Tornado and Heat Ravage Iowa Farms and Cities
A severe weather outbreak damaged homes and farms near Newton and Kellogg including Ed Guessford and Harry Kline, with hog losses and silos wrecked. Atlantic records 100 degrees, a boy collapsed at the fairgrounds, and several people faced heat distress. Hail damaged corn in Adams county, wind battered farms near Clarinda, and a Plymouth county mob issue is discussed amid broader public health figures.
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Ed. Guessford
Newton
Harry Kline
Kellogg
Iowa
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Ottumwa
Sunnyside Park
Fairgrounds
John Miller
W. L. Lundeen
J. Wickham
Kinjoux
Article of year ago still seems appropriate
A reader from near Howell station submitted a 1933 Chronicle piece by W A Young to argue current conditions mirror prophetic warnings. The letter condemns Roosevelt era policies, Wallace, government waste, drought, and moral decline, citing hunger, sensational politics, and a mob attack on a Iowa judge as signs of moral decay.
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Henry Ter Louw
Howell Station
W. A. Young
Burbank
Calif
The
Chronicle
Ter Louw
Mr. Young
Marion County
Henry Wallace
Charles E. Hughes
Harding
Wallace
Iowa
Joseph
Pharoah
Christ
Hawkeye
Satan
Weekly Health Message on Drought and Water Safety
The drought raises two health hazards from low water tables unsafe emergency supplies and contamination spread from distant sources. Boil all drinking and cooking water and test emergency supplies for safety. Reports include communicable diseases for Iowa the week ending July 6 1984 with measles and scarlet fever among others.
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Iowa
Polk-5
Davis
Truck Stripped Of Tires and Rims
A report notes two additional robberies in Red Rock and Summit Town adding to a rising wave of petty crime this year. The incidents involve thieves stripping a pickup of tires and rims and follow earlier local thefts reported this month.
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Red Rock
Summit Town
Robberies Target Local Farms In Week Long Span
Vehicles stripped of tires rims and gasoline from John Van Roekel and H W Le Grande’s Chevrolets. A neighbor’s wool stolen last month, found in a cornfield after a quick pursuit. Residents suspect the same thieves share methods and knowledge of local habits.
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John van Roekel
Chevrolet
H.W le Grande
le Grande
Knoxville Journal
Pella Independent School District Budget Hearing Set
The Board of Directors of the Pella Independent School District in Lake Prairie Township Pella Marion County Iowa will meet August 18 1934 at 8 00 P M at the High School building Taxpayers will be heard for or against the following estimate of expenditures at that time.
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Pella_Independent
Lake Prairie Township
Pella
Marion County
Iowa
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D. den Adel
Prairie City
Pat Healy
Jack Healy
Orpha Rector
Willis Langmaid
F. P. Lorenzen
James Dodge
Don Failor
Atlantic
Harold Anderson
Plymouth County
Woodbury
Boone
United States Public Health Service
Sumner Churchill Farm
E. C. Cooper Farm
Blackhawk
Jones
Marshall
Cerro Gordo
Peter van Sittert
Faa
Goa
Standard Oil
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