Farmers of Iowa Stop Tax Auctions
Iowa farmers press anti foreclosure efforts as crowds halt foreclosures in Logan Tipton Le Mars Appleton and other counties. They block sheriff sales push for relief through legislature and oppose deficiency judgments while warning Thurston officials. In Virginia Spotsylvania county 20 000 acres sold for delinquent taxes and 40 000 acres advertised.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Forest City
Logan
Ernest Miller
Tipton
W. W
Christian
J. A. Hayslett
le Mars
Farm Defense Council
Gard
Anlea
Des Moines
Sioux ‘City
Appleton
Wiss
Mra
Maple Creek
Mra Krakes
Arthur ‘Kunkel
Manawna
Anle
Pender
Neb
Farmers’ Holiday Association
Thurston
Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania County
Bride of Mathewson Killed in Shanghai Plane Crash
Mrs Christopher Mathewson Jr of Philadelphia was killed when the amphibian plane piloted by Lt Mathewson crashed near Shanghai on the Whangpoo river. Her husband from Saranac Lake NY survived with multiple injuries.
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Mathewson
Shanghai
Christopher Mathewson, Jr
Philadephia
Saranac Lake
Hangehdw
Whangpoo’ River
Bank President G C Monroe Dies After Operation
South Haven Mich. George C Monroe sixty one president of the First State Bank of South Haven died after an appendicitis operation at City Hospital South Haven. He was a director of the South Haven chamber of commerce.
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South Haven, Mich
George (. Monroe
Wirst State ‘Bank of
South Haven
City, Hospital, South Haven
Monroe
Father and Son Die in Auto Ice Break near Madison
Clarence Hult thirty five and his eleven year old son Hobert drowned when their closed car broke through thin ice and sank thirty six feet in Lake Mendota while fishing.
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Madison
Wis
Clarence Hult
Hobert
Lake Mendota
Hult
Fce
Democrats Unseat Pierre Official in South Dakota House
The Democratic controlled South Dakota House voted to unseat H. Davis of Plankinton and replace him with Lynn Fellows, a Plankinton Democrat, gaining a two thirds majority.
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Pierre
South Dakota
House of Representatives
H. Davis
Plankinton
Lynn Féllows
I’lankinton
Murderer Hanged at Ottawa First since 1888
William G. Seabrooke, condemned for killing Paul Lavigne a gasoline station attendant in Ottawa, was executed by hanging in Ottawa the first such execution in the city since 1888.
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Ottawa
William G. Seabrooke
Paul Lavigne
Will of Calvin Coolidge Leaves Estate to Widow in Simple Document
Northampton Massachusetts reports the will of Calvin Coolidge found among his papers at the Beeches. It leaves his entire estate to Mrs. Coolidge with executrix named, while a trust fund of about $100000 funds John Coolidge after his marriage to Florence Trumbull. The witnesses included Edward T. Clark Everett Sanders and Erwin Geisser. The document was filed in Hampshire County Probate Court.
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Northampton
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
The
Beeches
Coolidge
Florence Trumbull
White House
Edward T. Clark
Everett
Sanders
Erwin Geisser
Hampshire County
Mr. Coolidge
Hemenway
Harry B. Ross
Congressman Kendall Suicide After Wife's Death
Representative Samuel Austin Kendall of Pennsylvania killed himself in his Capitol office after mourning his wife’s death. A note was found at his home, and a verdict of death by own action was issued. He was seventy three, a Republican who served the Twenty fourth Pennsylvania district.
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Washington
Samuel Austin Kendall
Vennsylvania
House
Pennsylvania
Hundreds of Jobless to Be Sent to Ozarks
The Midwest unit of the National Good Will Industries led by R. W. Adair plans to relocate hundreds of unemployed city workers to cooperative self-supporting communities in the Missouri Ozarks by mid 20th century standards. The project aims to create new work and self sufficiency through organized settlement.
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Ozarks
St. Louis
Missouri Ozarks
Midwest
National Good Wii Industries
R. W. Adair
Ex Governor Benton McMillin Dies at 87
Tennessee former governor Benton McMillin died at his Nashville home at age 87 from pneumonia. A noted Democratic warhorse he served twenty years in Congress and participated in World War I. The long career spanned politics and public service in Tennessee.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Benton McMillin
Congress
Death Takes Widow of Thomas Bayard
Mrs. Thomas Shubrick Bayard widow of the former ambassador to Great Britain died at her home after four weeks’ illness.
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Thomas Bayard Washington
Thomas Shubrick Bayard
Great Britain
Ness
Nebraska road program cost sixty six million dollars
State Engineer Roy Cochran reported Nebraska spent 66 469 085 on highway construction over the last two years funded largely by federal aid and state gas and vehicle taxes. The biennium peaked in 1931 32 with 10 888 458 and 7 871 958 programs.
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Lincolna
Nebraska
Roy Cochrane
Irvan
University of Nebraska
Cochran
Highway Department
Bryan
Local Oddities and Budget Shifts Highlight Aurora News
Businessmen in Aurora report a colorful cock pheasant strolling across the courthouse lawn as curious children ride it like a herd. A nearby coyote roundup near Gordon falls short as quarry outnumbers hunters. ranchers in the sandhill region suffer depredations with hundreds of dollars in chickens lost. Madison County commissioners cut the coming year’s budget by 27 300 dollars to 167 800, trimming bridge and road funds and increasing the pauper fund while mileage rates drop from ten to six cents per mile.
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Aurora
Gordon
Sandhill Country
Madison County
Madison
Nebraska Exposition Funding Debate For Chicago Exhibit
The Lincoln Nebraska century of progress exposition board meets to arrange the Nebraska exhibit at the Chicago exposition. Governor recommends 40000 state funds to be matched by the public and board member George Jackson says state funds should wait until 160000 is appropriated to cover the state fair deficit and 1933 exposition needs.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
George Jackson
State Health Report on Nebraska Influenza Epidemic
Lincoln doctor says 1300 plus influenza cases reported last month in Nebraska with only about 10 percent under medical care. He notes the illness is widespread yet not general, mild but debilitating, urging bed rest and convalescence precautions and patient isolation during active symptoms.
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Lincoln
P H. Bartholomew
Nebraska
Barthlomew
Nebraska University Expenditures for Year Ended 1932
The University of Nebraska reported total disbursements of 3 918 920 for the year ending June 30 1932. Endowment funds on hand totaled 401 568 and various cash funds 207 364. Expenditures included 2 291 542 from tax money 1 331 912 from cash funds and 295 475 from federal funds.
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University of Nebraska
Rail commission approves Leigh Independent Telephone rate cut
The state railway commission authorized Leigh Independent Telephone to cut rates by 25 cents monthly and to lower the farm line switching rate by 1 year. The commission denied Central Nebraska Telephone’s request to discontinue the Palisade Hamlet toll line, ruling the line needed for proper inter city service. Trucked in live stock at Omaha yards rose 62 508 from 1931 despite a 2 000 000 head drop in total receipts with hogs up 128 407 and cattle up 50 797 while sheep fell 116 696 head.
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State Railway Commission
Leigh Independent Telephone Company
Central Nebraska Telephone Company
Palisade
Hamlet
Omaha
The
Journal-Stockman
Water supply strains central state institutions in budget plan
Harry S. Thorpe, chairman of the board of control, warned that water supply will be the main difficulty in Governor Bryan's budget. An effort to provide more water at the Norfolk state hospital was noted as population growth increases demand, and at the Lincoln state hospital the supply is dwindling and growing saltier.
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Harry S. Thorpe
Board of Control
Bryan
Norfolk State Hospital
Lincoln State Hospital
Beet Sugar Plant Ends 1932 33 Campaign at Grand Island
American Beet Sugar company closes its season at Grand Island with about 72 000 tons of beets refined. The payroll dipped from nearly 300 to around twenty five or thirty as the factory returned to normal staffing after finishing slicing and sugar sacking.
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American Beet Sugar Company
Grand Island
Altho
Burwell County Sees No Debt and Strong Roads in 1932
By year end Garfield county reports no outstanding debt and no warrants in default. All roads are in good repair with two bridges rebuilt near Burwell and one permanent river bridge on highway No 11 north. Three road drag funds show surplus as of 1932, tracing back from 1927 when indebtedness stood at 65 000 dollars.
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Burwell
Garfield
Willow Springs
Loup River
Nebraska County Seat Tax Rates Revealed by State Report
The state tax commissioner's annual report shows Fullerton at $51.81 per $1000 assessed valuation, the highest among Nebraska county seats. Breakdown: $2.37 state tax, $2.21 county, $23.96 school, $23.27 city. Other high rates include North Platte $60.75 and Chadron $60. Bassett is lowest at $16.07, with Harrisburg $17.57, Thedford $19.13, and Burwell $19.87. Omaha's tax was not completed in the excerpt.
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Fullerton
Nebraska
North Platte
Scottsbluff
Chadron
Bassett
Harrisburg
Thedford
Burwell
Omaha
Work Capacity and Hidden Reserves by William James
The essay argues that most people do not reach full effort due to fatigue. It suggests that beyond fatigue there may exist second, third, and even fourth winds of energy. In rare cases, individuals can find unexpected ease and power past extreme fatigue.
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William James
James
Rights That Vanish When Analyzing Our Liberties
A brief meditation on how some claimed rights seem to fade under scrutiny. The quote frames a caution about self served interpretations of freedom and the limits of legal guarantees.
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South Haven Bank
Alfred Sze
Alfred See
China
McMillin
Honth
Stace
Pierce
Chas
McCook
Gentes Medical Discovery
M. Y
Remy
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