Destructive May 3 1914 tornado hits Hale Wyoming Iowa
A violent tornado swept through Hale and Wyoming in Jones county on May 3 1914 causing widespread destruction. Houses barns and trees were razed damage estimated around 75 000 to 90 000 with no lives lost though several animals perished. The storm path ran about twelve miles with a width near sixty rods.
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Jones County
Hale Township
Madison Township
Wyoming Township
Hale
Wyoming
Chris Paulsen
Joe Sarby
Byron McGuire
Mr. Larby
Alden Sisters
Thos. Brodersen
Hale Village
Butch Woodard
Albert Switzer
Jack Quigley
Ben Curley
Austin
Jake Coppes
Seaman
Rudolph Dusanek
Anton Vacek
Dusanek
John Rothwedder
Mr. Rothwedder
S. C. Newell
John Thomson
John Reimers
Roy Bender
Henry Siler
Siler
G. W. Evans
Presbyterian Church
Fred Hopkin
Mrs. Laker
Jerome Bender
R. M. Heasty
Mrs. Griswofff
W. J. Nichols
Sevilla Mallicoat
Charles Overley
J. B. Hutton
James Kegley
Kettlesen
Cecil Wherry
West End
McBurney
W.G. Wherry
Roy Cooley
Ed Wilcox
Fred Schmidt
Ray Hopkins
Cooley
Wherry Farm
Main Street
D. G. Tebo
Washington Street
Webster Street
East Green Street
Alden Sisters’ Corner
Green Street
W. S. Chamberlain
Wm. Wilker
J. K. Pixley
W. H. Tourtellot
Anamosa
Rome Township
Castle Grove
Monticello
Richland
Scotch Grove
Wayne
Cass
Iowa
Manchester
Colesburg
Delaware County
John Merton
Ike Moreland
Will Flancher
Watson Lovett
Oscar Dodge
Sam Stillinger
Sidney Walter
J. W. Platt
Real estate transfers listed across multiple townships
A sequence of property transactions records transfers in Wayne Oxford and other towns. Buyers include Henry H Ruhe J J Wosoba John W Offutt John H Nicholson Louis A Kaiser Central Wisconsin Trust Co and Arend Balster. Amounts include 82000 1 1000 and 150 with parcels in Rome Olin East Anamosa Castle Grove Scotch Grove and Cronkhites additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Ruhe
Owen Tilghman Ruhe
Wayne Township
J. J. Wosoba
Mike Wosoba
Oxford Township
Q. c
Owen W. Mitchell
C. F. Mitchell
Town of
Rome
Olin
John W. Offutt
Frank Neville
Soper
Boardman
East Anamosa
John H. Nicholson
Louis A. Kaiser
Central Wisconsin Trust Co
Anty
John
McLees
Christ Tschantz
Castle Grove
R. P. Clark
G. J. Hughes
Seigney
Scotch Grove
Henry Hotz
Elizabeth Benfield
Cronkhites
Arend Balster
Gesina H. Balster
Scotch Grove Township
Murphy questions white house mouthpiece role in Iowa
Louis Murphy states he may not act as the administration’s official mouthpiece in Iowa or that such a role is necessary. He asserts independence from the administration on Iowa issues and speaks his own view on communication strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Herald
Louis Murphy
Iowa
Smallpox Cases Reported in Anamosa Iowa
Two smallpox cases emerge in Anamosa within families of Glenn Thompson and Ed Harvey. Homes quarantined with strict measures to contain spread. Also notes church service suspension vote at Presbyterian church and new bank stake by George B. Frazier joining Niles & Watters Savings Bank while officials stay unchanged.
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Anamosa
Glenn Thompson
Ed Harvey
Iowa
Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
George B. Frazier
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Niles & Watters Savings Bank
L. Niles
American Cooperage and
Finnigan Manufacturing
McCarthy's Misfortune In a Daring Boat Mishap
Mrs McCarthy learned her husband Pat died after a boat overturn. A friend later asked if he left her a fortune. She replied that Pat could not read nor write but could swim, implying he left no legible will or large inheritance.
ISU Defeats Missouri In Tight Dual Track Meet
In Ames Iowa State College defeated the University of Missouri 63 to 62 in a close dual track meet. Martin Englebarts and his daughter from Ledyard attended the Bohiken-Otten wedding in Scotch Grove Township and visited relatives nearby. Mrs Eric Truesdale died in Correc tionville Iowa last Friday. She was Jeff Walker's daughter and John Hubbard's niece. Allen Fisher and sister Minnie of Canada were here for the funeral. Eyes tested and glasses fitted by Dr L Q Stubbler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ames
University of Missouri
Iowa
Missouri
Martin Englebarts
Ledyard
Scotch Grove Township
Eric Truesdale
Correctionville
Jeff Walker
Monticello
John Hubbard
Castle Grove
Allen Fisher
Minnie
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rhowedder Farm
Austin Parson
T. G. Richardson
Delaware Co
McCarthy
L. Q. Stubbler
Minneapolis Orchestra
Emil Oberhoffer
the Choral Union
Earl G. Killeen
Children’s Chorus
Alice C. Inskeep
Helen Stanley
Lentasy
Opera Co
Rene Jonani
Chicago Opera Co
Leonora Allen
Alma Beck
Paul Althouse
Metropolitan Opera Co
Frederic Freemantel
Arthur Middleton
Theodore Harrison
Richard Czerwonky Cornelius van Vliet
Henry Williams
Harriet McCuskey
Coe College Conservatory
Gedar Rapida
Cornell College
Enrico Aresoni
Boston Opera Co
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Frederic Stock
Pasquale Amato
Jenny Dufan
The
Oratorio Society
Dorothea North
Albert Rindquist
Edward Clark
Mount Vernon
Hall
E. R. Ristine
Eyaty
Kettlitz & Kay
Empire
Siebels & Schoon
Deatrick Dry Goods Co
Kimona
Doutrick Dry Goods Co
Wifey Dear
Eclipse Lumber Co
C. F. Dutton
Torquois
Berlin
Wm. H. Gifford & Sons
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