January Term Opens as Grand Jury Organized in Wapello
Louisa county district court convened in Wapello with Judge Oscar Hale presiding. J. E. Rainey newly elected county attorney heads the grand jury. Rowland Rees named foreman and Verne Fitzgibbon clerk. Petit jurors called for Jan 12 with cases including State vs McAfee Van Winkle and Wagner for OUI. Beik chosen county chairman. county engineer Hinderman reappointed. tax reduction sought by farmers. W. D. Dunn promoted to junior high principal. William Matthews named arithmetic teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Louisa County District Court
Oscar Hale
J. E. Rainey
Rowland Rees
C. A. Bates
T. Dewey Davis
Glen Edwards
J. C. Gabriel
J. H. Holiday
Charles Wolford
Verne Fitzgibbon
Hale
McAfee
van Winkle
Leo Wagner
Taylor
David Blankenhorn
Thomas Robertson
S. J. Lewis
L.A. Andrew
M. Bank
Columbus Junction
Jesse L. Jarvis
Dan Beik
Nora Simons
John Harris
Beik
Louisa County
F. L. Beik
R. J. Cotter
Elm Grove Township
J. Carson Duncan
A. W. Hinderman
Frank Foor
Herbert Wilton
P. G. Wiederrecht
C. L. McClurkin
Dunn
W. D. Dunn
H. E. Hoover
William Matthews
Cornell College
West Branch sale pavilion draws crowds and strong prices
Bi weekly sale at West Branch, 587 head of cattle, sheep and hogs sold. White Face feeding steers fetched 7.85 per hundredweight and White Face calves 33.50 per head. Beef for canning, hamburger and sausage sold quickly. West Branch State Bank reports a satisfactory year with re elected officers and directors led by Al Pearson and James Douglass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
West West Branch State Bank
Nolders
al Pearson
James Douglass
F. L. Pearson
W. L. Maxson
L. C. Rummels
Oldest Resident Of West Branch Is J W Wertzbaugher Sr
West Branch honors its oldest resident and Civil War veteran J W Wertzbaugher Sr who turned 96 on New Year’s Day with his children and grandchildren at a dinner. He and his 89 year old wife have been married over 70 years though she is now largely confined to a chair after a prior fall. He remains active around the house and can still ride to the farm when weather allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
J. W. Wertzbaugher, Sr
Normal Training Alumni Banquet At Y W C A Muscatine
Sweetland reports social notes from Muscatine including the Normal Training Alumni banquet at the YWCA. Also announced is the Ladies Aid and Foreign Missionary societies meeting at the church social rooms Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Eckhardt
Iowa City
Teachers Return to Their Duties After Holidays
West Branch and nearby rural schools resume sessions with numerous teachers returning to classrooms. Alma Jensen at Audubon and many others from Garrison Elkhorn Lime City Low Moor and Cleveland to Prairie Knoll and Bleak Knoll rejoin students. college students Evelyn Green Arnold Pedersen Cecil Morris Donald Cozine among those hurrying back to S. A. S. S. and Dana colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Alma Jensen
Audubon
Dorothy Endsley
Garrison
Lydia Jensen
Elkhorn
Esther Stratton
Wilton
Margaret Stratton
Lime City
Florence Hemingway
Low Moor
Emma Larson
Springdale
Bertha Hobbs
Detroit
Mich
Ina Larson
Union Valley
Helen Wroe
Spencer
Lucille Gray
Pleasantville
Mabel Hemingway
Helen Douglass
Cleveland
Ohio
Maureen Parry
Fairview
Thelma Moore
Prairie Knoll
Marie Madsen
Bleak Knoll
Evelyn
Mildred Green
Arnold Pedersen
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Cecil Morris
Donald Cozine
Philip Krouth
William Jones
John and
Laura Pearson
Floyd Fawcett
Ruth Moore
Lois Hollingworth
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Emery Gleason
Central College
Pella
Elizabeth Jones
Grinnell
Erma Madsen
Ruth Olsen
Dana College
Blair, Neb
Rebekah installation postponed to January 16
Community notices record social visits and travel among Nichols residents. Illness delays the Rebekah installation while local families entertain relatives and pupils return to Cedar Falls Penn College Oskaloosa and Cedar Falls area schools after New Year holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Rebekah
Divorce Bargain Roused by Southern Fisherman
A rural exchange depicts Mose offering a string of fish to wed, then begging divine help to end the marriage, while a lawyer questions the depth of the plea. The dialogue captures a comic feud over divorce in a southern setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose
Pathfinder
Dogs Kill Many Sheep in Cedar County
About 300 head of sheep were killed in Cedar county during 1930, blamed on dogs in most cases with a few wolf incidents. Ninety eight sheep claims were filed, totaling 2563.81, an increase from 1929. Louis Voss suffered the heaviest loss with 30 sheep killed and seven crippled in one night. Hog losses totaled 219.75 across 11 claims, cattle 168 across five claims, poultry 102.60 with no prior year allowance. Cedar county’s dog related damages rise as German police dogs blamed. Mr. and Mrs. C A Cottrell and Don Safley left for California for health reasons. Cedar county grand jury met in Tipton with R M Willer foreman. others named. county attorney William M. Dallas to take office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County
Board of Supervisors
Louis Voss
Wilton
California
C. A. Cottrell
Don Safley
Local bake sale and community notices in Wilton Muscatine
Evengelical church bake sale at the American Savings bank draws local families including Hahn Rost Lang and Lang households. Community updates include Ruth Brown returning to Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls, and various visits, church studies, and travel among Wilton residents. Also notes on road conditions and a rise in demand for baby motor cars plus 1928 personal crisis reports total 5561.
Keokuk County Sunday Schools Meet at Keota Church
Keokuk County Council of Religious Education holds a Wednesday gathering at Keota Methodist Church for all county Sunday schools. Registration at 9:15, opening remarks by Virgil Coffman, devotional led by Rev. Gordon, and talks by Mrs. Terrell, Mrs. Gilbert, and Mrs. Lau. State Worker Walter Hutton leads instruction. Covered dish luncheon. afternoon session begins at 1:30 with a detailed program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Keokuk County
J. W. Terrell
Ollie
Lola K. Gilbert
C. W. Lau
Keswick
Walter Hutton
Des Moines
Sunday School Program and Joint Installation Planned
The program features sermons and talks on adult Bible classes young people Sunday school and church growth with music and discussions led by Rev H F Gilbert Rev E J Shook Rev L L Chamness Rev C E Clark and Walter Hutton Des Moines The event runs until 3 45 p m with public sessions The Odd Fellows host a joint installation with the Rebekah lodge Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Gilbert
Keota
Walter Hutton
Des Moines
E. J. Shook
Sigourney
L. L. Chamness
C. E. Clark
The
Odd Fellows
Rebekah Lodge
Farmers Union Meeting Called to Shape Policy
Des Moines AP Glenn B Miller president of the Iowa Farmers Union called a mass meeting for January 16 to decide future policies toward the federal farm board The meeting will gauge Iowa stance on state and national legislation Alexander Legge head of the federal farm board was invited to speak John A Simpson national Farmers Union president accepted an invitation Other leaders expected include William Hirth Frank Murphy Milo Reno and other state chiefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Glenn B. Miller
Iowa Farmers Union
Federal Farm Board
Farmers Union
Iowa
Miller
Alexander Legge
John A. Simpson
Oklahoma City
National Farmers Union
Simpson
Legge
William Hirth
Missouri Association
Frank Murphy
Minnesota
Milo Reno
Social Roundup and Visits in Concord News
Concord neighborhood notices list New Year gatherings at Fay Foster and Ar chie Norris homes in Columbus Junction. Residents attend club meetings, weaving, and a 1931 project planning session with many local families noted.
High Prairie and Muscatine Alumni Banquet Reported
High Prairie High Prairie-Miss Alice Harbaugh, a member of the Normal Training Alumni association of Muscatine high school, attended the association banquet in Muscatine Friday evening and spoke after dinner on the benefits of a normal training course. Miss Edithe Tomfeld, teacher at Hope school, returned from Nichols and resumed her duties Monday. Mrs. C. T. McCabe remains ill with double pneumonia but is slowly recovering. Mrs. Harry Boiler is ill with bronchitis at home. The Coder family reports their baby Kathleen recovering from flu. Elizabeth Coder, Newton teacher, returned Sunday from visit with her parents L. G. and Mrs. Coder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Boiler
Clinton Coder
Kathleen
Elizabeth Coder
Newton
L. G. Coder
Local residents travel and return to Ames for study
Wapello residents Wapello C L McQlurkin and H O Weaver traveled to Ames on Monday for business. Marion Blanchard and several students from Iowa State College plan to attend. Doris Mohlie and others, holiday visitors, head back to Ames as ISU students. John Bandy and son William return to Chicago after visits. James Dickson returns to Chicago after visiting his parents Sunday night. Colonial club hosts at Mrs. Arthur Vandevort's home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. C W Verney ill in south Wapello. Mrs. E L Nickle of Nichols spent the weekend with the B F Clark family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Daedlow
Faye Sharrar
William Mathieson
Clifford Brown
W. J. Kirkpatrick
Lowry
Harold Meeker
Helen Kirkpatrick
Mt. Pleasant
Walter Morris
Davenport
Floyd Laren
Chicago
James Reader
John Kirkpatrick
Muscatine
Walter Cullins
A. W. Stonebraker
Jennie Nickle
Waperlo
Elder Hall
Frank Meese
A. V. Hesser
Mattie Abbott
Waldo Elder
Albert Pike
Russell Reynolds
Charles Fox
Robert Green
Edwin Nash
Robert Elder
Clinton Schmitt
Glen Whitlock
Howard Dean
Lester Hillyer
Duane Ortha
Marie Neff
Robert Poole
Eugene Dean
Albert Miesky
Albert Mapes
Harry Fox
Lillian
Charles
Norbert
Harry Liljah
Moline
Charles Jehle
John Ellis
Joan Eber
Laurence
Dale Forbes
Conesville
Lowry Kirkpatrick
Northwestern Military Academy
Lake Geneva
Wis
Warren James
Charles Eckey
Winfield
Harold Eckey
Des Moines
Dorothy Nichols
James Dickson
J. H. Dickson
Arthur Vandevort
Colonial Club
C.W. Verney
South Wapello
E. L. Nickle
Nichols
Church of Christ
B. F. Clark
Conesville Farm Bureau Meeting Postponed to Next Week
A Conesville farm bureau for women of Orono township was postponed from Thursday to sometime next week. The notice lists local residents visiting relatives and traveling between Muscatine, Columbus Junction, Iowa City, and nearby towns, with several trips and visits noted through the weekend.
Letts and Dobbs Visit Families as Local Moves Occur
Letts families maintain ties as Mrs Belle Longstreth and other Letts relatives gather. Mr and Mrs R J Dobbs of Davenport visit the E D Curtis family. Dr Harry Austin and family plan to move from the Hildebrand house to Mrs May Dunham’s recently vacated Crosson residence. Mrs Mae Dunham decorates her house. Miss Lintner and Miss O Toole spent the weekend at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerard
Belle Longstreth
Letts
R. J. Dobbs
Davenport
E. D. Curtis
Mae Dunham
Miss Lintner
O’toole
Harry Austin
Hildebrand
May Dunham
Crosson
Cedar County assessors to meet for new data sheets and training
Cedar County auditors call 25 town and township assessors to gather at the courthouse for annual instructions and to receive new data sheets. A state board representative will review the new plan and point out errors while livestock assessments for 1931 are suggested with specific values for horses cattle swine and other livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton—County
G. W. White
Cedar County
Court House
State Board of Assessment and Review
State Board
White
Weather and Crop Bureau
State Board of Education
Department of Agriculture
Week of Prayer Observed by Local Churches
Local churches observe the week of prayer with services this week. Reformed Presbyterian holds evening meetings with Thursday preaching at morning hour. Methodist and Union hold union services at 7 pm. union church hosts latter part. Sharon Reformed Presbyterian conducts afternoon prayer meetings except Thursday. Fire crews respond to a flue fire at Ed Hughs home on the E. L. McClurkin estate. Bible school officers for Reformed Presbyterian elected Merrit McElhinney superintendent and others. A miscellaneous shower for the Robert Stinson family, who lost their home New Year’s Eve, is planned at Frank Hupp’s. The Stinsons move to the Mary Bowser home nearby. Farm Bureau leaders plan an all-day meeting at Mrs. Mell McElhinney’s. Anna Sands will teach accessory lessons. Mt. Pleasant trip for Meadow? and Iowa Wesleyan College attendance noted. Read Wart Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Methodist and
Union
Methodist Church
Union Church
Sharon Reformed Presbyterian
Ed Hughs
E. L. McClurkin
Bible School
The
Merrit McElhinney
Zenas McMurtry
Raymond Cummings
Ralph Baird
Children's Department
H. G. Patterson
Frank Hupp
Robert Stinson
Mary Bowser
Farm Bureau
Yellow Springs Township
Mell McElhinney
Anna Sands
Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
Alice Hutcheson
Victory School
Dave Armatrong
Lester Kern
Blairstown
Cris Johansmeier
Ray Barrick
Louis Rohlfing
Elaine
George Bryant
Irene
Carline
Shirley Mae
Kenneth
H. L. Martin
Class of 1922 Holds Reunion at Grandview Home
Grandview high school alumni from the class of 1922 gathered Wednesday evening at Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Shew home for a supper and 500 game. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Lester Jarvis, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Buster and Marian, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Weile and Lyndal, plus the Shews and Wanda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Grandview High School
W. O. Shew
Lester Jarvis
Kenneth Buster
Marian
Virgil Weile
Lyndal
Wanda
Sigma Kappa Club
Dan Berk
Harry Young
Fred Weir
Ella Graham
Miss Land of
Ralph Fry
Opal Bennechsen
Kathryn Howell
Thelma Kreiger
Mary F. Jackson
Gertrude McGill
Max Woodruff
Clayton Kubrick
Gus Rexroth
Ronald Cross
Lloyd Wilson
Clyde Yount
Riverside
Florence McDill
Galesburg
Til
Mae
Mahomet, Ill
Faye Wilson
Birthday Party Honors Harold Grunder in Pleasant Surprise
Members of the Zion Lutheran church Walth rough league joined Harold Grunder northwest of town Saturday for a surprise nineteenth birthday party with cards music and luncheon. Guests included numerous Wilton residents and relatives, plus visitors from Council Bluffs Davenport Cedar Falls and Coe College, as they returned home after New Year celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Weibel
Herbert Oveson
Leo Grunder
H. L. Walch
F. J. Grunder
Bessie M. Hebard
Council Bluffs
Maude Sherberger
E. Rist
Kewanee
Ill
Sherberger
Hebard
Chicago
Ed Schlapkohl
Lone Tree
Schlapkohl
Will Port
Catherine Looney
Margaret
Davenport
Gail
Clint Looney
Mary Hart
Jo Dwyer
Ruth Brown
Martin
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
F. P. Hebard
Muscatine
Dewain McKinney
Harriet Mason
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Gail Looney
Wilton
J. B. Bloom
William
St. Joseph
H. Wildasine
Smith Fined for False Drawing of Bank Check
Justice E. C. Gillam fined Raymond Smith of Iowa City $100 and costs after Smith pleaded guilty to false drawing and uttering a bank check. Smith had signed as E G Smith when writing a $2 check to Illinois Oil Co. of Tipton. he was tracked down after officers located him last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
E. C. Gillam
Raymond Smith
Iowa City
Smith
Illinois Oil Company
E. G. Smith
Instant Relief Cough Medicine Offered in 3 Bottle Sizes
A local drug firm advertises a cough and sore throat remedy promising almost instant relief. It comes in 85c 60c and 1.00 dollar bottles and is sold by Henderson Drug Co and other drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Drug Co
Death Claims Mrs Stewart at Rock Island and Mediapolis
Mrs Armilda Stewart of near Mediapolis dies at her daughter’s Rock Island home at 11 am Monday. Funeral services set for 11 am Wednesday at Mediapolis, burial in Kossuth Cemetery. She leaves children Mrs Beckwith Rock Island Mrs Ligg ie Newbank Fremont Mich Mrs Anna Drinkall Weldon Ia John Jack Corydon Ia Frank Jack Wapello, a sister Mrs Clara Humphrey Red Oak Ia and a brother John Watson Mediapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Armilda Stewart
Jessie Beckwith
Rock Island
Ill
Mediapolis
Kossuth
Beckwith
Liggie Newbank
Freemont
Mich
Anna Drinkall
Weldon
John Jack
Corydon
Frank Jack
Clara Humphrey
Red Oak
John Watson
Walter Marshall
Charles Bissinger
Carol
Des Moines
Methodist Hospital
R. J. Arms
Ruth
Mary Lewis
Jasper Smith
Chicago
Arthur Springer
N. I. Ditman
Muscatine
H. A. Putt
Vernie Forbes
Conesville
Court House
Lucile Vandervort
Villisca
Oakland Social Club to Meet January 15 Afternoon
Morning Sun reports the Oakland Social club will meet on the afternoon of January 15, with Mrs Ethel Rev M W Hutcheson, Harry Hutcheson, and Eugene Reed attending the event tied to the Council of Education meetings in Friday evening. Local families, including Rickmans of Keswick, hosted by Ed Liver, spent Sunday with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Ethel Rev
M. W. Hutcheson
Harry Hutcheson
Eugene Reed
Council of Education
Will Rickman
Keswick
Ed. Liver
Carolina Woman Loses 47 Lbs in 3 Months
A Carolina woman reports dramatic weight loss of 47 pounds in three months after taking Kruschen Salts. She says the change makes her feel years younger and healthier overall.
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Louisa County Court
Sweetland News
Cedar
Tipton Show
Settlement News
Iowa State Teachers College
Joe Lang
Newton Lang
John Hetzler
Lewis Lang
Excelsior Literary Society
Charles Fryberger
North Praire
Philip Hahn
Grace Hahn
Leslie Dietrich
la Mars
Miss Hahn
Dietrich
Irvin Rote
Yale
Harry Rote
Dawson
Clinton
Herriett
Gladys
Arthur Royal
New Era
Benjamin Lang
Settlement
Association
Joseph Newgard
Grace Reformed Church
Fred E. Kaufman
Elizabeth Lang
Fred Rost
Clarence
Clayton
Lewis Hahn
Barney Miller
United States
Farmers Union Meeting
Concord News
Fay Foster
Archie Norris
H. W. Club
Harlan Foster
Jean
Mary Fern
Mary Helen Lieberknecht
Alice Louise Lowe
Adelia Hafner
B. F. Noland
Omaha
Robson Dawson
Ronnie Davis
Charles Johnston
Margery
Betty
Burnett
Egebert Shellabarger
Carleton Moore
Maxifie
Billy
William Hall
Lou Dallmeyer
D. Wilson
A. J. Foster
Clyde Torode
Near
Dale Orris
Everette Orris
Mrs. Orris
High Prairie
Orono Township
Jack Olaf
James Orr
Raymond
L. C. Orr
Bobby
George Orr
Paul Johnson
F. C. Johnson
Lysle Thompson
C. A. McCormick
Roy McCormick
Bobby Orr
Daisy Kemp
Harold Schabillion
Velma
Catherine
Dan
Florence Hesseltine
L. F. Hesseltine
Brighton
Harold Hawkins
Norman
Lyle Goldsberry
Spirit Lake
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Wart Ads
Stewart
Kossuth Cemetery
Carolina
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