Canoeing in Flood Becomes Front Page Adventure
Burton Burritt and Wendell Webb of the Courier covered a flood canoeing incident that turned into a harrowing escape. They rode the Black Hawk Creek flood from Webb's canoe house to a tree shelter, were rescued by Fireman Stephenson and City Electrician McGowan, and joked about losing Burritt's paddle stuck in a maple while recounting the ordeal.
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Wendell Webb
Courier
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Burritt
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Bur- Titt
Park Avenue
Mullan Avenue
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Wabb
Mack Black Hawk
Paths Avenue
Lip Street
Vinton Tailoring Building Destroyed by Explosion and Fire
A Vinton Louisiana building housing tailoring and dry cleaning burned after an explosion near noon yesterday. The frame structure on Fourth Street suffered total loss with an estimated $8,000 damage and $4,500 insurance. Mrs Fitch and Miss Josephine Meblarpy lost clothing worth hundreds. The Jameson Grocery and Center Clothing Store nearby sustained smoke and glass damage. origin of the blast remains unknown.
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Vinton
Fourth Street
Na Grant Tyalue
Hear Or Ure
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Fitch
Josephine Meblrpy
Viltage
Jameson Grocery
Building Destroyed Belonging to Mrs Steuer
An abstracted report notes a damaged structure described as destroyed and linked to Mrs. WLM Steuer. The readable text mentions incomplete details about the incident and the person associated with the building.
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Wlm Steuer
Editor Thomasay Disappears from Shellsburg Then Joins Navy
Shellsburg editor Bert Thomsaey disappeared last spring after saying he would go to Anamosa on business. Recently it was learned he enlisted in the navy and is now in the Virgin Islands. No motive or reason for his sudden departure is known.
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Bert Thomsaey
Shellsburg Advance
Anamosa
Navy
Virgin Islands
Pair Honeymoons as Their 22 Children Are Keeping House
Carl Schrieber of Charter Oak and Mrs Juliana Jones of Clinton wed after a 10 day acquaintance and began a honeymoon at northern lakes. Both have been married twice before and each has 11 children.
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Charter Oak
Carl Schrieber
Juliana Jones
Clinton
Schrieber
Oelwein Plans Bid Specs for Street Resurfacing Project
Oelwein Iowa city council moved to lay out specifications to receive bids for resurfacing about 33 000 yards of worn paving. The city reports extensive summer improvements including 49 blocks of paving near completion and a $456 000 disposal plant. A new well south of Del wel will furnish extra fiber and a $200 000 high school is under construction for the coming September school year.
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Oelwein
Delwel
Vinton Man Weds Postville Woman at Little Brown Church
Horace Port of Vinton and Miss Ailee Powers of Postville married Monday afternoon at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Port, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Port, has lived in Vinton all his life and will teach at Rochester high school after a wedding trip. The bride has visited Vinton, and the couple will reside in Rochester.
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Vinton
Littis Brown
Nashua
Horace Port
Misa Ailee Powers
Postville
Port
G.A. Port
Kentucky
Coe College
Rochester, Minn
Rochester
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