Local News From Fort Dodge And Pella Area
A long, mixed local update notes visits and happenings around Fort Dodge and nearby towns. It mentions lawn and garden trials on Main Street, new garage construction on Washington Street, and numerous family visits, travels, and health notices involving residents of Pella, Iowa Falls, Des Moines, and surrounding communities.
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Harry Renaud
Washington Street
Bob Renaud
Barney Mensch
J. W. Vander Linden
Des Moines
Thermometer Breaks In Heat Wave On City Corner
The Knoxville Express reports one of the hottest days yet as a large thermometer on the corner of Vanderwilt's and Yarnell's broke under the sun. The incident is seen as possible forerunner of continued heat, with no relief forecast.
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Vanderwilt’s & Yarnell’s
Knoxville Express
Pella City Council Meeting on Budget Estimate
The city council of Pella Iowa will meet August 4 1986 at 9 00 o clock morning at the City Office to consider the budget estimate and record of filing for expenditures. Cleve A Kuyper City Clerk.
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Pella
Marion County
Iowa
Ofice
Marriage Ties Siamese Twins To Dancer In Dallas
A brunet Siamese twin wed a tall dark dancer and musician in Dallas on Saturday night. The other twin reported she has never resented dates with men and the marriage is not expected to cause a rift with Peter Dana, grandson of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Dallas
Texas
Peter Dana
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
North Beach
N. Y
California
Western Ontario population moves to cities report
The London Chamber of Commerce notes 16 933 more people live in towns and cities than in rural areas. A railroad section crew suffered four deaths and one serious injury when a westbound Baltimore and Ohio freight struck a handcar on a bridge near Little Hocking Ohio. Tugwell extends drought relief to 11 states. Topeka prepares for Landon nomination ceremony. A slain woman found in Louisville churchyard. Trust fund rewards two sisters in Minneapolis. Hunan forbids foreign dress red neckties and immodest attire. Laurens merchants join farmers harvesting 38 acres of Mohler land. A 15 pound 11 ounce baby born near Dumont Minnesota. Four Iowa students win John Leffey scholarships. Two men plead guilty to selling fish near Mingo Iowa. Mississippi gauge installation at McGregor planned.
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Ontario
London Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Baltimore and Ohio
Little Hocking
Marietta
Ohio
Drought Soars Milk Price and WPA Quarry Work Ends
Crushed rock for Lee county roads from WPA rock quarries in Marion township and Sandusky was halted Saturday after supervisors refused to cover quarry rental. Workers were moved to other projects. Milk prices will rise in Iowa City from 10 to 11 cents per quart due to drought. Dairymen warn pasture losses from fires. In Kansas, 17 year old Alice Williams of Cedar Rapids was critically injured after being thrown from a car near Reno. doctors say her chances of survival are slim.
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Wpa Rock Quarri
Marion Township
Sandusky
Lee County
Lown City
Dairymen's Association
Alice Williams
Cedar Rapids
Reno
Kansas
Lawrence
Chicks Hatch Without Hen In Vander Horst Yard
William Vander Horst found six young chicks walking about his yard with no hen or incubator nearby. Investigating behind fodder he discovered a hidden nest where the chicks had hatched by heat. The incident raises questions about natural or accidental hatching in the area.
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William Vander Horst
Vander Horst
Body of C. Downs Found Near Home After Disappearance
Chas Down age 77, missing from Mahaska County Home since June 28, was found dead in a pasture a half mile from the home Thursday morning. A statewide search followed his disappearance. no inquest was held and he was buried at the county home cemetery. Downs once ran for mayor of Oskaloosa before age led to admission to the home.
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Chas
Mahaska County
Free
Down
W. H. Broerman
Downs
Oskaloosa
Large Rodeo For Iowa State Fair headline
Early entries announced for the 1936 Iowa State Fair rodeo promise one of the west’s largest meets. National and world champions enter across seven nights of bull dogging bronc riding roping and racing. Notables include Shorty Ricker Bob Crosby Lub White Madison Square Garden Gene Ross Donald Nesbitt and more. Over 200 contestants expected before August 28 opening events.
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Shorty Ricker
Ranger
Tex
Bob Crosby
Roswell
New Mexico
Crosby
Lub Whiteman
Clarksville
Texas
Madison Square Garden
Gene Ross
Sayre
Ohio
Oklahoma City
Donald Nesbitt
Quamado
N. M
Los Angeles
Iowa State Fair Rodeo Adds Chuck Wagon Races This Year
Fair officials said the Iowa state fair rodeo will debut chuck wagon races among new racing features. Over $4,000 in cash prizes will be awarded across seven contest nights from August 28 to September 3.
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Iowa
Ures
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Neaver Rietveld
Friends
Fort Dodge
Mny
Jacob Cole
S. F. Cole
H. H. Sadler
Rev. L. de Vries
Iowa Falls
Ardith Wilson
Mt. Pleasant
Dick Gosselink
Ben Kuyk Fai
George Gosselink
Ruth Joan
James
Charles
Arabia
G. Gosselink Jr
Waupun, Wis
John Keuning
Sioux Center
Towa
Nina. Gosselink
Judson Wachter
Bob Lubbers
Boone
Clarence Wilkins
Iowa City
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Newton
Kate Curle
Amelia Rhynsburger
Sioux City
Jake van Daalen
Lorna Logan
Oklahoma
Mrs. Clark Richardson
Edward Goad
Peoria
Ill
Mildred Vander Linden
Federal Land Bank
Clarence van Dellen
Waterloo
Sybenga
H. C. Wormhoudt
the Lakes
Minnesota
Henry Brand
Rachel
Ed Brand
Colorado
Ben Renaud
Valley Junction
Keith Ver Hey
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jimmer Hey
Prof
Sadler
Ben Branshart
Ben, Jr
Montezuma
Mr. Branfhart
C. Branshart
Prairie’ Street
D. C. Renaud
Donald
Clarence Vander Linden
Ledges
Mary Lousie Renaud
Will Shepherd
Rosscreen
Alfred Steinkamp
Robert Gosselink
Hull
W. G. Vander Ploeg
Knoxville
Hattie van Cleave
Muskegon, Mich
N. F. Closz
Lake
C.F. Dystra
T. H. Klein
Mr. Old Intveld
Mrs. Goad
Richard and
Harold
di Braafhart
Eugene
Mr Gysen
John Firth
J. A. Garrison
Caldwell
Idaho
Matt Kempkes
Boston
Mass
Mr Destatives
Tyberrauch
Rel
M Dorothy Akern
Fremont
Harriet Schilder
Evelyn Grootveld
Miss Harrier
Miss Schilder
Frances Vander Linden
Hester Faber
M. Vander Linden
Union Street
Miss Faber
Frances
Charles Vander Linden, Jr
Carl Rene Vander Linden
Paardekooper
Clear Lake
B. F. Vander Linden
Paradise
Harry Dussenberry
John
Robert
Matt Hoksbergen
Bernice Hoksbergen
E. J. de Haas
Ed Liter
Walter Doedyns
East Second Street
Dick Doedyns
Jay Hesselink
Marion Kruseman
Fred Veenstra
John Buwalda
O. K
George Hankamp
Lynden
Wash
W. W. Sadler
Leslie
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Ternoon
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Coronado
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Prpertentay
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Ate Comfort Station
Samuel C. Weed
Dist. Atty
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Erie
Penn
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Calif
Civic Auditorium
Pasadena
Cal
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John T. Mason
Lady Astor
London
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Helen Clevenger
New York University
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis’ Industrial Union
John D. Hamilton
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Motion Pictures
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Winston, Salem, N. C
Guardian
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Z. Smith Reynolds
Lake Mead
Boulder Dam
Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist Party
Downsend
Spain
Spanish Morocco
Jane Seaman
Longview
San Francisco
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Topeka
Alf M. Landon
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Charlotte
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Emma Cleveland
Hunan
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N. C. Mohler
Mohler
Jacob Schmitz
Dumont
Minn
John Leffey
University of Iowa Law College
George F. Heidlebaugh
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Armstrong
Erwin L. Buck
Grand Junction
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Town
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Hart Hayes
Mingo
Indian Creek
Minge
McGregor
Dixon
United States War Department
C. Downs
Iowa State Fair
CC ‘Op
Pillsbury
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Scott County
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