Four Hurt as Car Flips Near Shannon
A car rolled over southwest of Shannon City injuring Kenneth Gustin nine, his brother Gerald twelve and relative Elmer Stahl about twelve. Kenneth suffered concussion, Gerald had one arm broken and head cuts, Elmer an arm fracture, and the father Peir Gustin sustained cuts. The accident occurred while returning from Knowlton. cause cited as a broken radius rod or front axle brace. The Gustin family and Elmer were taken to Grayer Community hospital for treatment.
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Kenneth Gustin
Peir Gustin
Gerald
Elmer Stahl
Gustins
Gustin
Shannon City
Knowlton
Greaier Community Hospital
Kenneth
Iowa State Fair Announces Special Days for 1930 Jubilee
The Iowa State Board of Agriculture announces seven days of commemorative events for the 70th state fair to be held August 20 to 29. Highlights include Preparation Days August 20 21 Children’s Day August 22 World War Veterans Day August 23 Old Soldiers Day August 26 State Day August 27 and Jubilee Day August 28 29 with various groups honored and free admission on select days. Veterans of Civil and Mexican Wars receive free admission daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deg
State Board of Agriculture
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Creston Bicycle Club Holds First Meeting
The Creston Bicycle Club held its first meeting Monday evening at Jails Cycle Shop. Officers were elected and plans set for weekend rides to nearby towns races and picnics. Membership is increasing as the club aims to put Creston on the bicycle map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston Bicycle Club
Jails
Creeton
George Ford Dies at Home in Ringgold County
George Ford died early this morning at his home 1206 West Jefferson Street. An old Ringgold County resident, he moved to Cres tov five years ago from Diagonal. A short service will be held at his home at 1 36 Tuesday followed by funeral services at Mattaedint Church at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Ringgold County.
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George Ford
West
Jefferson Street
Crestov
Diagonal
Ringgold County
Bureau
Union Cemetery
Mrs Moffitt recovering after operations at Greater Community
The article notes Mrs Lester Moffitt is recovering from recent operations at the Greater Community hospital in Creighton. It also lists a series of Sunday visits and meals among local families including H O Handley Herbert Berry Zolman James Burkheimer Fluke and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Moffitt
Greater Community Hospital
Creaton
H. O. Handley
Herbert Berry
Will Zolman
Mer
Rose James
Lion Zolman
Robert Burkheimer
Ruby Fluke
Cecil Ronherman
Murray
Bar Davis
Hazel
Emmaline Davis
Missary Strain
Des Moines
Earle Clelland
Polk City
Pearl McCarty
Son
W. A. Strain
Raymond Strain
Final Subway Hearing Delayed To September
The Burlington railroad’s federal court petition seeking a permanent injunction to stop Creston from forcing a subway under Elm street will not be heard in August but at the next regular federal court session in September. A temporary injunction issued in April remains interlocutory pending final disposition, and the August hearing is unlikely due to the Des Moines court’s schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Railroad
Creston
Elm Street
Martin J. Wade
Des Moines
Harvest Army Now in Action Across Wheat Belt States
The harvest army for central wheat belt states now outnumbers the U S. army with peak activity in Kansas around July 1. About 106000 recruits were counted, needing 105000 for field work and replacements, with 162 trains and 39 hours of marching to visualize the scale. Seasonal laborers total 166383 when including cotton, potato, corn, berry, and beet labor. Kansas harvests about 9 million acres yielding over 100 million bushels amid vast wheat lands.
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Iy Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Great Central Wheat Belt
United States Army
United Staes Army
Suard
Texas
Kansas
State Court of Industrial Relations
J. H W. Crawford
Wheat Belt
Public Employment Service
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Delaware
North Dakota
Minnesota
Nevinville Local Notes From Last Week's Roundup
The telephone board of directors met last Monday afternoon. Booth Steele and family visited relatives from Hoisington Kansas. Hugh Goodfellow attended events. Mrs Ray Seley recovers from recent surgery. Art Ink injured ankle helping with hay while W J Haines. John Bowerbank motored to Des Moines. Bill Jackson visited Mrs R T Martin. Edith Harrison aided Mrs Frank Van Vleet. Ora Wilmeth visited sisters near Spaulding. Frank Blazek injured side after falling from hay load. healing progress slow. Arthur Duben and family vacationed at northern lakes. Ivan Rice Velma Duben joined them. W McClelland of Lyman visited Nevin on way home from Creston. Edd Sticken using crutches after stepping on glass. Arthur transported cattle to Omaha. Mrs Frank Rivenburg visiting relatives in Greenfield.
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John Bowerbank
Des Moines
Bill Jackson
R T. Martin
Edith Harrison
Frank van Vleet
Ora Wilmeth
Evans
Miller
Spaulding
Frank Blazek
Arthur Duben
Ivan Rice
Velma Duben
Arthur
Omaha
Frank Rivenburg
Greenfield
Seven Women on New Union County Jury List
Seventeen trial jurors for the September term of Union County district court include seven women and 29 Creston residents. Court opens August 25, with the grand jury reporting the next day and trial jurors to report September 1 or 2. listed jurors include E M Willis Creston Lovell Webb Shannon City L C Wolf Creston G A Wallace Creston J P Wick Afton Ralph Wilson Creston and many others from Creston Cromwell Afton Kent and Diagonal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden Bon” Court
Union County District Court
Creston
E. M. Willis
Lovell Webb
Shannon City
L. Wolf Creston
G. A. Wallace
J. P
Joe Brown
Diagonal
Grover Blair
Afton
Della Boort
Olive Beckwith
Obituary for George Ford of Creston and Ringgold County
George Ford born December 11 1859 near Xenia Ohio died July 28 1924 at 1206 West Jefferson Creston Iowa age 64 years 7 months 17 days He was the son of David and Eliza Ford His father preceded him in 1964 to the home above His mother lives at Clearfield 83 His family moved from Ringgold County to Creston Diagonal and back He married Rosetta Gustin March 11 1880 and they raised eight children in the Gustin home later moving to Diagonal then Creston He was a faithful Methodist and welcomed many friends The surviving family includes wife Rosetta Ford eight children Harry Shannon City Walter California Elmer at home Mrs Charles Maple Shannon City Mrs Jerry Miller Shannon City Glenn died in infancy Alma and Elma at home sister Mrs O A Andrews Clarinda brother John A Ford Clearfield and three grandchildren Geraldine Garnet Melba The funeral was held at the Methodist church at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ford
Xenia
Green County
Ohio
Weat Jefferson Street
Creston
Iowa
David
Eliza Ford
David Ford
Clearfield
Ford
Ringgold County
Diagtonal
Methodist Church
Union Church
Union Cemetery
Rosetta A. Gustin
Gustin
Diagonal
Rosetta Ford
Harry Ford
Shannon City
Walter Ford
California
Elmer
Charles Maple
Jerry Miller
Glenn
Alma
Elma
Auto Races Conclude Taylor County Fair
The Taylor county fair opens in Bedford with horse racing daily and auto races set for Saturday expected to draw the largest crowd. Speedway pilots will vie for championship honors and liberal purses, with a special prize for breaking local or state track records. the dirt oval will be prepared Friday night for the speed events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Fair
Bedford
The
Fair Association
C. N. Nelson
Famous Golf Stars To Play Game Here
Crestmoor Golf Club announces an exhibition 18 hole match on August 6 at 10 a.m. featuring Cyril Walker open champion and Bobby Cruickshank. The event, part of a transcontinental tour, draws hundreds of local spectators and will include a lunch break after nine holes. Tickets go on sale soon with limited gallery seating. reservations advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Direcors
Crestmoor Golf Club
Cyril Walker
Bobby Cruickshank
Creston
Walker
Cruickshank
Iowa
Crestmoor
Babe Ruth
Mystery of Carroll Murder Revealed in Admission
Carroll Iowa July 28 The murder of John Conway remains tied to Goldie Morrison who died in Orange City jail. Justice Department records show Morrison admitted the killing before death and named accomplice Hicks after a gambling scheme led to the fatal shooting.
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Carroll
John Conway
Goldie” Morrison
Orange City
Iowa Department of Justice
Morrison
Iowa
Hicks
Goldie
Nockels
Conway
Northwestern Guards
Lidderdale
Lohrville
Milwaukee
Sibley
Anamosa Reformatory
Lobrville
Downtown parking spaces repainted under street commission
Street commissioner oversaw night repainting of downtown parking spaces using high visibility paint directed by Mayor Ed Keith. Cars to park parallel in most business districts. on Adams Street and Pine Street angle parking and driving toward the center was specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Keith
Adams
Pine Streets
English pastor defends booze in anti prohibition talk
In London July 30 Associated Press reports Rev Wyndham Heathcote of Maidstone defended drinking while criticizing prohibition as subverting democracy. He argued individuals have right to private choices including worship and marriage and challenged linking wine to immorality. Bishop Henson echoed tolerance of moderate liquor use citing Christian tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
America
Iin
England
Wyndham Heathcote
Maidstone
Connex Échange
United States
H. H. Henson
Durham
Rotary Club
Death of Asa Carleton Capps at 34 in Los Angeles
Asa Carleton Capps born June 16 1890 near Kent died July 16 1924 in Los Angeles from a brain abscess at age 34. He lived in Des Moines earlier and Kent, attended Kent and Des Moines schools, married to Louise with children Majory and Gerard. Funeral conducted by Rev E R Mitchell with organist Merle Bowers and Helen Freeman singing Pace to Face. Family and friends from Des Moines Orient Shenandoah and other locales attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Carleton Capps
Kent
Des Moines
Los Angeles
Cal
Louise
Majory
Gerard
A. H. Capps
A. L. Cappe
Methodist Church
E. R. Mitchell
Fred Warner
Rambo
MeIntire
Earl Toland
Harvey Wright
Merle Bowers
Helen Freeman
Stuhlmiller
E. L. Davis
HH. J. Stuhlmiller
Free Gerard
Owen Thomas
T. E. Sears
Herman Meinkey
Fontanelle
EB. J. Meinkey
Audubon
Thomas Gebbie
King
Shenandoah
Lewis Capps
Chas Capp
Graydon
Noel Capps
A. D. van Vleet
Hannah Schwab
Orient
T. Gebbie
Carbon
R. Marshall
Gravity
A. L. Capps
Chicago
Estate of J B Wray Valued At 145000 Real and 17745 Personal
An inventory filed in district court estimates J B Wray's real property at 145000 and personal property at 17745. He owned undivided half of 2560 acres in Canada 923 acres in North Dakota 80 acres in Idaho 320 in Texas and three city lots in Carnduff Saskatchewan plus several hundred acres of Town land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J B. Wray
Canada
North Dakota
Idaho
Texas
Carnduff
Saskatchwan
Prosperity Forecast Divides Experts on Recovery
W. W. Barron predicts five years of greatest prosperity for the United States while Senator Arthur Capper cautions that a crucial factor is missing. He notes postwar rest followed by recovery, with railroads increasing freight as a sign of improving business and prices adjusting upward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
W. W. Barron
Wall Street
Barron
Arthur Capper
Capper
Union County People At California Picnic
Union County residents near San Jose form a state society led by B S Turner president and Mrs Ella Tate secretary. They plan a Labor Day picnic at Alum Rock San Jose with attendees including Carl K Lewis C B Johnson and P Dodson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
B.S. Turner
Ella Tate
Alum Rock
Union County
California
Carl K. Lewis
C B. Johnson
P. ’. Dodson
Creston Youth Shows Speed In Omaha Race
11 year old Katzenberger boy from Creston traveled to Omaha with his parents and competed in a coaster wagon race. He finished second and earned a new coaster as prize amidst eighty eight contestants. Omaha papers printed pictures and names of the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bustell W Katezenberger
F. C. Katzenberger
Omaha
Russell
Urge Pres. Coolidge To Take Vacation
Friends press President Coolidge to take a brief vacation after accepting the Republican nomination on August 14 in Washington. He has shown strain from Harding’s death and a heavy year in office. He has taken weekend sails on the Mayflower yacht and may travel to Secretary Weeks’ New England summer home for rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Harding
Calvin, Jr
Weeks
Mr. Coolidge
New England
Taylor county fair opening draws horse racing and legal notices
Cres ton fans travel to Bedford for Taylor county fair racing on Tuesday with a 2:22 pace worth 500 dollars a 2:26 trot for 250 and added money a half mile dash in 50 seconds and the seven eighths run Little Bunnie owned by Warren Dennis of Utah won the pace Enrice owned by McDonald of Marshall town won the trot in broken heats Walter Inn took the half mile dash and Colonel Marchmont won the shorter run In district court Central Trust company of Des Moines sues N W and Nellie Green et al for 275 on a 10000 note Meanwhile sixty four US war veterans from Union county file honorable discharges this month Voluntary bankruptcy petition filed by Young Pearson from Lucas county lists 21964 08 liabilities with 8100 assets including 7200 real estate Empties 710 property value exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Bedford
Taylor County Fair
Little Bunnie
Warren Dennis
Utah
Enrice
McDonald
Marshalltown
Walter Inn
Colonel Marchmont
Central Trust Company of
Des Moines
N. W
Nellie Green
Plantiff
Young Pearson
Lucas County
Purdy
Arthur Thornton Leaves for Vacation in Kewanee Ill
Arthur Thornton departed this morning for Kewanee Illinois to spend his vacation. He plans a quiet stay and will return after the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
aArthur Thornton
Kewanee, Ill
Prescott Homecoming Signals Campaign Kickoff
The small town of about 500 people hosts a four candidacy start for political campaigns. Sen Smith W Brookhart and other hopefuls plan rallies and speeches in Prescott with events scheduled over Thursday and Friday, involving candidates for U S representative and state senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Smith W. Bro
Washington
Iowa
Repu
Liogd Thurs
Osceola
United States
Eighth
Dan
Ottumwa
Mr. Kart
Leroy Munyon
Brookhart
Daniel F
Omorrow
Friday Liegdston
Congress
Federal Egg Inspection Service Expands to New York
Federal Egg Inspection Service reports nearly 5 000 egg cases inspected at New York under new market inspection program. Navy ships and steamship lines also inspected. Officials urge extension to other cities including Philadelphia Boston San Francisco as funds permit. Potts notes growing use of federal grades and dairy poultry contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Market Insp Service
United States
D Meat of Agriculture
Navy
United Ship Lines
C. Potts
Oilef
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Sancisco
Mr. Potts
Broken Axle Causes Railroad Yard Wreck
A broken axle on a heavy box car of train No 90 caused about eighty feet of derailment in the ore yards near Elm Street. The hot box likely failed, derailing three cars and damaging four more. Crews cleared the tracks by 8 AM with no injuries reported.
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Elm Street
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Shannon
Iowa State Fair
Monette
Harvest Army
Nevinville
Pres. Coolidge
County Recorder’s
World War Veterans of
Politicians
Theit Press
Federal
Kendall
B. J. Kendall
Eaosburg Falls
Vermont
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