Tammany and Roosevelt era graft debates paralyze reform
The piece argues Tammany Hall's entrenched graft mirrors Boss Tweed days with Jimmie Walker and others linked to alleged funds fleeing justice. It questions Governor Roosevelt’s response to the committee report and criticizes congressional pork barrelling and debt plans, warning of economic strain from unpaid war debts and fiat money risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
Boss Tweed
Jimmie Walker
Nobeir
Tammany Society
Roosevelt
Tammany Organization
United Organization
Tammany Hall
Brookhart Air Tour Sparks Rivalry in State Campaign
In a heated political clash, Hon. Smith Wildman Brookhart faces opposition from Haynes Cosson and Field who accuse him of hypocrisy. To counter, Brookhart imported La Guardia from Washington to tour the state by airplane, a move that reveals partisan tensions and sharp character attacks on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hon. Smith Wildman
Brookhart
Messrs. Haynes
Cosson
Field
la Guardia
New York
Washington
Conventions Likely to Shape State and County Nominations
The conventions are likely to play an important part in the selection of candidates for office this year both as to state and county candidates. No candidate can be nominated with a showing of less than the required threshold.
Convention system urged for nominations and school notes
The piece argues for universal convention nominations for U S Senator races and county races, criticizing primaries as costly. It notes a 35 percent vote share and urges conventions for all nominations. Public schools closed another prosperous year due to teachers and pupil receptivity. Miss Georgia Miller resigns to take a high school job in Portage Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Miller
City of
Preeport
Illinois
Young declares for not seeking presidency in Democratic race
The New York Democratic reader base accepts Owen D Young's explicit statement that he will not accept the nomination. Roosevelt supporters see his withdrawal as favorable to the Roosevelt movement. Melvin Trainor and Chicago figures weigh options for a Roosevelt aligned Chicago convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ligax City Journal
Owen D. Young
New Yorks
Chicago
Washington
Mr. Young
Smith-Raskob-Shouse
New York
Govermor
General Elertric Company
Macnaie
Mr. Younr
Youni
Melvin Trainor
Bni-Roosevelt
Imar
Roosevelt
Cermak
Chicaro
Bowie
J. Hermion Lewis
Tico
Debt Dilemma Outsiders Warn US Taxpayers Burden
John Hare Hammond, noted mining engineer, voices a terse view in San Francisco saying it is not fair to expect American taxpayers to bear the burden of European war debts. He notes cancellation simply shifts unpaid costs to Uncle Sam as Germany claims it cannot pay reparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
Intermmons
John Hare Hammond
San Francisco
Uncle Sam
Germany
Hopeful Sign in Iowa Novel by Phil Stong
The Marshalltown Times-Republican notes Phil Stong, an Iowa author, issues through Century press an Iowa novel titled State Fair. It calls the work a hopeful sign of the times with cleanliness in words and motif, contrasting it with Miss Devitt’s bid for fame from Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Phil Stong
Iowa
Century Press
Miss Devitt
Clergy, anniversaries, naturalizations noted in Anamosa clipping
Rev Francis F L Wolfe of Anamosa graduated from Columbia College and was ordained at Dubuque Cathedral on May 21. Mr and Mrs Chas Millard celebrate 50th wedding anniversary on May 24 in Hollywood California. Jurgen Peter Rathmann and Johanne Rathmann received final naturalization papers in district court. Local notices include hospital visit for Mr Peet and eye operation, and Stone City poised for state publicity as a Cedar Rapids artist colony and art school setting. County road projects let for resurfacing and gravel work in several townships with contractors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis F. L. Wolfe
Anamosa
Columbia College
Dubuque Cathedral
Chas
Millard
Hollywood
California
F. O. Ellison
Jurgen Peter Rathmann
Johanne Rathmann
Clarence
Heinrich Ahrendten
Wyoming
Engel Johanne Willms
Amber
R. M. Peet
University Hospital
Peet
Stone City
Cedar Rapids
Board of Supervisors
Fairview
W. N. Willis
Marlon
Cass Township
P. J. Taylor
Monticello
Wayne
Scotch Grove
Madison Townships
Robert Meade
Center Junction
Madison
Wyoming Townships
Oxford Junction
Oxford Mills
Lanning
Pulkerton
Langworthy Open House and Birthday Celebrations Observe Oltman Family
Friends gathered last Thursday at the William Oltman home for Mrs. Oltman birth anniversary with visiting relatives from Scotch Grove Warne township Monticello and Chicago. The evening featured dancing cards gifts and lunch. Arlene Ann Arduser celebrated her first birthday with supper guests from Monticello Sand Spring and Monticello. New home plans include moving the old house to near the creamery and building later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Oltman
Henry Andreesen
Kate Siebels
Carl Gerdes
John Oltman
Clarence Heren
Robert
Dorothy
Phiilis
Clifford
Anamosa
J. H. Batchelder
Sherm Hartford
Hopkinton
Lee Hannan
Louis Alferts
Alferts
Ciara Dirks
Eb Prull
Wimna
Dorothy Prull
John Busher
Herman Wolbern
Montanelo
Laurie Taylor
Oxford Junction
Clifford Arduser
Wiliam Oltman
Etta Rieken
Monticello Sundar
April butterfat payments and local visits noted
The Sand Spring Farmers Mutual creamery paid 21 cents for butterfat in April, with patrons listed. Nearby social notes mention weekend visits and graduations, including Mr and Mrs Wright of Scotch Grove, the Johnson families of Guernsey, and locals at Hopkinton events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Spring
Mutual Cremmery
Peer Hurt
Ror Slauson
Gessel and Weber
Nuk Wilrenbusch
Ray Wire
Leo White
iHenry Becker
Walter First
Herman Egger
Geo. B Marcoff
Putz and Lang
Wee
John Wright
Scotch Grove
Frank Johnson
Donald Johnson
Guernsey
B. W .Cox
Esther Heeren
Arnold Sandhagen
Dundee
Doris Eegiman
Masonville
Dave Wilson
Ed Cox
Phyllis
Marjorie Kauffman
Colesburg
Harry Arnold
Earlville
James Arnold
Hopkinton
William Baum
Herman Welter
Margaret Mary
Cleta Kelchen
Joe Kelchen
Farley
Peter Achen
Worthington
Nora McElmeel
Delhi
Lester Lang
Barney Shaffer
Otis Bersley
Watkins
Shaffer
An Town City Hospital
Grace Allen
Mildred Arduser
Donald Arduser
Galen Hein
Richland
Nola
Clarence Wilson
J. L. Batchelder
Herbert Cox
Lorena Cox
Prairieburg and Alburnett baseball game ends with Prairieburg win
Prairieburg defeated Alburnett in a Sunday ball game. Local social notes mention visits from Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Marion, Monticello, Towey City, and Minneapolis plus St Paul. Reports cover birth anniversaries, vacations, and travel. Poultry care advice urges separating old flocks from chicks and cleaning houses to prevent round worm infestation. Readers are advised to use the Want Columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairiehure
Alburnett
George Knott
Dubuque
Edith
Elliott Sauser
Cedar Rapids
Mary Sauser
Marion
Esther Anthony
Julia Randall
Bertha Knott
Randall
Lloyd Sexton
Cora Sexton
Monticello
Mesdames Irvin Bebee
Gilbert Pooler
Towey City
Doris Wilmott
DeLancey
H. B. Flockhart
Minneapolis
Earl Marquiss
St. Paul
Books for Thinking America and Library District Meetings
Iowa librarians plan eight district meetings in May to discuss rural reading and children’s engagement. Highlights include popular titles such as The Good Earth and Magnolia Street with future best sellers listed and a radio lecture series on civic education by prominent scholars and journalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Southwest
Cresion
Clarice J. Baird
Osceola
Middlewest
Harlan
Blanche I. Hackett
Lake City
Central
Knoxville
Mary E. McCoy
Indianola
Northeast
Charles City
Sara Brown
Reinbeck
Middle East
Vinton
Helen Morse
Maquoketa
Alta
Elizabeth Walpole
Storm Take
Northcentral
Alden
Mary E. Kingsbury
Hampton
Pearl
Buck
Magnolia Street
Louis Golding
End House
Agatha Christie
Warwick Deeping
Frederick L. Allen
Wash Young
Clarence Darrow
Richard Boleslawski
Helen Woodward
Barnaby Ross
Alodous Huxley
Jonathan Drew
Christopher Ward
William Beebe
United States
Walter Lippman
William O. Scroggs
America
Ludwig Lewisohn
A. J. Cronin
W. B. Denham
Wall Street
Upton Sinclair
Radclyffe Hall
Louis Bromfield
Books For Thinking America
Charles Beard
N. M. Thomas
George Soule
Sir W. H. Beveridge
S. H. Slichter
P. H. Douglas
Aaron Director
J. H. Rogers
D. B. Woodward
M. A. Rose
H. W. Laidler
Stephen Rauschenbush
E. H. Gruening
Europe
F. H. Simonds
A. H. Hansen
W. O. Scroggs
Norman Angell
Soviet Russia
C. B. Hoover
G. S. Counts
W. H. Chamberlain
Lincoln Steffens
Harbourt
Mary Mims
H. O. Rugg
J. T. Adams
C. E. Merriam
Frederick Allen
Glenn Frank
Committee On Civic Education
National Advisory Council On Radio In Education
American Political Science Association
National Broadcasting Company
Committee On
Thomas H. Reed
University of Michigan
National League of Women Voters
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Julian Mason
New York Evening Post
Ruth Morgan
Stuart Chase
Charles A. Beard
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County Iowa
The district court of Jones County Iowa sets June 21 1932 at 10 o clock a.m. for final proof and probate of the last will and testament of William R Kuhns deceased. Interested parties may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Warren Rees Clerk Lara E Hanna deputy Coxsee Coxsee attorneys for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Jones County
William R. Kuhns
Warren Rees
Lara E. Hanna
Coxsee
Executor's Notice from Jones County Iowa
The District Court of Jones County Iowa appoints Charles A Doxsee as executor of Charles E Bates deceased with May 27 1932 date. Creditors must file claims sworn with the clerk within legal time and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Charles E. Bates
Anamosa
A. D
Charles A. Doxsee
Doxsee & Doxsee
Executor's Notice in Jones County Iowa Estate
District court in Jones county Iowa recognizes Henry M Carpenter as executor of Josephine E Moore estate. Creditors are urged to immediate action with dates shown from Anamosa Iowa May 16 1932. Coxsee and Doxsee act as attorneys for the estate located at 47 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Josephine E. Moore
Anamosa
Henry M. Carpenter
Coxsee & Doxsee
Final reports filed in Jones County estate hearings
Notice to interested parties that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in estates listed are filed in the Jones County District Court. A final hearing and approval are set for June 3 1932 in Anamosa Iowa. The first item is the final report of El W Lavell administrator with will annexed of Henry E Folkers deceased. Dated May 20. Clerk of the District Court Lara E Hanna deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
EL. W. Lavell
Henry E. Folkers
Anamosa
Iowa
Notice of Sheriff's Sale in Jones and Delaware Counties Iowa
By special execution from the district court of Jones county Iowa a judgment dated May 18 1922 in favor of The Monticello State Bank against George Vesey Jessie M Vesey Marvin Bartlett and Mrs Marvin Bartlett for 3023 53 and costs 84 95 is levied on described real estate in Delaware county Iowa and Jones county Iowa including 38 acres more or less at the northeast corner section 20 township 87 north range 3 west and adjacent parcels on 4th street alley lots 247 260 described boundaries and measurements are given for the sale location and terms
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
Iowa
Monticello State Bank
George Vesey
Jessie M. Vesey
Marvin Bartlett
Eighty-Seven
Delaware
Towa
County of
Jones
Towit
4Th Street
Notice of Sale Under Writ of Execution in Jones County
By order of the district court clerk in Jones County Iowa Monticello State Bank sues Della Phelps for 887.52 plus 57.38 costs. Sheriff W H Prazer will sell at public auction on June 25 1932 at 9 am in front of the Anamosa court house the parcels 372 and 373 in Railroad addition Monticello to satisfy the judgment costs and accruing costs with right of redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
Iowa
Monticello State Bank
Della Phelps
Costa
Monticello
Anamosa
Political Advertisement for County Supervisor Seat
The undersigned seeks the Democratic primary voters June six for county supervisor in the 1933 term. He cites prior service from 1917 to 1920 and presents experience in public office.
Monticello Property To Be Sold In Sheriff Sale
40 feet north of 4th Street in Railroad addition Monticello Iowa is the property of George Vesey Jessie M Vesey Marvin Bartlett and Mrs Marvin Bartlett. It is levied to satisfy execution 80 and the sale will occur at 9 o clock under W H Frazer Sheriff Jones County Iowa with J J Locher attorney for the plaintiff. 49 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4Th Street
Monticello
Iowa
George Vesey
Jessie M. Vesey
Marvin Bartlett
Anamosa
Jones County
W. H. Frazer
J. J. Locher
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Prairieburg
Iowa Book News For
People
Library News
Mildred Othmer Peterson
Arthur N. Holcombe
Edward M. Ball
William Hard
John Dewey
Des Moines
Davenport
WHO
WOC
WOI
Ames
Iowa State College
College
Albert B. Fall
W. H. Prazer
Earl H. Deshaw, M.D
Stuhler
W. H. Null
J. W. Doxsee
C. A. Demsee
Doxsee
Doxsee Attorneys At Law
Lovell Block
Monticeflo
Town
Henry Shimerda
John Bodenhofer
Anamosa, Iowa
Jones-Cedar Counties
Elas
Pel
Congress
Frank W. Elliott
Baby Chix
Black Jersey Giants
Russell E. Lux
Leghorn Land
Hopkinton, Iowa
George Albery
Dr. A. M. Maurice
Lovell
L. J. Swift
Burrichter Building
J. G. Schoon
Monticello, Iowa
Mark
J. E. Bateman
Menticelie
U. S
City of Monticello
State Bank
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