Manson Man Hurls Self Under Train Near Depot
John Gulltren a 68 year old Manson resident was killed when he walked onto railroad tracks and threw himself beneath a Rock Island train near the depot at 12 20 p m Enginee r Archibald witnessed the event and halted the six coach two box car train Gulltren born in Sweden came to America as a youth and is survived by his wife a son and three daughters Funeral services will be held Thursday at the Manson Lutheran church with interment in the Swedish Cemetery five miles north of Pomeroy
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John Gulltren
Manson
Rock Island
Esleck
Gulltren
Archibald
Sweden
America
Edla Crummer
Pocahontas
Manson Lutheran Church
Pomeroy
Rosella Amelia Nelson Obituary Quietly Dies at 22
Rosella Amelia Nelson born September 4 1907 near Woodville Wisconsin spent life there. She died December 26 1929 at age 22 years 3 months 22 days after embracing Christianity at twenty later baptized and faithful to the end. She leaves parents three sisters grandmother and many relatives and friends. Local mourners from Iowa attended funeral including Mrs Paul P Kaiser Mrs C H Cordes Gilmore City Mrs W J Rold Kirkman N C Simonsen and son Walter Mr Simonsen's car Mrs Geo Christensen and Mrs N C Christensen by train and C H and Gilbert Cordes by airplane.
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C. R. Cronk
Waterloo
Rolfe
Rembrandt
Erma Pavey
Raymond
Robert
Nevada
Iowa
Ed Berner
Ivadel Cleal
West Bend
Donald McIntosh
Avon
S. D
H. D. Brinkman
McIntosh
Charlotte DeWolf
Coleman Hospital
Estherville
W. S. DeWolf
H. 8
Wilkinson
Arnold
Ames
W. A. Wilkinson
J. D. Sheehy
Yale
Joe Biedermann
Jose Biedermann
Perry
Claus H
Gilbert Cordes
Rosella Nelson
Woodville
Wis
St. Paul
Minn
J. E. Barnes
Mt. Sterling
Rosella Amelia Nelson
Christ
Faith
Delma
Elvira
Paul P. Kaiser
C. H. Cordes
Gilmore City
W. J. Rold
Kirkman
N. C. Simonsen
Walter
C. H. and
Holiday Visits and Socials Highlight Iowa News Briefs
Miss Ella Kaiser enjoys a holiday in South Garfield and Gilmore City. Mr and Mrs C J White drove to Omaha to visit Miss Vera White ill in hospital. Mr and Mrs Thos Wiley joined Jenks family in Chicago for Christmas then returned to Rolfe. Installation of Order of the Eastern Star officers set for Jan 10 at 6 30 p.m. Mrs Hopsy Forsythe travels to Marshalltown then Des Moines for spring millinery. Mr and Mrs James Bruce and Mr and Mrs Milton Munson visited Humboldt. F J Nacke hosted New Year’s Eve watch party with luncheon and bridge. host and hostess awarded high scores.
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Ie Dettman
W. R. Rogers
Steets
Rolfe
Privy No
Fergon
Dolliver Kent
Des Moines
Marion Bruce
Jas. Hronek
Pai
Poahontas
Edward Gutknecht
Chicago
Lars Peterson
J. T. Grant
Cherokee
Jack Leith
Manson
Ivan
Carol Smith
Lavera Grover
Havelock
Elmer Landing
Elmer Sandvig
H. D. Grover
Hazel Sabo
Maxwell, Huxley
Harry Gray
McGregor
A. W. Ireland
C. H. Cordes
Dean Richard
Ella Kaiser
W. J. Reld
Kirkman
J. H. Pollock
Plover
Grant Pollock
Edgar Cornell
Waterloo
Donald Cornell
W. J. Rold
Gilmore City
C. J. White
Omaha
Vera White
Thos. Wiley
Jenks
Prairie City
Loren Jenks
Order Astern Star
Hopsy Forsythe
Marshalltown
R. V. Dawson
F. J. Nacke
England Sees Decline in Murders Amid Deterrence
A report notes murder rates in England are falling as certainty of detection and punishment increases. The piece also mentions tularemia in sheep linked to human risk from handling rabbits, highlighting zoonotic disease concerns.
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England
New Year tips and coal lore in Hee Haw style
A string of light humorous notes promotes Handy Andy calendars, coal buying tips, and local quips. It mentions Red Clover Coal deliveries, egg size vs lump coal, a joke about a flizzician at Butler's soda fountain, a February showing of The Transformation at Des Moines township school house, and reminders to pay old bills and order coal in time.
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Des Moines Township
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