Out of Town Shoppers Pass Through Towa Evening
Among the out of town business callers and Christmas shoppers in towa yesterday evening and this morning were A R Davis of Caw fordsville Paul Mast of Olds Law rence Carris of Keota Hazel Anwy of Fremont Iowa Mrs John Reeves of Havre Daniel Leichty of Wayland and Sam Wittrig of Wayland.
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Towa
A. R. Davis
Cawfordsville
Paul Mast
Olds
Lawrence Carris
Keota
Hazel Anwy
Fremont
Iowa
John Reeves
Havre
Daniel Leichty
Wayland
Sam Wittrig
Local Y M C A Basketball Game Friday Night
The Washington Y team travels to the Crawfordsville Independents for a 7 30 p m Friday night game at the local Y. Several residents and visitors spend the holidays with local families and staff, including Albert Hite and Alberta of Roseville California and Ruth Hedges visiting Oberlin College connections.
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Crawfordsville Independents
Washington
Albert Hite
Alberta
Roseville
California
Homer Stephen
T. W. Hunter
Mary Hunter
Top on hogs eight eighty per hundredweight rises
Market notes show hog prices climbing to 8.80 per hundredweight with unsettled weather forecast for tonight and Friday. Livestock dealers monitor supply as traders brace for variable conditions and potential price shifts amid indecisive demand.
Tug Goes Aground. Eighteen Rescued Off Goose Bay Neck
Coast guards rescued eighteen men after the tug setter ran aground inside Chickens Reef on Goose Bay neck near Westport Massachusetts. The 176 ton tug belonged to the McWilliam Blue line of New York and was expected to be a total loss. Cause of the accident was not immediately known.
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Westport
Mass
Coast Guards
Setter
Chickens Reef
Goose Bay Neck
McWilliam Blue Line of
New York
Holiday visits and travel fill local town
Richard Haney visits from Iowa City to spend vacation with his parents while working at Lemmon's drug store. Heinz Mount and Hubert Beal arrive from Iowa City to stay with relatives. Miss Catherine Hull returns from Iowa City for a holiday visit. John Shields Karl Kunath and Robert Shields come from Grinnell for vacation with their families. William Bragg learns his grandfather William J Brage of Davenport broke his hip at 86. Ed Wheelan, a dental student from Iowa City, spends holidays with his father and sisters. Dan Peters of Brighton makes a business call. Sylvia Warren is due Saturday from New York City to join sister Ella Warren for Christmas.
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Richard Haney
Iowa City
Lemmon
William Bragg
William J. Brage
Davenport
Mr. Bragg
Washington
Ed Wheelan
George Wheelan
Loretta
Agnes Wheelan
Sylvia Warren
New York City
Ella Warren
Fear attempt at hold up on train near Freeport
Six officers armed with riot guns rode the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Southwestern Limited after Freeport officials found tampering with the signal system. They were tipped off that an attempt would be made near Freeport, but no robbery occurred.
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Freeport, I
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Southwestern Limited
Freeport
Roland voters set another record with fifth election
Roland Iowa residents will vote tomorrow to decide who supplies electric light and power after a six month string of ballots. Voters narrowly approved last week a franchise to the Cedar Rapids Iowa Railway and Light Co. The upcoming vote asks Roland to buy electric service from the municipally owned Story City plant. City officials doubt both outcomes can be fulfilled if tomorrow's proposition passes. Mayor Ben Swanson hinted last week's result may be contested.
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Roland
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Cedar Rapids
Story City
Ben Swanson
Inherited Funds Said To Aid Defense In Grandmother Slaying
Leonard Cota 18 of Altoona Wisconsin confessed as an accomplice to the murder of his grandmother Mrs Elizaveta McKitrick of Zwingle Iowa. Defense plans reportedly rely on inherited money from the estate. Cota and Howard Kramer 19 of Malta Montana are jailed in Dubuque County facing first degree murder charges for the killing and theft of over 50 000 in cash and securities. trial set for January.
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Dubuque
Leonard Cota
Altoona
Wis
Elizaveta McKitrick
Zwingle
Iowa
Cota
W. H. Frawley
Eau Claire
Frawley
Young Cota
Howard Kramer
Malta, Mont
Dubuque County
St. Louis
Christmas candy ads and local social notes from town journal
Local shoppers are urged to buy Christmas candies at the Candy Kitchen on the North Side. News items list births at the county hospital and visitors from Iowa and nearby towns, including Ruth Rancous of Keoln and Helen Brown from Iowa City. Notices mention Kodak gifts, college students visiting home, and residents returning from Newton and Brighton. Phillips and Hebner promote egg mash and a selection of candies from Johnston's and Bunte's.
Radio converts skeptic to fan after new gift
Charley Hebner, once resistant to radio, now enjoys the improved units after his daughter Nellie and Miss Elizabeth Findley sent a Christmas gift. The set was installed by Manton Hebner, Tracy Phillips, and Harold Reynolds, leading Charley to eat humble pie and praise radio entertainment. Local notes mention visitors, fur and junk ads, and holiday travel plans.
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Charley Hebner
Nellie
Elizabeth Findley
East
Hebner
Manton Hebner
Tracy Phillips
Harold Reynolds
Charley
Mother of Mrs Coolidge Improves After Relapse
Northampton Massachusetts December 22 Mrs Lemira Goodhue mother of Mrs Calvin Coolidge rallied after a second relapse and was reported slightly improved though still seriously ill with influenza Her temperature returned to normal for the first time since Friday and officials at Dickinson hospital said she passed a fairly restful night and was taking more nourishment as she gains strength.
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Northampton
Mass
Lemira Goodhue
Calvin Coolidge
Jealousy Motive Confessed in Indianapolis Murder
Fred Matelich, 65, confessed to killing Louis M. Earnhardt Jr., 21, a stranger, in Indianapolis on December 22. He said jealousy drove him and he pictured every young, handsome man as a rival for his wife's affection.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fred Matelich
Louis M. Earnhardt, Jr
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Henry Full
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Karl Kunath
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Grinnell
Dan Peters
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Women’s University Glee Club of
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Radiola
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Brown’s Tire Shop
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Allan Lee
Morgan
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Ruth Rancous
Keoln
Isabelle Davis
Dunham Morrison
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Ed Morrison
Phillips and Hebner
McCall Bros
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George Brown
Helen Wood
Newton
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Fairfield
Dann
Gibson Produce
Henry Hinkle
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Pollock Wallace
Peoria
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Bunte
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