Three Johns in Meyers Visit and Farm Talk at Rouw Home
Weekly Chronicle visit notes two families near Pella Iowa. John Meyer and son John W Meyer discuss mail mixups, family size, farm life on 200 acres, and views on farming economics. At the Rouw farm they greet baby Elbert Ernest and share detail on acreage, plans to move, and local kin. The piece ends with social calls and light banter with Bloodsworth and Verwers households.
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John Meyers
John W. Meyer
de Haan
Meyer
Oers
Rouw
Anne Beyer
Otley
William van Zee
I. Tuinstra
A. B. van Zante
Bert Vande Kieft
Southeast Iowa Happenings Highlight Local Sports and Tragedy
Condensed notes from Prairie City and Hedrick recount warm January influencing kittenball plans, Gilbert field lease for five years with lights funded, a new team nicknamed the Unemployed forming, and recent Hedrick tragedy as Mr. Douglas died leaving son James in Pekin.
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Prairie City News
Gilbert
Al bia Fire Loss in 1932 Reported at 14880
Albia Union-Republican reports 1932 fire losses totaling 14880 with the largest at seven thousand for John Abeggion’s Destruction. One death, E B Griffin, died after severe burns, and Mrs Turner recovered from serious burns. Sixty nine calls were answered, mostly roof fires and two out of town.
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Albia Union-Republican -Lees
Iren
Albia
John Abeggien
Abeggion
Hiteman
Maxon
E. B. Griffin
University Hospital
Iowa City
William Turner
Emil Purkey of Delta Believed to Have Killed Self
Emil Purkey aged 36 of Delta is believed to have shot himself at his Delta home after a period of despondency. His mother, Mrs Ella Purkey, found his body in the living room after he apparently fired a second shot. Surviving are two brothers Harry and Ralph Purkey and two sisters Mrs Don Sparks and Mrs Howard Stout.
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Oskaloosa
Emil Purkey
Delta
Ella Purkey
W. W. Stirlen
Purkey
Harry Purkey
Ralph Purky
Don Sparks
Near Delta
Howard Stout
Despondency blamed for Hedrick man’s suicide
James Douglas, 66, of Hedrick, died Friday from a self-inflicted .38 caliber revolver wound. He told physician Dr. R. W. Henry that he acted because no one cared for him. William Showman, also of Hedrick, was at the house earlier and had risen to prepare breakfast. the men had planned to work together that day.
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Sigourney Review
James Douglas
Hedrick
Alx
Douglas
R. W. Henry
William Showman
Erisen
Showman
Ealed
Fremont Editor Helps Save Bozo the Gazette Dog
In Fremont Gazette the editor was advised to pause for a dog license before Bozo the Gazette dog could be disposed of. Local citizens donated to fund the license and save Bozo, with named contributors including John Swanson Geo Springer Gov J H Wilhire Elgin Roof Carl Kennel Rex Morris D L Akerman Earl Carter William Bracker and R B Fell.
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W. 8. Baker
Bozo
Gazette
D. L. Akerman
William Bracker
Oskaloosa
Thejcduse
John Swanson
Geo. Springer
J. H. Wilhire
Elgin Roof
Carl Kennel
Rex Morris
Earl ‘Carter
R. B. Fell
Shaw Produce at Kellogg Robbed of Cash
Monroe Mirror reports Shaw Produce Co at Kellogg owned by Mark I Shaw robbed last Thursday night. Dick Marr aged 28 is jailed on theft charges. The crime occurred between 7 30 and 8 00 PM with a prowler entering by a broken window and moving a hatching tray to steal a cash drawer holding pennies. Sheriff Shields and Officer Lemke linked Marr to footprints and his arrest followed. Marr had recently been released from jail on a similar charge.
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Monroe Mirror
Shaw
Kellog
Mark I. Shaw
Dick Marr
Marr
Shields
Mr. Shaw
Monroe
Lemke
Mayor Hurdle
Eddyville Home Burned In Morning Fire
A Miles Richards residence on South Fifth Street in Eddyville was destroyed by an early morning fire around 4 30. Richards woke to a falling ceiling spark and found the west roof ablaze. He woke his wife and son Don who escaped to a neighboring home as firefighters arrived too late to save the single story frame house. Don Richards saved a radio and other belongings.
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Bloodaworth
Tommy Bloodsworth
Rawleigh Peotusta
Cornelius. Verwers
Slater
Jennie Moekma
Verwet
Tust
Eddyville Tribune
Eddyville
Miles Richards
South Fifth Street
Richards
Don
Radio
Partial insurance left items undercovered in move
The passage notes personal belongings and furniture received only partial insurance coverage. The family is staying with their daughter Mia while repairs proceed. Lyl Crosson and Mr Richards, recently released from a major operation, have connections to work at the Switzer coal mine.
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Mia
Lyl Crosson
Richards
Switzer
Orpheum Des Moines Screens Death Kiss and Man Against Woman
At the Orpheum Theatre Des Moines starts Friday February 8 presenting The Death Kiss a top suspense mystery with David Manners Adrienne Ames Bela Lugosi and more directed by Edwin L Marin. It will be followed by Man Against Woman starring Jack Holt with Lillian Miles and a notable supporting cast. Bermuda color scenes and a program of short subjects accompany the feature.
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Orpheum Theatre
Towart Studios
David Manners
Adrienne Ames
Bela Lugosi
Alexander Carr
John Wray
Keene Thompson
Jo Swerling
Big City
Bermuda
Lillian Miles
Holt
Walter Connolly
Gavin Gordon
Arthur Vinton
Jack LaRue
Diphtheria Death Toll in Iowa Children
Chronicle Weekly Health Message notes 56 Iowa children died of diphtheria in the first eleven months of 1932, higher than 44 in 1930 and 41 in 1931. The piece laments preventable losses and urges widespread adoption of disease prevention.
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Iowa
Diphtheria Toll Prompts Alarm Over Childhood Health
A narrative fragment recounts Mary’s death from diphtheria and urges better prevention as Iowa reports for the week ending January 26, 1933 list diphtheria cases by county and state totals alongside other diseases including chickenpox mumps smallpox typhoid fever tuberculosis gonorrhea and syphilis in state counts.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Emmet
Boone
Woodbury
Johnson
Cerro Gordo
Black Hawk
John Sterrenburg Home Is Burned Sunday Evening
Indianola Tribune reports the tenant house of Mr and Mrs John Sterrenburg on Homer Stone farm seven miles northeast of Indianola burned Sunday evening about six. Neighbors saved outbuildings while most household goods were lost. Miss Rosella Smith teaching at Farmers School lost clothing. the home was insured, furniture uninsured. Mr Sterrenburg is son of Geo Sterrenburg and nephew of Jake Sterrenburg.
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John Sterrenburg
Homer Stone
Indianola
Rosella Smith
Sterrenburgs
Mr. Sterrenburg
Geo. Sterrenburg
Jake Sterrenburg
Russell Man Elected Association President in Chariton Meeting
Guy W. Smith of Russell was chosen president of the Four-County Soils Improvement association serving Marion, Lucas, Wayne and Decatur counties during the annual meeting in Chariton on Monday January 9. W Brown named secretary and county committee members attended.
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Guy W. Smith
Russell
Sideswiping trees shows risky driving habits
The quip notes drivers who are not skilled often strike trees while on the road. It laments that even with God given sight, careless driving leads to accidents, suggesting that many fools hit trees.
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Mary
Bladder health ad promotes BUETS juniper oil formula
An old advertising blurb touts BUETS as a bladder physic with juniper oil and buchu leaves to cleanse impurities and excess acids. It claims relief after four days and promises better sleep, urging readers to buy a 25¢ box from a drugstore with Druggist Martin Paardekooper endorsing it.
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Martin Paardekooper
Bukets
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Gneph
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Titus
Sephadire
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Christopher
Jehosaphat
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Bayer
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Pekin
Self
Fremont
Fremont Gazette
Shaw Produce Co
Kellogg
Ueracsor
Ing
Des Moines
Chronicle Weekly Health Message
Indianola Tribune
Russell Man
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Heerema
Pella
America
Fred Lautenbach
Dave Verought
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