Buildings Burned Near Belle Plaine
Lightning struck a barn on the Dick Bostian farm two miles east of Belle Plaine causing a fire that destroyed the barn a double corn crib brooder house hog house a stack of hay 600 bushels of oats just threshed and 200 more purchased 100 bushels of corn two calves and several machines. The loss exceeded $2 000 and was largely covered by insurance. Mrs Bostian discovered the blaze as the barn began to collapse and the Belle Plaine fire company saved the residence after a fierce fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Belle Plaine
Dick Bostian
Here
Bastian
Death notices and obituaries of Cedar Rapids area figures
Local friends report the death of Charles R. Adams of San Francisco heir to a Cedar Rapids merchant family. Funeral plans include burial in Eugene Oregon and services for Arthur Wiser at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Also listed are obituaries for Mrs. Frank Jiras of Solon and Frank Jiras of Riverside, William A. Adams, and other local residents with service details and burial sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Adams
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Calif
William A. Adams
Adams
John R. Steel
Eugene
Ore
Rudolph Adams
Philaelphia
Cedarapids
Theo
First Avenue
First Street
California
New State Bear
Third Avenue
Pacific
First Presbyterian Arch
Arthur Wisser
Westminster Presbyy
Stuart Paterson
Linwood
P. L. Mitchell
Moon Chapel
Frank Jiras
Barbara Simpkinsford
Solon
Johnson Yall
Simpkins
A. W. Kadera
North
Mira Mortuary
Ye Simpkins
Oxford
Stepan Bena
Polansky Chapel
St. Wenceslaus
August Vojacek
St. John's Cemetery
Homesteaders
G. E. Johnson
Thirty-fifth Street Drive
Los Angeles
Ruby Bailey Frahm
F. W. Frahm
Toledo
Lockwood
Regina Lockwood
Third Street NW
Frank H. Ward
Bohemian National Cemetery
Turner Mortuary
Reach Miner’s Body in Colorado cave in California
Rescuers reached the crushed body of Hardy Achzig, a miner, after a nightlong effort at the Gopher Boulder gold mine near Placerville California. Fifty tons of rock and earth had collapsed in the cave in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Placerville
Calif
Ins
Hardy Achzig
Ere
Dorothy Herbert Stars in Ringling Circus High Riders
Dorothy Herbert rides high with Satan and Rocket at Ringling Bros circus in Cedar Rapids presenting new sixty horse and pony liberty act. Performances of the Big Show open at 2 and 8 pm with doors one hour early for tour of the vast menagerie of over a thousand rare animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Herbert
Satan
Rocket
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy
India
Divorce Suit Filed by Eva Rowray in District Court
Eva Rowray sues Earl Rowray in district court on cruelty grounds filed in Cedar Rapids in 1918 seeking custody of their daughter. Separate notes involve Corn Belt Savings bank receiverships against Fred W. Rugh and Quaker Hatchery L. S. Palmer. both suits dismissed. Helen Turner Davis, 26, of 1104 Fourteenth Ave SE, jailed on a bench warrant for a statutory charge. Ralph Davis named as material witness. bond set at 500 dollars.
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Eva Rowray
Earl Rowray
Cedar Rapids
D. W. Bates
Corn Belt Savings Bank of
Fred W. Rugh
Chicago
Bates
Corn Belt Savings Bank
Quaker Hatchery
L. S. Palmer
Helen Turner Davis
Fourteenth Avenue SE
G. K. Thompson
C. J. Haas
Ralph Davis
Columbia College Athlete Dies In Freeport Accident
Don Kehoe star athlete for Columbia College was killed near Freeport Illinois while working with a road crew on Wednesday afternoon. He was a halfback named All-Conference last season and a guard on the basketball team runner up in the Iowa conference two years running. He also led the baseball team in hitting last spring as an outfielder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Don Kehoe
Columbia
Freeport
Jil
Kehoe
Iowa
Convention Speaker Urges More Lutheran Colleges Admit Women
Dr. Theodore Buenger of Concordia College St Paul urges action to raise education standards and coeducation among Lutheran Missouri Synod schools at the Iowa District East meeting. He notes five of seventeen colleges are already coed and calls for more Christian high schools. Rev Randt outlines missions work and furloughs for missionaries in India and China. Rev Otto Nieting presents the third talk in his series on The Person of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Buenger
Concordia College
St. Paul
Foreign Missions
India
China
Otto Nieting
Christ
Boy in New Jersey Tryst Faces Custody Decision
A 12 year old boy named Howard Frankel, amid a chancy court ordered meeting, remains unresponsive as his mother Rose Frankel seeks custody. The case, filed in New Jersey for maintenance and full custody, follows a New York custody ruling granting her custody, with visits to continue while his affections shift.
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Stepmother
Elizabeth
N. J
Howard Frankel
Rose Frankel
Brooklyn
Dougal
Howard
Betty Frankel
Julius Frankel
New York Supreme Court
Frankel
Linden
New York
New Jersey
Newborns Reported in Local Hospitals This August
A series of birth notices lists the Shea family from Fairfax noting a son born August 18 at Mercy hospital to Mr and Mrs Tom Shea. Also born August 18 at St Luke's are daughters to Mr and Mrs W H Sewell of 1012 Avenue NW and to Mr and Mrs Charles Powell of 821 Twenty first Avenue SW. Leona Mae Hodina, a daughter, was born August 17 to Mr and Mrs Lester Hodina of 941 N Street SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Shea
Fairfax
Mercy Hospital
W. H. Sewell
Avenue NW
St. Luke's Hospital
Charles Powell
Twenty-first Avenue
Lester Hodina
N Street
Leona Mae
Driver suffers hand injuries in early morning crash
Sheriff’s office reports Stanley Chesmore of 825 Fourth Street SW was cut when his car left the road while turning from Troy Mills road to the old Marion road toward Cedar Rapids. Chesmore was alone. Ralph Stanton reported the accident at 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Smith
Stanley Chesmore
Fourth Street
Troy Mills
Marion Road
Cedar Rapids
Chesmore
Ralph Stanton
Four hundred employed in the Aransas Pass shrimp industry
Four hundred persons are employed in the shrimp industry at Aransas Pass Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aransas Pass
Texas
Marmola Plan Promises Quick Fat Loss For Women
An old advertisement promotes Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple weight loss method. It claims taking 4 tablets daily and replacing starchy foods with salads and vegetables can yield 2 to 8 pounds per week. The text touts medical endorsement and urges readers to purchase a box at local drugstores.
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Arthur Risser
Richard Dickinson
Richard Dean
G. L. Dickinson
Ammond
Ind
Hamond
Delores
George Lon
Blairstown
Dorothy Dorothy Herbert
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
Court House News
Columbia College
Dr. J.C. Landenberger Optometrist
Third Street
Sunn
Tadal ' Ar Abe
Iook
Reem
Penneys
Penney's
Criss New
Everviee
Shiffen
Weight
Ehades
Young Men’s
Turkisn Towels
Big Boy Pasta
Athletic Suppe Boys' Gym
Star
Sunny Tucker
Maurie
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Omaha
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