Rock Valley Bee Tale of a Treasure Scam in Hampton Iowa
In Hampton Iowa professors Zugler and Evan Newton ran a fortune telling scam to raise cash to coax spirits. They helped themselves to 768 dollars from Alvin Grabbe and left 798 dollars in a napkin tied up with instructions. The Grabbes later found only thirty one dollar bills and the rest vanished. A separate item notes a bad tumble involving David Norris, 244 years old.
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Zugler
Evan Newton
Hampton
Iowa
Alvin Grabbe
Grabbes
Sooth& Sayers
Abrs. Grabbe
Grandmother and baby survive high speed car accident
Mrs. Lida Ulmer 54 of Marshalltown Iowa and the child's mother Mrs. Paul Norris were riding in a car when the door flew open at about fifty miles an hour. They tumbled out but clutched the infant, rolled several times, and both passengers rose unhurt.
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Lida Ulmer
Marshalltown
Iowa
Paul Norris
Dinner Speaker at Warren Hotel on Monday
Rock Valley notes announce a noonday luncheon moved to 6:30 PM December 8 at the Warren Hotel with Dr C L Wendt as guest speaker and Athenian Society speaker, reservations via toastmaster Dr L B Hegg due Friday or Sunday. Additional items cover local socials, arrivals, and club activities.
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Warren Hotel
Jerry
Rock Valley
Bill Bogart
Amazures
C. L. Wendt
Canton
South Dakota
Warren
Athenian Society
Wendt
L. BR. Hegg
Dr L R Begg Physician and Surgeon Office Hours
Dr L R Begg, physician and surgeon, offers office hours from 8 to 12 a m and 2 to 5 pm. Contact numbers listed: office 76 and residence 121 W.
Hawarden Cleaners Home Community Enterprise Found
A local home community enterprise named Hawarden Cleaners is noted with a dated reference 12-27. The brief item identifies the business in the Hawarden area as part of local small business activity.
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The
Hawarden Cleaners
Methodist Church News Celebrates Bible’s English translation
Rev L A Hunsley presides at 10:00 Sunday School. 11:00 Worship on The Book of Books. Young Ladies Chorus sings. Epworth League at 7:00. Sunday marks 400th anniversary of Bible in English. Bring old Bibles for display. prizes for oldest and most unique. Parsonage display prep Saturday. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday 3:00. Missionary Society Thursday 3:00 at Mrs L A Hunsley’s home. all interested invited.
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Methodist Church News
L. A. Hunsley
D. Wesselinik
Young Ladies
Epworth League
Ladies Aid
Kosters
A. Herman
The
Missionary Society
Transient in Holstein terrorizes stores with knife
A visiting transient in Holstein, Iowa brandished a jack knife and chased customers after drinking rubbing alcohol. He was jailed until sober and ordered to leave. In nearby Coon Rapids, Lars Olson slept poorly in jail, then slashed a snoring inmate, needing 13 stitches. Olson remains jailed in Carroll County.
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Holstein
Lars Olson
Coon Rapids
Iowa
Olson
Carroll County
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David Norris
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GRAM
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Startling New Farm Radio
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Europe
Uth
America
Orient
Zenith
Farm Radio
ALL Wave
van der Ploeg
Furniture Rock Valley
Waren Hotel
Jerry Schutt
Orange City
White Elephant
Jud Kolyn
Wartme
Lyons Club
Old Town Hall
Grange City
Wiggerman
Frank
Barbara
Carol Hough
Mas
Franz
Missionary Society of the
Mars
D. Hennink
Walter Schemmer
Parennal A. F
Betty
Sioux City
Stella Hastings
Virginia Schmidt
Patricia Rielly
Opal Brown
Sec.treas
Mary Rielly
Pease
D. G. Ross
Akron
Kessler
Tire Shop
Orpheum Theater
Stan Laure
Oliver’ Hardy
Bonnie
Scotland
Comedy Kid
Sun
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Paul Muni
Ann Dvorak
DR. Sogrates
Keystone Hotel
Greta Garbo
Fredric March
Anna Karenina
Freddie Bartholmew
the Fair Store
H. Stehrenberg, Prop
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