Monticello State Bank Keeps Doors Open During Bank Moratorium
National banking interests drew attention as the comptroller of the currency declared a temporary holiday for banks and governors imposed moratoriums. Monticello State Bank stayed open with ample currency to serve customers while other banks closed. The move followed closures in New York and Chicago, with a presidential order expected to lift the ban soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Monticello State Bank
Iowa
New York
Chicago
Roosevelt inaugural clash over inflation and gold standard
The piece notes a disagreement between President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace on inflation and the gold standard. It argues Wallace, as a progressive, pushes for cheaper dollars while Roosevelt adheres to gold standard rhetoric. It questions if either will yield and critiques overly expansive promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Lippman
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Bryan
Pittsburgh trust son starts restaurant line
A summer set Pittsburgh venture formed to run several restaurants with Paul Mellon as stockholder. The project failed, prompting questions why Andrew W. Mellon did not bail out. The implication is the elder Mellon warned of loss to teach responsibility, a harsh but protective stance for larger ventures ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Paul
Andrew W. Mellon
Iowans face bank vacation echoes of farmer’s waiting
The piece compares bank suspensions to farmers paying rent with few hogs to sell. Depositors expect loan redrawals in days, seeking assurance they can access funds when due rather than immediate need.
No one near Chicago should miss World’s fair visit
The passage urges residents within easy reach of Chicago including nearby Iowa to spend a few days at the World’s fair. It notes those with cars can visit with a small outlay and suggests the period from June to September as a good window for planning each trip and saving systematically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa
The Forgotten Promise in Sioux City Journal
Congressman Cole discusses past pledges by Al Smith Roosevelt Hoover and current wet supporters on liquor resubmission. He argues reservations against reopening open saloons were discarded and warns of a return to pre prohibition conditions if the measure passes. He states his refusal to vote for any plan resembling a resubmission without protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Cole
Sioux City Journal
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seagirt
N. J
Garner
Smith
Roosevelt
al Smith
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Hoover
Resignation Ties to National City Bank Scandal
Charles E. Mitchell resigns as chairman of the boards of National City Bank New York and its affiliate National City Company after exposing a financier who dumped overvalued securities. Senate committee hearings reveal inside information on about 90 million in Peruvian bonds and alleged Wall Street crimes against investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
New York
National City Company
Senate
Mitchell
Wall Street
Peru
Judicial overreach on law and liquor policy critique
Des Moines Register argues that judicial authority is seizing legislative powers, urging separation of powers. It cites a Bay City federal judge fining four offenders one cent after guilty pleas for liquor violations, insisting law remains in force despite party platform statements.
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Des Moines Register
Bay City
Mich
Better prices for farm products could solve many problems
The Atlantic News Telegraph argues that fair prices for farm products would end debates over farm mortgages debt and taxes and reduce living costs rents and business troubles. It contends farmers would gain a decent profit and the broader economy would improve as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic News-Telegraph
County Supervisor Praised For Patience Under Fire
Atlantic News Telegraph notes the county supervisor endures harsh criticism from the public and press. The piece argues the job is challenging, demanding extreme patience and resilience, likening supervisors to Job for their enduring public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Board of Supervisors
Til Founded Hope
Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes fond hope among liquor opponents that legalization will curb speakeasies and racketeering. It argues human nature won t change overnight and that speakeasies arose with saloons, so they may persist even when liquor returns legally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Slump Hits Wealthy Hotels As Lux Resorts Recede
The Sac City Sun notes a downturn in high end hotels as the wealthy class fades away. Room rates collapse from 15 dollars to about 4.65 dollars daily and occupancy falls below 25 percent.
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Sac City Sun
Town youths keep busy sawing wood, chewing logs
The council bluffs nonpareil notes the current town assembly sees boys actively at work sawing wood and chewing logs with little concern for where the chips fall, illustrating industrious behavior across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
General Assembly
Interesting Bank Waiver Tale and Long Civil War Veteran
Read about a Red Oak man who believed he had no bank funds but held a $1500 deposit discovered when a waiver signer visited. Also featured is Uncle Amos White of Bloomfield, age 89, Civil War veteran with 26 grandchildren and 89 great grandchildren, who lost sight in one eye at Antietam when a bullet from Company Three, 27th Indiana lodged in his cheek for years. The tale recalls the helmeted veteran’s improbable recovery of a long-buried bullet that finally dropped from his nose into his mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
Montgomery County
Ralph Overholser
Amos White
Bloomfield
Davis County
Howard Wilson
White
Indiana
Antietam
Maryland
Missouri Valley manual training teaches half-sole shoes
Students in Harrison County Missouri Valley engage in repairing needy pupils' footwear as a weekly fund drives leather purchases. Teachers and students donate and the school provides a stitching machine, enabling free repairs and hands on experience for the pupils involved.
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Missouri Valley
Harrison County
Old Violin Tells Tale Of 1756 Craft And Long Ownership
Dick Morgan of Montezuma in Poweshick county owns a rare violin dated 1756. He inherited it from his uncle after 52 years with the instrument. William Barker possessed it for 35 years starting in 1846, and a former circus performer kept it for 12 years. The date is stamped inside. multiple repairs have left most of the original wood intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Morgan
Montezuma
Poweshick
Dave Sutherland
Morgan
William Barker
Woodchopper Funfest staged by Grinnell unemployed men
A group of unemployed Grinnell residents in Poweshiek county organize a home talent show titled The Woodchopper's Funfest. The production features sixteen skits written directed acted and produced by locals. A chorus of 66 performers joins for a vigorous finale aimed at entertaining the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Tragic Sedan Collision Impales Rider Near Clutier
Lewis Strachotka died after a 12 foot piece of gas pipe impaled him in a sedan in Tama county. The vehicle, driven by Fred Kupka of Clutier, struck a truck and the pipe pierced the windshield, passing through Strachotka's body and causing fatal injuries.
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Lewis Strachotka
Clutier
Tama County
Fred Kupka
Strachotka
Kupka
Milford youth builds six inch telescope for star study
Donald Gran of Milford in Dickin son county earned attention last summer with a homemade diving suit. He now constructs a six inch telescope grinding his own lenses to explore the heavens. He ordered circular glass blanks and aims to forge one convex and one concave lens by grinding them with compounds. The task will be lengthy but promising for the future telescope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Gran
Milford
Dickinson County
Okoboji
Young Gran
Gran
Three Davis County Men Bag 35-Pound Gray with Hounds
Three Davis county men hunting with four hounds and a 12 gauge shotgun bagged a 35 pound gray. A knife bagged for carrying gear. The incident highlights rural hunting practices in the region.
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Davis County
Hand to Hand Battle Ends Wolf Hunt Heroically
Forrest Cruikshank battles a wounded timber wolf in a tense pursuit finally slaying it with a knife after cornering the exhausted animal. In Marshalltown Marshall county police detain a man named Gonzales Gonengennettezznana who offered varying spellings of his name. A Dickinson county find reveals a 1708 edition of The True Born Englishman by Daniel DeFoe. In Bancroft Kossuth county a thief milks cows from the Hansons four times, leaving no milk and prompting a padlocked barn mystery.
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Forrest Cruikshank
Cruikshank
Marshalltown
Marshall County
Gonzales Gonengennettezznana
Cedar Rapids
Gien Gwengennettezzee
Glen Gonengennettezznana
Los Angeles
Plain Smith
Dickinson County
Milford
James Miller
Ferdinand J. Smith
Daniel DeFoe
Bancroft
Kossuth
C. P. Hanson
Hansons
Mr. Hanson
Police Patrols Attract Attention In Oskaloosa
Citizens report a rambling two man patrol in Oskaloosa Mahaska county seen on streets for pleasure. Montezuma Poweshiek officers later recover the missing Black Maria and two Black patrolmen return with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Montezuma
Poweshiek County
Poweshiek
Roy Cole
Explosion Rocks Algona City Early Morning
A mysterious blast at 4 am shook Algona in Kossuth County. Police searched business and residence districts but could not locate the immediate scene or determine the cause or extent of damage. The explosion cracked windows and was heard by nearly all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Kossuth
Unsolved Algona Theft Sparks Church Purse Loss
Mrs. Charles Anderson of Sioux City reported her purse stolen from a church after Sunday services. The loss included $60 and a ring of keys, suggesting a petty thief targeted the sacred setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Anderson
Sioux City
Officials' Pay Cuts May Not Curb Sheriff Candidates
Marshalltown Times-Republican weighs whether slashing county and state official salaries except sheriffs will cut candidate interest. The paper casts doubt on the effect and flags the sheriff position as the focal point to watch as the jam of candidates may unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Monticello Hosts Sectional Tournament and Music Contest
The Monticello area hosts a sectional basketball event with Class A and B games. Captain Smith of Hopkinton and Captain Jackson of Dubuque receive plaques amid cheers. Upcoming events include a school music contest and further rounds schedule.
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Supt. Grimes
Smith
Hopkinton
Jackson
Dubuque
Monticello
March Term District Court Opens With Guardianships and Claims
The March term opens with several actions including Estate of Mary Schoon on claims by Meta Kasper totaling 2 788 98 to be heard in March 1933. Guardianship matters for Frances Soper and Takes minors set to involve purchase and sale of real estate and investments. Verena Gundlach appointed administrator for Lelia Ellen Schneider with bond fixed at 500. Trials assigned for week starting March 13 with Robertson versus Burgess on March 7 and Andrew supt versus Buresh et al on March 9 followed by Tischauser versus Tischauser.
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Mary Schoon
Rena Folkerts
Anna Tobiason
Meta Kasper
Frances Soper
Guardian
A. Coxsee
Lelia Ellen Schneider
Verena Gundlach
Sheis
Monticello Palm for School Economy Award Questioned
A local editorial questions Monticello's claimed school cost savings versus Anamosa and other Jones county towns. It cites 1932 operating costs, tax millage changes, and suggests Monticello taxes fell 16 percent while Anamosa rose over 4 percent. The piece urges voters to elect fiscally hard headed trustees and trims expenses to essentials.
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Clifford L. Niles
Anamosa
Eureka
Mr. Jones
Jones County
Monticello
Iowa Electric Company
Bernard Baruch
New York
Highway vacation notice and estate administration in Jones County
A highway viewing panel favors vacating a road beginning at the northwest corner of section 6 township 85 range 3 in Jones county with objections or damages due by May 10 1933. Also notice of administration of Lelia Ellen Schneider deceased with claims to be filed and debts paid. administratrix Verena Gundlach appointed in Anamosa Iowa March 1 1933 with J J Locher attorney.
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Towa
Jones County
Anamosa
Said
District Court
State of
Iowa
Lelia Ellen Schneider
Verena Gundlach
J. J. Locher
Final reports filed for Jones County estates in Iowa
Notice to interested parties that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in several Jones county estates have been filed in the district court clerk's office. A final hearing and approval is set for March 27 1933 at the courthouse in Anamosa Iowa. Edward R Young is executor of the Margaret Young estate with the date March 6 1933.
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District Court
Jones County
Edward R. Young
Margaret Young
Anamosa
Iowa
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County Iowa
Probate of the last will of Martin Trimble, deceased, is set for March 20, 1933 at 10 a.m. in the Jones county district court. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. See Byerly, clerk. J. J. Locher, attorney.
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State of Iowa
Jones County
Martin Trimble
See Byerly
Iowa
J. J. Locher
State of
J. E. Fisnigan
Said
Uly
J. E. Planigan
A. P
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County Iowa
The District Court of Jones County Iowa announces probate proceedings for the will of William Oltmanns, filed February 20 1933. A final proof and probate will be heard March 13 1933 at 10 am, in the March term, with interested parties invited to appear and show cause. Doxsee Doxsee Helserman attorneys for the estate.
Probate Notice of Will for J E Fisnigan
Notice in Jones county Iowa announces the probate of the last will and testament of J E Fisnigan who died March 4 1933 The March final proof date is set to consider admitting the will to probate and any interested party may appear to contest the proceeding The notice is dated March A P Keen clerk and county officials are named in the filing
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Monticello Express
Emo
Congress
Hoover
Spurious Securities
Til
Hope
Iowa News
Jarnagin
J. W. Jarnagin
Maquoketa
Wyoming
Preston
Andrew
Bellevue
Onslow
Center Junction
Zwingle
Baldwin
Elwood
Delmar
Oxford Junction
Cascade
Delhi
Robertson
Burgess
Buresh
Tischauser
Cello School Board
Mills
Anamosa Tae
Onslow Sreases Cereerenenesses
Ramsey
von Sprecken
Rickels
Platner
Anamosa District Fair Association
Etta Johnson
Sievers
Burda
City National Bank
Fisher
Leonard
Gavin
Paul Pardoe
Paul Jackson
Wilfred Lang
Donald Moore
Jasper Farber
Citizens Savings Bank
Holden
Donnelly
Wherry
Vaughn
Geo. F. Specht
Julia Foarde
William Oltmanns
Said County
Byerly
Doxsee, Doxsee & Helserman
Eny
George Albery
Calla
A. M. Maurice D
Lovell
C. F. Shimanek
Stuhler
H. Null Auctioneer
Earl H. Deshaw
Stahler's
Lows
Leonard T. Arduser
Optometrist
Paramount Theatre
Killian
J. W. Doxsee
C. A. Doxse
J. E. Heiserman
Doxsee
Doxsee & Heiserman
Attorneys At Law
Lovell Block
DR. Burris
D. C
McNeill
Atero
Moentiesile
Lewa
L. J. Swift
Onteopathic Physick
Burrichter Building
J. G. Schoon
Monticello, Iowa
Mark
Rock of Ages
J. E. Bateman
Menticelie
Tuck
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