Garage Fire Wrecks Witte and Sons Workshop
Fire crews from London Calamus and Toronto aided Wheatland at 3 am to battle a blaze in the Fred Witte and Sons garage. The workshop and equipment were destroyed, two cars and a new truck cab and body burned, five used autos damaged, display room saved, and the building insured with no damage estimate yet.
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the Gazette
Wheatland
London
Calamus
Toronto
Wheatland Department
Fred Witte and Sons
Robert Dietrich
George Kilahn
Fred Witte
Veterans share tales at Iowa G A R encampment in Davenport
At the 63rd Iowa G A R encampment in Davenport 27 members gathered at headquarters for programs while sharing reminiscences. Judge James Willett 91 recalled enlisting 1862 63 and later serving in the navy as he shows a Cleveland memorial monument. Dr L J Leach 92 recalled caring for Herbert Hoover from infancy and near Hoover’s boyhood mud filled town. Another veteran T J Noll 93 told of Lincoln funeral procession. A B Dicken 51 Rock Island railroad chief lineman died in Washington.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Navy
L. J. Leach
West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Leach
Hoovers
T. J. Noll
Grinnell
Lincoln
Springfield
Washington, In
A. B. Dicken
Rock Island Railroad
McGregor Plans Two Day Fourth of July Celebration
A two day McGregor Fourth of July festival sponsored by the McGregor Boosters features John Mitchell Iowa attorney general speaking July 3, Mississippi boat races with cash prizes, two daily shows by Marie's marvel dogs, the Zimmerman trio, band concerts, a seaplane ride, a carnival, a bowery dance with a German band, and a portable roller skating floor July 4 along the river with a 10 pm fireworks finale.
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The
Gazette
McGregor
McGregor Boosters
John Mitchell
Iowa
Mississippi
Marie
Marvel Dogs
Zimmerman
Nebraska Slayers Car in Cheyenne Ends Iowa Search
Des Moines police announced the Albion Nebraska bandits’ car was located in Cheyenne. Authorities, including Agents Gruber Burke and Graham, traced sightings from Sigourney to Keokuk County and a South English resident who noted Colorado 17-4697. The license matched the Nebraska murder vehicle in the Sand Hills.
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DES Moines
INS
W. W. Akers
State Bureau of Investigation
Albion
Neb
Cheyenne
Akers
Paul Gruber
Joe Burke
Sigourney
Ross Graham
Keokuk
E. E. Tremmel
Tremmel
Colorado
Nebraska
Lawrence Smoyer
Sand Hills
Williamsburg
Pellner and Mensing wed at Lutheran church
Miss Martha Louise Pellner and Robert Mensing were married at the Lutheran church in Oelwein. Flower girl Ann Harms and attendants Gretchen Pellner and Paul Mensing attended. Gertrude Pellner and Ina Voelker sang during the ceremony. The bride is the youngest daughter of Emil Pellner. the groom is the son of Carl Mensing. They will reside in Waverly.
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Oelwein
Martha Louise Pellner
Robert Mensing
Gertrude Voelker
Ann Harms
Gretchen Pellner
Paul Mensing
Gertrude Pellner
Ina Voelker
Mensing
Emil Pellner
Carl Mensing
Waverly
Mrs. Mensing
Manchester
Fred Arnold
North Manchester
Alice Catherine Arnold
Harold J. Thompson
Waterloo
A. A. Rideout
Dubuque
Keith Hop
Rebecca Arnold
Clarence G. Yoran
Chicago
Greeley
Greeley Park
Leone Margaret Knapp
James J. Hartford
Sacred Heart Parsonage
O'Hagan
Harry Thiele
William I. Hartford
Hartford
Iowa City Lutheran pastor resigns for Thiel College post
The Rev. Wendell S. Dysinger resigns as pastor of the First English Lutheran Church of Iowa City effective Aug. 8 to become director of personnel and professor of religion at Thiel College in Greenville Pennsylvania next fall. Funeral notices record Mary Messner 86 of Iowa City and Charles W. Mason 65, with survivors named. Local club picnics and a two day Iowa Daily Newspaper mechanical conference proceed here. A liquor driving case ends with Hugh Bishop free on bail and Varney fined with license suspended after a crash injuring Gladys Furman. In Luana a H J Kumpf confirmation class leads ten confirmands. Edgewood reports a Mexico wedding between Bernice Rhines and John Laughlin set for Aug. 24 1936.
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Iowa City
Wendell S. Dysinger
First
Dysinger
Thiel College
Greenville
English Lutheran Church
Los Angeles
Oakland
Calif
First English Lutheran Church
Mary Messner
Charles W. Mason
Hugh Bishop
Washington
Justice Court
Ainsworth
Iowa City Rotary, Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Iowa Daily Newspaper
Iowa
Lillian Myers
William Varney
Harold Watson
Lone Tree
Varney
Gladys Furman
Wellman
Luana
H. J. Kumpf
Delbert Martins
Damond Neubring
Dolores Martins
Shirley Funk
Gwendolyn Rekow
Helen Moeller
Helen Skow
Mylamae Gossman
Irma Jean Shultz
Margaret McNally
Edgewood
Eva Rhines
Bernice Rhines
John Laughlin
Maricopa
Ensenada
Mexico
Lansing man elected district American Legion commander
Harold Gaunitz of Lansing was chosen commander at the fourth district convention held in the area on Monday. Elected as vice commanders were W. Butch Christianson of Northwood Carl Knight of Lawler and Carl Gregory of Oelwein with John Nuneswander of Fayette as adjutant and Rev A C Crouch of Waukon as chaplain.
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Eleader
Harold Gaunitz
Lansing
American Legion
W. “Butch” Christianson
Northwood
Carl Knight
Lawler
Carl Gregory
Oelwein
John Nuneswander
Fayette
A. C. Crouch
Waukon
King Palmer
West Union
Americanism Committee
E. A. Felder
Guttenberg
Highway Safety Committee
Lew Raymond
Mason City
W. S.white
New Hampton
Paul Smith
Dubuque
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionaire
R. J. Laird
Fayette supper honors Angola missionaries
The Fayette Methodist church will host a Wednesday supper to honor two long serving Angola missionaries Miss Susan Collins of Fayette and Alexander Kemp who will sail in September from the Pacific coast to return to Angola for more service. Kemp succeeds Collins in the Angola school with his wife and four daughters.
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Ayette
Methodist Church
Angola
Africa
Susan Collins
Fayette Church
Alexander Kemp
Thornburg
Alice Pendleton
Charley Allison
Harold Carter
L. E. Allison
John Allison
Gibson
Glen Fisher
Des Moines
Lloyd Pendleton
Wilber Harrison
Cedar Rapids
D. W. Allison
Patricia
Davenport
Ross Hall
Joyce
Williamsburg
Danville
Carl Draegert
Ann
What Cheer
George Pendleton
Russell
Agnes
Rudolph Draegert
Ada Draegert
Marie Brower
Maynard
Sunday Schools
Maynard Park
C. C. Hall
Vern Logan
L. C. Surfus
Frank Schmitt
J. E. Bartels
Earl Foss
Fred C. Lutz
Harold Brownell
Ralph Priester
Jack Foss
Gerald Warnke
Mary Jane Sykes
Otto Wegner
Dale Mears
Kathryn Ranney
Fred Wolfe
I. A. Patridge
W. E. Pace
Floyd Simpson
Fred Reinke, Jr
Harold Miehe
Andy Haas
Walter Jellings
C. D. Hileman
Association
Ralph Pliester
Carl Caswell
Old Settlers Day Events in Shellsburg Thursday
Shellsburg hosts Old Settlers Day with a 9 30 a m program start featuring a Shellsburg Juniors vs Palo Juniors ball game. Uk band concert led by Stanley Vesely follows. Reuben Senft serves as MC and Rev. I F Hayenga gives an 11 a m address. Rep. B B Hickenlooper speaks at 2 p m. other activities include music talks by old settlers and free 4 p m attractions such as Purcell stage circus roller skating toe tapping acrobatic dancing. A Blairstown vs Palo ball game at 2 45 p m and a bowery dance at 9 p m cap the day. Earl Maxson chairs the event.
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Palo
Stanley Vesely
Reuben Senft
I. F. Hayenga
Rep
B. B.hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Purcell’s
Blairstown
Earl Maxson
Commercial Club
Iowans in Chicago to seek road funds
Gov. Kraschel flies to Chicago to press for 658000 in federal funds for Iowa secondary roads at a conference with the federal bureau of public roads. He will meet Fred White of the state highway commission to salvage part of the grant after Iowa failed to pass a matching bill. Joe Louis Jim Braddock fight also noted in Chicago.
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Des Moines
INS
Nelson G. Kraschel
Chicago
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Publicoads
Joe * Louis
Jim Braddock
Kraschel
Fred White
State Highway Commission
White
Fatality Near Delmar Declared Accidental
Clinton AP coroner's jury found accidental death for Frank Scudder 35 of Peoria Illinois who died June 18 from a fractured skull suffered June 6 near Delmar after a fall from a truck. Tracy Porter Lincoln II driver charged with assault was not held. Porter faces an Illinois charge of operating a confidence game and is held for authorities there.
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Clinton
Frank Scudder
Peoria
Delmar
Tracy Porter
Lincoln
Scudder
Porter
Illinois
Funeral for Charles Buss Held at Presbyterian Church
Rowley mourns Charles Buss killed Sunday when he fell from a cliff near McGregor. Funeral Wednesday at the Presbyterian church with burial in Rowley cemetery. Born on a nearby farm he spent his life farming. Son of the late Harriett Burgess of Independence. Survived by brothers Edward and Ernest Buss Ida Grove and Elmer Buss Independence.
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Charles Buss
McGregor
Presbyterian Church
Rowley Cemetery
Here
Harriett Burgess
Independence
Edward
Ernest Buss
Ida Grove
Elmer Buss
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