GE Wagon Romeo May Have Eloped with Young Girl
Des Moines aug 21 sheriffs of four counties and local authorities search for Alpha Bassett the so called grinnell iceman alleged to have eloped from Des Moines with 18 year old Wilma Wentzel now thought to be with her in Fort Dodge Boone or Grinnell Miss Wentzel faces district court charges after an arrest with her sister for a hearing related to Mrs Bassett the deserted wife bond set for appearance in two weeks Bassett used the name F P Hall and may face statutory charges reporters note he boasted of romantic exploits and resemblance to Bill Hall the movie star officers broadcast pictures to aid the arrest and say the couple may have left in Fort Dodge or Boone watches ended with no trace of their whereabouts.
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Des Moines
Alpha Dassett
Grinnell
Jrom
Wilma “Wentzel
Inés
Maines
Boone
Fort Dodge
B. Manson
Grin
Nell
Bassett
Manson
Romeo
Miss
Wentzel
Bond
Ford
Lown
George Yeager
Bill Hall
F. P. Hall
Webster County
Mystery of Manchester school population decline puzzled locals
In Manchester Iowa the 1922 to 1923 school census shows 91 fewer children ages 5 to 21, with two thirds of the drop attributed to fewer girls. Comparing ages 7 to 16, 1924 had 258 boys and 308 girls versus 249 boys and 279 girls this year, implying a modest population increase despite the mystery. Authorities verify accuracy, ruling out census error. The piece explores possible causes including war era demographics and marriage trends.
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Manchester
Iowa City
Lcense
Fire Hits Oelwein Electric Plant Core
Fire at the Oelwein Electric company plant in Oelwein Iowa damaged a 100 ton coke pile. Crews fought the blaze with water and shoveling around the center, with a loss earlier in 0-ton coke destruction similar to last year.
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Oelwein
Oelwein Electric Company
Sleeping sickness claims Delwein child in Is
Is Delwein, Iowa, Aug 21 six year old reports that three year old Rethat Tola Crain daughter of Mr and Mrs 4 R Crain died Saturday of sleeping sickness. Funeral held Sunday afternoon. Brookhart to speak on reconstruction in old world. Fort Dodge pastor Rev TJ Pettit says Brookhart is the most lied about man in America.
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Delwein
Old Papers Found Beneath Flooring At 216 Seventh Street
Workmen tearing up the Thrower home in Wasco estate uncovered a bundle of old newspapers including the Waterloo Reporter and a New York Journal dated July 1883. The papers intrigued workers with price quotations and historic advertisements found among the flooring debris.
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Waterloo Reporter
New York
Thrower
Seventh Street Coast
A. G. Wilford
Old Log House Described With Native Lumber Values
A description notes the old house built largely of logs using native lumber including black walnut white oak and red elk. It contrasts today’s valuations with those prices showing the unusually low comparative figures.
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Alpha Bassett
Wilma. Wentze
Oelwein Company
CORE
Delweln
Osteopathic
Waterloo
Park Ave
Jefferson
the Waterloo
Facialax Laboratories
Inn. la Salle
Root Sts
Chicago, Hi
Schuneman
Fourth Street
Lafayette
Mulberry-At Jefferson
Horson
Tometrist
GLASSES ISI_ BRIDGE
Wright
Sth St
Sis Seferson St
Carl C. Bickley
Leavitt and Johnson
Hes
Kurtz-Reinhart Go
Byvank Transfer & Fuel Co
Fuel &Ransfer
Weet Mullan Ave
Waterloo To
Ly, Waterloo Holson Reinbeck Morrison Grundy Gon Beaman Ournd
Ar. Marshall Te
Ars
Alltown
Tech
Marshalltown
Conrad Beaman
Grundy
Cen Ly
Morrison
Lindson
Marshallton
Morrison Reinhbeck
Hudson
Sou Nig Tao
South Street
S. & S. Bus Company
Waterloo, Tower
GC. C. Shimer & J. BE
Shimer, Proprietors
W. H. Ross
I. & J. Bidg
G. C. Kennedy
Roth
Pater
Marsh-Place
Goodyear
Beonard B. Taird
Weat
Waterion, Ia
Goopyyear
Davidsons
Free
Miles
Kroehler Davenport
Davenport
Martha Washington
Femite
Evans
Sete Eee
Hhayy
Tnivors
Liz Baxto
Shawn
Tevwis
Brussels
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