Marriages Rise In Iowa With Prosperity in 1935
Iowa marriages climbed to 20 968 in 1935 the highest since 1929 as prosperity returned and divorces rose to 4 392. Health officials note trends show marriages and divorces rise together with economic improvement. Chickasaw and Worth counties record high marriage rates while Polk sees the top divorce rate at 4.5 per 1 000 population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Health Department
Pdivorce
Walter L. Bierring
R. L. McLaren
Vital Statistics Division
McLaren
Iowa
Chickasaw
Little Brown
Worth County
van Buren County
Polk Polk County
Muscatine
Wapello
Sioux Iowa
Grundy
Columbus Independent district census shows 514 youths ages 5 to 21
The Columbus Independent school district area including Columbus Junction and nearby rural districts reports 514 individuals aged 5 to 21, with 249 boys and 261 girls. The 1934 census showed a gain of four. high school age 16 has 62 boys and 166 girls. Nearby social notes mention visitors and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Columbus Independent
Columbus City
Boston
Short Creek
Tennessee
J. T Hanft
Lulu Flynn
Brooklyn
Here
DeLee Jones
Muscatine
Ralph Marshall
Fred Kern
Chicago
Orn Jennings
Tulsa
Okla
Hal
John
Junk Yard Moves to New Washington Location
Sid Greenblat announces the Washington junk yard has relocated behind the City Water Works area near Ernie Norton’s former coal yard. The seven month owner notes a larger building with added storage and a new platform gear plus expanded service facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sid Greenblat
City Water Works
Ernie Norton
Mr. Greenblat
Benie Shore
East Jefferson Street
My Greenblat
Des Moines Boy Saves Drowning Friend at Lagoon
In Des Moines James Russell Brodie, aged 1, reportedly pulls out his much older playmate Joe Thompson, 14, from the Riverview park lagoon where Joe could not swim. The heroic rescue shows the brave actions of the smaller boy amid a dangerous incident at the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James Russell Brodie
Joe Thompson
Joe
Riverview Park
James
Usky
Bat family visits Journal office mystery visitors
Gene Breitenbach brought a mother bat and two small babies to the Journal office last night. The youngsters cling by hooked wings and likely cannot yet fly. Breitenbach notes only one other early bat family sighting. Max Fried, of Cleveland, Ohio, was a business visitor. Betty and Kenneth Knox, visiting relatives in Kinross, return home. D F Macon, auctioneer in Washington, Iowa, noted. Mrs Sarah Wright of Rantoul and Mrs Leonard Eilers of Burbank, California, visited Miss Anna Scott en route from California, after touring Pella. the two ladies are daughters of Dr and Mrs Klales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Breitenbach
Journal
Mr. Brettenbach
Sarah Wright
Rantoul
Leonard Eilers
Burbank
Calif
Anna Scott
California
Pella
Klales
Jessie Dinsmore
Sprinkler Keeps Davenport Garden Alive for Kids
Arline Klindt nine and her brother Vernon four tend a garden watered by a sprinkler during a drought in Davenport Iowa. Their mother Mrs Herbert Klindt planted tomatoes and the children water and weed the plants while other vegetables died from lack of moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
Arline Klindt
Vernon
Herbert Klindt
Washington Lodge No 26 announces monthly meeting
Washington Lodge No 26 A M holds regular meetings on the last Friday of each month. Officers listed include W A Bealer ZW M and A W Yard secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge No
A. M
W. A. Bealer
A. W. Yard
Train schedules and regional routes listed with end points
The notice details multiple rail lines and trains serving Washington with departure and arrival times, including local and limited services, various routes to California and the West, and branch trains. It names agents IL Goodlander JC McKay and TBurl and notes occasional service restrictions and daily frequencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L & PB
Apache
Bay Sidintee
Sunset Fe
Golden State Limited
Sunset Limited
Knoxville
Washington
Washigton
California
IL. Goodlander
Antique Dresses on Streets Today Display in Stores
Ward windows show 1841 Jefferson county display items and a spinning wheel. Widmer and Busby showcase include a grandfather’s powder horn and W D Crossett’s glasses alongside a toy ax handle and flax spool. S N shoe store and DeWit grocery feature a dough tray lamp bed warmers stoves and a copy book aged about a century. A week of enumerate is planned to list all notable window exhibits.
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Jefferson County
Widmer and Busby
Joe Clyde
W. D. Crossett
S. and N. Shoe
DeWit
Iso
Dallas to Paris Flight Proposed by Inventor Duo
An idiosyncratic high speed substratospheric plane sits idle at Love Field as pilot Clyde E. Pangborn and designer Monty G. Mason discuss a Dallas to Paris flight with Texas centennial officials. Plans call for Pangborn to depart Dallas for New York then Paris with a later Paris to Dallas return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Lovefield
Clyde EB. Pangborn
Monty G. Mason
Texas Centennial
Pangborn
New York
Paris
Wiley Poat
Blizzard Becomes Iowa Conservation Commission Head
Des Moines June 30 Iowa Daily Press Bureau Logan Blizzard of McGregor will become chairman of the Iowa Conservation Commission July 1. Blizzard, a Republican, was elected to succeed Mrs Henry Frankel of Des Moines as chairman. His term as commissioner expires in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Logan Blizzard
McGregor
Iowa Conservation Commission
Blizzard
Henry Frankel
Rubio-Era Rubio County Jubilee Highlights July Themed Program
A detailed schedule for a multi-day county event featuring the Triplet-Twin contest band concerts and beauty pageants. Highlights include Miss Rubio Madam Rubio Miss Brighton Madam Brighton Miss Coppock and Miss Washington County titles, grandmothers presentations, Indian dance, and various free acts. The event spans July 2 to July 4 with Riverside and Kalona Day planned for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Madam Rubio
Iowa Avenue
Northeast Corner Square
Young Bear
Washington County
State Historical Society
Ruth A. Gallaher
Madam Coppock
Richmond
Madam Brichton
Miss Coppock
Miss Rubio
Hogate Sisters
Mademoiselle Petite
D. F. Macon
R. E. Dougherty
Riverside
Kalona
Andrew Zihlman First toThresh 100 Bu Wheat
Andrew Zihlman became the first threshing effort of the year and harvested 100 bushels of wheat. Local happenings note visitors and Sunday gatherings among area families including Shuppy Van Winkle Cochran Farmer and Shafers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Zihlman
Carl Amrine
Merrimac
Zihlman
Dora Shuppy
Dosa van Winkle
Iowa farm youth gored by bull
Ledell Wilkening a 16 year old farm youth was seriously injured when he was gored by a bull on his father's farm in Bennett Iowa His father beat off the bull with a club to save him and Ledell was taken to a Davenport hospital where doctors hoped for a speedy recovery
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Bennett
Iowa
Ledell Wilkening
Davenport
Weekend Visit and Picnic Highlight Princeton Folks
W T Carson and family spent the weekend at the Jus tus Peterson home in Princeton NL with Mrs Carson joining the Navajo club trip then returning Sunday. A picnic for twenty relatives celebrated the Petersons first wedding anniversary in the Peterson garden. Bruce Logan of Los Angeles visited his mother Stella Logan before a Detroit business trip and return to Washington later in the week. Mrs Bill Shalla and Mrs Dale Jackson of Kalona were in town with Glen Davis of Keota shopping yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickerson
Near Richland
Harry Anderson
Fred Wieneke
Hermen Achenbach
John Wieneke
Brighton
Harold and
Lyle Shelangoski
Junior
Robert Kientz
Will Brannon
Frank Shuppus
Dave Baldosier
Carl
Leona Nelson
Johnnie Baldosier
Max Baldosier
Ray Baldosier
Chris Pohren
Leo Pohrens
Jacob Pohren
W. T. Carson
Tom
Helen
Oscar Broad
Justus Peterson
Princeton
Bruce Logan
Los Angeles
Calif
Stella Logan
Detroit
Mich
Washington
Bill Shalla
Dale Jackson
Kalona
Local hospital reports two minor procedures
Louise Hunt was admitted yesterday afternoon and discharged this morning after treatment for a cut on her arm from a fall through a glass door. Billy Kelsey, son of Mr and Mrs Randolph Kelsey, underwent a minor operation this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Hunt
Billy Kelsey
Randolph Kelsey
Global Eating Habits Split Among Forks Chops and Fingers
A visiting observer muses that today the world divides into three groups by eating method. One third use knife and fork, another third rely on chopsticks, and the final third still eat with their fingers.
Centennial Visitors From Crawfordsville Listed Here
Among Crawfordsville people in town today for the Centennial were Mrs. Frank Anwyl, Joe D. Jones, Miss Mary White, Mr. and Mrs. Don Darbyshire and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hanna, Mrs. Joe Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Meeks and family, and Mrs. Claire Helmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Frank Anwyl
Joe D. Jones
Mary White
Don Darbyshire
Bruce Hanna
Joe Johnston
Evan Davis
Ernie
Kalona social guests honor V EF Davis home
Miss Pearl Gardner along with Mrs. Earl Bickford Helen Klepfer and Marie Jackson were entertained as guests in the V. EF. Davis residence in Kalona last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pearl Gardner
Helen Klepfer
Earl Bickford
Marie Jackson
V. EF. Davis
Kalona
Boy Identifies Slayer of Mother in Inquest
Jimmay Thompson, 7, said he could identify the man who beat to death his mother, a 24 year old night club hostess, as she lay beside him in bed. He told police he knows the assailant's voice and testified at the guarded inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jimmay Thompson
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Columbus Independent School District
Martha Butler
Little James
Big Joe
Max Fried
Cleveland
Ohio
Betty
Kenneth Knox
Adolph Gislain
Kinross
Red, Son
Pasa
Eel
J. C. McKay
Rollin B. Organ
Organ
Conservation
R. BE. Dougherty
Elmer Reshley
Will Cochran
Frank Farmer
Glen Shafers
Kinkle
S—Eam Ntu
Kk. M. Bridges
Iowa Farm
Grays
Ties
Mary Lee
S & N Shoe Store
Fresh Eggs Retail
W. S. Reister & Sons
Telford
D. C
Penney
Glen Davis
Keota
Perez-La Flor
Cuba
Meeks and
Claire Helmes
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