Revival of whipping posts sparks debate on crime and reform
An editorial argues for revived whipping posts as a crime deterrent citing Delaware's low crime rate and cites the Philadelphia address by Justice Lewis L. Fawcett. It also critiques how debtors’ rights under a Democratic law are being used for political ends and reflects on party loyalties and electoral repercussions.
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Philadelphia
Lewis L. Fawcett
New York Supreme Court
Ikerhood
New York
Delaware
Iowa
Washington
Democratic
Century of Progress closes in blaze of glory
The Century of Progress closes after a season of success in Chicago. It boosted hotels and educated the public on science and progress. Five men await execution at Fort Madison in a chain of crimes including a wife murder revealed by Reginald Tracy.
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Century of Progress
Chicago
Fort Madison
Delaware County
Reginald Tracy
Relief rolls reflect broad evasion of work statewide
A detailed study in Colorado finds about 80 percent of people on relief lists avoid work and do only what is compelled, highlighting widespread disregard for labor requirements across Jones County and the state.
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Jones County
Colorado
Decline in Church Attendance Emphasized in Editorial
The editorial notes only 30 percent church attendance and argues moral recovery underpins economic recovery. It cites Roosevelt’s Loyalty Sunday and Merle Thorpe urging spiritual renewal as essential to steer civilization toward virtue, integrity, and the Golden Rule.
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Roosevelt
Merle Thorpe
Nation's Business
Bankers Urge Local Deposits Over Postal Savings
D J Fohquette, president of the Minnesota Bankers Association, argues against the public bias toward postal savings. He says banks offer equal safety under FDIC and greater local credit benefits, urging bankers to educate patrons about using local banks rather than postal savings.
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St. Cloud Sentinel
Federal Deposit Insurance Plan
Minnesota Bankers’ Association
D. J. Fohquette
Postal
Unwarranted Expenditure Critique Of Roosevelt Era Policy
Hartford Courant argues that despite relief efforts the Roosevelt administration overspent. The piece notes a $4 billion deficit and accuses new federal payroll additions of bloating government. It criticizes boards and commissions and calls excess "excrescences" on the system.
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Hartford Courant
California as a law unto itself criticizes state policies
The article denounces California for coddling mixed heritage groups and harassing the Japanese, warns of international tensions, and accuses the state of selling blue sky to naïve buyers in the Midwest and East, contrasting with Wall Street’s view.
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Atlantic News-Telegraph
California
Big Bad Wolf in Town Calls for Tax on Bread
Town Republicans accuse a "big bad wolf" dressed as Santa of collecting at least 2 percent sales tax on bread and essentials. The column contrasts a phonograph with radios noting the latter's frequent ads for toothpaste tires and stomach medicine.
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Wall Lake
Santa Claus
Relief Work Wages Prompt Labor Shortage In Iowa
The article discusses arrests for drunkenness among relief rolls and notes Iowa facing a harvest season labor shortage. Farmers could not hire help as workers demanded 50 cents an hour, equal to relief pay, leading to neglected work and questions about the propriety of high relief wages.
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Iowa
Love Is Enough by William Morris
Poem asserts that love remains sufficient despite a dark world. The speaker promises unwavering devotion despite waning world and shadowed landscapes, declaring that lovers’ hands will not tremble or feet falter as they endure through hardship.
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William Morris
Confession on Red Book Search Frustrations
The Eagle Grove Eagle remarks on difficulty locating desired information in the latest Iowa Official Register, the Red Book, noting repeated redirection and frustration with the edition.
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Eagle Grove
Eagle
Iowa
Jones County Real Estate Transfers Sept 21 27
Real estate transfers across Jones county list numerous deeds and partials between Sept 21 and Sept 27. Transactions involve D W Bates rec of Niles & Watters Savings Bank to F B Sigworth. W H Winans to First Farm Land Co. John M O'Rourke to Margaret O'Rourke. City National Bank Clinton to Minnie Ralston. and many others including several to and from First Trust Savings Bank Oxford Junction, Union Bond and Mortgage Co, and Reconstruction Finance Corp. totals range from 1 to 25 acres with various lot and block descriptions and nominal $1.00 consideration in many.
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D. W. Bates
Niles & Watters Savings Bank
F. B. Sigworth
Austin & Warren
G. H. Sigworth
Anamosa
Main Street
Said Street
W. H. Winans
First Farm Land Co
Welch
Monticello
John M. O'Rourke
Margaret O'Rourke
Grantor
City National Bank
Clinton
Minnie Ralston
Olin
Melvin Brock
Lillian Stewart
C. M. Hubbell
Martelle
F. L. Starry
Citizens State Bank
Wyoming
Jones County
L. A. Andrew
First Iowa State Trust & Savings Bank of
Burlington
K. S. Knutson
Esther M. Knutson
Ford Street
Keller
J. H. Fisher
Esther Knutson
Cecil R. Farmer
First Trust & Savings Bank
Oxford Junction
Arthur Lathrop
Secor
Wapsipinicon River
Edward Rigby
Eva Rigby
Irving Rigby
Davidson
el Wit
Iowa
James Murphy
Catherine Murphy
Merrill
West Cascade
Colin G. Thomas
Eloise B. Thomas
Bridget Fogarty
John J. Fogarty
William Fogarty
Austin and Warren
Citv
High Street
Harold G. Long
Fred Buresh
Maggie Lockhart
Hus
Inez Townsend
C&nw Ry
E. R. Young
W. Harvey Young
Melissa A. Mizaur
C. N. Hayden
Flannigan
R. J. Bone
R. A. Cartano
Geo. L. Lovell
Jones
Co. I. McShane
Alice M. Starry
Carl M. Larsen
Union Bond and Mortgage Co
Mary Lamey
John Lamey
First Farm Land Company
City of Monticello
Buckeye Street
Linden Avenue
City of
Moncello
Mary Schoonover
George L. Schoonover
Shaw
Luna E. Jeffery
Manford Jeffery
Marvin E. Jeffery
Oxford Mills
G. M. Brainard
Public Highway
Buffalo Creek
J. G. Swartzell
Smith
C. E. Reddin
Anamosa National Bank
Maggie Kerr
H. J. Smith
Onslow
Citizens Savings Bank
C. H. Shifflett
Kimball's
Webster's
Sycamore Street
Leroy Skeels
Eva Ha Iken
Center Junction
Sherif
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Annetta Permilla Eberhart Young
Charles Milford Eberhart
Ella Lusetta Eberhart Magee
A. R. Shyrer
Margaret Eberhart
H. S. Richardson
W. E. Hoag
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Paul Staner
Final reports in Jones county estates set for hearing
Notice to interested parties that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in listed estates have been filed with the Jones county district court clerk. Final hearing is set for November 12 1934 in Anamosa Iowa. interested parties may appear file exceptions and show cause for approval or rejection of the reports including final report of R J Bone administrator of Mabel Bader estate deceased.
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District Court
Jones County
R. J. Bone
Mabel Bader
Anamosa
Iowa
Notice of Administering Estate of John E Dempsey Anamosa IA
Public notice from Jones County Iowa appoints Elizabeth Dempsey administrator of the estate of John E Dempsey deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the court and notify for payments of costs. Dated October 14 1994 at Anamosa Iowa with Doxsee Doxsee Heiserman attorneys for the estate.
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Jones County
Ivose
Iowa
John E. Dempsey
Ste
Anamosa
Towa
A.D
Elizabeth Dempsey
Doxsee, Doxsee & Heiserman
Probate notice of Mary J Hughes will in Jones county
The Jones County District Court issues a probate notice for the last will and testament of Mary J Hughes, filed October 25 1934. The November term is set for final proof and probate at the court house, with interested parties invited to appear and contest the will. Attorneys Doxsee Doxsee & Heiserman represent the estate.
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State of Iowa
Jones County
Oss District Court
Mary J. Hughes
Said
Mary J. Huches
Sheriff Sale Notice on Real Estate in Jones County Iowa
Henry Eichhorn sheriff index indicates a sale of the west one foot of lot 503 and the east twenty feet of lot 506 Railroad addition Monticello Iowa to satisfy a judgment of $6,533.43 plus costs from Arthur McDonald as executor against Frank and Kate Ferring and others. The sale is set for November 24, 1934 at 9:00 a.m. in front of Anamosa courthouse. J J Locher and James E Remley represent the plaintiff.
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Jones County
Vesper Rearick
Stephen Grover
Susie Grover
Mille Strong
Mary L. Phelps
Andrew Fairchild
Anna Sadler
M. J. Sadler
Merrill
West Cascade
C. N. Huston
Charles Browne
Frank C. Koranda
Emil Koranda
CG. W. Rouse
Main Street
Anamosa
Frank P. Hakes
HJ. Kress
New York Life Ins. Co
Anna B. Frazier
John C. Beeks
Reuben Leggett
Welch
Monticello
District Court
Iowa
Arthur McDonald
Martin Trimb
Frank W. Ferring
Kate Ferring
Rock Island Plow Company
Rock Island
Illinois
E. E. Shelley
Frank and
Ferring
Henry Eichhorn
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