Cash testimonial for Miss Agnes Samuelson Iowa official
Des Moines Iowa December 19 leading school officials announce a Christmas testimonial for Miss Agnes Samuelson state superintendent of public instruction marking her first year in office. A committee led by Vasey calls for cash gifts to ease her burden highlighting her sacrifice and leadership and noting the 1926 Republican nomination victory over May Fraziers with a $4000 annual salary.
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Des Moines
Agnes Saimmelsen
FT Vaser
Wesson City
Iowa State Teachers Association
Iowa
Charies W. Kline
Waterloo
I. H. Schmitt
Milford
Theodore Saami
Cornel Bluffs
F. C. Bowersos
Clinton
M. G. Clerk
Sioux City
D. J. Kelley
Clear Lake
John W. Studebaker
Edna Gibbs
Greenfield
P. C. Lapham
Charles City
BR. L. Reid
Keokuk
Lee J. Gillis
LeMats
Vasey
Miss Samuelson
State Teachers College
Mason City
May E. Fraziers
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Independence Group Plans Relief Work for City as Whole
Welfare league of Independence, Iowa, plans winter relief at city hall with ward chairmen collecting used clothing and cash donations. Knights Templar will donate ball proceeds to charity. American Legion backs skating rink for children as part of a broader relief effort. A flooded high school cinder track prompts hopes of a safe rink on solid ground and potential hockey. YWCA girls raise 75 cents doughnut sale for a Christmas party December 22 after school.
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Independence
Welfare League
Knights Templar
E. M. Shehan Post
American Legion
Grandchildren in Jackson County Family Spotlight
Mrs. Matt Banowetz and her husband are noted as prolific grandparents in Jackson County. The couple, married 44 years, reside on a 2 acre farm near Br. Station. They have 13 living children and 37 grandchildren, with a daughter near Preston having the largest family among their offspring.
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Jackson County
Courier Apert
Ramp
Preston
Ber
Harl
Ehier
Man Injured in Fall at Greene Store
A delivery worker at Bucholz & Drain Store in Greene, Ir, fell down stairs on a cement floor. He sustained severe head and facial injuries and was hospitalized. Doctors expect a rapid recovery.
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Greene Store
Greene
Jobin
Dede
Bucholz & Drain
Tripoli Couple Repeats Nuptial Vows After 50 Years
The Nileth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wolfram was celebrated at St. Peter's Evangelical with vows repeated before Rev. Karl Koeher. A dinner followed at the Wolframs home. They were joined by eight children, 27 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. The event occurred Thursday. Royal Neighbors elect officers including Martha Ambrose as oracle and Margarette Stugner as vice oracle. Modern Woodmen named a slate with H. W. Bockhaus as venerable consul and F. W. Hale as clerk, the latter serving a 27th year. A party for H. S. students and teachers followed Tripoli High’s Gates College game, won by Tripoli 28 to 23, after which the team had a perfect four-game season.
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Ipoli
Dee
Fred Wolfrant
St. Peter's Evangelical Church
Karl Koeher
Wolfram
Royal Neighbors of
America
Martha Ambrose
Margarette Stugner
Nora Gunsalus
Millie Goodenbour
Corder
Louisa Eichmann
Robinson
Alma Ina Tenden
Emma Fopmer
Anna Hale
Cutter Sentin
Lou Pockels
Bertha Lewis
Ella Kuker
Bersis Debels
Muriel Rosenthal
Sophia Goodenbour
Graces
Frank Lamb
Leslie Kelsey
F. W. Hale
Opera House
Gates college-Tripoli
Tripoli
Mrs Dilger Dies At Age 3 In Shell Rock Iowa
Mrs Adam Dilger of Shell Rock dies here from embolism after weeks of illness. She was 43 years old. Funeral likely Wednesday at Garner with services for Arthur Garner of Minneapolis also noted. Survivors include husband Merton son Logan and daughters Jennie and Mina Stopplemore. Other relatives listed. Officers of Women's Relief corps elected for coming year.
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Shell Rock
Adam Dilger
Margaret Hemmerling
Osage
Sop
Merton
Jennie
Mina Stopplemore
Harvey Drohman
Willis Hemmering
Cedar Falls
Harry Hemmerling
Waterloo
Fred Hemmerling
Peoria
Garner
Arthur Garner
Minneapolis
Minn
Charles Thompson
Finchford
Logan
Clarksville
Frank
Lee
Bay River
Will
Jury Disagrees in Suit to Collect Note at Allison
The jury in the case of Servina Wilhelm of Parkersburg versus H F Raints of Aplington failed to reach a verdict after 23 hours, voting eight to four against a ruling. The matter likely will be retried at a later term. Farewell party for Abr and Mrs 2 W Burch noted as county engineer resigned for higher pay in Davenport Ta. Gard discussions include wedding licenses and hospital news. Disabled veterans gifts from rural schools and a confessed petty thief ring near Lake Dormatory.
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Courier Special Service
Allison
Servina Wilhelm
Parkersburg
H. F. Raints
Aplington
Burch
Davenport
Aa1
Frowe Hospital
Christe Mts Atchings
Knoxville
Former Cedar Falls teacher publishes memoir Chronicles of a Contented Man
Cedar Falls news notes the release by D J Laylander of Chronicles of a Contented Man a 11 chapter 150 page personal history covering his Ohio roots Malcom Iowa teaching career Cedar Falls 12 years beginning 1888 including a town topics column Annabell and a near escape from a cellar exit altercation during a revival Also mentions his farming stints hogs and cattle purchase of his first gold watch and friendships with local figures plus a Handel Messiah performance and college announcements including Red Cross drive totals and holiday travel plans.
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Courierapactal Servier
Cedar Falls
D J. Laylander
Laylander
Ohio
Iowa
Malcolm
Scarboro
Republican Party
Brooklyn
Chicago
Ca-R
H. C. Hemenway
W. H. Hurd
Weekly Gazette
Annabell
Hurd
Packard Opera House
W. A. Bryant
J. G. Packard
Messiah
George Frederick Handel
Teachers College
Luther A. Richman
George W. Sampson, Jr
Rose Lena Hugenilt
Frederick C
Imwiler Bad
Vedy
Kielty Funeral Held at Charles City Church
Services for Mrs. John Kielty aged 59 were conducted at the Catholic church with Dean W. J. Convery presiding. Interment followed at Calvary. In other items Mr and Mrs George Kock of Rudd welcomed a son in their home. Mrs Kock was formerly Lucile Miller. Wesley Bailey, a meat cutter, injured his right shoulder in a fall, sidelining him for weeks. A contested divorce case McAvoy versus McAvoy awarded Mrs McAvoy an 86 acre Grundy County farm and the city home with custody, while Mr McAvoy gains equity in 149 acres in Chickasaw County. James Stephenson, a longtime local character, died at the Chickasaw County home.
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Charles City
John Kielty
Dean W. J. Convery
Calvary
George Kock
Rudd
Rock
Lucile Miller
Wesley Bailey
West Side
McAvoy
W. J. McAvoy
Keplar
James Stephenson
Chickasaw County
Diphtheria Serum Given to 1800 Oelwein School Children
In Oelwein Iowa 1800 public and parochial schoolchildren received diphtheria serum with no cost to parents as local physicians donated services and the state supplied the serum. Also noted are a recovering injury case at Mercy hospital, assessor meeting plans for Jan 5 1928, basketball results for Oelwein high teams, and Griffith Woman's Relief Corps project expenditures.
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Oelwein
Ben White
Great Western Car Shops
Mercy Hospital
Quawatomie
Kan
John Oelberg
West Union
Oelwein High
Stanley
Griffith Woman's Relief Corps
Olive Moore
La Porte Youth Solos With Cedar Rapids Symphony
La Porte, December 19. James Vandersall, son of Rev and Mrs C H Vandersall, will be violin soloist with the Cedar Rapids Symphony at Sinclair Memorial chapel tomorrow evening. Critics call him a premier young musician. he won a one year scholarship at the American Conservatory in Chicago four years ago and has repeated victories four times. He studies under Professor Butler who ranks him above any student he has seen in 25 years.
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Courier
la Porte City
James Vandersall
C. H. Vandersall
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Sinclair Mémorial Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Young Vandersall
American Conservatory
Chicago
Butler
Cedar Falls Girl and Reinbeck Man Wed in Shell Rock
An announcment from Shell Rock reports the Dec 14 marriage of Miss Nida Jones of Cedar Falls to Carl Guhl of Reinbeck. The ceremony took place at the bride’s uncle D. L. Hart’s home, Rev. Henry Muller officiated, Miss Bernice Callaghan of Waterloo was bridesmaid, Paul Guhl was best man, and the couple’s attire featured tan georgette and pink rose bouquets.
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Courier Special Bervirn
Shell Rock
Nida Jones
William Jones
Cedar Falls
Carl Guhl
Reinbeck
D. L. Hart
Henry Muller
Waverly
Bernice Callaghan
Waterloo
Paul Guhl
Georges
Gos
Tan Georget
Funeral of Mrs Daniel Burns Held at Ackley Church
The funeral for Mrs Daniel Burns, who died in Emmetsburg on Wednesday night, was held Saturday at St Marys Church in Ackley. Rev Father Steinlager of New Hampton celebrated the Requiem Mass. Burial followed in Ackley Catholic Cemetery. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Driscoll, early residents of a farm three miles east of town.
Cantata Sung by Dunkerton Baptist Choir of 31
A cantata titled The Christmas King was performed by a 31 voice choir at the Dunkerton Baptist church. Directed by H. W. Brant, about half the singers were regular church choir members with others volunteering for the event. The program returns Tuesday evening at the Jesup Baptist church.
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Dunkerton Church
Sumen Spomdal Berys Dunkerton
Baptist Church
H. W. Brant
Baptist
Train Snowbound Near Osage Delayed Until Saturday
A Chicago Great Western passenger train due Friday at 7 50 p m did not reach Osage until 9 45 a m Saturday. Maintenance crews and win men labored through the night to free the train from a deep snow bank near Buckham seven miles northeast of Olare. On board were 15 women and Kelly Bros orchestra.
LaPorte W RC Honors Veteran Christmas Socials
The LaPorte W RC observed John Good s eighty second birthday a Civil War veteran at a social meeting with veterans David Allison Joseph Husman and Wilbus Lamos present a large birthday cake and plenary supper. The junior high school held a Christmas party with games gifts and a tree. Mothers Jewels hosted mothers of members at M E church with musical numbers and gifts from Santa. Three rural clubs held Christmas parties for families and a Thrift club event served a picnic supper followed by a program Santa distributed gifts. The Community club planned a party at John L s home with New Year resolutions to follow.
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Courier
la Porte City
John Good
David Allson
Joseph Husman
Wilbus Lamos
Corps
W. L. Gondor
M. E
Marion Tutt
Lucille Rauhauser
Teeter
Cecil Teeter
H. E. Waldroff
Claire Teeter
Mothers‘ Jewels
York
Neb
Margaret Haven
Marjorie Calkins
Ruth Strodecker
J. G. McQuilkin
Cecii Gates
Roy Pauls
Irene Johnson
Wheeler
Roger Bow
S. O. Smalling
E. Hubbard
John L
Building follows trend of business conditions
New York December 19 Building enterprise expanded since World War I yet fluctuates with prosperity. Residential construction rose more than any other type while industrial builds remained extensive but sensitive to downturns in 1921 1923 and 1924. Building material prices are down from 1919 and wages higher. costs slightly above 1919. Contracts value more than double 1919. charts from the Industrial Conference Board and Commerce Bureau compare costs and values since 1922 with manufacturing production.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
United States Department of Commerce
Bureau of Labor Statistics
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Department of Commerce
Community club hosts thirtieth wedding anniversary event
Young was attended by 20 families as members performed a one act play and staged a mock wedding for the 30th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kahier. A wedding cake was presented, Santa Claus appeared, gifts were exchanged, and a picnic lunch followed. In a separate note, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Frank celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary with relatives at a social gathering after a picnic dinner. Mrs. Fern Walsh and granddaughter Lois Christiansen left Denver for Colorado, with Mrs. Walsh’s mother Mrs. J. C. Hummel joining for the winter.
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Young
Lewis Kahier
Santa Claus
J. G. Frank
Colorado
Fern Walsh
Lois Christiansen
Denver
Colo
Livestock Die in Gresham Barn Fire
Four cows and three horses perished when a barn on the Walter Gresham farm near Gresham Iowa burned between 5 and 6 am today. A large quantity of hay and straw was destroyed. The fire originated in the haymow and the cause is not known.
Wagner Funeral to Be Held Wednesday in Zion Church
Cedar Falls reports Mrs. Caroline Wagner dies from pneumonia after a Cedar Falls residence of 72 years. She came from Germany at age 10 with her parents. Surviving are daughters Mrs. Clarence North and Carrie, and sons Frank of Cedar Falls and George of Fairbank. husband Morris Wagner preceded her. Funeral at Zion Evangelical Church at 1 30 p m Wednesday. Family home 1315 Franklin Street.
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Mrrer
Cedar Falls
Zion Evangelical Church
Caroline Wagner
Germany
Morris Wagner
Clarence North
Carrie
Frank
Cedar Fails
George
Fairbank
Franklin Street
Mayor and Council Disagree. Former Resigns Office in West Union
West Union Iowa December 19 1 A Grimes has been elected by the city council to serve as mayor during the three months remaining of the present term J W Ocker resigned as mayor due to frequent disagreement between himself and the aldermen
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Courier Special Service
West Union
A. Grimes
J. W. Ocker
Asrmayor
Webb Wins Victory In Principle Now Finance Next Step
Wendell Webb a Drake University student in Des Moines has won a victory in principle for the launch of a literary journal to be titled Foolseip. The publication board approved the idea but will not recognize it until funding plans are completed. Webb and associates seek financial support from student organizations amid a heated dispute with Lewis Worthington Smith, head of the English department.
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Wendell Webb
Waterloo
Drake University
Des Moines
Webb
Lewis Worthington Smith
Shotwell Funeral Set For Tuesday In Grundy Center
Dec. 19 funeral for Ted Shotwell 28, who died Sunday, will be held at the Methodist Episcopal church in Grundy Center at 2 30 p m. Rev. F O Winslow to officiate. Body to be taken to Vinton, former home. Survived by widow and four children. Shotwell previously worked at Diamond Bros. grocery store. He came to Grundy Center from Vinton five years ago.
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Courier
Grundy Center
Ted Shotwell
Methodist Episcopal Church
F. O. Winslow
Vinton
Shotwell
Aig
Diamond Bros
Gresham W M S Elects Officers
Gresham Ta December 19 members of the Gresham W M S met at Mrs J B Albright home and elected officers for the year with Mrs G T Herman as president and Mrs Nathan Reichart as vice president. Miss Marie Carrigg Iowa City visiting relatives. A community Christmas program will be held at Gresham church Friday December 23 at 6 p.m.
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Courier
Gresham, Ta
Gresham W. M
J. B. Albright
G. T. Herman
Nathan Reichart
J. E. Albright
Ray Daniels
Mission Band
W.lk Shanewise
Little Heralds
Gresham Church
Marie Carrigg
Iowa City
Father of Hudson Man Dies in West
William S Patterson father of Or H Patterson of Hudson, Va, died Saturday at his Los Angeles home after three years of illness. Former Cedar Rapids police officer, he is survived by widow and two children Gladys House of Los Angeles and the son in Hudson. Services were held in Los Angeles. Patterson worked for Hudson Lumber Co. The article notes a stray question about iron in ship guiding at the end.
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Courier Specier
Hudson
William S Patterson
Or. H. Patterson
Los Angeles
Cal
Patterson
Cedar Rapids
Tivo
Gladys House
Hudson Lumber Company
California
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