Tribute paid to former Avoca resident Hy Sievers
Avoca Iowa June 30 Special tribute by state county and city to Hy Sievers former local man who died in Everett Washington. Funeral escort by a state patrolman, half mast on courthouse, and 1000 at Everett baseball game paused in his honor. State and county highway contractors near Everett halted work and Seattle Gold Diggers members attended the services in a body.
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Avoca
Hy Sievers
Everett
Wash
Sievers
Everett Bundy
Seattle Goal Dealfers Association
Walnut Events of the Recent Past
Walnut residents and visitors are noted in a series of social items. Mr and Mrs Barney Hass and children visited patient Harry Hass at Atlantic hospital. Richard Ast of Iowa City spent time with relatives in Avoca Minden and Hancock. Louis Pedersen planned a Chicago trip to visit brother Felix and family. John Nichols made a Des Moines business visit. Coleman and Mrs M R Francis and baby hosted Norfolk Nebraska guests of Dr M R Francis. Mrs Genevieve Wentz of Atlantic visited Spangler’s home. A Hammond and Earl worked on Ringsted farm buildings after a painting trip. August Walters returned from Blair Nebraska. Miss Imogene Spangler returned from Atlantic. Mrs Theodore Matson and Donald Robinson attended Adrian Robinson and Frances OConnell wedding in Omaha. Jess Brased of McClelland visited the Griffiths.
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Walnut
Barney Hass
Harry Hass
the Atlantic Hospital
Richard Ast
Iowa City
Avoca
Minden
Hancock
Louis Pedersen
Chicago
Felix Pedersen
John Nichols
Des Moines
Coleman
M. R. Francis
Baby
Norfolk
Neb
Genevieve Wentz
Atlantic
F. B. Spangler
B. Hammond
Earl. Hamending
Ringsted
August Walters
Blair
Imogene
Spangler
Theodore Matson
Donald Robinson
Adrian. Robinson
Frances O'Connell
Omaha
Jess Brased
McClelland
J. R. Griffith
Adair In
J. E. Miller
Gordon Miller
automobile-for-Streator
Ill
E. F. Grace
Grace
Maynard
Robert Maynard
W.B. Taylor
Wiota
Clyde Rochholz
Howard Angles
Ann Grant
Angus
Ilda Carnefix
Stuart
George Armstrong
Adair
William Edwards
Lois Baker
Guthrie Centon
Marjorie Barney
May
Arnold
Valley Junction
George Wiedner
Kenneth
Belleville
A. G. Wark
Fulton
Bloomington
Houghton
Boone
Aday
Corvell-Orrick
Belle ‘Moss
A. F
Lowell Foster
Dee Maines
C. B. Correll
J. €. Bang
Frank. Cox
Diagonal
M. Kiser
Mary Ann
Lloyd Dickerson
Marjorie
Wilton
C. E. Weaver
S."w. Woods
Lincoln
Goleen Gooper
Frances, Weaver
Margaret ‘Shank
C.R. Johnson Lme
Redfield
Charles Grant Jr
Willand
Ont
Portland
Ore
Toi Trance
M.C. Fuget
Exchange K
Healae
Powel
Edinburg
William Harris
Sioux Falls
S. D
George Furstenberg
James Maynard
Cass County Medical Association
Roy’ Sutherland
Earlham
Vamedair
Katherine, Krumm
Henry Mailander
Leo
Paoli
Colo
Teo Richter
Canada
Mlinesy
Joseph Liming
Maron
G. Liming
Walter Bray
Cumberland
Glen Noel
Ames
Mary’ Furstenberg
Helen Kilpatrick
C. S. Torrance
Territory Deaths Mark Hancock Native Passes in June
Mrs. Mary Duncan received word from her son at Fort Duning that Mrs. East Ramsey, formerly of Hancock thirty three years ago, died June 22 at Phillips, South Dakota. Ramsey was an aunt of Mrs. Edd Rogers.
Births New Son at Elliott Reported on Bertha Rumsey Farm
Mr and Mrs P D Gammell near Elliott Iowa report the birth of a son on Tuesday June 36 at their residence one half mile north of Elliott on the Bertha Rumsey farm.
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Elliott
Land
P.D. Gammell
Bertha Rumsey
Elk Horn Vote Set on Sale of Light Plant
Elk Horn Indiana residents will vote July 31 in a special election on selling the municipal light plant to a utility for 815,000. The plan includes a 15,000 volt loop to ensure service from either direction and a rebuild of the distribution system. Top-rate power would drop from 13 to 12 cents per kilowatt hour.
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Elk Horn
Spe
Cali
Lowa
Fire destroys cafe and damages harness shop at Elliott
Fire early Friday morning completely destroyed the George Marsh cafe in Elliott Indiana. The blaze spread to the Stennett Harness shop, badly damaging stock and tools. Origin of the fire is undetermined.
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Elliott
Harness
Elliott, In
George Marsh
Stennett
News of the Week from Lewis People
Lewis Virginia June 30 Special Mr and Mrs A J Clow visited at the Ivan Nelson home Sunday Mrs Arval Mauk had dental work done in Atlantic Thursday Mrs H E Jones and little son Dean returned to Merna Nebraska after a pleasant visit at John Boatman and Jay Bliss homes N M Harsh and wife of Omaha are visiting at the lady's brother J W Fowble A M Gain and wife started for a visit with friends and relatives in Nebraska Mys George Akins and family returned to St Croix Falls Wisconsin Nellie Harmon is working at the Reed Hardisburg homes The tennis court in the park is nearing completion Donald Keffer of Atlantic visiting at the George Keffer home
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A. M. Gain
Nebraska
Mys
George Akins
St. Croix Falls
Wis
Nellie Harmon
Reed Hardisburg
Park
Donald Keffer
Atlantic 1
George Keffer
Revivals at Marne Largely Attended
Marne Iowa June 30 Special The revival campaign at the Marne Methodist Protestant church led by Evangelist G Augustus Jones of Lincoln Nebraska attracts large crowds and growing interest. Jones delivers forceful gospel messages with nightly meetings continuing into next week and reports severalConversions. He speaks tomorrow at 11 o clock on The Spirit Filled Life and in the afternoon at 3 30 on Watchfulness.
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Marne
G. Augustus Jones
Lincoln
Neb
Jones
Rapids
Jesus Christ
Attendees at Cumberland R N A Convention
About twenty two members of the R N A attended the annual convention at Cumberland Friday. News Telegraph want ads get results.
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Lewigg
Cumberland
Adair Weekend Visitor Totals Highlight Local Travel
Adair Iowa residents welcomed many visitors over the weekend. The arrivals included Mrs. J. E. Miller and Mrs. Gordon Miller from Atlantic Jest and families from Des Moines, Stuart, Guthrie Center, Belleville, and Omaha. Notable trips involved road journeys to Chicago, Bloomington, and Portland, with social visits at the Grace, Wark, and Maynard households.
Elliott News From Red Oak And Nearby Shoppers Gather
Local notes list residents visiting Red Oak and Elliott area shoppers at Red Oak on Tuesday afternoon. Mentions include Mrs John Giltner and daughters Bess Marian and Mrs M D Smith, Ernie Long of Grant visiting Elliott, Maude DeWitt leaving July 23 for Alaska, and other community members returning from Waterloo Endeavor meeting and traveling to Omaha for lessons or visits.
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Lois Powell
Robert Stiles
Waterloo
Endeavoor
George, Kirby
Joe Kirby Sry
Thinoja
George Smith
Omaha
Wei
Tal
Leaton
Mrao
Marskowski Sentenced Fifteen Years for Crimes
Adam Marskowski alias John Bobb, sought in several eastern cities for forgery and swindling, received a 15 year sentence from Judge F.L. Anderson in Cedar Rapids district court to Fort Madison penitentiary. A mine explosion at La Salle near Jonesville caused minor damage but no injuries. Authorities investigate possible dynamite involvement.
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Cedar Rapids
Dlinois
la Salle
Jonesville
la Salle Carbon Coal Company
Era of Coal Formation
A geologist concludes the prehistoric era when coal formed was cool and dry rather than humid hot. The finding challenges prior views about climate during coal formation and emphasizes low warmth in key periods of geological history.
Bowen's Prairie a faded Iowa village through Bowen and Flin
The Palimsest notes Bowen's Prairie in Jones county once flourished after 1836 with 200 men and 485 women by 1840. Civil War era shifts, railroad absence, and rural route post offices led to decline and eventual discontinuation on November 20, 1902. Remaining cemetery and a weathered Congregational church mark its quiet decline from a once bustling settlement.
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State Historical Society of
Iown
Iowa City
Theodore F. Koop
Bowen's Prairie
Jones County
Cascade
Monticello
B ’S Prairie
Hugh Bowlen
John Flin
Ohio
Monticelto
Post Office Department
Bowen's? Prairie
Meister first to land in Indianapolis air tour
Louis G. Meister piloting the Buhl air sedan led the Ford Air Tour into Indianapolis Indiana as the first of twenty four airplanes to reach the city in the 1928 event.
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Meister
Indianapolis
FORD
Ind
Louis 'G. Meister
Buhl_air
Tornadoes Kill Six in Tennessee Last Eve
Memphis Tennessee reports six deaths and numerous injuries as tornadoes and cloudbursts sweep Tennessee overnight. A dam breaching flood at Cookeville sent a wall of water down Falling Water river. drownings occurred in Putnam county and a deputy sheriff in Nashville was electrocuted by a live wire. Additional injuries reported in Dyer county.
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Memphis
Tenn
L N
Tennessee
Cookeville
Lee Loock
Putnam County
Solon Buster
Putnam
John Lewis
Nashville
Dyer County
Storms injure Mayville couple as home blown away
Overnight western state storms severely damaged a home in Mayville, critically injuring Will Neely and his wife. Fire crews stabilized them and searched for remaining hazards as neighbors provided aid.
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Will Neely
Mayville
Senator’s Quip Echoes War Demands From Delegation
A delegation presented a senator with a list of war demands. He replied with a calm, witty remark: “Then money heat, I am not a senator from Utopia.” The exchange highlighted tensions over wartime policy.
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Utopia
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Metail Price
Ait Ran
Iowa
Trenty Service
Orien. Ie
Lewis People
Eve
Harrison Fisher
James Montgomery
Dean Cornwell
Arthur William Brown
Charles Bdantche
Gaeb
Paetory
Sinsky
Madison
Carl Rapp
Red Oak
Harry Ogden
M. A. Cody
Mr. Cody
Scott Wood
Central Iowa Poultry and Egg Company
Henry Stanton
Villisca
Mr. Stanton
Floyd Buffon
Thigston
Hoyt Lathen
Guy Lathen
Art Baker
Montgomery County
Dewey Fortune
Mr. Miller
Hig
Ealesman
Eliott
Will Fortune
A. Marskowski
Senate
State Historical Society
Just
Plain
Lowen
Sothman Motor Co
Cumberland, Iowa
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