Iowa and national issues loom in Monticello column
The Monticello Express notes Iowa’s weak Century of Progress showing and criticizes the legislature’s small appropriation and late start. It recalls Judge Milo P. Smith on concealed weapons, Cedar and Blackhawk county prosecutions, and France’s unrest while warning against overuse of radio broadcasts of legislative speeches.
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Iowa
Chicago
Patterson
General Assembly
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri
Minnesota
Milo P. Smith
Teaching Temperance in School in Chicago News
The piece argues temperance education is a fundamental school duty linking physiology and hygiene to social citizenship. It notes Illinois laws require basic instruction, but warns teaching is often perfunctory and stresses upper grades should emphasize social aspects and safe driving messages to reduce alcohol harm.
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Chicago
Illinois
National Safety Council
CWA seeks absorption of 4 million workers by May
The evill works administration faces several pressures as it aims to reallocate about 4 million CWA workers. An expiration date may be set after a Roosevelt Hopkins conference, with May 1 as a target end. Funds run near exhaustion, requiring a $350 million request after February 15. Federal scrutiny of CWA missteps grows while officials hope industrial absorption occurs within 90 days.
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Sioux City Journal
Evill Works Administration
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
CWA
Congress
Federal indictment against Kraschel and Beh outlined
The Sioux City Journal notes the serious federal action against Kraschel and Beh, with a 19 count joint indictment. It emphasizes the government’s readiness to prove charges, the protest from defense, and that a guilty verdict would carry the full statutory penalties if proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Sioux City Journal
Kraschel
Beh
Ottumwa
Vermont Elections Signal Party Shifts In Senate and House
In Vermont, Ernest W. Gibson won the vacant senate seat over Harry W. Witters by 28 314 to 20 348 following the death of Porter H. Dale. Charles A. Plumley defeated Robert W. Ready for the house vacancy, 28 181 to 20 315, succeeding Gibson who ran for the higher office.
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Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
Ticonderoga
Vermont
Congress
Senate
Porter H. Dale
Ernest W. Gibson
Harry W. Witters
Gibson
Charles A. Plumley
Norwich University
Robert W. Ready
Plumley
Dale
Chicago News Wisest Mother on Teen Tracks
The narrator recalls advice from a wise Chicago mother who says to avoid prying about teens' evening plans. She explains that if youths go to acceptable places, inquiry is unnecessary, and if they stray, honesty won't come from pressure but from trust.
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Chicago News
War stakes loom larger than any foreign conflict
The Journal argues that current national stakes touch more people and pain than any prior war. It insists the public faces real danger now, unlike past wars, and warns that victory requires costly bearing of those sacrifices to the end. A stray line notes linseed oil can remove heat spots from furniture.
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Sioux City
Iowa's Famous Prima Donna Harriet Hope Glenn
Iowa City born contralto Harriet Hope Glenn rose to fame in Victorian England after early studies at Iowa institutions. She debuted in 1879 in Malta and sang across Milan Paris London Dublin and Edinburgh before touring with Christine Nilsson. An unhappy marriage cut her concert career, later teaching music in London.
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Iowa
England
Iowa City
Harriet Howe Glenn
Iowa State Normal Academy of Music
Laura Jepsen
the Palimpsest
State Historical Society of Iowa
Harriet Hope Glenn
Ralston Creek
First Ward
University
Chicago
Boston
Hope Glenn
Malta
Milan
Florence
Paris
London
Dublin
Edinburgh
Christine Nilsson
America
Pittsburgh
United States
Iowan City
Caller Herrin
New York City
Madame Nilsson
Birmingham
London Times
Shrinkage of Corn in Cribs
Davenport Times notes legislators should remember liquor control laws are subject to revision by future legislatures and are experimental. The best law passed quickly should be enacted and changes made if public approval lacks.
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Davenport
Government tax policy under excessive spending
Estherville News argues the government cannot avoid new taxes amid huge public spending. It contends that liquor taxes will not cover federal relief needs and that administration’s large projects make immediate tax increases unavoidable.
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Estherville
Treasury
Queer Country Comment Sparks Prohibition Contrast
Senator Arthur Tobinson condemns what he calls a strange country in which law enforcement shifts on liquor and gold. He argues the change confuses foreigners and highlights evolving, inconsistent rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arthur Tobinson
Ants eat stamps puzzle San Antonio mail deliveries
Historic quirks echo through the note of the day as postal authorities solve why hundreds of stamped letters in San Antonio had no stamps. In a separate item a British artillery telescopic steel mast rises 210 feet in 25 seconds on a mobile truck. A 10 cent store putty knife repurposed for cleaning corners in pans and dishes.
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San Antonio
Tex
Safe in a Laugh Poem by Folger McKinsey
A Baltimore Sun poem extols resilience through laughter amid hardship. The piece envisions a nation buoyed by cheer, faith, and communal bravado, insisting that laughter sustains courage and hope despite fate and weather.
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Folger McKinsey
The
Baltimore Sun
Real Estate Transfers Across Iowa Counties 1934 Update
A lengthy list of real estate transfers and bonds recorded in 1934 from Jones and surrounding counties. Transfers include Humpal to Humpal, Commercial State Bank assets to LA Andrew, various deeds from First Farm Land Co. to Monticello Mortgage Co, and numerous hums to individuals with nominal consideration. Mortgage liens, assumed loans, and taxes referenced, with many properties in Monticello Anamosa and surrounding towns.
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J. A. Humpal
Viola Humpal
Kirkpatrick
J. H. Donahue
G. L. Lewis
Commercial State Bk
Iowa City
LA Andrew Rec
Iowa City Logs Bk
N& Aw
Dist Court
Johnson County
Jessie Vasser Snyder
Jennie Hamilton
Frank
Onslow
Edgar H. Grimm
Ella Brickley
Delilah Brickley
Viola Humpaly
J. R. Bickerstaff
K. D. Miller
First Farm Land Co
Monticello Mortgage Co
T. E. Watters
J. E. Remley
F. R. Sage
E. E. Gildner
Hinchman Fund
Iowa Baptist Convention
John A. Arduser
John Co. Lang
Fred R. Strother
Harry H. Strother
Edgar G. Brazelton
Geo. Mead
Varvel’s
Monticello
Farmers Mutual Cry Co
Albert H .Smith
Luella Joslin
Gail Benton
Monticello Mtg Co
Jones County
Michael Ferring Sher
Sophia Lambert
Asa P. Lambert
John Murray
F. E. Stimson
St P
Bert Shattuck
L. A. Andrew
Farmers Trust & Sves Bk
Maquoketa
Maquoketa River
Canton
Jackson County
F. H. Shimanek
Geo. W. Wosobna
Rosa Wosoba
Mary Pegorick
Henry Pegorick
Margaret Hansen
Frank Pegorick, Jr
Fred Pegorick
Mabel Hansen
James M. DuBois
Nettie DuBois
Frank Pegorick Jr
Frank Pegorici
Jennie McCullough
E. B. Lynch Sher
State of Iow
Descas
Wapsie River
J.N. Smith
Rachel Lois Smith
Grantor
C & NW
J. N. Smith
Wm. Chamberlain
Don Barnes
Sophia Lam
Bert W
Sto Monticello
John Clark
Cedar Rapids
First Trust Joint Stock
Ldck
Chicago
Wit
Amelia J. Schoonover
Clayton Cripps
Arnold Bader
Etta Tuetken
State of
Towa
Marie Soukup
Joseph Soukup Jr
Thomas Soukup
Anna Cairy
Hus
John Soukup
Ed Soukup
Mamie von Sprecken
Anton
Lizele Vacek
Ralph Pederson
Amos and
Elma Wood
Will Rente
Sadie EF. Rente
Maggie Dolan
Guy Dolang
Katherine Lawrence
Chase Brown
Midland Ry
H. Hellberg
Huber
Anamosa
Desc
Co & NW Ry
Josephine Jones Freeman
Asa W Smith
Strawberry Hill
Emily Brownell
Frank P. Tasker
Mamie Tasker Morse
L van Deusen
L Johnson
F. E. ‘Stimson
G. Schoon
Varvel
Geo A Mills
Anamosa National Bank
J. T. Conlin
Gerald Dunn
Secor
A. W. Adams
H. F. Adams
Lassumes
Farley Targeted Republican Postmasters in Political Purge
The postmaster general James Farley is accused of removing Republican postmasters for pernicious political activity. The note mocks the move as spectacle. It also mentions Orville Wright’s first flight reaching a maximum speed of 31 miles per hour.
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Marshalltown
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Orville Wright
Public notice of estate administration in Jones County Iowa
The district court of Jones county Iowa appoints Michael Schmitt as administrator of the Suzanna Schmitt deceased estate. All creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk within the legal time and all debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa January 23 1934. J J Locher attorney for estate.
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District Court
Jones County
Iowa
Suzanna Schmitt
Anamosa
A. D
Michael Schmitt
J. J. Locher
Janes County
State of
Henry J. Rickless
Agnes Hanna
J. E. Heiserman
Coxsee, Coxsee & Heiserman
John H. Dinklage
Moulin Rouge and Queen Christina At Paramount Theater
Paramount theater in Cedar Rapids presents Moulin Rouge for a four day run starting Friday February 16 with stars Constance Bennett Franchot Tone and more. Greta Garbo returns with John Gilbert in Queen Christina opening Tuesday February 20 for a week at regular 25 cent matinee prices.
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Paramount Theater
Cedar Rapids
Constance Bennett
Franchot Tone
Tullio Carminati
Boswell Sisters
Russ Columbo
Greta Garbo
John Gilbert
Queen Christina
Paramount
Dickens Book Sales Reach Twenty Five Million Copies
Publication of Charles Dickens' novels has reached a total of 25 million copies sold, marking a major milestone for the author. The figure highlights enduring popularity across markets and decades.
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Charles Dickens
Executor's Notice for Henry J Ricklefs Estate
The district court at Janes County Iowa appoints John Henry Ricklefs as executor of Henry J Ricklefs estate. Creditors must file claims with the court clerk sworn and abated within legal time. Dated January 22 1934 at Anamosa Iowa. Doxsee Doxsee Heiserman attorneys.
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John Henry Ricklefs
Doxsee, Doxsee & Heiserman
J. W. Doxsee
C. A. Deas
Administrator Notice for Estate of Agnes Hanna Iowa
District court of Jones county Iowa administrator of the estate Agnes Hanna deceased notifies all claimants to file with the clerk sworn and timely. Persons owing the estate are urged to make payment promptly. J E Heiserman administrator Coxsee Coxsee Heiserman attorneys listed for contact.
Administrator's Notice for John H. Dinklage Estate
No. 4865. Creditors and heirs are notified to make immediate payment to the undersigned to avoid costs. Dated at Anamosa Iowa January 30 1934. J J Locher attorney for estate.
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W. Doxsee
A. Doxsee
Nana Eton Asai
Lenker and
Moore
Cedar County
Supreme Court
High Court
Blackhawk
France
Europe
Whisky Drinker
Abraham Lincoln
Paramount News
A. C. McKean
M. D
South Maple Street
Doxsee
L. J. Swift
Calla
Burrichter
C. F. Shimanek
Stuhler
Dr. A. M. Maurice
Lowell
W. H. Null
Earl H. Deshaw, M.D
Stuhler's
Monticello, Iowa
J. G. Schoon Lire
Fire Insurance
Mark
Rock OF Ages
J. E. Bateman
Towabectric
Tried
State Bank
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