Stone Gutters Sudden Death at Rooming House
J J Sweeney a 65 year old roomer at 510 Sixth Street East was found unconscious in a bath room at 7 am Sunday and died minutes later. Coroner Dr Sidney Smith ruled heart disease the cause. Neighbors heard the fall and rushed him to his room. He had no known relatives. papers suggest relatives in Grundy county and Cedar Halls. Body at Hileman and Gindt funeral home.
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J. J. Sweeney
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Rena Presba
Sweeney
George Fritch
Grinnell Plans County Road Improvement Program
Grinnell Iowa Sept 27 An organization of a County Good Roads association has been completed here and plans for a 1,600,000 road program are under discussion. An intensive education program will be carried on this fall and a proposal to issue bonds will be submitted to the voters as soon as possible. The tentative program calls for paving primary No 7 across the county and traveling primaries No 59 and 63.
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Grinnell
County Good Ronads Association
University Fire Destroys Arts and Science Building
Des Moines reports a blaze at Des Moines University destroying the upper floors of the arts and sciences building. Officials believe faulty wiring caused the fire and damage was extensive.
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University
Des Moines
Des Moines University
Nutters Surpass Hunters in Sunday Forays
Early Sunday crowds along Waterloo roads raided groves for walnuts and hickory nuts after frosts. Nutters reported the best luck with hundreds of bushels gathered. squirrel hunters found heavy foliage hindering games. duck hunters saw ten fowl take wing as they pursued the season’s harvest.
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Waterloo
Hunters post and lease resorts in open season notes
Reports that groups of hunters post or lease lands for hunting with rains filling low wetland areas where feed is scattered. The piece notes old wild rice beds in ponds and river bottoms attracting birds and hunting activity. Also mentions Queen Marie of Roumania expected to visit Iowa in late October during her US tour.
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Ring Neck
Iowa
Des Moines
Sens
Marie of
Roumania
United States
New Yorker Drauks Fined for Driving While Intoxicated
Cecil Dimmick of New York pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in municipal court before Judge John W. Gavynne. He was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail or a $100 fine plus costs. He claimed he was not completely drunk but admitted having enough liquor to impair his driving.
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Cecil Dimmick
New York
John W. Gavynne
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