Cedar Falls Post Sees 152 Members After Drive
Cedar Falls April 5 Frank Miles editor of the Iowa Legionnaire spoke at the local post monthly session. The membership drive closed with 152 members, 37 new, aiming to reach 460 soon. Refreshments followed. Miles spoke on Legion work within Iowa. The Bible conference at Cedar Falls will not be held the first week of August. Kemper McBride reports several reservations already received for Riverview. Also covered were a 15-number Orchesis club program at the college auditorium and updates on local hospital operations and patient conditions.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionnaire
Post
Miles
Legion
Towa
Resermitton
Kemper McBride
Riverview
Orchesis Club
Teachers College
National Dancing Society
Monica Wild
Maud Seliger
Sartori Hospital
Fred Suefferlein
Black Haw County
Billingsley
Ibert. M. Billingsley
Paul Billingsley
Sioux Falls
Ex Kaiser sends books and photos to Wartburg students
Wartburg College students Herman Bruhtjen Allison and Helmuth Reinke of Minneapolis received two books My Life and My Ancestry and two autographed photographs from Wilhelm XV former Kaiser of Germany in response to letters they sent. His secretary Hert Dienstt said the Kaiser was pleased and thanked the writers for their letters of February 26.
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Germany
La Porte W. H. M. S. Harbors Fine Church Program
The April meeting of the La Porte Woman's Home Missionary Society was held in the M E church social rooms with Mrs. G Haven presiding and Mrs. Will Sawyer directing a program highlighting deaconess work. Readings, playlet, musical selections, and a luncheon followed. Other notes mention local marriages and relocations amid short notices.
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la Porte City
Woman's Home Missionary Society
M.E. Church
G. &. Haven
Will Sawyer
Sawyer
C. A. Brust
Mines
Gonder
McChane
Walden
Bolte
Glenn
Teeter
Jonior
Kathryn Conder
Corrinne
Maxine
Fultz
Naomi Brust
Ruth McChane
Bess Sawyer
Marion Tutt
Marjorie Calkins
Vernon Ayers
Ruth Sawyer
Leeflet
G. L. Haven
Mmes. C. A. Brust
John Bolte
M. N. Haven
Audrey Hulse
H. H. Scott
Dorothy Cawelti
G. P. Cawelti
Evangelical Church
Des Moines
Versus Lindeman
Iowa City
Alice Wiese
Keystone
Florence Tanck
Celia Goodwin
Chicago
W. F. Christopher
Mt. Auburn
R. H. Clark
Commercial Street
L. &. Bannister
Six Vacant Houses in Nashua Cut From Twenty Six
Nashua shows improvement with only six vacant residences now down from twenty six during winter. About twenty families have moved here from Charles City to work at the Hart Par factory, commuting daily. W A Smith, formerly a local lawyer now senior member of Hurd Lenehan Smith and O Connor of Dubuque, is named honorary consul at Dubuque by the Bolivian government as Bolivia views Dubuque as a potential hub on the St Lawrence to Gulf inland waterway.
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Courier
Mashua
Nashua
Charles City
Hart-Parr
W. A. Smith
Hurd, Lenehan, Smith and O'Connor
Dubuque
Ward
Bolivia
St. Lawrence-lo-Gulf
Persian Cats of Oelwein Seem to Run to Extra Toes
In Oelwein Iowa April 5 Mrs R P Hardy owns two Persian cats Jiggs and Maggie Jiggs has an extra toe on one front foot Maggie has six toes on each front foot and five on each hind foot Jiggs now lives with a Fairbank family Maggie leads a line of six children in a front paw parade Parents of the cats are said to be well endowed with extra toes as a hereditary trait
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Oelwein
R. P. Hardy
Jiggs
Maggie
Diggs
Fairbank
No Inquest in Handgar Deaths in Tawa Falls
Coroner Arthur of Hampton ruled no inquest needed in the Rock Island railroad accident that killed John Rheg and Charles Brink near Iowa Falls. Four men on the section between Iowa Falls and Bradford escaped with minor injuries after shouting warnings in fog as a southbound freight loomed. The other two men were killed when the engine struck the gasoline car.
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Courier
Tawa
Falls
Arthur
Hampton
Rock Island
John Rheg
Charles Brink
Iowa Falls
Bradford
Henry Schade
George Bakemen
Manly
Bakerman
Shade
Annual Father-Son Dinner At Dunkerton High
Four score and four attend the annual father and son banquet in the Dunkerton High School dining room. E Rider led planning, meals prepared by Mrs. Rider and Mrs. Holdiman, served by Girls' Reserv es. Rev. J A Laurie gave principal address. Maurer toasted. music by Dunkerton boys' trio and quartet. Nearby visits include three Gaddis brothers visiting nephews Wayne and Wallie Gaddis. The Baptist Missionary society hosted 50 ladies for a Japan program in church parlors with green lavender decor and Japanese lamps. Mrs Knoir returned from Marshalltown and Albion visits.
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Hasga
Oskery
Avgery Gaddis
Chanute
Ekan
Wayne
Wallie Gaddis
Japan
The
Baptist Missionary Society
McCoy's Tablets Promised To Boost Underweight People
An advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as a health tonic that builds flesh and weight for underweight men and women. It claims dramatic gains, including a case of a very thin woman who gained 10 pounds in 22 days, with an ironclad guarantee refund if expectations aren’t met after four boxes. Sold by Robert Drug Co and distributors of McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil.
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McCoy
Robert Drug Co
G. J. Milfer Oy
McCoy’s Laboratories
Dysart Legion Auxiliary to Erect World War Memorial
The Dysart American Legion auxiliary voted to erect a memorial in Dysart to honor local World War veterans. A site will be chosen soon by the committee. The auxiliary has adopted ex soldier Jack Kelly, hospitalized at Knoxville. Gifts will be sent periodically. Frances Fairbanks, Iowa journalism student, is among six Chicago Daily News interns this week. Various social events and hospital visits are noted among local groups.
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Courier Special Service
Dysart
American Legion Auxiliary of
University of Iowa
Chicago
Chicago Daily Now
Walter Schmidt
Dysart O. B. S
G. Hix
Sioux Falls
S. D
Ladies of Peace Evangelical Church
Claus Andresen
L. Wareham
Peter Keel
Winmore
Methodist Church
John Irvine
Allen Memorial Hospital
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Peter Lamprecht
Conquering King cantata scheduled at Orange church
The Conquering King cantata, postponed from last Sunday due to a sleet storm, will be presented at 11 a.m. Sunday in the Orange church. Dexter Moberly drove cattle from Toledo to market earlier in the week, and twenty six head of feeders were purchased by the Moberlys. Oren Gnagy unloaded two cars of limestone from Dubuque, and W. O. Tannreuther is unloading a carload of phosphate of potash for personal and neighbor use. A. A. King has returned from Florida for the spring. Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Lamb and family, with Olive Glessner, left by auto for California. The Tri S club met at Mrs. Lester Parris’s home. Leona Walters, Missouri Valley high school commerce teacher, is home for spring vacation.
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Courier
Orange Township
Orange
Dexter
Moberly
Toledo
A. A. King
Florida
Eldred Lamb
Leona Walters
Missouri Valley High School
Dumont Resident Dies at Daughter's Home in Dumont
John Kelley a Civil War veteran of Dumont died Wednesday night after a lengthy bladder cancer illness. He had lived in Dumont for 25 years with his wife until her death two years ago. His body will rest in a Dumont cemetery mausoleum alongside Mrs. Kelley, with services pending burial over the weekend.
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C. Atwater
Burton GC. Atwater
Mr. Atwater
Oak Grove
Wis
Iowa Falls
Atwater
Courier Special Service
Dumont
Lee Ey Davis
Rock Island
John Kelley
Kelley
Masonic Order
Evangelical Church
Les
Hampton Hospital
Carl Boeckemere
Lutheran Hospital of
Hampton
Herman Qverlurf
Tanlac advertised remedy promises relief from indigestion and gas
An old fashioned Tanlac advertisement claims relief from gas bloating and indigestion after months of suffering. It cites Mrs Arvena Bowers of Topeka Kansas reporting weight gain and improved digestion after five years of distress. The pitch urges readers to try Tanlac from a druggist with a money back guarantee if no improvement.
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Arvena Bowers
Jackson St
Topeka
Kans
Tanlac
United States Ph
First Women’s Club of Oelwein Elects Leaders
Elizabeth Kennedy was elected president of the First Women’s club of Oelwein at a Wednesday meeting. Officers include Mrs. Donald Wass as first vice president, Mrs. Rose Wood as second vice president, Mrs. Fred Black recording secretary, J. T. La Volette corresponding secretary, J. T. Kennedy treasurer, Miss Mary Wood parliamentarian, and Regina Ingersoll journalist. Teachers Re-elected as most staff retained at Celwein schools meeting.
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Courier
Oelwein
Elizabeth Kennedy
Women's Club of
Donald Wass
Rose Wood
Fred Black
3. T. la Volette
J. T. Kennedy
Mary Wood
Regina Ingersoll
Celwein
School Board Wednesday Evening Session Reelections
Several of those re elected will not return, but the board meets Wednesday evening to discuss plans and upcoming terms.
Shell Rock Bridge Work Begun in West Side
Work began this week by Olson Construction of Waterloo to prepare the ground for a new single span bridge across the river in Shell Rock Iowa. The 100 foot bridge will replace the old narrow steel structure long in use and removed to another Butler county site.
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Shell Rock
Olson ‘Construction
Company of Waterloo
West
Town. Co
Butler County
Lauritzen Estate II Left to Wife in Will
The will of the late Louis J. Lauritzen building contractor left his estate to his wife Mary H. Lauritzen. Joint executors named are Mrs. Lauritzen John Lauritzen, a brother of the deceased, and Henry N. Hansen, with probate filed yesterday afternoon.
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Louis J. Lauritzen
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