Mrs Stevens 75 Dies at Home of Daughter
Mrs Charlotte Stevens 75 died at the home of her daughter Mrs Glenn Carter in West Liberty where she had lived for 16 years. Born Dec 27 1859 in Muscatine County she was married to G Stevens in 1886. Survived by two sons and four daughters. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Journal News Service
West Liberty
Charlotte Stevens
Glenn Carter
Stevens
Charlotte Cheatam
Seventy Six Township
Muscatine County
G. Stevens
Here
Christian Church
Roy
Ward
Galesburg
Harry Hardin
Waterloo
Rueben Askam
Guy Flater
Cedar Valley
Six Hours Granted for Debate on Tax
Senate and house conferees remained deadlocked on whether outsiders should attend the conference. The lobby probe recessed after E P Cramer admitted writing a letter suggesting a whispering campaign against new dealers. AAA amendments moved toward quick reconciliation with processors allowed to sue to recover processing taxes if they prove no pass through to consumers. The senate recessed until Monday as conferees prepared for a banking bill conference.
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Congress
Senate
House
Senate Lobby Committee
E. P. Cramer
C. E. Groesbeck
Electric Bond and Share Company
Survey highlights Iowa business gains since 1932
Major lines of business in Iowa show a steady rise since 1932 except railroad carloadings. Rail transport slumped due to lower farm yields and more trucking. Income tracks price levels. Iowa incomes rose faster than living costs, aiding recovery. Department store sales up 181 percent from July 1932 to 1935. farm prices improving.
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Iowa
United States
Iowa Economic Revival Gains Across Sectors 1933 to 1934
The report shows farm price lows in 1933 rising to 1934 highs with 55 to 125, plus a 79 percent rise in bank check transactions in Iowa’s eight largest cities from the depression low to 1934. Automobile sales up 42 percent, life insurance up 63 percent, building contracts up 600 percent, electricity up with seasonal dips, gasoline tax up 75 percent, and cigarette tax up 47 percent by December 1934.
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Waterloo
State Commissioner of Labor
Iowa
Burrows 50 Dies After Heat On Davenport Note
The article reports T Burrows age 50 dying from a heat attack with two other Davenport victims recovering at Mercy hospital. It notes heat wave relief promises, scattered showers, and high temperatures across Iowa with multiple local readings and flood concerns along Soldier river valley. Funeral services are set for Sunday at George Wittich Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids area, burial near Tipton.
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Oklahoma
Ohio
Arkansas
Chicago
Davenport
Mercy Hospital
Charlotte Blankenship
Earl Schaefer
Argo
Iowa
Clarinda
Lamont
Burlington
Keokuk
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Dubuque
Muscatine
Charles City
Des Moines
Soldier River
Harrison
Monona
Missouri River
Tipton
Burrows
George Wittich
Cedar Street
Cedar County
Major Gillet Pays Police Court Fine After Disturbance
A man named Major Gillet paid a $5 and costs fine after being arraigned in police court before Judge J. C. Coster on intoxication charges. He was arrested Thursday night during an incident with Frank Bower when officers restrained them. Gillet allegedly tried to strike the officer but said he had no recollection of attempting to injure him. Bower did not appear.
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Major Gillet
J. C. Coster
Gillet
Frank Bower
Bower
Additional Iowa Farm Sales Noted
Five more Iowa farms were sold at prices from 35 to 150 dollars an acre. August Ruther of Clarence sold his 90 acre farm to Hang Dettmann for 150 dollars an acre cash. An 80 acre farm of Mrs Henry Bickness of Wheatland sold to Emil Hunwerdsen of Oxford Junction for 4500 dollars, a little over 56 dollars an acre. Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank of Lincoln Nebraska sold two farms at Malcolm 193 acres to M R Black of Des Moines for 34 50 an acre and 175 acres to Ray Cummings of Malcolm for 40 dollars an acre. Mrs Harvey Ingham of Des Moines purchased 495 acres two miles west of Commerce, price not divulged.
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Associated Press
Iowa
August Ruther
Clarence
Hang Dettmann
Henry Bickness
Wheatland
Emil Hunwerdsen
Oxford Junction
Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank
Lincoln
Neb
Malcolm
M. R. Black
Des Moines
Ray Cummings
Harvey Ingham
Commerce
Il Duce Balks Over Part of Peace Plan
Mussolini opposes portions of a peace formula while Laval says he will confer with Eden and Hawariate. Observers see concessions to Italy including hands off league review and a limited conciliation commission. Diplomats hope talks may avert war under the 1906 treaty framework among England France and Italy.
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Il Duce
Laval
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Teele Hawariate
Italy
England
Mussolini
League
Conciliation Commission
Ethiopia
France
Iowa Relief Load Shows Large Drop
The giant works relief program in Iowa winds down as harvest crews absorb workers. Work relief suspensions spread across 23 counties with four counties fully paused. Cases fall from a January peak of 36,000 to 22,000 in June and are expected to be just under 20,000.
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CCC
Iowa
A. E. Michel
Prince Alexis Mdivani Dies In Georgia Accident
Prince Alexis Mdivani, noted for military service in Georgia and linked to European nobility, died in an accident. He was twice married, to Louise Astor Van Alen and Barbara Hutton, with notable exes and family ties including Mae Murray and Pola Negri.
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Georgia
David Mdivani
Mae Murray
Serge Mdivani
Pola Negri
Mary McCormic
Jose Maria Sert
Charles Huberich
Paris
Alexis Mdivani
Louise Astor van Alen
John Jacob Astor
Newport Villa
Barbara Hutton
Reno
Nevada
Miss Hutton
Mdivani
Mrs Christianson Hosts Woman's Board Party at Conesville
Mrs Dennis Christiansen hosted the Woman's Board club Thursday afternoon. High score prize in progressive five hundred went to Mrs Callie Everett, with consolation to Mrs Neva Maxwell. Attendants included Mrs Neva Maxwell, Mrs Hazel Pine, Mrs Ralph Adams, Mrs Lucille Whitlock, and others as listed. Also noted are several local travels and visits by residents to nearby towns and states.
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Conesville
Dennis Christiansen
Woman's Board Club
Callie Everett
Neva Maxwell
Hazel Pine
Ralph Adams
Lucille Whitlock
Nellie Smith
Cecelia Buser
Bebb
Roxie Hawkins
Ethel Curtain
Mary Singleton
Albert Kline
Charles Swailes
Gladwin
Aleta Myers
Chamberlin
S. D
John Singleton
George McVey
West Liberty
Martha Lay
Hazel Herrington
Warren Abbott
Frances
Kathleen
Cedar Rapids
Abbott
Robert Conway
Garland
Eugene
May
Dorothy
August Meyers
Unemployed Protest Plans Second Courthouse Demonstration
A July 1 meeting attracted several hundred as unemployed spokesmen pressed the Muscatine Board of Supervisors over relief cuts and hunger. A Des Moines report challenged local relief practices and promised a full investigation.
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Board of Supervisors
Des Moines
Relief Administration
Muscatine Board of Supervisors
Zenge Held After Hoax Death Rumor in Chicago
Illinois police tracked Zenge into Chicago amid a suspected hoax death and a menacing medical case involving Dr. Bauer. Investigators questioned Zenge about the Bauer mutilation, while his father and brothers aided in the manhunt as officers pursued a tip tying Zenge to Mandeville.
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Zenge
Mandeville
Navy Pier
John Stege
Dougherty
Dr. Bauer
University of Michigan
Chicago
Ann Arbor
Mich
Bauer
Otto Erlanson
Erlandson
Relief Association elects officers in Muscatine meeting
Richard Smith and others filed a complaint to the governor after a demonstration before the board of supervisors. A state relief investigator reviewed local conditions and found them satisfactory. Ernest Wagner was re elected chairman with A Brade as vice chairman and Richard Smith secretary. An executive committee of trustees was named. Members will not participate in a planned picnic.
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Richard Smith
Board of Supervisors
State Relief Department
Muscatine
Ralph Kittinger
Des Moines
Naber
Muscatine County
Allbee
Ernest Wagner
A. Brade
Unemployed and Relief Association
Fall Fatal to Workman at Penick and Ford Plant
Cedar Rapids reports Ole Barnes a 49 year old steel worker died after a fall from third floor scaffolding while constructing a building at the Penick and Ford company plant. The incident occurred today and authorities are investigating the workplace accident.
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Cedar Rapids
Ole Barnes
Penick and Ford Company
Washington Woman Dies at California Visit
Washington relatives learned that Mrs. J. N. Phillips longtime member of the Washington county hospital board died of a paralytic stroke in Santa Anna California while visiting her sister Mrs. Claude Webb. The body will be sent home for burial in Washington.
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Washington
J. N. Phillips
Washington County Hospital Board
Santa Anna
Calif
Claude Webb
Notice to receive bids for Muscatine distribution reservoir
The Municipal Board of Water and Light Trustees of Muscatine Iowa will meet August 16 1935 at 7 30 PM in the board offices to open bids for a distribution storage reservoir on Kindler Avenue The project includes concrete reservoirs of 1 500 000 and 3 000 000 gallons in two designs Rectangular and Hewett Circular Reservoirs Proposals per Young and Stanley Inc engineers on file with the board secretary.
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Municipal Board of Water and Light Trustees
Muscatine
Iowa
East 3Rd Street
Bid Notice Form for Water and Light Trustees
The Muscatine Iowa Municipal Board of Water and Light Trustees invites proposals delivered in a sealed envelope to the Secretary. A 5 percent certified check accompanies each proposal, forfeited if the bidder fails to contract or bond within ten days after acceptance. The board may reject any bid, waive defects, or accept the best interest bid. Plans at the Secretary or Engineers. copies from Young and Stanley Inc., 211 Iowa Avenue, Muscatine, deposit $15, $10 refund to all except the successful contractor within 30 days after hearing.
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Board
Young and Stanley, Inc
Iowa Avenue
Muscatine
Iowa
Municipal Board OF Water and Light Trustees
Walter Molis
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