Mrs. Hugh Boyd 80 Dies in Mount Vernon After Eight Decades Teaching
Mrs. Hugh Boyd of Mount Vernon, age 80, longtime piano instructor to about a thousand students, died Sunday morning at her home. Born Mary Ellen Moody in Hamilton Ohio, she attended Cincinnati Wesleyan College and married Prof Hugh Boyd in 1873. Her Mount Vernon home hosted many guests including former Gov Leslie M Shaw. survivors include daughters Luella and Lucy and son Robert. Funeral services likely Tuesday at the Methodist church.
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Thea Gazette
Mount Vernon
Hugh Boyd
Boyd
Cornell College
Mary Ellen Moody
Hamilton
Ohio
Granville Moody
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Wesleyan College
Cornell Conservatory
Miss Moody
Cornell
Goodell
H C. Lane
Cass Chapman
William Brackett
Armstrong Spear
Marsden Keyes
Charles Keyes
Boyds
Leslie M. Shaw
Luella
Cedar Rapids
Lucy
J. K. Burr
San Antonio
Robert
Methodist Church
E. T Gough
Belle Plaine Girl to Represent Iowa in Radio Audition
Catherine Wingard of Belle Plaine and Milton Moore of Clarksville will represent Iowa in the national radio audition next Sunday. They were announced as the state contest winners by Dean Holmes Cowper of Drake University. Second place went to Martha Wise of Fairfield and William Gowdy of Gilbert.
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DES Moines
Catherine Wingard
Belle Plaine
Milton Moore
Clarksville
Iowa
Dean Holmes Cowper
Drake University
Martha Wise
Fairfield
William Gowdy
Gilbert
Miss Wingard
Mr. Moore
Local Charter Member Memorial In Balliett Area
The passage notes a female charter member of the Granville Moody circle of the Ladies of the G A R, tied to her father Col Moody. She is connected to the Methodist church and the Balllett chapter of the D A R and is buried in the local cemetery.
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Methodist Church
Balllett
D. A R
Granville Moody
Ladies of the
G.A R
Col. Moody
Cornell Students Organize Forum On Politics
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon Cornell college students form a weekly forum aimed at thoroughly informing participants on current politics. The group blends Republicans and Democrats with a non partisan approach. The first session featured Enrique Zamorano and Moises Mina offering international perspectives on the election and Roosevelt policies.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Marian Williams
William Reynolds
Ottumwa
Roland Philpot
Chapin
Enrique Zamorano
Cornell
Moises Mina
Waterloo Man Heads Ambulance Veterans
William A. Dewees of Waterloo was elected president of the 133rd Ambulance Company association at the third annual reunion. He succeeds E. J Brucher of Waterloo. Fifty attended, with members from Chicago and St. Louis. The company organized June 1, 1917 and served on the Mexican border and in France.
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Waterloo
William A. Dewees
133Rd Ambulance Company Association
E. J Brucher
Chicago
St. Louis
Mexican
France
New Cold Wave Heads Toward Iowa State
Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed warned livestock interests of a bitter cold wave reaching northern Iowa. Temperatures could dip to as low as five above zero with snow accompanying the cold. Sioux City reported a Monday morning low of 20 with snow falling.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
The
Mercury
Reed
Sioux City
Illinois Plans Restoration of Old Salem Lincoln Home
Illinois moves to reconstruct New Salem by placing a cornerstone for the Lincoln Berry store on November 17 with Gov Emerson and Gov-elect Horner present. Twelve buildings will be rebuilt as exact duplicates of the originals, claiming to be the first such historical reconstruction in the United States.
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Springfield
Ill
Ins
Illnois
Old Salem
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln-Berry
Louis L. Emmerson
Henry Horner
Lincoln
America
New Salem
Auto Crash Near LaPorte Sparks Three Damage Suits
Special to The Gazette Grundy Center three damage suits arise from one crash two miles northwest of La Porte City on primary road 218 Aug 17. Frank J Andrews seeks 250 against Herman Ramundt for failure to stop at a sign. Passenger Perle Spragle claims 1000 for cuts and bruises. Passenger James M Andrews seeks 5000. Tobin Tobin of Vinton represents the plaintiffs.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Frank J. Andrews
Vinton
Herman Ramundt
Reinbeck
la Porte City
Andrews
Perle Spragle
James M. Andrews
Tobin
Vinton Attorns
Healthful Salads and Refreshments Menu
Breakfast lists grapefruit soft cooked eggs and buttered toast with doughnuts and coffee. Health Salad includes beets carrots cabbage onions celery and French dressing with a sour milk loaf style mix. afternoon treats feature creamed chicken mushroom patties preserved watermelon peel buttered biscuits currant jelly coffee mint candies salted nuts.
London Exchange Steady Amid War Debt Notes
The London stock exchange opened quietly and steady with British gilt edged securities idle and international industrials showing slight irregularity. The pound rose to 3.3122 dollars, indicating a continuation of recent improvement, while reports claim Germany developed bacteria to neutralize poison in illuminating gas.
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The
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Washington
Germany
Poor Pa’s Playful Patter Aims at Moral Match
A Pennsylvania father jokes about his son Joe courting the preacher’s daughter. He says Joe hopes to win her with thrift and home training, emphasizing the idea that a small collection can go a long way.
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Joe
Iowa Party Ready to Observe Meteors
Three Iowa scientists and a Cedar Rapids newspaper man have set up a Flagstaff Arizona camp to study the Leonid meteor shower, a rare celestial display occurring about once every thirty three years. The team includes Dr C C Wyllie, T C Poulter, R E Crilley and Ray Anderson. The show is expected the night of November 16.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Flagstaff
Ariz
C. C. Wyllie
University of Iowa
T. C. Poulter
R. E. Crilley
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Ray Anderson
Pledges named for Purple Masquers at Cornell College
Mount Vernon report lists first semester pledges of the Purple Masquers dramatic society led by Theo dore Arnold of Jesup. Named pledges include Robert Guil bert Melvin Paul in Clegg Ainsworth Edmund Ringland Marshalltown Tom Ray Oélwein Glenn Low Helen Roberts Davenport Robert Choate Anna Lester Coleman Constance Root Milwaukee Paul Wilkinson Marinette Wis.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College Dramatic Society
Theodore Arnold
Jesup
Robert Guilbert
Melvin
Iil
Pauline Clegg
Ainsworth
Edmund _ Ringland
Marshalltown
Tom Ray
Oélwein
Glenn Low
Helen Roberts
Davenport
Robert Choate
Anna
Lester Coleman
Constance Root
Milwaukee
Paul Wilkinson
Marinette
Dorothy
Helen
Elizabeth Newlin
Dorothy Doyle
Vivian Wild
Norma Larson
Wilma Smeltzer
Viola
Helen Skeels
Ruth Benadom
Roberta Livingston
Anamosa
Grace Fitzgerald
Ben Fitzgerald
Lyle Fletcher
Crawfordsville
Aleda
Ill
F. J. Medford
Ainsworth High School
Fletcher
Frank Fletcher
Mipton
Henry’ Agne
Emil Hokenson
Tipton
Hokenson
C. Jacobi
Trinity Lutheran Church
Agne
Fred
George
Harry
Bert
Carson
Marion
Wapello
W. J. Woodruff
Helen Snodgrass
Wilma Boller
James Moore
Wilma Ford
June Herring
Gordon Miller
Elda Biglow
Henry Grady
Ned Fry
Dan Miller
Earl Herahberger
Britain Used Eighty Thousand Carrier Pigeons in War
Britain deployed about eighty thousand carrier pigeons during World War I to relay messages. The birds served alongside soldiers, signaling a key communications role in the conflict.
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Britain
Grundy Telephone Patrons Press For Lower Rates
Rural and town patrons of the Grundy Center exchange packed a county court room to demand reduced switching rates. They threaten to withdraw unless rates drop by January 1, noting they pay the same as in better times. The old board stays, a three member Community club committee aims to secure a franchise to build another exchange if prices don’t fall.
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Gazette Grundy Center
Grundy Center
Telephone Company
Mount Auburn Man Hurt In Two-Turnover Crash
Mount Auburn Billy Bower suffered a scalp wound and shoulder injury when a sedan driven by Harold Struve overturned twice on highway 218 two miles northwest of La Porte City. Seven stitches closed the head wound. Struve was uninjured. A broken radius rod caused the crash. the car was badly wrecked. WAPELLO Dr. T L Frand of Letts was elected president of the Louisa County Medical Association at its Oakville meeting. Columbus Junction Dr. Lewis was chosen vice president and Dr. E R King of Letts secretary treasurer.
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the Gazette
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Billy Bower
Harold Struve
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Bower
Struve
Wapello
T. L. Frand
Letts
Louisa County Medical Association
Oakville
Lewis
Columbus Junction
E. R. King
Jacobsen predicts beer by New Year with tax and repeal notes
Rep B M Jacobsen reelected from Iowa Second district predicts nationwide beer legalization with 3 14 percent alcohol costing 10 cents a bottle. He says Iowa will repeal its prohibition law in January and expects sales via cases or on premises with taxes totaling about half a billion dollars to the government.
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B. M. Jacobsen
Congress
Iowa
Jacobsen
Union
Cedar Bluff Democrats Raise Ancient Flag for Victory
In Cedar Bluff, six miles west of Tipton, Democrats hoisted a 24 by 12 flag with 38 stars on a cedar river bank for a Democratic victory. The flag first flew in 1884 after Grover Cleveland's election and was last used in 1916 for Wilson. It is kept by Mrs. H. C. Miller.
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Tipton
R. J. Benda
Cedar Bluff
Charles Dodds
H. C. Miller
J. G. Sailor
Phillip Sailor
August Schutt, Jr
Trial Postponed for Boy Who Killed His Father
Irvin Mefford 18 of Bussey faces murder charges in the July shooting of his father. The trial, previously set for next Wednesday, is delayed until December. Mefford is free on a 10 000 bond signed by 55 local residents. He pleaded self defense and defense of his sister and father.
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Irvin Mefford
Bussey Farm
Bussey
Mefford
Pal
Grinnell Teen Dies From Brain Fever
Rose Rickard 16, a Grinnell high school junior and daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry M Rickard, died Sunday after a six week illness described as brain fever in a special Gasette dispatch.
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Grinnell
Rose Rickard
Amid
Henry M
Llness
Des Moines Dog Show Ends With Planned Repeat
A Des Moines Kennel Club show at Drake field house closed Sunday night as a success with plans for another event next spring. Huntstone Sonny Boy an English setter owned by Mrs Irene Hallam Chicago won best dog, while Astarte Nino Von Boris a dachshund owned by Mrs D C Dodge Littleton Colo was named best of the breed.
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Des Moines
Drake Field House
Oneida Junior Class Play A Bird in a Cage Cast
Jeanette Dunham and Francis Barker star in the Junior class play A Bird in a Cage to be staged at Oneida high school auditorium on November 16 at 8 p m under English instructor Ruby Hundley. Cast includes Harlan Lillibridge Frances Bell Carmen Ryan William Bell Geraldine Zirtiman Donna Pitcher Hazel Zobel Laura Goldsworthy Gwyneth Roses Annola Kaufman Lea Von Phelps and Hazel Steva.
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Oneida
Jeanette Dunham
Francis Barker
Oneida High School
Ruby Hundley
Harlan Lillibridge
Frances Bell
Carmen Ryan
William Bell
Geraldine Zirtiman
Donna Pitcher
Hazel Zobel
Laura Goldsworthy
Gwyneath Roses
Annola Kaufman
Lea von Phelps
Hazel Steva
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