Cocoa the Irish water spaniel signals opening of duck season
The piece depicts Cocoa the Irish water spaniel guiding a hunter on the Mississippi backwaters as the duck season opens. It details the dog’s training, signals, and remarkable retrieves, noting Cocoa’s role in about a dozen successful birds and the broader dog-centered tradition of waterfowl hunting.
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Mississippi
Paul E. Smith
Thirty-fifth Street
Mr. Smith
Cocoa
Marion Legion Picnic Supper and Community Activities
Marion post No 298 and the Legion auxiliary plan a Monday 6 30 pm picnic supper at the Legion hall with co chairmen Mrs Elsie Pringle and Miss Mary Buzza and a 7 30 pm post executive meeting followed by post and auxiliary sessions. Several clubs and church groups announce meetings and social events including a Coe Cornell homecoming attendance, a silver tea at the Presbyterian church, and an all day Grove City Rebekah lodge gathering. Members urged to bring carpet rags for Knoxville hospital and jams and jellies for Oakdale patients.
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Marion Post
American Legion
the Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Elsie Pringle
Mary Buzza
Bessie Davin
Estella Kahler
Sybil Fiedler
Edith Boyanovsky
Ida Leasure
Gladys Seger
Margaret Leming
Hattie Jones
Knoxville
Colfax Circle
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
E. B. Castle
Seventh Street
New Books at Marion Public Library
The Marion public library lists new adult non fiction titles including Singing Drums by Walshimer Listen the Wind by Anne Lindbergh A Southerner Discovers the South by Daniels and Crippled Splendor by Caldwell. It adds fiction titles The Wall by Rinehart Dynasty of Death by Rinehart and Dynasty of Death by Caldwell. From the St Josephs unit of the National Council of Catholic Women comes Shepherd of the North by Maher.
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Marion Public Library
Walshimer
Anne Lindbergh
South
Daniels
John
Caldwell
Rinehart
St. Joseph's
National Council of Catholic Women
Maher
Federated Women’s Clubs Convene and Local Meetings
Mrs R J Kendall, Mrs George Busby and Miss Sara Nott attended the second district Federated Women's clubs convention on the Cornell Mount Vernon campus. Various local members joined Thursday and Friday sessions. the Priscilla guild plans a picnic dinner next Wednesday at 1 pm.
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R. J. Kendall
George Busby
Sara Nott
Federated Women's Clubs
Fine Arts
Cornell
Mount Vernon
A. A. Hardin
A. E. Crew
E. T. Gough
E. J. Miller
O. M. Carson
Fred M. Blakeslee
William Elliott
R. Lee Taylor
Guy Miller
Riverside to Lancaster visit and local notices
Daily life notes from Cedar Rapids include travels to Lancaster by Mr and Mrs Miller's daughter Margaret working there. Local club meetings and hostesses listed for Tennyson club Ameigo club Prairie Chapel Ladies Aid and Martin's Creek Community club. A Dunkard Cemetery benefit chicken dinner is announced for October 20 at 5 p.m. with refreshment committee members named.
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Dar Rapids
Lancaster
Wis
Margaret
Prairie Chapel Ladies Aid Society
Bessie Taylor
Clara Falcon
Harry Nielsom
Clyde Kearns
Martin’s Creek
Kearns
Susie Berry
Jay Stookey
Jesse Scott
Dunkard Cemetery
Miller criticizes Roosevelt court reform plan in campaign speech
Frederic M. Miller, Republican candidate for the state supreme court, argued in Knoxville that President Roosevelt seeks to centralize power through a court reform plan. He framed the judiciary as the crucial issue and urged Republicans to restore balance among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
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Knoxville
INS
Frederic M. Miller
State Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Noted Lecturer To Appear At Cornell
Raymond E. Wilson associate secretary of the peace section of the American Friends Service committee will visit Cornell Tuesday. He will speak at the chapel in the morning and address International Club Tuesday evening. Wilson has spent a year in Japan and two extensive trips in Europe with eleven years in the American Peace Movement. He is currently dean of faculties directing the educational program in ten institutes of international relations across the United States.
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Mount Vernon
Raymond E. Wilson
American Friends Service Committee
Cornell
International Club
Wilson
Japan
Europe
United States
Colesburg Merchant Keeps Trading After 63 Years
Colesburg’s veteran grocer William H Bristol, 84, founded in partnership with J C Bolsinger in 1909 and still managing daily operations. He first shipped Colesburg eggs in a sugar barrel, pioneered local butter sales, and has employed 20 clerks with rare labor troubles. Bristol was named after Erie railroad superintendent William Powers.
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William Huzzie Powers
Bristol
Colesbury
Earlville
Orange County
New York
Mr. Bristol
Erie Railroad
Mr. Powers
Clayton County
J. C. Bolsinger
Mr. Bolsinger
Harry Tobie
O. H. P. Knee
F. C. Wilson
George Dausman
Tom Moreland
August Wessel
Ed Bolsinger
Wilbur Bush
Lennie Smith
Jackie Smith
Fred Peck
Fred Knee
Roy Prentice
Spencer Smith
Clark Shaffer
Milt Rolfing
Clifford Grimes
Fred Schenke
Manchester
Nab Man Wanted For Minnesota Gunplay At Mason City
Elster McWha, 22, who said he shot Night Constable Frank O Leary, 45, in a Hollandale pool hall after an argument, was arrested by Mason City police near the Great Western tracks. O Leary was in critical condition at an Albert Lea hospital. McWha claimed he fled through the pool hall rear door and hitchhiked to Albert Lea before reaching Mason City, where a switch engine helped locate him west of Quincy Avenue.
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Mason City
Elster McWha
Frank O’leary
Hollandale
Minn
Great Western Railroad
O’leary
Albert Lea
McWha
Quincy Avenue
Frank O'Leary
O'Leary
Kenneth Lambertus
Freeborn
Pool hall shooting wounds Hollandale night constable
Night Constable Frank O Leary, 45, was critically wounded and Kenneth Lambertus lightly hit when a youth armed with a pistol fired at police during eviction at a Hollandale pool hall. Three Hollandale men aiding the youth were jailed. the assailant fled in a car. Sheriff Myre hunted the suspect from Arkansas.
First Duck Season Victim Drowned In Mississippi River
Orville Stout of Burlington drowned while duck hunting on the Mississippi River eight miles above Fort Madison. Lee county divers combed the river as Fort Madison sheriff's office coordinated the search. Stout married with three children was on his first duck hunting trip with three companions splitting up at the site.
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Burlington
Orville Stout
Mississippi
Fort Madison
Lee County
Stout
Iowa News in Brief Anamosa to Toledo highlights and local fixes
Funeral services for Mrs Carrie Waggoner 71 held in Anamosa burial in Riverside cemetery She was a lifelong resident of the Jackson Township area and leaves two sons Stanley and Harold Probate inventories filed for six Tama county estates include Slessor Hoeg Ahlbrecht Hanzelka Radkcevich and Uchytil assets range from 200 to 22 717.56 Debts listed vary up to 10 500 Heirs named include Edith M Slessor and Albert A Uchytil. Buckingham Tama county convention set for Oct 27 at Traer Methodist church with a noon dinner and speakers O G Herbrechts and Walter Hutton. Scotch Grove reports several minor accidents including loss of finger by John Bohlken and cuts to George Bohlken and Reece Moats.
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Carrie Waggoner
Smykil
David M. Beggs
Riverside Cemetery
Waggoner
Jackson Township
Jones County
Stanley
Harold
Toledo
Tama County
Charles G. Slessor
Gladbrook
Edith M. Slessor
W. H. Hoeg
Lincoln
Mary A. Ahlbrecht
Tama
Joseph Hanzelka
Chelsea
Albert
Kate Uchytil
Buckingham
Burton Romick
Traer Methodist Church
O. G. Herbrecht
Walter Hutton
Des Moines
Scotch Grove
John Bohlken
George Bohlken
Reece Moats
Harm J. Dirks
Pearl Buyer of McGregor Aboard Mississippi
W H C Harry Elwell aged 78 of McGregor the oldest pearl merchant on the Mississippi has spent forty years buying pearls shipped to India valued at over 500000 dollars. He notes baroque pearls and freshwater varieties from the Ohio river and Mississippi supply the market while taxidermy and shipboard hobbies fill his leisure time in a town known for its river cliffs.
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India
Orient
Harry” Elwell
McGregor
Mississippi
America
Mr. Elwell
Ohio
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Elwell
Iowa
Mr Elwell
Grandpa
Housing Crisis Slams Iowa State College Campus
Ames reports record enrollment near 6100 students with a severe housing squeeze. By Sept, all rooms were taken, rents rose, and downtown Ames rooms were filled. The college housing plan uses sorority houses, a former hotel, and Memorial Union to house students while private homes and rooming houses are stretched to the limit.
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Iowa State
Mens Cooperative
Ames
Iowa State Highway Commission
Iowa State College
Memorial Union
Iowa State Daily
Housing Committee
Shank
Budget Board Cuts Six Budgets Including Sioux City
The Iowa Budget Appeal Board ordered six budget reductions on Saturday, including Sioux City city budget 65000 dollars, Lee County 88135 dollars, and Council Bluffs school district 14462 dollars. Also cut were Hayes consolidated school Buena Vista County 1000, Hartley independent school Hartley 1000, and Strahan consolidated Mills County 1000.
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State Budget Appeal Board
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Council Bluffs
Lee County
Hayes
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Independent School District
Hartley
O'Brien County
Strahan Consolidated School
Mills County
Honor Waukon Couple Married Sixty Years
WAUKON Sixty years ago Oct 14 1878 Charles Regan and Miss Mary Waldron were married at Lycurgus Catholic church. The anniversary is observed at their home with children and grandchildren joining for a family dinner. They have ten children and thirty five grandchildren with two great grandchildren.
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Charles Regan
Mary Waldron
Lycurgus
Father Slattery
Regan
Allamakee County
Daniel Regan
Lycirgus
la Cross
Wis
Charles
Daniel
Frank Baxter
Edward Ryan
Peter Riches
Jacques Jolas to Give Recital at Cornell Chapel
Mount Vernon The noted American pianist Jacques Jolas director of music extension at Cornell College will present his first concert of the year Sunday at 4 p.m. in Cornell chapel. He recently appeared on CBS for the third year in succession and spent five weeks in France performing in Paris Strasbourg and Metz and on the French Broadcasting system. He also conducted a master class at the University of Alberta Banff for sixteen piano students and will premiere the works of Ingerlbrecht director of the French Broadcasting system at the upcoming program.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Jacques Jolas
Cornell College
Cornell
Jolas
Columbia Broadcasting System
France
Paris
Strausburg
Metz
French Broadcasting System
University of Alberta
Banff
Canada
Ingerlbrecht
Art Exhibit Memorializes Blanche Armstrong at Cornell
Mount Vernon notes an annual homecoming event at Cornell featuring a memorial art exhibit. The display honors Blanche Armstrong whose gift funded Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts and includes her oil and watercolor collection plus works by emerging artists. The exhibit runs until November 1.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Blanche Armstrong
Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts
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