World in turmoil as Germany peril looms
A syndicated column surveys perilous global economics and political unrest. It notes German industrial and financial strain, attempts to borrow to bolster the Reichsbank, and President Hoover's actions amid the Young plan adjustments. The piece cites racketeering murders in New York, moral critiques of power, and a flurry of global tensions from Japan, Korea, and Russia, warning of a fragile peace and rising nationalism.
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Germany
Reichsbank
Hoocer
North America
Tigers Win From Astburg In Local Diamond Contest
Tripoli defeated Fredericksburg 12 to 7 on Sunday afternoon as Belknap and Ducker drove in six runs. Krueger fanned 10 with one walk, while Lehnerr struck out nine and added a triple. Tripoli had seven hits to Fredericksburg's 12 safeties.
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Sommers
Belknap
Ducker
Tripoli
Fredericksburg
Krueger
Lehnerr
Denver tops Clarksville in Cedar Valley league tilt
Denver, Ia behind Holman’s dominant 3 hit 17 strikeout performance edged Clarksville 4 to 3 on Sunday. Perkins also pitched well for Clarksville with 12 K, but ten hits and no walks doomed the visitors. Denver improved enough to escape the league cellar.
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Denver
Holman
Clarksville
Perkins
Nichols
Duffield
Waverly Beats Nashua 4 3 in Cedar Valley League
Waverly defeated Nashua Sunday 4 to 3 behind Welcher who limited Nashua to seven scattered hits. Nashua pitcher Bullis allowed 11 scattered hits and took the loss as Gambiaari caught for Waverly and Strike for Nashua.
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Nashua
Dunkerton Edges Readlyn 5-3 In Cedar Valley League Game
Dunkerton defeated Readlyn 5 to 3 in Cedar Valley league play. Cornes and Page paired for Dunkerton. Me started for Readlyn but was relieved by Dickman who finished.
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Dunkerton
Readlyn
Cornes
Page
Battery
Dickman
Next Sundays Games Spark Local High School Rivalries
Clarksville visits Dunkerton as Denver travels to Waverly Nashua faces Fredericksburg and Tripoli visits Readlyn in a slate of Friday night prep sports across the region with teams aiming to sharpen league standing.
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Clarksville
Dunkerton
Denver
Waverly
Nashua
Fredericksburg
Tripoli
Readlyn
KL. Pet
Church Notes Sunday Services and Rehearsals
Forrest Byers, Minister. Sabbath school at 9:00 a.m. Morning worship at 10:00 a.m. Sermon theme Christianity Its Divine Origin. Y P S C E at 7:45 p.m. Topic Christian Doctrines. Lewis Horsley leads. Special music features all services. Choir rehearsal Thursday evening at 8:00. Orchestra rehearsal Tuesday evening at 6:00. Members and friends invited. If you would be square during the week you should be round on Sunday. The church with a welcome.
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I. Forrest Byers
Lewis Horsley
St John’s Lutheran Service Schedule in German
The notice lists Sunday school at 9:00 a m and divine service in German at 10:00 a m. Choir practice is scheduled for Thursday evening at 7 30.
St Peter's Evangelical Church Sunday Services
Sunday school begins at 9:00 with Divine service at 10:00 led by Pastor K. K. Koehler. Worship invitation extended to all readers to attend.
Fires at Hearse, Now Held for Trial
Wadena Minnesota one of two brothers charged with shooting at a funeral hearse during services after he was rejected as pallbearer for wearing overalls. Charles Milbradt waived preliminary examination while Gust Milbradt was cleared of complicity. officer reports say Charles fired at the hearse tires.
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Wadena
Minn
Charles Milbradt
Sebeka
Gust
Charles
Fred Mundtrom
Farmer Has Little Town by Throat If He Knows It
Monticello Times argues the small town exists to serve farmers and mirrors rural life. It emphasizes patronage, local commerce, and community ties as core to agriculture, urging readers to sustain doctors, merchants, and professionals who shape the town’s character and future.
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Monticello
Minn
Donations Reach $1,200 at Lutherans Orphans Home Picnic
In Waverly Iowa a free offering of 1200 dollars was raised Sunday at the annual Lutheran Orphans Home picnic. Proceeds from refreshment stands were not yet tallied but expected to boost the total. Rev A G Wenninger supervised events with St Pauls Lutheran church attendees. the home children performed and the Waverly band played led by R V Leach. Attendance matched recent years and visitors arrived from South Dakota Missouri and Minnesota.
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R. V. Leach
Wenninger
South Dakota
Missouri
Minnesota
Lowa
Birthday party honors Mrs August Schellhorn at home
Mr and Mrs August Schellhorn hosted a Sunday birthday supper and evening for family and friends including Zander and family of Waverly Henry Zander and family Henry Schellhorn Fred Schellhorn near Crane Creek Louise Schellhorn and Mrs Henry Pries Estella Pries and Jack Kuhrt and sons Robert and Kenneth. The occasion marked Mrs Schellhorns birthday anniversary.
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August Schellhorn
Zander
Waverly
Henry Zander
Henry Schellhorn
Fred Schellhorn
Crane Creek
Louise
Henry Pries
Bremer
Banks Fail as Two Iowa Towns See Closings
The Second National Bank at New Hampton shut its doors Monday and the Lawler State Bank failed to open Tuesday after runs on both banks. This marks a second closure for the Second National at New Hampton, which previously reorganized years ago.
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Second National Bank
New Hampton
Lawler State Bank
Second National
Civil War Vet J C Garner Dies in Waverly
J C Garner, a Civil War veteran born September 27 1843 in Middlebury Vermont, died at his Waverly home on Sunday morning July 12 after a brief illness. He served in Company C 55th Illinois Infantry, moved to Waverly in 1871, and engaged in pumps safes and coal business before later selling horses. He left three sons and three daughters and was survived by his wife who died in 1916. Funeral services were held at his home with Rev Giles Sharpley officiating and burial in Harlington cemetery, with the American Legion in charge.
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Waverly
J. C. Garner
Garner
Mr. Garner
Middleberry
Vermont
55Th Ilinois
Hattie van Tassel
American Legion
Harlington Cemetery
Kansas farmers seek moratorium on wheat loans
Kansas farmers press a 30 day moratorium on loan collections as wheat prices collapse to around a quarter dollar a bushel. Enid Oklahoma farm groups, bankers and merchants discuss delaying payments to ease distress. similar efforts grow in Labette Kansas. Some growers delay harvest or plow under grain while others store grain on the ground.
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Kansas City
Enid
Okla
Lardned
Kan
Chamber of Commerce
Guymon
News items about yourself and others
Mr and Mrs W H Warner and Dr E C Claus motor to West Union for a band concert Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs A C Hildebrandt and son Dean visit Mrs Mary Bockhaus of Oelwein and Mrs J C Fink. Ross Kelsey and family motor to Lime Springs to visit Mrs Paul Duncomb. They return Sunday evening. Mrs L H Fink and mother travel to Rudd to take Mrs K C Frank and baby Mary Joyce home. Miss Valitha Schnurstein and Miss Josephine Schnurstein accompany them. G W McKeown and family motor to Vinton to visit half brother John Jordan. Erwin Cobb spends summer with McKeown grandparents and joins trip to Waterloo.
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W. H. Warner
E. C. Claus
West Union
A. C. Hildebrandt
Dean
Mary Bockhaus
Oelwein
J. C. Fink
Ross Kelsey
C. B. Kelsey
Marie
Donald Chapin
Lime Springs
Paul Duncomb
L. H. Fink
F. C. Hildebrandt
Rudd
K. C. Frank
Mary Joyce
Hildebrandt
Valitha
Josephine Schnurstein
G. W. McKeown
Raymond McKeown
Donald
Vinton
John Jordan
Mr. McKeown
Erwin Cobb
McKeown
Waterloo
Claus Appointed To County Board Of Education
Dr E C Claus received notice from County Superintendent Mil dred E Smith that at the county board of education meeting on July 7 he was appointed a member of the board.
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Claus
E. C. Claus
Mildred E. Smith
County Board of Education
MRS LOUISA HOATH DIES IN WATERLOO
Mrs Louisa Boeckmann Heath 87 a former Tripoli resident died Friday July 10 at her daughter Mrs W D Wenthe home in Waterloo due to old age infirmities. She was born October 4 1845 in Meinburg Germany married Fred Boeckmann in 1867 and came to the United States in 1869. Surviving: two sons Gustav and Fred two daughters Mrs August Platte and Mrs W D Wenthe one brother Carl Schmidt 16 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at O Keefe and Towne in Waterloo with Rev Herman Siefkes officiating. Burial in St Peters Evangelical cemetery Tripoli beside her first husband.
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Louisa Boekmann Heath
Tripoli
W. D. Wenthe
Waterloo
Louisa Heath
Christ Schmidt
Meinbourg
Germany
Fred Boeckmann
Emma Lau
New Hampton
O'Keefe
Towne
Herman Siefkes
Cedar Falls
St. Peter’s Evangelical Cemetery
Harvest Busy as Farmers Cut Small Grain Oats
Farmers in the community busy finishing the harvest of small grain with oats largely cut though some late fields remain. Rain after a heat wave boosted crops and cool weather aided ripening oats and corn. Prospects for the corn crop look encouraging though oat yields vary by field.
New Law Slows Down Marriages in Nashua
Nashua Iowa reports a drop in church weddings due to a five day marriage wait. Three weddings have occurred since Sunday two couples from Illinois used licenses before the law took effect and a Wisconsin pair, Helen Naomi Henneman and Otto John Muetz, wed Wednesday with permits issued by Chickasaw County Clerk Ray Sisson in New Hampton under the new rule allowing non residents to secure permits at the county seat.
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Nashua
Yale
Illinois
William Kent
Helen Naomi Henneman
Otto John Muetz
Madison
Wisconsin
Chickasaw
New Hampton
Ray Sisson
Leverenz Appeals Disturbing the Peace Charge in Sumner
Walter Leverenz, found guilty of disturbing the peace and fined $20 plus costs in Sumner mayor’s court, filed notice of appeal. Bond set at $100. Case stems from an alleged June 19 altercation with town marshal Henry Mohlis. Leverenz also faces district court charges of resisting an officer in Waverly.
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Sumner
Walter Leverenz
Leverenz
Henry Mohlis
Waverly
Jokes Night at Congregational Church Basement
Notice invites all to a Monday night event at the church basement on July 20 at eight o clock. Attendees should wear old clothes and bring pennies for phones. Admission cost is two pence. Also includes some eats.
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C. E
Congregational Church
German Communists Call Strike Across Germany
German Communist party proclaims a nationwide strike effective today to confiscate bank deposits over 20 000 marks and secures food for the unemployed while seeking disarmament of Hitler’s storm detachment and the Steel Helmets. The move follows tight financial strains and bank cf. Basel talks. The Reichsbank confirms renewed credit and Basle discussions continue as Bruening and Hindenburg face internal tension.
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Germany
Berlin
Communist Party
Socialist Party
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Reichsbank
Norman
Edge
Paris
State Department
Washington, D. C
France
Bank For International Settlements
Basle
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
London
World Bank
German Communist Party
Adolph Hitler
Fascisti
Steel Helmets
National Organization
Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
Reichswehr
Frank Dallenback buried at Sumner
Funeral services for Frank Dallenback aged 73 were held at Salem Evangelical church with Rev. J. D. Klooz officiating. Burial followed in Union cemetery southeast of Sumner. Born in Illinois, he spent adult life in Banks township and moved to Sumner in 1920. Survived by wife and son Cecil. four sons preceded him, including George who died in service in France in 1918.
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Sumner
Frank Dallenback
Salem Evangelical Church
J. D. Klooz
Union Cemetery
Mr. Dallenback
Illinois
Banks Township
Cecil
George
France
Great Western R R Adding More Labor
The Chicago Great Western rail road started adding more men along their entire division last week. Over two hundred men were reported back to work in the shops at Oelwein and section crews along the line have been enlarged. Three men were added to the section crew out of Tripoli under section foreman Frank Beggerow. Five carloads of ties have been unloaded here within the past week to be used in fixing up the roadbed on the shortline between Waverly and Sumner.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
Oelwein
Tripoli
Frank Beggerow
Waverly
Sumner
Dies at Rochester and car wreck near Wabedo
County seat notices report Mrs. Louise Schnoor of Rochester died July 4 after three paralytic strokes. she was born in the county July 13, 1860 and survived by husband Ida Schnoor and siblings. Also covered is W H Babcock Jr who suffered a broken shoulder and injuries when his car left Highway 218 and rolled into a ditch near the Babcock cottage at Wabedo during a family vacation trip.
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Celia Selbig
Rochester
New York
Louise Schnoor
Schnoor
Lawrence Selbig
Ida Schnoor
Steve
Mary
Ceilia
Kate Murphy
Cedar Rapids
W. H. Babcock, Jr
Highway No. 218
Mr. Babcock
Babcock
Wabedo
Minnesota
Eleven Year Old Burns Victim Recovers at Home
Buddy Cole eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs Ben Cole suffers severe burns from attempting to light powder from fire crackers on July Fourth while visiting his grandmother in Indianapolis. He bears facial and hand injuries but doctors expect no permanent scars. Parents rushed to him and brought him home where he remains confined to bed.
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Buddy Cole
Ben Cole
Indianapolis
Mrs James W. O'Brien Buried in Shell Rock
Funeral services for Mrs. James W. O'Brien, 75, who died at her home in Shell Rock from a stroke, were held at St Marys Catholic Church. Rev T Bohrer officiated and burial followed in St Marys cemetery. She is survived by her husband and twelve children who attended the funeral.
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J. W. O'Brien
James W. O’brien
Shell Rock
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
T. Bohrer
St. Mary's Cemetery
Brother of Mrs Andrew Ritchie Dies in Auto Crash
Mrs. Andrew Ritchie received a Friday message that her only brother Edward Farrin was killed in an automobile accident at Bismark North Dakota that evening and his wife was seriously injured. Mrs. Ritchie and her sons Everett and Howard and daughter Lillian left Monday for St. Paul where the funeral is set for Tuesday morning. No accident details were provided.
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Andrew Ritchie
Edward Farrin
Bismark
North Dakota
Ritchie
Everett
Howard
Lillian
St. Paul
Remarried Glen F Boyd and Mildred Boyd Wed in City
Remarried Glen F Boyd of Charles City and Mildred Boyd of this city wed in this city on Thursday July 2. Rev J K Hawkins officiated with Mrs R B Trainer and Paulus Maas in attendance. This remarriage follows a previous marriage and divorce. They will reside in Chesken City where Boyd works as an electrician.
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Glen F. Boyd
Charles City
Mildred Boyd
This City
J. K. Hawkins
R. B. ‘Trainer
Paulus Maas
Ghesken
City
Boyd
Woman Cheats Stores With Bad Check Across Town
Trimmed by a woman named J. W. Zoller last week morning after a buyer spent ninety cents on meat and paid with a ten dollar check drawn on First National Bank of Waverly to J. J. Miller and signed J. H. Walter. The check proved worthless and the same woman allegedly attempted similar passes at several other businesses that morning.
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J. W. Zoller
First National Bank of Waverly
J. J. Miller
J. H. Walter
Tractor Accident Hurts Lawrence Luloff
Lawrence Luloff sustained serious cuts and bruises last Friday afternoon after being caught between a tractor and a plow as the machine moved backward. A physician attended him and he is recovering at his parents home, Mr and Mrs Henry Luloff.
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Lawrence Luloff
Lawrence
Henry Luloff
Man Taken for Inebriety Care After Hearing
Earl Robinson appeared before the insane commissioners last Tuesday on a charge of inebriety filed by his sister Mrs Maude Thompson. A hearing found him a fit subject for care and treatment at Independence hospital, where he was taken the following day by Sheriff Sager.
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Independence
Earl Robinson
Insane Commissioners
Maude Thompson
Sheriff Sager
City Clerk’s Office Continues Onward In Page Eight
The clerk's office in this city continues filing duties and notices as indicated by a continuation note on page eight. The reference hints at ongoing bureaucratic activities and record keeping within the municipal clerk's office.
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Carmello Liconti
Brooklyn
United States
Joan D. Rockefeller
Kyoto
Camilla Kelly
Memphis, Tenn
Camilla
Asia
Ida
C Ircus
Trotz
Russia
Russ
Stalin
Tigers
Astburg
ST. John's Lutheran
ST. Peter's EV. Church
K. K. Koehler
Orphans’ Home
Mrs
Aug. Schellhorn
Lawler
Kansas
Louisa Hoath
Gustav Boeckman
W. Leverenz
Great Western R. R
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