Northwest Iowa seeks injunction to halt election amid redistricting
A Clay county district court case in Spencer targets the secretary of state seeking a halt to another election until the legislature redraws districts. Five northwest Iowa counties say population growth warrants updated maps, arguing the legislature has refused to redistrict despite legal requirements after each census.
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Des Moines
Clay County
Spencer
Iowa
North West Iowa
Itinerant merchants law takes effect this week
Secretary of State Earl G. Miller notes he receives many calls from across Missouri about the new itinerant merchants law. He emphasizes he no longer oversees motor vehicle enforcement since the department was moved, yet people still assume his control.
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Des Moines
Earl G. Miller
Missouri
Miller
Fort Dodge Man Wins Flying Honors
Fort Dodge Iowan Fllis Eno won the major honors at Chicago's second annual amateur air show on Sunday. The event limited entries to air flivvers of 75 horsepower or less flown by hobbyists. Trophies were awarded to the winners with no cash prizes.
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Chicago
Fllis Eno
Fort Dodge
Bethel church marks 192nd anniversary with solos by Grandma Delia Port
Old South Bethel church celebrates its 192nd anniversary on July 9 with morning solos by Grandma Delia Port, who sang in the Bethel choir more than 64 years ago. Rev. Adelbert Calkins, a former pastor, will preach.
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Tipton
Old South Bethel Church
Here
Grandma Delia Port
Bethel Choir
Adelbert Calkins
Girls injure in wreck show signs of improvement
Waterloo report says Margaret Wood of Carroll and Imogene Wade of Cedar Rapids, both critically injured in a Highway 218 crash near La Porte City, are improved. Four others died in the Friday night accident. Wood suffers probable skull fracture, concussion, left leg fractures, and bruises while Wade has a skull fracture, left leg fracture, rib fractures, and bruises.
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Waterloo
Margaret Wood
Carroll
Imogene Wade
Cedar Rapids
la Porte City
Miss Wood
Miss Wade
Sheldon to host Iowa's Greatest Air Meet at Sheldon Airport
Arrangements are set for Iowa's Greatest Air Meet at the Sheldon municipal airport on Sunday and Monday August 20 and 21. Nationally known pilots including Clem Whittenbeck Leonard Peterson Charles Abel Capt Art Davis Art Goebel and Austin Lytle will appear. A famous movie star guest is also promised.
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Sheldon
Iowa
Sheldon Municipal
Clem Whittenbeck
America
Leonard Peterson
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Abel
Art Davis
Art Goebel
United States
Hawaii
Austin Lytle
Forged Check Suspect Held at Fairfield
Chanele Davidson, 33, of Keosauqua, was arrested in Fairfield at the First National Bank Saturday afternoon for presenting a forged $26 check bearing the signature of John Farley, member of the board of education. Davidson held for the grand jury.
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Fairfield
Chanele Davidson
Keosauqua
First National Bank
John Farley
Board of Education
Davidson
Town Youth Killed In Railway Yards
Kansan City dispatch reports 17 year old Howard Cunningham of Fort Madison Ta killed by a train in the railroad yards Sunday. He was walking the tracks with 18 year old Richard Gaule Jr also of Fort Madison who escaped injury.
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Kansas City
Howard Cunningham
Silas Cunningham
Fort Madison
Cunningham
Richard Gaule, Jr
Whisker Club Courts Beard Themed Divorce Case
The divorcee case of Mrs Serel Taylor against her husband was heard. Judge Baldrige reconciled them with Mrs Taylor agreeing to see if she could tolerate conditions longer. Frank Kea was fined for not growing enough beard and ordered to add three inches to his sideburns. Penny Eldridge’s case required growing a beard and riding a mule around the square during the parade Wednesday night.
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Serel Taylor
Baldrige
Car Plunges Off Bridge Near Brighton Injures Couple
Mr and Mrs William Patterson escaped serious injury when their car plunged about 15 feet from a narrow bridge into a creek bed on the Brighton Coppock road. The vehicle overturned and a trailer piled on top. Mrs Patterson was thrown into mud and Mr Patterson crawled out through a window.
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William Patterson
Brighton
Patterson
Coppock
Brighton-Coppoeck Road
Dr Brown Donates 25 For Fountain In Central Park
Dr Charles R Brown dean emeritus of Yale Divinity School donated 25 to the fund for an illuminated memorial fountain in Central Park. He was born on a farm northwest of town and considers Washington his old home town. He learned of the project from a Democrat-Independent story and sent a modest contribution hoping others will follow.
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Charles R. Brown
America
Yale Divinity School
New Haven
Washington
Dean Brown
Anti
Former Grain Dealer W A Whiting Dies at 78
William A. Whiting, 78, died after several years of illness. Funeral services, led by Dr. FLW Eastwood, will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at L A Jones funeral home with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Born August 1860 near Caledonia Illinois, he married Della Warren in 1882 and moved to Washington in 1902 to run a grain elevator business until 1919. Survived by his wife, five children, nineteen grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
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William A. Whiting
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Flw. Eastwood
Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Whiting
Caledonia
Boone County
Illinois
Belvidere
Della Warren
Washington
Jews in Romania attempt mass death at sea
In Bucharest on June 26, about 150 Jews tried to leap into the sea at Constanza as a refugee ship departed, but all were rescued.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Constanza
Fountain fund donations reported for city improvement
Mrs. Rose Reid, chairwoman of the special fountain fund committee, announces gifts totaling eight dollars and one dollar from Mrs. Lola Wells Hughes of Milwaukee and Mrs. J. G. Fordyce of East Main street along with a one dollar check from Mary Juliet Lemmon of Washington DC. Lemmon says the fountain fund would improve the already beautiful city.
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Rose Reid
Special Fountain Fund
J. G. Fordyce
East Main Street
Lola Wells Hughes
Milwaukee
Washington
Reid
Mary Juliet Lemmon
Washington, D. C
Fountain Fund
Miss Lemmon
J. BE. Lemmon
The
Washington Park Board
Disappearance of James Monroe Smith Ties to University Funds Shortage
District Attorney Dewey J. Sanchez said he will wait two or three days before presenting information on the disappearance of James Monroe Smith, president of the state university, as Governor Leche revealed a shortage of several hundred thousand dollars in university funds. State police continued search for Smith while authorities gather evidence for the grand jury amid scandal at the capitol.
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Baton Rouge
Dewey J. Sanchez
James Monroe Smith
The
State University
Richard W. Leche
Huey Long
Long
Smith
Sanchez
Sunbonnet Club Opens With 100 Members At Washington
The Sunbonnet organization announces 100 members after a day of signup. The group designates Wednesdays and Saturdays for wearers to display sunbonnets on the streets. New members include Mrs Art Swift and Mrs Harvey with more to follow.
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Washington
Florida
Montana
Michigan
Art Swift
Harvey
Whisker Club Parades Scheduled for Wednesdays
The Whisker club parades and Kangaroo courts will occur on Wednesdays with the next parade set for 8:45 P M next Wednesday. Merchants clerks and families are urged to participate including Sunbonnet club members and children in pioneer costumes with or without pets.
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Whisker Club
Sunboonnet Club
Small Boy Hurt in Lincoln School Building Fall
Jack Logan four years old son of Mr and Mrs Al Logan of South Third avenue is in critical condition after falling twelve feet from the second to the first floor of the Lincoln school building under construction. He suffered a skull fracture and severe concussion with high fever but showed slight improvement today.
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Jack Logan
Mra
al Logan
South Third Avenue
Lincoln School
Jack
Logan
Whisker Club Parade Draws Centennial Spirit
The Pioneer parade next Wednesday will feature the whiskered men as sponsors. Veterans of prior Centennial parades say they enjoyed meeting new people and cherishing the friendliness that marks these events and other pre Centennial attractions.
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Whisker Club
35th Anniversary Observed at St Pauls Evangelical
Crowds filled St Pauls Evangelical Church for the 35th anniversary of the congregation with morning and afternoon services. Four charter members are living. two attended. Letters from absent members were read. Pastors Klein Michels Ruhl Schmidt spoke. A mission offering was taken. Fellowship dinner followed. Betty and Ruth Michels performed musical numbers.
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St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Mike Hollinger
Elizabeth Messersachmidt
Henry Amert
Wentworth
Carl Koehler
Ainsworth
Carl W. Klein
T. A. Michels
Karl
Rubio Resident Mrs Will Ash Dies in Washington County Hospital
Funeral services are held in Rubio for Mrs Will Ash who died Saturday evening in Washington county hospital after a medical hospitalization since May 23. Hoskins funeral home of Brighton arranged the rites and burial took place at Evergreen cemetery near Rubio. She was 50 years old.
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Brighton
Rubio
Will Ash
Washington County Hospital
Hoskins
Evergreen Cemetery
Ash
Ainsworth Carnival Features Model of a Working World
A two day Ainsworth carnival on front street includes a forty by fifteen foot model of a working world as a centerpiece. The event runs Tuesday and Wednesday with a concert by the Ainsworth band tomorrow evening and enjoys rides amusements and various concessions.
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Ainsworth
Guthrie Sentenced Five Days For Intoxication
Mayor R. L. Lytle reports John Guthrie was sentenced to five days in the county jail for intoxication.
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R. L. Lytle
John Guthrie
Music features highlight Michels and Roy Finch solo
Michels, backed by Edna Klein, and Roy Finch delivering a vocal solo anchored the music during the services.
Senate blocks vote on silver price and devaluation plan
In Washington on June 26 the Senate refused to table a combined amendment to the monetary bill that would set silver at 77.50 and strike down the president’s devaluation policy. The measure failed 39 to 35 after Bankhead ruled the amendment must be split. The move thwarted silver and anti devaluation factions seeking joint action.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Roosevelt
House Banking and Currency Committee
Hantan Straus
Centennial parade plans announced for August 8 Washington
The parade committee led by Lester Orr Al Goddard and C E B Binkert promotes a milelong centennial parade opening at 10 00 A M showcasing Washington history from 1839 to today. They urge individuals and groups to offer usable items and will coordinate entries and distribution to participants. Next week they begin personal outreach to secure entries.
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Washington
Lester Orr
al Goddard
C. EB. Binkert
Wasington
Guards Deployed in London After Bombings
In London on June 2 double guards were posted at military stations amid fears of IRA style attacks. Police say thirty suspects were arrested after a weekend bombing spree targeting defense sites.
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London
Double
Chariton Man Killed In Embankment Car Crash
Wyatt, 89, died when his car rolled over an embankment at the south edge of Chariton. He was employed on a farm near Derby, Iowa. Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. in Humeston.
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Chariton
Wyatt
Derby
Funes
Humeston
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Lewis Jeter
S. W. Kaster
Dess Winga
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Mr Haney
Mr. Kaster
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Lewis Warren
Ross
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