Iowa column notes age defies love in marriages
A column from Sioux City reports multiple marriages with elderly couples securing licenses. John H. Kroeger, 73, of Merville Ta, and Len Trulock, 67, of Sioux City, received licenses Thursday. They were followed by George W. Marlon, 75, Hawarden, and Hattie Weir, 60, of Sioux City, in quick succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Sioux City
John H. Kroeger
Moville
Len. Trulock
George W. Marlon
Hawarden
Hattie Weir
Leo Burke Proposes 30 Hour Week and Public Works Plan
Former labor candidate Leo Burke, departing for a speaking tour in the first district, calls for a thirty hour week and a thirty dollar minimum wage, plus a large public works program, old age pensions, and unemployment insurance. He pledged to support the AFL’s entire legislative program and said relief recipients want work, not charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo P. Burke
Labor
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Rolla
Davenport tavern keeper accused in altered liquor seizure
John T. Brown was taken into custody when federal officers seized several bottles of altered liquor from his Davenport tavern. Analysis suggested he injected coloring matter into bottles to produce low priced hot stuff for ready buyers, with the bottle bearing state and federal stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Brown
Davenport
Mr. Brown
Brown
Aged Invalid Dies in Bed Fire at Home
Mrs. Idgg Walk, 67, an invalid, died from burns and shock after a kerosene lamp caused a bed covers fire last night. Her son Walter found the blaze when he returned from farm work. the house held only minor damage and she was alone at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Idgg Walk
Hit and Run Leaves Woman Hospitalized With Severe Injuries
A 27 year old Ottumwa woman, Mrs William Baughman, suffered a fractured skull and deep scalp wounds after a hit and run on Federal Highway No 6 south of Ottumwa. She remained in serious condition at Ottumwa hospital as authorities investigated the late night incident.
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William Baughman
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Hospital
Wedneday Hospital
Tavern Employee Fractured After Ejecting Man From Bar
Burlington man Debert Puckett is held for investigation after an incident at a local tavern left 46 year old worker burlington J BK Riec les with a fractured skull. Authorities describe the bar altercation as the cause of the injury.
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Burlington J. BK
Spiritualist Bless Money Fades, Aldin Case Reported
A fragmented police report notes a spiritualist blessing money with the phrase It fades away. The text mentions Aldin and references legal or investigative contact with officers as part of the slowed transcription.
Await Hanging at Ft Madison Rally Announces Democratic Meeting
O F Boller of the Washington county democratic central committee announces a rally at Eicher school house Marion township for Saturday at 7 30 p m Congressman E C Eicher will speak all candidates on the democratic county ticket expected to attend Public invited. A second gathering is planned for Monday evening at Richmond led by Dr Roller with aid from the Young Democrat organization to energize the final two days before the election.
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O. F. Boller
Washington County
Democratic Central Committee
Eicher
Marion Township
E. C. Eicher
Richmond
Democrats
Richer
Washington
Mickey
Local Blessing Report In Letts Community Visit
Mrs Bart Garrett Mrs J % Garrett and Mr and Mrs J J Hildebrand visited Mrs T Barker and shopped. A 30 year old dark complexioned male spiritualist blessed 416 dollars for her. After 15 hours the money wrapped in paper appeared blessed out of sight. A grocery wife in the same city had 270 blessed away weeks earlier. We should count blessings more carefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welieh
Mysterious Voice Sends Threats at Speer Home
The Speer couple in Davenport report a mysterious voice that intrudes their quiet home and chants I ll get you yet. Police search for the elusive intruder seen once as a sneaking figure when Mr Speer opened a door.
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Davenpory
Messae
Howard Speer
Getted
Getter
Iowa's Healthiest Girl Has Tonsils Extracted
Doris Louise Paul 14 of Wilton Junction, Iowa, named healthiest Four H girl, had tonsils removed at a Davenport hospital after a Wednesday operation. She will represent Iowa in the national Chicago contest in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Louise Paul
Wilton Junction
Iowa
Chicago
Davenport
Boy Dies After Touching Live Wire At Age 8
Lawrence Pierce, eight, attracted by a spark touched a 49 000 volt live wire and fell 26 feet at a Tipton Indiana sight, his clothing catching fire. He died three hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Lawrence Pierce
Edgewood Banks Announce Partial Dividend Payments
Ja P. H. Petreon, examiner in charge of Farmers Savings Bank and State Bank of Edgewood, began paying off 19 percent on deposit claims in both banks Thursday. This brings 65 percent for the first bank and 55 percent for the second, releasing 25 000 dollars here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Men Plan Bazaar At Methodist Church Event
Under the churchs Men s club a pancake supper and bazaar are planned for Thursday evening Nov 1 at the Methodist church. Supper served 5 to 7 with the bazaar open in the late afternoon and evening. Chas W Davis leads the supper with L Willits supervising the bazaar and committees listed for dining room sausage pancakes coffee syrup ice cream and other offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
Washington
W. Davis
L. ©. Willits
Mr. Davis
H. M. Dodder
J. RR. Hueby
Owen Hayes
Clarence Jacobs
Aryon Snyder
FE Saladay
C. Klepfer
CC. VY. Crull
Everoie Denison
Les Orr
Lee Holland
L. J. Bell
Co. W Davis
Ralph Junkin
Dr. E. E
Statesman
L. A Warren
Dr. Hender
Harry Sizer
W. Ft. Brown
C. Owen
Joe Wolfe
County Ministers Will Meet Monday
The Ministerial association of Washington county and environs will meet at the Y M C A Monday at ten oclock Rev Merle Lefever of West Cheer is to glyph paper on propriery Rev F P C Witzigman of Washington is to lead the devotions Rev Lloyd Z Patton of Wayland is to render special music There will be election of officers.
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Washington County
Y. M
Merle Lefever
West Cheer
FP. C. Witzigman
Washington
Lloyd Z. Patton
Wayland
Atchison Named Vice President of Chamber of Commerce
A. E. Atchison was appointed last evening to the vice presidency of the Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Paul Gorham who will leave for Newton Daily News in Newton Iowa next week. Atchison, a board member since the chamber’s organization last February, is familiar with the group’s work. The board also discussed plans for holiday decorations in Washington with Christmas trees and special lighting planned for the business district following prior years’ custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Atchison
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Gorham
Newton Daily News
Newton
Iowa
Atchison
Washington
Maple tree on Rev. Davis property blooms again
A maple tree on the Bremen property of Rev. H O. Davis bloomed and produced seeds for the second time this year, according to local observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen, Co.up
H O. Davis
Turner denounces Iowa sales tax before crowd of 200
Dan W. Turner challenged Iowa tax policy at a community meeting called by Glenn Mace. He accused Democrats of funding relief programs to buy votes, claimed relief funds should be controlled by Iowa, and touted tax cuts he says reduced the burden from 110 million to 81 million dollars. He condemned the special session and the liquor tax plan as wasteful and warned the sales tax targets essentials and slights taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan W. Turner
Iowa
Glenn Mace
Michels
Turner
Mace
Herring
Liquor Commission
Des Moines
Women Discuss Campaign Plans At Luncheon
Fifty four Republican women heard Dan W. Turner speak at the Congress hotel noon. After Turner left for Montezuma, Mrs. S S C Snider and Miss Anna Dawson led a discussion on organization and campaign prep. Turner urged women to encourage voting Republican amid economic stress. Tables featured fall floral decorations in yellow, red and brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan W. Turner
Congress Hotel
Mr. Turner
Montezuma
Turner
Turner Addresses Liberty and Prosperity in Oregon Speech
In Rickreall Oregon Mr Turner urged a return to constitutional principles to lift a “low mood” among farmers. He argued higher purchasing power for farmers and lower interest rates as steps to re energize prosperity while noting sales tax impacts on property owners and non residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Mr. Turner
Dinner at Presbyterian Church Draws Large Crowd
Between four hundred and five hundred people attended the dinner at the Presbyterian church last evening. The event was declared a complete success. Women of the church served the meal under Mrs. A B Sehmoeller in charge while men oversaw ticket sales led by J E DeWit Pred L Moore and Harry Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
A. B. Sehmoeller
J. E. DeWit
Pred L. Moore
Harry Turner
Three High School Plays Impress With Strong Performances
Last evening J A Taylor's high school speech classes presented three plays to a full auditorium. The Ghost Story featured Gene Tucker and Betty Wilson with solid support, followed by Sighee a labor dispute drama with Don Davie Virginia Breitenbach and others, and a French translation The Lord's Prayer about a priest's death with Audrey Yeo Betty Heven Harriet Bey Max Allen Charles Bear and Adrian Moore. Committees and stage crew were listed.
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J. A. Taylor
Booth Tarkington
Gene Tucker
Betty Wilson
Gene
Betty
Maurine Walker
Caroline Sampson
Louis Thornton
Junior Redlinger
Charles Thompson
George Fetes
Helen Finney
Sighee
Don Davie
Virginia Breitenbach
Iis Daughter
Robert Harelay
Daryl Fetters
Naomi Simpson
Audrey Yeo
Slater
Betty Heven
Harriet Bey
Max Allen
Charles Bear
Adrian Moore
Theodore Bailey Opens Washington Office
Theodore H. Bailey, admitted to practice October 6 after state bar exams, opened an office in rooms 50 to 52 of the Bailey building on the ground floor near the National Bank of Washington. He comes from a prominent Washington legal family and studied at the University of Iowa and Northwestern before joining Daldrige & Bailey.
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Theodore H. Bailey
Bailey Building
National Bank of Washington
Bailey
Washington
Marsh W. Bailey
Henry RB. Bailey
Daldrige & Dailey
University of Iowa Law School
Northwestern University
Daldrige & Bailey
Havre Social Notes Record Local Visits
Witmer correspondent reports gatherings and visits around Havre last Sunday. Families including Westen Koehler Zieglowsky and Simmering joined dinners and dinners at Burris Schantz and Zieglowsky homes. A carload of hogs was hauled from Havre Thursday. Graber family guests at Wittmers.
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Carl Zieglowsky
John Simmering
John Koehler
John Zieglowsky
Martin Westen
John Weerman
Havre
Dan Graber
Family
Noble
Ss. C. Wittmers
Woman subjected to acid attack in Akron robbery
Bandits splashed acid on Mrs. Ke Gibson as they ransacked her Akron home. They demanded she talk and fled with $15. No further injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
da KE. Gibson
Ticket staff and ushers listed for event operations
The article lists Cecil Woodford and Don Wheelan as ticket sales coordinators for William Johnson and Vincent Krabill. Ticket takers include Paul Campbell, Robert Turnip seed, John Hughes, and Jack Gibson. Ushers are Irene Harvey, Alia Grecian, Beulah M Harvey, Mil dred Fetes, and Kathryn Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Woodford
Don Wheelan
William Johnson
Vincent Krabill
Paul Campbell
Robert Turnipseed
John Hughes
Jack Gibson
Irene Harvey
Alia Grecian
Beulah M Harvey
Mildred Fetes
Kathryn Stewart
Wife Killer at Red Oak Is Sentenced
RED OAK IOWA Oct 26 We Areh Breeding 40 today was sentenced to be hanged at the state penitentiary for the murder of his wife Judge H J Mantz sentenced him to die Oct 29 1935 This sentence brings to five the number of persons waiting to die in the state prison at Ft Madison next year Breeding pleaded guilty to shooting his wife Oct 5 after she had filed suit for divorce against him Regginald Tracy of Manchester who killed his wife has been sentenced to die Nov 28 1935 Tony Thompson of St Louis is condemned to death Oct 28 and two others Glenn Brewer and Pay Griffin await setting of a hanging date due to appeal of their case to the supreme court They killed a peace officer in Blackhawk county.
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Red Oak
Iowa
We—Areh Breeding
State Penitentiary
H. J. Mantz
Ft. Madi
Breeding
Regginald Tracy
Manchester
Tony Thompson
St. Louis
Glenn Brewer
Pay Griffin
Supreme Court
Blackhawk County
Wallace Approves Iowa Seed Corn Plan For Drouth Hit Farmers
Secretary Wallace approved the Iowa emergency relief administration seed corn campaign. He met with Governor Herring and relief officials for over two hours in Des Moines. The program aims to supply about 100000 bushels of seed corn to farmers who lost crops to the drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
National Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Herring
Eastern Star Chapter Meets in Des Moines
Local attendees at the grand chapter gathering at the Shrine temple in Des Moines returned home last night. Mrs Gert rude May of Shenandoah was elected the new worthy grand matron while Mrs J B Ream of Washington chapter was ill with flu and could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Shrine Temple
Des Moines
Harvey Meek
Korne§ McDaniel
Edsquire
Gertrude May
Shenandoah
J. B. Ream
Washington
Erand
California law blocks marriage of Ellen McAdoo and Rafa Lopez De Onate
Ellen Wilson McAdoo daughter of Senator William G. McAdoo faced a marriage hurdle at Riverside California as the license clerk refused a license unless proof De Onate has no Filipino or Malay blood. A California statute forbids marriage between Caucasian and Filipino or Malay individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Wilson McAdoo
William G. McAdoo
California
Rafael Lopez de Onate
Riverside
Cal
de Onate
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Frank Nash
Kansas City Union Depot
Ft. Madison
Eicher School
Bart Garrett
J. %. Garrett
Letts
T. Barker
Edgewood Banks
AAR
Kansas
Towa
American Legion
Miami
of the American Legion
Fla
Dorothy Frooks
Peekskill
N. Y
Mander
United States
E. G. Sewell
Rickreall
Ore
Stenson Place
Age Audingh
Esther Smith
Robert Stevens
Lois Samson
Jean Macon
Cathleen Godfrey
Rex Fry
Merle Simp
Theodore Bailey
Nished
Witmer
Peni
Tentiary
Ellen Wilson
McAdoo
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