Compromise Sought On Janesville Route With State Highway
Officials from Janesville and the state highway commission near agreement on the route for Primary No. 218. The council favors a through town road for safety and convenience, while the commission maintains its preferred routing skirted past Janesville. A group from Waverly offered help to resolve differences and push highway work this year.
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Courinn
Janesville
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Commission
Visitors Honored by Group Dinner in La Porte
Miss Minta Simmons entertained a group of relatives at dinner Monday at her La Porte home in honor of Dr and Mrs E E Vittles Miss Christina and Iligzie Vittles Waterford Pa and Miss Reed New Castle Pa who have been visiting relatives in the area and left yesterday for Minneapolis Others from out of town included Mr and Mrs George Reynolds and son and Mr and Mrs S E Kennan Vinton Mrs Audrey Mossill sons Raymond and Harold and daughters Dorothy and Mildred Waterloo Also present were Mrs Harve Bible and others in the area including Emma Batley and Mothers Jewels group to meet Friday at 2 30 at the home of Mrs Glenn Teeter.
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la Porte City
Minta Simmons
E. EB. Vittles
Christina
Iligzie ‘Vittles
Waterford
S. E. Kennan
Vinton
Audrey Mossill
Raymond
Harold
Dorothy
Mildred
Waterloo
Ohio
Charles Garling
Sidney
Rollie McKee
McKee
Waverly
Theodore Richards
Donald
Arlene Beal
William Grobe
Billy
Duluth
Minn
Woonsocket
Harve Bible
Randolph
Frank Ferrer
Emma Batley
C. A. Brust
Lefhi
Fargo
WN. D
Mothers’ Jewels
Glenn ‘Teeter
Man Dies on Farm In Putnam Township After 52 Years
West Union, Aug. William P. Philipp, aged si years, died at home in Putnam township where he resided for 52 years. He came with his parents to the township as a baby in 1857 and had lived there continuously. He is survived by a daughter.
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Feyette Man
West Union
Aug
William P. Philipp
Putnam Township
Banns Published for Hazleton Woman and Cedar Rapids Man
Banns of marriage for Alvina Thomas and James Tlarthy of Cedar Rapids were published at St. Marys Church in Hazleton on Sunday. Also noted is Mrs Roy Mahoney remaining in Gelwen hospital after an operation to relieve splints.
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Hazleton
Alvina Thomas
James Tlarthy
Cedar Rapids
St. Mary's Church
Roy Mahoney
Gelweln Hospital
Supreme Court Gets Delaware Drainage Suit
The Kramer drainage dispute from North Fork township, dated back to 1921, has been appealed to the state Supreme Court by the plaintiffs in House vs Kramer and Schemmel vs Kramer. Judge Hasner ruled for Kramer finding no basis for the plaintiffs’ claim. Costs so far near $1,000, with appeal costs to follow.
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Courier Sevier Service
Manchester
North Fork Township
State Supreme Court
R. W. Hasner
Kramer
Glarksville Notes Picnic Ties To County Events
Large crowd attends the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school picnic at Pershing Park. Rev. B E Mitchell ends duties. Rev. Mr. Grant will lead services the next Sabbath. Cannery prep underway as Glarksville readiness boosts sweetcorn pack. Local residents attend various social events and business changes noted.
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Courier Syeet
Clarksville
Pershing
Perk
B.E. Mitchell
Janesville
M. B
Grant
Boston
Mass
Kensington
G. W. Gough
M. BE. Ladies’ Aid Society
Glarksville Cannery
Sweetcorn Pack
Abraham Spain
A. Spain
Oacoma
M. D
Spain
H. E. Knapp
Plainfield
Weverly
Waverly
J.S. Westfall
Los Angeles
Sarah Neal
Otto Miller
Don
WN. J. Mayland
Ruth Mayland
Cedar Falls
John Boyd
John Martin
Nore Springs
Baxter
Asphalt and Sand Will Be Applied to Oelwein Street
Oelwein city council plans a surface coat of asphalt and sand for First Avenue Northeast at about one dollar per lot foot. August activities include a garden department meeting August 8 with Mrs. George Wright. A flower show was set for August 28. A traffic offense resulted in a $24 fine and costs for Corigiano after a careless operation incident near the airport field. Des Moines, Allison construction workers and local residents are mentioned in passing.
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Courier
Oelwein
First Avenue
Garden Department
Oclwein Women’s Departmental Club
George Wright
Doe Corigiano
Des Moines
Allison
Thomas Edgar
Amere
Falls
R.A. Burch
Hazleton
Mr. Burch
Osiwein
Marshal
Earl Rhine
W. L. Watt
Dey
Dukush
Mio
Watt
Seon
Cota
Pela‘rambauer
Denver
JL. A. Mogaw
Charles Thomas Dies After Prolonged Illness at Cedar City
Charles Thomas died at Cedar City after a three month illness caused by a stroke of paralysis. He came to Cedar City from Hartford six years ago. Survived by his widow, a son William, and a daughter Vant.
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Chas. Thomas
Cedar City
Cedar Falls
Charles Thomas
Ius
Ce City
Cedar Guy
Hartford
Aieas
William
Airplane Crash Fatal to Amateur Aviator John Bovis
John Bovis, 40, formerly of Oelwein, Iowa, died Tuesday afternoon in a Cincinnati, Ohio, airplane crash after buying a plane. Relatives here report details are scarce. He had worked in the automobile business in Cincinnati and recently pursued aviation. Surviving relatives include his wife and three children, siblings Earl, Lon, Hamilton, Walter, and Mrs. Charles Zola, with in laws and other kin listed.
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Oelwein
Anz
John Bovis
Jolie
Cincinnati
Eavis
A. J. Lathimer
Ochwein
John George
Woodstock
J. 5. Cole
Earl
Lon
Hamilton
O. Walter
Swea City
Charles Zola
Beauty Spot Created at Dumping Ground in Independence
A dump at Independence’s east end of Thira street now serves as a beauty spot. Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Tidball and W. F. Mason carted river silt to form a lush grass area with a rustic path, fountain basin, water lilies, and cattails. Benches and a swing provide a pleasant picnic ground within three blocks of the business district. Mrs. Albert Leytze, visiting from California, saw her mother in Dubuque and met George Schwartz’s family. Independence Canning Company plans to begin sweetcorn processing around August 20, with about 500 acres contracted and a strong yield expected.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
C. W. Tidball
W. F. Mason
Thira Street
Tidball
Dubuque
Albert Leytze
California
George Schwartz
Charles Schwartz
Leytze
Key City
Readlyn Farewell Dinner Honors Prigges Before Move
Mr and Mrs Alfred Prigge were hosted at Mrs Will Klemp's house for a farewell dinner before moving to New Richland Minnesota. Guests included Mr and Mrs Lai Ehlert and Dr and Mrs E N Osnes. Rev and Mrs Herman Meier and children from Lockport New York spent time with John Meier en route to a synodical convention in Omaha Nebraska. Eunice Mas was christened, daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Poock. Families Douglas Cooper Elmer Hinricks and Mrs Fred Hinricks visited relatives in Readlyn.
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Courter Specwal Semee
Readign
Alfred Prigge
Will Klemp
New Richland
Minn
Lai Ehlert
E. N. Osnes
Herman Meier
Lockport
N. Y
John Meier
Omaha
Neb
Eunice Mas
Douglas Cooper
Elmer Hinricks
Fred Hinricks
New Hartford Club Picnic Hosts Guests and Games
New Hartford Indiana August 8 members of the New Hartford Worzman club enjoyed a riverside picnic hosted by Mrs. B S Norton on the West Fork bank. Miss Rose Morrison Pasadena Calif won a guessing contest with Mrs W J Harmon also attending. Women’s Christian Temperance union will meet August 9 at Mrs W P Dodd’s home with Mrs W E Hunter leading a lesson on christian citizenship. Forrest Corvin Eugene Baldwin and Jack Skeel began a car trip to California to work for a fruit grower. The 240 man steel bridge north of town has arrived and work will start once the old steel is removed.
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W. E. Hunter
Forrest Corvin
Eugene Baldwin
Pind Jack Skeel
California
Party for Relatives at Denver Home
A reunion and family gathering occurred at the Hattie Fink residence in Denver on Sunday with relatives present. The Bast family reunion followed at Louis Mohlin’s Denver home. Beards pitching and Matty’s hitting helped a victory as plans mentioned facing Tripoli players Ab in the same city on Sunday.
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Maurey
Bernice
Denver
Hattie Fink
Bast
Louis Mohlin
Denver Nine
Beard
Matty
Tripoli
Donors Support Barclay Graveling Fund Half Raised
Local contributors donate half of the fund for Barclay Graveling as Aug. 8 reports detail gravel hauling by Archie Hayes and the Mourter Special Service. Threshing at Orville Schmitt’s began Aug. 1 with 150 dumps on an 80 rod stretch. Weather clues hint at early frost and crops remain good in Hancock county.
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Mourter
Barclay
Archie
Hayes
Orville Schmitt
Howard Burin
David Schmitt
Hancock County
Kopegky
Duncan
Pukeng
George Wellner
Readlyn marks pastor's jubilee at St Pauls Lutheran
The twenty fifth anniversary of Rev Theodore Frese's ordination as pastor of St Pauls Lutheran in Readlyn was celebrated with a surprise cash gift and a clerical gown for the jubilee. Rev A H Seaman preached the sermon in Readlyn park with a mixed choir anthem and a program by confirmation class and youth leaders. A picnic supper followed with games and out of town guests from Osage Davenport Neb Seward Neb Klinger Fairbank Spring Fountain Artesian Waterloo and others.
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Readlyn
Theodore Frese
St. Paul's Lutheran
A. H. Seaman
Immanual Lutheran Church of Waterloo
Young People's Society
Arnold Meyerhoff
Osage
Mr. Frese
Jagels
Schroeder
Davenport
Neb
Jegels
Seward
Wneb
L.yockey
Klinger
F. Bruch
Fairbank
H. Reiskowsky
Spring Fountain
Theodore Hanssen
Bremer
Melcher
Artesian
KE. J. Studt
Add
E. Gerlach
Waterloo
William Danker
A A. G. Mueller
William Kuhri
Half century old romance leads to Buchanan wedding
Hazleton Aug 8 The marriage at Independence Tuesday afternoon joined Mrs. Ethel Huber Stockton California and H Latham this place. The union grew from a romance halted 40 years earlier when both lived in Illinois. Rev A G Martyn officiated. The groom is 74 years old.
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Buchanan
Courier
Hazleton
Independence
Ethel Huber
Stockton
Cal
H. Latham
Literary Club to Resume Activity in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls diary notes the Nineteenth Century club resumes its 35th year Sept 18 with a reception at Mrs. Clarence M. Parker's home. A 26-meeting calendar includes a joint session with the Tuesday Club April 2. Membership stands at 32. Officers and committees listed. Also mentions Cedar Falls concert band with two concerts this week featuring George Stevens, Wilbur Riedel, and Grant Bailey. Dr. William L. Hearst returns from Wesleyan Memorial Hospital after a skin graft on his left hand and will resume practice soon in Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
M. Parker
E. 0. Finkenbinder
J. S&s. Clark
Robert B. Fearing
A. T. Clark
A. R. Baxter
Cedar, Falls
State Teachers College
George Stevens
Sioux City
Wilbur Riedel
Grant H. Bailey
State Board of Education
Wiliam L. Hearst
Chicago
Wesleyan Memorial Hospital
Cedar Palls
Washington Twp L A S Will Meet Aug 15
Courier Special Service Washington Ip Aug 8 Regular meeting of the Ladies Aid society will take place at the home of the president Mrs Harold Baskins Wednesday afternoon Aug 15 A group of young people Cecile Running Florence Duffy Isa bell Shaffer Roger Messerly Ross Shafer and Audrey Shaffer spent the weekend at McGregor and other places of interest in Iowa and Wisconsin.
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Courier
Washington
Ladies' Aid Society
Harold Baskins
Cecile Running
Florence Duffy
Isabell Shaffer
Roger Messerly
Ross Shafer
Audrey Shaffer
McGregor
Iowa
Wisconsin
Contract for $12,000 residence let at Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls August 8. A construction contract for a $12,000 brick residence was let by Charles Gison to George Pepin. The house will be erected at eighteenth and Washington streets.
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Courier Special Service
Cedar Falls
Charles Gison
George Pepin
Eighteenth
Washington Streets
Funeral Rites for Mrs. G. J. Bunger Held at Tripoli
Funeral services for Mrs. G J Bunger were held in the Evangelical church at Tripoli with Rev Karl Koehler in charge. Burial followed in the parish cemetery. Families visiting relatives included Henry Fink and daughter Betty Jean of Minneapolis, Mr and Mrs John Fink senior, and Mrs James Peacock returning to Bloomington Wisconsin after a week with a new granddaughter. August Plagens returned from St Francis hospital Waterloo after an operation. F W Hale after an operation at Borchert hospital has moved home and is recovering.
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Tripoli
G. J. Bunger
Evangelical Church
Karl Koehler
Henry Fink
Litte
Betty Jean
Minneapois
Mina
James Peacock
Bloomington
Wis
L. O. Peacock
August Plagens
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
F .W. Hale
Borchert Hospital
Start to Drill Janesville Well
Drilling has begun on the municipal waterworks well in Janesville after voters approved bonds. The bore is on town property behind Baish meat market. High Cedar River water forced local families to cross a ravine by boat to reach cottages upriver. Threshing crews are active and weather looks favorable for completion soon. Mrs. Fred Timm of McGregor underwent an appendectomy in Waverly and is recovering well. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Shores left for a week at Half Moon Lake. J. Rundiles, daughter Mary, and F. J. Gibbs of Waterloo are visiting New York state in Gibbs’ car.
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Courier Special Service
Janesville
Cedar River
Roger
DuBois
Fred Timm
McGregor
Waverly Hospital
W. A. Greenlee
B. B. Shores
Half Moon Lake
Wis. J
Rundiles
Mary
F. J. Gibbs
Waterloo
New York State
Mr. Gibbs
Marriage Notice From Nashua Little Brown Church
Cards announced the marriage of Miss Mabel Rose Sediacek and Edward Francis Mac Kay on Sunday August 5 at the Little Brown Church in the Vale near Nashua. The notice appeared in Tuesday correspondence from St Ansgar Ta.
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St. Ansgar
Mabel Rose Sediacek
Edward Francis MacKay
Little Brown
the Vale
Nashua
Seven room bungalow to rise at 300 Sixth Ave Chad City
Charles City Iowa Aug 8 a seven room bungalow will begin soon on vacant lot 300 Sixth avenue by H J Fitegerald for rental. Lev Smith has contract. Miller Funeral. Rev G A Megs preached for John N Miller at family home Riverton township burial Beck Cemetery. Donald Baughman and Naomi Stone announce marriage July 14 Mt Washington Mo. Must reroof houses. City council extends time for reroofing EB Sherman south side and W H Fairbanks near Catholic church per fire resistant shingles ordinance upheld by Judge Kelty. Moon's filling station between Ruth and Nora Springs robbed of candy gum tobacco cigars worth missing. gas believed target. FP Martin and Florence Floyd returned from Cherny Valley IL after death of Gene Brown former resident. 4-H demonstration Aug 13 Eleanor Baur Ames coaches teams for state fair. Flower show attendance by E B Stowell Riverside greenhouse. in Chicago. H S Band picnic at Miner cottage north of city. Farm Bureau play Osage Ia Aug 8 special St Ansgar county bureau presented Mammy's Little Wild Rose Tue Rock Creek hall. play to Stacyville Friday.
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Courier
Charles City
Eixth Avenue
H. J. Fitegerald
Lev Smith
Miller
G. A. Megs
John N. Miller
Riverton Township
Beck Cemetery
Baughman-Stone
Donald Baughman
Kansas City
Naomi Stone
Grand River
Mt. Washington
EB. M. Sherman
W. H. Fairbanks
Keltey
Rod
Moon
Rucd
Nora Springs
Martin
Florence
Floyd
Cherny Valley
Gene Brown
Eleanor Baur
Ames
E. B. Stowell
Riverside
Chicago
Bremer Co Couple Announces Marriage
Fredericksburg August 3 An announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Ruth Adams and Lloyd Benz at the Baptist parsonage. Rev C S Carroll officiated. They will reside at the home of the bridegroom's father. Also noted was the third annual O Day family reunion at Fredericksburg Park with Mrs Willan McClure elected president and Miss Margaret ODay secretary treasurer. Attendees included numerous O Day family members from Fredericksburg Sumner New Hampton Waterloo and Leroy township.
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Courier
Fredericksburg
Ruth Adams
Lloyd Benz
Baptist Parsonage
Aresco
Carrol
O Day
Frederika
Willan McClure
Sumner
Margaret O'Day
William O'Day
HS. O'Day
W. J. O'Day
Guy Helmbolt
Virgil Leach
Clark. Helmbolt
James Ramke
Kate
Morse
Mary Ellsworth
Allen Gutknecht
William McClu
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