Herman Sump Dies After Weeks of Illness in Cherokee
Herman Sump 70 died at 4 30 am Wednesday at his home 607 Clark Street after a several weeks illness. He was born October 18 1866 in Hanover Germany and married Meta Schreider December 9 1891 on their forty fifth wedding anniversary. Survived by his widow a son Ernest Sutherland and three daughters Mrs Arnold Mueller Mrs Edwin Beck and Mrs O Bannion with 11 grandchildren. Funeral 1 30 pm Friday at St Johns Evangelical Brooke Township burial Brooke Cemetery.
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Cherokee Times
Herman Sump
Clark Stree
William
Lena Hinkleder
Hanover
Germany
Meta Schreider
Henry
America
Baltimore
Iowa
Lump
Spring Township
Ewing O’bannion
Fred
Sump
Ernest
Sutherland
Arnold Mueller
Peterson
Edwin Beck
O'Bannion
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Brooke Township
August Bock
Brooke Cemetery
St Pauls Lutheran ChurchSchedule and Insurance Ad
Sunday school at 10 00 with divine worship in English at 10 45. Children’s program rehearsal on Saturday December 12 at 2 pm. Lockin Agency advertises fire insurance and urges contact for policy protection. H H Lockin Is agent.
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H. H. Lockin
Treptow post lauded for record Legion drive in Cherokee Times
Mrs M G Irwin district committee woman praised the American Legion auxiliary as over the top in its quota during initiation services. Cherokee football squad members were honored at a Rotary Club banquet at Hotel Lewis with talks and the naming of Doug Graves as captain. County Treasurer F M Tyner reported 148 parcels sold at the delinquent tax sale. 130 privately acquired and 18 by the county from the scavenger list. A board of supervisors resolution barred direct relief to counties' auto owners without surrendering license plates to the relief director.
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Treptow Post
American Legion Auxiliary
F. M. Tyner
Cherokee County
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Director of Relief
Defendant Wins in B V Accident Suit Storm Lake Record
Henry Bletzer sought over 2000 in damages from Ed Wilson after a fatal auto crash near the county farm. A district court jury returned a sealed verdict for Wilson after a three day trial, with reading delayed until Monday. The collision near the Soren Anderson corner involved a Model A Ford and Bletzer’s Plymouth, claims disputed by both sides. Frank Wilson, Ed Wilson’s brother, was killed in the crash.
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Storm Lake Register
Henry Bletzer
Ed Wilson
Max Putnam
Des Moines
W. C. Edson
Wilson
Ellis Stern
A. L. Whitney
Bletzer
Frank Wilson
Soren Anderson Corner
Desert bighorn among Rocky Mountain sheep in North America
A Washington Star writer notes two mountain sheep species in North America the Rocky Mountain bighorn and the Alaska white sheep with the desert bighorn as a subspecies of the former. It describes habitat diet including ocotillo and barrel cactus horns and color changes with seasons and predator behavior.
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North America
Alaska
Washington Star
Mexico
Lammergeyer Feared by European Children
W H Shippen Jr notes in the Washington Star that the lammergeyer or bearded vulture is feared by children but scientists say it prefers turtles and bones to humans. The bird, with a ten foot wingspan and bearded chin, nests on inaccessible cliffs and feeds on meat like eagles. It is now rare in Southern Europe and more common in North Africa or Southern Asia.
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Europe
W. H. Shippen, Jr
Washington Star
Lammergeyer
North
Africa
Asia
Making Shrunken Heads of the Jivaros
The Jivaro heads come from enemies slain in battle. After removal, skin and flesh peel away, leaving a skull with eyes and teeth. The head is dried in sand, placed in clay pots with water, heated, shrunk, then ironed with hot stones. The process lasts about 48 hours before smoking preserves them.
Four Cherokeans Hurt In Auto Accident
Cherokee Times reports four Cherokee county youths suffered serious injuries Friday night when a 1931 Chevrolet failed to navigate a blind turn three miles west and six miles south of Cherokee. Arthur Kohn, 81, driver, broke his back. passengers Joe Pitts, 31, Hilda Glassmaker, 19, and Margaret Raymond, 20, sustained scalp and internal injuries. Glassmaker’s scalp was severely torn. Sheriff Tilton said the group misjudged their distance to the turn. car damaged and not yet towed by Monday noon.
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Cherokee Times
Cherokee County
Cherokee
Arthur Kohn
Will
Joe Pitts
Hilda Glassmaker
Cleghorn
Margaret Raymond
Safe Robbers Visit Storm Lake and Alta
Storm Lake officers search for two burglary suspects after they looted a law office of Whitney, Whitney and Stern in Storm Lake and the safe of Attorney C. H. Wegersley in Alta. Total losses exceed $100 with $30.10 from Storm Lake and over $70 from Alta. Similarities in the two burglaries suggest the same perpetrators.
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Storm Lake
Alta
Storm Lake Register
Whitney, Whitney and Stern
C. H. Wegersley
Alta News Items From Alta Advertiser
Civil War veteran Christian Stamm celebrated his ninety third birthday last Friday November 27. Councilman L J Peterson reports a Radio Interference Ordinance may pass as 110 volt electricity becomes available. Coach Connie Goodman began boys basketball with hopes of three fourths reporting and a two week cut to twenty. Walter Partridge wed Helen Brown of Marshalltown Iowa on November 27. Alta hospital association held its annual meeting and Albert E Hildaibrand named president. J F Boyd resigned as assistant cashier to open Boyd's Electric Store in Alta.
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Christian Stamm
Alta
Advertiser
L. J. Peterson
A. c
Connie” Goodman
Walter Partridge
C. E. Partridge
Helen Brown
Marshalltown
Iowa
Partridge
Alta Hospital Association
Albert E. Hildaibrand
Heimsoth
J. F. Boyd
First Trust and Savings Bank
Boyd’s
Boyd
Patrick Morrissey
A. R. Browne
Surplus Poultry Prompts Low Prices and Demand Push
Iowa Agriculture urges a poultry consumption campaign as a vast 1987 surplus grows. An estimated 165 to 160 million pounds stored by January 1 compares with 107 million last year, signaling abundant turkeys chickens ducks and geese and favorable costs for housewives.
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United States
Iowa
Iowa Agriculture
Classified Rates Highlight New Ten Cent Line Deals
An advertisement announces new classified rates offering 10e per line for the first insertion and 5e per line for each additional insertion. The notice targets frequent advertisers and emphasizes cost savings for multiple insertions.
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