Local Seniors Escape Serious Injury In Vandalia Area Crash
Five Prairie City High School seniors Kathryn Bowen Winifred Thompson Joe McKiveen and Travis Walters were in a minor traffic crash on a country road west of Vandalia en route to a basketball game. They chose the ditch over a rollover and sustained various injuries while the Oldsmobile was damaged. They received first aid at Ollie Trader’s home and called for a wrecker from Des.
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Prairie City News
Runnells
Kathryn Bowen
Winifred Thompson
Joe McKiveen
Travis Walters
Vandalia
Joe MceKlveen
Ollie Trader
Prairie City
Des
Garage entered and robbed in Prairie City
Earl Hawkins reports his west edge of town garage on the paving was broken into Sunday night around midnight after he closed it at eleven. A battery and other small articles were taken while no money was taken from the cash drawer. all money was in his pocket.
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Prairie City News
Earl Hawkins
Earl
Sigourney Man Is Clerk of House
Sam Ragan, a Sigourney, Iowa man, has been chosen chief clerk of the Iowa House of Representatives for the current session. He received the Republican nomination at Friday’s caucus without opposition and was elected when the assembly organized Monday. His rise traces to service after the army and years as deputy county auditor and Turner supporter in Keokuk County.
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Keokuk County
Sam Ragan
Iowa House of Representatives
Ragan
Assembly
Turner
Dan Turner
Child injured by tossed shovel in accident
James Ver Beek, son of Mr and Mrs A C Ver Beek of the Six Mile neighborhood, suffered a head gash when a shovel tossed by his father struck him while he worked near a wagon. He was taken to a doctor for treatment.
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James Ver Beek
A. C. Ver Beek
Six Mile
Farm Home Near North English Razed by Flames
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed Otto Kutchera’s farm home three miles northwest of North English on Friday night. Mr and Mrs Kutchera and their two daughters were at a neighborhood party when neighbors saw the blaze in the basement and first floor and alerted others. The North English fire department, helped by locals, could not save the dwelling, eight years after it was built for about ten thousand dollars. most belongings were lost except a few small rugs a rocker a smoking stand and a drawer with papers. the loss is partly insured and the Kutchera family’s former home nearby had burned eight years earlier.
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Keokuk County
Otto Kutchera
North English
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North English Fire Department
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Kutchera
Tragic Monroe family dies in gasoline accident
In Rock Island last Thursday Joyce Monroe 13 months and Bobby Monroe 4 years died from severe burns and gasoline fume inhalation. Father Dorrance Monroe severely burned is hospitalized at St Anthony with good recovery odds. Mother unharmed. Funeral services for the children held Saturday in Rock Island with relatives present.
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Rock Island
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Bobby Monroe
Dorrance Monroe
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Putting the Law to Work with Vigor in Davis County
Davis County report recounts Hill Meat Market owner Neff Hill paying a $10 fine and costs after pleading guilty in Mayor J Harvey Leon's court to publicly cursing. Alva Lang of Lang's Jewelry Store acted as prosecuting witness. altercation allegedly occurred behind the two shops. Hill paid the fine, pleaded guilty, and was released.
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Davis County
Neff Hill
Hill
J. Harvey Leon
Alva Lang
Lang
Wishard Building
Injury by BB gun shot in Davis County incident
Carl Pirtle aged 10 was shot in the left eye by a BB gun while playing near the Glenn Blankinship home. Gene Hubbartt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hubbartt, accidentally discharged the gun. The bullet did not penetrate the eyeball and no serious damage is expected.
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Davis County
Carl Pirtle
Pirtle
Gene Hubbartt
Alvin Hubbartt
Glenn Blankinship
Young Hubbard
Harold Pirtle
Lorenz Undertaking Conducts 2106 Funerals in Bloomfield
Davis County Republican notes the Lorenz Undertaking company has conducted 2106 funerals over 25 years in Bloomfield. With a current population around 2300, the funerals nearly equal the town’s population, underscoring the firm’s long local presence.
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Davis County
Lorenz Undertaking Company
Bloomfield
Lorenz
Silent City
Wanderer Struck by Automobile Near Percy's Station
A man identifying as James Ellis, a wanderer with no address, suffered a compound fracture of the lower right leg when hit by a hit and run vehicle about 4:30 PM Friday one fourth mile west of Percys Oil Station. He was taken to Skiff Memorial Hospital in Newton for treatment after bystanders alerted Kellogg physician E L Auten who provided aid at the scene. Ellis, aged about 60 to 65, could not identify the car beyond noting the driver wore a jacket and suspected an Iowa license.
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Jasper County
Kellogg
James Ellis
Percy
Ellis
Skiff’ Memorial Hospital
Newton
Highway 14 to be paved through Monroe this year
Jasper County Mirror reports a highway engineer in Monroe suggested paving No 14 this year from the Marion county line through Jasper county to Marshall county. A prior crash at No 63 and No 14 prompted questions about the project. Newton and Marshalltown delegates were told by Mr White there was a good chance of paving this year. Survey work has begun in Monroe’s east but exact routing awaits permanent surveying.
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Jasper County Mirror
Ames
White
Monroe
Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness Lesson Summary
J A Lapham outlines the January 25 1931 International Sunday School Lesson on Luke 4 1 13 and Hebrews 2 18. Jesus led by the Spirit endures forty days in the wilderness resisting Satan with scripture. Emphasizes temperance against ambition deceptions and the need for spiritual armor to overcome temptation.
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John the Baptist
John
Christ
Satan
Esau
Lord
Temptations and moral standards in faith and life
The piece laments Satanic deception and urges steadfastness in God’s truth across themes of temptation, self control, and Christian conduct. It cites scripture, quotes scholars, and offers a lesson plan for teaching children about love of God, sharing, and the costs of following Jesus. It closes with life insurance figures as a context note.
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