Linn County Civil War Vets Meet in Marion
Linn County Veterans Association holds its forty-seventh annual encampment in Marion at Memorial Hall with 93-year-old Erastus Smith the last surviving Civil War veteran in the area. Eugene Allen of Cedar Rapids presides. Rev A A Brooks to speak. program includes music, readings, and a public welcome.
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Linn County Veterans Association
Erastus Smith
Marion
Smith
Eugene Allen
Cedar Rapids
Ll W Shields
S. S. Haun
Mount Vernon
George S Bushnell
Margaret Leming
Robert Mitchell Womans Relief Corps
A A. Brooks
St Pauls Methodist Church
Wll
Jed
Cyrus Metcalf
Dempsy Jones
America
John H Pazour
Floyd Slauson
Robert Mitchell Woman's Relief Corps
Marion to Dedicate New Athletic Field Next Friday
The Marion community prepares for the dedication of a new athletic field and recreation center on Friday September 27 after years of planning. The project used 80 600 man hours of relief labor with CWA funds and local support, featuring a designed track and football field meeting Big Ten standards and a parade followed by Marion's first home game at 2 30 p m with Cedar Rapids officials and school and business participation.
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Marion
Marion Service Club
Cvic
Des Moines
Service Club
McKean
H. Titus
JERA
Marion-Roosevelt High
Cedar Rapids
Moray Eby
Coe College
G. L. Lyman
Horace Hedges
Ira Carruthers
Thomas Crabbe
Tom Hayden
Awards Made At Garden Club Show
A large crowd attended the Marion Nature and Garden club flower show at the public library. Awards included first second and honorable mention in bouquets of marigolds zinnias and other arrangements with names of recipients listed.
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The
Marion Nature and Garden Club
J B. Emmons
John Clay
Lillian Bleakly
Miss Bleakly
Celan Rollins
Frank Shumack
Edmund Scown
C. A. Dykes
W. H. Boozel
Shaffer Klink
Fred Lang
Pauline Naso
Leonard Taylor
John Cone
J. B. Emmons
A. R. Rundquist
F. A. Shumack
F A. Shumack
A . Rundquist
Dry Creek club brings entertainment in Memorial hall
The Dry Creek Agriculture and Literary club entertained Friday evening in Memorial hall with a piano solo, readings, vocal duets, poems, jokes, and a reading. Seventy attended including Mr and Mrs George Maxfield and son, Doris McEnany, and Mrs Gillmore. Plans for the next meeting were made at the Atwater home.
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Dry Creek
George Maxfield
Robins
Charles Maxfield
McEnany
Doris
George Gillmore
Ethelyn Oakley
Maron
Wedding planned for Roman A Urush in Chicago
The ceremony will take place at Peoples church Chicago with Rev Preston E Bradley officiating. Urush works at the Rock Island government arsenal and the couple will reside in Davenport. River side accident details follow for George Wallace killed Sept 10 in a fog when his milk truck collided with a parked fire truck. Burial was at Evergreen cemetery Riverside American Legion post led the rites. Wallace survived by wife Clara and other relatives. Cedar Rapids couple K P Shimerda attend.
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Roman A. Urush
Chicago
Peoples Church
Preston E. Bradley
Urush
Government Arsenal
Rock Island
Davenport
John Rohrer
George Wallace
Riverside
Calif
Co. F Ensign
Presbyterian Church At
Long Beach
Marion Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Riverside American Legion Post
Wallace
Clara Rohrer Wallace
Electa Circle Holds First Fall Meeting in Public Library
The Electa Circle of the King’s Daughters met in the public library for their first fall business session. A luncheon was canceled due to Mrs. Claude Knapp’s illness. Summer activities included visiting Camp Good Health and sending cookies, fruit, and candy. Plans for a friendship quilt were discussed and committees named. The next meeting is Oct 4 at Mrs. L. R. Blinks’s home.
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Electa Circle of the
King’s Daughters
Claude Knapp
Ways and Means
A. P. Munsen
Stanley Thomas
George C. Oxley
Glen Kinser
G. A. Kindler
L. S. Dove
Earl Edwards
L. R. Blinks
James Pringle
A. P. Munson
Brothers Reunite After Nearly Fifty Years
Special to The Gazette three surviving Daniels brothers from Urbana William Daniels Civil War veteran pioneer. John Daniels 6 of Van Horne David Daniels 66 of Allen's Park Colo Shelby Daniels 63 of Bremerton Wash reunited this summer after thirty seven to fifty years. John and Shelby separated when Shelby left Urbana forty seven years ago. The trio were last together during a past visit when David Daniels had lived in Urbana fifty years ago.
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van Horne
John Daniels
David Daniels
Allen's Park
Colo
Shelby Daniels
Bremmerton
Wash
Wiliam Daniels
Veeran
Urbana
John
West
Mrs. Alfred Voss Relates Mildred Frazee Trip Notes
Mrs Alfred Voss recalls Mildred Frazee and notes that Miss McCannon will return to Des Moines Monday after a two weeks vacation spent in Marion and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Voss
Mildred Frazee
Men's club hosts Linn county rally with missionary talk
The Christian church men’s club held a Friday rally inviting visitors from area churches in Linn county. Rev C J Biddle introduced Dr R E Leidigh who presided with group singing saxophone and clarinet solos readings and a talk by Rev S S McWilliams on Missionary Pioneering. A 70‑person luncheon followed.
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The
Christian Church
Linn County
C. J. Biddle
R. E. Lehdigh
L. J. Dennis
Center Point
Robert Kennedy
Jean Leidigh
Annie Laura Davidson
la Verna Crew
R. B. Jones
Alburnett
Rare Arctic Blue Goose Finds Home on Iowa Farm
Albert Voth on Beach's island north of Marquette shelters a blue goose pair rescued after injuries. The birds, nearly extinct, mate for life and may raise a family under permit from the conservation board. They roam near their alfalfa pens as migration nears.
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Arctic
Iowa
The
Gazette
Arquette
Albert Voth
Beach
Marquette
Arctic Circle
Gulf Coast
Voth
Conservation Board
Hudson Bay
United States
New Juvenile Home Head Begins Duties
Mrs. Silver, a Belhaven and Blue Mountain graduate, will oversee the juvenile home farm. She has taught English and history, managed Wickfield farm in Van Buren county near Keosauqua, and served on local school boards. She is mother to Frank, Lauralee, and Jacqueline and succeeds Miss La Vere Smith as superintendent.
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Farm Bureau Work
Eastern Star
Des Moines Women's Club
Silver
Belhaven College
Blue Mountain College
Mississippi
Wickfield
van Buren County
Keosauqua
West Branch Car Still Used After 21 Years Of Service
Fred Holloway of West Branch owns a runabout that celebrated its twenty first birthday August 23 making it the oldest car on Cedar county roads. He bought it August 23 1914 as the first car sold from a West Branch sales floor and it has visited the West Liberty fair every year since. The car cost 470 dollars with a 50 dollar refund from Olsen and Anderson if a sales target was met. Holloway overhauls it every two years and rarely records mileage due to farm duties. The vehicle was delivered to Muscatine by barge and then overland to West Branch. He previously owned a motorcycle sold in town classified ads. }
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the Gazette
West Branch
Fred Holloway
Cedar County
Holloway
West Liberty
Muscatine
Olsen
Anderson
Iowa City
Spillville Church Celebrates History and Dvorak ties
The Spillville church marks parish improvements since 1906 including remodeled Sisters' house and parsonage, new chapel, tile floor, pews, and cemetery expansion. It recalls Antonin Dvorak’s 1893 Spillville sojourn and the American quartet Op. 96 first performed there.
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Dubuque
Laval University
Quebec
Hennesy
Spillville
Dvorak
Iowa
Antonin Dvorak
Towa
St. Wenceslaus
America
F. Z. Skiharsky
Spilsville
Oldest Washington County Vet Enjoys Weekend Trains
John Younkin 1800s Civil War veteran of Riverside, born in 1840, recalls farm life in Perry county and Washington county. He fought in 24 battles, including Magnolia Hill and Cedar Creek, served with Company D Twenty fourth Iowa, and later farmed before retiring. He still enjoys Friday fish dinners, trains, and simple days at home with his brother briefly nearby.
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Mr Younkin
G W Younkin
John
Riverside
Perry County
Ohio
Samuel
Katherine Younkin
Washington County
Samuel Younkin
Younkin
Iowa City
Fairfield
Twenty-fourth
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Tom Sims
Sims
Magnolia Hill
Miss
Champion Hill
Black River
New Orleans
Virginia
Chariton
Berryville
Winchester
Cedar Creek
Bull Head Mountain
Goldsburg
Sherman
Shellsburg Couple Mark 65th Wedding Anniversary
Shellsburg's oldest couple Mr Miles Strawn and Mrs Strawn celebrate sixty five years of marriage with a family dinner. Strawn, the last Civil War veteran in Shellsburg, is 89, a Pennsylvanian native. Mrs Strawn, Linn County born, is 83. They have one daughter Mrs Clifford Robbins and two grandchildren, Mrs Edward Dyson and Clare Robbins, all in Shellsburg.
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Shellsburg
Miles Strawn
Strawn
Feud Over Judicial Selection Renewed in Iowa Debate
The Iowa discussion centers on a possible presidential appointment to the new seven member federal reserve board with a focus on agriculture representation. Mention is made of Marriner Eccles as chair and Paul Huston as a potential Iowa candidate, highlighting Iowa’s stake in monetary policy affecting farmers amid expanded board powers.
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Iowa
Federal Reserve Banking System
Roosevelt
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Agriculture
Eccles
Paul Huston
Cedar Rapids
B. H. Jacobsen
Clinton
Iowa Agricul
Reserve Board
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Linn County Civil War
Reading Circle
Michel
Arthur Newman
R J Waithams
J L. Papes
Europe
Foreation of Womens Clubs
L Ao Lavasseur
Mire
Carpenter
Joe Beeson
Oto
Motion Shakespeare
Pera
Wos Weter
Werarns Corstan
Marton Nature Club
George ii
Lepsmoat
Stughtawasy
WPA
Sale Te Bath
Dickey ' Nernoans
Finger
Kane Tat
Ba Scheol
Druy
Erhans
Conjyarette American Legion
Marion Golf Club
John Mulvany
JE Killinger
O M Carson
Manchester
Eastern Iowa
Lions Club
Marion Gulf Club
Child Study Club
Beraard Schenken
WPC Club
Estelle Blackwood
Helen Miller
Rockford
Bernice Toms
Marion Boulevard
OL. Brown
H N Strader
D E Miller
Josephine Whitacre
Forest Deischer of
Wapkinton
H B Lembaugh
Jee Fairley
Frank Cloughy
Ottumwa
John G Standish
North Eighteenth Street
June Marie
Dry Creek Club
Electa Circle
To Grinnell
George Oxley, Jr
Margaret Miller
Lois Stitzel
University of Iowa
Robert Titus
James Vernon
James Sweeney
Waldo Lindley
Marvin Batchelder
DeWayne Dickey
Melvin Oldfather
Iowa State Teachers College
Marian Cone
Alice Tow
Elliott Hutton
Everett Brooks
Columbia College
Billie Reed
Cornell College
Bernice Reynolds
Mabel Williams
Elinor Kendall
Mary Lockwood
Margaret Carson
Lois Lockwood
Catherine Crane
Jean Dow
Robert Smith
Raymond Smith
Dale Smith
Garth Hunter
Town State College
Katherine Taube
Ralph Hawk
Robert Hutchison
Don Arp
Howard Merkle
Charles Hanna
Burdette Hanna
Eleanor Hanna
Jennings Hotchkiss
Cedar Rapids Business College
Anna Helen Martin
California Institute of Technology
Robert Munson
Fred Land
John Smith
Harold Phillips
James York
Grande Avenue SE
Opal McCannon
Milo Trusty
Gladys Frederick
Tru
John, David and
Churchmen's Rally
Frank Haas
Gilmore City
Grinnell
W. H. Talbot
Paul Sigmund
Nettie B. Smith
DeWitt
A. J. Cahn
Henry Everetts
Yocom Chapel
John M. Walters
Methodist Church
Martin’s Creek Cemetery
O.E. S
Kensington
Masonic Temple
George Kindler
W. E. Smith
John Kovearik
New Prague
Minn
John Kovarik, Jr
Joseph Kovarik
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
New World Symphony
Ing
Spillville Church
Mrs. Miles Strawn
Huston
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