Funeral planned for Albert Medhus of Dunbar
Albert O Medhus died Monday at Deaconess hospital after a long illness. Born August 6 1861 in Roldahl Norway he moved to America at age seven and lived in Dunbar the rest of his life. Survived by son Gerald Davenport daughter Mrs Orville Specht brother Andrew Medhus sister Mrs Gonne Hill and three grandchildren. Funeral at Stavanger church near LeGrand at 2 p m Wednesday after a service at Estes funeral home at 1 p m burial in Stavanger cemetery.
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Times-Republican
Albert O. Medhus
Dunbar
Deaconess Hospital
Roldahl
Norway
America
Gullick Medhus
Albert
Stavanger
LeGrand
Estes Funeral Home
Miscellaneous Shower Honors Mrs Glenn Smaha
A miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Glenn Smaha, formerly Marguerite Tweet, was held at the home of Edith and Mabel Gaunt. Irena Hibbs assisted. Guests made scrapbooks and gifts were opened. Out of town guests included Olive Trossem Ellensburg Wash Omer Mainship Humboldt and others. Thirty guests attended with pink and white refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Smaha
Marguerite Tweet
Edith
Mabel Gaunt
Irena Hibbs
Smaha
Olive Trossem
Ellensburg
Wash
Omer Mainship
Humboldt
Ralph Hibbs
Columbus Junction
L. K. Dunham
Merle Frundle
Montour
Ulric Jacobson
Gilman
Evelyn Bachman
Havelock
Vera Cagwin
Marshalltown
Helen Haynes
Garwin
Trouble Shooting Electric Line Fix In Gilman
Iowa Electric Light and Power crews traced a line fault from Gilman to LeGrand uncovering a defective insulator at the eighteenth pole south of LeGrand. A replacement insulator was installed after turning off power. Mrs Idella Aske of Marshalltown visited in the home of her daughter Mrs Orville Weitzell. Misses Wilma Lois and Betty Gaunt stay with their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Wm McAllister in Waterloo this week.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Gilman
Here
LeGrand
Idella Aske
Marshalltown
Orville Weitzell
Wilma
Lois
Betty Gaunt
Mrs. Wm. McAllister
Waterloo
Local News and Personals in LeGrand Iowa
Community notices describe товары for sale and services plus family visits. Names include Orville Weitzell Bessie Hilsabeck and Elwyn Beane among others with travel to Chicago and Marshalltown. Local gatherings honor Mrs Kantor and Rev Truman Dunham with extended family reminders of home.
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Orville Weitzell
Bessie Hilsabeck
My Mother Dear Dear Heart Poem by Hattie Lininger
A lyric tribute from Hattie Lininger titled Blue Moon, praising a mother’s beauty and grace. It compares her blue-gray eyes to eternity, her smile to warmth, and her hair to spun silver, noting pearls and Chantilly lace as symbols of tenderness and memory.
LeGrand Hall of Fame Celebrates Local Notables
A nostalgic reflection on Melodies of Main Street recalls desolation after a tornado and a schoolhouse page from a dictionary. The piece notes the shift away from athletics alone for success and lists local figures such as Albert Lindley Beane Po et Dean Gaunt artist Corwin O Neal sage of Main St Editor Sarah Piper Dean of Women and Minister Burnice Beane oil magnate paleontologist Oscar Johnson master farmer J F Rylander former state representative and Rev J W Piper retired minister.
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LeGrand's Hall of
Albert Lindley Beane
Dean Gaunt
Corwin O’neal— Sage
Main St
Sarah Piper
Burnice Beane
Oscar Johnson
J. F. Rylander
J. W. Piper
Baxter Tornado Report Spreads Across Town
Mrs Callie Dimmitt and Charles O Neal of the Sumner Gazette toured the aftermath after the Baxter storm traveling about 80 tiles to gauge its extent. H B Morgan and family escaped with no injuries as residents observe the fierce winds and debris. Melbourne Record notes a house lifted aloft then shattered by the blast, leaving the scene dramatically altered.
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Baxter
Callie Dimmitt
Charles O’neal
Sumner Gazette
H. B. Morgan
Baxter New Era
Melbourne
Rockpile welcomes new specimens from Coppocks visit
Mr and Mrs Walter Coppock arrived from Whittier California and collected two notable fossils for the Rockpile collection. One specimen came from the Grand Canyon of Colorado and the other from Meteor Crater near Winslow Arizona. The crater is a vast meteor impact site three quarters of a mile long and 400 to 600 feet deep containing an iron nickel mass.
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Walter Coppock
Whittier
Cal
Reporter
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Winslow
Ariz
Walter
Newhbone Garment Ladies Offer Foundation Wear
Pauline Outland promoted foundation garments for comfort and appearance. Walter Arnold of Sioux City visits LeGrand and pursues bluegrass seed purchases for Nebraska Seed Company Omaha, aiming to dry fields locally and employ idle workers. Miss Georgia Perry works in Marshalltown at the Powers home during Betty Gaunt’s absence.
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Walter Arnold
Sioux City
LeGrand
Nebraska Seed Company
Omaha
Georgia Perry
Mrs. Elgin Powers
Marshalltown
Betty Gaunt
LeGrand Friends Church Service Schedule
Pastor Floyd L. Hinshaw leads Sunday School at 10:00 with O. W Johnson, Morning Worship at 11:00 themed Where Is Thy God. Junior Endeavor at 6:30 and Christian Endeavor at 7:15 precede Evening Worship at 8:00. Vacation Bible School exhibit and prayer meeting at 8:00 Wednesday. Quote on the value of a soul.
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O. W Johnson
Christian Church Sunday School Welcome Session
At 10 a m the Christian Church holds its church school with Mary Higinbotham leading a Sept welcome to all attendees.
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Mary Higinbotham
Quarry Chapel Sunday Schedule and Meeting
Rev. L. T. Hibbs presides at 10 a.m. Sunday School with Mrs. Jerome Lunde as superintendent. Services follow at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 7 p.m. Evening Services at 7:30 p.m. Monthly regular church business meeting is held on the last Tuesday evening.
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Jerome Lunde
Christian Endeavor
Strand Lutheran Church Service Times at Dunbar Iowa
Strand Lutheran Church in Dunbar Iowa lists Rev E A Bersagle as pastor with Sunday School at 10 am and Morning Worship at 11 am. Everyone welcome to attend.
Accidental Death of Dr Reuben Hartley in Rosemead Train Crash
Dr Reuben H Hartley retired Pasadena Presbyterian clergyman aged 62 died when his auto was struck by a Pacific Electric express at Rosemead Boulevard crossing Rosemead. He lived at 2889 San Pascual Ave Pasadena and is survived by widow Elizabeth and two sons Walter E Hartley of Occidental College and Robert Hartley of Stockton. His funeral was in Pasadena May 28.
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Los Angeles Times
Reuben Hartley
Robert J. White
Pasadena
Reuben H. Hartley
Walter E. Hartley
Occidental College
Robert Hartley
Stockton
Grasshoppers Galore On Beane Farm North Of Town
Beane showed the Reporter pencil pusher real grasshoppers from his north town farm. The hoppers were tiny and lively, with eggs not yet incubated. Beane expects ongoing pest issues in the area. Mrs. Blanche Emley hosted Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Keen, daughter Lora, son Dale, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Keen.
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B. H. Beane
Beane
Mr. Beane
Blanche Emley
C. T. Keen
Lora
Dale
Land Mu
Walter Keen
Mystery Dogs Drives Cedar Rapids Romance To Stolen Pet
Mr and Mrs Frank Harrington depart New York for California in a Rolls Royce with their dog Annie Laurie. In Cedar Rapids the dog slips away and vanishes, triggering a police search and a long wait as investigators try to locate the missing pet. Continued on another page.
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Frank Harrington
New York City
Harrington
Mrs. Harrington
Scotland
Annie Laurie
New York
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
California
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Albert Medhus
A. R. Cary
Omer Seim
Lamoille
Gilbert Swenson
W. M. Gaunt
Ryder
Graettinger
Charles Hix
Nevada
R.G. Lindbloom
Minneapolis
Ben Holland
Abbie Beane
Raymond Beane
Elwyn
Sharolyn
Ralph Beane
Allana and
Blaine
Gilbert
Edith and
Irma Kyle
Illinois State Hospital
J.C. Castle
Roy Meyer
Rock Island, al
R. G. Lindbloom
Riley Hadley
Corwin Hadley
Grinnell
Elam Hadley
Washington, D. C
Columbus
L. T. Hibbs
Ralph
Royal Neighbor Hall
Sam Kantor
New Orleans
Rosa Beechout
Ray Duncan
Harold Duncan
Max Duncan
Ward Buchanan
H. E. Gibson
Leland
Eugene Gibson
Ercil Russell
Blanche West
Harold West
Loney
T. Richard
Truman) Dunsham
Findlay
Ohio
E. W. Dunham
Truman
Hattie Lininger
Blue Moon
Christian Church
Newhbone Garment
Pauline
LeGrand Friends Church
Floyd L. Hinshaw
Sarah M. Piper
E. A. Bersagle
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