Iowa River Claims Its First Victim
Leolin Y Van Horn age 21 drowned in the Iowa river below the dam while picnicking party of four youths swam near the dam. Elmer Peterson tried to save him and a girl narrowly escaped drowning. Rescue efforts by locals failed and the body was recovered after about 1 hour 45 minutes. life extinct. Local families and visitors noted in community notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leolin Y van Horn
Aldie van Horn
Garwin
Iowa
van Horn
Elmer Peterson
Marshalltown
Hilda Jubeck
Quarry
Wm. Jubeck
Della Savage
Peterson
Jubeck
Ben Baumgartner
Walter Kellogg
Dean Gaunt
Ralph Hibbs
Orell
Alvin van Horn
L. A. van Horn
Local News and Personals Highlights
Local trucking ads state prompt attention for long and short hauls. Dillon visitors include Donald Reed and Dell Baer family. Red Oak resident Arthur Lawshe visited his aunt E A Shelton after 22 years. Marshalltown and Rock Valley guests observed. Fireworks prep for Fourth noted. Several families and friends from Cedar Rapids Ames and Grundy regions visited or traveled. A Mills family reunion in LeGrand featured multiple relatives from Grinnell Marshalltown Green Mountain Ames and Benton. A Wood Lake Booster launch mentioned with editor H Welker, son of Grant Welker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lawshe
Red Oak
E. A. Shelton
Mae Draper and Son
Orval Adair
Marshalltown
C. B. Adair
Virginia Dunham
Grace Miller
E. W. Dunham
Harry Weitzell
Willis Cutler
Buffalo
Will Gregg
Howard Séarle
Donald
Rock Valley
Francis Moore
Sterling
Colo
Moore
Emma Peterson
Colorado
J. H. Lemon
A. J. Ludwig
Berlin
Germany
Maxine Mahle
Theo Mahle
Deaconess
Levi Shelton
Hazel Dodd
Cedar Rapids
R. L. Pemberton
Arthur Sweet
Huntington Park
Calif
Sweet
Pemberton
Benton County
Mills
E. M. Mills
Ralph Mills
Grinnell
Max Mills
Roy’ Grimes
Green Mountain
Marjorie
Marian
Harlow Mills
Ames
Lyle Johnson
Booster
Wood Lake
H. Welker
Valentine Democrat
Grant Welker
Nebraska
Dunbar CISD Seeks Bus Drivers For Next School Year
The Consolidated Independent School District of Dunbar invites bids by 8 PM July 16 1929 for drivers of school hacks on existing routes. The board may accept or reject any bid. Delmar D Latham secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Independent School District
Dunbar
Delmar D
Latham
See’y
Auto Goes In Ditch Lawrence Hibbs Injured
Lawrence Hibbs was injured in a late night crash after leaving a convention in Clear Land. He recalls little of the return trip and woke in Deaconess Hospital with a bad knee cut and multiple bruises. Two Marshalltown youths found him unconscious beside a damaged pole and road sign and rushed him to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Hibbs
Deaconess Hospital
Lawrence
Marshalltown
Hibbs
Conrad Routs LeGrand In Iowa Valley League Tilt
Conrad over LeGrand in a tight Iowa Valley League game, Smaha striking out ten for LeGrand and Dodd fanning eleven for Conrad. Key moments include Smaha’s two base hits, Manship’s run scoring in the fifth, and a late rally smothered by Conrad in the eighth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Io LeGrand
Pemberton
Smaha
LeGrand
T. Manship
Dodd
Gaunt
Radlof
Weitzell
N. Manship
Keen
Coulter
Bauerle
Hines
Mills
Manship
Sand. Radloff
Cosner
St. Clair
K. St. Clair
Daggett
WN. Manship
Conrad Lads
Beane
N.manship
Radloff
Weitzel
Smokie
Wreitzell
Latch Radloff
Merrill
Friends Children’s Day Program Recital and News
A community notice details a Friends Christian event with a day program including readings songs and recitations by Sunbeam and Young People groups plus a Benedic tion. It notes local members attending Eldora for medical treatments and Mildred Gaunt recovering after appendectomy. A track meet party at Lauretta Bigelow’s home follows a brief business meeting with college team representations and prize events.
Friends Church Remodeled Building Opens Next Sunday
Rev. Taylor Guthrie, Pastor, announces the opening of the remodeled church with a 10:30 Sunday service and a 2:30 rededicatory program including readings and music. Evening service at 7:00, and Dr. Stranahan of Penn College will speak at 8:00. Wednesday monthly business meeting at 8 p.m. The piece ends with a Biblical exhortation on charity and heartfelt living.
Church School and Worship at Christian Church
The Christian Church schedules 10:00 Church School led by Supt Mary Higinbotham and 11:00 Morning Worship with Rev Shellenbarger presiding due to the pastor's absence. An evening service follows the sermon, plus a Wednesday Prayer Circle at 5 pm. Visitors are welcome. Nearby sports note mentions a baseball game with LeGrand and Conrad teams and player details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Higinbotham
Shellenbarger
Michigan
Indiana
Mrs Lars Thompson Called By Death
Mrs Lars Thompson died at 6 15 P M Monday after a long illness of heart trouble and dropsy She was born Torborg Handeland April 14 1848 in Sande Norway married Lars Thompson in 1885 and came to Marshall county that year They leave her husband three brothers and one sister Funeral 10 30 Friday at the Christian church with Rev Taylor Guthrie officiating and burial in Friends cemetery
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Lars Thompson
Thompson
Sande
Norway
Torborg Handeland
America
Marshall County
Lutheran Church
Knute Handeland
Ellsworth
Chester Handeland
Randall
Sovert Handeland
Saude
Martha Birkeland
Depew
Iowa
Christian Church
Taylor Guthrie
Friends Church
Friends Cemetery
Golden Gates
South County Line: Family Outings Mentioned In Local Notes
From Our Special Correspondent Geo Iverson and family spent the fourth in town. Mr and Mrs Glen Litscher left for Omaha after visiting the P Y Alden home. Arthold and Harlan Latham joined their Sunday School class for a Cherry Lake picnic. Misses Lillian and Elois Alden and Mrs Litscher attended the Alden annual picnic at Riverview Park last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oky Geo. Iverson
Iee
Glen Litscher
P. Y. Alden
Omaha
Arthold
Harlan Latham
Cherry Lake
Lillian
Elois Alden
Alden
Riverview Park
Visits and social notes from Dunbar and area
Miss Martha Johnson visits Arthur Bryngelson family in Dunbar. Garl Roseland attends the Stavanger Lager at Brookings, SD. Mrs. Tom Roenstad and children of Austin Minnesota visit Andrew Bryngelson. Florence Brucklacher and Erma Wolken visit A C Bryngelson. LeRoy Webb of Marshalltown and family guests of A C Bryngelson. Mrs W W Duncan and grandchild of Wall Lake visit E Anderson and brothers Corney and Ben. Mr and Mrs S K Roseland return from Omaha where Mr Roseland’s eye treatment improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Johnson
Arthur Bryngelson
Garl Roseland
Brookings
South Dakota
Tom Roenstad
Austin
Mimn
Andrew Bryngelson
Florence Brucklacher
Erma Wolken
A.C. Bryngelson
LeRoy Webb
Marshalltown
Iowa Railway and Light Corp Notice on Billing and Collections
Notice to customers states monthly electric bills print after meter reading and are due immediately. Penalties apply: 10 percent on the first $10 and 2 percent on amounts over $10. A representative will be in LeGrand around the due date for collections. Visitors in Marshalltown may use the office as a rest room or meeting space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Railway and Light Corporation
Marshalltown
Iowa Railway & Light Corp
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Iowa River
Earl O'Neal
Corning
Corwin O'Neal
Glen F. Richards
Minneapolis
Rosa Richards
Rosa Beechout
Sarah Federico
Lorrane
Ray Duncan
H. E. Gibson
Anna van Horn
Leg
Marie Brown
Miss Paslay
St. Louis
8. G. Higinbotham
Floyd Batesole
Donald Reed
Dell Baer
Dillon
Eric Ericson
John Kendall
Chicago, NL
Mr. Kendall
Lawrence Hibbs
Iowa Valley League
1. St. Clair
Friends
Faye Long
Dorothy Olson
Esther Mahle
Lora Keen
Ruth Guthrie
Glen Olson
Robert, Norman and
Maynard Johnson
Kathleen Latham
True Blues
Twelve Girls
Ruth Simms
Irma Guthrie
Young People
Live Wire
Edward Dykhuis
Jon
Lee Aldrich
Newell
Huntington Beach
H. D. Hoover
P. W. L. Pet. LeGrand
Albion
Beaman
Green Mount'n
Ferguson
Dunbar News
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