Thanksgiving Gatherings Highlight Marion Cedar Rapids Families
Marion area residents shared Thanksgiving dinners with relatives and friends from Cedar Rapids, Marion, and beyond. The Keysers, Barbers, and Cessfords marked twenty nine years of joint feasts at the Barber home, with additional guests from nearby towns and colleges. A school assembly featured a Thanksgiving program, and multiple households hosted relatives visiting for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Keyser
Cedar Rapids
Robert Cessford
W. R. Barber
Marion
Keyser
Barbers
Cessfords
Barber
Frances Mansfield
LeRoy Barber
Edith Howeler Suffered Stroke After Mill Visit
Miss Edith Howeler suffered a stroke of apoplexy Wednesday while returning from the mill operated by her brothers Charles and Henry Howeler. She fell on the ice at the old mill dam and was found by her brother Charles. She had not regained consciousness Thursday morning. Leigh Fleisher, a student at Iowa City, is visiting his parents for Thanksgiving. Dinner guests in Burlington included Mr and Mrs Eddie Pitcher and their children Eddy and Eunice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Fernow
R. D. Smith
Bob
Virginia
Edith Howeler
Charles
Henry Howeler
Leigh Fleisher
Iowa City
Mrs
William Fleisher
Katherine Bogart
Lenore Pabst
Eddie Pitcher
Eddy and
Eunice
Burlington
Beattie Family Hosts Mentzer Home Event
The B. F. Mentzer home was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George Beattie and guest Mr. Beattie attended, with neighbors noting a small gathering and locale details in the neighborhood chronicle.
Thanksgiving Travel Plans Among Cedar Rapids Marion And Des Moines Families
The list names multiple families visiting relatives for Thanksgiving and the weekend including Mr and Mrs Otto Schluter in Cedar Rapids Mrs Marley Clark in Mount Vernon Mr and Mrs John McHugh in Lisbon Miss Adeliza Daniels and Mr and Mrs Charles Biddick in Marion and soil conservation office workers Ruth Michaelson Ottumwa Florence McGrew Des Moines James Halasey family in Maryville Missouri Lucile Ballstadt and mother Louise Balsstadt in Fort Dodge with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Schluter
Cedar Rapids
Marley Clark
Mount Vernon
John McHugh
Lisbon
Adeliza Daniels
Charles Biddick
Marion
The
Soil Conservation Office
Ruth Michaelson
Ottumway
Florence McGrew
Mesquakie Thanksgiving Ceremony Precedes Plymouth Tale
In Tama, Mesquakie Indians held a sacred autumn ceremony on McIntosh hill with four drums and prayers to the Great Spirit. They offered thanks for corn beans and harvest, guided by four spirits near the four winds. They also shared a social meal and camaraderie on Thanksgiving Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Witosky
Tama
America
Plymouth
McIntosh Hill
Glicks' $1,102 Cistern Injury Suit Dismissed
Galen Glick filed a $1,102 damage suit against Rossie Clark last June 11. The case was dismissed by the plaintiff without prejudice in district court Wednesday. The Glicks and their Janet Darlene Glick lived on Tenth Avenue SE where the child fell into a cistern and drowned after the May 22 incident the plaintiff cited, alleging the cover was not heavy enough to deter movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen Glick
Rossie Clark
Lawsuit Dismissal In Cure Suit Between Nost and Arlo
A $10 000 suit of cures filed by Nost against Arlo C on December 15 1932 has been dismissed by the plaintiff with prejudice. No further action is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cures F. Nost
Arlo C
Perjury Charge Case In District Court Dismissed
Plaintiff sues in district court asserting wrongful charge of perjury filed in May 1932 over answers on a 1931 driver license application. September 1932 grand jury returned a no bill, as stated in the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judice
C. J. Haas
Barber Frank Rejea Settles Injury Suit Against Penick and Ford
Frank J. Rejea, a barber, settled his $5,000 personal injury suit against Penick and Ford Ltd. The case was dismissed with prejudice at the plaintiff’s costs after alleging complications from his left ankle striking a waterpipe near First Street and Tenth Avenue SW. Rejea said the pipe extended over the sidewalk about two inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Rejea
Barber
Penick and Ford, Ltd
First Street
Tenth Avenue
Rejea
Promissory Note Suit Settled and Dismissed in District Court
A 1413.66 promissory note suit filed Feb 13 by James J Hurt against George M Lamb and Mary E Lamb is settled and dismissed with prejudice before Judge C J Haas under a stipulation. Also Josephine Chihak seeks a divorce from Mila Chihak 57 on cruel treatment. petition cites marriage Jan 7 1930 and seeks 5000 judgment plus custody of two daughters. In a separate district court decree Judge John T Moffit quieted title to Cedar Rapids and other Linn county realty in Mabel Christophersen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hurt
George M. Lamb
Mary E. Lamb
C. J. Haas
Josephine Chihak
Mila Chihak
Daughers
John T. Moffit
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Mabel Christophersen
College Head Dr John Acheson Dies at Macalester
Dr John Carey Acheson 67 president of Macalester College died Wednesday night after an illness that struck earlier the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
John Carey Acheson
Macalester College
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