Interesting Iowa News Roundup of Seed Corn and Local Oddities
Seed corn sale near Hartley nets 48 000 ears at about three cents each with buyers within sixty miles and a top purchase of 6 009 ears. Sheriff finds two high school youths asleep in a Ford after stealing 17 chickens for a spree near Marathon. A night blooming cereus in Cherokee blooms at 50 years old with 71 blooms. H L Kooser at Iowa State owns 250 carved mini elephants from Balasore India. Ear Leigh near Lisbon reports two 100 pound shoats shot by careless hunters. authorities post farms to prevent future incidents.
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Iowa
John Carr
Hartley
O'Brien
Carr
Walter Weston
Marvin Banks
Buena Vista County
Tony Thompson
Marathon
Sheri Thompson
W. K. Herrick
Cherokee
Cherokee County
H. L. Kooser
Iowa State College
Ames
John G. Gilson
Iowa State
India
Kooser
Gilson
Balasore
Ear Leigh
Lisbon
Linn County
Lee
Trucker Hauls 10 Poles for New Field Lighting
A semi-trailer hauls ten 48 foot poles weighing about a ton each from Gilmore City to Odebolt for a new football field lighting system. The long poles tipped back on hills requiring a team of horses to climb one incline. Nearby, Odebolt’s oldest business closed after 42 years, and A R Fisher suspended his harness shop after 42 years in operation. Fire at Mt Etna residents home and barber shop prompted kerosene found nearby. Plymouth county farmer Peter Wagner plans California winter, his first outside Iowa in 60 frigid winters.
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Odebolt
Sac County
Gilmore City
Pocahontas County
A. R. Fisher
Fisher
Lester Helvie
Mt. Etna
Adams County
Peter Wagner
Plymouth County
California
Wagner
Iowa
Mr. Wagner
George Wagner
Injury near Hawarden as bumper traps Dekker’s hand
Antone Dekker of near Hawarden in Rioux county attempted to release a bumper hooked over a horsepower at his home. His hand was caught between the bumper and the horsepower, resulting in two fingers nearly being amputated. Flying Trip Ernest Spaulding of Terrill in Dickinson county embarked on a perilous excursion and narrowly escaped harm.
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Antone Dekker
Hawarden
Rioux County
Dekker
W. Treiber
Ernest Spaulding
Terrill
Dickinson County
Laborer killed in dirt-hauling accident
A worker named Spaulding was operating a dirt hauling machine when his clothing caught on the long handles. The load dumped and the machinery hurled him into the air, catapulting him over a team of frightened horses. He escaped unhurt and managed to seize the reins.
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Spaulding
Thief Steals Upper Plate From Waterloo Man
Samuel Maguire of Waterloo in Black Hawk county reported to police that while asleep in a store his mouth was full when he woke up his upper plate was missing. He suggested it may have fallen from the mouth.
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Samuel Maguire
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Maguire
Boston Gazette 1770 Re Massacre described as revolutionary link
Colfax resident Fred J. Sayre preserves a March 12 1770 issue of the Boston Gazette featuring a vivid first hand account of the Re Massacre. The story is labeled a historic news break contributing to the American Revolution and the paper remains fairly well preserved.
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Fred J. Sayre
Colfax
Jasper County
Boston Gazette
Gillette and Halden Share Lighthearted Meet in Charles City
In Floyd County the cordial gathering of Congressman Guy Gillette and his opponent Edits Berry Halden with local leader introduced Halden at a drug store. Gillette joked I just met him as both candidates laughed and kept the mood friendly.
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Charles City
Floyd County
Guy Gillette
Cherokee
Berry Halden
Chariton
Gillette
Halden
Towa
Sid
Pets and farm notes from Iowa towns and student pranks
Peter the Boston terrier travels 40 miles home after hitchhiking from LeMars to Cherokee and back, aided by a driver who recognized his Plymouth county tag. Grasshoppers fatten 200 White Wyandotte chickens on Mrs Knowles farm near Delta Keokuk county. Iowa State University students Dick Beckman and Jim Littlefield demonstrate automated alarm and paper delivery gadgets using pulleys radiators and a mousetrap in their dorm room.
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Peter
Jack
LeMars
Plymouth County
Orval Knowles
Delta
Keokuk County
Dick Beckman
Burlington
Jim Littlefield
Hopkinton
State University of Iowa
Spread Of Typhoid Fever Is Now Preventable
Public health guidance notes that improved water and sanitation reduce typhoid outbreaks while carriers still pose risk. Carriers, former patients who shed germs, require supervision, hygiene, and avoidance of food handling. Households should be protected, sewers or fly proof privies advised, and rapid carrier detection emphasized.
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Tracme
State Department of Health
Speculation on Smith Opposition Shapes Roosevelt Aid Belt
Politicians debate how Al Smith's stance against Roosevelt affects support. The article notes no dispute on one belt phase and mentions Berlin's Olympic swimming hall with six bathtubs two large showers hot air and massage rooms and four Finnish steam baths as part of facilities.
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Council Bluffs
al Smith
Roosevelt
Berlin
Olympic
Final Game Dates Set In The State Of Iowa
The Iowa State Conservation commission at its October 7 meeting adopted final game taking rules. pheasant season closed for 1936 to boost population while quail opens for 30 days. Migratory waterfowl rules adopted with duck species restrictions and hunting hours. Fur bearing season runs Nov 10 1936 to Jan 10 1937 with musk rat county bans and license fees for trappers. Real estate transfers listed for Jones County with multiple property deeds and easements.
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Iowa State Conservation Commission
Union
Ringgold
Decatur
Clarke
Lucas
Wayne
Appanoose
Monroe
Wapeilo
Davis
van Buren
Jefferson
Washington
Henry
Lee
Des Moines
Louisa
Muscatine
Jones
Jackson
Iowa
Ida, Sac
Crawford
Greene
Boone
Story
Shelby
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Guthrie
Dallas
Polk
Jasper
Poweshiek
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Mahasa
Marion
Warren
Madison
Adair
Cass
Montgomery
Adams
Wapello
Taylor
Page
Monticello Council Grants Permits In Special Session
In Monticello Iowa on October 23 1936 the council in a special session with all members present canceled Jim's Cafe beer and cigarette permits and issued new permits to Goudy's Cafe. It also granted E E Hicks a permit to improve the First and Cedar street corner building and authorized use of street space for storing materials subject to ordinance. The city clerk was asked to buy a Mueller tapping machine and to have city employees oversee all water tapping and meter work. The council then adjourned.
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Monticello
Iowa
Jim
Goudy
E. E. Hicks
First and
Cedar Street
Mueller
If Love Were Barred From Poetry
Poem argues love and tears power poetry and solace in sorrow. The piece claims without love and tears verse loses its light and the world becomes a drab death. C. H. Nowlin in the Kansas City Times. China will control tea growing. The most severe earthquakes in America occurred in the heart of the Mississippi valley in 1811.
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C. H. Nowlin
Kansas City Times
China
America
Mississippi Valley
Administratrix Notice for Estate of Edward J Farley
Public notice from Anamosa Iowa dated October 24 1936 announces Augusta H Farley as administratrix of the Edward J Farley estate. Creditors are told to file claims with the district court clerk sworn and timely and debtors to pay the estate promptly to avoid costs. Coxsee and Heiserman are listed as attorneys.
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Augusta H. Farley
Coxsee
Coxsee & Heiserman
PILES AND CHRONIC DISEASES Doctor Offers Free Consultation
For 30 years Dr J F Suallenberger advertises treatment for piles fissures fistulae rheumatism kidney nerve stomach gall bladder leg ulcers and other chronic diseases. Trusses fitted and free consultation. He will be in Manchester at Hotel Glen Charles on Wednesday November 4 and Cedar Rapids at Hotel Allison on Tuesday November 17 returning every 28 days.
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Manchester
Glen- Charles
Cedar Rapids
E. 53Rd St
Chicago
Moscow Swing Music Claim Sparks Debate
Musicians in Moscow claim that swing music originated there, sparking discussion about the global roots of a genre. The remark highlights a cultural debate over influence and origin in the music scene.
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Moscow
Russia
Administrator’s Notice for Richard McDonald Estate
Public notice from Iowa state administrator of the estate of Richard McDonald deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the court clerk within legal time, and the administrator James McDonald requests immediate payment. Locher and Locher serve as attorneys for the estate. October 24, 1936.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Richard McDonald
Anamosa
James McDonald
Locher & Locher
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