Red Cross Donations Ledger and Bat in Belfry Tale
A long list of Red Cross donations includes many individuals and organizations with amounts noted such as 1.00 and 50 cents, reflecting a community fundraising drive. A separate item recounts Mrs. Margaret Albrecht hearing a thump in her Pomeroy Iowa home and discovering a bat in the ceiling register, plus a Hallowe en prank ending with a wreck and a $15 fine.
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Margaret Albrecht
Pomeroy
Towa
Fish Lives 24 Hours Ask Scientists About Lifespan
Walter Sellergren of Red Oak Iowa removed a fish from a rock garden and found it alive on the lawn after about 24 hours. He placed it back in water with the others and it revived, appearing active and frisky again.
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Walter Sellergren
Red Oak
Towa
Sellergren
Kennedy Saves Crew Despite Cable Snap at Camp
Robert Kennedy of Iowa Falls a CCC member in a Franklin camp endured severe pain to save a fellow worker when a hoist cable snapped during a stone lift. He grabbed the loose end as the load tipped, had his hand nearly severed by the line, and endured brutal injuries to prevent harm to others.
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Robert Kennedy
Iowa Falls
Franklin
Kennedy
Man used same check scheme across towns
A man entered Rock Rapids store with a small child and bought a sweater paying $7.98 with a worthless check. He repeated the trick in Fort Dodge, then admitted using the scheme in many towns including Emporia, Kansas, and said he would pull the same stunt again.
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Rock Rapids
Fort Dodge
Emporia
Kansas
Buffalo Skeletons Found in Kiron Farm Slough
Workers digging a well at Gus Noyd’s farm near Kiron Iowa uncovered three buffalo skeletons eight feet down in a slough. Two large and one small skeleton were removed, likely from a waterhole where a herd crowded and could not escape the mud.
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Gus Noyd
Kiron
Iowa
Bull injures local farmer in Janesville stall incident
Farmer Hoffman of Janesville in Black Hawk County Iowa was injured by a 2000 pound bull while leading it by the nose ring. He sustained two broken collarbones and three broken ribs, insisting the bull was not angry but surprised by its own strength.
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W. & Hoffman
Janesville
Black Hawk County
Towa
Hoffman
Innocent Bystander Struck at Railroad Crossing
An innocent bystander, McCarney of Carroll, Iowa, was talking to a street sweeper at a railroad crossing when a plank the worker raised was struck by a passing train. The plank hit McCarney, cutting his forehead and breaking his wrist.
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McCarney
Carroll
Towa
Youngest Hero Saves Mother in Daring Rescue
Jason D Siebultz of Caar Rapids, Iowa, becomes a local hero at age two after he saves his mother's life when she faced a serious medical event. Authorities say the quick actions prevented a grave outcome.
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Tewa
Jason D. Siebultz
Caar ‘Rapids
Towa
Jason
Mama
Note Pin Leads to Delayed Delivery Incident
A note pinned to a set shirt directed a boy to “Go play with Don.” The note owner’s brother Jason hurled his shirts across a yard to Don’s house. Don’s father, a physician, read the note and told Mrs. Schultz a delay in delivery could have caused her death.
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Don
Jason
Obiliging Judge Alters Vagrant's Jail Term
Judge John A. Hornby of Davenport Iowa. an obliging judge, first gave Henry Schulz 54 days in jail for vagrancy but, after a complaint, changed the sentence to ten days to let him "get all the bad liquor out of my system."
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John A. Hornby
Davenport
Towa
Henry Schulz
Hornby
Schultz
Farmer Albert Frandson Builds Fountain at Story City Farm
Albert Frandson, a Story City farmer, converted a thirsting traveler problem into a solution by constructing a lime stone fountain outside the barbed wire fence and connecting it to his well with a pipe. Travelers can now stop and drink by driving to the pavement edge.
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Albert Frandson
Story City
Iowa
Frandson
Old Bremer County Papers Entered in Waverly Contest
A Waverly Iowa newspaper held a contest to find the oldest Bremer county paper. Mrs A E Burman won by submitting the Waverly Republican dated July 18 1589.Entries included papers from 1861 1863 and 1871 showing Civil War era life in Bremer County.
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Waverly
Iowa
Bremer County
A. E. Burman
Bermer County
Young Cornhusker Groth Aims For State National Honors
Young corn husker Chris Groth aged 18 son of Mr and Mrs Ed Groth of south of Newell Iowa trains hard to win laurels in state and national corn husking contests He recently husked 150 bushels in a single normal day's work and already outpaces many peers in the field.
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Chris Groth
Ed Groth
Newell
Iowa
Sone Day
Nto
Groth
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