Funeral Rites Held for John J Valet at Grace Reformed
Wilton notes funeral services for John J Valet aged 84 at Grace Reformed Church with Rev J M Newgard leading a quartet from Lang family. Burial followed at Oakdale Cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons Ray and Charles Stark Lyle Chamberlain Clarence and Edward Valet and Mears Aye.
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Mears
Presbyterian Church
N. N. Harding
Griff Norton
Ethel Lawson
James Walton
Irma Wildasin
Will ‘Maurer
Hulda Schroeder
Frank King
Joe Marchant
Bessie Nangle
Rolland Abbott
Church Society
Women's Missionary Society of the
Grace Reformed Church
J. W. Lenker
Lilah Law
Wilton
Clarence Lenker
Grace Reformed
J. M. Newgard
St. Mary's
Emil Seber
Jack Nugent
Muscatine
C .H. Budelier
Edna Hanson
N. J. McDermott
Ford Harder
George Marolf
Nellie McSwiggen
Joe Dowdall
British Airways Plans Smoking Room In Planes
Imperial Airways announces new passenger planes for European and empire routes with a fireproof smoking room for 20, separated from non smoking areas, to accommodate smokers on long flights.
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London
British Imperial Airways
Failed to Halt Motorist Shot During Textile Strike
A motorist who allegedly refused commands to halt was fired on by national guardsmen near Schoolfield Virginia as authorities hunted cars carrying dynamite. Guard officers recovered 60 gallons of whiskey from the automobile. The occupant Lockwood Pickett of Forrest Hills North Carolina was dangerously wounded with paralysis anticipated after surgery.
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Danville
National
Schoolfield
Lockwood Pickett
Forrest Hills
N. C
Bank robbery penalties mount across Iowa and Nebraska
William Clifton, 22, sentenced 15 to 25 years in Wisconsin for Glen Haven bank heist. He confessed to Strawberry Point and Garnaville robberies. Across Iowa 22 others jailed, most for life, one for 40 years. In Nebraska, Francis Benedict and William Hunt, both 23 and 22, receive 11 and eight year terms for Nemaha Bank thefts. Russell Clark, 25, gets 10 years for the same holdup.
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Des Moines
William Clifton
Lancaster
Wis
Glen Haven
Iowa
Clifton
Strawberry Point
Garnaville
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Bank of Nemaha
Neb
Francis Benedict
State Penitentiary
William Hunt
State Reformatory
Corning
Russell Clark
Auburn
Former Lone Tree Resident Ella Oglevee Reeves Dies
Lucy Stone Barger reports the death of Mrs. C. E. Reeves at Corpus Christi Texas after wintering there for medical care. Born Ella Oglevee in Lone Tree she was 68. Survived by husband C E Reeves and five children. Body to be buried in St Lawrence South Dakota.
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Lone Tree
Lucy Stonebarger
C. E. Reeves
Corpus Christi
Tex
Medical Profession Hospital
Reeves
Owensworth
Calif
Ella Oglevee
J. Oglevee
St. Lawrence, S. D
Winter Concert by Lone Tree High Glee Clubs
The Lone Tree High School glee clubs directed by Miss Mary Fleming presented a winter concert at the Grand Opera House Sunday afternoon. The program featured selections from Morning to Silent Night including solos by Lana Solman, Wilson, McDowell, and performances by the Girls and Boys Glee clubs and mixed chorus.
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Lone Tree
Lone Tree High School
Mary Fleming
Grand Opera House
Oleg Speaks
Lana Solman
Wilson
Boys’ Glee Club
Manney
McDowell
Friml
Rogers
Girls’ Glee Club
Hills
Lee
Tick-Tock
Grant Schaeffer
Helen Yakish
Mary K. Kranz
Legende
Tchaikovsky
Virgin
French
Cooke
Girls
Glee Club
Gruber
Santa Claus partners call for holiday aid in Muscatine
The Muscatine Welfare association reports 25 initial Santa Claus partners have stepped forward for Christmas 1930. The group aims to aid deserving families by providing toys clothing and home supplies while protecting family confidentiality. Registration and requests for names are urged promptly.
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Santa Claus
Grace Weeks
Muscatine Welfare Association
Welfare Association
Oakville church hosts Sweet Family burlesque and sock musical
The Toolesboro Sun reports the Oakville Sunday school presents the Sweet Family burlesque musical comedy and a playlet Socks and Soap Suds with extra musical numbers at the church. Refreshments served. A Methodist bazaar and chicken supper drew a large crowd with a needlework display selling well and an auction to clear merchandise after supper. Burlington word says Mildred Waterhouse improving after weeks bedfast. A Twentieth Century club supper and party honored husbands at Attorney and Mrs. W B Hiller's home with about thirty guests.
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Oakville
Toolesboro
Methodist Church
Burlington
Mildred
FE. C. Waterhouse
W. B. Hiller
Twentieth Century Club
Not Surprising Birthday Gift Moment
A wife presents a birthday surprise to her husband and urges him to wait before opening it as the moment of reveal arrives in a passing show.
Local Roundup of Visits and Social Stays in Kalona Area
Kalona and nearby residents share a weekend of family visits and social calls. Cecil Randel family, J B Eiman, W H Plank, Lester Small and families, Veda Ehrenfelt, Roy Miller, Dora Randell, Ella Fisher, Cloyd Small, Fay Rowe, and others are noted visiting relatives or assisting at local stores and posts. Several households host guests from Hills Iowa City Wellman Rock Island Windham and beyond.
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Kalona
Cecil Randel
Junior
Lacey
Dora Randel
Randel
J. B. Eiman
W. H. Plank
Iowa City
Lester Small
Donna Marie
Hills
T. J. Lahey
Veda Ehrenfelt
M. B. Ehrenfelt
Roy H. Miller
Dora Randell
Malissa Louch
Ella Fisher
Edmondson Department Store
Cloyd Small
Wellman
Fred Small
Gretchen Small
Ray Ludwig
Rock Island
Fay Rowe
Charles
A. Watruba
Charles Bevins
Windham
M. P. Rowe
West Liberty community notes from mid December
West Liberty residents engage in travels and visits with relatives in Iowa and Arkansas. Local activities include bank officers elected, mothers hosting society meetings, a Christmas party for the Floriculture society, a Kings Daughters gathering, district missionary attendance, and planned benefit events for the public library.
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West Liberty
Jess Swart
Annie Swart
Julius Beyer
Swart
California
Charles McCann
Waterloo
John Deere Tractor School
Effie Mae Turner
Coon Rapids
Miss Turner
Wayne Nichols
Citizens’ Bank
J. E. MclIntosh
W. W. Anderson
N. E. Cree
Maynard Johnson
S. D. Glidden
Eaith
S. D
W. L. Gibson
Esther Emmons
George Emmett
Alden
Ina
Newton
Walter Mackey
Floriculture Society
Bertha Mosher
May Meyers
Fannie Wells
Mesdames Myers
Will Propst
F. W. Sutton
A. A. Brown
Judith Williams
Cedar Rapids
M. H. Merridith
Want Ads Quote on Engagement and Divorce
Humorous quip contrasts engagement behavior with marriage outcomes. The exchange notes that if men behaved like they do during engagement there would be fewer divorces but more bankruptcies as a playful jab.
Swallow This Lamp Illuminates the Stomach
Berlin scientist Dr. S Westmann and Vienna’s Herr Babler devise ultra violet ray lamps in quartz capsules that are swallowed. Connected to tiny wires, the device glows from within the stomach when current is applied.
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Berlin
S. Westmann
Herr Babler
Vienna
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Glenn Campbell
C. E. Henderson
Mae Myers
Cora Pingrey
Eva Pingrey
Carrie McClunn
M. J. Smith
M. C. Swan
Eagle Grove
Joseph Smith
Smith
New York
Pythian Sisters
M. M. Murray
Omaha
W. D. Ridenour
H. A. Small
Wapsie Ever Ready
George Case
G. P. Nichols
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O. V. Morris
Sam Kirby
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