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Rural Iowa notes mix of deaths, trials and town gains
A mosaic of small town notices and incidents across Iowa includes the death of Mrs. Sarah Carnahan at 99 after pneumonia, a prominent vet surgeon R. B. Readhead dies of heart failure, and local marriage admissions from Sweden. Colwell votes to incorporate and Des Moines Society hosts a large Methodist convention. A rail line blaze at Ventura devastates several buildings, while court cases disperse with bond and parole issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana- Giosa
Sarah Carnahan
Cedar
Readhead
Oscar Homan
Corning
Misa Mary Jensen
Dom
Anna Pauline Neilsen
Sweden
Auge Wad
Chris Frederickson
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Colwell
Congressman Hull
Frank ‘L. Stowe
Cedar Rapids
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Iowa
Des Moines
Methodist
Woman’s Foreign Missionary ‘Society
Indianola
Iowa City
Pet Brock Association
B.B. Hobby
Iowa University
St. Francis Hospital
San Francisco
State University of Iowa
Warren Phillips
Britt
Norman Missman
Woden
Granger Bank
Charles Saverude
Frank Warner
Iowa Gre. Bankers’ Association
Thomas Horton
Waterloo
Elizabeth Williams
Carman C. Walmsley
T. F. Willis
Clarinda