Joe Coufal and the Rise and Fall of Cou Falls
A Bohemian immigrant, Joe Coufal founded Cou Falls on the Iowa river between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. He donated land for stockyards and a grain elevator, urged a railway line, and died in 1905 as the interurban era began. Today the settlement is a memory with five of seven families bearing the Coufal name.
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OU Falls
Iowa River
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Joe Coufal
Bohemia
Iowa City Railway Company
Cou Falls
W. G. Dows
Curtis Bridge
Swisher
Coufals
Iowa
Coufalls
Emma Coufal
Joe Coufal, Jr
Hardy
Durable Joe Coufal
Urge Cancer Be Fought With Knowledge in Iowa
Iowa City leaders promote early cancer detection under the Women’s Field Army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer. The campaign urges Iowans to seek medical advice for persistent lumps, unusual bleeding, nonhealing sores, or sudden mole changes, citing the curability of early cancer and a 5 to 15 year disease-free record.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Women’s Field Army
The
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Arthur V. O’brien
American College of Surgeons
Anna C. Palmer
United States
Women's Field Army
Cedar Rapids Airways Displays New Aeronca Chief Plane
The first of three ordered planes, an Aeronca Chief, is shown at Cedar Rapids airport for sales demonstrations and passenger work. It features a two seat cabin, Continental engine, and 90 mph cruising speed. Dan Hunter leads Cedar Rapids Airways, with Ammons, Storck, and King involved in the delivery from Cincinnati.
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Cedar Rapids Airways School of Instruction
Cedar Rapids
Aeronca
Continental
Dan Hunter
Cedar Rapids Airways, Inc
Harold Ammons
Gale Storck
Darrell King
Marion
Cincinnati
Ohio
Gazette
Storck
King
Cedar Rapids Airways
Rental Want Ad for New Tenant Prompted by Move-Out
Is your tenant moving May 1st Advertise now for a new tenant use a Rental Want Ad Advertisement.
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Ball
Ball Clinic
Excelsior Springs
Wilson High Music Supervisor Soloist With Cedar Rapids Symphony
Alan Richardson of Wilson High School will be violin cello soloist with the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Wednesday night at Memorial Coliseum. He will perform Saint Saens Concerto in A Minor at 8 15 p m under conductor Joseph Kitchin. Richardson has taught at Wilson since 1936 and studied at Coe College and the University of Iowa.
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Alan Richardson
Wilson High School
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Memorial Coliseum
Richardson
Saint-Saens
Joseph Kitchin
Wilson High
Washington High School
Coe College
J. Lynn Crawford
Mr. Richardson
Karl Brueckner
Chicago
Hans Koelbel
University of Iowa
Koelbel
Local Sales Expert to Speak at Paramount Cedar Rapids
Will Wheeler president of the Tested Selling Institute in Cleveland will address about 1000 local firm employees at the Paramount theater in Cedar Rapids at 7 30 am Wednesday. Tickets are free at the Chamber of Commerce for Chamber members and invited guests. Wheeler advocates selling the sizzle not just the steak and cites his Tested Sentences that Sell as the basis for descriptive sales points.
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Elmer Wheeler
Cleveland
Ohio
Paramount Theater
Cedar Rapids
Wheeler
Retail Merchants Bureau
Soil
Ark
Cleric William A Holub Publishes The Humor Side Book
Reverend William A Holub former Cedar Rapids pastor and Immaculate Conception assistant edits a collection of clerical jokes in On the Humor Side. The Milwaukee Bruce Publishing Company released the volume drawing from thousands of sources and opening with Saint Teresa’s call to preserve wit.
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Bruce Publishing Company
Milwaukee
William A. Holub
Placid
Epworth
Father Holub
Immaculate Conception Church
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Castle Grove
St. Teresa
Collie Dog Aids 22 People in Monessen Fire
In Monessen Pennsylvania a collie named Buddy woke tenant Anita McGinness and helped rouse 22 residents as a three story apartment blaze swept through downtown. Fire Chief William Laird put damage at 80000 dollars. cause undetermined.
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Monessen
Anita McGinness
William Laird
Quiz to End Quizzes Ends With Funny, Fortnight-Long Puzzles
A playful feature presents a satirical quiz with 20 numbered questions and multiple choice options. It pokes fun at common phrases and cultural references while inviting readers to guess the correct endings and possible BINGO-style outcomes.
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Son
Addlepate Archives Department
Menhenick Celebrates 102nd Birthday in Quincy
Mrs Isabelle Menhenick marked her 102nd birthday in Quincy Massachusetts on Saturday. She expressed fatigue yet said the milestone was worth it reflecting on a long life.
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Quincy
Mass
Isabelle Menhenick
Furniture repair and upholstery ads in Want Ads
Local Want Ads feature men offering furniture repair and upholstery services. The brief notices advertise skilled work on chairs sofas and other furnishings, promising quality results and reasonable rates.
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Coufal
Dows
Gazetta
Jon Coufal, Jr
Henry Oviit
C. R. Airways
Studebaker
Dre
Raymond Loewy
Drew
Kadlec Brothers
Studebaker Distributors
Collie Dog
Newhall
Vinton
University Hospital
Nero
Rome
Farley
Gable
Cedar Rapids Printing CO
W.t.sands
Second St
Dial 6037
Oy Siu Taz
Radio- Phonograph
Victor Records
RCA
Rca-Victor
WMT
Checker Electric
Ist
ST. SE
DIAL
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