Fishing Trip Burns Man on Back in Southeastern Iowa
Bill Thomas earned severe burns while fishing when a camp fire ignited his clothing as he slept by the fire. He woke with a burning sensation, was helped to town, and treated by Dr. Grot haus before staying with his sister Mrs. W. C. Smith. The rest of the item notes the town reservoir being emptied for cleaning and improvements, including a steam shovel, flood gate, and temporary use of the well water.
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Delta Press
Bill Thomas
Bill
Ted Sampson
What Cheer Clay Products Company
Disappearances and a liquor bail in Knox ville and Grinnell
Ruth May and Rhoda Alley, Knox ville high school girls, vanish after a night in the city. Omaha police report their custody, with two men Curtis and Perry suspected though not confirmed. In Grinnell, William Stout pleads guilty to illegal liquor possession and pays a $300 fine with jail time suspended for good behavior after being caught with a half pint hidden in his sock.
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Ruth May
Rhoda Alley
Knoxville
Omaha
Néb
Fred May
Plato Alley
Nebraska City
Alley
Clark
Curtis
Perry
William Stout
Grinnell
Frank Bechly
Stout
Bechly
What Cheer Residents Urged to Conserve Water Now
Keokuk County News reports residents of What Cheer are urged to conserve water immediately as shortages or restricted supply concerns rise. Authorities emphasize careful use and monitoring of local water systems amid ongoing service pressures.
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Keokuk County
What
Rotten mash dumped on Swan Farm near Knoxville
Albert Mix discovered about twenty barrels of rotten mash on Frank Kouski’s Swan Farm near Knoxville. Kouski dumped the mash into the adjacent river after learning of it. Two men found no trace of a still, and investigators suspect the mash was meant for another distilling site.
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Knoxville Journal
Swan
Albert Mix
Frank Kouski
Mix
Kouski
Richland Woman Dies After Cellar Fall
A fall down the cellar steps in Richland last Wednesday night fatally injured Mrs. John Horning seventy four a lifelong resident and mother of two businessmen C J and L C Horning of Richland Neighbor Mrs John Reed found her unconscious at the bottom of the stairs A physician said she sustained a skull injury and a broken neck authorities believe she missed her step while turning out the light
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Richland
John Horning
C. J
L. C. Horning
John Reed
Horning
William Quackenbush
L. P. Hinson
Fire trucks on burning bridge in Leon incident
A fire probably started from an old dumping ground damaged a bridge at the foot of Cemetery Hill in Leon. Leon’s fire truck brakes burned out as the vehicle coasted across the burning span. no stop on the bridge occurred. Local commentary suggests both Leon and Lamont need better firefighting equipment.
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Lamoni Chronicle
Leon
Cemetery Hill
Lamont
Leon Journal- Reporter
Brakeman Loses Foot In Albia Railroad Accident
Ottumwa man C. B. Hurlinger, 42, a C. B. & Q. brakeman, lost his left foot after being run over when he fell beneath a switching freight near the yards. He was taken to Miners hospital and his condition is reported satisfactory. His wife joined him Tuesday.
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Albia Union Republican
C. C. Hurlinger
Ottumwa
Ottumwan
Hurlinger
Albia
Workman on mixer sustains injuries near Knoxville
John Wyatt 22, of Missouri, employed on paving along Primary road No. 6 west of Knoxville, was severely injured when a sand and cement truck backed into the mixer west of Marsh four corners. His pelvic bone was broken and he will stay in Pleasantville hospital five to six weeks. He was greasing forms when the accident occurred.
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Chariton
John Wyatt
Knoxville
Marsh Four Corners
Pleasantville
Wyatt
Missouri
Trappers Urged to File Inventories in Montezuma
Montezuma Republican urges pets buyers and trappers who held fur bearing licenses before July 4, 1929 to file sworn inventories with the County Recorder. Miss Mattie Law says lists of license purchasers and those who trapped on their own lands are being compiled from Fur Dealers records and shipping permits. Delays may lead to prosecution, and blanks are available from the County Recorder.
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Montezuma Republican
Fish and Game Department
Miss Mattie Law
Miss Law
Orpheum Des Moines Hosts Half Shot at Sunrise Week
At the Orpheum Theatre Des Moines the film Half Shot at Sunrise starring Robert Woolsey and Bert Wheeler runs all week due to popularity. Vaudeville changes October 8 feature Sunshine Sammy and South American dancers Russ and Bonita, plus Jimmy Lucas and Vampire and Fool of 1980. Beginning Sunday Lupe Velez stars in The Storm with Paul Cavanagh and William Boyd. vaudeville acts include Edith Evans and Ray Mayer The Cowboy and the Girl Gym Jam Girls and two more acts complete the bill Amos n Andy.
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Robert Woolsey
Bert Wheeler
Orpheum Theatre
Des Moines
France
Sunshine
Sammy
Russ and
Bonita
Jimmy Lucas
RKO
Lupe Velez
Orpheum
George Broadhurst
Langdon McCormick
Lupe Valez
Paul Cavanagh
William Boyd
Wm. Boyd
Edith Evans
Ray Mayer
Amos ’N Andy
Check and Double Check at the Orpheum
The act will perform at the Orpheum in their big picture, presenting their first show titled Check and Double Check.
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Orpheum
Iowa Fire Loss Tops Six Million In 1929 Fire Loss
Des Moines reports Iowa’s fire loss last year reached 6,776,473 dollars with 5,339 fires and 100 lives lost. J W Strohm state fire marshal outlines annual Fire Prevention Week October 5 to 11 in a proclamation by Governor Hammill urging observance.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. W. Strohm
John Hammill
Fire prevention week urged across state in 1930 proclamation
The proclamation says much loss could have been prevented with diligence and care and places fire waste as a state issue. It designates October 5 through October 11, 1930, as a low fire prevention week and urges citizens to reduce hazards, dispose of waste, inspect heating equipment, chimneys, wiring, and make safety repairs. If a poet can't put fire into his verses he should reverse the process.
Courthouse Statistics and Local Marriages in Pella
Courthouse records list marriages in Pella including William Sjaardema Cora Paltzer John Schuring and Grace Gezel. Legal notices reference births Ronald Delno and Edward Sammons born in September 1930 and Robert Dale born September 25 1930 to local families.
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William Sjaardema
Pella
Cora Paltzer
John Schuring
Grace Gezel
Ronald Delno
Owen Arkema
Vy Edward
Perry Sammons
Robert Dale
Merrill D. Craig
Derringer Daughter Born October First Nineteen Thirty
Betty Lou Derringer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry 0 Derringer, was born on October 1 1930.
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Betty Lou
Henry 0. Derringer
All Weather Road Will Soon Be Open
Knoxville Iowa October 6 Unless something unforeseen intervenes Primary No 6 will be open from the Bussey connection to Des Moines giving Knoxville and several Marion county towns a real all weather road The opening is the realization of a dream five years ago No 6 is among the finest highway stretches in the state with grades not exceeding six percent and corners safe for forty miles per hour It is a great achievement for Marion county
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Knoxville
Towa
Bussey
Des Moines
Marion County
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