Ottumwa Column Reports Local Mishap and Holidays Parade
G t Grooms, 62, a painter, fractures a knee after falling at home while fixing the furnace and is taken to Ottumwa Hospital. Children join a Christmas dog parade sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Call theater, receiving $1 prizes and a movie ticket. John Deal, 55, a Newton area farmer, dies at Skiff Hospital after two weeks with an intestinal ailment. Joesley Haigler, 96, Civil War veteran and Iowa native, dies at his son’s home in Lenox. survived by two sons and three daughters. served in the 80th Iowa Infantry.
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Ottumwa
G. T. Grooms
Ottumwa Hospital
Chamber of Commerce
Call Theater
Newton John Deal
Newton
Skiff Hospital
LENOX
Joesley Haigler
Iowa
John Haigler
Richmond
State
80Th Iowa Infantry
Waterloo
Louis Elliott
Allen Memorial Hospital
Highway 20
Elliott
Suspect Held After Alleged Grocery Burglary in Waterloo
William Zimmer, 33, jailed after police report of a burglary attempt at a Waterloo grocery basement. Brother Joe Zimmer, 23, detained briefly about a block away then released, claiming he tried to stop his brother. পাঠ
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Waterloo
William Zimmer
Zimmer
Joe Zimmer
Cedar Falls High Students Share Christmas Cheer Drive
Sixteen Cedar Falls youths visiting local homes in the Cedar Heights district collected and distributed Christmas aid. With guidance from teacher Miss Betty Marriott and school nurse Miss Laura Bincher, they raised funds and used a $100 effort to buy warm clothing for a needy youngster, after a $19 bill supported a hot lunch for caroled peers.
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Cedar Falls
Ceder Heights
Deeder
Betty Marriott
Laura Bincher
Thoy
Eir
State Treats Wards to Yuletide Feasts in Iowa Institutions
DES MOINES reports state governors provided special meals and chapel services for about 15,600 wards across 15 institutions to spread Christmas spirit. Des Moines notes show varied celebrations with children's homes getting more attention as superintendents decide details. In Waterloo, Golden Keith was elected president of the Midwest Corn Belt region of the Bnai Brith youth council. Des Moines named vice president, Toby Schindler of Sioux City secretary. About 75 young Jewish men from 10 A Z A chapters in Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska attend the convention.
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Des Moines
Chute
Bouard of
Control
Waterloo
San
Golden Keith
Fast
Attorney and stenographer jailed after traffic incident
Richard A Van Donselaar a 54 year old Sioux City attorney was jailed for investigation by the traffic department and county attorney after a minor accident. Alice M Kasprairie a 37 year old stenographer identified by the attorney was arrested at the same time and charged with intervention. She allegedly struck Mrs. Marie Krockmeley while seated in the police booking room.
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Richard A van Donselaar
Sioux City
Alice M. Kasprairie
Thame
Marie Krockmeley
Mrs L L Neiswanger dies. services in Crawfordsville
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Crawfordsville for Mrs L L Neiswanger 72 of Elgin Iowa died Sunday. Dr R C Keagy led the service with burial in Crawfordsville cemetery. She was born Ella Bigham June 12 1867 and lived in Noble and Crawfordsville before moving to Washington in 1919. Her husband Leander died in a 1920 farm accident. She spent her last years with son Victor and daughter Mrs Frank Taylor in Elgin. She was a Methodist member and leaves one grandson. Two sisters and one brother predeceased her.
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Methodist Church
Crawfordsville
L. L. Neiswanger
Washington
Elgin
R. C. Keagy
Washington Methodist Church
Sherman
Robert
Charles Wells
River
de John
Ernest Wagener
Lioyd
David Neltswanger
Nelswanger
Noble
Ella Bigham
William Bigham
Margaret Milbone Bigham
Leander L. Nelswanger
Washneton
Crawfordeville
Ben
Victor
Daugher
Frank Taylor
Young People Sing Christmas Carols
The United Presbyterian church youth group visited 24 locations in Washington County to sing carols for sick and shut-in members. They left at 5 a.m. and finished at 7 29, then shared a Christmas breakfast at Delbert Carmel’s home northwest of Washington. Reverend W. M. Nichol and two advisers accompanied the group.
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United Presbyterian Church
Washington County
Delbert Carmel
Washington
Mr and Mrs Arnold Link Guests in Chicago Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs Arnold Link of Chicago were the Christmas weekend guests of Mr Link's family. Their stay featured family gatherings and seasonal celebrations during the holiday period.
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Mrs
Arnold Link
Chicago
Mr. Link
U P Holiday Offering Reaches $508.93
The United Presbyterian Church Christmas Eve program raised 508 dollars 93 cents. Of this total 408.03 funds the white gift aiding the world’s needy while 100 remains for local church use. The Bible school presented a play Why the Chimes Rang and music selections.
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United Presbyterian Church
Bible School of the Church
Funeral of Frank Webb in Los Angeles
Funeral services were held in Los Angeles for Frank Webb a former Washington businessman. Webb died at his home at 1 45 Sunday morning after months of ill health and a minor fall operation He was 87 a survivor of his wife daughter Edna Webb Koon and granddaughter Barbara Koon all of Los Angeles A nephew Charles Ragan is mentioned Webb worked long as a livery stable man in Washington later selling the business and moving to Los Angeles in 1912 with family
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Los Angeles
Calif
Frank Webb
Washington
Webb
Edna Webb Koon
Barbara Koon
Charles Ragan
Gas Fills House. Man Found Dead in Burlington Kitchen
Paul Dittmer, 69, was found dead yesterday afternoon in a gas filled kitchen in his Burlington home. His mother, 90, was found unconscious upstairs and hospitalized. her condition improved slightly. Coroner Robert Giles investigates a possible suicide pact.
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Burlington
Iowa
Dee
Paul Dittmer
Family Names in Local Obituary Noted
The fragment references Joe Link and his sisters Kila and Nellie as part of a family notice, indicating a bereavement or kinship detail within a local obituary snippet.
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Joe Link
Kila
Nellie
Russian Air Raids Continue Over Viipuri
Finnish Army General Headquarters reports ongoing bombardment of Viipuri starting Christmas, with Russian big Bertha shells as night fires and daytime bombing. The city endures near continuous air raids, fires, and smoke obscuring the sun as craters form in the frozen ground.
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Viipuri
Hitler crosses into France on Christmas Eve front visit
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler stepped onto French soil near Saarbrucken on Christmas Eve in a Saar sector mission. The Fuehrer traveled from emplacement to emplacement and met German soldiers with care packages before returning to headquarters, marking his first French soil presence since 1919.
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Hitler
Western Front
Spichern
No Man's Land
Fuehrer
Saar
Saarbruecker
Hull welcomes probe of reciprocal trade pacts
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said he would welcome an investigation of the administration’s reciprocal trade agreement program. He noted criticism since talks with Argentina began and added friends of the program would support a study conducted to secure information.
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Washington, D. C
Cordell Hull
Argentina
Hull
Highway crashes kill 389 in Christmas weekend totals
United Press reports the nation logged over 900 deaths from violence during the Christmas weekend, with 554 from traffic accidents and 89 in highway crashes in Iowa. In one fatal Iowa crash near Oskaloosa three injured, another dead in Davenport, six months old unharmed, and the Waverly car driven by Hariva Meloy involved in a head on collision taking the family home from Hedrick.
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United Press
Oskaloosa
Davenport
Waverly
Knoxville
Hariva Meloy
Hedrick
Meloys
Young Men Hurt In Auto Accident Near Keota
James Casey and Curt Wells of Washington were injured Saturday when their car, driven by Casey, wrecked near Keota. Casey has a dislocated shoulder and facial injuries. Wells has a forehead cut and knee injuries. Harold Fountain of Wellman also sustained cuts and bruises when his car wrecked between Wellman and Kalona early Sunday.
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James Casey
Curt Wells
Washington
Mr. Casey
Keota
Mr. Wells
Harold Fountain
Wellman
Kalona
Sheriffs Office
Assessors to Meet Saturday in Washington County
County auditor Miss Ethel Grecian announced an annual meeting of Washington county assessors to be held Saturday at the courthouse. They will receive supplies and instructions for work starting after the second Monday in January. Next year they will list taxes on personal property rather than real estate.
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Ethel Grecian
Washington County
Court House
Kansas Drouth Broken by Snow
A winter storm from the Rocky mountains ends the severe drouth in Kansas western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. Snow depths reach 15 inches at Woodland Kansas and about 12 inches in Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, with icy roads prompting highway warnings.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandies
Rocky Mountains
Woodland
Kan
Texas Panhandles
Three Children Burned to Death in Chicago Fire
Three young children of Mrs. Mary Worthley died in a basement fire that broke out when a heater ignited a blaze next door. Firefighters and neighbors aided in attempts to rescue, but the children perished.
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Chicago
Mary Worthley
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