Tips Pour In as Murder Inquiry Proceeds in Des Moines
Police in Des Moines and Mason City pursue a murder case involving Harold J. Dreher a Des Moines salesman. Detectives report warrants issued for Fred Otto Ostenrieder and Francis P. Welsh based on fingerprints and the Dreher car find. A mysterious green brown suitcase and a pawn shop watch are connected to the investigation while two women who turned in items are unnamed.
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Des Moines
Harold J. Dreher
Mason City
Jack Brophy
Fred Otto Ostenrieder
Francis P. Welsh
Dreher
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Council Bluffs
Brophy
Evelyn
Omaha
Neb
Social Circle to Picnic at Muscatine Park
Community notices describe Jefferson Township Social Circle plans for an annual picnic on Wednesday August 16 at Weed Park Muscatine. Invitations extend to all former members and their families. Other items mention students traveling for college and visits, plus club yearbook plans and local travel.
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Muscatine Park
Jefferson Township
Weed Park
Muscatine
William Winder Joins Family in Conesville Visit
William Winder of Schenectady New York joined his wife and daughter Shirley at Mrs. Winder’s parents home in Conesville. Many locals visited relatives, attended centennial celebrations in Washington, and a C N C picnic was postponed due to rain.
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Parsons
Jean Roach
Parsons College
Fairfield
Wapello High School
Pearl Kremer
Mildred Warner
Miami
Fla
Yellowstone Park
Delbert Eversmeyer
Ed Eversmeyer
Lois Eversmeyer
Little York
Ill
Fair
Allen Poage
Muscatine
San Francisco
Georgia Hammond
Hazel Hammond
Davenport
Lyle
Virginia
John Tennant
West Chicago
Lloyd Tennant
Lake of the Woods
International Falls
Canada
Betty
Good Will Club
Toolesbro
Rosena Hayes
Ethel Berk
Paul Williamson
St. Louis
Williamson
Ramona Mumme
Paul Beach
Danville
William Winder
Conesville
Schenectady
N. Y
Shirley
Tracy Dickinson
Eugene
P. Basket
Alice
Dorothy Hotz
Louis Reibel
Iowa City
Freeman Estle
Washington
Russell Crist
Crists
William Loper
Elrick
Earl Springsteen
Hale Hanft
Hanft
Columbus Junction
Allen Kemp
Ames
Lester Kemp
Janelle
Billy
J. O. Kemp
Kemp
Dorothy Bliven
Twyla Kistler
Wayne Fry
Hal C. Wolford
Crist
Frank Litchenhouse
John le Grange
Lester Jensen
West Liberty
Arda Edgar
Jessie Criger
Frances Rabedeaux
Lisa Lou
Flora Tipton
Detective says suspect admits killing girl 17
Boca Raton, Fla. Detective Lieut E W Melchen says Charles Jefferson confessed to abducting two Miami high school girls with intent to hold for ransom. He killed Ruth Frances Dunn 17 and held Jean Bolton captive before releasing her. Dunn’s body was found bullet and stab wound near a swamp in Boca Raton.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Charles Jefferson
Miami
E. W. Melchen
Jefferson
Ruth Frances Dunn
Melchen
Miss Dunn
Jean Bolton
Ocean Highway
West Palm Beach
Miss Bolton
Old English Hurdle and Flint Knapping Traditions
Among the oldest surviving English crafts are hurdle making and flint knapping. Flint-knapping involves chipping flints for use in flintlock weapons and related tools, reflecting long standing practical crafts.
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England
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Roy Fishe
Durkee
Sven
Bliss Coffee
Miller's Corn
Lifebuoy
Clorox
Miller’s
Brooks
Ro-Li-Co
Ed. Crist
Charles Crist
Morning Sun
Harry Foster
Frank
Zet Thompson
Francis Bennett
Emma Bennett
West Liberty Fair
Bill Rhone
Mark Taylor
Walter Hendrickson
Chamber of Commerce
Ray Wuestenberg
Irwin Mosher
L. E. Lewis
Leslie Steen
Fred Nesper
Lewin
Lemons
Brook's Pork and Beans
Lipton Black Tea
RINSO
Kellogg's
Brook’s Tabasco
Otto’s
Comcaeres Mao
White Cloud Chief
Otto
Hormel
Swift
Otto Grocery Company
East Second
Brookfield
Staley
Kellogg Corn Flakes Rinsoqo
Jesus
Illinois
Calif
Palm Beach
Wrooks
Seans
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