Monument Honors Schwer Ingen Family in Story City
Dedication services were held at Story City cemetery for a native rock monument with a bronze plaque recalling the 1860 prairie fire tragedy that killed five Schwer ingen family members. The wagon fire near Story City buried husband wife and three children in the cemetery. Harry Roach of Eagle Grove recalls Tom Limerick, the former Iowa bank robber killed at Alcatraz, as the man who shot him in a 20 year old Council Bluffs box-car robbery. Roach could not identify Limerick at the time and Limerick was not prosecuted.
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J. W. Jarnagin
Story City
Story County
Schweringen
Harry Roach
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Tom Limerick
Iowa
Alcatraz
Roach
Limerick
Council Bluffs
Des Moines man among 13 odd occupation specialists
L. E. Mackin of Des Moines is described as a piano key fixer upper and one of only 13 in the nation. A trained violinist who played in major theater orchestras he later tuned pianos and now reconditions piano keys sent from across the country for repairing recovering and polishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Mackin
Des Moines
Mackin
Phony rug salesmen nabbed after police radio alert
Nevada Story county officers warned by a police radio bulletin that two men selling rugs misrepresented their wares. The alert said they headed toward Marshalltown on highway 30. Major E A Conley tracked them to a stalled car with no fuel before they could flee.
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Iowa
Nevada
Story County
Marshalltown
Marshall County
E. A. Conley
State Highway Patrol
Burglar tale ends as cash found in furniture
Storm Lake police investigated a burglary claim in Buena Vista county but the suspect fled. W. E. Shannon reported $165.45 missing from his home, hidden under a pillow on a Davenport. He later refound the cash among the Davenport springs after a night-time early search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
Stateke
W. E. Shannon
Davenport
E. A. Thompson
Shannon
Fire at Andrew Anwick farm after gas pocket ignites shaft
Well diggers failed to find water near Harlan Shelby county but tapped inflammable gas that ignited, flames and smoke spouting from the shaft. The blaze burned a day and a half until rain extinguished it and Anvik resealed the shaft. Scorekeepers at Manly Worth county later audited a 20 to 17 baseball result between Northwood and Manly, noting the score sheets as a Chinese puzzle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Anwick
Harlan
Shelby County
Anvick
Manly
Worth County
Northwood High School
Manly High School
Denison Man Wears Western Magazines Into Miles of Type
Layton Wright aged 72 from Denison Crawford County enjoys western stories. He reads about two magazines daily, each averaging 90 pages with 50 lines per page and six inches per line. After seven years of retirement, he has consumed 5 110 western magazines totaling 2 177 miles of type.
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Layton Wright
Denison
Crawford County
Wright
Household Tank Blast Fears and Aroused Suspect
In Lanyon Webster county a kitchen redo ends with a water tank explosion flooding the basement and shattering china. Mrs Charles Meshek near Dedham Carroll county repelled a masked intruder with a milk pitcher and fled to neighbors for safety.
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Gust Burgh
Lanyon
Webster County
Charles Meshek
Dedham
Carroll County
Attempted Robbery Thwarted. Two Men Arrested
Police report two men admitted attempting a robbery and were taken into custody after officers arrived with assistance. The incident led to arrests and ongoing investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bers
Smokers Warned After Explosive Disinfectant Burn Incident
Hans Nielsen of LeMars Plymouth County suffered severe finger burns after lighting a cigarette with disinfectant residue on his hands. The liquid ignited when a match was struck, following cleaning of a chicken house.
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Hans Nielsen
LeMars
Plymouth County
Nielsen
Whistling Gas Pocket Delays Miller Farm Dig Near Red Oak
Neighbors heard a shrill blast from a tubular well on George Miller’s Red Oak area farm as geologist H. T. Hershey investigated a gas pocket. In Odebolt, 12 year old Donald Sykes was badly burned rushing to smother a distillate explosion while burning corn stalks, hospital care listed as critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Miller
Red Oak
Montgomery County
Miller
H. T. Hershey
Iowa City
Donald Sykes
Odebolt
Sac County
Auto firm rep injured in Parkersburg attempted repossession
John Heerts of Ackley Hardin County representing an auto firm went to Parkersburg to reclaim a car with overdue payments. He began driving out when the homeowner rushed out with an iron bar crashing the windshield and injuring him. Heerts suffered cuts and his spectacles were broken. The woman was arrested.
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John Heerts
Ackley
Hardin County
Parkersburg
Heerts
Lithuanian Immigrant Dies Before Citizenship Test
Boleslaw Gielazis of Sioux City, born in Lithuania, had completed the citizenship requirements and went to the federal building for final examination when he suddenly died of a heart attack before beginning the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boleslaw Gielazis
Sioux City
Gielazis
Federal
Scout Work In The Local Troop A 49er Scout Progress
Scout Charles Boss recounts early 1937 to 1938 troop activities under Roy Coach Moore and later Kenneth Fuller. Weekly meetings covered signaling first aid nature study and marching drills with hikes camps and a court of honor where Tenderfoot badges were awarded. The troop raised funds, helped less fortunate children with toy drives and collected new equipment while planning future outings.
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Belet
Roy
Moore
Waubeek
Camp Whitewater
Kenneth Fuller
Monti
U. S
Anamosa
Kittenball
Mr. Fuller
Charles Boss
Myrna Loys Test Pilot at Niles with Gable Tracy
Myrna Loy stars in Test Pilot shown at the Niles next Sunday and Monday with Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy and Lionel Barrymore. The film, a landmark air picture, joins Hell's Angels and Wings in aviation cinema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrna Loy
Niles
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
Lionel Barrymore
Italian Meat Balls With Spaghetti Dinner Idea
A home economist suggests Italian meat balls with spaghetti. Ground meat mixed with onion and green pepper forms one inch balls, browned in bacon fat, simmered with tomatoes, then served over spaghetti with cheese. Also notes on fashionable beards in 14th century Spain, the Hudson River discovery by Verrazano in 1524, and Hudson exploration by Henry Hudson in 1608.
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Inez
Willson
Hudson River
Giovanni di Verazzano
Henry Hudson
Movie and stage listings for Monte ro weekly lineup
A detailed slice of the Monte ro week's entertainment featuring Buck Jones in Boss of Lonely Valley and Noah Beery Jr in Some Blondes Are Dangerous. Swing tunes in Cocoanut Grove with Fred MacMurray and Harriet Hilliard, plus Go Chase Yourself and Mr Moto's Gamble. Also Beloved Brat Rawhide and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm with Shirley Temple.
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Buck Jones
Lonely Valley
Noah Beery, Jr
W. R. Burnett
William Gargan
Universal
Fred MacMurray
Cocoanut Grove
MacMurray
Harriet Hilliard
Yacht Club Boys
Rufe Davis
Harry Owens
Hollywood
Jack
Gmen
Don Terry
Joe Penner
June Travis
Henry Armstrong
Perpetual
Barney Ross
Chicagoland
Peter Lorre
Saturday Evening Post
Mr. Moto
Keye Luhe
Dick Baldwin
Lynn Bari
Douglas Fowley
Jayne Regan
Bonita Granville
Roberta
Smith Ballew
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
Shirley Temple
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Randolph Scott
Gloria Stuart
Jack Haley
Slim Summerville
Bill Robinson
Shirley
Panama
Lola Lane
Paul Kelly
Stroke Sinks Charles Henrichs at Monticello Hospital
Charles Henrichs, patient at John McDonald hospital in Monticello, suffered a stroke of paralysis on Friday after weeks of medical care and improving condition. The report notes his ongoing treatment and prior progress.
June Meeting Planned for Women’s Community Club in Presbyterian Church
The Women’s Community Club will hold its June meeting in the Presbyterian church on Wednesday afternoon June 15. Music will feature piano by Esther Sinclair with a program titled Songs of Iowa including pieces Travel via Trailer Buy Bros Clocks and Iowa Industries by Miriam Abbott Hester Sinclair and Frances Hughes. An Iowa poem by Lizzie Popper will close.
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Charles Henrichs
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Clifton Abbott
Ethel Courtney
Miriam Courtney
Center Junction
Hopkinton
Lenox College
Evelyn Courtney
Henry Carson
Esther Sinclair
D. O. Sinclair
M. M. Sinclair
F. H. Schlemme
Melva Clark
McDonald Hospital
L. G. Streets
Canton
Miriam
Alex McKean
McKean
Ladora
Kitty Callahan
Sunbeam Mission
Alice Clark
Miss Hughes
Donna Lee Heiken
Joyce Otten
Paul Ernest Paulsen
Richard Eby
Ronald Paulsen
Mary Ann Otten
Dwayne Elwood
Bernard Cass
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Marvin
Carl. Himebaugh
Smith
Margaret Folkerts
Henry Stadtmueller
Scotch Grove
Scotch Grove Concert Band
Onslow
Frank A. Royden
Fred Matheson
Edwin Freese
Mildred Pede
Virginia Wright
Lois Lange
Jerald Ritenour
Wilma Kuhns
June Henrichs
Earl Null
Robert Fagan
Arthur Husmann
Loretta Behrends
Dorothy Himebaugh
Maxine Lange
Helen Warren
Lois Naylor
Helen Behrends
Lyle McMullen
Charles Eby
Edward Snell
Dick Naylor
Irvin Husmann
Carl Fagan
Melvin Husmann
Jack Naylor
Constance Naylor
Leslie Balster
Arthur Himebaugh
Geraldine Wright
Walter Wasson
William Minney
Paul Ritenour
Dick Thompson
Sylvan Bate
Gerald Schoon
Lyle Thompson
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
William Carson
W. B. Clark
Kathleen Hughes
Rosemary Zirkelbach
Ruth Clark
Vaneta Hughes
John Paulsen
Kathleen Paulsen
Herbert Carson
Bobby Jo Himebaugh
Bobby Zirkelbach
Elvis Collier
Herbert Musmann
Jesus
Laurel Dean Jones
Ruth Ann Zirkelbach
Ferne Schlemme
Jairus
Beryle Ellwood
Jerry Naylor
Ralph Paulsen
Donald Husmann
Betty McLaughlin
New Mexico
Jack Heiken
Fay Schlemme
Mountains
Tennessee
Phyllis Schlemme
Montana
Dewayne Ellwood
Presbyterian Church
Iowa
Buy Bros
Miriam Abbott
Hester Sinclair
Frances Hughes
Lizzie Popper
R. A. Naylor
Delhi
Jean Royden
Yvonne Lange
Iowa City
Naylor
Evening Band Benefit Paired With War Loss Figures
Community event invites attendance to support the band while juxtaposing historical war losses. The text also cites casualty figures from the Revolutionary War and Mexico City deaths, noting a drop from 3,434 in March 1937 to 2,464 in March 1938.
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Mexico City
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Iowa News
Jarnagin
Spain
Monte Ro
Eve
Mable Otten
Ted Oltman
Dale Ladehoff
Leo Warren
Floyd Sinclair
Jo Royden
Paul Fagan
June Wright
William Wright
Alberta Husmann
Ben W. Husmann
Laura Sinclair
Laurel Naylor
Darlene Schone
Tarzan Collier
Royal Corbett
Alfreda Husmann
von Suppe
Vienna Woods
Jones County
Harm J. Dirks
Center Junction, Iowa
Dorthy Vandament
Sigourney
Curtis CO
Clinton
Scovill
Pittsburgh
Asie Ue
A.J.H. McNeill Hardware
Pittsburgh al
Janesville
Wis
Arend Balster Stores
Soilex
Nash
Monarch
Silara
Japan
Stuhler’s Grocery
Ota
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