Alleged Bias in Tribune Coverage of Prohibition Convention
The letter accuses the Chicago Tribune of slanting reporting at the Republican convention to favor wet planks and attacks the claim that 16 delegates were wet. It notes actual votes showed few wets, cites party splits over repeal, and argues the party supports federal supervision of liquor in line with prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Spangler
Iowa
Brookhart
Turner
Platform Committee
J. N
Ding) Darling
Manning
Darling
New York
Mqyor
Butler branded as detester of strutting in newspaper critique
The Cedar Rapids Gazette accuses Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia College of being a persistent self-promoter. It notes his public radiance hoarding debates and opposition to other opinions, calling his Chicago appearance non-impressive and reflecting on his long career as a schoolmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia College
New York
Murray Butler
Chicago
Desperadoes Reportedly Kill Two Knoxville Sisters
Two spinster sisters were found murdered at their Knoxville Iowa home. They were reputedly well to do and paid cash for expenses, suggesting robbers sought their cash hoard. Authorities warn that those keeping valuables at home risk similar fates as desperadoes torment victims if cash is not found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Iowa
Fathers Day sentiment finds cool reception among dads
Last Sunday was to be observed as Father’s Day but fathers show little interest in the holiday. Efforts to gather them in church groups to be exhorted would likely keep them away as the typical father prefers to act as he thinks best without back-patting or emotional disturbance.
Government statistics show yearly tax declines
Government data indicate a pronounced yearly drop in cigarette, playing card, and amusement taxes. The figures suggest economies could be made without harming economists.
Roosevelt Deliberates on Mayor Walker Graft Removal
Governor Roosevelt entered the convention undecided on removing Mayor Walker over alleged graft, weighing Seabury committee recommendations.
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Roosevelt
Walker
Seabury Committee
Epsom powdering eyed as soil acidifier practice
A garden note suggests dosing soil with Epsom salt three or four times yearly near rhododendrons to achieve proper acidity. The claim reflects spectator garden lore rather than a vetted agronomic rule.
Women to Feature Large Exposition at Iowa State Fair
Iowa women plan an elaborate display at Des Moines concurrent with the 1932 Iowa State Fair from August 24 to September 2. The event will showcase household arts with 247 classes and $1353 in prizes, a culinary contest, 25 farm bureau projects, style shows, 4-H club presentations from 99 counties, a baby health contest worth $500, a drama section, an art salon, and open forums on public welfare and health attracting over 200 000 women.
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Women of
Iowa
Des Moines
Towa Farm Bureau
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Towa Parent-Teachers Association
Farm Bureau
Anamosa Community Notes Highlights June Events
Golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Mass at state park. County Clerk Warren Rees attends Masons' convention in Sioux City as Ana mosA Lodge 46 delegate. Ballot recount finds no election discrepancies. Huckins seeks retrial in Jones County jail. Miss Mary Dunn elected second grade teacher. Miss Elviagreen resigns. Leona Lynne Scott weds Frank Lewis in Mar telle. wedding at Hotel Roosevelt Cedar Rapids. Margaret Foley dies at Mercy Hospital aged 68. St Mark’s church receives substantial gift from American Building Board Fund aiding new church, with thanks to Bishop Longley and Warden Clarke. Niles Theater installs natural air cooling by Supreme Heating, to reduce temp by about 20 degrees.
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D. S. Mass
Anamosa
State Park
Warren Rees
Sioux City
Masons
Anamosa Lodge No. 46
A. F
A. M
Board of Supervisors
George E. Huckins
Jones County
H. C. Ring
Mary Dunn
Elviagreen
Dunn
Cedar Falls
Teachers’ College
Leona Lynne Scott
Frank Lewis
Woodbine
G. W. Self
Methodist
Martelle
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Margaret T. Foley
Mercy Hospital
Cabletown
Ohio
Charlotte Tracy
Catherine Daly
Anamasa
Holy Cross
St. Mark's Church of
American Building Board Fund
Harry 8. Longley
Harry Clarke
St. Mark's Parish
Niles Theater
Supreme Heating and Ventilating Company of
St. Louis
Wise Cracks of the Press Quips and Quotes
A look at jesting lines from newspapers and writers. The Boston Transcript jokes about the tax bill gaffe. A novelist admits to a gossip writer his hobby is fishing. Punch mocks such hobbies as troublesome for authors. A Chicago musician tests an ancient Egyptian oboe. The Nashville Banner imagines a future saxophone tooter centuries hence.
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Boston Transcript
Chicago
Nashville Banner
Jones County Farm Bureau Week Calendar Highlights
Jones County Farm Bureau reports a packed schedule for June with events across townships. Activities include a Friday picnic, a Saturday fair view gathering, and meetings at Wyoming Lovell and Wyoming township Farm Bureaus. The Oriole 4-H Club held a June 6 meeting and Rally Day prep, while Raymond Griswold and Raymond Dusanek emerged in leadership roles.
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Contesting Association
Fairview Boys’ Club
Wyoming Township Farm Bureau
Lovell Township Farm Bureau
Wyoming Township
Raymond Griswold
Raymond Dusanek
Jim Mallicoat
Fairview Township
Miss Lister
Miss Huston
Pnhillys
R. O
4 H Girls Club Convention at Iowa State College
The 4 H girls club convention will be held at Iowa State College from June 27 to 29 with representation from every county. Jones county plans a delegation including Loretta Specht and many club names and leaders such as Mildred Deischer and Grace Vrooman. They will depart Sunday June 25 and return Thursday June 30.
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Iowa State College
Jones County
Loretta Specht
Fortune Finders’ Club
Castle Grove
Margaret Behrends
Lovell
Laboring Lassies
Frances Soper
Rainbow
Geneva Loomis
Wilma
Eloise Kunns
Scotch ~Grove Sunshine Girls
Gwelda Fairbanks
Oriole
Florence Mardorf
Wise Owl
Roberta Livingston
Madison
Merry Maidens
Erma Lincoln
Tru Blu
Elizabeth Fishwild
Happy Hour
Ruth Humphrey
Lois Bramer
Be Square
Mildred Deischer
Grace Vrooman
Nona Terhune
Marcella Kuhn
Farm Bureau Boosts Membership and Community Effort
The group praises wide support for farm bureau work and highlights 4 H Club activity with eight clubs and 150 boys. It notes member pledges, hints at rewards for dues paid before July, defends directors' unpaid service, and stresses ongoing cooperation.
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Farm Bureau
Iowa 4-H Girls Stand by Blue Middy Uniforms
Miss Hazel Bown of the Extension Service at Iowa State College notes 4-H girls wear blue middy uniforms for unity and a consistent look. The uniform signifies membership in a nationwide farm girls group and suits business and public events from rallies to state fairs and demonstrations.
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Iowa 4-H Club
Hazel Bown
Iowa State College
United States
Miss Bown
Farm Bureau
Weeds Cause Massive Iowa Losses Warned by Extension
R. H. Porter of the extension urges attention to weed damage in Iowa claiming annual losses around 50 million dollars and noting the burden mirrors nearly half of the state tax bill.
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Iowa
R. H. Porter
Perennial weed control urged by Iowa State plant pathologist
An Iowa State College plant pathologist warns losses from perennial weeds may reach 500 000 per county and higher in northern counties. He outlines tough controls and summer cultivation for crops like soybeans and corn, noting two years of persistent cultivation can curb weeds such as European bindweed leafy spurge and pepper grass with alfalfa sowing as a smother crop.
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Iowa State College
Porter
Iowa
Real Estate Transfers in Jones County week ending June 18
Deeds filed for record show transfers: John B. Reuter to C G Thomas for one dollar. Eclipse Lumber Company of Minnesota to Delaware for multiple parcels in Anamosa and Monticello. Grace M. Hanna and others to Etta Schmidt and others. C J Ingwersen admin to Anna Levsen. John W Livingstone to G J Hughes. David W Smith to Davina Goodrich. G J Van Buren to Monticello State Bank and to Anna Eden Balster. Laura M Gould and others to Florence Henke Olive Gould and Catherine Lawrence. The notes reference subject to mortgages and undivided interests. The item includes unrelated quotes about a household question and historical party names.
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Jones County
John B. Reuter
C. G. Thomas
Eclipse Lumber Company
Minnesota
Delaware
Shaw
Scott & Skinner
Anamosa
City of Anamosa
Main Street
Davis Street
C & NW
Turck
Monticello
Grace M. Hanna
Etta Schmidt
Little
George Schmidt
Freda Schmidt
John Schmidt
Ernest Schmidt
Lizzie Schmidt
C. J. Ingwersen
Jacob P. Levsen
Anna Levsen
John W. Livingstone
G. J. Hughes
David W. Smith
Davina Goodrich
G. J. van Buren
Monticello State Bank
Anna Eden Balster
Laura M. Gould
Florence G. Henke
Olive L. Gould
Catherine G. Lawrence
Camels Survive in Swampy Guadalquivir Marshes
Wild camels in southern Spain endure in the Guadalquivir lower plains where waterlogged ground and tall reeds shelter them. Introduced long ago for farm work, the camels thrive while humans and other animals struggle in the marshy, unhealthy terrain.
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Spain
Guadalquivir
Gulf of Cadiz
Diggers Uncover Bronze Age Chieftain Grave Near Vienna
Archaeologists digging for brick works at Schleinbach near Vienna uncovered a 4000-year-old grave of a Bronze Age chieftain. The site revealed 21 caches and graves from the second century BC. The chief’s grave shows two skeletons laid face up, unlike crouched remains in other graves likely tied to beliefs about resurrection. The second body is thought to be the chief’s wife buried alive.
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Schleinbach
Vienna
Lower Austrian
Timid cook aboard schooner earns less than sailors
The Philadelphia Record recounts finding Charley, a 68 year old cook who has served fifty years at sea. He speaks in broad Hungarian and works chopping meat for hash while the captain notes the cook earns eight dollars monthly versus sailors sixty.
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Charley
Tlow Jong
Rift
Philadelphia
Penguins Prefer Cold Climate In Continental Zoo Swap
Penguins from the Antarctic arrived in Europe for transfer to a continental zoo and caused trouble due to warmth. Officials built a large tee box and a heavy plank house with tar paper roof to keep them cool. Each day 500 pounds of layered ice covered the floor, and the birds slept standing. Shrubs, greens, and a lake surrounded the enclosure to satisfy their love of water.
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Europe
Antarctic
Cloth Yard Shaft Standard in Archery History
In Pinehurst North Carolina the Cloth Yard shaft is described as 28 inches long, used for arrows by men. The note explains 28 inches as the standard shaft length distinct from the 36 inch long imperial yard. The evolution traces from the cloth yard of 27 inches to the modern 28 inch shaft.
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The
Archers Company
Pinehurst
N. C
Elmer's
Lawmakers Rowed to Work in Early Washington Legislation
The Seattle Times notes Washington's first legislature was split with west side dominance and Clark county reps from the east. Most members commuted by boat, taking two days at the oars to travel from Seattle to Olympia, a hazardous journey in rough waters.
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Washington
Seattle Times
Cascades
Clark County
Olympia
Seattle
Heaven’s harvest in farm folk faith and memory
A farmer reflects on life after death in verse from Southern Agriculturist. He imagines a peaceful afterlife where time to rest and clear sight prevail, yet he clings to farming roots with wood, clover, ripe wheat, and green corn guiding heavenly meaning.
Iowa Primary Echoes Reach Washington as Brookhart Loses
Congressman Cole notes the Iowa primary upset reshapes Senate dynamics. He recalls Brookhart's defeat and imagines how Wisconsin Minnesota and the Dakotas races will influence national politics. The scene shifts to the senate chamber and the awkwardness of facing a vanquished rival.
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Cole
Sioux City Journal
Iowa
Washington
Senator Brookhart
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Blaine
Senate
Brookhart
Public notices of two Iowa estates in Jones County
The district court in Jones County Iowa appoints Gwendolen Reed executrix of the Ervin E Reed estate and George F French administrator of the Wm H Young estate both with instructions to file sworn claims with the clerk and to pay debts to avoid costs dated June 18 1932 for Anamosa Iowa. The notices name attorneys Coxsee Coxsee and Geo C Gorman and reference district court cases 524 and 50 4.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Ervin E. Reed
Anamosa
A. D
Gwendolen Reed
Executrix
Coxsee
Wm. H. Young
George F. French
Geo. C. Gorman
Towa
J. E. Heiserman
George H. Brown
Estate of Charles B Bates notice to creditors
The state of Iowa executor of the estate of Charles B Bates deceased notifies all persons with claims against the estate to file them with the court clerk sworn and timely. Creditors are urged to pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa May 27 1932. Charles A Doxsee 494 Executor. Doxsee Doxsee Attorneys for the Estate.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Charles B. Bates
Anamosa
A. D
Charles A. Doxsee
Doxsee & Doxsee
W. E. Ackerman
Monticello
Monticello State Bank
Doxsee
Office Hours at Monticello State Bank Building
Office in Monticello State Bank building offers standard hours and contact details with a phone line for inquiries. The notice lists available times and the extension for reaching staff during business days.
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Monticello State Bank
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Monticello Express
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Tprroriat
Salta Acidifier
Jones County Farm Bureau
Wyoming Boys’ Club
Oriole Club
Lucille G. McConaughy
Ginger
Albany Knickerbocker Press
Sweden
Spanish Plain
Manchester
Eng
Guardian
Towain
George Brown
Baby Chix
Russell E. Lux
Leghorn Land
Hopkinton, Iowa
Dr. Elwyn Patterson
Ews
DR. Burris
D. C
McNeill’s
Town
Earl H. Deshaw, M.D
Brunter’s
Menticello
W. H. Null
C. A. Doxse
Doxsee Attorneys At
Lovell Block
George Albery
Dr. A. M. Maurice
D. D
L. J. Swift
Osteopathic Physica
Burrichter Building
J. G. Schoon
Monticello, Iowa
Mark
J. E. Bateman
Monticelle
Saan Ane
U. S
City of Monticello
State Bank
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