Fulliam Avenue Mains Approved
Residents of Fulham Avenue from Logan Street to the last house will get water after the municipal board approved mains and fire plugs at a cost of about 4 854 dollars. The board also authorized a survey to extend water mains to Illinois Street and toward the reservoir.
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Fulham Avenue
Logan Street
Municipal Board of Light and Water Trustees
Walter Molis
Water Department
Canon Avenue
Molis
Illinois Street
Muscatine
William Molis
American Engineering Company
Lamson on Stand in Own Defense
In San Jose California David A Lamson faces cross examination as he testifies in his trial for murdering his wife Allene with an iron pipe. He recalls finding her nude body in their Stanford campus home bathroom as prosecutors press for details while defense hints at an accidental fall.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Allene
Stanford University
Lamgon
Allan P. Lindsay
Lindsay
Lamson
Samson
Judge Ponders Clark's Claims in Suit Over Council Probe
Des Moines district Judge Lou Ladd held in abeyance the suit by State Insurance Commissioner E W Clark to halt an executive council investigation of his office. Attorneys finished arguments and the court set a month for written briefs and relief. Clark objects to the council action but not to the investigation, while charges of political persecution and hidden motives were raised.
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Des Moines
Lou Ladd
E. W. Clark
Executive Council
Clark
State Executive Council
District Court
Ladd
Royal Union
Life Insurance Company
Modern Brotherhood of America
Independent Order of Foresters
Royal Union Company
Geography Subject for Rural Teachers Institute Saturday
The Muscatine county rural school staff will receive exemplary geography teaching methods at the first in a series of county institutes to be held Saturday September 30. Miss Agnes Samuelson has selected geography for study this year with Pearl Ritter and Clara Wallace guiding sessions for elementary groups in morning and afternoon demonstrations.
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Muscatine County
E. D. Bradley
Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Pearl Ritter
Iowa State Teachers’ College of
Cedar Falls
Clara Wallace
State Department of Education of
Des Moines
Harry Nauman
Roy Tipton
Scott McMahon
Association
K. C. Smith
Alice Maxson and
John
Roger
Pasedena
Carrie McClunn
Calhoun Street
Jessie Briggs
Spokane
Wash
Leona Briggs
Amelia Stafford
Mary Wagner
Marengo
Marengo School
Miss Wagner
R. C. Wagner
Roy Mead
C. I. Brooke
R. I. Hawthorn
South Bend
Ind
Wheeling
W. Va
Margaret Melick
H. B. Melick
Lindberghs Tour Southern Sweden
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh continued their automobile tour of southern Sweden after spending the night in a country hotel near Jonkoping.
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Stockholm
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sweden
Jonkoping
Grieving husband recounts discovery of unclothed body
Hours before the tragedy the defendant described spotting blood on the victims and admitted he could not explain it. He then gave a detailed account of finding his wife’s unclothed body in a blood-splotched bathroom, becoming emotional before regaining composure.
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Lindsay
Lamson
Funeral Services for Willis J Manby Held in West Liberty
Willis J Manby aged 81 died suddenly Monday at 5 p m from a heart attack at the I O O F home in Mason City. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p m at S C Snider funeral parlor with I O O F lodge in charge. Burial in Oak Ridge cemetery. Also notes on P E O chapter meetings Cedar Valley Club and P T A events plus other local notices.
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West Liberty
Willis J. Manby
S. C. Snider
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Mr. Manby
Mason City
W. A. Smith
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. W. Watters
C. G. Brown
Lysle Holmes
R. P. Evans
George Case
A. N. Rabe
Thomas McIintire
Ale McIntire
C. A
Mary Brooke
W. L. Watters
Calhoun Street
Cedar Valley Club
Cedar Valley Community Club
Roy Tipton
Aneta Flater
Fred Miller
Lindle
McGurn Convicted Of Vagrancy In Chicago Workhouse
Vin cent Gebardi known as Machine Gun Jack McGurn was found guilty of vagrancy by Judge Thomas A. Green and sentenced to six months in the Chicago workhouse. A $10,000 cash bond was posted after a brief jury verdict. The defendant admitted to golf with the judge in a private foursome prior to the verdict.
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Chicago
Jack” McGurn
Vincent Gebardi
al Capone
Thomas A. Green
Benjamin Feldman
McGurn
Evergreen Public Fee
Students Return to Cedar Rapids Area Colleges
The article notes students returning for the coming year include George Nichols Jr son of Mr and Mrs George Nichols Sr and Cleo Misel son of Mr and Mrs Roy Misel who enrolled at Coe College in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
George Nichols, Jr
George Nichols, Sr
Cleo Misel
Roy Misel
Chinese Highway Rail and Irrigation Plan Announced
The Chinese government announced a vast program costing an estimated 50,000,000 gold dollars to build a 2,000 mile highway and railroad from the North China coast to Sinkiang. The plan aims to move central Asian trade to the Pacific, open northwest China to colonization and development, and end recurring famines. Financing details were not disclosed, but substantial funds have been arranged.
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Shanghai
China
North China
Sinkiang
Russia
Central Asia
Pacific Ocean
Northwest China
University professor seeks $2910 from bank receiver
Winfred T. Root, a university professor, petitions the receiver of the First National Bank for $2910 claiming payment was given to the late W J McChesney to cover a mortgage and the debt was not fulfilled.
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Iowa City
Winfred T. Root
First National Bank
Root
W. J. McChesney
Kidnap Threats Bared In Newark Case Involving Strengs Family
Newark authorities and postal inspectors pursue extortionists who threatened Mrs. Strengs and Peter Christopholis, a 14 year old orphan, demanding fifty thousand dollars for protection. Letters instructed meetings near Newark City Hall while a trap was set but the suspects did not appear. The case follows the arrival of Christopholis from an Omaha orphanage eight weeks ago.
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Newark
N. J
Jean Strengs
Paterson
Peter Christopholis
Strengs
Eugene Heller
Strongs
Christophelis
Omaha
Stengs
Scientists Plan Chinch Bug War
Entomologists from Iowa Missouri Illinois Indiana Nebraska and Kansas join in Keokuk to plan a 1934 defense against chinch bugs in corn. Dr C J Drake leads the meeting with Iowa findings, Illinois Indiana and Missouri experts will contribute, Purdue Indiana Nebraska and Kansas scholars to attend.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Nebraska
Kansas
C. J. Drake
Iowa State
W. P. Flint
Leonard Haseman
Missouri University
J. Davis
Purdue University
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Southern
West Liberty News
A. H. Bowlby
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Maple Grove Saddle Club
Maple Grove
Earl Zimmerman
Mgr
Jack McGurn
Iowa Electric Co
Iowa Ave
Dubuque
Leslie Stuart
Dane
Personal Finance Co
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