New Faces Seen in County Offices
Louisa county courthouse sees new officials across offices except sheriff who faced no contest. F M Outcamp Republican replaces C L McClurkin as auditor, with Myrtle Davis as deputy. Francis Buchher Democrat replaces H L Davison as treasurer, Milton Hunter as deputy. Jessie Lockwood Democrat replaces J L Wilson as recorder with Mary Garrett deputy. R V Winter Democrat reappoints clerk of the court replacing H L Lewis. Frank Frazier as deputy. D N Johnson succeeds J E Reaney as county attorney. Board reorganizes with R J Cotter as chairman and approves employee bonds. Twenty five applications for county home superintendent noted. Tax sale Monday drew large crowd. H M Bartlett of Muscatine was top bidder. District Court opened under Judge Oscar Hale. grand jurors instructed to report today. Florence Winder acts as grand jury clerk. Old cases moved from docket in afternoon session.
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Wapello
Louisa County
F. M. Outcamp
C. L. McClurkin
Myrtle Davis
Francis Buchher
H. L. Davison
Milton Hunter
Jessie Lockwood
J. L. Wilson
Mary Garrett
R. V. Winter
H. L. Lewis
Frank Frazier
D. N. Johnson
J. E. Reaney
S. J. Deihl
Elmer
R. J. Cotter
H. M. Bartlett
Muscatime
Taxpayers League
District Court
Oscar Hale
Florence Winder
Montpelier New Year Socials and Local Illness Roundup
Montpelier area residents held numerous New Year dinners and gatherings with Davenport relatives. Schooling resumes after break as flu cases rise. Isaac Fowler remains seriously ill with pneumonia while his father L. Fowler is very ill at home.
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Emma Schroeder
Pearl
F Red
Edward Schroeder
Fred Rinnert
Marten
Delbert Lobdell
Teckla
Barney Rinnert
Red Rimmer
Gus Allchin
John
A. Jo ‘N
Dorothy
Etta Cosaeli
Davenport
G. Alchin
A. T. Jakeman
Caugh
Ethel
Henrietta
Roy
Harry Jakeman
Melpine
Carl Franklin
New Era
Ralph Nugent
William Bohnsack
Bohnsack
O. Bohnsack
Sunbury
Harold Bohnsack
Paul
Ida Messer
Irma Bohnsack
Regenia Fiddler
Buffalo
Floyd Brown
Billie
Marvin
Vera Schroeder
Walter Oscar
Lester Bohnsack
Schroeder
Fred Sieh
Roy Egel
Norma
Duane
Farene
Nelda
Nadine Bernick
Stockton
F. B. Rinnert
Edith Brookhart
Bessie Frank
Bessie Smith
Elizabeth Satterthwaite
Ed Danz
Muscatine
Isaac Fowler
Fowler Garage
L. Fowler
I. Fowler
Roosevelt seeks public support for new deal plans
Washington debates a conservative approach to government bond policy and the debt, while Roosevelt and Garner weigh strategies. The Harrison inquiry on economics and Glass Borah currency ideas push for dollar revaluation and banking pressures. Refinancing terms and political maneuvers in Congress shape the coming budget and appointments.
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Washington
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
George
Georgia
Senator Borah
Roosevelt
Congress
Hoover
Alarm Set Off By Janitor With Mop At Cincinnati Line
Emergency squad found only a frightened janitor on the motor coach division after a burglar alarm rang out. He says his mop caused the false alarm. The report notes Greater London housing statistics, stating over a fifth of England and Wales residents live in the capital.
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Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati Street Railway Co
Fivor
England and Wales
Greater London
Roosevelt advisers target prompts Wall Street clash
A McMullin report notes Roosevelt advisers eye a renewal of the stock market inquiry targeting a key angel within the Democratic camp. The piece discusses securities regulation ideas, bank controls, and tensions between New York and Western banks amid industry shifts and Morgan involvement.
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New York
James McMullin
Angel
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Cut in Veterans Benefits Urged by Senate Panel
Washington AP Senator Robinson urged trimming veterans costs and called on Rear Admiral Richard Byrd to return a pension. National Committee for Economy in Government proposed $411.8 million yearly savings, detailing cuts in administrative costs and World War I and II veteran programs to reduce the tax burden on industry.
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Washington
Robinson
Indiana
Senate
Richard Byrd
Treasury
National Committee For Economy
National Association of Manufacturers
James A. Emery
H. A. Giddings
Waynesboro
Virginia
Local Social News Recaps Various Club Gatherings
Lone Tree and nearby residents hosted gatherings at multiple homes. Bridge and 500 games crowned winners Mrs. Blanche Stonebarger and Mrs. Josephine Sherburne, with guests including Mrs. Fern Carl and Miss C. Cantrell. An annual Woodmen meeting was postponed due to lack of quorum.
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Lone Tree
Dorothy Crawford
Iola Petry
Geraldine Osweiler
John Musser
Genevieve
Lysle Domine
Carl Domine
Ross Rayner
Priscilla Club
G. B. Kirchner
Blanche Stonebarger
Josephine Sherburne
C. M. Cantrell
Fern Carl
L. G. Kilbourne
Lone Tree Camp Modern Woodmen of America
Odd Fellow Hall
Y Book Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Lucy Kirchner
Iron statues proposed to shame civil war warlords
Mr Ho Tsihsiang of the Anti Civil War League suggests erecting iron statues of each warlord who indulges in civil war to shame them, contrasting with ancient practices of marking corrupt officials with statues.
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Shanghai
Ho Tsihsiang
Local residents spend holidays with family ties
Wapello residents travel for work and school. Wapello-Miss Mse McDill left for Kamet Illinois where she teaches in a high school. Florence McDill left for Galesburg Illinois to teach in a grade school. Mrs A W Hindermaan and two children returned from Columbus Junction after visiting her parents. Mrs Leslie Rogers and Cecil Murphy with two sons left for Syracuse Nebraska after Christmas with her Guthrie parents. F H Hess is recovering from a siege of premiomt. The Kappa au Beta's were
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J. M. Guthrie
Syracuse
F. H. Hess
County Board Approves Staff Changes and Re-Elects Engineer
County supervisors kept current staffing with no broad cuts, re electing county engineer F P G Halbfass for another year. Dr R R Goad was named examiner of the blind and the Kemps were considered for the county home steward position but not hired. Stauffer couple and Van Zyle were re elected as assistants and janitress Beatrice Smith retained. Deputies and clerks keep status aside from Mildred Freers Bigby who resigns after marriage but remains until reports finish.
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Mundt
St. Ansgar
Sauer
Barclay
F. P. G. Halbfass
Schaefer
R. R. Goad
A. B. Clapp
Ed Kemp
Kemps
Clarence Cromer
Iowa Avenue
Cromers
Stauffers
Louis Stauffer
William van Zyle
Beatrice Smith
Mildred Freers Bigby
George
County Officials and Relief Committees Update
The report lists county officers and deputies across offices such as Auditor Recorder and Sheriff. It notes bank depositories rising due to closed banks and outlines committee chair appointments for townships. It covers funeral home rotations, Farm Bureau funding, vital statistics deputy appointment, and a welfare note on unemployment insurance and pensions with a warning about living standards.
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Fulton
Wilton
Belter
Montpelier
Sweetland
Bloomington
Sauer
Wapsinonoc
Goshen
Moscow
Barclay
Muscatine
Lake and Pike
Mundt
Fruitland
Seventy-Six
Cedar
Orono
Schafer
Barclay and Sauer
Belter and Mundt
Lot
Murccatine
Meyers Funeral Home
R. J. Wittich Funeral Home
Fairbanks Home
Hoffman Funeral Home
George Wittich Funeral Home
Farm Bureau
Dorothy Peterson
Iowa Farm Mortgage Debt Surges Then Declines Since 1915
The survey notes Iowa farm mortgage debt reached 1 082 882 000 with 45 percent of farms mortgaged and 58 percent encumbered among owner operators. Debt rose with rising prices to 1920, then eased after 1920 through foreclosures and debt restructurings. reductions began in 1925 aided by foreclosures and transfers of land. Private investors funded early increases. later renewals came mainly from insurance companies and land banks.
Wide Bold Measures For Unemployment Insurance Discussed
The text argues for modernizing governance with broader social programs and quicker diffusion of gains. It calls for stronger government, better civic training, and a sharper purpose to manage social and economic forces amid tensions, in relation to unemployment insurance.
Japs Report Capture of City in China
Japanese forces claim capture of Lwanchow near Shanhaikwan with heavy casualties on both sides. A war office spokesman described efforts to localize the conflict while cautioning that Chinese leaders and reinforcements may widen the fighting beyond Shanhaikwan and Jehol.
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China
Lwanchow
Shanhaikwan
Chinwangtao
War Office
Hochukuo
Jehol
Manchukuo
Tientsin
Rengo
Suzuki
Suichung
Nanking
Chang Hsiao- Liang
Trials Set for Equity and Law Dockets in Local Court
Ledia Inman sues Perry Drury with 36 cases listed for trial on the equity docket. Defendants include G. R. Titus F. H. Winn F. H. Hoffman Gus Allbee and others in pitulithic pay cases. Also on the docket are Erdman vs Erdman Durin Co. vs Hogan Carpenter vs Carpenter Reynolds vs Holmes Mills partnership Banker administratrix vs Schreurs and others and multiple other law actions. A Baker et al case against Dittmars Kerr and Co was dismissed. Probate trials include George Danz vs Emma Danz and J A Worley vs Myrtle Zimmerman estate administrators.
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Ledia Inman
Perry Drury
Equity
G. R. Titus
F. H. Winn
F. H. Hoffman
Gus Allbee
Charles G. Erdman
Emma Erdman
Terry Durin
Ward Reynolds
Holmes and Mills
Katherine Banker
William Banker
Alden R. Schreurs
Lyle B. Tyler
W. D. Luellen
Stockton Bank of Stockton
Leroy C. Holst
Frank
High Prairie Ladies Plan All Day Aid Meeting
The High Prairie Ladies' Aid society will meet Thursday at Mrs. Milton Eichelberger's home for an all day session.
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High Prairie Aid
High Prairie Ladies’ Aid Society
Milton Eichelberger
Railroad Sued by Kary Estate Over Death
Margaret Kary as executrix seeks 5000 dollars in a suit against the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad filed today in the county clerk’s office. Albert Kary was killed near the city limits at 405 PM on September 7 as the train, allegedly traveling over 60 miles per hour, was operated negligently by the crew.
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Margaret Kary
Albert Kary
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Kary
Stocks drift as gains slim and losses spread
New York AP stock movement shows modest overall drift with light gains for American Tobacco B Liggett Myers B and Consolidated Gas but declines for Santa Fe Pennsylvania Southern Pacific Union Pacific Allied Chemical American Can DuPont U S Steel AT&T and National Biscuit. About 500000 shares changed hands in transfers.
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New York
American Tobacco
Liggett and Myers
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Allied Chemical
American Can
Dupont
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
National Biscuit
Consolidated Gas
Corn Products
General Motors
International Harvester
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