Melichar Chosen to Lead Cedar Falls Bands from Sioux City
James A. Melichar, director-elect of Cedar Falls concert bands, arrives Thursday and conducts first rehearsals with the senior and junior bands on Thursday and Friday evenings. He will relocate after release from the Monahan post band around June 1. The Cedar Falls band traces 38 years of leadership, with Melichar as the third director.
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Cuarter
Ceder Falls
James A. Melichar
Cedar Falls
Semior
Shin
Melichar
Monahan Post
Sioux City
Frank A. Fitz- Berald
Fiest
Frankl. McCreary
West Union bank sells farm at 69.50 per acre
John Fritz bought the Fayette County National farm known as the J. S. Barrett place for 5000 dollars. The land sold for 69.50 an acre with a -acre parcel. Fritz plans to close the house and rent the land to neighbors. Council appoints officers for West Union for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Special Service
West Union
John Fritz
Fayette County
J. S. Barrett
Fritz
Marshal
P. M. Grimes
Sllent Commit
Clark Windhurst
R. Ballard
W. H. Antes
Traer Notes Local Building Expansions and Transfers
Enlargement of Crippen and Miller hardware store will add a 100 foot display space and a rear garage. A new house is rising on the James Speer homestead for the Traer family, two stories high. John Robb homestead near Traer sold for 150 per acre to R Winklepleck. farm tenure to shift next year. Dr and Mrs A A Crabbe depart Traer for six weeks touring the south and west ending in Long Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrier Spiecial Service
Tracr
Crippen& Miller
West End
Hive
Thomas Lorenzen
James Speer
Traer
Ernest Blocker
Albert Blocker
Speers
John Robb
R. Winklepleck
M. Stoakes
Winklepleck
A. A. Crabbe
Texas
Long Beach
Cal
Orange Township Names Teachers for Coming Year
Orange Township announces the 1929 30 teaching staff for the consolidated schools. The board lists Edgar A Ralston as superintendent Adolph W B Lauritzen as principal and coach Bernice Barnes Fritz English Lisle Tones home economics Dorothy Carr Hostetler music Melvin Latham vocational agriculture Beulah Flinger first grade Merle Gray second grade Faye Goodwin third and fourth grades Esther M Gissel fifth and sixth grades Storm damages cut power and telephones in Orange delaying classes and postponing the cantata. T Hamer seriously ill under a physician’s care.
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Courier
Orange Township
Orange Consolidated Schools
Board of Education
Edgar A. Ralston
Adolph WB. Lauritzen
Bernice Barnes Fritz
Lisle Tones
Dorothy Carr Hostetler
Melvin Latham
Beulah Flickinger
Merle Gray
Faye Goodwin
Esther M. Gissel
Orange
Eagle Center Road
Funeral Services Held for Pioneer Riceville Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Foote, 89, longtime Riceville resident, were held Sunday afternoon conducted by an Adventist minister from Nevada. Mrs. Foote, born in Wisconsin, married Alvin Foote and moved to Mitchell County where she lived. her husband died 16 years ago. Surviving children include Mrs. Ben Foote and Bernard Foote, both in Washington, D. C. The couple observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary 20 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Winer Koon of Riceville were guests en route to Mapeston, Ia, where Koon will manage a new creamery.
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Courier
Osage
Mattie Foote
Ray Minnis
Riceville
Nevada
Ben Foote
Bernard Fante
Washington, D.C
Starr Home for Aged in Charles City Receives 5000 Bequest
In Charles City Iowa Mrs Lulu Cairns testament leaves 5000 to the Starr Home for the Aged. The will lists estate valued over 50000 with remainder to be divided among near relatives. Other items include 500 to Cemetery association and a note on Dr Pettit leaving Cedar Rapids after visiting. Municipal updates cover council actions on paving and appointments plus local business and events.
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Lulu Cairns
Courier Special Servics
Charles City
Starr Home
Chicago
Cemetery Association
Dr. Pettit
Dr. J
Pettit
Garden Bay
Mich
Cedar Rapids
Osage
Frank Lambert
Lyman Kellogg
J. Willett
North
Mattshest
Charles Schulz
Rock
Willett
Schulz
Marble Rock
Sally
Manual Arts
Mason City Junior College Music Department
Floyd County
W. GC. T. UL Institute
M. E
Oelwein Council Renames Officers
Oelwein April 3 The city council announced the reappointment of several officers including city clerk C D Shippy city attorney L 4 Sanford city engineer E B Schenk Water loo Roy Schrack yard foreman at Woodlawn cemetery N G Moore and Fred Berker regular firemen L L Ried extra foreman A E Vanauken superintendent of the sewage disposal plant and Tom Powers custodian of the dumping grounds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Ried
Freman
A. E. Vanauken
Tom Powers
Mrs Hanz Lorenzen Operated On At Waverly Hospital
Mrs Hanz Lorenzen of Denver was taken seriously ill from a gall bladder infection Sunday and underwent surgery at Mercy hospital in Waverly. The article also notes church activities and social events in Denver including meetings of the Ladies Aid at St Peter’s Lutheran church and a three act play by local youth at Jefferson No 3 schoolhouse.
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Samuel Marquardt
Twelfth ‘Street West
Sartort Hospital
First Presbyteran Church
Cedar Falls
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Evangelical Church
A. J. Weiner
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
First Methodist Church
College Hill
E. J. Isley
Nineteenth Street
West
Cedar Fails
E. J. Cable
J. H. Byers
C. Yi. Wise
Missionary Society of
First Congregational Church
Church House
Courier
Denver
Hanz Lorenzen
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Louie Kurtt
Jefferson No. 3
Exise
Adella Steege
Dubuque Presbytery Set to Meet in Lansing Ta
Independence Iowa April 3 Rev J F Hinkhouse of Independence named stated clerk for the spring Dubuque Presbytery meeting to be held in Lansing Ta April 7 and 9 Other officers include Rev C Meyer Lansing pastor bos Rev R Galloway Postville fooderator and roll clerk Rev L L Bond Hazleton recording clerk
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Independence
J. F. Hinkhouse
Dubuque
Lansing
Meyer
R.©. Galloway
Postville
Tae
Bond
Hazleton
University Plans Conference for Waterworks Men
Town City Ja April 3 Formal speeches by state authorities laboratory demonstrations and inspections form features of the second annual Iowa water works conference to be held at the University of Iowa April 10 and 12. About 575 invitations have been sent to Iowa cities and towns with municipal water supplies with bids going to the mayor and the water works superintendent.
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Iowa’ Water ‘Works
University of Iowa
Iowa
University’s
College of Engineering
State Department of Health
Esrle Li. Waterman
A. H. Wieters
Ernest Boyce
Kansas State Board of Health
Lawrence
Mak Levine
Harry N. Venks
Iowa State College
C. S. Howard
Town Valve Company
Des Moines
Weems Re-Elected Manchester High School Principal
Weems was re-elected for the tenth consecutive year as principal of Manchester High School at a school board meeting. He has long served in civic and school work, including post commander of the American Legion. The board will elect teachers next Monday.
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Courier Special Service
Manchester
V. Weems
Manchester High School
Readlyn Shower Honors Mrs Oscar Thran in Readlyn IA
A miscellaneous shower was held at Louis Widdel home in Readlyn in honor of Mrs. Oscar Thran with Paula Maas as hostess. Relatives and friends gathered Friday evening. Elmer Hesse celebrated his birthday anniversary. Mrs. Elmer Klemp from Chicago visits her mother in Readlyn. Marjory Kinshall baptized and named Haster Bunday.
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Luther League
St. Peters Church
Wilka Schoenbohm
Otta Schaeffer
Phelp
Clarence Wolfe
Kurth Meyer
Lehauffer
Ewalt Pipho
Dietrich
Gustav
The
Mission Society
Henry Beetker
H. L. Dickmann
Thimblebee Club
J. W. Stummie
Mildred Blosser
Courier
Readlyn
Oscar Thran
Louis Widdel
Paula Maas
Otto Richman
Elmer Hesse
Elmer Klemp
Chicago
Herman Klemp
Herman Kinshall
Haster Bunday
Marjory
Iowa High Schools Set For State Music Festival May 24
Iowa school musicians will compete in 40 contests across 13 events at the University of Town with classifications A B C. About 9,500 students from over 100 high schools expected. district champions advance to finals.
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fCorner
Iowa ‘City
Iowa
University of Town
B. H. Wilcox
School of Music
Orginal St
Wilcox
Binde
Fifty Relatives Attend Dinner at Dunkerton
Dunkerton Iowa April 3 fifty relatives and Rev. and Mrs J A Schroeder were entertained on Eas- by the Schroeders. The event reflects community ties as families gathered for a shared meal and fellowship.
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Dunkerton
Dunkerton, Ja
Schroeder
Eas
Birthday Party Celebrates Clara Wheeler's Fourth Year
Mrs. Alice Wheeler and Mrs. Tea bel Gaddis hosted 20 children at Wheeler home for Clara Wheeler's fourth birthday. Mrs H A Traumbauer's condition improves slowly with sister Mrs Will Wagner helping at home.
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Irtha
Alice Wheeler
H. A. Traumbauer
Will Wagner
Teabel- Gaddis
Family Dinner Observed at Haven Home La Porte City Ia
A family dinner party was held at Haven home in observance of Mr Raven's first day anniversary. All children and grandchildren attended including Melville Glenn Percy Carlton Opal Haven and Frank Gutknecht family members from Washington Hudson area.
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la Porte'City
Haven
Raven
Melville
Glenn
Percy
Carlton
Washington
Opal Haven
Waterloo
Frank Gutknecht
Hudson
Geneseo News Briefs On Local Medical And Travel Ills
Apr 3 report from Geneseo says John Irvine improved after mastoid operation at a Waterloo hospital last Saturday. Wallace Sutherland injured in a Waterloo auto crash last week expected to return home Saturday. Mrs J R Wilkins ill with gall bladder trouble. Clarence Bailey and family from Minnesota helping Mrs Lloyd Guernsey during Mr Guernsey’s illness. Bailey is Guernsey’s nephew.
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Courier Epeatat
Geneseo
John Irvine
Waterloo
Wallace ‘Sutherland
San
Waset
J." R. Wilkins
Clarence Bailey
Minnesota
Lloyd Guernsey
Guernsey
Bailey
Olive Tablets Claim to Cure Stomach Ailments
The ad asserts stomach upset stems from a swollen liver and disordered bowels and promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy that arouses the liver and aids digestion without griping or pain. It urges taking one or two at bedtime and notes prices 15¢ 30¢ 60¢.
Ames Reports Spring Enrollment At Iowa State College
Ames registrar J R Save announces spring enrollment at Iowa State College totals 3 430, down from 3 548 in 1948. Sage notes late registrations may equal last year as many students stay home to work.
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Cuarter
Ames
Iowa State
J. R. Save
Don t Stay Fat In These Days Marmola Ad Claim
An old advertisement promotes Marmola prescription tablets as a scientific solution to excess fat. It claims 20 years of use and millions of boxes sold, promising natural results without danger. Readers are urged to ask their druggist for an 8 1 box of Marmola.
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Orns
Konjola Gains Attention in Waterloo Drug Trade
The Konjola medicine, promoted by the Konjola Man at Wangler Bros. Drug Store, 329 E Fourth Street, attracts public interest with testimonials from Mrs. Maris Zerrien of Clinton Iowa. She credits Konjola with renewed strength and vitality after a period of decline and ineffective remedies. The ad notes free samples at the 220 Fourth Street location and emphasizes the product’s wholesome, non narcotic qualities.
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Wangler Bros
Fourthstreet
Maris Zerrien
Eighth Avenue
Clinton
Iowa
Konjola
Kenstoln
Konjoth
Kenjola
Waneler Bros. Drug Store
Fourth Street
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Rotary Club
Lions Club
Island Park
Black Hawk Investment Company
Black Hawk
Cedar
Falls
George , Wilson
Wilson
Ransome
West Union Bank
G. A. R. Post
Iowa Falls
R. T. Wilson
Towa Falls
Robert ‘Jt. Wilson
Charles Payne Pos
G. A R
John L. Swartz
A. J. Bowman
F. C. Stevens
Benjamin Havens
B. C. Atwater
J. G. Smith
J. G. Dutton
Ihe
Boys In Blue
J. L. Swartz
Illinois
Air Wilson
Mobile
Department of Town
James Lesiie Farrington
Crippen & Miller
Dave
Robb Homestead
T. Hamer
PL Hamer
Winer Koon
Ricr~ville
Avis McNulty
Mapileton
Koon
Starr
Oelwein Council
Waverly Hospital
Weems
la Porte
Lotus Club
W. E. Morgan
Fayette
George Klock
Ed Bray
la Porte City
St, Ansgar
St. Ansgar
Joan Barleycorn
St Ansgar Methodist Church
Anti-Saloon League
Albert E. Coe
Alice J. Boyer
Buehler Bros
East Fourth St
Haddock
Furniture Marte
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joseph Caladaptro
Florida Avenue
Amsterdam
N.Y
Mes
Marie Zerrien
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