Bandits Bind Farmer Take $60 In Pleasantville Robbery
Miles Galvin was bound and gagged by two masked bandits at his home east of Pleasantville at 9 PM Tuesday. They ransacked the house, struck him and burned his feet with matches to reveal hidden money, and fled with about $60 including $50 belonging to the Galvin daughter Helen. Mrs Galvin untied herself. deputies and Sheriff Grundman pursued as clues remained scarce.
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Marion County
Miles Galvin
Pleasantville
Galvin
Mr. Galvin
Helen
Gelver
Sheriff Grundman
Chariton Marshal Warns Cyclists On Street Rules
Chariton city marshal Tom Plows warned cyclists to move with traffic and carry lights at night as cycling gains momentum in Chariton. He noted an upcoming enforcement drive on auto light regulations and said Sunday night he stopped over 20 cars with one headlight or no tail light. A motor vehicle department representative will visit soon to assist Chariton in enforcing these violatons.
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Chariton
Tom Plows
Plows
Highway 149 Opens From Sigourney To Hedrick
Keokuk county gains a southern link as Highway 149 between Sigourney and Hedrick opens to traffic, with about a mile still muddy and to be cleared today. Shoulder work continues beyond the Skunk River Bridge while paving 12 miles from Sigourney to Martinsburg gains from federal public works funds aiding unemployment relief.
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Sigourney Review
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Heddrick
R. E. Merrill
Skunkpire
149 South
Martinsburg
Sigourney Lady Dies In Self Inflicted Shooting
Mrs. Maria Chapman aged 62 was found dead in her Sigourney home last Wednesday evening. Neighbors Rachel Evans and Effie Craven discovered her body with a 12 gauge shotgun. Dr F D Walk and Coroner Irvin Reynolds ruled death instantaneous from a self inflicted wound. Despondency after her husband’s death in April was given as a probable cause.
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Sigourney Review
Maria Chapman
Rachel Evans
Chapman
South Dakota
Effie Craven
Will Evans
Mrs. Chapman
Contractors Struggle Drilling Montezuma Well
The Thor Brothers drilling the Montezuma water supply hit a snag when the steel casing broke about 35 feet from the bottom. After a week of failed fishing attempts, a new hole will be sunk nearby, funded by the Thorps with the city supplying gas and oil. The old hole held 85 feet of water and will be filled with debris from the new hole.
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Montezuma Republican
Thor Brothers
New City
Thorps
Des Moines
Montgomery and Hayes Star in Another Language at Princess Theatre
Montgomery and Hayes star in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Another Language at the Princess Theatre Oskaloosa starting Sunday September 10 for four days with a 1130 midnight show Saturday night. Helen Hayes plays Stella the sculptor bride and Edward H. Griffith directs the adaptation from Rose Franken stage success. Louise Closser Hale portrays the meddling mother in a story about a middle class household oppressing a young wife who marries into it.
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Helen Hayes
Robert Montgomery
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Princess Theatre
Oskaloosa
Edward H. Griffith
Animal Kingdom
Miss Hayes
Stella
Montgomery
Louise Closser Hale
County Board Proceedings Marion County Iowa August 21 1933
Marion County Iowa Board of Supervisors meets in adjourned session designates depositories for county funds for specified amounts including Community National Bank Knoxville and others. Voting record shows unanimous approval. Also approves Marion County Medical Association contract and warns nonresidents of Marion County. Page notes various claims and adjournment to August 31 1983.
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Board of Supervisors
Marion County
Iowa
Community National Bank
Knoxville
W. A. Butts
W.t. Wilson
Ayer
Homer
B. Clark
J. Wilson
Community National Bank and ‘Trust Co
Towa State Savings Bank
Community National Bank and Trust Co
County Recorder
County Sheriff Community National Bank and Trust Co
County Board of Supervisors
W. J. Wilson
W. A. Buits
Homer B. Clark
Wilson
Marion County Medical Association
Iron County
J. D. Tucker
Famil
A. Arbuckle
Lewis Dudley
Harry Edmund
Walter Ferguson
Isaiah Lewis
Leroy Singleton
P. J. Taylor
Zeth Singleton
Edward Ey
Bessie Clay
Alec Walker
E. E. Bates
Tom Lowery
Peter Abington
Jas. Shepherd
I' Zl Bingelton
T. T. Lewis
A. L. Edmund
Overdraft Funding Approved by Board of Supervisors
On August 31 1933 the Board of Supervisors met with all members present and approved drawing a warrant in favor of Glaspell Veath and Duncan to cover a $3715 77 overdraft in the Poor Fund. The State Auditor approved the arrangement. Items paid include Marion County Medical Association 850 37 Thomassen grocery 80 Goff 120 Fry 3 72 Awtry Lankelma burial 50 St Vincents Home 18 75 Josie Payne 12 00. The meeting adjourned.
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Board of Supervisors
Glaspell
Veath & Duncan
Veath
Duncan
State Auditor
Wilson
Clark
Yeas
Butts
Marion County Medical Association
Thomassen
Homer B. Clark
Gerald W. Paardekooper
Business Outlook Washington D C Summary of Conditions Abroad
The report notes encouraging developments abroad offsetting summer dullness with stronger exports from Yugoslavia and improved trade in Colombia driven by rising coffee prices. Chile holds firm amid winter sales slumps while Brazil remains satisfactory despite exchange uncertainties. Far East trade shows swings with Japan and Australia exports up, China and Philippines down, and overall June 1938 U S Far East trade figures mixed amid heavy losses in the first half of the year.
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Washington, D. C
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Montreal
Canada
Chile
Columbia
Brazil
China
Philippines
United States
Far East
Orient
Japan
Australia
Global trade and wheat stocks update from 1933 period
World trade in 1933 fell 22 percent from 1932 to 222.7 million dollars, with wheat carry overs near 385.9 million bushels as of July 1. Prospective 1933-34 supplies are about 225 million bushels below 1932-33, aided by reduced new crop prospects and U.S. demand for beer barrels driving German production limits. A new English channel cable is nearly complete, to be operated by Britain and France, while Germany's Luft-Hansa plans a South American air service using Westfalen as a floating Atlantic airport.
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United States
Germany
Commerce Department
Munich
England
Dover
Calais
Deutche Luft-Hansa
Atlantic Ocean
Exports and Exposition Figures Highlight 1933 Trade and Revenue
The report notes U S raw cotton exports for July at 692000 bales valued at 86455000 with gains over June and July of 1932. The 1932-33 cotton year totals 812? million bales valued at 342699000, down slightly from 1931-32. Century of Progress receipts reach 13211214.52. admissions take 3111782.04 with 2 193258 advance tickets. Exports of leaf tobacco show mixed volumes and values. tobacco product exports fall 15 percent overall in early 1938. Government beer license revenue tops 66,290,530 from 280000 persons with 331 brewers, 14135 wholesale dealers, and 262639 retail dealers paying fees.
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United States
Department of Commerce
Dutch Farm Colony at Manhattan Mount 40 Year Record
In 1898 nine Holland families and four Dutch settlers formed a colony at Manhattan Mount. They built from alkali land through irrigation, prospering in wheat barley and livestock then adding alfalfa oats and vegetables. By 1938 the 185 families showed no divorces, no delinquent taxes, and minimal court cases while contributing about 20 000 yearly to church benevolences schools missions and hospitals.
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Holland
America
Manhattan, Mount
Drouth
Capper's Weekly
Patient-But Doctor Exchange Questioning Outcome
A patient voices worry about the operation while the doctor tries to reassure with a cheerful line. The doctor says if it isn’t a success you won’t know it and what you don’t know won’t hurt you.
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