Lightning Fire Destroys Wheelock Store in Rock Falls
Lightning struck the 60 year old two story brick Wheelock furniture store at 5:20 pm in Rock Falls Illinois, destroying the community's largest retail outlet. Fire crews from Sterling Rock Falls Walnut and Dixon stopped the blaze with a fire wall preventing spread and losses estimated over $200,000. Water damage affected an adjacent variety store.
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Rock Falls
Wheelock Furniture
Sterling
Walnut
Dixon
Wheelock
Ilinois
Tere
Fire destroys half block in Rock Falls business district
A fire at a Rock Falls store caused about $5,000 in losses as the reef collapsed and the blaze spread. Firemen fought five hours while heavy smoke damaged neighboring buildings. The rear fire box of Bell Telephone wires melted, hindering early information on the blaze.
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Hinds ‘Bell Telephone Co
Rock Falls
Gladys Possehn Rites Planned at Audubon
Gladys Minnie Possehn 40 died Sunday at Clarinda state hospital after a decade as patient. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at McFadden funeral home Audubon with Rev. Russell Bennington. Burial Arlington Heights cemetery Audubon. Survived by parents Amos and Nettie Possehn Guthrie county. five brothers Louis Harley Earl Albert Guthrie Center Floyd Clarinda. sister Mrs Carlos Rules Guthrie Center. A sister died earlier.
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Audubon
McFadden
Gladys Minnie Possehn
Clarinda State Hospital
Russell Bennington
Glidden
Arlington Heights Cemetery
Miss Possehn
Amos and
Nettie Possehn
Melville Township
Guthrie County
Louis
Harley
Earl
Albert
Guthrie Center
Floyd
Clarinda
Mis. Carlos Rules
Adult education leaders elect new Iowa Council president
Des Moines reports two groups of adult education leaders met to discuss making programs more engaging. The Iowa Council for Better Education elected Mrs. Joseph Smith of Indianola as president, replacing W. J. Griffith of Ames, as Austin Finnessy of the Iowa Federation of Labor called adult education a “sick chicken.” Dr. Hew Roberts urged leadership training for high school students and broader planning involvement.
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Des Moines
Iowa Council For Better Education
Iowa Association For Adult Education
Joseph Smith
Indianola
W. J. Griffith
Ames
Austin Finnessy
Iowa Federation of Labor
Hew Roberts
University of Iowa
Hospital Procedures and Illnesses Reported in Community
SICK AND INJURED Hospital patients include Robert George Olsen son of Mr and Mrs George Olsen La Vista place who had an appendectomy at Atlantic Memorial hospital this morning and Dorothy Baier of Griswold who underwent a tonsillectomy. Duane Christensen 10 months old son of Mr and Mrs N Elmer Christensen Rt 8 is a medical patient. Released from the hospital were Mrs Harold Petersen and son David Lee of Anita Ernest Willman 308 Oak Street and Darren Louise Wilson of Casey. Virus infection Griswold Ray Wolf young son of Mr and Mrs E T Wolf is ill with virus infection.
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Robert George Olsen
George Olsen
la Vista Place
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Baier
Griswold
Duane Christensen
N. Elmer Christensen
Rt. 8
Harold Petersen
David Lee
Anita
Ernest Willman
Oakstreet
Darren
Louise Wilson
Casey
Deer Seen In Union Park And Nearby Yard
Two full grown deer were spotted in Union Park Des Moines on Monday. Hours later two young deer, about half grown, fed in a nearby yard before disappearing into timber along the Des Moines River.
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Des Moines
Union Park
Des Moines River
Landchildren and Mrs Harold Am raon of Atlantic in a niece
Miss Am raon of Atlantic is described as a niece in connection with landholding matters. The snippet names Mrs Harold Am raon and references a family relationship tied to Atlantic. Further details are unavailable in the fragment.
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Safeway
California
U.S
Harold Amraon
Atlantic
Postwar Japanese Industry Reaches April High
General MacArthur reports Japanese industry hits a postwar high in April with an industrial tempo of 132.06, marking the second straight month of rising output.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
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Chestnut Phone
George £. Sokolsky
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Congress
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Rexall
Atlantis
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GPO
Charles Yordi
Riverside
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Yordi
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Koil
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Carl To
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