Veteran Webster City citizen Kearns dies after long illness
John Kearns a Civil War veteran and longtime Hamilton County recorder passed away at 8 died Thursday after a lengthy illness. He lived in Webster City for 60 years and was active in business politics and local history. Funeral services were held at Poster Funeral Home with Rev W H Hoge officiating. Pallbearers were from the American Legion which also gave a military salute at the grave. He leaves a wife and ten children plus a brother.
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City Freeman
Poster Funeral Home
W. H. Hoge
Baptist cinv@g
Kearns
Chuprch
Reams
Webster City
Wester City
Hamilton County
Vinton
Mary Costill
Ada Butler
Seneca Street
G A.R. Cixeles
Warren County
Indiana
Archibald Kearns
Thoms Kearns
Scotland
America
Fort Erie
Inginea
Iowa
Benton County
John
Keams
Thirteenth
United States Infantry
My. Kearns
William Tecumseh Sherman
Pickering
Parragut
Battle of
Vicksburg
Edward C. Washington
George Washington
Army Hospital
Berton County
Benton ‘County
Willam B
Dés Moines
Charles R
Chicago
Clara MM. Warfield
Sioux City
Archibald BR
Pasadena
Johm H
Rosk
Sioux Center County Supervisor Dies Suddenly in Home
Supervisor Wm. Rons of Sioux Center died suddenly Wednesday forenoon. He had driven into town on business, returned home, and was found dead in the garage. Rons had served the county as supervisor for several terms. His present term expires January 1.
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Wm. Rons
Sioux Center
Christmas Visitors and Local Gossip From Rock Valley
Dozens of residents and relatives arrive for Christmas visiting in Rock Valley. Mr and Mrs Hogan and Abs J BR Benson host gatherings. Schoolteacher Miss Della Langen returns from Gascoyne for vacation. James Murphy from Hancock joins kinfolk while ABE Kuehne visits from St Paul. Sheriff Schnap comes from Orange City on business.
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Ase Jialvey
Je i Wey
Armsy
Sugar City
W. W. Johnson
Bays
Alys
Frank Large
FL J. Etuizeniga
Chicago
J. ¥. Hogan
Stacyville
Iowa
Rock Valley
Raymond
Mi ‘de Jobson
Treton
Abs
J. BR. Benson
Lloyd Dunham
Peterson
Towa
J. Skewis
Green Ville
Della Langen
Gascoyne
N. D
Christas
James Murphy
Hancock
Sheriff Sehnap
Orange City
A. BE. Kuehne
St. Paul, Minn
Hi Kuehne
Iowa Public School Data Show Shifts in Enrollment
Ry Williams, director of research in Iowa’s Department of Public Instruction, notes that statewide enrollments have dipped over 30 years while average daily attendance rose 359 percent and high school graduates more than doubled. He also highlights more school officers than teachers. In 1928 Iowa spent $61 million on schools, $141 million on taxes, and $375 million on passenger automobiles.
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Iowa
Hich
Ry Williams
Department of Public Instruction
Towa
Wiliams
Corn Huskers Shuck 55 Acres For Neighbors In Fontanelle
Sixty three Fontanelle men and local business folk took a day off to husk 55 acres of corn. Prominent farmer El Queek of Adair county, ill recently, participated as twenty four wagons lined up with 3 to 5 huskers each. By midday about 2000 sheaves were cribbed and the neighborhood women served a noonday dinner to the hungry workers as the group continued into the afternoon.
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Fontanelle
Iowa
Mante
AL EL Queek
Adair County
GIMPANY TUESDAY NIGHT BURGLARY REPORT
A burglary occurred Tuesday night at a wholesale tobacconist and candy shop. Thieves entered by removing a garage door section and gaining access, then attempted to pry open the main building door but failed. About $200 in goods were stored for Wednesday delivery.
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Ile BL
Vanden Berg and Humbers Mark Silver Wedding Anniversary
A Sioux Center couple Bert Vanden Berg born in Bennekom Netherlands and Winnie Hum bers born in Imsten aan den Dedemsvaart Netherlands celebrated twenty five years of marriage at the Christian Reformed church in Sioux Center. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. P. Van Wyke. The couple lived in South Dakota, Sioux Center, Hull, Orange City, and Rock Valley before settling seven and a half miles away. They have seven children: Gertunde, Gerrit, Johanna, Bernice, Winifred, and others. About sixty relatives and friends gathered from Dakota, Minnesota and beyond for a modest noon meal and evening program. The Ladies’ Aid Society and their husbands attended. The couple, though aging, remain hale. heartfelt thanks were offered to those who contributed.
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Sioux Center
Bert- Vanden Berg
Bennekom
Netherlands
Winnie Humbers
Imtten Aan den Dedemsvaart
W. P. van Wyke
Christian Reformed Church of
South Dakota
Hull
Orange City
Rock ‘Valley
Sax
Eame
Dakota
Minnesota
Ladies’ Aid Society
Vanden
Et Lake
Ocv
Young Man Dies After Fall From Tree at Trent
A former Rock Valley bow, born June 28, 1900, died from injuries after a fall while attempting to cut and pull down a tree near Trent. He had lived in Rock Valley and later moved with his mother to Trent. He died at Dell Rapids hospital after efforts to save him failed. Surviving: Alice Riley, his mother, and several sisters and brothers in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Michigan. Funeral services were held in Canton with burial at Valley View Cemetery near Rock Valley.
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Clay Hospital
Rock Valley
Whey
Trent
Dell Rapids
Alice Riley
Trey
Feuerkelm
Annis Dehnis
E. C Craie
Omaha
R. L. Howell
BE. G. Stone
Denver
Cola
AW. R. Smiley
Eye Wash
R. B. Buckley
Des Moines
Mason Gililey
Hichmore
A. Riley
Canton
Christian Reformed Church New Year Services
The Christian Reformed Church announces a New Year program with two Thursday services at 2 and 4 to begin. Officers will be installed during the service. Sunday offers 9:30 and 2:00 Holland language services, plus an evening combined meeting. A Friday program at 7:45 features American readings, quartets, solos, and a piano trio, with an invitation to all friends to attend.
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Christian Reformed Church
J. Gritter
Jail prisoners work for their board in Buchanan county
W F Miller of Independence Iowa notes prisoners at the county jail are kept in shifts cutting stove wood. Some wood comes from the Otterville grade area. Wood is supplied to the poor unable to cut it themselves and to County Poor Relief residents in stove length for easier use.
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Buchanan County
W. F. Miller
Independence
Iowa
Otterville
Alvord Residents Share Christmas Holiday Scenes
Local notes describe residents from Alvord and nearby towns celebrating Christmas. Loretta Barron of Miles City joins family in Rock Rapids. Olive McCarthy from Lions Falls visits. nurse Marcella O Meara from Omaha spends vacation with her mother. many locals report festive decorations and gatherings at several homes including Levens and Kelly households. The piece also notes an Alvord basketball game highlight and mentions naval serviceman departures.
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Loretta Barron
Miles City
Montana
Barron
Olive McCarthy
Lions Falls
John
William
Alvard
Rock’ Valley
Ruth Hadlitt
Rock Rapids
Alvord
John Erdmann
Louis
Frances” Johns
Milford
Relay Team Arrival Shocks Orange Meet
Robert Vis arrived this week for the relay team in Orange as the five members prepare for the upcoming track showdown.
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Robert Vis
Orange
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