Prohibition era politics and beer parade coverage
A radio broadcast criticizes Prohibition era discussions by Louis Murphy and others. The piece contrasts calls to resume alcohol with the reality of reduced drinking, cites political maneuvers in Iowa and Chicago, notes a looming 12 hour Senate schedule, and reports on Paris and Tokyo attacks and New York parade stunts led by Jimmie Walker.
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Louis Murphy
Chicago
Jimmie Walker
Tammany Mayor
New York
Seabury Investigating Committee
New York City
Walker
Seabury Committee
Tragedy Deepens After Lindbergh Baby Found
The discovery of the Lindbergh baby’s body marks a tragic culmination in one of the era’s most infamous criminal cases. Investigators confirm the remains found close to the crime scene, drawing national headlines as the search for answers, suspects, and justice intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Fiendish Crime Smears Modern Times and a Murder Plot
The commentary condemns a murdered innocent child used in extortion, vowing justice through conviction and execution. It notes Hey Long joining Congress from Louisiana, portraying him as forceful and polarizing with intense rhetoric.
Farm Bureau Tax Committee Urges Fiscal Restraint and State Income Tax
The Jones County Farm Bureau Tax Committee met to press for tax reforms, noting long running efforts since 1927 to reduce land values and livestock valuations. They oppose tax free securities and bonds, call for careful school spending, and push for further public economy including salary cuts and mileage reductions. The group plans to report more findings in upcoming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Tax Committee
Farm Bureau
Jones County
Tax Committee
Jones County Farm Bureau Tax Committee
Iowa Crop Preferences and Economics in the 1920s
Farmers seek a high return per acre and low overproduction. Iowa data from 1921 to 1930 show alfalfa hay averaging 44.54 dollars per acre, corn 24.12, oats 12.32, barley 15.41, flaxseed 20.30, tame hay 15.55. Costs for alfalfa are moderate, and Iowa has been a hay importer, needing more local alfalfa as hay shipping is expensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
E. S. Dyas
Extension Service
Towa
Duty of Congress in Plain
Boston Transcript argues Congress must follow Hoover's program to rehabilitate the nation. It contends Republicans and Democrats show insurgent stances and warns of disaster if Capitol Hill fails to enact urgently demanded legislation. The piece urges Congress to act with patriotism and unity.
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Boston Transcript
Congress
Hoover
Capitol Hill
Senator Brookhart's Brother Jim Fought Roads Stance
The piece notes Jim Brookhart, a state senator and brother of Senator Brookhart, who opposed road building that altered hills saying God placed hills and it was wrong to cut them down. It references colleagues Tom and O E Smith Jr. and his short life before federal payroll.
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Carroll Herald
Brookhart
Jim
Tom
O. E
Smith, Jr
The Troquois Chief Sees Women Wash at Home Rise
Modern improvements bring new handicaps as many women use electric washing machines. The shift leaves men, once employed by wives’ laundry work, to find wages elsewhere.
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Troquois
Interesting Events Of Iowa News Highlights From J W Jarnagin
A hobo in Oskaloosa trades a rare Stainer violin for meals. A Canby crate hides a five foot snake. Burlington railroad boasts record passenger traffic with freight train tourists. Robins nest in odd spots in Grinnell and Ames counties. A Selma plant blooms yearly without soil or water, a South African lily reaching 67 inches.
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Canby
Adair County
Harvey Worthington
Burlington
Des Moines
Burlington Railroad
J. E. Lewis
Selma
van Buren
Bankers Near West Union Foil Noted Counterfeit $10 Gold Note
Walter Beall reports a near flawless counterfeit found in West Union Fayette county. The $10 gold note passed to Postmaster C F Chambers around April 19 cost him an equal amount to redeem. Chambers sent the bills to the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago. the note returned stamped full of holes. The fraud relied on a slightly off border lines and a less convincing Hamilton portrait. Chambers cannot trace the bill’s origin and warned possession would be dangerous, likening it to pheasant meat out of season.
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West Union
Fayette County
Walter Beall
C. F. Chambers
Mr. Beall
Alexander Hamilton
Chambers
Federal Re Serve
Chicago
Rats cause road damage and egg plant output in Iowa
In Marshalltown Iowa workers found rat tunnels under a concrete road causing repeated asphalt sagging. Authorities killed many rats and applied potassium cyanide to prevent further infestation. Meanwhile Iowa Egg plants report 14 facilities in 1931 producing 7,920,477 dozen eggs and 9,020,088 pounds of frozen products according to the dairy and food division.
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Marshalltown
Marshall County
Meg
Iowa
Dairy and Food Division
Iowa Department of Agriculture
R. G. Clark
Tragic Tombstone Accident Claims Young Life Near LeRoy
A 10-year-old boy and a companion passed a cemetery near LeRoy in Decatur county. The boy climbed the base of a loosened tombstone to read an inscription and it toppled, crushing him. His companion fled for help. the stone was removed and the boy was pronounced dead at once.
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LeRoy
Decatur County
Name origin of the Des Moines River traced to monks and Keoshawqua
A 1847 Montrose clipping explains the Des Moines name. French traders called it the river of the monks while the Indian name Keoshawqua reflects an old man seen on the banks. The article notes the river's 400 mile length, 300 yard width, clear waters, swift current, and fertile bottomlands with forests and diverse trees.
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Burlington Post
Des Moines
Town Advocate
Montrose
Lee County
Isaac Galland
Lariviere Des Moines
St. Peters
Raccoon River
Iowa
Lost wedding ring found after 49 years in cornfield
Mrs. Charles Wolf of Eldora rejoices as her wedding ring, lost in fall 1884 and found April 20, 1933, is restored. Walter Hall, Beall, and John Wenthold recount how a shovel finder discovered the initials Co. W.A. T. and returned the ring to Eldora, shining as new.
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Walter Hall
West Union
Fayette County
Charles Wolf
Eldora
Mr. Beall
Wolfs
Be Careful Where You Step
Iowa publisher and a group of local businessmen were cited by the county attorney for promoting a lottery through a business booster contest. Purchases earned tickets, drawings selected winners, and prizes were awarded, prompting a charge under the lottery law.
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Iowa
U. S. Post Office
Two operettas to be presented at Monti school
The Monti public school presents two operettas on May 24 in the auditorium. Raggedy Ann is by the graded school pupils with Mary Schoon as Mother Dear and Betty Lou Patterson as Raggedy Ann. The Miniature Lady is by junior high pupils with Eloise Kuhns as Mrs. Hastings and Robert Spooner as Allan Hastings. The junior orchestra opens with marches and overtures and a large cast fills the two shows.
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Ruth Webster
Monticello Public School
Charma
Raggedy Ann
Kathleen Carlsen
Mother Dear
Mary Schoon
Betty Lou Patterson
Scarecrow
Donald Robertson
Little Wooden Willie
James Bone
Snoopwiggy
Glenn Orcutt
Jean Holmes
Rebecca Grimes
Werkt Belinda
Josephine Moell
Raggedy Andy
Carl Behrends
Tired Old Horse
Elmerie Nichols
Betty Thomas
Bonnie June Burris
Virginia Marsh
Eleanor McDaniel
Lucille Huibregtse
Yola Rodman
Betty Otten
Juanita Shover
Jeanette Lubben
Bluebirds
Wallace Schneider
Dicky Landis
Graydon Reade
Marvin Schoon
Vanita
Hastings
Eloise Kuhns
Allan Hastings
Robert Spooner
John Fletcher Seeks Reelection as Iowa Attorney General
Iowa political advertisement endorses John Fletcher for reelection as attorney general in the June primaries. It highlights his Iowa farm background, long public service including judge and assistant AG, and notes a Supreme Court victory on a good roads bond issue as evidence of his capability.
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John Fletcher
Iowa
State of
Polk County
Supreme Court of
Fletcher
Minuet and Virginia Reel Dances Highlight Local Play
The program features a comedy plot about a misunderstanding between Allen and Jacqueline ending happily. Dancers listed include Ivan Reynolds and Mary Schoon performing the Minuet and Lucille Scheele and Dorothy Sawyer in the Virginia Reel. An intermission features an old-fashioned string group between acts.
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Polly
Lucille George
Richard Ross
Roy Rickiefs
Jacqueline Jones
Georgia Mae Orcutt
Rosie
Jo Royden
Timothy
Trevor Curtis
Molly
Carol Naylor
Ted
Tad
George Fraser
Frederick Bone
Lily Hart
Major Ross
Ada Egger
Friends
Erma Schneider
Dorothy Sawyer
Dorothy Mae O'Neill
Toma Milroy
Grace Hutton
Margaret Houston
Shirley Hoag
Helen Havwick
Wilma Harford
Helen Brokens
Burdena Behrend
Leona Taylor
Mary Schoon
Charlene Rolls
Loretta Oaken
Virginia Matthiessen
Fern Lightfoot
Helen Jolly
Antonette Coxsee
Roberta Clark
Frances Collins
Mildred
Allen
Jacqueline
Ivan Reynolds
Walter Stutt
Virginia
Lucille Scheele
Hansetta Pierce
Mildred Bartlett
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Town
Omciat City and County Paper
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Henry Field
Col. Haynes
U. S. Senate
Congressional
Chicago Tribune
France
Japan
Tokio
Hey Long
Louisiana
Murray
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Iowa News
Jarnagin
J. W. Jarnagin
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Fritz van Genderen
Wanderer
van Genderen
Stainer
John Garwood
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Mr. Garwood
Sleuth
Ames County
Bate
Angler
Julius Stoterau
West Liberty
Muscatine Eouiity
Minnesota
Stoteran
Julius
Brooklet
Belinda
Geraldine Schneider
Chorus of Children
Doris Lubben
Delores Warner
Joyce Orcutt
Eileen Hanssen
Jean Royden
Hope Orcutt
Ruth Zubier
Mary Jane Veitch
Joyce Bright
Luella Power
Frances Taylor
Lucille Power
Bernice Havlichek
Naida Bradley
Dolores Lubben
Esther Cass
Eunice Howland
Wanda Harford
Rosella Behrends
Burdena Stutt
Kathleen Eilers
Lavonne Landis
Margaret Deischer
Wilma Grossheim
Ethel Curtis
Children's Hospital
Mrs. Hastings
R. I
Black Jersey Giants
Russell E. Lux
Leghorn Land
Hopkinton, Iowa
Atlas
Atlas Special Brow
Green Atlas
Atlas S
A. B.co
Veuuus
Coder Rapids, Town
Earl H. Deshaw, M.D
Stuhler's
DR. Burris
D. C
McNeill
Phone &Cj
W. H. Null
C. A. Doxa
Doxsee
Doxsee Attorneys At
Lovell Block
George Albery
A. M. Maurice
Lovell
L. J. Swift
Calla
Ie Burrichter
J. G. Schoon Life and Fire Insurance
Monticello, Iowa
Rock of Ages
J. KE. Bateman
Monticella
Iowa Bankers Association
Monticello State Bank
State Bank
Lts
Resoarsa
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