Optimism Predominates in Iowa Business Outlook
Des Moines reports show fair overall conditions with gradual improvement in rural areas. Christmas shopping underway, cold weather spurring winter merchandise sales. farm sales bring good prices for grain and livestock though hog prices are uncertain. Corn and oats prices steady, tax sales down in Grundy and Poweshiek counties. breeders note stronger purebred sales from Chicago show.
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Courier Special
Des Moines
Iowa
State Bureau of Inbar
al Grundy County
Adair County
Poweshiek County
Chicago International Show
Charles City Man Recovers Stolen Car and Other Local News
Frank Ghella recovered his Oakland 1927 sedan stolen by Roy Harmon after an escape from jail in Charles City. Harmon remains at large. Funeral services for Martin Cerwinske, 81, to be held Tuesday at the Catholic church. Several local court cases and moves include manslaughter plea denial by Carl Hermanson and breaking and entering case against Lloyd Coyler. Other items cover flood talks, union service, fund drive results, Royal Neighbor officers, and local family news stating Mr and Mrs Harry Corwinake are proud parents.
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Courter
Charles City
Frank Ghella
Joplin
Oakland
Roy Harmon
Istler
Joil
Harmon
Chelin
Martin Cerwinske
Harry
Clinton Street
Dean W. F
Riverside
Chickasaw County
Carl Hermanson
Mason City
Thomas Riley
Floyd
Rudd
Lloyd Coyler
Carratt's
Rockford
Margeret W. White
Frank White
J. R. Jackson
W. H. Burns
Harold Tibbitts
Pythian Sisters at La Porte City Elect Officers
Iria Temple Pythian Sisters held a regu lar session Friday electing officers for the year. Names include Past chief Mrs. L. J. Tubl Most, excellent chief Mrs. W. H Bahr, and others. A benefit party followed with refreshments and a two course service for members and guests.
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Courier Special Services
la Porte City
Iria Temple Pythian Sisters
L. J. Tubl
W. Hbahr
Garrabrant
Shelby Foss
W. G. Fox
Ecards
Glenn Ceetrr
Arminis Simmons
A. A. Robertson
No We Blanchaine
J. H. Goon
C. G. Woodley
John Lehman
L. A. Ritter
M. L. Haven
Brandt
J. W. Stewart
Santa
Tors
Denver
Cole
Fern Walsh
Lois Christiansen
Attonito
J. Vv. Hummel
George Fry
William Fry
Nye
Wis
Oren Fry
Gorman Roberts
George Roberts
Waterloo
Mrs Chas Waits Dies at Lawn City After Illness
Cedar Falls obituary notes Mrs. Charles Waits dies of heart disease after a nine month illness. Born November 28 1878 in Biggsville Illinois she lived in Lake View and Cedar Falls for over a decade. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs H H Anderson Dallas Texas Mary Lee and son Vernon.
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Cedar Falls
M. E. Church
Charles Waits
Biggsville
Lake View
H. H. Anderson
Dallas
Tex
Mary Lee
Vernon
New Hampton Man Buys Allison Hotel in Iowa
New Hampton resident L Kramer will own Hotel Allison after buying it from Mr. Christiansen of Leon. The Kramers plan to take possession at year’s start while Mrs. Carter’s managerial role ends. local officials note possible future plans remain unsettled. A separate note mentions the state purchasing Cramer Barn for road equipment storage and a postponed county pulling contest due to bad roads and weather. An Order of Eastern Star memorial service and officer elections followed. In rural Burns, Parkersburg area, a school fire destroyed the belfry and building after an early morning blaze. secretary Richards lives nearby.
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Allison
L. Kraemer
New Hampton
Alison
Itrom
Christiansen
Leon
Kramer
Margaret Carer
Carter
Cramer Barn
Cramer
Iowa
Patri
Barry J. Huw
Hester Richards
Alice Coder
Selina Weiland
Ron As
Margaret Speedy
Isabel Snare
Alton
Parkersburg
Lela Tyde
Richards
Buntlesog
Mya. Richards
Uiel
Cedar Falls Woman's Club
George Wyth
Child Welfare Department
Frank Porter
GC. O. Todd
Q. H. Swift
Winfield Scott
Berdine
Anna Severin
Fourth Street West
Womin's
Ocntendar
Envangelical Church
Agnes Cole
Mexico
College Hill
Home
College Campus
BF O
Chapter FV
J. W. Leavitt
Washington Street
Benson
Cedar Falls
Steck
A. McElhinney
Janesville
New York
James Whillis
Munger Funeral Held in Oelwein and Fall Injures Woman
Mrs. 5 Munger 73 died Saturday night after pneumonia while visiting her daughter in West Union. Mrs Jennie 17 remains in serious condition after a Friday fall near the coal yard when a hip pocket fracture occurred. Mrs Saselle is caring for her.
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Munger
Oelwein
Rneumonia
Sbo
Way Inwland
West Union
Shera
Methodier Bresras
Aeeth
Dee
Jennie
Airs
Saselle
Messiah Sung by College Choral Union at Cedar Falls
Handel's Messiah will be sung by the Cedar Falls College Choral Union at the auditorium on Sunday afternoon December 18. Prof. Luther B. Richman directs. Soloists include Prof. Harold Holst of Grinnell College and Prof. W. H. Hays with Mrs. Fred B. Schmidhel and Miss Olive Barkey.
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Courice
Servier
Cedar Falls
College Choral Union
Luther B. Richman
Voice Department
Harold B. Holst
Grinnell College
W. H. Hays
Olive Barkey
Fred B. Schmidhel
Teachers College
Holst
Grinnell
Martin Holst
Franklin Street
Halian King
Bell Telephone Quarterly
American Telephone A Telegraph Co
J. Owen Perrine
Gredar Falls High School
Perrine
Bell Concern
Corno
Italy
Victor Emmanuel, II
Bell Company
Mr. Perrine
Farmers Seek New Road in Crystal Township Tama
Dick Siemens and the heirs of the Robert Brown estate ask Tama county board of supervisors to establish a new road in north Crystal township. The proposed mile and a half route would connect the McTurk and McMillan schools and cut parts of the Brown and McMillan farms. The Brown heirs offer to donate a right of way.
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Roopuler Spreval
Dick Siemens
Robert Brown
Tama County Board of Supervisors
North Crystal Township
McTurk
McMillan School
Brown
McMillan Farm
Waverly Gil Named Most Popular at Towa Wesleyan
Waverly Gil of Waverly Ta was elected the most popular girl at Towa Wesleyan university Mt Pleasant. She is a sophomore and is the recipient of the honor amid a campus recognition. Miss Mar Beret Coddington of Waverly reports the selection as announced.
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Waverly Gil
Towa Wesleyan
Ninier
Knee Breaks Again in Weeks for Local Man
Francis Zbornick suffered a fractured knee yesterday in a fall on a sidewalk reopening an injury. Doctors expect sewing the bone this time as the break proves triple. Pastor C. G. Minor was unable to offer church services after a car accident on the road from Waterton. Helen O Day, a teacher, was frostbound and rescued during the blizzard with help from a farmer summoned by her brother.
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Keepke
Predericksburg
Francis Zbornick
C. G. Minor
The
Baptist Church
Waterton
Sylfers
Fran
Helen O'Day
Discrnet
Here
Fayette Farmhouse Destroyed by Fire North of Fayette
The H. A. Pond place home two and a half miles north of Fayette burned. Fire started in the chimney and quickly swept the house, though neighbors saved most furniture. The house valued at 2500 with 1200 insured. Tenant Lon Shepard occupied the home. A chicken house 12 by 48 feet was saved by a layer of snow on the roof.
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Conroy
Fayette
Dee
H. A. Pond
Neighboy
Lon Shepard
Cedar Falls Man Named Rhodes Scholar From Iowa
Cedar Falls born Allen Walker Read, son of Prof and Mrs B Read, joins 32 Rhodes scholars named by Dr Frank Aydelotte. Read, a Missouri University English faculty member, plans to enter Merton College Oxford for a PhD. He taught at Missouri until recently and has a strong academic record.
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Cedar Falls
Allen Walcker Read
B. Read
College Hill
Frank Aydelotte
Swarthmore University
Rhodes Trustees
Head
Missouri University
Columbia
Clyde Wiluckhelm
LeMars
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Oxford University
T. C
Mr. Read
Winnebago
Minn
Madison
Wis
Pella
Reads
Teachers Training High School
Towa State Teach
University of Iowa Engineering School
Read
Merton College
Teachers College
Blizzard
The
Baptist Church
Tod
Columbis
Trapper Nets $647 for Pelts in Fifteen Days
Hopkinton Iowa reports J Curtis Griggs earned 647 dollars from trapping in 15 days open season. He supplied 42 mink and 140 muskrats along with several grey fox skunk and opossum pelts. Griggs owns a small farm and markets wild produce including ginseng roots shipped nationwide.
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Hopkinton
J. Curtis Griggs
Griggs
Dr. Thomas Y. Kayne Dies in Waterloo Rites Planned
Waterloo obituary notes Dr Thomas Young Kayne resident two years from Chicago died Sunday in a Waterloo hospital. Private services set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dahl Chapel Cedar Falls with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Survived by his widow Mrs Mary Clay Ronon Kayne.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Dahlchapel Hieto Ab
Thomas Young Kayne
Pythian Sisters in Greene Elect Officers for 1928
Greene Iowa December 12 Officers elected by the Pythian Sisters unit for the coming months include Elnora Potter as most excellent chief and Margaret Stuntz as excellent senior. Kensington club also names Elinor Potter as president and Alma Heckman as vice president amid stormbound travelers and a resident recovering from a severe freezing incident.
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Olive Sawyer
Kensington Club of Pythian Sisters
Elinor Potter
Alma Heckman
Edna Green
Charles Howe
Abe Shook Farm
Mr. Howe
Shook Place
Carl Taylor
Fred Geffe
Greene
Santa visits Sumner with gifts for youngsters
Sumner and Legions teams joined the Sumner Community Club to welcome Santa on December 12. Santa distributed a thousand whistles to children under 16, collected letters, and promised a return with candy and nuts next Saturday. The Thomas Woods post of the American Legion aided, supporting the community service program and helping decorate the large municipal Christmas tree in the town business district.
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Sumner
Santa Claus
North Pole
Santa
Thomas ©. Woods
American Legion
the Legion
Legionnaires
Buchanan Woman of 95 Has Taught in S. S. 86 Years
Independence December 12 Mrs Elsie Potwin aged 95 is the town s oldest resident and has taught Sunday School most of her life starting at age 15 She is the family backbone with four children thirteen grandchildren seventeen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren The obituary notes her husband and a grandchild are dead and her eldest son is ten years old
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Caurter
Independence
Elsie Poltwin
Natal
Cedar Falls Woman Abandons Car as Train Approaches
Cedar Falls December 12 a Cedar Falls woman Mrs B Hy Stiles abandoned her automobile when it stalled in the path of a Rock Island train at 11 p m Sunday. The train crew slowed but struck the car causing damage and the driver was fined for bad citation. Osage Iowa December 12 George Dominikowicz was brought from Austin Minnesota by Deputy Sheriff W H Davis charged with uttering a bad check for 46 50 on the London Minnesota bank He was fined 25 and costs by Justice H B Garue.
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Courier Special
Cedar Fall
B. Hy Stiles
Rock Island
Osage
Dee
George Dominicoviten
Austin
Minn
W. H. Davis
London
H. B. Ga Rue
During Christmas Shopping Keep Colds in Check
Do not neglect a cold during the holiday rush. A safe home remedy is Parker John's Medicine to strengthen the body and relieve cold symptoms. It contains no alcohol or nerve-deadening drugs, making it suitable for all ages. Father John's Medicine is alcohol free and trusted for over 70 years.
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Parker John
Father John
Primary 20 Will Be Open Soon on Buchanan Line
Independence Iowa December 12 The state highway commission plans to open primary No 20 east of Winthrop to the Delaware county line for traffic by holiday time The Buffalo River bridge east of Winthrop and many smaller bridges and culverts as well as grading have been completed This road is on the 1928 Buchanan county paving program Snow fences have been installed The detour may be kept in shape for winter and spring usage Oliver Z Stout former Manila insular service teacher leaves for Chicago then Los Angeles via New Orleans plans to visit Lake Charles La and spend winter in California next spring sail for the Orient A merchants rating association forms in this city Nelle Corlis engaged to compile lists of joining merchants and keep them updated
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Independence
E. B. Spencer
State Highway Commission
Winthrop
Delaware County
Buffalo
Buchanan County
Manila
Oliver Z. Stout
S. Stout
Chicago
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Lake Charles
California
Orient
United States
P. I
Parkersburg W R C Official Staff to Be Installed Soon
Parkersburg West Relief Corps officers were elected for the new term. The staff includes Lu Schrock as president Elizabeth Turner senior vice president Anna Knipe junior vice president Emma McClellan chaplain Emna May secretary Edna Wilson treasurer Ruth May conductor Vigla Kemmerer delegate to department convention Lu Schrock alternate Myra Stickley delegate to district convention Myrtie Peterson alternate Installation set for January.
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fCoaeler
Kerpicn Parkersburg
Women's Relief Corps
Staf
Lu Schrock
Elizabeth Turner
Anna Knipe
Emma McClellan
Emna May
Edna Wilson
Ruth May
Vigla Kemmerer
Myra, Stickley
Myrtie Peterson
Funeral Services of Mrs DeBuhr in Aplington Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs W B DeBuhr aged about 70 will be held at the family home at 1 36 p m and at 2 p m at the Baptist church. She had been unconscious for more than a week before death. Basketball Tomorrow: Aplington Independent team will coach the season here Tuesday evening by playing Waverly Independents. several other games are scheduled.
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Jane Witer
Jane Carolyn Witer
W. D. Wiler
Gray
George Ff. Barsalda
First Congregational Church
Greenwood
George Uhlwilt
Cedar Falls
Los Angeles
Cal
Bertha Martin
Dramatic Art
Teachers College
Pasedena
Lenore Shatowkse
Carl C. Keller
Hartington
Neb
Robert G
Aplington
W. B. DeBuhr
Baptist Church
National Director of Credit Men to Speak at Waterloo Dinner
R. B. Comstock of Sioux City, director of the National Association of Credit Men, will address Waterloo association members at a 6:30 dinner meeting in Black's tearoom tomorrow.
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National Director of Credit Men Will Address Association
R. B. Comstock
Sioux City
National Association of Credit Men
Mombers
Waterloo Association
Olive Tablets offer relief from constipation
Quick relief from constipation is touted by Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, a calomel substitute. The ad claims a 20 year physician founder, a vegetable laxative with olive oil, sugar coated tablets that stimulate normal bowel and liver activity without forcing abnormal action. Sold in 15¢ and 30¢ sizes with nightly use endorsed.
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Calomel
Jenemy
Dr. Edwards
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Merle EF. Mishler
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