Bank Robbers Escape With Hostages In Merrill Heist
The Merrill bank robbery ended with the bandits escaping in a blue Ford V-8 after taking hostages. Eyewitnesses including L. A. Ducoffe, Proctor Harris, and Roy Cooper spotted the car heading toward Hinton. Investigators noted the bandits acted with professional efficiency, displaying calmness and no abuse, while insurance covered the bank’s losses.
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Hinton
Ralph Wolf
le Mars
Joe Luken
Washington Township
Wolf
Luken
William Powell a detective No. 1 in films and on stage
William Powell rose from Sherlock Holmes mentor to Film Detectives No. 1 with a string of cracking roles. In The Ex Mrs Bradford he plays a wealthy physician, pursuing a ghostly killer at a race track with Jean Arthur co starring. Also advertised are Ligat-wertns construction boards for classrooms and typewriter paper from Le Mars Globe-Post.
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William Powell
Sherlock Holmes
John Barry
Powell
McGillicudy
O’hanrahan
Flatfoot
RKO Radio
Bradford
Jean Arthur
Sunday Founders Day Church History Note
Sunday Will Be Founders Day notes detail the 1906 expansion of the church to meet growth and list pastors including G Finke Christiansen Gebhard Roesch Striepe and since 1918 Rev Gustav Meyer guiding the St Paul congregation with flourishing membership and new arrivals.
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G. Finke
Southwick
Idaho
Christiansen
Gebhard
Roesch
Mt. Vernon
S. D
Wm. Striepe
Arlington
Minn
Gustav Meyer
St. Paul
Hays
St Paul congregation celebrates jubilee with church upgrades
In 1928 a new church edifice and later improvements mark St Paul church’s jubilee year. The property gains include enlarged parsonage, rebuilt outbuildings, sidewalks, and a 1930 cemetery gateway. This year features repainting and a powerful electric light plant with three services at 10 am 2 30 pm and 7 30 pm plus community dinner and grounds refreshments.
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St. Paul
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Loot Merrill Bank
Hentges
Mars Globe-Post
Society Slueth
Pomel Arthur
Sun
Irvins
Cobb
Will. Rogers
Anne Shirley, Irvins, Cobb
Eugene Pallette
Stepin Fetchit
John Ford
Ben Lucien Burman
William Gargan
Katherine Demille Kent Taylor
Grant Withers
Billie Lee
Otha Levering
Globe-Post
le Mars Globe-Post
Jantzen
America
Oxfords
Buster Brown Quality Shoes
Silk
Millers Grocery
Oie
Palm Beach
Goodall
New Palm Beach
Clair
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