Iowa County paving set to start in 1928 highway program
Fifty four counties begin paying for a 17 million dollar primary road plan. About 650 miles of paving to start, with 4,000 workers expected in construction across Iowa as contracts are let in Jefferson Highway areas and additional counties.
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Courier Spreial Servicet Des Macines
Iowa
Lnn
Highway Commission
Waittle
Appanoose
Benton
Brenner
Buchanan
Butler
Cedar
Chickasaw
Clarke
Clayton
Clinton
Davis
Des Moines
Dubuque
Franklin
Fremont
Harrison
Henry
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Keokuk
Kossuth
Lucas
Mills
Monona
Montgomery
Muscatine
O'Brien
Pottawattamie
Poweshiek
Scott
van Buren
Wapello
Warren
Washington
Winneshiek
Woodbury
Jefferson Highway
Decatur County
Mahaska
Iowa County
Charles City honors Iowa violinist Niemack in homecoming
Iowa girl violinist Tsa Niemack, 24, celebrated by Charles City and Mason City with a joint homecoming concert. Mason City Chamber of Commerce sent its chorus, local clubs formed a reception line, and Miss Niemack played Bruch concerto and two original pieces with her mother at the piano. Guests from other places attended the event at Hotel Hildreth.
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Courier
Charles City
Tsa
Hotel
Hildreth
Isaac Frederickson
Mines
W. R. McCray
A. O. Ruste
W. el’ Frudden
Clara Krueger
Jones Heddens
Harry Fisher
Darrah
Dave E. Darrah
Mason City Singers
Harry 5. Keeler
Assembly
Miss Niemack
Mason’ Guy Organization
Julius Niemack
Bruch
Mrs
Water meters read in Oelwein six months
City clerk C D Shippy and assistant conduct seminorial water meter readings for six months. The largest bill comes from Chicago Great Western at 661.60 dollars for railway usage. The post office handles heavy parcel post shipments of baby chicks from hatcheries amid constant infant poultry chatter.
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Gourier
Oelwein
C. D. Shippy
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Oclwein
New Haven Man Announces Sheriff Candidacy
New Haven ex service man A. W. Jahue has announced his candidacy for Mitchell County sheriff. He entered the race in April and plans to campaign across the county with support from local voters.
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New Haven
Mitchell
A. W. Jahue
Independence Boy Killed in Accident Buried at Petersburg
Norbert Mormann died after being struck in the head by a baseball bat during a playmate incident. Services were held in Petersburg Thursday. The article also notes funeral for Mrs. BE Rathbun and various local construction contracts and bank merger updates involving Ames and Buchanan County National Bank.
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Courier Sprenat
Norbert Mormann
Petersburg
Rathbun
BE. M. Rathbun
Tal
First Presbyterian Church
Wilt Buildouse
Glen Blackburn
State Hospital
EB. A. Wood
Fifth Avenue
E. M. Wilcox
Wsewill
Bank Mererr
Award Emblems to Hudson High School Athletes and Debaters
Hudson Indiana April 13 Letters awarded to students for declamatory contests basketball and volleyball honors went to Ed win McMillan Dorothy Cheen and Gorden Lasnan seniors Leonared Vuska Edgar Wassam Marjorie Brown Jimlers Basketball letters earned by Wilma Wyatt Nadine Arter Una Sweitzer Anna Olsen Alice Ancorf Genevieve Greeley Clara Brawn Helen McMillan Vesta Faulkner Naomi Roussolaw Senior basketball emblems went to Edwin McMillan Richard Pearson ElMon Smith Toth Brown Edward Franck Willis Arter seniors and Roger Henry ten Gibson Asinrvel Gibson Charles McFarlane Raymond McKinney Clyde Brandhorst and Wes ley Yuska.
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Ciirer
Hudson
Ne Deelany
Edwin McMillan
Dorothy Cheen
Gorden Lasnan
Leonared Vuska
Edgar Wassam
Marjorie Brown
Jimlers
Wilma Wyatt
Nadine Arter
Una Sweitzer
Anna Olsen
Alice Ancorf
Genevieve Greeley
Clara Brawn
Helen McMillan
Vesta Faulkner
Naomi Roussolaw
Richard Pearson
Elmon Smith
Toth Brown
Edward Franck
Willis Arter
Roger Henry
Ten Gibson
Asinrvel Gibson
Charles McFarlane
Raymond McKinney
Clyde Brandhorst
Wesley Yuska
Floyd Bar Will Honor Jurtot For Joybar g
Banquet and program planned in Knights of Pythias hall honoring Judge C H Kelley for 30 years on the bench. Floyd County Bar Association hosts, with a noted civic event amid local legal and civic developments.
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Floyd Bar
Courier Specht
Oom
Knights of Pythias Hall
C H. Kelley
Bar Association of
Twoother
Charles City
C. D. Torrence
E. B. Atherton
M E Sunday School Class At Greene To Entertain Tonight
The M E Sunday school class at Greene plans an entertainment tonight with class members delivering programs at the church. Notable attendees include Rev. Metre, Mrs. Lola Wor, Miss AHee Wight, and James Pulogle who recently returned from hospital care. Twenty seven members were received by Uhr Cresbyterina and by the MB church on Sunday.
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M. E
Greene
Oulok
MOE
Parry
Park
Retta Metre
Ahee Wight
Avenna
Lola Worfey
James Pulogle
M Vo Bitney
Uhr Cresbyterina
Bunday
Butler County recalled through Ida McCoy reminiscence
L F McCoy, Emida Ida, recalls Butler County's early days for the Courier special. He cites his grandfather Peter Goyle as early county commissioner chair and notes Madison township names, glacial remnants, and a governor from the county. He lists election figures from 1876 and memories of early leaders, schools, and pioneer hospitality, ending with a call for corrections.
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Courier
Butler County
L F. McCoy
Emida
Ida
The
Peter Goyle
Board of County Commissioners
Madison Township
Mr. McCoy
Edward Coyle
McCoy
Frank D. Jackson
Greene
Jackson
Ames
Lowden
W. PB. Lucas
Cerro Gordo
Franklin
Jom van Valkenburg
W. P. Hepburn
R., Lea
Waldo M Patten
M. N. Johnson
W. O. Crosby
R. Howe Taylor
G. L Godfrey
W. M. Brooks
J. N. Kidder
Tom Smith
N. C. Deering
W. W. Blackman
George W. Ruddick
W. H. Seavers
Father
Tuphumn
Bristow
West Point
Pilltown
Clarksvile
Georgetown
Hiesville
Tripley
Lbro
Ali
Butler Center
Old Court
Eat Butler
Vouam Vf
Arnley
Congress
Deerings& Weller
United
Union Services Set Across La Porte Churches
La Porte residents were told of a Sunday union service at the Presbyterian church at 7 30 p m with the Easter anthem Alleluia to be directed by Mabel Benton Brown former public school music supervisor The meeting also noted a Pythian Sisters session with Cedar Falls mistress Chaymnain Taylor offering ritual instruction A Social time and refreshments followed later in the program also mentioned were the Tourist Club gathering and a birth announcement for Marilyn Beth Yarrington born April 7 to Lloyd and Mrs Yarrington noting Mrs Yarrington formerly Bernice Igon.
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F Courier
la Forte City
Presbyterian Church
First Evangelical Church
Waterloo
Alleluia
Mabel Benton Brown
Pythian Sisters School
Chaymnain Taylor
Cedar Falls
Iris Temple
Pythian Sisters
J. W. Stewart
P. R. Ashley
Trader Horn
Aloysis Horn
Ethelreda Lewis
Lloyd Yarrington
Hazleton
Maralyn Beth
Yarrington
Bernice Igon
Farmers’ Savings Bank
New Traer Truck First Use In Barn Fire
A barn on the Ernest Sell property near Traer burned early Wednesday. Two cows and a calf plus a Ford touring car were lost. The building valued at 1000 dollars, located south of Traer, had stood a few years after a prior fire on the same site. Traer firefighters saved a nearby chicken house. The Sell family slept through the blaze until the new 35600 Boyer fire truck arrived and fought the fire for the first time. insurance coverage was incomplete.
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Ourier
Traer. In
Ernest Sell
Traer
Frank L Podhajsky
Sell
Ackley Parish Welcomes New St. Marys Pastor
The Ackley parish welcomed Rev. J. J. O Meara, newly named pastor of St. Marys church, in a Thursday reception at Woodmen hall with over 200 attendees. O Meara arrives from Williams after the death of Rev. Father Fitzgerald, succeeding acting pastor Rev. A J Steinlage.
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Courier
Ackley
J. J. O'Meara
St. Mary's Church of
Woodmen Hall
Father O'Meara
Williams
A. J. Steinlage
Father Fitzgerald
Frances Klinger and Edwin Corcoran wed at Fairbank
Frances Klinger and Edwin Corcoran, both of Fairbank, were married Wednesday morning at Immaculate Conception church. Rev. John Halpin officiated. The couple left for a motor tour to Dubuque and Chicago and will reside on the bridegroom’s farm southeast of Fairbank after May 1. The Fairbank high school junior class will present a three act drama tonight. Hugh Leshy sought treatment in Dubuque for eye injuries and faint vision loss.
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Cavey
Mary
The
H High School
Hugh Leshy
Inna City
Three Injured At Lawn City Electric Fan Incident
Charles Wiltmot, worker at Max Rottman plant in Cedar Falls, lost the first finger of his right hand in an electric fan mishap yesterday. James Kerr dies after a three week illness. survived by two brothers and a sister. Funeral plans pending. Local clubs and church groups held meetings. Regent theatre show draws larger crowd. former resident Shepherd Hickle dies at 80. various church auxiliary activities reported. The Cedar Falls community notes include luncheon tours, lectures, and an upcoming oratorio performance at First Methodist.
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Floyd County
Loren Bucknell
Floyd
Jim Smith
Ruth Craig
John Eggena
Rockford
Clark
James EH. Caine
H. F. Schnedler
J. B. Reynolds
Waterloo
Charles Clty
Glee
First Congregational Church
Myre
W. M. Swann
Johnston
Mendelssohn
Althea Bluhn
Annales
Cella Sain
Susan Wodtke
Ww. Anderson
Bertha Lewel
Gcourney
Cedar Falls
Charles Wiltmot
Max Rottman
James Kerr
Walnut Street
John
George
W. H. Hammer
Gedar City
Rotary Club
Wagner Manufacturing Company
Lions Han
William B. Fagan
Teachers College
Nenefit
American Legion
Regent Theatre
The
Legion Post
Shepherd Hickle
Butler County
Lake View
L. L. Mann
Alva James
James
P. F. Brill
Sac City
Howard Hickle
Vernon James
Clarksville
Hickle
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Leslie T. Reed
College Hih
April Kensington
Ladies’ Association
Church House
Westminster Build
First Presbyterian Church
Westminster
Woman’s Missionary Society
Zion Evangelical Church
Tearing Down Cedar Falls Broom Factory Smoke Stack
Work began today to remove several feet from the top of the Cedar Falls Broom factory smoke stack for safety. Meanwhile social events included Mrs. A B Mason hosting the Thursday club yesterday on First street west and the College Hill Home Social and Literary society closing its twenty seventh year with a meeting at Mrs Bertha Gaddis home on West Twenty third street. The annual banquet will be held in May when new officers take office.
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Pastor'’S Aid Society
First Presbyterian Church
Anna May Dahl
Catholic Woman's League
Fred Brown
The
Holy City
Cedar Falls
A. B. Mason
Thursday Club
First Street West
Social and Literary Society of
College Hill
Bertha Gaddis
West Twenty-third Street
Toledo Man Must Meet Payments to Wife He Deserted
Charles Mason of Toledo pleaded guilty to wife desertion and was ordered to pay $15 per month to the court clerk for his wife’s support. sentencing postponed with release contingent on timely payments and arrest if he misses payments. Burr Armstrong of Tama paid a $1,000 fine for illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor after pleading guilty. Paxton and Lewis released for lack of evidence. Henry Booyer of Tama sought a writ of habeas corpus to compel his father-in-law to secure his wife and child, then later the action was dismissed.
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Marion
Toledo
Charles Mason
Taman County
Ilinois
Mason
Burr Armstrong
Tama
Marshalltown
Pred Paxton
Fay Lewis
Armstrong
Henry Booyer
District Court
John F. Peterson
Miceate Booyer
Ridenour Funeral Set for Saturday in Garrison Church
The funeral for John A. Ridenour 61 of Dysart will be Saturday at the Dunkard church in Garrison with a short service at his home in Dysart first. He is survived by a son Victor and a sister Mrs. C. R. Lincoln and several brothers.
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Courier Special Services
Dysart
John A. Ridenour
Rochester
Minn
Dunkard
Garrison
J. J. Kidder
Dysart M. E
Victor Ridenour
Ridenour
C.R. Lincoln
McPherson
Kan
Victor
Dysart Rovers
Young People’s Society of Evangelical Peace Church
E. G. Hix
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Dorcas Society
The
Evangelical Church
John Seebach
McHenry
City Electrician
C. D. Koontz
D. F. Harrington
Miss Niemack to Perform at Iowa City Rotary Meet
Violinist Miss Niemack from Waterloo will appear at the eleventh district Rotary convention in Iowa City on April 24 and 25. She is to give a Des Moines concert during the International Lions Club convention in July.
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Rose Reichart Marshall
Waterloo
H. R. Iris
C. M. Ross
Forest City
J. G. Creede
Harlan Miller
Des Moines
Miss Niemack
Iowa
Iowa City
International Lions Club
Funeral service of Sam Arnold held in Hazleton
Lamont Iowa April 13. Mr and Mrs W M Lumbard attend the Hazleton Presbyterian church funeral of their brother in law Sam Arnold aged 73 a long time resident who spent the last nine years near Hazleton Surviving are his widow two sons nine grandchildren two sisters and two brothers.
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Courier Special Service
Lamont
W. M. Lumbard
Hazleton
Sam Arnold
L. E. Bond
Presbyterian Church
Otterville Woman Suffers Infection in Right Hand
Mrs. Frank Banta of Otterville is treated for an infection in her right hand. The Presbyter ian church dinner planned for April 11 has been postponed. The obituary notes funeral services for Mrs. Emil J. Wieven, formerly of Traer, who died of tuberculosis in Prescott, Arizona. Burial will be at Sart Cemetery. surviving relatives include her husband, her parents Mr and Mrs John Sherrett of Tracy, and two brothers and a sister.
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F Coursar Syoclat Berttead
Otterville
Frank Banta
The
Presbyterian Church
Tragic Disc Incident Claims Teen at Farm
Lawrence Trott aged 18 was killed when a disc machine ran over him at the George Brutsche farm near here in Coon Rapids Indiana. The accident occurred as he fell from the seat of the disc and the machine passed over his body.
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Coon Rapids
Aprilia
Lawrence Trott
George Brutsche
Here
Doctor at 83 Found People Preferred His Prescription
An old ad extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for mild laxative relief from constipation. It promotes safety over drastic purges and claims value for children, offering free sample bottles via mail order from Monticello Illinois.
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Caldwell
Medical College
Dr. Caldwell
Monticello
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Slyver Wilson
Runcentte Pawnship
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Lew
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Wooa Lathrop
James Gavi
John Wy Fne
AM. Whitey
S. J. Dumont
J. C. Brown
Allison Altar Society
Allison, Ta
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Catholic Church
Harry Drebr
Hotel Allison
la Porte
New Traer
Frances Klinger
Edwin Corcoran
Fairbank
Lawn City
Kerr
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Powers Store
F. W. Mathiesen
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Chris Mathiesen
Emma Kyranbeck
Savings Bank
Schierbrock Waterloo Company
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