Ireton to Host Monthly Community Booster Dinners
Ireton will host monthly community Booster club dinners at city hall with A J Kolyn of Orange City as guest speaker on March 31. Jaffer Cashier of Security Savings bank leads as chairman. Covers set for 80. A note urges Rock Valley to engage, attend, and learn from Ireton’s approach to strengthen local community efforts.
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Ireton
A. J. Kolyn
Orange City
Cuesta
Jaffer Cashier
the Security Savings Bank
Rock Valley
Pet Blackbird Joins Humboldt Librarian’s Home for 19 Years
Miss NeBie Finney city librarian at Humboldt Iowa keeps a pet blackbird that has lived in her home for nineteen years. The bird once wild fell from a nest in Pinney Gardens while learning to fly and has shown no wish to return to a wild life. She rescued it as a chick and it has led an easy comfortable life and seems content.
Thinking Out bond and town elections in Rock Valley
A piecemeal column recounts local matters in Rock Valley and Sioux County. Claus Lems gains fame for thawing frozen water pipes with a motorized heater, aiding several towns. The Rock Valley city election features Citizens and Peoples tickets with ballot details. Roads suffer post storm damage. a push for paved highways appears. Taxes rise due to school construction and relief costs, with discussion of New Deal and sales tax receipts.
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Claus Lems
Rock Valley
Sioux County
Hudson
Sioux Center
Alten
Mar. Lems
Iowa
Sax
For Sale Baby Crib Brown Finish Van der Ploegs
A brown finish baby crib offered for sale. Describes it as lightly used and suitable for a short time only. Contact details not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanjder Ploegs
Inventors Frye Brothers Market Automatic Porch Swing
G C Frye of Pershing Iowa and a Kansas City brother perfected two automatic porch and lawn swings. The sitter requires only foot pressure to start a gentle glide. After testing about 50 models they released a model range including an upholstered air cooled version for marketing.
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G. C. Frye
Pershing
Iowa
Kansas City
Gopher Disrupts Telephone Service in Iowa Town
In Montezuma Iowa a lead sheath on a telephone cable was chewed by a gopher, causing a service interruption near the Troy Brown home. Linemen traced the fault to a haystack, moved it, and dug to reach the spot. The gopher’s damage delayed cable replacement for some time.
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Montezuma
Iowa
Troy Brown
Iit
Coal dealer in Fayette sells old Wyoming coal after 17 years
Frank Chittenden, a Fayette Iowa coal dealer, finally unloaded his stored Wyoming coal after 17 years as fuel prices surged. He bought it years ago for 14.50 a ton but had repeatedly refused to sell due to cost, selling this season at a large loss to prevent suffering amid a fuel emergency.
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Frank Chittenden
Fayette
Iowa
Wyoming
Chittenden
Lakota man survives basement blast blaze rescue
W E Gutnecht of Lakota Iowa used his head in an emergency when a leaky gas pipe exploded in his basement. Flames ignited his clothing and he rolled in a snowbank to extinguish them. He suffered severe burns and lost his house but escaped with his life.
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W. E. Gutnecht
Lakota
Iowa
Gutnecht
Gutment
Double Celebration Marks Miller Golden Anniversary Farm Life
Mr and Mrs Henry Miller of AuGregor Town celebrate a golden anniversary and fifty years on the same farm. They married fifty years ago and moved to the farm immediately to begin housekeeping, marking a half century of residence and married life.
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Henry Miller
AuGregor
Hardy Pets Goldfish Frozen in Ice Revive
Farmer Matt Locatis near Humboldt Iowa found a bowl of goldfish frozen solid in a cold draft overnight. He broke the bowl trying to free them but placed the ice in warm water. As it thawed the fish revived and grew lively again.
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Matt Locatis
Humboldt
Iowa
Locatis
Atis
McDonald Returns to Hardin Jail After Snow Shovel Escape
Leonard McDonald of Hardin City Iowa is back in Hardin county jail Eldora after a brief escape while serving a forgery sentence. He shoveled snow at the courthouse then fled when his shovel stuck in a snowbank. Roads were blocked delaying pursuit. He later turned himself in saying he was ready to finish the sentence.
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Leonard McDonald
Hardin City
Iowa
Hardin County
Eldora
McDonald
Man Renounces Relief Then Destroys Neighboring House
Emmetsburg resident George Varcoe, denied fuel and food as unqualified, reportedly threatened violence against Mayor Brown. He allegedly felled timber from a vacant neighboring house for two days before learning Brown no longer owned the property.
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George Varcoe
Emmetsburg
Varcoe
Mayor Brown
Brown
Birthday Celebrations Highlight Red Oak Native’s Leap Year Birthday
Leland Redplogle of Red Oak Iowa recently marked his ninth birthday anniversary with a party guest his daughter Roberta who will be 9 next fall. He had nine candles on his cake and had to shave before dinner reflecting his leap year birth on February 29 1896. He did not celebrate a true birthday in 1900 as there was no extra day that year.
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Leland Redplogle
Boness
Red Oak
Iowa
Roberta
Redplogle
Ankeny Man Pays for Muddy Road Rescue With Bad Checks
Glen Hildreth of Ankeny Iowa, mired near Denby, was helped by Fred Wyatt and another man. After freeing his car he offered to pay, gave each man a $3 check that bounced. Deputy Sheriff collected the checks, and Hildreth later paid $14.26 in costs.
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Glen Hildrth
Ankeny
Iowa
Denby
Fred Wyatt
Hildreth
Ray Shepard
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A. L. Lock
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