Evangelical Church Holds Annual Assembly at Cedar Falls
The Town Evangelical church convenes a ten day session at Riverview park Cedar Falls beginning Thursday with devotional services at 2 pm and a series of biblical lectures led by Dr. Charles A. Mack. Bishop L V W Seager is expected to attend despite injuries. Local clergy and laity will participate with women serving meals in the dining hall and many clergy families staying in park cottages.
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Cedar Falls
L. V W. Seager
le Mars
Asbaymen
F. R. Blakely
Cedar Rapids
Destructive and constructive forces of St Ansgar discussed by youths
Eight young college students from St Ansgar gathered at the Methodist Episcopal church for a Sunday evening discourse on the forces shaping the town. Miss Christie Kleinwort chaired the event with sections on educational, social, recreational, and religious aspects presented by students from Grinnell Cornell and Iowa.
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St. Ansgar
Methodist Episcopal
Ab Ansgar
Charistie” Kleinwort
John
Justin Gund
Grinnell College
Freda Zemensk
Alma Jansen
Cornél College
Russell Morgan
Sh’ College of Osteopathy
Forrest: Nickerson
Cornell, College
Florence Bernstein
Cornell College
Charlotte Kleinworth
the Unversity of
Iowa
Funeral Rites for Mary A Wood in Independence
Independence Iowa August 19 Funeral services for Miss Mary Adelly Wood were held Saturday afternoon conducted by Rev F H Wyrick of Jesup Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery She died Friday from influenza complications she had been ill for months Born Lima New York May 12 1848 she was the daughter of Francis and surviving six brothers Edward A George F Charles Myron D Wells WW Arch and others
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Independence
Mary Adelly Wood
F. H. Wyrick
Jesup
Oak
Grove
Miss Wood
Lima
N. Y
Francis Wood
Barnett Dry Goods
Edward A
George F
Charles
Myron D
Des Moines
Wells
Ontario
Ore
Arch
Oak Ridge
Mrs James Noble of Vinton Dies at Age 72
Emma Coutts Noble, born in 1868 in Benton County, died Saturday in Vinton after a period of ill health from paralysis. She was married to James Noble in 1879 and is survived by her husband and two children, Bessie and Roseov M. Millan. The article also notes a Farm Bureau Picnic at Riverside Park with about 2,590 attendees and various community events. Former pastor Rev John Boetram and family are visiting town.
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James Noble
Benton County
Emma
Coutts
Bessie
Roseov M. Millan
Buffalo
N. Y
Eden Township
Res. John Boetram
St. Paul
Mr. Boretram
Cedar Falls Pastor Preaches at Nashua
About 500 people attended a Sunday service at Little Brown’s church in Nashua. Dr Bruce Giffen, pastor of Cedar Falls, delivered the sermon on a Sunday afternoon with musical support from the Business Men’s Male quartet.
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Little Brown
Vale
Nashua
Bruce Giffen
Cedar Naplda
Eagle Center Prepares for Big Community Homecoming
Eagle Center committees plan a chicken dinner and supper for the annual homecoming on Wednesday August 22. Mr and Mrs J D Carey Chester South Dakota have returned home after two weeks at the parish house. Miss Velma Henely of Wauconda South Dakota visits Mr and Mrs Ed Reming. she is Mrs Reming's sister.
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Eagle Center
Hudson Club to Begin Study Year September 25
Hudson Iowa community notices announce the Tuesday Study Club will start a four unit program on September 25 focusing on Books in the Home Art in the Home Music in the Home and Patriotic and National Music. The club has 25 current members and a planning committee listed.
Willard Grant Named Pastor in Clarksville Church
Nashua Iowa reports Rev. Willard Grant to pastor Clarksville First M E Church, a Nashua pastor’s cousin. they graduated Boston University together years ago. Marriage of Melville Scott and Betty Thompson occurred Saturday in Clarksville with Rev. Grant officiating.
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Methodist Church
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Melville W, Scott
Traci
Betty Thompson
Mr. Grant
Childrens Home
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Bernice Butler
Undies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
North Iowa Fair
Templar
A. Raymond Grant
Knights Templars of
Sam Z. Williams
Charles’ City
Paul’ Betz
Nuashia State Bank
Bremer Co W C T U Plans Waverly Church Meeting
Bremer County W C T U will meet Wednesday at the Waverly Baptist church with Mrs Louise Hollister as principal speaker. The afternoon program features a talk on New Fashionista Mothers and the evening program includes It s Up to You. Officers re-elected include Esther Harmon Ophelia Woodring Edna McKpheris and Pantie Tagersoll. In county news Waverly bakery business changes hands to Strawberry Pont owners.
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Sere Waverly
Chrishma
Waverly Uni
Altini Kerm
Esther Harmon
Ophelia Woodring
Edna McKpheris
Pantie Tagersoll
Hollister
Busy week ahead at State Teachers College Cedar Falls
A tight schedule features a final faculty meeting, concerts by the Minnesingers and Troubadours with baritone Philip Shutt and tenor Craig Ellyson, and soprano Erma Stewart Michael senior recital with Lois Roush. Also Bohumil Shimek lectures on Plants of Town.
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Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Minnesingers
Philip Shutt
Craig Ellyson
Waterloo
Leonard Jensen
Massa
de Cold Cold Ground
Erma Stewart Michael
Lois Roush
Janet Little
Michael
Frederick Schmidt
Roush
Little
Alla Freeman
Bohumil Shimek
Botanical Department
State University
Iowa City
Wilkinson
Island Park
Roy van Deest
Moline
Howard Parks
Parks
John Deere Company
L. C. Springer
Dumont
Riedel
West Third
M. Jd. Ferron
Dubuqque
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Rhonalts
Europe
A. A. Rhonalt
Denmark
Family reunion at Marble Rock honors aged woman
Marble Rock hosts a family reunion from August 11 to 21 honoring Mrs. WH Vorhers and her son Aly of Wichita Kansas. The event marks one of the ninety year birth anniversary milestones for Mrs. Lauliss Vorhers, the mother of Mr. Varhnes.
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Aly
Wietita
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Laulss Vorhers
Couple Injured as Gravel Truck and Car Collide
Jourier Special Service Marble Rock Aug 13 Mr and Mrs Fred Enabit of this place were taken to Mason City hospital after a collision between a mute mobile and a loaded gravel truck at Oaks schoolhouse Intersection Enabut suffered fractures of three ribs and a leg bone plus a head wound and possible internal injuries Evabit was not seriously hurt
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Fred Enabit
Mason City Hospital
Mobile
Oaks Schoolhouse
M Enshu
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Winning Family Reunion to Be Held in 1929 Summer
The Winning family annual reunion for 1929 will occur July 27 at Sumner Park after a 1928 meeting at Pred. G. Gilemmaan farm. Ninety relatives attended the event which also celebrated Chris Winning's birthday. Plans for homecoming services of the Methodist Episcopal church on August 19 are under way with former members and pastors invited to return. Rev G Nothdurit is pastor.
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Hawkeye
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Winning
Sumner Park
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Nothdurit
Nashua Women to Booth at Big Four Fair
Nashua W C T U will join Charles City Group in maintaining a Big Four fair booth this year. At Kendall home the last meeting featured music by Lucile McGregor and Inna Russell and a Grace Van Slyke reading.
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Nashua
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Charles City
Kendall
W. T. Lytle
Lucile McGregor
Inna Russell
Grace van Slyke
Birdsie Robinson
C. L. Johnson
Bridge
Mary Granger
Been Patterson
Fonds
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Lakeshore
Allen Watte
Albuquerque
N. M
Galen
Roy
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Southwest
Bradford
Little Brown Church
George W. Ludwig
Margaret J. Garlick
Cresco
Tommy G. Peters
Gilmore City
F. Gail Cradwick
Marshalltown
Henry A. Halverson
Melba ¥. Stout
Funeral for Ft. Dodge Woman Held in La Porte City
Funeral services for Mrs. J. H. Connell of Ft. Dodge will take place in La Porte City at the Presbyterian church. She died after a long heart illness and will be laid to rest beside family in the local home of her sister Mrs. David Allison. Also noted are local visits and a childhood injury from a fall suffered by Maye Parks.
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G Courier
J. H. Connell
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Allison
William Booth
Handley
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Maye Parks
HT Parks
Annual Dairy Day Scheduled in Fredericksburg Event
Fredericksburg will hold its annual Dairy Day on August 15 featuring home economy exhibits train and livestock displays street entertainment and concessions. The program includes a baseball game between Hawk Eye and Tripoli with remarks by D. D. Offnga Bremer County agent.
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Courier
Fredericksburg
Hawkeye
Tripoli
D. D. Offtlnga
Bremer County
Summer Term at Teachers College Ends August Twenty Fourth
Cedar Falls report states the State Teachers College summer session will close on August 24. Both students and faculty push to depart by noon that day. The fall semester will begin September 12, with plans to maximize the vacation period under the new calendar.
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Teachers College
Maurier Spreiat
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Escapes With Slight Injury When Auto Is Struck by Freight
Independence August 13 E. J. Peck Hazleton escaped with minor bruises after his automobile was struck on a railroad crossing by a Missouri Central freight train. The car’s windshield broke and the exterior dented. Mrs Peck escaped before the impact.
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Hazleton
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Gravel project in Floyd finished near Dougherty Iowa
Moe and Nelson of Belmond completed two miles of graveling in Floyd county near Dougherty as project No 24 and on Saturday began two miles in Scott township and one mile east of the Cerro Gordo line. A street peddler was freed after returning money and merchandise including watches and pens falsely claimed as gold. Sam I. Williams had private funeral services in Nashua with Masons present before burial in Anamosa. A Legion contract dispute led to a $250 damage suit over a carnival’s failure to appear after contracts. Mary D. Korinke received $886.80 in warrants for county school funds. A marriage license was issued to C. A. Stoner and Anna Carlson. Everette Regel hosted a farewell dinner for Ralph and Roland Almquist.
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Charles City
Moe &. Nelson
Belmond
Dougherty
Scott Township
Cerro Gordo
Willams
Sam IL Willams
Raymond Grant
Nashua
Masonic Order
Anomdsa
Legion
McMahon Carnival
Lion’ Field
Atherton
Legion Post
Nora Springs
Mary D. Korinke
C. A. Stoner
Anna Carlson
Chicago
Lutherans Give 257 to Missions at C F Festival
Gedar Falls reports St. John s Lutheran church mission festival raised 257 for mission funds. Pastor Rev H W Siefkes announced the total at the event held on Simday in Gedar Falls.
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Gedar Falls
St. John's Lutheran Church
Simday
H. W. Siefkes
Small Girl Saved From Drowning in Buchanan Creek
Aug. 13 Independence carrier special reports three year old Jean Elle Rasmussen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rasmussen, Quasqueton, nearly drowned at Pine Creek when she waded too deep during a family picnic. J. W. Nelson and Harry Jensen rescued her as others watched. The group included families of J. W. Nelson Winthrop, Harry Jensen Independence, and Harry Sorenson Waterloo.
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Kemnerd
Independence
Jeanelle
Clarence Rasmussen
Quasqueton
Pine Creek
Snk
J. W. Nelson
Harry Jensen
J., W. Nelson
Winthrop
Harry Sorenson
Waterloo
Blind Man Seeks Sight of SevenYearOld Daughter
Charles H. Tracy, blind for 12 years, hopes to see his seven year old daughter Martha Fern. After his wife died in 1924, Tracy struggles on about one dollar a day with the help of friends, living with his daughter in Waterloo. Doctors near Marion, South Dakota, reportedly offer a knife free operation that could restore sight to Tracy, making Martha Fern more than a name to a blind man.
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Martha Fern Uve
Martha Fem Leing
Lone Rock
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Jefferson Street
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S. D
Ice Cream Renamed Cold Kisses Proves Popular in Berlin
Ice cream named cold kisses drives a surge in Berlin during summer heat. American style parlors and carts proliferate across Germany, with sales rising forty to fifty fold as the campaign spreads.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Dy Seerley 80 Today Follows Office Routine
Cedar Falls August 13 Dr H H Seerley president of Teachers college today celebrated his eightieth birthday by following the regular office routine. This evening he will be honored at a dinner party with members of the college faculty clubs and the Chamber of Commerce as guests. Dr Seerley will retire this month after two years as president of the school.
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H. H. Sceerley
Teachers College
Chamber of Commerce
Seerley Willl
Urbana Man Goes to Iowa City Hospital for Diabetes
Urbana Daily notice reports George Black is at Iowa City hospital for treatment of diabetes and complications. Births listed include a son for Clarence Cripps on Aug 7 and a son for Ray Ferguson on Aug 4, plus a daughter for L B Walker and wife from Wesley. John Hutt returns to Maren Ill after purchasing a carload of cattle. Oran Burrell seeking medical treatment at university hospital.
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George Black
Iowa Gily Hospital
Wnt
Clarence Cripps
Tursday
Ray Ferguson
Ef.’ W. Burrell
John Hutt
Maren
Oran Burrell
Town City
University Hospital
Postpone Thimblebee Charity Event in Jesup
The thimblebee planned for Presbyterian Gables Aid Society members at Mrs. Alfred Nesfeld's home in Jesup was postponed after Nesfeld was injured in a Sunday automobile accident. The event was to be held tomorrow but is rescheduled due to her injuries.
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Jesup
Presbyterian Gables
Alfred Nesfeld
France Tops Global Tourist Appeal This Summer
Paris reports France drawing most of the world travel business despite higher costs and new taxes. US traveler volumes show a small decline while arrivals linger with October lodging filling slowly. Most visitors still base in Paris, staying fewer days and buying less, as earlier boom years fade.
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London
Berlin
Rome
Jess
Dike area honors lodge member and local marriages
R H Stella of this place elected representative to the Brand lodge of I D O F district 38 based in Grundy Center Reinbeck Beman and Dike. He starts a second term. Wed Grundy Center Miss Ethel Syndergard and John Horstman wed Aug 8 by Justice Sieverding. Horstman son of August Horstman near Beinbeck. Farmers Co operative adds to coal sheds this week. Missionary and Ladies Aid plan picnic Aug 17 at Island Park Cedar Falls. Mr and Mrs H B Clausen and children visit. Fletcher family motor trip via Black Hills then Canada to see Bert Philpot.
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R. H
Stella
Brand Lodge
Grundy Center
Reinbeck
Beaman
Dike
Ethel Syndergard
John Horstman
Denmark
Clausen
B. H. Fletcher
Black Hills
Canada
Bert Philpot
Barclay Center Boy's Arm Broken in Fall
Clarence Schneider, son of Mr and Mrs Webb Schneider, broke an arm at the elbow in a fall from a tee while picking apples at Barclay Center. Theodore Turner returned home from a week visit with grandparents Mr and Mrs Ben Turner in Brandon.
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Barclay Center
Clarence Schneider
Webb Schneider
H. A. Cummings
Art Smith
Dunkerton
Theodore Turner
Ben Turner
Brandon
Funeral for Goleman Baumgardner In Osage
Goleman Baumgardner of Lake Park Minnesota was brought to Osage for burial Monday afternoon. The service took place at Champion funeral home with Rev. E B Frye presiding. He leaves a son and a daughter once living in Osage who were connected with race chores and were known as turf men.
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Goleman Baumgardner
Lake Park
Minn
Champion Funeral Home
E. B. Frye
Baumgardner
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