Iowa Observes Labor Day Across Cities With Parades and Speeches
Iowa halted business as Labor Day celebrations spread to Ottumwa Madrid Johnson City and Des Moines with parades sports picnics and speeches. Notable speakers included Dan W. Turner W H Rodgers L H Doran Milo Reno and George W Lamson.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Dan W. Turner
W. H. Rodgers
Washington, D. C
United States Department of Labor
Rodgers
Ottumwa
Leighton Park
Leonard Simmer
Wapello County
United Mine Workers
Madrid
L. H. Doran
Boone
Milo Reno
Iowa Farmers Union
Picnic and Dance in Pauls Grove by Booster Club
Pleasant Prairie booster club held a Thursday evening party in Pauls grove with a large crowd and dancing on the pavilion. Plans were made for another grove party next Thursday with old time music for dancing.
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Paul’s Grove
Pleasant Prairie
John Eaton
Cleveland O
Eaton
O. E. Bentley
T. N. Harker
Concordia
Kas
D. P. Kelley
Harker
John Moody
Auburn
Neb
Blue Grass
Harry Drumm
Frederick
S. D
Mr. Drumm
Henry Drumm
Durant
Esther Bunn
Muscatine
Doris Kelley
Orville Bentley
Cleveland
Ohio
West Liberty Notes on Illness Travel and Local News
West Liberty Iowa items report Mrs. Robert Brooke seriously ill at home with a relapse after a temporary improvement. Several residents and visitors are mentioned, including Mrs. Fred Gill, Mrs. Percy Russell, and Miss Margaret Polders. Community updates cover legion cookie boxes, Knights of Pythias sessions, social events, vacations, and local travels. The 1769 Cugnot automobile exhibit is noted in Paris.
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West Liberty
Robert Brooke
East Third Street
Brooke
Fred Gill
Iowa City
Howard Watters
William E. Davis
Omaha
Colorado
Frank Hughes
Charles Regnier
Margaret Polders
Geneseo
Ill
Albert McGowan
Beaumont
Tex
FE. C
Margaret Collett
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Jayne
Collett
Chicago
Harold Jayne
Marjorie
Floyd Maxon
Calvin
Wayne Hobbs
Louisville Ky
Tipton
M. C. Swan
Clifton McIntire
F. A. Duffee
Wilton
Colorado Springs
Fred Duffee
Floyd McIntire
Ellendale
N. C
Charles Chesebrough
Children sing at Tipton fair closes Cedar county event
Tipton Iowa September 1 crowd over 5000 attended Cedar county fair closing day designated as children's day free tickets given to county school children. Rural school chorus from 18 districts led by Miss Juliette Johnson followed by children's sports and baseball finals won by Durant 7 0 over Tipton. Black Magic driven by Mrs Rudolph Wilke won multiple horse show awards.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Juliette Johnson
Durant
Mechanicsville
Lowdon
Tom Jacobs
Earl Bennett
Kroeger
Cunningham
Hurley
Black Magic
Charles Wright
Rudolph Wilke
Chicago
Weir Sears
Davenport
Lewis Sears
Serrel
Helen Eiler
William Hanna
Waterloo
Dorothy Miller
Miss Maude Felter Takes Position in Fletcher College
Wilton Iowa September 1 Miss Maude Felter former Wilton schools superintendent has accepted a leadership post in psychology at John Fletcher college Oskaloosa and will move with her mother Mrs C B Felter to that city. Local social notes include a bridge party hosted by Mrs Alfred Pahl and plans for Legion auxiliary elections and a Grace Reformed church bazaar and sale.
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Wilton
Maude Felter
John Fletcher College
Oskaloosa
C. B. Felter
Alfred Pahl
Kathryn Kane
Arthur Biester
Gertrude Denkman
Allen Dittmer
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Grace Reformed Church
Norvall Hill
Helen
Washington
William Port
Bessie
Mable Dingsley
Rowley
Felter
Clellie Coleman
Muscatine
William Dwyer
D. F. Dywer
Clara Bushman
Denisopia
Women Work in Louisa County Starts Week of Sept 22
Louisa County agents announce the 1930 women’s home project third year of house furnishing begins the week of September 22 with Alice May Smith from Ames directing five one month apart lessons. Training schools cover Basket Making, Weaving of Trays, Lamp Shades, Accessories, Pillows and Cushions across townships Monday through Friday with sessions in Sun, Elliot, Concord, Grand View, Columbus City, Elm Grove, Union, Oakland, Port Louisa, Jefferson, Wapello and Marshall townships.
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Louisa County
Robert Davie
Wapello
Alice May Smith
Ames
Morning Sun
Eliot
Concord
Grandview
Columbus City
Elm Grove
Union
Oakland
Port Louisa
Jefferson
Marshall
Grandview Notes on Community Moves and Local News
Dr. Kubrick family moves from parsonage to Mrs Christie property. Sun day school plans discussed at Wapello committee meeting. Beatrice Turner grand daughter of J S Jackson injured in Chicago auto crash Aug 23. Numerous visits, excursions and class meetings noted along with local travel and illness updates.
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Grandview
Kubrick
Rush Gast
Russell
Ed Rowe
Edward
Casper
Roenna Graham
Lydia Zimmerman
Marian
Dora Smith
Davenport
Keith Berk
Muscatine
Alice Williams
Shawnee
Okla
Belle Graham
Roy McGill
Conesville
Fannie Shew
Mabel Jarvis
Wanda Shew
Jennie Krahl
Alice Lindsey
Willing Workers
George
Will Weir
Will DeVries
Chicago
Adam Becky
Sunbeam
Burl Reed
Paul Kemp
Harry Stineman
Clint
Mildred Berk
Maynard
Howard Cocklin
Floyd
Dan Gast
Burrel
Ferrie Gast
Birmingham
Ala
Lois Stineman
Rose Ray
Jolly Twenty Club
Funeral services held for Mrs Bruce Rankin at Mediapolis
In Oakville Iowa September 1 funeral services for the late Mrs Bruce Rankin were conducted at the Presbyterian church in Mediapolis with burial in Kossuth Cemetery. Upcoming events include a Boy Scout minstrel show at the opera house and a performance of Glittering Gate at the Presbyterian church directed by Mrs P A Bratton.
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Oakville
Bruce Rankin
Presbyterian Church
Mediapolis
Kossuth Cemetery
Opera House
P. A. Bratton
Ross Mellinger
L. G. Bell
Claud Sheridan
Chicago
Victor Krebs Celebrates Twenty First Birthday in Stockton
Mr and Mrs Emil Krebs hosted fifty relatives and friends in Stockton on September 1 to honor their son Victor with bunco at eight tables and dancing afterward. Local attendees included Miss Elsie Krebs Norma Blank Verona Klahn Herbert Blank Elmer Untiect and Virgil Triemer.
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Stockton
Emil Krebs
Victor
Elsie Krebs
Norma Blank
Verona Klahn
Herbert Blank
Elmer Untiect
Virgil Triemer
Adolph Riessen
Des Moines
Rudolph Paustian
Melvin
Chicago
R. P. Broders
Albert Liebke
Tipton
Herman Lange
Forrest Burmeister
Wilton
J. P. Cooper
Effie
Cleo
Blue Grass
Muscatine
B. Bohnsack
Otto Leusch
Davenport
Emma Dittmer
Hertha Paustian
Stockton R. N. A
Paul Riessen
Loraine
Keystone
Local Free Methodist pastors kept in Iowa charge
At the Iowa Conference in Newton Rev J H Grim was reappointed to Morning Sun for the coming year. Rev R T Fine moves to Des Moines first church and Rev D E Eddy becomes district elder. The Iowa Methodist Episcopal session will meet in Knoxville. Delegates J L Corey and J K Latta attend the laymen’s association next Saturday. A Sinclair service station robbery nets $40. Birthday dinner honors Mr Shutter. A daughter born to Cecil Hamilton and wife at Mercy hospital Burlington. Local families visit and travel notes chronicled.
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Morning Sun
Iowa
The
Free Methodist Church
Newton
J. H. Grim
Dixie
R. T. Fine
Des Moines
D. E. Eddy
Burlington
Iowa Methodist Episcopal Conference
Knoxville
W. R. Barr
J. L. Corey
J. K. Latta
Latta
Sinclair
Charles Murray
Oakes
G. W. Shutter
Shutter
Mercy Hospital
Cecil Hamilton
Millard Green
Mt. Pleasant
Floyd Mason
Mt. Union
George Croson
O.S. Gibbs
Grinnell
Edna Graham
Ivan Graham
Davenport
Annetta Lawrence
Louisa County at State Fair showcases livestock, youth
Louisa County 4-H youth earned nearly 300 in premiums at the Des Moines State Fair. The event featured a record turnout with 600 baby beeves and many purebred animals. Louisa 4-H girls demonstrated in bread judging and health, with standout results from Martha Blankenhorn, Harriet Lieberknecht, and Dorothy Downs.
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Robert M. Davie
Louisa County
Wapello
Des Moines
Martha Blankenhorn
Harriet Lieberknecht
Kathryn Howell
Dorothy Downs
Pauline Smith
Columbus Junction
Rex Buffington
Bill Hanft
Kandy
Max Schomberg
Briggs Brothers
Sun
Briggs Bros
Morning Sun
Adelia Hafner
Letts
Domono
Rex Hanft
Derby
Domoni
Stanford
Baby Beef Club
Fair Grounds
Eugene Gookin
Martin Hiller
Conesville and Area Attend Brockway and Wehmeyer Reunions
Conesville Iowa reports a Brockway family reunion at Weed Park with many Briocom: James Brockway C A McCormick Moore and Warren Abbott plus relatives. Wehmeyer reunion near Wapello at Henry Weber home drew Vera Ruth Jessie. Community notes list church meetings visits travels and familial gatherings across Mediapolis Muscatine Lone Tree Waterloo Cedar Rapids Columbus Junction and Des Moines.
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Conesville
Brockway
Weed Park
James Brockway
C. A. McCormick
Esther
Isabelle
Reuben
George Moore
Warren Abbott
Frances
Kathleen
Nigel
Lulu Kern
Vere Walker
Ruth
Jessie Vera
Wehmeyer
Henry Weber
Wapello
Ladies’ Aid Society
Grace Reformed Church
Wilbur Brehme
Mary Dolores
G. N. Bullis
Lyle Bullis
Mediapolis
Frieda Beckey
Riverside
L. M. Phelps
Marion
Edna Martin
Staughton
Wis
Mr. Phelps
I. A. Summers
Drew McDougall
D. D. McDougall
Harry Abbott
Clinton
Muscatine
de Etta Abbott
M. L. Rippey
Alden Maxwell
Norma
Baylord
Andrew Johnson
Lone Tree
H. F. Aldrich
Mary Wagner
Waterloo
Nancy Wagner
Charles Carpenter
Chicago
Fred Carpenter
Mt. Pleasant
Martha
H. D
Burlington Visit Highlights Local Socials
In Burlington Morning Sun readers note visits from Mrs. Laura Graham and son Wilmur Graham with family of Davenport. Also featured is a stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Willson southeast of town by Ana, California visitors spending several weeks in the area.
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Ta Ana
Calif
Burlington
Morning Sun
Satury
Laura Graham
Wilmur Graham
Davenport
W. E. Willson
City leaders pick committees for 1930 31 Iowa group names members
Burlington announces the League of Iowa Municipalities 1930 31 committee slate with members across legislative paving utilities franchises and rates sewage and disposal waterworks taxation and assessment fire protection police protection park and playgrounds judicial decisions municipal accounting public health and more
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Burlington
E. G. Marquardt
League of Iowa
C. V. Findlay
Fort Dodge
P. F. Hopkins
Mason City
Frank A. Haas
Davenport
H. A. Willoughby
Grundy Center
Hugo Gebert
Denison
C. D. Huston
Cedar Rapids
R. S. McNutt
Muscatine
R. K. Davis
Oskaloosa
Charles C. Mackay
Waterloo
J. VanDer Zee
Iowa City
J. H. Ames
Ames
C. C. Cady
Alden
C. J. Nelson
Keokuk
John Carter
Ireton
Frank Bernatz
Decorah
W. Lewis
Spencer
John Essig
Webster City
R. D. Stewart
Sibley
M. Fergeson
Marengo
B. Archer
Perry
E. I. Mason
Early
Harley Carter
Fairfield
H. F. Hollander
Schleswig
W. J. Haynes
Stuart
J. F. Walter
McGregor
J. W. Newbold
Mount Pleasant
Otto Hile
Boone
A. C. Soret
Pella
J. W. Applegate
Washington
O. H. Brown
Council Bluffs
H. J. Callahan
F. W. Schmidt
Nora Springs
G. van der Aarde
Milford
E. J. Quigley
de Witt L. V. Russell
Adel
Milton Perry Smith
Sioux City
James Spain
Parkersburg
J. B. Goddard
Bettendorf
Clifford Powell
Red Oak
L. H. Pine
Atmeets
Kenneth Davenport
Cres- Municipal
Nellie Mygatt
Shenandoah
W. C. Loosbrook
Dyersville
B. N. Swenson
Inwood Public Health
F. J. Smith
Maquoketa
C. E. Juhl
Osage
E. Lendenhall
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