Anundsen Chapel Dedication at Norwegian Cemetery
A large Sunday gathering marked the dedication of the Anundsen Memorial chapel at the Norwegian cemetery. Robert Bergeson accepted the gift for the Anundsen estate as Rev. I B Torrison spoke on Lincoln and duty.
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Anundsen
Otto E. Schmidt
United Lutheran Church
Schmidt
Robert Bergeson
Cemetery Association
I. B. Torrison
B. Anundsen
Norvin Hanson
Rough Road Ahead for Cigarettes in Manchester
Manchester officers press the anti pills campaign targeting youths in streets and public places. Lloyd Grumman was arrested and fined in justice court for smoking in a restaurant after prior warnings. The county attorney plans stronger enforcement of the law.
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Manchester
Lloyd Grumman
Justice Court
Cooper to resign as Upper Town university president
Dr. R. W. Cooper says he will file a formal resignation at the June 8 board meeting and remain in charge until a successor is chosen. He has served eight years and aided the school’s educational work amid town consolidation rumors in Iowa.
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Upper Town University
R. W. Cooper
Towa
Lenox College
Dubuque College
Upper Town
Fishing Contest Leaders Roar In Area Bounty
Read This Decorah Nimrods Independence Bulletin Journal reports G C Sponer caught a 5 lb 2 oz pike, Frank Stannard followed with a 5 lb 8 oz bass, Nashua Post notes Jack Nafus with an 8 lb 7 oz 33 inch pickerel, and Gaylord Steulke with a 6 lb 31 inch pickerel.
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Independence Bulletin-Journal
G. C. Sponer
Frank Stannard
Nashua Post
Jack Nafus
Gaylord Steulke
Hardin County Deficiency Sparks County Board Reshuffle
State accountants reported to Joseph Wall that Engineer Gardner was involved up to 86 000 in county losses. He allegedly billed 85 per day for services paid to men at 83 a day. The case is in Hardin county courts as three board members resigned and a new board was chosen amid the scandal.
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Hardin County
Joseph Wall
Engineer Gardner
Gardner
Board of Supervisors
Church Club Home Acquired by Immaculate Conception Parish
The church congregation has purchased A Church Club Home in Nopper Hall at Lansing to serve parish needs. When fully equipped it will function as an auditorium gymnasium and club rooms for societies and social gatherings, with future school facilities anticipated.
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Nopper
Lansing
Congregation of the Immaculate Conception Church
Child Hurt When Flung Through Wind Shield
Tressa Kent, four year old daughter of Albert Kent, was thrown through the wind shield of a car near Manson as she rode with her father. The shield was folded down forming double glass. The child sustained only a few scratches.
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Tressa
Albert Kent
Manson
Immaculate Conception Academy Holds Commencement
Immaculate Conception Academy plans a June commencement at the Grand Opera House next Tuesday evening. Graduates are Marie Broghamer and Myrtle Slack with honors by Rev. J. L. Whalen. The program features readings, songs, and a two-act musical drama The Valley of the Mohawk, plus Midsummer Eve.
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Grand Opera House
Immaculate Conception Academy
Marie Broghamer
Myrtle Slack
Eoaens D. Kornmeyer
G. Jenniseh
Grammar School
PRG
L. Rooney
M. Salek
K. McKay
H. Courtney
M. Slack
A. Welsh
M. Broghamer
A. Lydon
J. L. Whalen
Eileen Slack
Anna Lydon
Queen Mab R. O'Neil Arbutus
Innocence
Tecumselah
Katinka
Agnes Welsh
Henry McCauley Orriata
Sylvester Handley
Chopin M. Slack
Dorothy
Clopp
L. McCauley
C. McKay
W. Linzenmeyer
Father Jogues
Pewrele Reyes Aeaseek
Philip Oehler
PewSener Anes Oaei Oes Myrtle Slack
Wanitah
Naomi O'Neil
Cresco Paving Contractors Sued Over Top Coating
Wm Howe of Chicago sues Garland and McIntire Co for 4950 claiming Howe supplied Dolarway bitumen for Cresco paving last year. Garland and McIntire deny it was Dolarway and accuse Howe of misrepresentation about patent status. The Cresco Times notes the coating peels in places and fails to meet expectations.
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Wm. Howe
Chicago
Garland & McIntire Co
Cresco
Howe
Dolarway
Cresco Times
Forger Caught in State Bank Check Forgery
Hall, a young man, attempted to cash a check signed by Fred C. Dickman at a State Bank. The cashier refused without ID. Dickman identified the forged check, a search followed, and the robber was found at the depot. He fled but was overtaken near the turntable and confessed to forging the signature.
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Monana
Hall
State Bank
Fred C. Dickman
Orr
Dickman
Two Inch Needle Found In Woman's Stomach
Mrs. Frank Sillett of Le Grand underwent surgery in Marshalltown after five years of stomach pains. Doctors located a two and one half inch needle embedded in tissue above the stomach, still intact but badly corroded.
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Marshalltown
Frank Sillett
le Grand
Want County Hospital Petition Drives Special Election Plan
A large meeting of Delaware county hospital advocates at Manchester council chambers resolved to obtain 200 signatures for a petition to the board of supervisors. They seek a special election to approve a half mill tax to raise about $80,000 for a substantial new hospital building.
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Delaware County
Council
Manchester
Board of Supervisors
Quarantine Raised in Delaware County News
Foot and mouth disease quarantine in Delaware county was lifted last week. Areas including Clayton and Fayette counties were affected and residents express relief. Pauraul's Drug and Jewelry Store offers a complete line of Kodaks and camera supplies.
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Delaware County
Clayton
Fayette Counties
Pauraau's Drug and Jewelry Store
Marshalltown fair to fund soldiers' home
Fifty years ago a Marshalltown fair aimed to raise funds for a soldiers' home. Jeff Davis faced a civil trial over alleged complicity in Lincoln's assassination. Florida still seeks its governor while other southern states have appointed leaders. Conover cemetery railroad junction station named for a chief engineer as Decorah branch work advances. Subscriptions start for a Decorah East West bridge. A parsonage project begins beside the Methodist church. Capt E I Weiser plans a brick Main Street home. Edward Ruffin, who fired on Fort Sumter, died by suicide in Virginia.
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Marshalltown
Jeff Davis
Lincoln
Benamin F. Paerry
South Carolina
Florida
Decorah
Conover
J. E. Simpson
East
West
Capt
E. I. Weiser
Main Street
Edward Ruffin
Fort Sumpter
Virginia
Farm Hand Survives Alarm Clock Fiasco with Four-Horse Run
Earl Keefe, a Story county farm hand near Cole, carries a pocket clock to field work. The alarm set for 11 sounded as he drove four horses to a harrow, causing the team and himself to bolt. He stopped the runaway, reaching the house in time for dinner.
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Story County
Earl Keefe
Cole
Keefe
Lansing’s Oldest Inhabitant Reflects on 1848 Arrival
Mrs. Martha Hemenway writes to the Lansing Mirror sharing her long residency in Lansing and Allamakee County. She arrived with family aboard the steamer Dr. Franklin on October 14, 1848 and has lived there for nearly sixty-seven years.
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Lansing
Martha Hemenway
Allamakee County
Allasmakee County
Youth Killed by Electricity In Waukon
Allen Wines aged thirteen of Waukon died after a pocket knife opened an insulated wire near a main transformer. He touched the exposed wire to demonstrate to a companion and suffered a fatal shock, collapsing across the street shortly after.
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Allen Wines
Waukon
Electric
Record price paid for Tama land on Lincoln highway
R E Glass of Cedar Rapids paid a peak price of 8350 per acre for the 238 acre Jackson farm just east of Tama along the Lincoln highway, marking the highest land sale price in the county.
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Tama County
R. E.glass
Cedar Rapids
Jackson
Tama
Standing Standring Parole Drive Gains Steam
A Mason City dispatch reports a broad movement to parole John H Standring who evaded capture for seven years after a 1907 bank failure. He surrendered to authorities, served ten years for forgery and five for diverting Bank of Corwith funds, and faces a family reunion if parole is granted.
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Mason City
K New
John H. Standring
Britt
Bank of Corwith
Ernest
Oliver Stilson
Standring
Texas
Corwith
Hancock County
Parole Board
J. H. Standling
Boys Find Body in Shell Rock River Near Greene
Two boys fishing on a Greene riverbank pulled a man’s body from the Shell Rock near Greene. Coroner Scripture held an inquest at Harry Lee’s parlors after the body was moved from the riverbank. A vest pocket held a watch with the initials W. H. and about $12 in small bills was found in the trousers.
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Greene Bridge
Shell Rock
Greene
Harry Lee
W. H
Charles City Picked For Next Year’s Epworth Session
Charles City was chosen as the site for next year’s convention of Epworth Leagues and Sunday Schools of the German Methodist Episcopal church during last Thursday morning’s session at the German M E church in Dubuque.
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Charles City
Epworth
German Methodist Episcopal Church
Barbed Wire Accident Blinds Pine Creek Man
Fred Hardy of Pine Creek suffered a severe eye injury while repairing a woven wire fence. The spool wire snapped and rolled up, striking his left eye. He received initial care from a local surgeon and was later taken to a Dubuque specialist where the eye could not be saved and was removed.
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Independence Bulletin-Journal
Fred Hardy
Pine Creek
Dubuque
Fayette County Census Reveals Population Rise in 1915
Fayette County shows an estimated gain of 1447 since 1910, with a total population around 29,274. Oran township is noted in the estimate, reflecting a five year growth from 27,827 to about 29,274 residents.
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West Union Argo-Gazette
Fayette County
Oran Township
Lago
Four-Legged Chicken Report From Fayette County
Frank Hoyt living south of town raises a chicken with four normal developed drumsticks. The fowl hatched Saturday with a large brood and is growing rapidly. An Illinois breeder reportedly offered $3,000 for a four-legged bird, but Hoyt is not selling.
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Fayette County
Frank Hoyt
Illinois
Hoyt
New Pontoon Planned To Replace West Channel Structure
The C M St P Co will build a new pontoon this summer to replace the west channel pontoon at North McGregor. They seek government approval to shorten it to 260 feet, making it 50 feet longer than the east channel pontoon. The present pontoon is 408 feet long.
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North McGregor
Potato Growers Convention Planned at Clear Lake
Plans are underway for the annual Potato Growers association convention to be held at Clear Lake on December 15 and 16. C. L. Fitch of the agricultural extension department at Town State College, Ames, will handle preliminary arrangements.
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Potato Growers’ Association
Clear Lake
C. L. Fitch
Agricultural Extension Department
Town State College
Ames
Boone County Flood Forces Boat Transit to Depot
Des Moines River overflowed through Boone County last week forcing boat travel to and from Frazier depot. Water reached the city pumping station with the reservoir in sight and several foot and wagon bridges were washed out.
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Des Moines
Boone County
Frazier
City
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