Interesting Events Of Iowa News Card
Des Moines area reports show Des Moines-Fred Artz returning home to find 240 acres plowed and drag ready for planting after a month long illness. Neighbors using 32 tractors and five horse drawn drags completed the work in a day with 18 tractors operating in one field. Easter tragedy claims three year old Kenneth Halderman who fell from a horse into a creek. he died at a Des Moines hospital. The family bought him an Easter rabbit to honor his last wish. A Swiss colony church near Elgin Fayette county operates from 1868 with all day services and shared meals. members preach, forbid marriage outside, prohibit divorce, and do not use musical instruments.
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Des Moines
Fred Artz
Kingsley
Plymouth County
Sioux City
Kenneth Halderman
Carlisle
Warren County
Cecil Halderman
Haldermans
Iowa
Elgin
Fayette County
Community Notes From Iowa Towns And Oddities
Reported items from Dickinson and Audubon counties include two young men in Lake Park who pledged not to smoke for a month but one lapsed after midnight March 31. A coal mine blast scar and a dynamite fragment found in coal is noted in Audubon. A Denison train crew found a woman sheltering beside a straw stack, alive after a rainy night. Ed Weiland introduces Siberian partridges to northwest Iowa. An amateur florist near Terris counts a 25 year old Christmas cactus with hundreds of blossoms. Clyde Wardlip of Odebolt unveils a motorized scooter powered by a washing machine motor. A Sheldon youth loses part of a hand in a gunpowder accident. Marion Vern Martin causes trouble during a visit to Iowa.
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Lake Park
Dickinson County
Floyd Barnes
Morris Marks
Barnes
Denison
Crawford County
Clyde Wardlip
Odebolt
Sac County
Wardlip
Youth-Fleed Gas Cash Case Tied to Lincoln Car Theft
In Denison Crawford county at about 2 am officers pursued a young man who fled after ordering seven gallons of gas and driving away without paying. The chase ended when Carroll police halted him and found the car had been stolen in Lincoln Nebraska. he was turned over to Nebraska authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Crawford County
Carroll
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Freak Tractor Accident Near Iowa Falls
L H Meyer sustained severe injuries after a tractor with a drag wound around him. At Hardin County near Iowa Falls the chain entangled his shoulder and leg, stopping the machine and pinning him for about thirty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L H. Meyer
Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Meyer
Dead to World Man Arrested After Highway Incident
Residents near Hickory Grove in Grundy County alerted the sheriff to a man lying by the road. Sheriff Mamminga found him dead to the world, sleeping heavily with a beer bottle in each hand and a bottle of liquor in his pocket. the man was booked for presention and ordered out of town.
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Hickory Grove
Grundy County
Grundy Center
Mamminga
Tiny Henberry Found on Okobon Farm
Darel De Witt, while gathering eggs on the L. H. DeWitt farm near Okobon in Dickinson County, found a tiny white egg in a nest not usually used for hens. The egg, called a henberry, measured 1.5 inches in circumference and is smaller than a marble.
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L. H. DeWitt
Okobon
Dickinson County
Darel
Milking Mishap Injures Denison Man in Farm Accident
Paul Tate of Crawford County near Denison suffered a severe leg injury when a cow stepped on his foot as he rose from a milking stool and tried to free his foot. He twisted his leg and fell, breaking it in two places while tending cows.
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Paul Tate
Denison
Crawford County
Lobster Tails Featured at Humboldt Conservation Banquet
Officers of a Humboldt conservation organization enjoyed a rare banquet with lobster tails as the principal dish. The tails, weighing about a half pound each, were shipped from Cape Town, Africa and arrived via Chicago.
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Humboldt
Humboldt County
Cape Town
Africa
Chicago
Freak Tornado Strikes Packing Plant Near LeMars
A freak miniature tornado visited a Plymouth county packing plant near LeMars, lasting only a few seconds. The brief twister lifted a good-sized shed and scattered debris, leaving workers startled by the sudden, small-scale cyclone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMars
Plymouth County
Benesseer
Double Grandchildren in One Day for Ep pard Family
Mr and Mrs J W Epard near Blairaburg Hamilton county welcomed a son at 1 30 am then at 8 pm that day a daughter arrived to Mr and Mrs Raymond Eppard. Clam Thy of Sheldon OBrien county finished his new home after two and a half years of work costing only 128 dollars in labor.
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J. W. Eppard
Blairaburg
Hamilton County
Donald Eppard
Stork
Raymond Eppard
Clam Thy
Sheldon
O’brien County
Thy
Iowans Should Know Syphilis Wrecks Marriage
A public health notice urges premarital screening for syphilis to prevent infected people from marrying. It explains disease stages, cure rates, and how early testing with blood work can prevent transmission and avoid syphilitic births, stressing the value of timely treatment and marital stability.
Love Honor and Behave and Rough Riding Rhythm
The screen presents Love Honor and Behave with Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane ending Thursday. Friday and Saturday feature Rough Riding Rhythm with Kermit Maynard. A James Oliver Curwood adaptation floods Friday lineup with action romance and comedy. Next week stars William Powell and Annabella in The Baroness and the Butler with revealing mischief. Pinky Tomlin returns next Wednesday and Thursday in Thanks for Listening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Morris
Priscilla Lane
Kermit Maynard
James Oliver Curwood
William Powell
Annabella
Buttiers
Bill
Pinky Tomlin
Weekend Reel Listings and Weekday Studio Releases
The schedule lists the film slate from Thursday to the following Thursday. It features Gene Autry in Red River Valley and de la Durbin in Mad About Music with supporting cast. Buck Jones in Sunney Bill Dorn and the College Holiday repeat play. Deanna Durbin shines as a Swiss schoolgirl who becomes a father figure. Tuesday showcases Squadron of Honor at Monte theater. Wednesday and Thursday bring The First Hundred Years with Robert Montgomery and Kent Taylor with Universal comedy A Girl With Ideas.
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Gene Autry
Red River Valley
Buck Jones
Sunney
Bill Dorn
Jack Benny
George Burns
Gracie Ables
Martha Raye
Mary Boland
Deanna
Deanna Durbin
Switzerland
Herbert Marshall
Gail Patrick
William Frailey
Arthur Treacher
Robert Montgomery
Virginia Bruce
Kent Taylor
Wendy Barrie
Walter Pigeon
Universal
Advanced
Narrow Escape for Laurens Man Buried in Ditch
Glenn W. Smith of Laurens West Virginia narrowly escaped death when a nine foot deep ditch caved in trapping him under two tons of dirt for twenty minutes. Workers at the scene freed him after a frantic effort. he emerged shaken but unhurt.
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Glenn W. Smith
Laurens
Pocahontas County
Smith
Iowa GOP Seeks Definite Progressive Program
The Republican Party of Iowa needs a definite progressive program to persuade the public. Voters seek more than chronic fault finding and partisan opposition from party leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Social Visitors Fill Local Homes This Week
Mrs Areula Beja and Mrs W G Blair of Minneapolis visited at the Hein home while en route from Florida where she spent winter. Blair once lived as Della Arduser in Monticello. Mr and Mrs George Schweitzer of Madison were guests at the John Schweitzer home. Paul Guyan stayed several days in Rochester. Mrs John Yossi Lucille and De- were noted in the visitors column.
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W. G. Blair
Minneapolis
George Schweitzer
Madison, Wis
John Schweitzer
Paul Guyan
Rochester, Minn
John Yossi
Lucille
Hopkinton
J. A. Tibbitts
Cline
Tibbitts
Doris Kehoe
Manchester
James Kehoe
Joe Moulton
H. E. Lewis
Doran Beitz
Wheatland
Moultons
Agnes Beitz
Katherine DeShaw
Oneida
W. A. Edgar
Kensington Club
Howard Reeder
Betty McAllister
Chicago
Local visitors listed at Cedar Ra and nearby homes
Lores, Mr. and Mrs. John Schweitzer, and Janana were Cedar Ra visitors last Saturday. John Enabait and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dolan and daughter Nancy Ann, and Barbara Lee Dolan of Ryan were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Yossi last Sunday. Lois Naylor of Scotch Grove was a house guest of Janann Schweitzer last Thursday evening.
Onslow Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Onslow residents host visitors including W A Hoos and Harold Orr while Cedar Rapids guest Mrs John Pichner stays with daughter Mrs W K Kennedy. Achievement Day draws 150 for Presbyterian luncheon and a women's chorus. Doris Daland heads to Brooklyn NY as head cashier.
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Carl Stahlberg
Scotch Grove
Clara Chaplin
W. A. Hicks
John Pichner
Cedar Rapids
W. K. Kennedy
Jane Eben Paulsen
A. K. McMaster
Harold Orr
Redding
Cal
Onslow High School
Guild
the Presbyterian Church
Wilcox
C. C. Merritt
Reimers
Clinton
H.w.koon
Onslow
Jones County
Martelle
Leonard Hayes
Scott Arnold
Paul Arnold
Calamus
Ladies’ Guild
Doris Daland
Elizabeth Corbitt Daland
New York City
Brooklyn
N. Y
Public Loan Corporation
Marvin Nissen
Bridge Club
George Paulsen
Grace Wilson
Frank Johnson
al Babcock
Betty Mae
Mount Vernon
Alva Edwards
Dubuque
A. A. Garnett
the Missionary Society
William Fletcher
Social Roundup Highlights Weekend Visits in Langworthy Area
Local residents and guests share meals and gatherings across Langworthy Center Junction Dyersville Lone Tree Prairieburg and Colesburg. Frequent hosts include the Stevensons Batchelders and Crises with numerous family visits and birthday celebrations noted.
Family Reunion and Funeral Notices from Local Community
A family reunion was held at Claude Batchelder’s home in Wyoming for his birthday. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Krognan were at Immaculate Conception church, with interment at Worthington, after she died at her daughter’s home near Hopkinton. Dorothy and Betty joined a Presbyterian Sunday school program in Monticello. Glen Eller and Spyril Stevenson visited the J. L. Batchelder home on Thursday.
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Claude Batchelder
Wyoming
Mr. Batchelder
Immaculate Conception
Mary Krognan
Henry Lahr
Hopkinton
Krogman
Worthington
W. H. Behrends
Funeral honors for Mrs. R A Wallace of Hopkinton
Mrs. R A Wallace lifelong Hopkinton resident died in Chicago April 23 after a lingering illness. Cremation took place April 26 in Chicago with later services planned in Hopkinton. she was active in Presbyterian church work and left four children including Margaret Lubbock Cedar Rapids and Winifred Wallace Chicago.
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Chicago
R. A. Wallace
Hopkinton
Martin
Presbyterian Church
Wallace
Lenox College
Robert A. Wallace
Wilbert
Margaret
Ralph Lubbock
Cedar Rapids
Winifred
Raymond
Carson
Walter Barlow, Ames
Hopkinton Notices Highlight Community Moves and Meetings
Early residents reflect on long marriages as Hopkinton residents share news of community clubs, PTA leadership changes, and upcoming events. Guests visit relatives, moves relocate families, teachers receive raises, and senior–junior banquet plans are set for May 12 in the Masonic hall.
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Howard Rann
Manchester
Arnold
Eagle Rock
Calif
Lucile
Marjorie
Gertrude
California
Masonic Hall
Eastern Star
Pioneer Hi-Bred Seed Corn Available For Farm Orders
Farmers ordered Pioneer Hi-Bred seed corn to cover their intended acreage. The AAA reduction program reduces corn planting, freeing seed for sale. Get your order in now before supply is gone. Write or call Irving R. Hintz Monticello Iowa 78 F 31.
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AAA
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Audubon
Audubon County
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Rolfe
Weiland
Julius Cook
Terris
Junior Ruwe
O'Brien County
Junior
G. C. Ruwe
Rans
Marion Vern Martin
Missouri
Towa
Zog
U. S
Rubie
Mytejen
Maxhide
Albania
Ameri- Sale Ne Secee
Geraldine Appony
Ee Ante Hin Biewast
New York
Richland Center
Areula Beja
W. A. Hoos
Charles Steven
Dave Wilson
Lewis Ireland
Langworthy
Edwin Miller
B. W. Cox
Center Junction
Dorothy
Betty
Dean Morton
Lone Tree
Bradke
Erma
Stanley Bright
Leo Smith
Dyersville
John Jacobs
Herbert Cox
J. L. Batchelder
Ella Bradle
Frei Egger
E. H. Cox
Blanche Moser
Colesburg
George Turnis
A.W
F. A. Bort
Buck Creek
Carrie Maé Douglas
Sand Spring
A. J. Douglas
Goodyear
Goodyear Speedway
Astow
McAllister
Anamosa
J. D. McAllister
Mercy Hospital
Norton Loomis
Ames
Laura Sherman
Monticello
Hopkinson
Friendly Bible Class
G. G. Brown
Virginia
Letha River
Will Keith
F. N. Arnold
Clark Bros. Tire and Battery Shop
Stuhler’s Shoe Department
Express
The
Express Wantada
Irving R. Hintz
Allyns
Allyn
Charles A. Doxsee
Wm. Podhaski
Monty Hatchery
Meyer Slivken, Meyer's Produce Co
Chambers Range
Llo
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