Unusual Iowa Man Celebrates 96th Birthday Record
M B Peebler of Livermore Hum boldt county marks 96th birthday. He holds the longest continuous Iowa residency record in history and was born in Iowa never living elsewhere. A lifelong Democrat he voted for Stephen A Douglas and for all Democratic candidates except Wilson who was away. He plans to celebrate his 100th birthday.
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M. B. Peebler
Livermore
Humboldt County
Mr. Peebler
Iowa
Stephen A. Douglas
Wilson
Five Vehicles Collide in Sheldon Crash
A chaotic collision in Sheldon O'Brien county involved five cars and a team of horses. John W Edwards lost control but avoided one vehicle, then crashed into Jack Rodger’s car which pushed J W Shriver’s car. Edwards’ car then struck Halpern’s Sioux City vehicle and Bieber’s parked car, causing dented fenders running boards a damaged gas tank and a flat tire.
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Sheldon
O'Brien
John W. Edwards
Edwards
Jack Rodger
Rodger
J. W. Shriver
Atrack
Mr. Halpern
Sioux City
Halpern
Mr. Bieber
Minnesota
Chief You Bear Urges Tama County To Stop Dumping Dogs
Chief You Bear of the Mesquakie tribal council in Tama County urges residents to abandon leaving surplus dogs on the Tama reservation. He notes many dogs roam the area and says the chiefs edict asks for no more dog contributions as dogs already populate the reservation.
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You Bear
Tama Reservation
Tama County
First Iowa county hires male social service worker
Marshall county supervisors hired H L Anderson from St Paul to serve as social service worker replacing Mrs Lucile Rutherford. It is believed to be the first time a Iowa county employed a male social worker. Anderson studies at the State University of Iowa then will begin on the job. Frank Poorman CW A worker on the Cedar River near Waverly found a gold 1850 dollar while loading rock. The Storvicks face a string of disasters from 1927 onward culminating in a serious shotgun injury to Mr Storvick and his hospitalization in Rochester Minnesota.
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Marshall County Board of Supervisors
H. L. Anderson
St. Paul
The
State University of Iowa
Iowa
Frank Poorman
CWA
Cedar River
Waverly
Bremer County
Poorman
Carl Storvick
Northwood
Worth County
Storvick
Rochester
Minn
Guardian reports growth of Emmetsburg estate over fifty years
Edward Baker of Emmetsburg suffered a mind clouding accident and died recently. His brother A C Baker was named guardian of the estate which began with 350 dollars in cash and 488 acres of wild land in Lyon and Osceola counties. The fifty year report shows 52000 dollars in Iowa municipal bonds and a 6000 dollar mortgage on a Winneshiek county farm, reflecting careful management and positive guardian performance.
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Edward Baker
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
A. Cc. Baker
Lyon
Osceola
Iowa
Winneshiek County
The
Guardian
Decorah bond proposal fails by slim margin
In a special municipal election in Decorah Winneeshiek County a vote for a $100,000 school building addition fell short by six tenths of a vote with 915 for and 611 against. The 60 percent yes threshold was 915.6, leaving the school board undeterred and planning another election. Fin Clindinin of Grinnell Pows shiek county is noted as a marked man in local tales.
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Decorah
Winneshirk County
Ram attack sends hospital fears through Verner Bolen farm
The farmer Verner Bolen reports a ram charged his yard as Clin Din in in the Ausol area pretended to stroll away. The animal pursued him with three rushes driving him to seek refuge atop a windmill tower until the danger passed.
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Clindinin
Verner Bolen
Bolen
Firemen Forget Truck Leaves Ida Grove in Laughter
Ida Grove Iowa firemen were teased after a blaze at Guy Barrett's home when six men at the station ran to man the truck, only to find the vehicle had not arrived. A later alarm saw the same mix up repeat, with twelve men arriving to find no truck.
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Ida Grove
Ida County
Guy Barrett
Vpartel
Sheriff forms 123 volunteer deputies to guard Harrison County
Sheriff F C Cross of Harrison County notes no criminals will escape. He has sworn in 123 volunteer deputies armed and divided into small units around rural schools. Each man pledges rapid response to patrol roads and assist in capturing fugitives, claiming all roads can be blocked within fifteen minutes after a crime.
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F. C. Cross
Harrison County
Cross
Freak Corn Growth At Red Oak Farm Attracts Interest
Frank Amen while husking corn for O C Mellett on a Red Oak Montgomery county farm discovered a remarkable growth. Inside a single oversized husk lay ten complete ears. nearby one large normal ear is surrounded by nine smaller, three inch ears. Each small ear is perfect with full kernels, and the husk encases the cluster as if a single ear.
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Frank Amen
O. C. Mellett
Red Oak
Montgomery County
Detectives Aid Bread Thief Family in Sioux City
Police detectives in Woodbury County refused to arrest a man who stole bread milk and butter to feed his starving family. They escorted him home and discovered a wife and two small children living in one room with scant food. They arranged county aid instead of charging him.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
Bandits Rob Three Near Harlan In Wild Car Stop
Two armed men stopped a car near Harlan in Shelby county and robbed occupants Av ery Mason Harold Paulson and Mike Welch of 300 dollars after driving Mason west of town. The getaway crew then claimed the car was east of Harlan, before Sheriff Jensen later found the deserted vehicle west of town.
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Harlan
Shelby County
Harold Paulson
Avery Mason
Mike Welch
Denison
Crawford County
Mason
Jensen
Feud In OsKaloosa Ends In Draw And Dockets Relieved
A family feud between the Krusemark and Caruthers families in OsKaloosa Mahaska county ended in a draw. The district court docket was relieved of several actions including two alienation of affections suits and one divorce suit. Clarence Krusemark dismissed his $10 000 suit against Oscar Caruthers who he said alienated his wife’s affections. Mrs Krusemark dropped a similar claim against Caruthers wife whom she accused of stealing her husband’s love. Krusemark also dismissed a divorce action against his own wife.
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Krusemark
Caruthers
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Clarence Krusemark
Oscar Car
Bloomfield boasts decade of prudent municipal gains
Bloomfield in Davis county shows a strong ten year record with municipal debt dropping from 92261.15 to 8000 and taxes cut by half while property values rise 200 percent. Local rates fall from 13 to 7.2 cents and a municipal light plant is praised. Ford engine number two on display in Pocahontas connects to early Ford history.
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Bloomfield
Davis County
Ford
A. C. Shimon
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Ford Motor Company
Shimon
William Fley
Havetock
South Dakota
Center Junction Community News and Events Update
Center Junction hosts a Woman's Club meeting at Marietta Stanton's home with readings and music. Basketball tournament entries announced for March 8–10 with teams Bennett Calamus Center Junction Clarence Miles Olin Oxford Junction Springdale Stanwood Welton Wheatland Zwingle. Various local society events, visits, and family news noted.
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Woman's Club
Marietta Stanton
Samara Smith
Rachel Smith
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Ethel Stingley
Katherine Robbie
Meta Prahm
Wilma Jackson
Marietta Stanton Folcones
H. J. Helsing
Chicago
Helsing
Mr. Helsing
Moncrief
Sam Moncrief
T. E. Stanton
L. A. Downing
Anamosa
Earl DeBhan
Monticello
Paul Smith
Center Junction
J. N. Smith
Stuart Smith
Ames
Fred Kempf
Paul
Dubuque
Ae J. R. McNeilly
Wyoming Mrs Demna Garrison Hunt Dies at 72
Mrs. Demna Garrison Hunt 72 of Wyoming died of a heart attack at home around midnight. Born near Olin, she married Andrew Hunt in 1880 and lived in Reynolds, Coggon, Mount Vernon, then moved to Wyoming in 1913. Survived by her husband and three children, multiple grandchildren, and many relatives. Services were held with a solemn requiem mass led by relatives.
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Demna Garrison Hunt
Wyoming
Olin
Andrew BD. Hunt
Reynolds
Neb
Coggon
Helen Levien
Verna Hanold
Vera Tompkins
Dr. Rowley
Washington
Funeral services for Peter Paul Schuster held in Worthington
Hopkinton residents mourn Peter Paul Schuster who died of a heart attack at his home on Saturday February 17. Born September 26, 1872, he lived his entire life in the Worthington area and married Mary Kramer on November 9, 1898 at St Pauls Church Worthington. They had two sons and two daughters.
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St. Paul's Catholic Church
Worthington
Peter Paul Schuster
Schuster
Mary Kramer
St. Paul's Church
Farm Bureau Extension Leaders Meet and Local News Update
Leaders of the Farm Bureau extension group for Oxford Madison and Wyoming townships met with Mrs S G Hut ton for an all day session with a picnic dinner. Visitors include Miss Harriet B Cookingham of Ames teaching laundry. Neighbors gather for a Morehead family picnic as they move to Maquoketa to run a restaurant. Audrey and Duane stay for the school year end. George Snyder rents the Morehead place moving this week. Alvina Paulsen assists in caring for Mrs Paulsen ill with pneumonia at Denver Junction. Paul Smith marks his fifth birthday with a dinner party. George Sears hosts a bridge club for four tables after dinner.
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Center Junction
Olin
Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
T. E. Stanton
John Thompson
America
Paul Smith
Japan
Harry Englehart
Davenport
Center Junction High School
Manchester
Paul Paulsen Jr
Saraphine Schweitzer
R. N
Monticello
Paulsen
Inver Moats
R. P. Clark
H. E. Stingley
Madison
Merry Maids
Audra Serbousek
Jean McNeilly
Hollyce Stingley
Miriam Courtney
Helen Himebaugh
Evelyn Courtney
J. W. Livingstone
Lucile
F. L. Story
C. H. Nelson
Irving Eiler
Margaret
Alan Serbousek
A. D. Serbousek
Marie
F. L. Serbousek
Lou Abraken
Frank Dawes
Frank Serbousek
A. D
Scotch Grove No. 7
Raymond
Clayton
John Snyder
Onslow
Marvin
Bob
Hazel
Dorothy Stary
B. D. Heiken
Anamosa
Merle Pangburn
Pangburn
Lyle Thompson
George Dusanek Jr
Wyoming
Jacqueline Kinler
Alberta Reimers
Verna Allen
Engineer O'Connor
Vera Tompkins
Jane
R. Smith
Boys’ Glee Club
Jean Roush
Robert Pelkey
Florenne Herzberger
Woman's Relief Corps of Wyoming
Washington
Lincoln
Memorial Hall
Austin First
Minnoe Tasker
Kate Anderson
W. P. Nicholas
G. H. Goodrick
Nicholas
Gordon Marshall
Bridge Club
Harriet Marshall
Ellen Marshall
John von Sprecken
Mr. Johnston
Klaude Dick
James Huffman
Wyoming Township
Edward Buresh
Oxford Township
Oxford
Gertrude Holsinger Buresh
Melvin
Helen
Betty
Mary Bolichek
Maggie Leslie
Julia Zarauba
Helen Divoky
Anna
Evelyn
Louise
Chicago
Fred
Albert
George
Oxford Junction
Robert Barber
Cozy Club
Helen von Sprecken
Everett Vrooman
Hawthorne Club
Nona Terhune
Susan Glaspell
C. H. Hanold
John Holub
11. Groening
W. B. Scarcliff
L. M. Koch
Charles Marshall
L. B. Madsen
K. M. Sherrill
Farm Bureau Extension Group
S. G. Hutton
Harriet B. Cookingham
Ames
Francis Morehead
Bert Garnett
Maquoketa
Audrey
Duane
George Snyder
Morehead Place
Alvina Paulsen
Paul
Denver Junction
George Sears
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Jarnagin
J. W. Jarnagin
Man Social Service
Jinx
Fin Clindinin
Grinnell
Powsshiek County
Prey
George Holub
Pratrieburg
Holub
William Bohler
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Andy
Petersburg
Wilfred
John Feltes
Hopkinton
Florence
J. B. Schuster
William
Santa Ana
Calif
Wylie Hoag
Garden Grove
John
Clem Steger
J. H. Schilmoeller
J. H. Steger
St. Paul's Cemetery
J. H. Schulmoeller
American Legion Auxiliary
Delaware County
State Hospital At
Independence
Waveney Larkins
Ione Reed
Donald McDonald
Delhi
Colesburg
Chas. Reggentin Jr
Tone Reed
E. E. Griffith
F. M. Wheeler
Mason City
Odd Fellows Home
Wheeler
Order
Robert Green
Town City
G. G. Brown
Lawyer
Ripley's
Agnes Gearhart
Sarah Jane Littlefield
Ladies’ Aid Society
Lila Landers
Presbyterian Church
A. H. Larkins
F. E. Martin
Dale Talmadge
Wendell Kirkwood
Paul Ferguson
Robert
Lester Stock
Main Hucker
Johnston
Ray Talmadge
Alice Colyer Wirick
Cascade
Wirick
W. J Kirkwood
J. R. Kirkwood
Catherine Kirkwood
Russell Lux
Wirich
Jennie Ferguson
Clio
House of David
Burdick
Aces
Benton Harbor
Mich
LoRee Gillian
Robert Smith
Willa Mae Loop
LoRee Gillilan
E. G. Talmadge
Kenneth Boeler
Talmadge
DeWitt Thompson
John Green
Randall Morgan
Roy Dighton
Sand Spring
Edward Cox
Rising Sun Lodge
Morrow
Buck Creek
Howard Willison
Willison
George Paulsen
Nere
Kenneth Kennedy
the Odd Fellows
Walter
Cecil Koon
Ralph Brown
Claude Tomlinson
the Missionary Society
Jessie McMaster
Provan
Henry Koon
Velma Nielsen
Erma Nielsen
Walter Koon
Koon
Macaulay
Ruth Beck
John Provan
Oxford Junction-Onslow
Howard Clark
John Byerly
Irene Chatterton
R. Chatterton
Kentucky
Frank Walker
John D. Price
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Alaska
United States
George Washington Chapter
Order of de Molay of
Cooking
Gladys Looney
Sev Stuhlers
Dennis Brothers
Stuhler’s
Opera House
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