Happenings in Southeastern Iowa Ends in Falls and Fractures
Condensed notices report Cliff Stoner returning from Hayes farm when his four horse team collided with a car driven by George Rose on the Colfax road. Stoner suffered a double ankle fracture and a horse was killed. He set the bones that night and drove again with crutches. A separate note from Sigourney Review mentions an X ray showing a fractured back vertebra.
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Cliff Stoner
Hayes Farm
Ithwest
de Reus
Colfax Road
Geos Rose
Rose
Cliff
Cliff Wible
Prairie City News
Fall From Train Leaves Conductor with Serious Injury
Conductor Pottorff of a Rock Island work train fell from a stock car near Rock Island station yesterday noon, suffering a fractured spinal vertebrae. The extra was moving seven cars behind the engine, brakes on the front cars failed to connect while those behind worked. a hose connection broke on a rear car, triggering automatic brakes and throwing Pottorff from the car.
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Pottorff
Rock Island
Back Broken in Auto Accident Near Albia
Dave Hartman a 27 yearold resident of Hite man road northwest of Albia suffered a broken back in an auto crash six miles south on Highway 6 late Thursday night. A tire blew out, the car veered into a ditch and he was pinned beneath it until a passerby freed him. He was taken to Miners hospital in Albia where doctors set the spine without operation. Hartman, employed at Newton, is married with a family.
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Dave Hartman
Albia
Hiteman Road
Here
Hartman
Miner's
Howard Melcher
Major Cherry
Lovilla
Newton
Lovilia Ress
Real estate man dies suddenly near Ottumwa
R. M. Beamer, a well known Eddyville resident, collapsed and died Monday while working in the garden at his daughter Verna Russell’s home three miles west of Ottumwa. Heart failure is blamed for his death.
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R. M. Beamer
Eddyville
Verna Russell
Ottumwa
Beamer Dies at Eddyville After Long Country Life
Reuben Milton Beamer died at his daughter's garden on a Eddyville farm June 80 1980 aged 57 years 9 months 18 days. He was born September 17 1872 west of Eddyville and married Jessie May Roberts in 1898. Surviving are Verna Russell Rolla Beamer his wife and two children by his second marriage Sadie Shafer and her two children. Funeral services were held at his home with Rev. Luther Childs officiating and burial in Bridgeport cemetery under the Eddyville Masonic Order.
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Reuben “Milton Beamer
Henry O
Martha Ann“Beamer
Eddyville
Jessie May Roberts
Verna Russell
Rolla Beamer
Sadie Shafer
Beamer
Masonic Order
Modern
Woodmen of America
Luther Childs
Ottumwa
Bridgeport
Eddyville Masonic Order
Eddyville Tribune
Chickens Shot From Hand At Hedrick Home
Earl Jones fired twice at a chicken thief near Hedrick as he fled at about 10 PM Saturday. A dead chicken and a badly wounded bird were found. pellets littered the chicken house and building. The thief escaped in darkness. identity unknown.
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Earl Jones
Hedrick
Jones
Davis
Delta Press
Deputy Sheriff A J May Paralyzed by Stroke
A J May, acting deputy sheriff for about two months, lies in critical condition at home after a Monday night stroke. He cannot speak but is aware of events, having recently delivered breakfasts to jail, and had struggled with health, including leaving his grocery business. Doctors say the extra workload may not have caused the stroke and expect recovery.
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A. J. May
Clark
California
May
Knoxville Express
Fremont Bootleggers Caught in Hedrick
Two Fremont bootleggers John Purdin Jr and Frank Spetes were arrested in Hedrick by City Marshal Lew Abrams while delivering liquor. Abrams found two gallon cans in the car. They waived grand jury action and were released on $1000 bonds each for trial in Keokuk County in the fall term.
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Fremont
John Purdin, Jr
Frank Spetes
Hedrick
Lew Abrams
Abrams
Purdin
Spetes
Keokulk County
Little Girl Burned By Lighted Match In Fire Crackers
Eight year old Phyllis Homiighouse daughter of Mia Homiighouse at 210 Fourth Avenue East sustained severe burns when her clothing ignited from a lit match used for firecrackers during a Fourth of July celebration. Pat McVey covered the flames with a rug, saving her. she was rushed to Mercy hospital where initial reports stated extensive burns but later said to be recovering.
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Phyllis Homiighouse
Mia
Eva Homiighouse
Fourth Avenue East
Pat McVey
Paving Progress on Primary Road No 6 South of City
Construction on Primary Road No 6 continues on schedule as G C Herrick Co builds a concrete roadway from the Appanoose line northward. A one and a half mile section near Moravia and Hilt is reported complete with three piles of roadwork advancing toward the county end.
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Pitrclale
G. C. Herrick Co
Appanoose
Teen Albee ‘Moravia
Arena
Hilt
Inquiring Reporter on the money people have had
A crowd of respondents recount the largest sums they ever held and what they did with them. Paul Synhorst bought a farm near Leighton for 29 an acre after saving up to 2000, later selling at 87. D W Gaass recalls a child’s gulden trunk and an editor’s prompt decades later. Joe Helt notes earning 13 a month and investing choices. E V Good discusses 400 at 19 and reckless spending before wiser use.
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Paul Synhorst
Leighton
P. G. Gaass
D. W. Gaass
America
Joe Helt
Phil Ross
Skunk River
Pella
R. R. Beard
Courthouse Licenses and Births Reported in Record
The clerk of the district court lists licenses issued since the last report including Harold Vinson Dallas Ruth Mauk Lucas William D Haller Logan and others with small decimal values. Births recorded include Leroy Junior son of Roy W Pizler Pershing born June and Doris Maxine daughter of Sam J Staley Knoxville born June 9 1980.
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Harold Vinson
Dallas
Ruth Mauk
Lucas
William D. Haller
Logan
M. ‘Hickey
Nick Montileone
Pershing
Mary Mediate
Leroy Junior
Roy W. Pizler
Doris Maxine
Sam J. Staley
Knoxville
Sunday Schools To Meet In Groups
Rev H L Van Dellen of the American Sunday School Union lists a July 27 gathering at Lower Grove with 10:00 Sunday school, 11:00 Bible Memory Work, and a 12:00 basket dinner. Activities continue 1:00 to 3:00 with Union Sunday School addresses, songs, and memory rewards for Juniors and Primaries.
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H. L. van Dellen
The
American Sunday School Union
Union
Lower Grove
Spring ‘Valley Union
Rey. Hebron
University Park
Greenwood Union
Grove ‘Union
Trucks collide at busy corner near Wynberg Westlin Streets
Two trucks collided on Saturday morning at the busy corner of Westz lin streets near Bran it. Henry id ha berg and Shelloil were involved as local produce routes were disrupted and traffic delayed.
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Henry Id He
Local People of July at Home Privileges
A fragmentary local notice mentions July events and privileges for residents. Details are unreadable, but the piece references community access and local rights within a residential context.
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Hom
Privileggii
Plane forced to land after lubrication failure
A message from the aircraft praised the boys aboard but the plane was forced down due to lubrication system failure. A large crowd gathered at the landing field, swelling traffic to the point where officers struggled to manage it as the radio announced the event.
Beekeeping Extension Talks Set for July Visits
A. D. Worthington extension specialist will visit for the last bee work meeting. On Monday July 14 at 1 o'clock he will meet at J. H. Templeton Jr's northwest of Dunreath. On Tuesday July 16 at 9 o'clock he will be at Ivan Fortner's south of Knoxville and at 1 30 at Harry Crouch's northeast of Knoxville.
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A. D. Worthington
Ames
J. H. Templeton, Jr
Dunreath
Ivan Fortner
Knoxville
Harry Crouch
Knoxv ille Man Sends Letter From Ill fated Ship
Knoxville Iowa July 9 J L Dickerson Saturday exhibited a grim reminder of the hazards of flying in the form of a letter he had addressed to his company while in California last winter. The letter mailed from Long Beach January 10 never reached its destination as the ship piloted by Maurice Graham crashed in a snowstorm in the western mountains. The crash relic has not been found for ten days, and Graham's body remains missing. The message bore the stamp mail delayed because of the mail plane accident. The letter, though rain soaked, was not damaged. Dickerson plans to keep the envelope as a memento of intrepid pioneer airmen who gave their lives to speed the mail through.
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Knoxville
Iowa
J. L. Dickerson
California
Dickerson
Long Beach
Maurice Graham
Graham
John
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