Christmas programs planned at county schools
Rural county schools schedule Christmas programs this evening and Friday. Miss Olga Leuttenegger and Miss Pearl Brown lead Stockton program this evening. Cedar Valley school in Moscow township will present a Santa Claus themed program at 8 pm Friday. McQueen School near Conesville with Miss Aleta Singleton closes school Friday. Goshen Valley in Goshen township holds Friday entertainment with Miss Marion McFadden taking a week’s vacation after.
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Olga Leuttenegger
Pearl Brown
Stockton
Leutenegger
Mason City
Brown
Princeton
Cedar Valley
Moscow Township
Elizabeth Satterthwaite
Santa Claus
McQueen School
Conesville
Aleta Singleton
Goshen Valley
Goshen Township
Marion McFadden
West Liberty
Columbus Junction hosts Christmas party and visits note
Columbus Junction IA residents gather for a school dinner and Christmas party at the high school with both the high and junior high instructors in attendance. Local families and visiting guests share news of travels,学校 events, and holiday gatherings across town.
Property Changes Involve Multi Million Deals In Midwest
Davenport announces sale of Central States Power and Light to Central States Utility of New York for about 9 million dollars. In Dubuque H C Orton says 15 million dollars of properties across several states and Canada will be bought by Utilities Power and Light of New York and others, to operate separately under his management.
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Davenport
Central States Power and Light Corporation of
Central States Utility Company of
New York
Dubuque, Ia
Iowa
North Dakota
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Alabama
Michigan
Minnesota
Canada
Federal Public Utilities Company of
Chicago
Utilities Power and Light Company of
H. C. Orton
Interstate Power Company
Dubuque
Utilities Power Company
Interstate Company
Orton
Decatur County to vote on road bonds
Decatur County voters in Des Moines area Leon Iowa will go to the polls tomorrow to pass on a 500000 road bond issue to fund a continuous paving stretch from Des Moines to the Mississippi state line. Predictions say the proposal will win approval with little opposition.
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Leon
Decatur County
Des Moines
Kalorama Kensington Club Hosts Christmas Party
Members of the Kalorama Kensington club gathered at Mrs. Lloyd Esmail’s Bloomington township home for a Christmas party with festive decorations and Santa Claus visit. The next meeting is planned for January 18 at Mrs. Will Hintemeister’s Bloomington township home.
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Kalorama Kensington Club
Lloyd Esmail
Bloomington Township
Santa Claus
Will Hintermeister
Farm Bureau
Benjamin Kramer Jr Honored On Birthday at Eva Heussner Home
A Wednesday birthday celebration for Benjamin Kramer Jr at Miss Eva Heussner’s 625 Climer Street featured card games and a luncheon. Guests presented gifts to the honoree. The Miriam Rebekah lodge No 27 set a regular meeting for Friday evening at the Odd Fellows hall.
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Benjamin Kramer, JR
Eva Heussner
Climer Street
Miriam Rebekah Lodge No. 27
Odd Fellows Hall
Former resident serious in West Liberty illness
Albert Whitacre and daughter Mrs. J E Kimball traveled to Ironwood Michigan to be with Mrs C E Gunderson formerly Wilma Whitacre who is seriously ill with pneumonia after a relapse. Harry Hazlett returned from Electra Texas with four cars of registered Hereford bulls the largest shipment of the year to Wagner estate Electra.
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West Liberty
Albert Whitacre
J. E. Kimball
Ironwood
Mich
C. E. Gunderson
Wilma Whitacre
Harry Hazlett
Electra
Tex
Louisa
Muscatine
Wilton O E S Elects Officers and Christmas Party
Purity chapter No. 365 O E S in Wilton Iowa elected officers led by Worthy Matron Elizabeth Schnack and Worthy Patron William Jasperson. A Christmas party followed with Santa Claus, gifts and socializing. Installations planned for January. News notes cover Sunday school activities, readings, and club meeting changes. William Kook travels to Muscatine for holiday post office work.
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Evelyn Hall
Chapter CX
Santa Claus
Frank Johnston
United Presbyterian Sunday School
Columbus City
John Howard Johnston
Nellie Moore
Mary Louise
Dorothy Wilmering
United Presbyterian Church
R. L. Singleton
Charles Hamiston
Paul
Mildred
Muscatine
Laurene Gilkey
Pearle Harrison
J. K. Frymeyer
Methodist Sunday School
Marthe Hebard
Anna J. Call
Alice Weatherly
John Wilkerson
Emma Ayres
Amelia Wildasin
Maude Sherberger
Woman’s Club
William Kook
Government to Build Elevators on Mississippi River
Washington December 22 AP The inland waterways corporation would receive 40 million dollars for constructing and operating agricultural elevators and warehouses on the Mississippi River under a proposed bill by Representative Letts Republican Iowa. Costs would be repaid to the treasury from operating revenues.
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Washington
Inland Waterways Corporation
Mississippi River
Letts
Republican
Iowa
Treasury
Letts Social Roundup and Local Notes
Letts Iowa December items report Charley Herrick family children with chicken pox. UV B I society hosted at Mrs Pearl Collins home with Christmas exchange and plans for January at Mrs Ola McCleary’s. A fifteenth birthday surprise for Rev Winters daughter Ma with gifts. Loyal Women’s class bake sale slated for Dec 31. Mrs Eliza Miller left for Lawrence Kansas after a Letts visit. Walter Thompson family at Mrs Barker funeral in Columbus Junction. Evelyn Gipple back home for Christmas.
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U. B. Church
Eliza Miller
Lawrence
Kas
Letts
Walter Thompson
John Barker
Columbus Junction
Evelyn Gipple
Iowa Railway & Light wins Gilbert to Story City franchise
The Iowa Railway and Light company of Cedar Rapids received a state board franchise to operate a transmission line between Gilbert and Story City. A Gilbert light plant protested the grant. The Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway won a bus line certificate for through passenger service Stanwood to Davenport via De Witt and Wheatland.
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Des Moines
Gilbert
Story City
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowa Railway & Light Company
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Company
Stanwood
Davenport
de Witt
Wheatland
Supreme Court grants appeal of Chicago murderess
Catherine Cassler, convicted Chicago murderess, was granted an appeal for review of her conviction by the supreme court. The action saved her from hanging this year.
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Springfield
Catherine Cassler
Chicago
Supreme Court
Had Clever Scheme But Comes To Grief
Sioux City Ia Dec 22 aPf Donald Pierce of Council Bluffs was arrested and will be charged with obtaining money under false pretenses after a confidence game. He allegedly delivered COD packages for 1.75 to offices during managers' absences and collected from stenographers. The packages contained 50 cent aprons and Pierce operated for two days, disposing of several aprons.
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Sioux City
aPf
Donald Pierce
Council Bluffs
Pierce
Commercial law shark Ephraim F Morgan named to Commerce
Doeg Ephraim F Morgan of West Virginia is described as an expert in commercial law and is named as a legal adviser to the Department of Commerce by President Coolidge.
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Doeg Ephraim F. Morgan
West Virginia
Iowa News Notes Highlights and Local Briefs
Atlantic engineer Killed when his stalled car was hit by a Rock Island train at a crossing. Governor Mullen of Nebraska to speak Jan 12 at Iowa Farm Bureau federation. County culvert fund refunds recommended to counties from primary road fund. Stern to push constitutional amendment for vacant legislature appointments. Ft Madison alumni press for changes in the university athletic office.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
W. G. Carlson
Atlantic Municipal Light and Power Plant
Iowa
Rock Island
Des Moines
cMullen
Nebraska
Iowa State Farm Bureau Federation
Fort Dodge
Hammill
Ft. Madison
Iowa Cities
The
Univer
A Long Chase for Ends in Capture
Milton Kirkendall, 19, of Oskaloosa, long hunted for the 1926 killing of Cypus Crisman, was captured in Chicago and is to be returned to Oskaloosa. He escaped from the Ma haska county jail while awaiting trial in August 1926. A district court date is expected to be set soon for his trial.
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Oskaloosa
Milton Kirkendall
Cypus Crisman
Mahaska County
Chicago
W. J. Gochee
Kirkendall
Crisman
Here
Oska
Loosa
Higgins Sentenced for Throwing Kitten at Landlady
Francis Higgins received a three month sentence in Glasgow prison after a case alleging he threw a kitten at his landlady. The judgment cites a serious property and animal welfare concern and reflects court action taken in this incident.
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Francis Higgins
Glasgow
Petition backs changes at University of Iowa
A petition signed by business and professional men supporting changes at the University of Iowa has been forwarded to university heads for consideration.
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Sity
Iowa
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Lyle Maxwell
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Marian Wibber
Iowa State Teachers College
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Shipping Association
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New Holland
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Kensington Club
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M‘.Colms & Company
Morgan
Iowa News
Logan
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