Southeastern Iowa Happenings and Local Legal Drama
Hoover orchard blocks paving on federal highway 66 southeast of town as a jury fails to agree on damages after a 31 hour deliberation ten to two. Judge Patterson discharged the panel, leaving the gravel strip unsettled for months. An auto accident near Keosauqua ends in a fatality when Teal is struck by a car driven by Black. Teal’s survivors include a wife two daughters and three sons.
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Hoover
Rock of Gibraltar
Patterson
Oskaloosa
Petrified lamb fossil found near Wyaconda Creek
Mr and Mrs M F Saner display a petrified lamb fossil found sixty five years ago at the Wyaconda Creek bottom. The cave oblong trunk is visible though legs and ears were missing when unearthed, later circling ownership to the Saners. Davis County Republican reports the find.
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M. F. Saner
Wyacondah
William Abernathy
Mr. Saner
Davis Couty
Gravel Roads Project Boosts Marion County System
Summit township trustees awarded Lar son Construction Co. a $7,832 contract to gravel 5.5 miles of township roads near Otley, with three miles to the county line and 2.5 miles to the township boundary. Funding comes from benefitted donors and township trustees, expanding surfaced roads around Pella and Otley to over twenty miles. The Knoxville to Pella gravel work is delayed with doubtful completion this fall.
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Marion County
Summit Township
Otley
Larson Construction Co
Pella
Knoxville
Knoxville Journal
Woman Tries to Abandon Newborn Child in Oskaloosa
Mrs. Pearl McFarland is detained at Mahaska hospital awaiting arraignment before Justice Al M. Jones on charges of exposing a child with intent to abandon. A newborn girl was found on the porch of R. H. Tumy at 326 North Fourth Street by Mrs. Tumy, secretary of the Oskaloosa social league, early Monday. Police located the mother at Frank Golden’s house, 419 North Fifth Street, where she admitted motherhood and said she left the child on the Tumy porch at 4:00 AM. She was questioned at the police station before being taken to the hospital.
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Pearl McFarland
Mahaska Hospital
al M. Jones
R. H. Tumy
North Fourth Street
Tumy
Oskaloosa Social
Sonia Eague
Newton man Gustie Duminy dies from gunshot wound
Gustie Duminy of Newton and secretary to W A Smith superintendent of Maytag Co died at midnight after gunshot wound to his right arm while hunting near Reasner on Sunday morning November 10. His arm was amputated Thursday afternoon but he never recovered. Funeral services were held at Newton M I church Sunday at 2:00 pm with burial in Newton cemetery.
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Gustie Duminy
Newton
W. A. Smith
Maytag Co
Reasner
Newton M. I
Duminy
Louilia
Albia
Gustie
Albin High School
Dunning
Italy
Lovilia Press
Abandon Work on Highway No 69 Ends Concrete Road
State authorities ordered the 600 foot concrete stretch along Highway 69 halted due to weather. Harrison Construction and another crew had laid concrete to the new bridge over the South Skank river, but progress stopped as rain and cold delayed finishing the two short strips. The planned road will finally be a continuous concrete surface except for a small graveled item on the eastern end. New Sharon Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Construction Dengineering Co
HM Prade
Skank
Pacey
Haberin Ieee
Naw Sharon
New Sharon
Keosauqua Farmer Killed by Auto
Keosauqua reports a farmer living near town was instantly killed late Saturday night when struck by an automobile. Authorities said conditions at the time were unclear and the driver cooperated with investigators.
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Keosauqua
Lpant
Toal
Young man killed in accident near Newton
Reeves 21 died from a fractured skull when a roadster driven by Murrel Murphy 19 overturned on highway No 32 east of Newton. Ruth Brom 17 suffered a basal skull fracture and is hospitalized in serious condition. Murphy bruised arms. The car hit gravel and curb after a tire went flat during an eastbound pass. Reeves was formerly with City News Co. and son of Mr and Mrs Ross Wicker of Runnells. Brom is daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Brom of Newton. Murphy is son of Mrs Edith Murphy of Newton.
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Eee Reeves
Ruth Brom
Murrill Murphy
Murphy
Newton
Reeves
City News Co
Ross Wicker
Runnells
Miss Brom
Ben Brom
Buick
Edith Murphy
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Ed Miller
Miss Bram
Jasper County
Former theatre man in shooting affray
Joe Eyerly, former Strand theatre manager and Clipless Paper Castner Co. owner, was jailed in Des Moines after a Sunday morning shooting at the Tea Room that wounded Floyd Bennett of Newton. Bennett was treated for a shoulder wound. Eyerly fled with a woman before being captured.
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Des Moines
Joe Eyerly
Strand Theatre
Clipless Paper Castner Co
Newton
Floyd Bennett
Bennett
Mary Ellen” Reams
Eyerly
Everly
Monroe Mirror
Illinois men open mine near Albia
A. Heim of Davenport has spent days in Albion securing coal leases near the P. H. Hynes holdings west of town on Primary road No. 4. Rumors say Hynes may join a group of investors to start new mining nearby. he reportedly holds close to a thousand acres in coal lands.
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A. Heim
Davenport
Albion
P. H. Hynes
Hynes
Ming
Mr. Hynes
Coal Leases in Monroe County Under Consideration
Negotiations continue for a possible coal mine expansion in Monroe county. Hynes and attorney Simmons confirm a deal with Heim backed by Chicago capital. Hynes would sell leases but not invest. New leases secured, Smoky Hollow Mine No 11 equipment purchased, and definite action likely within days.
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Mr. Hynes
E .L. Simmons
Heim
Chicago
Hynes
Old Smoky Hollow
Monroe County
Monroe County News
Former Monte Boy Commits Death by Own Action
Joseph Wright twenty one year old son of Mrs. Robert Benton residing on a farm near Monte committed suicide in Des Moines Friday morning. He placed a shotgun against his chest and fired with a foot tether, in the basement of a rooming house at 308 East Seventeenth Street where he lived. Wright, who had served in the navy and worked as a farm hand near Tracy, left a note to Miss Blanche Drew. The body was found at 3:00 p.m. by Mrs. Annetta Dunkerslott. Coroner Dr. William Carpenter ruled death by own action. Wright had been dead since about 10:00 a.m. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Methodist church, Rev. M. E. Nethercut officiating, burial in the local cemetery.
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Joseph Wright
Robert Benton
Des Moines
East Seventeenth Street
Jozeph
Navy
Tracy
Blanche Drew
Annetta Dunkerslott
William Carpenter
Wright
Carpenter
M. E. Nethercut
Montezuma Republican
Orpheum Des Moines Announces RKO Jubilee Week
The Orpheum Theatre in Des Moines promotes a Thanksgiving week program featuring all-talking and singing pictures. Highlights include The Romance of the Rio Grande with Warner Baxter, Sunny Side Up with Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, Rudy Vallée in Vampa Bond Lover, Hit the Deck, The Great Gabbo, and Jazz Heaven starring Sally ONeil John Mack Brown Joseph Cawthorn Clyde Cook and Albert Conti with a full vaudeville show.
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Orpheum Theatre
Des Moines
America
RKO
Morgan C. Ames
Rio Grande
Warner Baxter
Arizona
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Ames
Rudy Valee
Gabbo
Orpheum
Iowa
Sally O'Neil
John Mack Brown
Joseph Cawthorn
Clyde Cook
Albert Conti
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
A magazine style appeal promotes Kruschen Salts as a quick fat loss remedy. It claims women can lose fat in ten days by taking a half teaspoon daily in hot water, promising energy and clear skin, with a sales pitch on cost and effectiveness.
A Question of Relative Values by Irvin CobE
Two traveling Americans in Europe debate status and wealth. One proclaims wealth as Mr Cohen of St Louis, the other boasts fame as Chicago merchant prince. They exchange bravado on who can buy whom and who matters, each ignoring the other’s riches.
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Irvin
Mr. Cohen
St. Louis
Merchant Prince
Chicago
Twenties era film and vaudeville bill highlights
Sally ONeil sings in a new picture with Broadus Earle headlining a vaudeville program. The Orpheum offers Tanned Legs a radio special production with many stars. The bill features The Lonesome Club, five women discussing men, and Pat Daly with Art Kaye plus Gene Gray. Coleren will present a gate methods dancing toll bridge gimmick as a separate act. Pawker L. Oddie addressed the American Motorists Association in Washington DC about easing toll burdens. Chronicle want ads bring results.
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Sally O'Neil
Broadus Earle
Lonesome Club
Dirk Stewart
Lordons
Tucker
Smith
Coleren
Pawker L. Oddie
Nevada
American Motorists’ Association
Washington, D. C
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin World Famous Laxative
Dr Caldwell, a family physician, devised a harmless laxative in 1885 to treat chronic constipation by addressing its cause. His Syrup Pepsin blends herbs and pure ingredients and became the world’s most popular laxative, sold widely in drugstores for a longtime.
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Hoover Orchard
Mr. Black
Keosauqua State Park
Teal
Here
Black
Bonaparte
H. A. Burnett
Delbert Anderson
Charles City
Reva Teal
Marvin
Norwooden
Ster
Dodson Beck
Keasange
Ami Ame
Ferguson Teal
Fort Pumeral Strtion
Ware
Methodist Episcopal
Ducs County
Bloomfield
Hunter
Illinois
Monte
Riya Island
Maleate
C. F. Dykstra
Palla
C. C. Gardner
Pass
Apt
Valley Nat'l Bank
Dew Moines
Lowe
Europe
Milady
Garland
Elgin
Hamilton
Kees A. Collins
Shushedstern Iown
Lea Oskaloqs
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