Emmetsburg considers $500000 road bond plan
A column notes a petition with about 1000 Palo county residents asking the Palo County Board of Supervisors to hold an election on issuing bonds for road paving. If approved, 23 miles of roads would be surfaced from Ayreshire to Highway 18 and onward to the Emmet county line and to West Bend, with input from O. J. Ditte of the Iowa highway commission on routes.
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Emmetsburg
Palo County
Board of Supervisors
Palo Alto
Ayreshire
Graettinger
Emmet County
West Bend
O. J. Ditte
Iowa Highway Commission
Presbyterian Home for Aged Opens in Ackley
Plans completed for the formal opening of the Presbyterian Home for the Aged in Ackley a large brick residence given by the late John Rath and his wife Elizabeth Rev J J Brittell of Ackley serves as superintendent of the home for the aged.
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Ackley
Presbyterian Home For the
John Rath
Elizabeth
J. J. Brittell
Home For the
Dual Party Delegate Fort Dodge Legion Commander Named
Hogan commander of the Fort Dodge post of the American Legion is popular with both parties. Republicans and Democrats have named him as a delegate to their state judicial conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Austin Hogan
American Legion
Humboldt Park Service Draws Big Attendance
The Humboldt Lutheran Parish reports large Sunday attendances that fit only half the enrolled members. Reverend H. O. Hendrickson moved services to a park for summer Sundays to accommodate worshippers.
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Humboldt
Humboldt Lutheran
H. O- Hendrick
Infant Roberta Davis Granddaughter of Four Great Grandparents
Aurora infant Roberta Ann Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Davis, is recorded as having four living great grandparents. She has no brothers or sisters and only distant aunts uncles or cousins as relatives.
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Aurora
Roberta Ann Davis
Royal Davis
More Couples Wed This July in Little Brown Church
Intense heat does not deter marriages at the Little Brown Church in the Vale near Nashua. Chickasaw county records show July licenses totaling 20 this year versus 15 a year ago.
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Little Brown Church
New Hampton
Little Brown
Vale
Nashua
Chickasaw County
Technical Conference on Statistical Methods Opens in Ames
A four day technical conference on statistical methods opened on the Iowa State College campus. Participants include State Agricultural Statisticians from ten states, four representatives of the federal bureau of agricultural economies and representatives of the federal division of crop and live stock estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Federal Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates
More Summer School Students at Ames This Year
Ames scheduled graduation exercises will honor about 75 summer term graduates at Iowa State College as the first summer quarter ends July 22 announced registrar J R Sage. Total first term enrollment reached 1 323 up from 1 205 a year ago with nearly half of 537 students in graduate work.
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Ames
Iowa State College
J. R. Sage
Interesting Bits About Washington County Residents
Harry Kay a Washington County resident and former manager of the McCormick Deering store served 45 months in the navy during World War I. After the war he worked five years in a LeRoy Illinois bank before joining the International Harvester company.
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Harry Kay
McCormick Deering
LeRoy
Illinois
International Harvester Company
Renewal of Iowa WPA Snarl Seen
Des Moines dispatch reports renewed tension between PWA and WPA over Iowa relief labor. A Washington order asks 85 PWA sponsors to supply local WPA roll figures and project data, with 35 projects awaiting Roosevelt approval. The issue ties to relief eligibility and skilled labor on PWA jobs.
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Iowa
George Mills
Des Moines
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
WPA
PWA
Washington
Roosevelt
P. F. Hopkins
Iowa Fera
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Harry Hopkins
Conference Committee
Senate
Death removes Mrs. Nelson 85 at Washington area
Mrs. J. C. Nelson died at 3 30 this morning at her home northwest of Washington after two years of illness. Born November 1 1850 in Herkimer New York she taught school before marriage to J C Nelson in 1875. She leaves two children and several grandchildren plus several sisters in multiple states. Funeral set for Thursday at 42 30 at Sherman’s funeral home with Rev. Dr Co Fulton in charge.
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J. C. Nelson
Washington
Sherman
Co. Pulton
New York
Nelson
Herkimer, WN. Y
Willium
Mary (Keating
Ellen Hull
Davenport
Emma George
Ruskin
Nebr
Rebecca George
Des Moines
W. H. Donaldson
Ft. Collins
Colo
Nettie Alger
Redfield
Eva Howton
Kansas City
Edith Palmer
Burns
Kan
Two Boys Enter Plea Of Not Guilty In Farm Robbery Case
Two youths from Washington county, Donald P. Smith 17 and Kenneth L. Hollenbeck 20, appeared in Jefferson county district court to enter not guilty pleas to robbery with aggravation charges set for the October 1936 term. The defense contends the robbery involved no deadly weapon. Parents and nine siblings attended the hearing.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Washington County
Jefferson County
Donald P. Smith
Kenneth L. Hollenbeck
Elmer K. Daugherty
Smith
Ben Reis
Germanville
Hollenbeck
L. J. Kehoe
Wellman
Otto J. Eckey
Milton Smith
Washington Route No
Suspect in Iowa Killing Is Arrested
John Mercer alias Robert Reece, sought since 1930 for the murder of Tipton merchant Robert C. Sproatt, is held in San Francisco on petty theft charges and slated for Iowa extradition. Two accomplices included Wain S. Kyle already jailed for life, and Roy Mercer is dead. The 1930 motive stemmed from a Davenport drug store robbery and a gun battle with a posse near Tipton.
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Tipton
Iowa
INS
John Mercer
Robert Reece
Cedar County
San Francisco
Marion C. Hamiel
Mercer
Robert C. Sproatt
Hamiel
Sproatt
Davenport
Wain S. Kyle
Canton
Ohio
Fort Madison
Roy Mercer
John
Kyle
Robert Moore
East Dubuque
Soap peddlers sought after alleged assault
Police hunt three soap sellers after a man and wife refused samples and were struck. The suspects, named on peddlers licenses as R. B. Blankenship, S. W. Mitchell and Grover Finn, were driving a car with a Missouri license.
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Police
Ottumwa
R. B. Blankenship
8. W. Mitchell
Grover Finn
Missouri
Court session moved to Monday in Os Roane case
Judge J G Patterson of Os Roane reports that Clerk of Court cannot travel to Washington to hold court tomorrow. Court will be held Monday July 20 with local officials present.
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J. G. Patterson
R. Noonan
Shirley Clark Named District Manager for Massachusetts Mutual
Shirley A. Clark will move to Cedar Rapids around August 10 to become district manager for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance. He has led the Washington office since 1923 and will oversee Cedar Rapids Iowa City Waterloo and Washington with Penny Eldridge taking over in Washington. Clark bought a Cedar Rapids home and will commute back to Washington every week or two.
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Shirley Clark
Cedar Rapids
Shirley A. Clark
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Washington
Clark
Iowa City
Waterloo
Massachusetts
School of Commerce
State University of Iowa
W. G. Eldridge
Shirley
Penny” Eldridge
Carl LeBurn
Davenport
Eastern Iown
Farm hand dies of heat stroke in Highland township harvest
Jesse Edward Bryan 64, a farm hand from Mexico Missouri, died of heat stroke while harvesting in Highland township. He was being taken to University Hospital Iowa City when he died mid transfer. He leaves a widow and several children. Bryan had lived in the area since moving from Galva Illinois years earlier and had worked for Frank Dvorak this summer. Funeral plans were to send remains to Mexico Missouri for services and burial.
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Highland Township
Jesse Edward Bryan
University Hospital
Iowa City
Lowa City
Bryan
Elizabeth Steele
Mr. Bryan
Galva, Lil
Mexico
Karpis Pleads Guilty in Ham Kidnapping Case
Alvin Karpis, a leading figure of the Barker-Karpis gang, pleads guilty in U.S. district court to conspiracy in the June 15 1938 kidnapping of William Ham Jr a St Paul brewer. The plea comes as the Pfeifer and Bartholemew trial starts and Karpis is to be sentenced after others are tried.
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ST. Paul, Minn
INS
Alvin Karpis
Barker-Karpis
United States District Court
William Ham, Jr
St. Paul
Jack Pfeifer
Might Blutt
Edward C. Bartholomew
Bensonville
Karpis
Hem
Grass Fires Prompt Firemen Calls Around Town
Firemen were sent to extinguish a grass fire at Leo Hoover's on the west end of Main Street at noon today. Yesterday they responded to a second grass fire at R. B. Stephens place four and a half miles southeast of town using the Farmers' Mutual truck.
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Leo Hoover
Main Street
Farmers’ Mutual
R. B. Stephens Place
Change Hours at Employment Office
Al Faulkner in charge of the national re employment office announces a pilot change. If arrangements are made the post office office will open from three until nine in the afternoon and evening on Wednesday and Thursday. The office will be closed during its usual hours those two days due to civil service examinations in the same rooms.
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al Faulkner
Committees Named for Dutch Creek Fair Dates Set
Committees for the Dutch Creek fair have been named with plans for August 27 and 28 at the Ed Hotle timber site north of Valley church. The program mirrors prior years with addresses band concerts a home talent play and a chicken supper by the Valley church Ladies Aid Society. Klein will chair with Mayer as vice chair Altenbernd secretary treasurer and a board including Sheets Deal and Deering. Exhibits lighting stands tents speakers and the home talent play are assigned to listed officers and directors.
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Ed Hotle Timber
Valley Church
Ladies Aid Society of the Valley Church
Klein
Carl W. Klein
George H Mayer
Howard Altenbernd
Robert C. Sheets
J. K. Deal
W. ©. Sheets
Carl Deering
Ed Hotle
George Augustine
Henry Sheets
W. C. Sheets
Jan. Deal
Nick Tinnes
Jos Hartnell
Perry Deal
Chicken Gsupper
Ladies and Society
Prof. Taylor
Man Seriously Hurt in Car Crash Near Muscatine
Frank Drieger, 54, of Muscatine, was seriously injured in a late afternoon crash when his car left the road, overturned, and pinned him beneath the top. He suffered a severe brain concussion and facial wound. authorities noted he was irrational and unable to explain the incident. Mrs Drieger reported a police dog was with him when he left home, but no dog was found at the scene.
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Frank Drieger
Muscatine
Washington County Hospital
Creiger
Iowa Toll Reaches 212 In 1936 Auto Fatalities
Des Moines reports Iowa's automobile fatality toll for 1936 rose to 212. In the last 24 hours Robert Lee and Y Andrews died when their motorcycle skidded into a car driven by Vernon Eaton of Newton.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Lee
Y. Andrews
Vernon Eaton
Newton
Iowa Faces Heat Wave as Rain Promised to Bring Relief
Des Moines reports show 12th straight day above 100 degrees with more than 100 heat deaths. Forecasters predict light showers from the west and cooler air tonight and Wednesday, but crop relief remains limited due to the dry ground and scattered rain. Deaths noted in Keokuk and Sioux City as heat persists.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Keokuk
Sioux City
Miss Mary Brown to Be Buried Here
Funeral services announced for Miss Mary Brown at St James Catholic church Washington at nine o'clock Wednesday morning. Burial will follow in Elm Grove cemetery. Miss Brown formerly lived in Washington and later resided in Eldon. She died while visiting Missouri.
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Miss Mary Brown
St. James Catholic Church
Washington
Elm Grove
Miss Brown
Eldon
Missouri
James V. Elwood Dies From Injuries After Highway Crash
James V. Elwood died from injuries sustained yesterday in a highway crash near Stanwood. He was formerly a merchant at Tipton.
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James V. Elwood
Stanwood
Elwood
Tipton
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