Bond Issue Wins Approval After Three Attempts
Charles City Iowa April 2 plans move ahead for county home on county farm three miles west of Floyd after three elections, with a $30,000 bond approved on the third vote last November. Tapager Construction Co. of Albert Lea Minn. awarded contract for $45,000. $15,000 saved from taxes. G Ralston Waterloo drew plans. A B Smith handles plumbing for $6,720 and Bruhm Electric Co. for wiring at $855. Furnishings contract not yet let.
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Charles City
Floyd
Tapager Construction Co
Albert Lea
Minn
Or. G. Ralston
Waterloo
A.B. Smith
Bruhm
Electric /company
Seed Company of Independence to Be Sold May 16
Independence La April 28 The Mel L Webster Seed company of Independence will be sold Monday May 16 at a public auction to liquidate claims. Creditors who have operated under a five year old creditors' agreement will participate. past five years saw 17 12 percent payments with liabilities around 115 000. Company after 1918 fire loss of its Second avenue building has continued only in a small manner.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
Mel. L. Webster -Seed Company
Second Avenue
Seads
Funeral for Mrs Marie Procter in Dysart Lutheran Church
Marie Procter died Monday from paralysis aged nearly 77. Funeral held Wednesday afternoon at the Lutheran church in Dysart. Survived by five daughters Mrs John Nath Mrs Harry Bennus Riceville Mrs F G Jessen Mrs Dirk Lorenzen Mrs John Scheel Dysart and two sons Henry and Fred.
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Nysart
Tdracart
Marie Procter
John Nath
Harry Ben‘nus
Riceville
F. G. Jessen
Mra
Dirk Lorenzen
John Scheel
Dysart
Henry
Fred
Oelwein High Elects Lord and Queen of May
Virginia Eischeld and Theron Ashby were elected queen and lord of May at Oelwein High School. The Women’s Relief corps will stage Listen, Ladies at the senior high auditorium for Parent-Teacher funds. A Waterloo bread wagon driver, Ray Allen, wrecked near Littleton but escaped injury. Louis Thurman was buried at the county home. Hazleton rifle club to shoot West Waterloo High at Waterloo next Tuesday.
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Courier
Oelwein
Virginia Eischeld
Theron Ashby
Ray Allen
Waterloo
Littleton
Louis Thurman
Hea
Parent-Teachers Association
Legislative Department
Women's Club
Dahl
A. S. McMurray
Kennedy
Hazleton Rifle Club
West Waterloo High School
Hampton Legion to Give Pageant in July
The George A Aldinger post of the American Legion in Hampton plans a giant state historical pageant on July 27 and 28. About 400 to 600 participants are needed. Mrs. B L Thurston will oversee the production with committees led by R D Moorhead and others handling executive finance relics property costumes advertising and advance ticket sales.
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Courier Special Service
Hampton
George A.aldinger
American Legion
B. L. Thurston
R. D. Moorhead
Legion
Nels Pederson
Church Societies Meet in La Porte
April meeting reports from La Porte Iowa Evangelical Missionary society and Presbyterian Missionary society with program items, readings, music, and refreshments. local visitors Ralph and Mrs Hudson from Miami arrive for a visit. several brief society notices and visits around the area.
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la Porte
Gourier
la Porte City
Evangelical Missionary Society
William Anton
C. H
Vandersall
Mattie Fry
Rolican
J. A. Gonnerman
Albert Anton
J. G. Frank
Clarence Wilson
L. A. Ritter
J. O. Rober
Jesse Bond
Carene Vandersall
Frank
Presbyterian Missionary Society
A. M. Thompson
D. W. Morgan
N. H. Blanchaine
N. R. Osborn
C. A. Brust
Dubuque
Iowa
Aplington Senior Class Play Set for May 5 6
Aplington April 28 The senior class will present its Day May and 6. The concert Tuesday evening by Aplington band was favorably received. The audience was comparatively small.
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Courier Special Servica
Aplington
Aplington Band
Toledo Bank Plan Sets 40 Percent Cash Payout
Toledo April 28. Firat National Bank closed Oct. 25. Receiver F. R. Jones says depositors receive 40 percent cash and 25 percent in certificates due in six and 12 months when The National Bank of Toledo opens. Trust fund to liquidate remaining assets. 35 percent via participation certificates. Red Cross to aid Mississippi flood victims with $59. Toledo minister B C Montgomery to move to Georgia. Tama road bonds sold for 300000 at 4.5 percent premium 2526. Sorosis elects Sarah Sime to lead club. Nineteenth Century elects officers in Toledo.
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Toledo
Firat National Bank
National Bank of Toledo
F. R. Jones
Red Cross Fund
Florida Cormorant in Pasture Near Clarksville
Clarksville Iowa April 8 Burr Shepard son of Mr and Mrs Ben Shepard caught a Florida cormorant in the pasture. The migrating bird fought the boy as it alighted. The species rarely seen in the area and is a web footed fish eater. Other items note illness operations and local events including a tornado wreck, church picnics, and business moves in Clarksville.
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Clarksville
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Cal
Ralph Conner
Waverly Hospital
Rochester
Elmer Poppe
Belle
Joe Swalve
Waverly
Helen Smith
Airs
Lawrence Morris
Bristow
John Leeper
Charles Hunt
Albert Leeper
Decatur
Tih
Clinton
Lindner
Fred Grappe
Tuela Tleenfritz
Christian Church
Inerton
Heenfritz
John Hazard
NEW OSAGE CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS IN WATANVE GROUP
Osage Iowa April 28 special report lists newly organized Watanve club officers Daisy Tupper Nichols president Blancha Mc Laughlin vice president Augusta Knowlton secretary Dolly Cham p ion treasurer Bird Staey Rena Cornwell Betty Woodward Marie Jackson F May Tuttle directors Bessie Arsers reporter names provided in the roster
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NEW Osage
Osage
Watanve Club
Daisy Tupper Nichols
Blancha McLaughlin
Augusta Knowlton
Dolly Champion
Bird Staey
Rena Cornwell
Betty Woodward
Marie Jackson
F. May Tuttle
Bessie Arsers
Butler County Tax Collections March Total $362 558
Butler County records show March tax collections at 362 558 02 with additional income from city specials for paying sewer charges automobile license fees and delinquent taxes bringing the month’s total near 400 000. The report notes nearby wolf pups exhibited by Arnold Bros after being removed from a West Fork den by Frank Montgomery and Wartburg Normal College Concert Club performed at the opera house to a large approving audience.
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Courier Special Service
Allison
C. F. Shirer
Arnold Bros
West Fork
Frank Montgomery
Wartburg Normal College
Opera House
No Taxes or Light Charge Cuts in New Hampton
New Hampton Iowa April 27 The city council announced no reduction in the light rate and the tax levy will likely stay the same City officials deny rumors the cash on hand from abandoned city hall plans would be returned to light users or taxpayers Mayor Wachholz says the rate is already very low and probably cannot be cut further Construction of the main outfall sewer has begun under E T Webster contractor with work on lateral sewers West Prospect and Sheakley to be finished about six and one half blocks remain of the main sewer about 1000 feet of the 4000 feet are incomplete and completion will take about a month Marriages in Chickasaw county show 70 licenses issued in 1927 up from 51 in 1926 largely due to the Little Brown Church popularity
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New Hampton
A. L. Wachholz
F. B. Strike
E. T. Webster
St. Paul
West Prospect
Sheakley
Chickasaw
Chickasaw County
C. R. Albright
Little Brown Church
Fire at Hazleton destroys 135 chicks and brooder house
Hazleton Iowa April 28 a brooder house and 135 chicks were destroyed by fire at the home of Mrs H B Sprague. Grandparents Louis Gerestenberger unable to attend their granddaughter Betty Maharan funeral in Dubuque due to diphtheria quarantine from which the child died. Kyle Ozias injured in a Chicago accident returns home able to walk with crutches. Mrs J D Lawrence returns from Chicago and Gary Ind. Mrs Wayne Nelson is very ill. Mrs Fanny Schemerhorn cares for her.
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Hazleton
H. B. Sprague
Louis Gerestenberger
Betty Maharan
Dubuque
Kyle Ozias
Chicago
J. D. Lawrence
Gary
Ind
Wayne Nelson
Fanny Schemerhorn
Hampton Man Kratochvil Killed by Train Near Hampton
Frank Kratochvil age 50 died Wednesday afternoon after stepping in front of southbound M. and St. L. No. 2 about half a mile north of Hampton. Funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. at his home with Rev. W. J. Drew officiating. burial in Hampton cemetery.Kratochvil, a Hampton native and former pharmacist, had worked at his father Frank Kratochvil’s cigar factory and earlier in Mason City and Clear Lake before ill health forced retirement three years ago. He was unmarried.
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Hampton
Frank .Ratochvil
M. and &J. L
W. J. Drew
Kratochvil
Hampton Cemetery
Mr. Jatochvil
Frank Kratochvil
Mason City
Clear Lake
Race horses in Cedar Falls training for Iowa season
Cedar Falls April 28 race horses are being stabled at Cedar Valley fairgrounds for training ahead of Iowa season opener. W J Fitzpatrick Iowa City rents to C W McMillan. David Reed Grundy Center. C Cummins pacer. H S Lemper two pacers. John McMillan to bring five horses owned by Gene Teller Fort Dodge.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Valley Fairgrounds
Iowa
W. J. Fitzpatrick
Iowa City
C. W. McMillan
McMillan
David Reed
Grundy Center
Cummins
H. S. Lemper
John McMillan
Fort Dodge
Gene Teller
Cedar Falls Canning Company
Salina
Kan
Stumme Improves Slowly in Denver Ta Address
John W. Stumme of Denver Ta is slowly improving and can sit up briefly. Elva Wehling, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Wehling, fractured her arm in a roller skating fall last week. Miss Trula Lorenzen underwent appendectomy and is convalescing well. Mrs Abner Tippy recovers after gallstone removal at Presbyterian hospital Waterloo. Rev Mr Schoenbohm travels to Iowa City for lymphoma treatment.
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Denver
John W. Stumme
Elva Wehling
Herman Wehling
Trula Lorenzen
Abner Tippy
Presbyterian Hospital
Waterloo
Mr Schoenbohm
Iowa City
Ruth Putnam Leaves Mitchell for Arizona Teaching Post
Miss Ruth Putnam, fifth and sixth grade teacher, will not seek reelection in Mitchell Iowa next year. She is under consideration for a position in Arizona. Miss Cordelia Ahrens is elected her successor. Prof Littelle, Miss Mayer and Miss Sonnie will return.
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Arizona
Mitchell
Ruth Putnam
Cordelia Ahrens
Prof
Littelle
Mayer
Sonnie
Special Women’s Missionary Society Meeting May Fifth
Gresham W M S Geneseo Iowa reports its monthly gathering set for May 5 at the home of Mrs. G L Herman.
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Gresham W. M. S. Geneseo
Special Women's Missionary Society
College Head Quits After Ill Health
Burlington Iowa April 28 President W S Smith of Iowa Wesleyan College tendered his resignation to the board of trustees at Mount Pleasant citing ill health. The resignation will be considered at the May 10 meeting.
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Qutts
Burlington
W. S. Smith
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Readlyn Celebrates Local Anniversaries in April
Readlyn Iowa marks milestones with the tenth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Henry Blasberg celebrated by friends. Birthday anniversaries noted for Mrs Anna Rommel Arthur Zahn and Wil Brockmann. Christening ceremonies held Sunday with El Dora Rose and Darlene Ester names for new arrivals. A surprise party honored Mr and Mrs Christ Everding on their twentieth anniversary.
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Courier
Readlyn
Henry Blasberg
Anna Rommel
Arthur Zahn
Wil Brockmann
Henry Lobeck
Eldora Rose
August Schlawitz
Darlene Ester
Everding
Everly Minister Delivers Sermon in Tripoli Church
Tripoli Ja April 28 Rev Roy Dass Everly Ia preached at the Congregational church. His wife and daughter accompanied him here Mr and Mrs H H Schmidt entertained a group Sunday in celebration of their twenty fifth wedding anniversary.
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Courier
Tripoli
Roy Dass
Everly
Congregational Church
Manchester to Repave Franklin Street, April Action
Manchester city council, in a special meeting, unanimously ordered repaving of Franklin Street from Butler Street to Clara Avenue. The 1911 paving had a concrete base with crushed rock and asphalt surface that has deteriorated, especially in the southern part. Property owners urged no special assessments as they had already paid for paving.
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Manchester
Franklin Street
Butler Street
Clara’ Avenue
Misapplied Economy The City Council Holds Fault Not Its
The council states that the mistaken theories of economy led to a cheaper payment being ordered. They argue the fault lies with those theories, not with city authorities, and that residents should not be charged again due to the petition concerning property conveyance.
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Onviery
Foley Pills diuretic ad from Petersburg VA
A Petersburg Virginia reader touts Foley Pills as a diuretic that eases back pain and lumbago. The testimonial claims the product stops the need to stoop or rise with pain and promises prompt improvement with guaranteed satisfaction. Sold everywhere.
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Blick
Petersburg
Foley
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