Vinton oil gang in crash escapes serious injuries
Five local oil station workers riding with Alvin Mills escaped major harm when their car crashed into a concrete bridge east of Traer and overturned into a ditch. Mills had a head cut and shoulder bruising. Frank Blocher suffered a wrist cut. Jay Smetzer August Brehm Milo Offt were uninjured.
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Vinton
Alvin Mills
Traer
Mills
Frank Blocher
Jay Smetzer
August Brehm
Milo Offt
Des Moines
Poor Pa by Claude Callan and local notices from Cedar County
The obituary notes Mrs. Mikel nee Elnora Bower born March 4 1892 north of Edgewood. She married James Molloy in 1906 he died 1919 later married Roy Mikel living north of Edgewood five years survivors include brother Harvey L Bower Minneapolis and sister Luella Ball Chicago. The Cedar County Bankers association met at Bennett led by Carl T Bennett of Mechanicsville with W H Witte London as president and J G Engel Bennett secretary treasurer. all county banks closed for Groups 7 and 8 meeting in Cedar Rapids. Also notes on marriages births deaths and a police matron appointment in Iowa City.
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Wheatland
Roy Hayes
Calamus
Jack Henderson
West Union
Parent Teachers Association
C. M. House
Inez Barnhouse
Fred Ganske
C. W. Whitney
Conesville
Ralph Crawford
Virginia Stauffer
Rufus Bullis
Ernest Wagner
Lorena Maxwell
Daisy Kemp
Parent-Teachers Association
Kelly McKee
William Pine
Wyoming
Olin
Iowa City
Elinar Jensen
University of Iowa
Atlantic
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Iowa
Edgewood
Frank Nading
Methodist Church
F. O. Winslow
Union Cemetery
Littleport
Mr. Nading
James Nading
Mikel
Elnora Bower
Michael Bower
James Molloy
Roy Mikel
Harvey L. Bower
Minneapolis
Tipton
Herbert R. Elwood
Maquoketa
Kent Furman
Cedar Rapids
James E
Davenport
Charles
Levsen’s Ice Cream Promotes Modern Freezer Upgrade
Levsen's Ice Cream touts a new, advanced freezer as the latest in modern ice cream equipment. The shop invites customers to try a pint or quart to taste the upgrade, while listing fresh produce and grocery items and offering late hours and services including beer, beverages, and Dutch lunch options.
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Levsen
Usinger
Kellogg Cereal Promotes Ready to Eat Meals
Crispy Kellogg's cereals praised for nourishing ready to eat meals suitable for breakfast lunch or supper. Endorsed as fresh and versatile with milk or cream. Produced by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Ovaltine Promises Sound Sleep and Vitality Benefits
The advertisement touts Ovaltine as a pure food concentrate used in 54 countries and aiding sleep when taken hot at bedtime. It claims restorative effects for nerves, brain, and body, with wartime use as a ration for invalid soldiers and endorsements by physicians for various groups. It invites purchase at drug or grocery stores or a 3 day trial via coupon.
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U.S. A
City Budget Talks Include Nurse Appointment and Light Plant Plans
The budget discussion notes a city nurse appointment to be announced and a police matron appointment aligned with the administration’s clean-up drive. Propositions from engineering firms on a light and power plant may be acted upon at the meeting. Clarence Franklin Ribble, 79, died at his son’s home Ray Ribble. He was born in Covington in 1856 and survived by his wife and one son. Funeral services were held Friday at Shellsburg.
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Clermont
Union Church
Allen Halverson
J. C. Halverson
Maryon
Helen
Jackie
Stanton
Jackie Dibble
Ralph
Bernard Schrader
Rita Rounds
Dorothy Brorby
Janet Olson
Phyllis Gress
Clermont Cemetery
Riverside
Riverside High School
Viola Petsel
Irene Beranek
Genevieve Hartzler
Mildred Ken
Clarence—Benjamin Franklin Ribble
Ray Ribble
Covington
Shellsburg
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Iowa News
LA Porte City
Girls’ Athletic Association
Independence
Hudson
Jesup
Brandon
Mount Auburn
Waverly
East Waterloo
West Waterloo
Tiger House
Jeanne Mahannah
Esther Feldaverd
Francis Gilmore
Ruby Prandy
Stanley Mahannah
Leroy Cheney
Howard Thomas
Maxine Baugh
Claude Bock
Ruth Hahn
Conroy
Tin Hero
Robert Olson
Frieda Zimmerman
Martha Zuber
Maxine Olson
Orville Heitshusen
Winifred Olson
Merritt Plagmann
Dorothy Sterner
Helen Faktinson
Marjorie Leahy
Jeanette Bavis
Orlo Buswell
Manchester
Delaware County
Charles J. McCormick
Leo Phillips
Erwin
F. Dygert
James J. Burbridge
T. J. Matthews
Decorah
Emergency Relief Commission
Burr Oak
Canoe
Madison
Bluffton
Springfield
Frankville
Calmar
Washington Townships
Delaware District Court
Laura L. Ross
Loren J. Ross
Alice J. White
Vernon White
Frank C. Brown
Bernice Brown
Emma W. Schenke
John B. Schenke
Colesburg
Eleader
J. F. Maley
Maley
Chicago
Northern Trust Co
Chicago Company
West Branch
Pen
Mary E. Mott
Walter Hogan
Myrtle Larson
Alice Kintz
Wilton Junction
Philip Hahn
Evangelical Church
Troy Mills
Sarah Dean Mote
Dauthter
Garavel
Caroline Candler
Spring Grove
Nelson Mote
Samuel
Edith
Spring Grove Methodist Church
Washington
Washington County
Halsey Stuart and Company
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Lillian Gould
Velnar Nading
Elkport
Andrew Ross
Guttenburg
Nading
Ross
Congregational Church
T. R. Gray
Bob
Hearn
First Avenue
Joe
Wamper Company
Dept
Michigan Avenue
Illinois
Frances Brown
Tere Beos
Second St. SE
Phome
J. C. Penney CO
Udec Bb
Veal
Fifth Ave
Morton
Kracker
Scott
Wheaties
Lee, Pke
Crisco
Chase and Sanborn Coffee
E. J. Yount
Prop
Adams
Sex of Lamb
The
Link
Folger
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