Cedar Rapids Man Elected President At Oelwein Young Men Congress
The seventh annual congress of employed young men in this section of Iowa held by the Y M C A concluded in Oelwein with Thoms Seabrook of Cedar Rapids elected president, Benjamin Jenkins of Oelwein secretary, and Eldon Everling of Des Moines vice president. Attendance was halved due to bad highways and mired roads. A banquet featuring W W Weatherwax of Cedar Rapids was held, and Sunday morning sessions focused on group conferences at the Junior high school.
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Oelwein
Rtne
Gelwein
Thoms Seabrook
Cedar Rapids
Benjamin Jenkins
Eldon Everling
Des Moines
Coliseum
W. W. Weatherwax
William §. Bilheimer
Merchants Life Insurance Company
Cedar Falls Hosts Area Meet Attracting 150 Boys
Cedar Falls hosts the HY Area Meet with about 150 boys from nearby communities attending over Friday and Saturday. Highlights include talks by Rev. Thomas Anderson and Dr. H J Burg Stabler, dinner host by Cornell College president, and a closing address by Rev. G F Barsalou as the Abundant Wife theme guides sessions. Exhibits display Cedar Falls manufactured goods, and Easter music rehearsals drum up local choir effort.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Ceder Falls
Zion Evangelical Church
Thomas Anderson
First Baptist Church
H. J. Burg- Stabler
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
W. Glenn Rowley
Cedar Falls Methodist
Commercial Club
Main Street
Business Building at Traer to Occupy Highway Site
Traer Indiana April 2. The Connor building on the lot bought by George Kosilan will be moved into the street while a new brick garage is erected. Port will rest on street paving in front of the lot and part on the sidewalk. Connor has no definite plans but will continue business as usual despite occupying the main street during construction.
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Courier Special Service
Traer
Connor Bilding
George Kosilan
Connor
Farmhouse West of La Porte City Destroyed by Fire
The L. A. Richter farm residence two miles west of La Porte City burned between 3 and 4 pm. Mr and Mrs Barmey Doyle and family escaped with a few small articles. The origin is unknown. Insured for 1800. tenant’s goods also insured but not enough to replace.
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Cuarter
la Porte City
L. A
Walter Daggett Dies at La Porte City
Walter Daggett a long time La Porte City resident died at his home on the thirty eighth anniversary of his marriage after two months with pneumonia. Born January 8 1859 in Scotland County Missouri he lived in La Porte City since 1889. Survived by wife Belle four children Roy Daniel Charles City Willam Des Moines Jesse Axtell Neb and Marie Welton Glendale Cal two brothers and one sister also survive. Funeral arrangements pending word from sister in Phoenix Arizona.
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Courier &Pecial Service
la Porte City
Walter Daggett
Phoenix
Ariz
Scotland County
South Dakota
Belle Daggett
Daniel F
Charles City
Willam
Daniel
Hiram
Rosa Wright
Artz
I. S. Rank
W. G. Ballheim
Methodist Church
Lockwood
Waterloo
Clifford Brokaw
Brokaw
John Bolte
C. A. Brust
Des Moines
Miss Mar- Brust
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Emma Myers
K. D. Miller
Fort Dodge
Lewis Fosse
M. G. Fox Reelaence
Clifton Fox
Fox
Weal Main Street
Ruptured Eyeball of Cedar Falls Man Is Rare Affliction
James Kerr of Cedar Falls is reported to have a rare rupture of the left eyeball after severe head pains. He was taken to Sartori Memorial Hospital where doctors considered removal of the eye to save sight in the other eye. Kerr, a painter, was in apparently good health before the episode on Saturday.
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Cedar Falls
James Kerr
Walnut Street
Kerr
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Dubuque Man to Be Appointed to Delwein Position
W A Brown of Dubuque expects appointment as garbage master in Delwein pending city council approval tonight. He bought a complete garbage wagon in Davenport and will bring it to town. Residents may dispose of garbage themselves or pay Brown a monthly fee not exceeding one dollar for pickup. Brown will be empowered to enforce new garbage regulations. Other items note water quality from city wells. George Wilson leaves for Clinton to oversee 60 days of reconstruction by the Bell telephone company. Rodney Fee attends his father’s funeral in Center Point. a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. J L Galliaoal on March 30.
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John Voorhees
Bridge Club
East Fifteenth Street
V. W. Johnson
Bartlett Ball
J. W. Leavitt
John RB. Voorhees
Leavitt
Washington Street
Fells
Security Bank
Donald T. Eells
Security Trust & Savings Bank
Omaha
Federal Land Bank
Wyoming
Walter Brown
Aredale
Eells
Cuurter
Tower City
George Wilson
Telephone Company
Clinton
Bell Company
Rodney Fee
Center Point
Waterloo
Shell Rock M. E. Church Holy Week Services
Shell Rock Iowa April 2 Holy Week services to be conducted at the Methodist Episcopal church each evening except Saturday Rev J W Whitehead of Waterloo Free Methodist will speak on The Cleansing of the Temple and The Day of Controversy Rev E L True of the local Baptist church will speak on The Barren Fig Tree The pastor Rev S V Williams will preach The Last Supper and on Friday Epworth league gospel team will discourse on the seven last words Sunday morning theme The Resurrection and evening The Ascension Sunday school program Sunday morning
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Shell Rock
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. W. Whitehead
Waterloo Free Methodist Church
Temple
E. L. True
Baptist Church
Infection in Bone After Dog Bite Reaches Girl
In Tracr Virginia Corrine Ramsdell five year old daughter of Glen and Mrs Ramsdell formerly of Yuma now Aurora Illinois was bitten on the right leg by a dog. Infection later developed in the bone and her condition grew serious prompting transfer to Iowa City for treatment with possible leg amputation.
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Tracr
Corrine Ramsdell
Glen Ramsdell
Yuma
Aurora, Il
Tama
Towa City
Janesville Plea To Court Halts Primary Route Change
Janesville Virginia inspectors halted by restraining orders staged by the town council stop work on state highway work for primary No. 218 through Janesville. Council contends town consent is required to alter a state route through the corporate limits and opposes the commission’s route plan. The dispute involves the Cedar River bridge project and the present bridge placement.
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Courier
Janesville
Janesvlle
State Highway Commission
Cedar River
Oelwein Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary in Denmark
Mr and Mrs Peter Hansen marked fifty years since their Denmark wedding on April 1 1878 with a family reunion and reception in Oelwein Iowa. The couple 74 and 7 years old share four children and three grandchildren and were joined by about 50 guests who enjoyed folk dances songs and accordion music by John Johnson of Waterloo.
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Oelwein
Peter Hansen
Denmark
Hansen
Quasqueton
Pine Creek
Hazleton
John Johnson
Waterloo
Iowa
Chris Hansen
Cedar Rapids
Lorena Kemmmerer
First Street
Anna Anderson
Mullan
Betty Foffel
Oel Wein
Dorothy
Myron and
Leona
M. F. Kemmerer
Robbery at Cedar Falls residence during winter stay
The Clay and Seventh street home in Cedar Falls was ransacked with two fur coats canned fruit tools and other items stolen. Entry was gained by prying open the kitchen window. Rev J H Bauernfend from Chicago preached at the Evangelical church Sunday. Weekend visitors included Miss Mina Martin Miss Jeanette Corsaut and others returning from Chicago and Detroit.
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Cedar Falls
Long Beach
Cal
Clay
Seventh Streets
J. H. Bauernfend
The
Evangelical Church
Chicago
G. Bergeman
Mina Martin
WCG
Myrna Ross
L. M. Ocher
Wayne Jewell
Detroit
Mich
Edward Short
Twenty-Second Street
Jiwest
Funeral for Thomas McMahon Held in Nashua Church
Requiem mass at St Michael's Nashua for Thomas McMahon longtime resident who died at Dubuque's St Anthony's Home. He came to Nashua a month ago bought cemetery lot, survived by a niece Kathryn McMahon and brother Peter. Also notes marriages in Vale church and social events for the bride elect Lilian McGrath and Carl Avery. Emergency operation relieves gallstones for Mrs Walter Scoles in Waverly.
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Courier
Nashua
St. Michael's Church
Thomas McMahon
St. Anthony's
Dubuque
Itz
Kathryn McMahon
Nhiece
Peter
Thomas
Mr. McMahon
Gathaliel
Church In Vale
McComson
Little Brown Church In
the Vale
Dorothy McCamas
Tracy
Alfred P. Sunhorst
Rochester
Minn
Mary C. Finch
Philip G. Wieting
Toledo
Mildred Co. Barge
Mr. Vernon
Charles A. Matthews
Ames
Lilian McGrath
Carl Avery
Waver Wy
Evergreen Ladies' Aid Society
Hame
Eugene Albaugh
Dan McGrath, Jr
Walter Scoles
Mercy
Independence Demos To Vote For Smith
Independence Iowa April 2 A precinct caucus delegates to the county Democratic convention report a majority vote for instructing delegates to support Governor Smith of New York at the state convention.
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Independence Demos
Smith
Independence
Smits
New York
Pioneer Roundup Set for Elk Run Tuesday Morning
A full day roundup for 75 Pioneer groups in the Waterloo district will gather at Elk Run Tuesday morning. Activities include outdoor stunts, a water boil contest, fire building demos, a string burning contest, indoor baseball, a geologist talk, and a treasure hunt with supper to follow.
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Waterloo
Elk Run
S A.m
la Porte City
New Hartford
Cedar Falls
Tripoli
Jesup
J. H. Godtfring
Boys’ Work
G. Verne Remy
Tules
George Barsalou
Girl Burned While Trying to Telephones for Help
Elisabeth Koch, 16, was severely burned when a fire broke out in a kitchen near Hampton, Iowa. She attempted to call for help from a telephone but was driven off the line. the house and contents burned, her mother Fred Koch nearby in the farm home. Elisabeth was taken to Hampton for treatment. injuries not considered life threatening.
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Courier Special Service
Hampton
Elisabeth Koch
Here
Alfred Koch
Koch
Fayette to Fight Merger Plans of M E Committee
Fayette residents plan a mass meeting to oppose a merger of Upper Town University with Cornell College under the Methodist Episcopal church. The plan would place assets and campus under a single board. trustees threaten legal action to stop transfers and preserve Upper Iowa resources. A delegation travels to West Union to gauge support for funding Upper Iowa as a nonsecular college.
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Courier Speci
Payette
Fayette
Upper Town University
Cornell College
Methodist Episcopal Church
Upper Town
Methodist Episcopal Church Conference
Board of Trustees of
Upper Iowa
West Union
Upper Town Board of Trustees
Mt. Vernon
Cornell-Upper Iowa College
1928 29 Contracts for Defunct College Year
Discontinued college sets contracts for 1928-29 to cover all pecuniary losses needed during the school year due to the institution's closing.
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Vcollege
Allison Tribune editor A L Rowan dies of influenza
A. L. Rowan editor of the Allison Tribune died at his Allison home from influenza after a week of illness. Surviving are his wife and son George A. Rowan of Des Moines. Funeral services were held at the Associated churches and will continue in Des Moines. Mrs Boolman II is seriously ill with flu nearby. Attending relatives are noted from Rush City and Minneapolis.
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Allison
A. L. Rowan
Allison Tribune
Des Moines
Boolman II
T.boolman
Andrew Leerhoff
Rush City
Minn
Velma
Minneapolis
Leerhoff
Henry Williams
Lena Prange
Frank Folkers
New Hampton Delegates Instructed for Al Smith at County Meet
New Hampton Iowa April 2 delegates from area precinct caucuses are instructed to vote for a county delegation pledged to Al Smith. Returns from rural precincts in Chickasaw county have not yet been received.
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Courier Special Service
New Hampton
al Smith
Chickasaw County
W. M. Swann
Francis
McQuillen
Gerald Welch
H. Blunt
Pitagerld
J.C. Campbell
Erwin Larson
Joni Kiletly
I. N. Lynder
Ad~ Din Welch
T. CG. Kelley
M. Burns
G. C. Blunt
Mark Bird
Fourth Ward
Marble Rock Man Celebrates 89th Natal Anniversary
Mr. J. P. Miller of Marble Rock marked his eighty ninth natal anniversary with a gathering of about 36 relatives at his home on Western Avenue. Born in Pennsylvania where he worked as canal boy, he settled in Marble Rock circa 1865. his wife died years ago and his daughter Mrs. G. H. Barber cares for him.
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W. E. Smith
Western Avenue
Marble Rock
J. P. Miller
Mr. Miller
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Newspaper Gives Block to College in Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Iowa April 20 the owners of the Oskaloosa Daily Herald announce sale of their building and a gift of a business block to Penn College endowment fund. The gift valued around 25000 dollars will fund substantial improvements and strengthen the college’s finances says T W Cook business manager.
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Oskaloosa, Ta
Oskaloosa Daily Herald
Daily Herald
Penn College
Charles §. Walling
Phil Hartman
The
Herald
Fenn College
T. W.cook
Driver suffers arm fracture after curve mishap
William Bchmoldt, a local contractor in Charles City, was hospitalized with a fractured arm and multiple cuts when his car went off a curve in Floyd. The vehicle was severely damaged and had to be towed to town.
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Courier
Charles City
William Bchmoldt
Floyd
F. P. Jorgenson
Rockford
G. H. Kelley
Jorgenson
Louis Kruiney
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Waterlooning Courier
Y.M.C.A
Fist Presbyterian Church
L. & Alexander
Frederick Schmidt
Kirk S. Olesen
Roy van Deest
A. E. Brown
A. C G. Fulier
J. B. Lake
Teachers College High School
Stholarshin
Alice Stahorn
Maynard Hoffman
Bessie Hammil
James Luker
Vinton Boslough
First Methodist Episcopal Church
W. G. Rowsey
Otto Nelson
Nazareth Lutheran Church
Bluff Street
Morgensen
Carl Morgensen
Bethlehem
Ottar
Bensen
Greenwood
Ine Johnson
Grace Wier
Wil
State Teachers College High School
F. Kurta
Fr. McCreary
Pe Riobley
Ecolee
G. L. Jackson
N. O. Schnieder
College
Jackson
College Addition
Viggo Justensen
Askov
Minnesota
Houston
Tex
Charles A. Rawnd
Jernicee
Bernice Virden
Laporte
Delwein
W. A. Brown
J. L. Gallioal
Shell Rock M. E. Church
Town Council
Thomas McMaron
Shrine
Pioneer
Upper Towa
Church Conference
Bishop Keeney
Educational Council
Upper Iowa University
Upper In
Upper Yowa University
Tts
Ladies' Professorship Association
Alumni Association of
Continuing College
Tom
Kirkpatrick
Natal
Clarion
Ruth M. Whipple
Lester M. DeBour
Christian Parsonage
G. A. Hess
J. P. Martin
Patrick Malone
C. Goetzinger
Guy Bray
Millbank
S. D
Welock
Colwell
Thomas Silver
A. M. Greenwood
Park Board
Charles City Park Board
N. Frudden
John G. Segel
Pamella Pluent
Maxine Sweet
Jesson
Lou Hobert
al Tix
Pix
Central Star Duty
Low Hobert
Donald Eastman
Muriel Macumber
R. W. Thrasher
Legal Mae Nellie Melenger
Jegal
Buehler Bros
East Fourth St
Red
Lima
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