Saloon Restorations and Highway Thugs Warned in 1930s Letter
The piece scorns party promises on prohibition and alleges saloon reestablishment in Chicago under tavern licenses. It warns drivers to beware hitchhikers after a Cedar Falls man was robbed and shot by a man who allegedly confessed. A sobering note calls out pliant officials and a dangers of welcoming strangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Chicago News
Chicago
C. J. Brown
Cedar Falls
Brown
Congress Eyes Debt Surge Amid Budget Strains
Congress resumes session as the president cites seven billion dollars missing from a balanced budget. If spending continues, debt could double in a year with interest reaching 280 million dollars. Inflation is proposed to devalue dollars to fifty cents, with a blunt "take it or leave it" stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
The NRA and Economic Effects in Rural and Urban Areas
The article argues the NRA boosted factory and wholesale activity by supporting higher wages and shorter hours, increasing urban workers' spending, but it did not raise rural spending as farm prices remain below production costs. It warns that without higher prices or relief within a year, harder times may lie ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
Trade balance facts between Japan and United States 1933
In the first eleven months of 1933 the United States bought 27.3 percent of Japan's exports and sold 31.9 percent of its imports. The article notes Japan and the US as major buyers and sellers in the cotton goods trade. It also mentions military expenditure as 60 percent of Japan's revenue going to the army and navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Iowa Liquor Control Debate Footnotes From Capitol
Legislative letters describe a liquor fight with amendments and local option debate. The house weighs a revolving fund, potential dispensaries, and taxation shifts as senators target the tax bill. Caucus plans and party dynamics loom amid hopes for adjournment around Groundhog Day.
Paramount News Dinner at Eight Comes to Cedar Rapids
The Paramount theater in Cedar Rapids hosts Dinner at Eight from Friday January 12 for four days. The star-studded cast includes Marie Dressler John Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery. Tickets are 25 cents before six and 35 cents at night and the ad notes it is offered at no advance in prices versus higher national rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Dressler
John
Lionel Barrymore
Jean Harlow
Wallace Beery
Paramount Theater
Cedar Rapids
Paramount
Adv
Tramp-Lady Plea Amid Court Exchange
In a courtroom exchange the judge scenes a dramatic question as a woman declares she is dying from exposure and asks if another woman is a tramp politician or financier. The dialogue underscores social tensions and public perceptions in the era.
Remarkable Iowa vignette and a 60 foot Christmas tree
A Independence resident helps a young man in need only to learn he was part of a car theft gang. In Alton Sioux County a municipal Christmas tree towers 60 feet, planted in 1883 as a seedling, now a central, garlanded beacon in a town of about 1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Sioux County
Alibi Trick Fails Theft at Cedar Rapids Elevator Office
Rudolph Brinkheimer, a transient from Winterset, planned to sleep in a Cedar Rapids jail bed but stole tools from a blacksmith shop and used them to break into an elevator office. He returned to jail and slept, only to be awakened by officers who saw through the ruse and placed him in a safer cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Brinkheimer
Ed Smith
Winterset
Brinkheimer
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Century Change at Wall Lake Affects Northwestern Jobs
On December 19 1899 M Quinlan became section foreman at Wall Lake Saz county. He ate lunch in the depot the first day when 150 men worked for the railroad. On December 19 1933 he still ate lunch there but only two men remained on the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Quinlan
Wall Lake
Saz County
Northwestern Railroad
Quinlan
Northwestern
Hat
Cherokee Man Carried 100-Pound Sugar Prize Bet
Nels Patrick of Cherokee county carried a free 100 pound sack of sugar home to win a wager. He faced a four mile trek, paused only to remove rubbers once, and finished the last quarter mile by running. The trip took an hour and a half and Patrick collected the bet money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Patrick
Cherokee County
Patrick
Santa Delays Visit To Sac City After Christmas
Santa Claus missed his Sac City visit before Christmas due to railroad delays. He arrived the Saturday after, after candy shipments arrived late and the Chamber had to explain the delay to disappointed children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Sac City
Sac County
Chamber of Commerce
Santa
Sac
Audubon man offers unique 14 gauge copper steel wagon box
Peter Frederiksen of Audubon in Audubon county displays a standard size wagon box made entirely of 14 gauge copper steel. He claims it is the only steel wagon box in existence and notes its exceptional durability. He may market the box as part of his line of manufactured articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Frederiksen
Audubon
Audubon County
Mr. Frederiksen
Frederiksen
Courage In Adversity From Estherville Hunter Story
A hunting party in Estherville Emmet county recounts a duck incident where a mallard released itself after being shot and stunned. The tale shifts to Ernest Avery of Montour Tama county a lifelong cripple who reads with aid of a rod and writes with a pencil held in his teeth showcasing resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Emmet County
Ernest Avery
Montour
Tama County
Avery
Remarkable Iowa Tales From A Curious Roundup
A report highlights a man who uses a typewriter with a rubber tipped rod and crafts knives and leather through mouth work and a small motor. It notes a 62 year gap without births at a Della house until a girl was born to Mr and Mrs Richman, with the doctor born in the same house 52 years ago. It mentions Mrs McClanahan of Fort Madison with a sweating china bowl, two Austrian brothers reuniting after 45 years, Harold Mills entering a state biggest tree contest with a 13 ft 3 in circumference maple, and more oddball local curiosities from Keokuk and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
House
Hicklin
Polk County
Bruce
Pocahontas County
United States
Frailey
Della
Keokuk County
Mra
Richman
Harold Mills
Massena
Cass County
Mr. Millis
Popular Resort Restored on Steamboat Rock Dam
Steamboat Rock in Hardin county is being rebuilt as a CWA project to restore the dam and resume Iowa river boating bathing and fishing benefits once enjoyed by the resort. The work aims to attract crowds again next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steamboat Rock
Hardin County
Iowa
Iowa River
CWA
Towa
Seamanns Tour Reports East Coast Farm Prices
Mr and Mrs W H Seamanns of Independence Buchanan county return from a three week trip visiting Kit tanning Pa Moores NY and other eastern states with notes on farm prices. Corn at Kit tanning was 70 cents per bushel hogs at Moores fetched 9 dollars per hundredweight. They observed broader evidence of increased buying power along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Seamanns
Independence
Buchanan County
Kittanning
Moores
N.Y
Duck Rescued After 23 Days in 80-Foot Well
A duck owned by Dick Welch in Centerville Appanoose County fell into an 80 foot well and spent 23 days swimming in a confined space. Attempts to rescue failed until two small boys finally retrieved the bird. The duck was unharmed and resumed normal activity the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Welch
Centerville
Appanoose County
Welch
Farmer earns half cent per hog on Sioux City shipment
A Holstein Iowa farmer sent 20 pigs to a Sioux City commission house and received a letter with a nine cent check. The note blamed marketing expenses and trucking, saying hogs were worth little and off grade meat worthless. The net profit came to just under half a cent per hog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holstein
Ida County
Sioux City
Riddle asks who has what in Pathfinder clue
A playful verse asks who had it before and behind with hints about Luke Paul Matthew and Mrs Mulligan and Dr Lowell. It teases a wordplay riddle not a disease, ending with a prompt to name the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke
Paul
Matthew
Teachers Salaries Decline Noted Across Nine Years
Historical records show teachers salaries shrinking by more than 12000 dollars over the past nine years with a large graduating class including 703 girls and 405 boys. The text lists graduates and a tax-supported budget table for 1931-32 plus property conveyance details in Jones County.
Probate Notice for Henry J Rickless Will in Jones County
On December 22, 1933 the supposed last will of Henry J Rickless, deceased, was filed for probate in Jones County Iowa. The January 22, 1934 at 10 a.m. is set for final proof and probate at the district court term. Attorneys Doxsee Doxsce Heiserman represent the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Newton Parrott
Anamosa
Henry J. Rickless
A. D
Byerly
Towa
Doxsee
Doxsce & Heiserman
at_torneys
W. Denese
A. Be
J. E. Heiserman
Doxsee, Doxsee & Heiserman
Menicalle
Lewa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monticello
Guy and County
A. Coxsee
Dean
Buena Vista
Paramount News
Iowa News
Jarnagin
J. W. Jarnagin
Iowa City
Hunter
Jack McClanahan
Fort Madison
Lee County
Peter Jurdhak
Austria
Peter
Defiance
Shelby County
Elliott
Montgomery County
Joseph Jurschak
Joseph
Gravity
Taylor County
Grac Lee Alcorn
Tzora Bancroft
Donald Belt
Herman Bricker Casper Bnd
Thomas Chambers
Raymond Denkhoft
Burdena Dirks
Thelma Gregory
Ruth Gundlach
Alice Petersen
Loyal Podhaski
Lawrence Rickels
Bernice Schneider
George Schweitzer
Gertrude Schweitzer
Imogene Shelley Paul Steiner Owen Sutherland
Freda Zimmerman
Udgetsak Ant
Mary L.ratochovil
B. Sigworth
Louis Heiken
Margaret Henri Bessie Hughes
Lucille Johns Rose Kelly Marie Luck
Maurice Marie Gaylon Miller
Gracia Orcuttites
Nearon
Tultton
Jaen Vane Series
Witeen Anes
Ensaesidewee
Ceverect Seceses
Sqmpany
Personal Finance Co
Higley
Third Ave
Fed. Bank
Main St
Dubuque
Palmer
A. C. McKean
M. D
South Maple Street
D. McCarn & Son
Anamosa, Iowa
American Title Association
State Title Association
W. H. Null
L. J
Swift Osteopathic Physic
Calla
Burrichter Building
DR. Burris
D. C
First House
Merth of
McNeill's
Stere Menticeile
Dr. A. M. Maurice
Lowell
J. G. Schoon Life and Fire Insurance
Monticello, Iowa
C. F. Shimanek
Éetates
Bruhler Building
Deonioello
Owa
Earl H. Deshaw
Stuhler
George Albery
Phose
Mark
J. E. Bateman
Menticeile
Rip van Winkle
Ment
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!