Hardin County Rebekah Lodge Convention at Ackley
Seven Hardin county Rebekah lodges will send delegates to the May 6 convention in Ackley with Mrs May Welch of Des Moines and Mrs Rose Will of Mason City attending. Hamp ton lodge to exemplify the Rebekah degree. officers named include Sule Frantz Ackley president and Edythe Tuam Ackley secretary. Other represented towns are Alden Iowa Falls Buckeye Hubbard Eldora Union and Ackley. The report also notes Rev. Herman Humke’s pastoral call to Punxsutawney Pennsylvania and the death of Mrs. Henry Flessner near Cleves with funeral arrangements at the Kastriesland Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
Hardin County
May Welch
Des Moines
Rose Will
Mason City
Wil
Hampton Lodge
Sule Frantz
Burton
Iowa Falls
Herman Humke
John F. Humke
First Presbyterian Church
Punxsutawney
General Assembly
Flessner
Henry Flessner
Here
Cleves
Ekastriesland Presbyteran Church
F. W. Engleke
Idarle “Justing Flessner
Kenny Fiessner
Anna
Kate Plessner
Casper Jutting
Not
hee +s
Ters
Oakis Sheffield
Henry Citas
John
Abbe
Will Jutting
Hobby Show Awards Made At Cedar Falls
Entries from Butler and Black Hawk counties judged at the Cedar Falls hobby show with awards across rocks stamps curios and relics arrowhead small hardware and other categories. Winners include Armand Wildema Cedar Falls for rocks Dover, and J F Gross Jr Cedar Falls for arrowhead prizes, with winners in stamps, magazines, covers, and swellage categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Ceder Palls
Y.M. C
Black Hawk
Orig .Walters
Shell Rock
Istel
Armand Wildema
John May
Harold Hansen
Cedar Falla
Robert Johnson
Parkersburg
Araty Puikip Biadine
Robert Schmidt
Cedar Palle
Meredith Dix
Earl Prahm
New Wartford
Jenkins
New Hartford
Best Garden by Vote Prompts City Prize in Oelwein
Prizes will be awarded by popular vote for the best improved front and back yards in Oelwein. Dr. Kennedy, president of the Oelwein First Women’s Club, is local chairman for the contest appointed by the national Bet ter Homes in America board. The board lists Hoover and notable figures among its members. The item also notes staff changes and local events including school entries in a state music contest and various community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haz Jeton
East Waterloo
Mrs Dorwin Rites Planned in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls April 29 Services for Mrs. Jacob Dorwin Cedar Falls woman who died in Tulsa Oklahoma Saturday will be held here Thursday at 2 p.m. at First Methodist church with Dr. W G Rowley officiating Burial will be in Fairview cemetery Mrs Dorwin 67 years old went to Tulsa three years ago to live with a daughter Mrs G A Conwell Mrs Conwell and a son Percy Bacon will accompany the body here Another son Dr L F Bacon resides here
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Cedar Falls
Jacob Dorwin
Tulsa
Okla
M. E
W. G. Rowley
Fairview
G. A. Conwell
Conwell
Fairbank Woman Dies After Two Year Illness
Fairbank Iowa April 29 The funeral of Mrs August Kilngfus who died Sunday after about two years of illness will be held Tuesday afternoon There will be a service at the home at 2 pm and one at St Johns Lutheran church at 230 Rev F W Bruch will officiate Mr and Mrs Louis Miller Jr are parents of a son born April 26
Rites Held for Dr Billingsley at Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls marked the funeral of Dr Albert M Billingsley a 42 year clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church with services at First Methodist. Pastor W G Rowley led the rites with fellow clergy including Dr B E J Lockwood F C Witzigman and Dr William G Crowder in attendance. The 69 year old preacher died Saturday afternoon at Sertort hospital after years of illness. He began preaching at 27 and served in multiple Ohio Iowa and Missouri appointments before retirement at Cedar Falls in 1927. He is survived by his wife and two sons Harry of Los Angeles and Dr Paul Billingsley of Sioux Falls. Burial followed in Manchester beside a daughter Ruth Billingsley Arnold.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Albert M. Billingsley
Clergman
Methodist ‘Episcopal Church
W. G. Rowley
J. Lockwood
William. G. Crowder
Birlingsley
Sertort Hospital
Lowellville
Andover
Mechanicsburg
College
North Bloomfield
Courtland
Youngstown
Ohio
Maple Avenue
St. Louis
Upper Iowa
Firstchirch
Clinton
Mbt
Vernon
Dubuque
Cornell College
Urchat
St. James
Cedar Rapids
Treer
West Union
Upper Town
Billingsley
Cedar Falls Methodist
Cedar Fells
Harry
Los Angeles
Cal
Paul Billingsley
Sioux Falls
Manchester
Ruth Billingsley Arnold
Baptist W. Mo. at Cedar Falls for convention
Approximately 70 delegates attend the semi annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Cedar Valley association of Baptist churches at First Baptist church Cedar Falls. Luncheon guests included Mrs Edith Ballard a long time India missionary and Mrs F L Asquith Waterloo state president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers College
Majid B. Jones
Trinity Baptist Church
Minneapolis
Columbia, College At
Tsland Park
Washington Park
J. Burns
Olve Street
Eighth
Ninth
Werestne
M. J. W Wilcox
A. J. Weiner
Riverview Park
Sartori Hospital
Riverview
Tionn
Stephen A. Bonn
West Twelfth Street
Altho
Iowa
Josephine Willard
Cedar Falls
Marion
Mary Nauman
Waterloo
Waverly
Opal Porter
Monticello
O F Lodges Mark 110th Anniversary at Church Service
Randalla Ja April 29 Odd Fellowship marked its 110th anniversary with Ran dalla T O O F and Rebekah lodges attending First M E church. The Rev C E Dun levy delivered the sermon and a silk flag was presented by the Women's Relief Corps with Mrs Anna Bennut and BD Domer speaking for the corps and Sunday school respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecousies Sprevit Saruver
Randalla
Odd Fellowship
Randalla T
Rebekah
M. E
C. E. Dunlevy
Women's Relief Corps
Anna Bennut
Domer
Tama Dogs Delinquent Tax Payers Plague Tama County
In Tama county more than 200 dogs are delinquent as owners have not paid the dog tax by April 1. Taxes run $2 for males and $5 for females plus a $1 penalty for late payment. The year’s total dog tax collected was $2,004, lower than last year’s take of $2,XXX.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Traer, Ja
Tama County
Amputation Follows Runaway Injury near Nashua
An infection from a runaway accident led to the amputation of the first joint of the left hand small finger of William Greenlees a farmer near hero Nashua Indiana on April 29. The injury occurred during the runaway incident and the infection necessitated the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
William Greenlees
Hero
American Woven Silk Developed for Parachutes
Navy textile experts announce an American woven silk fabric for parachutes to replace Japanese habutai. The material, tested by numerous jumps from fast planes, promises US supply independence and saving over 125 dollars per chute. Six hundred chutes ordered at 201 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Navy
United States
Japan
Italy
China
Joshua Miller
James E. Sullivan
Insel
A. E. Park Sells Park Drug Store in Porte City
Meryl Terry of Waverly bought the Park drug store from A. E. Park in Porte City on April 29, taking possession. Park had run the business 12 years after purchasing from the Page brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Park and son Bobby will stay on for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Special Seralen
Porte City
Meryl Terry
Waverly
A. E. Park
Park Drug Store
Park
Page Brothers
Bobby
Literary Circle
Roy E.wagner
E. M. Haven
W., M. Brough
Inez Gilme
Masonic Hall
Galen Haven
Madeline Fosse
Thala MecChane
Mt. Vernon
Grex
Corhell College
Pioneer of Iowa 107 Year Old Isaac Wolgamot Funeral
Isaac Wolgamot aged 107, a Fairbank Iowa pioneer born February 7 1822 in Hagestown Maryland, died April 26 1926 at his son Samuel Wolgamot’s home in Lemon South Dakota. Funeral held at his home then Baptist church with Rev. A Van Benschoten and Rev. E F Austin assisting. He came to Iowa in 1853 homesteaded near Fairbank married Mary Anne Kirkendall in 1857. Surviving are four other sons James David Charles and J W Wolgamot two daughters Lizzie Wolgamot and Flora Short and the son at the home where he died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Fairbank
Isaac Wolgamot
Wright Bradley
Baptist Church
A. van Benschoten
E. F. Austin
Oelwein
Wolgamot
Hagerstown
Samuel
Lemon
S. D
Iowa
Mary Anne Kirkendall
J. W
James
David
Charles
Lizzie
Flora Short
Washington Observations on Hoover Law Commission
President Hoover faces difficulties in naming a high minded impartial law enforcement commission to probe prohibition beyond enforcement. Rumors link Justice Stone and Richard Washburn Child to key roles while others like Hughes, Taft, and Pepper are discussed. the move to form a five or nine member panel remains unsettled with White House silent on timing. The notice also covers Norman Prince’s memorial plans, Harvard's 1894 Republicans, Calvert manor, a banana tariff debate, and new female lawmakers Ruth Hanna McCormick and Ruth Bryan Owen aiming for major committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hoover
White House
Justice Stone
Supreme Court
Medicine Ball Cabinet
Law Enforcement Commission
Taft
Richard Washburn Child
Coolidge
Child Haa
U. S
Charles Evans Hughes
Las Strawn
Newton D. Baker
George Wherton Pepper
William Draper Lewis
American Law Association
Washington
Congress
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ruth Bryan Owen
House
McCormick
Naval Affairs Committee
Owen
Foreign Affairs
Band Delayed Home By Muddy Highways In April
Charles City Indiana April 29 members of the high school band spent over 12 hours returning from the Drake relays as soft roads and mud halted travel. The bus was pulled from mud by tractors en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Charles City
Drake
Mad-Parr
Oliver Farm
Chicago
Hart-Parr Company
Hattie Pillasch
H. Kelley
Paul
Agusta Clemens
Oakley Pomeroy
Milwaukee Street
Cedar Valley Hospital
Farley
Harry Farley
Waterloo
Slacyville
Educators Plan Vacations at State College
Cedar Falls April 29 Several faculty members outline summer plans at the State Teacher College. Some remain for the full summer session then take recreation until fall. Others leave after spring term. Alison Aitchison will attend the International Geographical Society meeting in Paris and travel Europe before fall term. Belva Swallwell accompanies her. Marguerite Uttley will tour Alaska for several weeks. Leave of absence granted for study at Wisconsin Madison Iowa City and Chicago University. H F Timmons to Des Moines May 1 as supervisor of methods for Northwestern Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
fCourier
Cedar Falls
State Teacher A College
Ene
Alison Aitchison
Geographical
Natural Science
International Geographical Society
Paris
Europe
Belva
Swallwell
Marguerite Uttley
Alaska
Robert W. Getchell
State University of
Great Results From Compound Read by Jesup Clubwomen
Local club activities fill the week in Jesup and nearby towns with meetings hosted by Mrs. F. N. Place and Mrs. Susan Miler along with Entre Nous and Every Other Friday clubs. A Meltonville talk features Mrs. Will Lyburger on community development, while a Brainerd reader praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for improving health and energy for housework duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesup
F. N. Place
E. O. FP
Bridge Club
Entre Nous Club
Susan Miler
F.C. Walker
GC. B. Ganlere
Marshalltown
J. K. Ennis
Brainerd
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Maadiv Sarrin
Minnesota
Local figures named in Davenport district notes
Axel Johnson of Davenport leases Nels Boysen home at 3115 Main Street South. Miss Florence Lemill to become cashier in local office vacated by Mrs Timmons. Charles Leavitt, city resident, after studying for a doctorate at Chicago, will spend next year at the university as assistant to Dean Spencer in the commerce and business administration department, a scholastic appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axel, Johnson
Davenport
Nels Boysen
Main
Enyit
Charles Leavitt
Chicago University
Dean Spencer
Department of Commerce and Business
Man Trying to Wed Held for Insanity in Iowa
Melville Devis of Des Moines was taken into custody in Hardin county while attempting to obtain a marriage license for a bride-to-be. He faces an insanity charge and was to be returned to Des Moines today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Melville Devis
Des’ Moines
Hardin County
Polk County
Davis
Des Moines
Combination rate for power set at Traer
Traer Iowa April 29 special the Traer municipal electric light and power plant has adopted a combination rate reducing electricity for cashing as well as light and power to become effective at once Death of Mrs Fletcher Independence Ia April 29 special Words received here Sunday afternoon of the death of Mrs W Fletcher at her home in Glenwood Ia She is survived by her husband and one daughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
Traer Municipal Electric Light and Power Plant
Fletcher
Independence
W. Fletcher
Gleenwood
Konjola touted as cure in Waterloo ads
The Konjola Man travels to Waterloo at 239 East Fourth Street and 229 Mast Ponely Street to tout Konjola as a universal remedy. Claims report huge sales and dramatic improvements in chronic stomach and digestive ailments with endorsements from Waterloo residents like George Lincoln Shanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Wangler Brothers Drug Store
East Fourth Street
Konjola
America
Konjala
George Lincoln Shanks
Randolph Street
Medeine Koninia
TS Hava
Kerntsia
Kanfale
Mr. Shanks
Datav
Kaniela
Mast Ponely
Atreck
Waterton
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J. FL. Cross
Jack Puller
Cedar ‘Falls
Statford Fenner
Odfray Atesser
Boys Glee Club
Gelwein High School
Town City
Gelwein
Bryantburg
Thomas Ray
Bushnell
T. A. Selbert
Ray
Williamsburg
Howard Luther
Early Teague
Milo Brown
Benton Harbor
Mich
Barred Heart High
Tulsa, Okla
Dr. Billingsley
Hancock County
Kanawha
O. F
Fayette Court
Young Woman's Missionary Society
Courier Special Service
Oclwein
Hiram Whitney
Whitney
W. J3. Stone
Hopkinton Undertaker
Oehler
Hopkinton
Naval Aircraft Factory
Qauggiot
Laporte
EL Dark
Frank McMullen
Robert
San Francisco
Santa Rosa
Peters
Walkie Towne
Ogden Fosse
Iowa City
Pioneer OF
New AY Age
Homestead
Frederic William Wise
Bishop Freeman
Washington Cathedral
Norman Prince
Lafayette Exquadrille
Frederick H. Prince
Massachusetts
Fort Myers
Arlington Cemetery
Mr. Prince
Fine Arts Commission
War Department
Prince
Harvard College
Farm Hill
George Holden Tinkham
Willam H. Stafford
Wisconsin
Hatsson
Caraway
Calvert Manor
Maryland
Capitol
Arkansan
Johnson
Galvert Manor
Maryland Avenue
Capitol Hill
Osraway
Congressional
Ais
Howard Smith
South Main Street
E. Pitstick
Rockwell Cy
Emma Schrader
Thomas Anderson
First Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Meltonville
Wil I. Lyburger
Burr Oak
Mitchell County
George L. Shanes
Phose
Ling-Cammeck
Bludlo
East Fourth St
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