Oelwein Case Sees Wife Admit Motive In Knife Murder
Luz Valle, accused by a coroner's jury of murder, admitted the crime to police. Jealousy over Renada's attentions is blamed. Renada was stabbed 20 times and body hidden in a shallow grave near town. Manuel Lopez and Raymond Ramos are in jail as accessories after the crime. Pedro Ramos was also taken into custody. Detectives sought a detailed account of the killing and discovery of a sweater fragment and button linking Valle to the victim. Valle and Renada reportedly lived in Chicago previously.
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Oelwein
Luz Valle
Matilia Renada
Manuel Lopez
Raymond Ramos
Valle
Pedro Ramos
Chicago
Renada
Outdoor Sports Talkies and a Murder in Mexican Colony
Fragmentary admissions place Fenada killed in a Sunday night fight. Valle and friends returned Monday night, dug a shallow grave, and buried the body. Two hunting boys found the grave Tuesday afternoon and reported to police. a Spanish love note in Renada’s coat remains unidentified.
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Fenada
Valle
Renada
Cedar Falls Groups Elect Officers for Next Term
Cedar Falls clubs and churches announced new officers for the coming year. Pythian Sisters led with Mrs. George Obele as chief. Eastern Star Kensington named Mrs. C. C. Severin as president. Service Star Legion elected Edward Short as president and Levi Jewell as vice president. Rob ert Bromley headed the encampment staff of Odd Fellows. Royal Neighbors named Jessie Baker as oracle and other officers. Evangelical Woman's Missionary Society elected William Lang as president. Fellowship class chose Dr Clifton W Ahrens as president. Young Woman's Missionary Circle selected Genevieve Hill as president. Greenwood Cemetery Association elected Miss Phemia Brandt as president.
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Cedar Falls
Pythian Sisters
George Obele
Adolph
M. E. Brown
Vashti Crouch
Al‘bert Corwin
C. C. Severin
Susie Rejahl
J. K. Maynard
Dora Lowe
Service Star
Legion
Service Star Legion
Edward Short
Levi Jewell
Charles Schwanke
Laura Mantor
G. E. Crinklaw
Robert’ Bromley
Wiliam W. West
Peter Jonnson
F. . Evans
A.D. Crawford
Kitty’ Harmening
Ruby Sniffin
Inner ‘Sentinel
Woman’s Missionary Society
Williamc. Lang
W. C. Nuhn
J. A Haehlen
John Martin
William H. Hickelberg
Clifton W. Ahrens
William Hickelberg
George Hoffman
Julius Miller
Cedar Falls Social Clubs to Hold Week of Events
Cedar Falls reports a week of meetings for three social and literary groups including Rotary and twentieth century clubs. Mrs. F C Witzigman hosts a reading circle Monday evening with music directed by Mrs A N Burr and Mrs W G Crowder. An annual holiday party at Kate Merchant’s home, a Rotary dinner for local farmers at Hotel Black Hawk Monday evening, and other club programs organized by Mrs H C Boissier, Mrs C32 Mentzer, and Mrs E Vahder Vee.
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Cedar Falls
Rotary
N. ‘Burr
W. G. Crowder
Tuestub
Iss
Kate’ Merchant
G.W. Walters
H. C. Boissier
Mentzer
Vahder Vee
Black
Quasqueton Home Economics Class Entertains Board
Quasqueton Iowa December 15 Home economics class hosts the board of education their wives and the faculty at a dinner in the school gymnasium December 18 Guests include Mr and Mrs Verle Manson Mr and Mrs Clinton Kress Mr and Mrs B A Wade Mr and Mrs George B Garrison Otto Soren sen L F Klotz Miss Elsie Winn Mr and Mrs EB Hilmer Mr and Mrs Joseph Kissinger Misses Josephine Holstein Norma Honette Lorena Martin Viola McGinnis Davidine McGinnis and Maude Polk
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Quasqueton
Quasqueton High
Board ‘of Education
Verle Manson
Clinton Kress
B. A. Wade
George B. Garrison
Otto Sorensen
L.F. Klotz
Elsie Winn
EB. W. Hilmer
Joseph Kissinger
Josephine Holstein
Norma , Honette
Lorena Martin
Viola McGinnis
Davidine McGinnis
Maude Polk
Death of Wisconsin Man Reported to Charles City Kin
Word reached Charles City relatives yesterday of Arthur Schulze of Onalaska Wisconsin who died in a La Crosse hospital after neck carbuncle surgery His wife formerly Miss Emme Gierman of Charles City sister of Mrs J Burnette and John Exman Funeral services were planned for today
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Courier
Charles City
Relatves
Arthur Schulze
Onalaska
Wis
la Crosse
Emme Gierman
J. =. Burnette
John Exman
Tony
Nashua Club Plans Christmas Luncheon Monday
Nashua Iowa December 15 Emanon club will host a 1 o'clock Christmas luncheon Monday at the home of Mrs C W Thompson Mrs C H Bender leads the program A large turnout attended the I O O F lodge roll call and homecoming Thursday Banquet preceded Families sharing Thursday in an annual picnic were Fred Winter M A Kepple J F Nafus P E Stuart A L Rout and H C Schell The Kent residence hosted the gathering Laurence McCue long time Illinois Central Railway agent is at Waverly hospital after kidney operation with a second procedure likely for bile duct trouble his condition is serious.
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Nashua
Emanon Club
C. W. Thompson
C. H. Bender
I. O. QO. F. Lodge
Fred Winter
M. A. Kepple
J. F. Nafus
P. E. Stuart
A. L. Rout
H. C. Schell
Kent
Laurence McCue
Illinois Central Railway Company
Waverly Hospital
Robber Nabs 27.50 From Lawn City Janitor Near Home
Cedar Falls man Charles Sellen the high school janitor was robbed of 27.50 near his Bluff street home last evening. A masked armed man accosted him as he approached his doorway around 5 30. The suspect offered no description beyond being short.
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Cedar Falls
Bluff Street
Charles Sellen
Sellen
Wiltfang Funeral Held At Residence In Parkersburg
Mrs. Wiltfang died Wednesday at nearly 84 years. Funeral conducted Friday at the home in Parkersburg Ta. Burial followed at Oak Hill. She is survived by several children.
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Courier
Parkersburg
William Wiltfang
Oak Hill
Wiltfang
Out-of-Town Folk Attend Grobe Funeral in La Porte City
William Grobe of Duluth Minnesota and Mrs Louise Brower of Chicago joined relatives in La Porte City Iowa to attend the funeral of Rev William Grobe at the Evangelical church. Local ministers from nearby towns attended and five out of town relatives were present for the service. Subsequent items note Mrs Angie Jeffries traveling to Columbus Ohio for care after a stroke and other local health and social notices.
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Grobe
la Porte City
Courier
William Grobe
Duluth
Minn
John Grobe
St. Paul
Louise Brower
Chicago
Evangelical Church
Henry Schwinger
Radcliffe
J. A. Haehlen
Ernest Nolte
Cedar Falls
J. H. Engel
Des Moines
F. R. Blakely
Cedar Rapids
H. J. Faust
W. C. Lange
J. Albert
Reichert
Clinton F. Smith
Man Injured When Lightless Auto Is Run Of Road
A late night drive from a Manchester dance ended in a rollover on primary No 20 when headlights failed. Masonville party members Dewey Cox Waller Garrey and Leo Marsh were returning home with the car overturning into a roadside ditch. Marsh suffered a double fracture of the leg and was the sole injury among the group.
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Masonville
Marsh
Truck and Furniture Burn on Highway Near Parkersburg
An explosion from an overheated engine caused a fire that destroyed a furniture van and its contents on a highway near Parkersburg. The truck, carrying goods from Chicago to Faribault Minnesota, was owned by an Indianapolis firm. Insurance totaled $11,100 on the vehicle and contents.
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Parkersburg. In
Here
Chicago
Faribault, Minn
Indianapolis
Former pastor honored in Washington for 81st birthday
Dr. Charles Noble of Charles City Iowa was feted in Washington DC with a dinner by Grinnell college graduates on his 81st birthday. Messages from old and new friends arrived as Senator Benton spoke. Noble previously led the local Congregational church from 1888 to 1893.
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Charles City
Charles Noble
Washington, D. C
Grinnell
Noble
Senator Benton
Mr. Noble
Howardville Club Names Officers for 1929 in Charles City
The Neighborhood club of Howardville announces its 1929 officers led by President Mrs Belle Bennett and Vice President Dan McMurchy. Secretary Hazel Newton and Treasurer August Guderian also named along with organist Clara Towner and publicity chair Opal Ponto. Mrs Laura Bucknell listed in the roster.
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Charles City
Howardville
Belle Bennett
Dan McMurchy
Hazel Newton
August Guderian
Clara Towner
Opal Ponto
Laura Bucknell
Pupil chorus to sing Yuletide music in City schools
Charles City reports grade school pupils will perform Christmas carols for parent teacher associations Monday through Wednesday next week under Miss Eva Hicks. Each event will feature a Christmas program of music and activities. Other items note a Des Moines burial, Harmony Circle nominations, a Hart-Parr tractor train, Wisconsin flu closures, New York vaudeville guests, a police chief birthday surprise, and a Niemack concert-tour wrap.
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Charles City
Eva Hicks
New York
al Barnes
New York City
F. B. Miner
Cecil Theatre
Mason City
Dar Shannon
Hildreth Street
Shannon
Niemack
J. Niemack
Jisa
Fayette to Have Final Sale of Tax Delinquent Land
West Union Iowa December 15 a scavenger tax sale will be held Tuesday in West Union due to large delinquent tax amounts on Fayette county properties Many parcels are in Oelwein with several special taxes and a few in West Union Arlington and Clermont Some farm property already paid off at the regular sale last week Monday
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West Union
Fayette County
Oelwein
Arlington
Clermont
Bristow furriers ship large consignments to St Paul
Bristow Iowa December 15 McGeachy Bros local furriers sold a large consignment of skins this week for shipment to a St Paul firm. Mrs E T Gough entertained a small group of friends Thursday evening. Net proceeds from the carnival and program at Walnut Grove school Thursday were 13.25 dollars. Unfavorable weather and road conditions limited attendance.
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Bristow
McGeachy Bros
St. Paul
E. T. Gough
Walnut’ Grove
Dawn of Peace Play Presented at C F Church Unit
Cedar Falls December 15 The one act play The Dawn of Peace was presented at the Society of Baptist Women meeting at the church parlors by Mrs Walter Gray Mrs Jesse Lamb H J Shutts and Harry Munger Director Mrs E B Vander Veer led the production A quartet sang The Narrow Estate and readings were performed by Mrs Arthur Runft Mrs J B Goff and daughter June Also notices include departures for holidays Mrs O H Leonard to Durham N C Mrs Leonard joining her son Howard at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr and Mrs Anton Jensen preparing to move to Racine Wisconsin Hostess Mrs J F Dempster entertained the Friday club A Christmas party Reside at Racine Mr and Mrs Anton Jensen and family will relocate to Racine Wisconsin for their future home
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Cedar Falls
Society of Baptist Women
Mmes
Walter Gray
Jesse Lamb
H. J. Shutts
Harry Munger
E. EB. Vander Veer
Maybelle Bishop
R. H. Corning
M. E. Warner
Roy H. van Deest
Arthur Runft
Reading
J. B. Goff
June
O. H. Leonard
Durham
N. C
H. M. le Sourd
Delaware, C
J. F. Dempster
Natives of Rudd Own Oil Prospects in Oklahoma City
Mrs. Anna Laskey of Oklahoma City and her brother own three farms near the Seminole oil region, title to which came from the government. She refused a $1000 per acre royalty. A former Rudd girl, she served three terms in the Iowa House and was defeated in the recent Republican landslide.
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Courier
Charles City
Rudd
Anna Laskey
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Detour Between Oelwein and Independence Impassable
Motorists report the detour road from Oelwein to Independence is nearly impassable and will be abandoned if current weather persists. The condition raises travel difficulties in Iowa on this December day.
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Oelwein
Independence
Hudson Woman Is Ill of Smallpox
Hudson town reports its first smallpox quarantine of the year at the Everett Rasmussen residence where Mrs Rasmussen is ill. A second case is quarantined south of town. The infection is described as light. Hudson high school beat Finchford 54 to 6 and a girls volleyball tie required extra minutes with Finchford winning 27 to 35. I O O F lodge annual homecoming featured an oyster supper Thursday.
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Hudson
Everett Rasmussen
Finchford
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Mitchell couple's daughter dies at Knoxville home
In December 15 note from Mitchell Iowa Mrs Bertha Mieslang daughter of Mr and Mrs William Cordes died Friday at Knoxville Indiana of typhoid fever Her mother was with her during illness Burial to be here Mrs Gustav Feldt St Ansgar Ta cares for her sister Miss Olga Smith who has influenza Irene Smith sister is in a Des Moines hospital for appendicitis operation Mrs A L Messerlie daughter of Mr and Mrs Chris Thompson of this place won a $200 prize in a letter writing contest of an Indian sues concern She resides in that city
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Des Moines
van Vechten Hostetter
Jane Hostetter
John Mullvaney
Hostetter
Philadelphia
New York
Waller
Harmony Ticket
Harmony Circle
Starr
Margaret Gueffroy
Avril Stebbins
C .Birkholz
A. L. Messerlie
Chris Thompson
Stanley Telephone Directors Elected for 1929 Term
Stanley Iowa December 15 directors of Stanley Telephone Company elected for the 1929 term are George Stewart Harold Brownell Wil Lincoln Leon Meyers Charles Versiius and Will Morgan.
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Stanley
Stanley Telephone Company
George Stewart
Harold Brownell
Wil Lincoln
Leon Meyers
Charles Versiius
Will Morgan
Messiah to be sung Sunday by Choral Union
Cedar Falls December 15. Handel’s The Messiah will be sung Sunday by the choral union of Teachers College with 250 voices. Mrs Elizabeth Schmidt and Miss Olive Barker will solo, Harold Palmer and William E Hays the leads, Prof George W Samson Jr at the organ, Miss Rose Lena Ruegnitz piano, C A Fullerton conductor.
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Cedar Falls
Handel
Choral Union of Teachers College
Elizabeth Schmidt
Olive . Barker
Harold Palmer
William E. Hays
George W. Samson, Jr
Rose
Northeast Iowa Lodge Elections in Dysart and Towns
Balloting for lodges and orders across Dysart and nearby towns lists past chiefs and current officers of Pythian Sisters, Order of Eastern Star, and Masonic bodies. Names include Mrs. Kate Simonsen, Miss Mae Schaefer, Miss Hilda Moeller, Roy Patterson, Lewis Glass, and Eva Core among others.
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Dysart
Chiefs Club of Pythian
Kate Simonsen
Rose Siemens
Martha Schlapkohl
Pythian
Mae Schaefer
Bernice Schnell
D. C. Winder
Mae Brown
Lorena Zimmer
Etta Jessen
Emma Untiect
Viola Burheim
Order of Eastern Star
Hilda Moeller
Claude Sawyer
Mae Palmer
R. V. Leo
Nettie Dysart
Kate Petersen
Chrstina Bloss
Florence Leo
Parkersburg
Helen Benke
Dale van Emen
Rebecca Wiley
Lou Miller
Essie Parker
Matie Miller
Hattie Belle Reid
Betty Schuck
A. FL
A. M
Roy Patterson
Will Anderson
John Eliinger
Stanley Conn
L. E
J. F. Guyer
H. O. Guyer
Woman's Relief Corps
Eva Core
Allison C. E. S elects leaders in December supper
About 50 members of the Allison chapter of the Eastern Star attended a pot luck supper in the Masonic hall on Thursday evening December 13. The election results list Worthy Matron Hester Richards, Worthy Patron Roy Parsons, Associate Patron Margaret Speedy, Associate Patron Glen Richards, Conductress Lila Leach, Associate Conductress Madeline Brocka, Treasurer Alice Codner, Secretary Zella Weil.
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Allison, Ia
Allison Chapter
The
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Hester Richards
Roy Parsons
Margaret Speedy
Glen Richards
Lila Leach
Madeline Brocka
Alice Codner
Zella Weiland
Eagle Center Girl Is At Oelwein Hospital
Oelwein Ia Dec 15 Howard Cross drove to Eagle Center Thursday night and brought his sister Ruth to Mercy hospital for treatment in mas toid trouble after influenza. Miss Maxine Bogart was brought home from St Luke's Cedar Rapids and is convalescing after appendicitis operation.
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Oelwein
Howard Cross
Eagle Center
Ruth
Mercy Hospital
Maxine Bogart
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Ackley Woman Hurt in Fall at School
Ackley Iowa December 15 Mrs William Buits is recovering from injuries after a fall over lumber stacked in the hall of the school house. She attended a Four County fair program this week and suffered a bruised head a lip gash and severe bruising.
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Ackley
Wiliam Buits
Funeral rites for Charles Spurbeck held at Waverly
Charles Spurbeck died Wednesday at his farm north of Waverly after a brief pneumonia illness. The funeral Friday was led by Rev. W. L. Simmons of the Baptist church. He leaves two sons and two daughters H. J. Spurbeck Waverly W. J. Spurbeck Denver Mrs Elpha Waite Shell Rock and Mrs Frank Rust Waverly. Committal services for Mrs Ray Betts were held at her Clarksville home following the local rites. The community also hosted lodge and social events including an Odd Fellows party for Rebekahs and dinner bridge gatherings hosted by local residents. The Waverly Woman's Club Music department meets Monday evening September leader G O VanDeveer.
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John Hunter
Raymond
R. E. Wagner
Jane McChane
Neva McChane
Henry Poyner
Poyner
Double Six Bridge Club
Herbert Johannsen
Double Six
Courier
Waverly
Charles Spurbeck
W. L. Simmons
The
Baptist Church
H. J. Spurbeck
W. J. Spurbeck
Denver
Elpha Waite
Shell Rock
Frank Rust
Ray Betts
Clarksville
Lodge
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
William Heiberg
Hotel Fortner
R. V. Leach
R. B. Akin
M.'N. “Gernsey
F. M. Downing
Waverly Woman's Club
Will
G. O. VanDeveer
A. B. Helmecke
Howard County Bankers Elect New Officers
Howard County Bankers association officers were elected at the semi annual meeting to serve thru 1929. E P Farnsworth Cresco president R A Moore Elma vice president H H Webber Cresco secretary John Dostal Protivin treasurer. The group sponsors alfalfa acreage campaign with the farm bureau and aims for an acre of alfalfa for every cow in Howard county. The Vigilance committee was strengthened and armed for robber defense with full bank representation at the meeting.
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Cresco
Howard County Bankers Association
E. P. Farnsworth
R. A. Moore
Elma
H.H. Webber
John Dostal
Protivin
Howard County
Farm Bureau
Charles R. Hutchison
Waterloo
Bankers
More Cars Licensed in Fayette County This December
Courier Special Service notes Fayette County has sold 1,070 automobile license plates by yesterday afternoon, compared with 674 by the same date in December 1917. The faster pace reflects growing motor vehicle use in West Union and surrounding areas.
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Courier Special Service
West Union
Jesup Legion to Sponsor Skating in City Park
Jesup Iowa December 15. Pump-Sheers post of the American Legion will establish a skating rink in part of the city park. Lavern Patten, son of Oren Patten, fractured an arm at Manchester where he works. A cantata Thru Santa's Land With the Dream Man will be shown Christmas Eve at the M E church with fifty Sunday school members taking part. Mrs Charles Baldwin has returned from Sioux City to visit her ill son Ralph who is improving. Mrs A Peterson's condition improving. Mrs Alfred Welch seriously ill in St Francis hospital since the birth of a daughter on Nov 28.
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Jesup. In
American Legion
Lavern Patten
Oren Patten
Manchester
M. E. Church
Charles Baldwin
Sioux City
Ralph
A. Peterson
Alfred Welch
St. Francis Hospital
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Anton Jensen
Racine, Wis
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Everett Robie
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Catherine Coulter
Washington
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M. O. Fouts
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Clark Madison
Brenda Kemmerer
Osage
Jay Hatfield
George Chinn
W. L. Cook
O. L. Odden
F. R. Shelledy
Albert Scharfe
A. F
A. M. Shirley Teegarden
Hollis Wright
Harris Peterson
H. H. Richards
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W. Merkle
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Frank Wilmot
A. Palmer
G. L. Green
Clyde Irish
Theodore Rowley
Edna West
Florence Beck
Daisy Bluhm
Alica Shave
Harriet Nies
Archie Corey
Kittle Strike
Beatrice Prudhon
Pearl Milligan
Myrtle Boice
Vivian Hall
Chara Rhode
Laura Lundt
Nellie, Speedling
Leona Bushing
Cora Wright
Grundy Center
Jenny Biebeshimer
Dan Richmond
Alcie Middleton
John Lamar
Anna Akin
Laura Trevillyan
Agnes Butler
Sadie Lynn
Women’s Relief Corps
Lida Herrling
Rose Blumenstein
Zelia Jones
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Oelwein Hospital
Chas, Spurbeck
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Jesup Legion
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