, signaling a potential crisis for unions if unresponsive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tribune Calling For Absolute Prohibition Repeal
The Chicago Tribune demands nothing less than the unconditional repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and the return of saloons as they were in the old days, asserting that only such a condition would satisfy its editorials in this period of prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Jones County Fair History and Early Arrivals in Monticello
The Jones County Agricultural Society, organizer of the county fair, likely held the first 1853 event in Anamosa before moving operations to Monticello in 1874. Monticello’s park, bought April 13 1874, hosted the fair under leaders S S Farwell E V Miller and C W Gurney with A M Loomis as treasurer. The grounds evolved from a natural amphitheater to a cement structure after a fire. Earlier horse racing on Bowen's Prairie in 1839 featuring Charles Johnston and Alfred Weatherford sparked local interest in entertainments tied to agriculture and industry.
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Jones County Agricultural Society
Anamosa
Monticello
S. S. Farwell
E. V. Miller
C. W. Gurney
A. M. Loomis
Wyoming
M. M. Benedict
G. S. Eastman
John O. Duer
George Haines
Matt Noyes
S. R. Howard
Rob Corbit
Jones County
Agricultural Association
Bowen's Prairie
Barrett Whitemore
Charles Johnston
Alfred Weatherford
Johnston
Weatherford
Interesting Events Of Iowa News
Rattlesnakes are more numerous in northeast Iowa than in years past. Newspapers warn picnickers and publish bite treatment instructions. The old belief in drinking liquor for snake bites is rejected by professionals. Rev. B. G. Hawkins of Moravia plants tomatoes as a hobby and exhibits five large yellow Ponderosas weighing 142 ounces in total, about a pound each.
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Iowa
B. G. Hawkins
Moravia
Appanoose County
Ten Dollar Check Circulates Through Sanborn 12 Days
An experiment at Sanborn tracked a ten dollar check as it moved through 31 people over 12 days. It paid bills totaling 320 dollars before returning to origin, illustrating the rapid circulation of money and network reach in small communities.
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Sanborn
Farmington Man Finds 4 Foot 10 Inch Black Snake in Hen House
Ed Boyer of Farmington, Van Buren county, discovered a large black snake four feet ten inches long coiled in a hen nest. It had entered via a crack at the back, attracted by a china nest egg, and struck as Boyer removed it with a hoe before killing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Boyer
Farmington
van Buren County
Boyer
Two men run paraffin hoax on housewives in New London
In Henry county a grocery man chased two men from town after exposing a paraffin hoax. The pair bought repeated supplies of paraffin and offered fake insect repellents like fly and moth killer. They defended themselves as unemployed seeking quick cash, selling each cube for 25 cents. The town ordered them out.
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New London
Henry County
Ray Ritchey
Ritchey
Corn Height Feats Crown Audubon County Champion
Fred Hawks of Audubon recounts tall corn stories in Audubon county. He claims Leo McCoy dominates the county after two corn stalks from his field stood on both sides of the local farm bureau office entrance, measuring 14 feet 4 inches and 14 feet tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hawks
Audubon
Audubon County
Leo McCoy
Three Kuhl brothers set hay loading record near Manilla
Herbert Marcus and Marian Kuhl believed to have set a new hay filling record at a farm near Manilla Crawford county. Working eight hours on the Sievertsen farm they stored 40 wagonloads, averaging five per hour, using two wagons and straps to lift and pack hay. The Sievertsons assisted with team driving, swing rope operation, and packing.
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Manilla
Crawford County
Herbert
Marcus
Marian Kuhl
Henry Sievertsen
Siegertsen Brothers
Oldest Manning pioneer keeps busy on large Henry Kuhl farms
Lorenz Thomsen aged 84, a Manning Carroll county settler, leads Henry Kuhl estate farms. He supervises operations, handles expenses and receipts, and shows remarkable vigor. He planted 100 acres of corn and grain, harvested, plowed, and broke young horses, proving age is no barrier to work.
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Lorenz Thomsen
Manning
Carroll County
Thomsen
Henry Kuhl
Mystery Diamond Ring Vanishes From Sioux City Kitchen
Mrs. J Walter Anderson set her diamond ring on the kitchen table while at home in Sioux City. She left briefly for a neighbor and returned to find the ring missing. Two men were seen near the house. police launched a search. Hours later she found the bread box with no ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
J. Walter Anderson
Prohibition Planks Split Republicans and Democrats in Chicago
At the Chicago convention the Republicans push a state flexibility plan to preserve gains while seeking a constitutional amendment empowering federal protection against saloon return. Democrats call for repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and brief redistribution of liquor control with state oversight and Volstead act modifications for beer and revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Congress
Ring Hidden In Bread Revealed By Loose Slice
Mrs. Anderson’s son said he cut a slice from a loaf while his mother stayed at a neighbor’s. The ring had clung to the loaf’s bottom and dropped out when she lifted the loaf from the bread box.
Verdon Vierth and Lewis Tell Of Double Bass Catch
Vernon Vierth of Albia relates a tale about Albert Lewis who claims a fishing incident in the new reservoir. Lewis hooked a black bass, then a second strike yielded two large bass weighing over five pounds in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Vierth
Albia
Monroe County
Albert Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Mr. Vierth
Albert
Lewis
Mastodon tusk unearthed at Rock Rapids sand pit
Workmen digging gravel in Rock Rapids Lyon County unearthed a seven foot long tusk fragment of a mastodon and another tooth fragment at eighteen feet depth. The bones, preserved for thousands of years, will be sent to the Museum of Natural History in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Rapids
Lyon County
Museum of Natural History
Iowa City
Runaway team maims Pocahontas businessman in 1932 incident
In Pocahontas, Ned Donahoe was knocked down by a runaway team while trying to stop it. He tripped on a water pipe, was struck by a hoof, and run over by the wagon wheels. He suffered a gash on the forehead but no bones were broken and no serious injuries occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Ned Donahoe
J. W. Eichinger
Donahoe
Hill Home
Emmetsboro Repairman Handles Thousands of Chair Pieces
Earl Miller of Emmetsboro has run a busy furniture repair business with no downturn. He won the contract to repair all chairs and filing cases in the courthouse, 226 chairs total requiring touch ups. The city hall supplied 11 large chairs and six small ones, and Miller estimates handling between 3,000 and 4,000 pieces in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Miller
Emmetsboro
Palo Alto County
W. S. Branagan
Miller
Gorilla scare near Rutledge ends with mistaken culprit
In Wa Pello county near Rutledge farmers alerted Otumwa to a roaming animal believed to be a gorilla. A posse searched and found Andy Myers, who, to collect honey, wore a horse-hide coat fur mittens and a screen on his head, creating a fearsome disguise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutledge
Wapello
Ottumwa
Andy Myers
Noted midget Major Gantz dies near Arnolds Park
Major Gantz a famed amusement figure and long time headline attraction dies at Angeles. The 65 year old native of Iowa stood 36 inches tall and weighed about 35 pounds in recent years. He summered at Arnolds Park and will be brought to Fairfield Jefferson County for burial.
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Arnolds Park
Major Gantz
Angeles
Fairfield
Jefferson County
State Fair Opens With Wide Array Of Thrills In 1932
The Iowa State Fair at Des Moines will showcase auto races head on collisions train wrecks and motorcycle events as officials hail the 1932 outing as the greatest midwest fair. Friday August 26 begins national circuit auto trials with 50 plus cars and stars like Gus Schrader and Sig Haugdahl. Saturday features seven motorcycle classics and more thrill features including a rodeo and railway smash ups. Sunday hosts Billy Sunday and World on Parade fireworks followed by harness racing with 300 horses and $14 000 in purses on Monday. Livestock and farm entries are strong with several themed days and a closing auto race slate on Friday September 2. Officials say favorable weather could make this one of the best fairs in history.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Midwest
Gus Schrader
Sig Haugdahl
Speed” Adams
Sam Hoffman
Johnny Gerber
Billy Sunday
Washington
A. R. Corey
Record Breaking Iowa State Fair Sets New Highs
Final preparations underway for the Iowa State Fair opening on Friday August 26. The livestock show will be the largest in the United States with entries from more than fourteen states and nearly 6000 head of stock competing for over 70000 dollars in cash. 4-H entries in junior livestock, contests, and demonstrations total over 2000 farm youths vying for more than 12400 dollars in prizes across multiple shows and departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Farmer Hoards His Grain in Iowa Crib Venture
Story City Herald reports J A Spies and Adolph are building a 45 000 bushel corn crib at Graettinger. They already store 45 000 bushels around Graettinger and Dolliver. Spies recalls hoarding grain in the 1890s and advises farmers to store grain when prices fall below cost of production.
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Story City Herald
J. A. Spies
Adolph
Graettinger
Dolliver
Spiess
Quote by La Bruyere on merit and folly
The saying notes that merit can be overlooked while folly earns admiration. It critiques judgment that favors appearances over true worth and suggests a misdirected valuation of people.
Monticello Council Holds Regular Session August 1932
Council met in Monticello Iowa with all members present for the August 1 1932 meeting. Minutes of prior session approved and July treasurer’s funds report read. A ruling resolution was presented for adoption by the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Monticello City Council approves pay for city funds
The council passed a resolution ordering payments from several city funds for labor salaries, supplies, and services including J McKeever W Stott R Ferring G Bartlett J Fluckiger O Null A Eggers Sacais pienisige vete reyecsing Ball Telephone Co McNeill Lee Bartlett R Bartlett Echternacht Corbin Postmaster Town Electric Co Pearson Null Matthiessen Auto and eu Co McKesson Ch Co Bell Telephone Leggett Bros J Gesse Scherrer Schneider Mundinger Brokaw Mundinger Ferring Monticello band Glaspell Veith CERCA Abel Cities Service Co Co B Curtis Mundinger paving and hauling expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
J. McKeever
W. Stott
R. Ferring
G. Bartlett
J. Fluckiger, Sr
O. Null
A. Eggers
City Clerk's Fund
Sacais
Ball Telephone Co
A. J. H. McNeill
Lee Bartlett
Town Electric Co
Matthiessen Auto and EU Co
McKesson Ch. Co
Bell Telephone Co
Leggett Bros
J. Gesse
J. Scherrer
C. Schneider
D. Sampson
J. Fluckiger
P. Mundinger
E. Brokaw
Isbor
Monticello Band
Glaspell
Veith
CERCA
Conieytacey
B. E. Abel
Cities Service Co
B. Curtis
Sand P. Mundinger
Coxsee
R. Echternacht
Munloteaiiies, A Co
Leggs Stores
F. Wright
J. Widmer
K. Podhaski
Brokaw
P. Taylor
Standard Oil Co
Mid-Continent Co
McMaster Carr Co
Nessott, Pate
Public notice appoints administrator for Grace M. Marsh estate
The district court of Jones County Iowa appoints ED G. Brazelton as administrator of Grace M. Marsh deceased. All claimants must file sworn claims with the court clerk within legal time. Creditors should pay immediately to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa August 6 1932. Doxsee Doxsee attorneys for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Grace M. Marsh
Anamosa
A. D
ED G. Brazelton
Doxsee
Notice of Appraisement for Inheritance Tax in Iowa
In Jones county Iowa the probate court in the estate of Charles E Bates deceased announces time and place for appraisement by designated appraisers. The notice names R E Johnson Chauncey Bates Nellie Rummel Nancy Davidson Mary H Stacy Presbyterian Church Monticello and Charles A Coxsee executor. Appraisal will occur September 17 1932 at 1 pm in Anamosa with hearing rights for interested parties. On August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Jones County
John B. Oswald
District Court of
Charles E. Bates
R. E. Johnson
Chauncey T. Bates
Nellie Rummel
Nancy Davidson
Mary H. Stacy
Presbyterian Church of
Monticello
Charles
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