Auto crash near Center Junction injures farmer
Center Junction reports Robert Mead, 2 young farmers, escaped death after his Ford collided with a Monticello Davenport gas car while crossing the track north of the station. Mead suffered scalp wounds and a leg gash needing stitches. A second collision occurred when Harold Mead bumped another car. The Presbyterian bazaar and dinner raised about 140 dollars and a pageant is planned for next Sunday evening at the church. Several locals and visitors attended and many families were noted in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mead
Mr. Mead
Monticello-Davenport
Dr Smith
Onslow
Harold Mead
Mrs. Mead
L. E. Moats
Moats
Harold
Presbyterian
Frank McNeilly
Springville
Charles Suett
Orcutt
F. L. Serbousek
R. P. Clark
Wilma
Roberta
Monticello
Loomis
Bert Clark
Scotch Grove
Emily Smith
Will Leech
Frank Livingstone
Cedar Rapids
O. M. Miller
Anamosa
E. R. Marshall
Wyoming
F. H. Arnold
Florida
Harriet Marshall
Irma Andrews
James Mead and
Patline Burmeister
Catherine Thompson
Pauline Serbousek
Hollyce Stingley
Carol Naylor
Ethel Dreibelbis
Lucille Livingstone
Evelyn Courtney
Wanda Livingstone
Constance Naylor
Maurine Stingley
Roberta Livingstone
Mary Dawes
Rose Mary Coder
Wynona Kleineck
Human Cross
Ruth Nelson
Marjorie Dawes
Long
Lyle Thompson
Viola
Peter Prahm
Pauline
Cedar Raunds
Selina Prahm
Leech
Frank
Elizabeth
Cecil Young
Clayton Guarnett
Cornell
Lang
O. FE. S
Jessie Smith
Anamosa Hospital
J. N. Smith
Guy Meljonald
J. N. Ramsay
H. FP. Breed
Marion
Charles Moncrief
Ed Rice
R Moncrief
Worcester
Cliff McDonald
Mrs Walters of Onslow Dies After Illness in 1927
Mrs. B F Walters aged 72 died Friday morning November 4 1927 after paralysis struck her at home in Onslow IA. Born March 22 1855 in Brookfield PA to Daniel and Elizabeth Plank she moved across several states before settling in Onslow. She was active in the Baptist church and welfare work for children. She leaves husband and a sister and brother. Funeral held Sunday at her home with Rev Dr Meyer officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Walters
Walters
Ella Walters
Daniel and
Elizabeth Plank
Brookfield
Trigo County
Sylvester Plank
Pennsylvania
E. W. Lewis
Onslow
Iowa
Albert Foster Walters
Turner Junction
West Chicago
Elgin
Ill
Marion
Richmond
Ind
Davenport
Walter Koon
Meyer
Etta Kennedy
Moyle
Maquoketa
Ed Franks
Dauenter Lucine
Lisbon
Etta Tracy
George
Mount Vernon
Robert Russell
Lizzie Russell
Allie Feehan
Anamosa
Bradison Village
Joe Orr
Oelock
Brerer
Dr. Palmer
Orr
Palmer
Sarr
Cedar Rapids
Bullock
Bald- Win
Werden
Mon- Taouth
Wilma Buckner
Viola
Mina Hanna McGovern
Chicago
Kenneth Kennedy
North Liberty
Harb Orr
John Orr
McCormite
Agnew
Buchanan County
Kruse
Hale
Will Morse
Charles Larkey
Wyoming
Mayme Stickley
Sioux City
Lydia Lyon
Garnett
Shedeck
Presbyterian Church
Mildred Streeper
Henry Koon
Mitchell County
Ceci Koon
Town City
Laura Smith
Center Junction
Horace Barber
George Lyon
Gerd Behnken
Jessie Cole
John Shedek
Olin
Howard Willson
Amber School Pupils Achieve Perfect October Spelling
Five Amber students from Amber No. 7 Wayne township aged 6 to 10 earned 100 percent in spelling for October, spelling every word correctly across twenty days. Names listed: Nielene Lincoln Charles Gray Richard Dirks Evelina Freese Jennie Sievertsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Oak School
Harriet Rohn
Nielene Lincoln
Charles Gray
Richard Dirks
Evelina Freese
Jennie Sievertsen
August Toenjes
Amber School No
Wayne Township
Wilbur
Wilfred Osterkamp
Irene
Lorene Eggers
Ruth
Ruby Englehart
George Siebels
Wanda
Shirley
Herman Helgens
Tom Weiss
Anamosa
Amber
Charles Michels
California
Iowa
John Gray
C. W. Burlingmeir
Forest
Gladys Frost
Wyoming
Philip Bailey
Art Lincoln
Hearst Duncan
Luther School
Ed Duncan
Clara Andresen
George Andrews
Will Werderman
Ed Englehart
Hunt
Fadley
Myrtle
Monticello
Harvey Townsend
Margaret Bodeker
Anamesa
Eleanor Brainard
George Bodeker
Miro
Jansen
Will Jansen
Herman Zimmerman
Helen Bohiken
Minnesota
W. R. Zimmerman
Herman Helvens
Freda Zimmerman
Garret Siebels
Strawberry Point
M Ir
Grover Preston
Leone
Wu Preston
Center Junction
Julia Toenjes
Cedar Rapids
Harry Clark
Walters
Lloyd Robertson
Perkins
Mr. Tiffany
Jennie Belknap
Miss Davenport
D. Long
Amber Shipping Association
Donald Bowser
Onslow
Rev. R. Badger
Hernan Englehart
Fd Duncan
Marion
Ben Husman
Women’s Community club to hold all day meeting in Scotch Grove
The Women's Community club meets Wednesday November 16 at 10 AM with Mrs. M M Sinclair. Members will bring sandwiches and one other dish for a county credit driven picnic dinner. The event features a follow up demonstration of work from the first project session and asks for wrapping paper newspapers gingham or lawn for bias tape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Community Club
M. M. Sinclair
Sesson
Fr. D. Sutherland
Innstead
Laura
Sinclair
Ruth van Buren
Castle Grove
Fritz Schlemme
Fay
Fern
Edgewood
Schlemme
C. Maxon
Nina Brady
Phineas Himebaugh
Joy Himebaugh
Manchester
Carl Himebaugh
Rink
Sand Spring
Fred Minney
Cedar Rapids
Otto Powlishta
Anamosa
E. C. Hughes
S. J. Rice
de- Ridder
Satsuma
Local notes feature visitors and club gathering
Beate Garnett and Harold Hall are listed among town residents with updates on health and sports injuries. Cedar Rapids nurse Miss Moyer cares for Mrs. Belle Johnson, while Miss Ross returns home. Families from Minneapolis Scotch Grove Center Junction and Maquoketa attend a funeral for Mrs Ela Walters. The Astrurian club met with patriotic music and remarks on women in politics. Next meeting set for Nov 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beate Garnett
Harold Hall
Tom English
Smith
Miss Moyer
Cedar Rapids
Belle Johnson
Johnson
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Jennie Smith
Nellie Taylor Ross
Edna Wasson
Carrie Chapman Catt
Lozier
Jessie McMaster
Mary Barnes
Glenn Barnes
Maquoketa
F. K. Barnes
Sunday Guests Visit Monti and Langworthy Families
Sunday visitors included Mrs Leesekamp and Mr and Mrs A Null of Monti with the Husman home. The Carl Gerdes family of Langworthy and Jack Husman with family also joined Mr and Mrs Otto Otten in a daytime gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesekamp
Scotch Grove
A. Null
Monticello
Carl Husman
Carl Gerdes
Langworthy
Jack Husman
John Dirks
Otto Otten Thome
Cascade News Highlights Local Marriages and Obituaries
Miss Lenora Lane wed Dr. Thomas BE L. Keaveny October 22 at Mary Magdalene church Omaha Nebraska by Monsignor Linne. Attendants Miss Mary Showalter Davenport and Dr Leo J. Keenan Omaha. Mrs Keaveny daughter of Cascade residents Nurse Mercy Davenport. he a Creighton University grad. Family plans Keithsburg home. Thomas Ord dies in Colorado Springs at 72. survived by wife Hattie Swope and daughter Belle Scott. former Cascaders. Miss Mary McArthur dies Lohrville at 86. buried Cascade. Halloween party at East Cascade high. Cascade residents visit Wisconsin relatives and Chicago trip mentioned. Robert Martin building an addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenora Lane
Thomas BE. L. Keaveny
Keithsburg, Til
Mary Magdalen Church
Omaha
Neb
Monsignor Linne
Mary Showalter
Davenport
Leo J. Keenan
Keaveny
T. J. Lane
Cascade
Mercy Hospital
Creighton University
Keithsburg
Thomas Ord
Colorado Springs
Hattie Swope
Belle Scott
Ord
Lohrville
Nora
P. M. McArthur
St. Martin’s Church
T. Rooney
Miss McArthur
Treland
Thomas McArthur
America
Dubuque County
East Cascade High School
Charles Kirchen
Vernon
Manitowoc
Wis
Arthur Kirchen
Arthur Jr
Two Rivers
Catherine Kirchen
Frank Koppess
Dubuque
J. P. Kirchen
Anamosa
J. L. Bader
Monticello
Chicago
Robert Martin
Cascade area notes include weddings and visits
Residents report social events and moves across Cascade. Stella McLees and Vine ODonnell announce planned Chicago wedding. Thekla Albers returns from Germany via New York after a ten day voyage. J B Aitchison oversees house work. Joseph Bradshaw buys farm near Fillmore church with possesion March 1.
Wyoming Community Notes and Club Activities
The Baldwin Home Economics club met with Mrs. Don Wherry for an all day session with nine members and thirteen guests. Five new members joined bringing total to fourteen. A junior high production titled The Mummy and the Mumps is rehearsed for a Dec 6 performance. Seven local residents attended a Davenport district Home Missionary society convention in Tipton. The Everready Community club gathered at Mrs. Charles Dawes for a social with a lesson on Thanksgiving origins and a trip report to the state fair. Mushrooms of Bohemia focus features Antonia Shackelton, a longtime picker, describing harvest, handling, and market sales. Dr. E N Stoffel travels to Racine on family death. Funeral services held for Joseph Shedeck, age 81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin Home Economics Club
Don Wherry
Joe Holub
Wyoming Township
Wyoming High School
Wyoming
Home Missionary Society
Davenport
M. E. Church
Tipton
A. B. Soule
Ed Pealer
Elias Anderson
S. H. Brainard
E. E. Myers
R. H. Sanders
Everready Community Club
Charles Dawes
Edna Conmey
Bohemian
Racine
Wis
Jacob Stoffel
Stoffel
Henry
Charles Eye
Cedar Rap
Presbyterian Church
Joseph Shedeck
John
Shedeck
Civil War Veteran Immersed in Local Civic Activities
The notice recalls a Civil War private from Co F 44th Town infantry and lists survivors of seven children. It also details club meetings, visits, and social events across several towns, including the Progressives, Eastern Star, and Wyoming chamber plans for a city hall and municipal bonds. The region includes Cedar Falls and Lisbon football outings, local visits, and a stock shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. F
44Th Town Infantry
Progressive Club
C. B. Shafer
Gladys Doty
Newcomb
P. C. Levien
Iowa
Cook
Dixon
W. S. Garrison
R. H. Sanders
Hanover
Ill
Long
Center Junction
Stickley
Sioux City
Elva Cruise
Phillips
Hale
Eastern Star
Vergie Case
Cedar Falls
A. C. Case
R. H. White
Missouri
Lisbon
Claude Sears
E. F. Hodoval
Iowa City
John T. Wherry
Cedar Rapids
Wherne
Ball
Local Socials and Visits Across Manbet and Surrounding Towns
A busy week with testing association attendees including E L Brandt John and Fred Egger E A Dunlap Henry Becker and J L Batchelder. Visitors gathered at Mrs J L Batchelder’s home while F M Johnson repaired a chimney for C K Greer. Nearby Mrs R E Chaplin and family hosted guests from Scotch Grove Richland and Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Brandt
John and Fred Egger
E. A. Dunlap
Henry Becker
J. L. Batchelder
Testing Association
Man- Bnet
Thursay
Scotch Grove
C. N. Hein
Melvin
Galen Hein
Richland
C. Arduser
Gertrude Arduser
Bert DeShaw
H. E. Chaplin
Ray
Onslow
W. H. Morgan
Hopkinton
R. E. Chaplin
Jack
Clifford Arduser
William Balsiger
Gertrude Thompson
Northampton shoppers flee in Coolidge town sensation
In Northampton two girls in one piece bathing suits sparked a sudden scene as shoppers fled a curious throng. The mayor and police chief were reportedly alarmed as the disturbance unfolded in the president’s home town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
President Coolidge
Melbourne Premier Introduces Hangar in Cellar Project
Stanley, the Australian premier, unveils an innovative hangar stored in the cellar of his Melbourne residence, resembling a garage for housing his plane. The design aims to discreetly shelter the aircraft rather than public display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
Stanley Truce
Cement Stave Corn Crib Gains Notice in Audubon County
On Otto Tessman farm near Ross Audubon county a new corn crib of two inch cement staves rises oval 41 by 24 feet with a 12 foot central driveway. It stores 7000 bushels of corn and 4000 bushels of grain in bins over the drive. An inside elevator runs 54 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon County
Otto Tessman
Ross
No Killing Frost to November First in Des Moines
Des Moines and central and southern Iowa reported no killing frost through November 1 with fall gardens still producing beans cucumbers tomatoes lettuce radishes and other garden truck. Flowers bloomed while trees were bare, a rare late autumn sight before Jack Frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Jack Frost
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Ann Ehrisman
John Ketelsen
EB. R. Young
Eloise
Lost Nations
Ariel Romick
W. A. Stingley
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H. J. Smith
Merle Pangburn
James Doucherty
W. S. Pangburn
Pangburn
Germany
New York
Muenchen
Joseph Bradshaw
Thomas Murphy
Fillmore Church
John Becker
James McGrain
Henry Faber
John Conter
Waterloo
Jacob Conter
John Reiter
I. H. Sears
Davienport
Thomas Kingsley
W. A. Fairburn
Stella McLees
Vine O'Donnell
St. Martin's Church
J. P. Kitchen
St. Theresa
St. Mary's Church
Prof
Breen
John Turnis
Bayless Business College
Legion Auxiliary
Waverly
George McDonald
Mary L. McDonald
Wyoming Chamber of Commerce
Fire Company
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Fishwild
W. N. Morse
Co. N. Hein
Richland Township
Ray Dighton
Buck Creek
Tom Saunders
Delhi
G. D. Thompson
Mildred Thompson
Martin
Creamery Company
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Iowa Electric Co
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