Car thieves in Charles City nabbed after farm discovery
Vern and Leslie McMonigle aged 18 and 14 were arrested on a farm north of Charles City while accessories from two Ford cars were found earlier at Nora Springs. Items including tires a battery a gas cock motors cigaret lighters and other stolen goods were recovered. Cecil Thomas about 20 admitted complicity. Buck Wilson was arrested at Osage on an outstanding charge after fleeing Charles City. Sheriff Saddler and Deputy Atherton plan to bring him back.
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Charles City
Vern
Leslie McMonigle
Here
Nora Springs
McManigle
P. A. Saddler
Dan Shannon
Gamble
Thomas
Cecil Thomas
John Christianson
Hildreth Theatre
Wilson
Osage
Buck” Wilson
Hunderford
Mitchell County
Saddler
Bernard Atherton
Jury in Butler Trial Returns Sealed Verdict
A sealed verdict was returned in Butler District Court in Allison Iowa. Judge C H Kelley presided in Judge J J Clark's absence due to illness and will not resume before Christmas. The case concerns a 1925 bank guaranty contract signed by Orlis Miller and other directors, disputed because C H McNider never signed, involving more than $13,000.
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Courier Special Service
Allison
C. H. Kelley
J. J. Clark
Charles City
Clark
Aredalé
Bank
Dysart Club Hosts Women of Dysart Area Society
Dysart Woman Is Hostess to Club reports a series of afternoon gatherings at local homes. Notes include new station manager at Cities Service on Main Street, ongoing farm sale results with prices, illness and hospitalizations, and members of various clubs hosting meetings. Also mentions a hospital stay for Alfred Judige and visits by students from the university.
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Gourier
Dysart
D. E
George Leo. Wilbur
Corcoran
Kerr Farm- East
Cities Service
Main Street
George ‘Ward
Fred Warful
Tural
Ee Club
Kate Simonsen
Howard Lindeman
Lindeman
I. JB. Club
Mooreville
H. E. Harrington
Alfred “Judige
Cedar Rapids
Pearl Seebach
C.C.A. Club
Zobel Bros
Evangelical Woman's Missionary Society
Martin Messer
John Robb
West Wilson Street
F. W. Schmidt
Iowa City
Helen
Frances Fairbanks
University
Fredericksburg Men Break Partnership
Fredericksburg report states Earl March and his son Billy are running the barber shop after the dissolution of Earl March and Floyd Babcock. Ray McGuwnslin is incapacitated by bird poisoning in his feet. Grace and Jimmie had tonsils removed at New Hampton hospital recently. Mr and Mrs Walter Thorn welcomed a daughter. School closed today for two weeks of vacation.
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Fredericksburg
Earl March
Billy
Floyd Babcock
Ray McGuwnslin
Grace
Jimmie
New Hampton Hospital
Walter Thorn
Independence Lumber Opens New Building in Independence
The West Side Lumber Company opened its new office near the Rock Island station with B. J. Smith as head of the West Side office and H. E. Smith at the East Side office. A matching shop and lumber shed were also erected to replace those lost in February fire.
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Independence
West Side Lumber Company
Rock Island Station
J. Smith
West Side
H. E. Smith
East Side
Christmas Eve Programs at Hudson Churches
Christmas Eve programs will be held at First Brethren and United Brethren churches in Hudson Ja. The United Brethren program features a tree and windmill with numbered acts including songs, recitations, and pantomimes performed by varied classes. The First Brethren program lists selections with readings, songs, solos, and classes, ending with a white gift offering and a benediction.
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Courier
Hudson
First Brethren
United Brethren
W. N. Roush
Lyman Sergeant
First Primary
Juansta
Mohler
Ward Mohler
Santa and the
Ivabel Smith
Santa
Frances Gutknecht
Archie Mintsh
Loveliest
Christ Child
Marian Gutknecht
H. R. Hollis
E. Forest Byers
Mabel Hogshead
Mildred Hantio
Jesus
Irv. Blough
Forest Byers
Jack Byers
Marvena Wyatt
H. E. Lafrenz
A. E. Hollis
Glen Byers
Dale
Edgar Wassam
Five Pound Dog of Buchanan Man Hunts Big Game
Independence Iowa December 21 Alvin Manson Quasqueton shows a five pound rat terrier named Sample that has captured a red fox on display Last week Manson hunted three times with Sample producing a fox coon two skunks and three possums The dog enters dens kills or drives out the prey Manson has refused offers including 100 for the dog and 20 a pound for the canine
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Independence
Alvin Manson
Quasqueton
Mr. Manson
Fall from straw pile injures Gladbrook man
Glen Rosenberger fell from a straw pile at his sister's home suffering a scalp wound that required more than 40 stitches. A pneumonia illness afflicted the Seydel child, with a professional nurse in attendance. An Iowa Central Telephone Co employee hosted a Christmas gathering at the electric shop with family and friends. A grade program was held in the gymnasium Thursday evening.
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Courier
Gladbrook
Glen Rosenberger
Gus ' Landt
Harry Seydel
Iowa Central
Ray Allard
Gail
Helen
Dan
Fred Berry
Clifford
Dean
Heith
Barbara
Kathryn Wahl
Bob
Clara Rosenberger
Hollis
Peart Rosenberger
Glenn
Hilda .Claussen
Clara Ciemann
Hawkeye Cancels Church Services for Flu Outbreak
Hawkeye Iowa suspends church services and public gatherings on Mayor J G Bopp's orders following Health Officer T N Walsh's guidance as the epidemic nears 1918 levels with about one third of homes reporting illness and whole families affected.
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Hawkeye
Courier
J. G. Bopp
T. N. Walsh
Detour Near Hazleton Reopens After Rough Passage
Oelwein Iowa reports the primary detour near Hazleton is passable again though very rough. Authorities are alerted to several needy families, including a seven member ill household with no fuel or milk. Roald Braulick returns from Wartburg Normal College as associate editor of Wartburg Echo. Trains on lines from Oelwein run slightly off schedule due to the severe cold snap.
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Oelwein
No. 11
Hazleton
American Red Cross
Roald Braulick
Wartburg Normal College
Waverly
Wartburg
Piano Pupils Give Recital At Home in Clarksville
Mrs. Bess Fields presented her piano pupils in a private recital at her Clarksville home on Tuesday afternoon, with Aqiss Alta Freeman of the Iowa State Teachers college guiding the students. Parents and friends attended and refreshments were served after the performance.
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Clarksville
Bess Fields
Cedar Falls church auxiliary groups elect officers
Cedar Falls churches hold annual meetings as January congregational gatherings approach. Zion Evangelical Ladies Aid elected Mrs Carl W Miller president and a slate including Mrs William Wickelberg and Mrs Alfred Behrens. St Johns Lutheran senior league named Ruth Meyer president and Paul Kammeyer treasurer. Brotherhood of St Johns chose George Behrens president and O K Jensen treasurer. Funeral notices for Mrs Carl W Able and Christian Hans Krog. Crouse travels south. Resor rites private. Chicago visitors Clifford and Mrs Larsen staying with the Grave family.
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Cedar Falls
Churches of
Ladies’ Aid of Zion Evangelical Church
Carl W. Miller
William Wickelberg
Alfred Behrens
Julius A. Miller
George Hoffman
Sunshine Fund
A. L. Hauser
Music
Luther League of St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ruth Meyer
M. T. Smith
Frederick Breckenfelder
Paul Kammeyer
The
Brotherhood of St. John’s Church
George Behrens
John Thies
Walter Wellman
O. K. Jensen
Carl W. Able
Mary Wiler
College Street
H. J. Faust
Zion Evangelical Church
Greenwood
Christian Hans Krog
Grundy County
Fredsville
Stockholm
Dike
Crouse
EH Crouse
Black Hawk
Grundy
Arkansas
A. W. Walker
James Brownell Post
Carl W. Howe
Eleventh Street
Alumni Banquet Set for Brandon December 26
Brandon Iowa December 21 The Brandon consolidated schools alumni will hold their first banquet Wednesday evening December 26 at the I O O F hall dinner served at seven by Rebekah lodge members The Parent Teacher association December meeting scheduled for Friday night is cancelled due to colds and proximity to Christmas also noting illness in the Soden family with pneumonia and mastoid trouble The Brandon school Christmas vacation begins at close of school today and runs until January second
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Courier
Brandon
Brandon Consolidated Schools
Rebekah Lodge
Parent-Teacher Association
Dale
Harold Soden
Ray Soden
Red Cross Fund in Mitchell Co. Now Totals $400
Osage Dec. 21 Mrs Daisy Tupper Nichols county Red Cross chairman reports Mitchell county totals 400. Osage canvassed by American Legion Auxiliary under supervision of Mrs Gerhard Goplerud raised 225. Riceville led by Mrs Abbie Brown contributed 60. St Ansgar with Paul Rosel as chairman gave 96. Orchard chaired by John Evans contributed 13.
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Osage
Daisy Tupper Nichols
The
Red Cross
Mitchell County
American Legion Auxiliary
Gerhard Goplerud
Riceville
Abbie Brown
St. Ansgar
Paul Rosel
Orchard
John Evans
Clutier Man Sentenced Five Years For Poultry Thefts
Joe Pronek of Clutier was sentenced by Judge Clarence Nichols in Tama County District Court to five years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison for larceny of poultry. Convicted by a jury after a seven and a half hour deliberation, Pronek had been jailed since his arrest months ago. The same issue delayed a $10,000 damage suit by W. E. McBride brought against Charles Mrech, tied to a Wolf Creek bridge collision near Tracy, until January 7 due to illness and juror shortages.
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Joe Pronek
Clutier
Clarence Nichols
Tama County
Fort Madison
Pronek
W. E. McBride
Tracr
Charles Mrech
Toledo
Wolf Creek
Tracy
McBride
Mrech
Nichols
Northeast Iowa Lodge Elections
In Hudson a Modern Woodmen of America election lists Ed Smith venerable consul Neil Mastain worthy advisor with officers J Strayer clerk Ed Fraham assistant clerk George Mastain escort S E Rasmussen watch man W T Smith sentry Dr E B McMillan C A Bixby F C Baldwin A H Brandhurst trustees also named for Charles City Order of Eastern Star Vera Witzil worthy matron Edwin Childs worthy patron R W Zastrow associate patron Pearl Mae Fluegal associate matron Faye Summers secretary Margaret Fillenworth treasurer Maud Galt conductress.
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Hudson
Modern Woodmen of America
Ed Smith
Neil Mastain
J. Strayer
Ed Fraham
George Sergeant
Glen Mastain
S. E. Rasmussen
W. T. Smith
EB. C. McMillan
C. A. Bixby
F. C. Baldwin
A. H. Brandhurst
Charles City
Order of Eastern Star
Vera E. Witzil
Edwin Childs
R. W. Zastrow
Pearl Mae Fluegal
Faye Summers
Margaret Fillenworth
Maud Galt
Christmas Only Holiday of General Appeal at Charles City High
Charles City Iowa December 21 final assembly of the year featured Rev Thomas Anderson who said Christmas unites mankind across walks of life. Principal J H Trefz announced semifinalists in the school dramatic contest Marian Aldridge Dorothy Case Gretchen Clark Leone Fredrick Mildred Idso Ardene Kerstetter Doris Lindaman Jane Rhinesmith Thelma Wilke Faye Wiltse Viola Gitsch Classes suspended until January 7. A Nashua high basketball game tonight was postponed due to influenza in Nashua.
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Charles City
Charles City High School
Thomas Anderson
J. H. Trefz
Marian Aldridge
Dorothy Case
Gretchen Clark
Leone Fredrick
Mildred Idso
Ardene Kerstetter
Doris Lindaman
Jane Rhinesmith
Thelma Wilke
Faye Wiltse
Viola Gitsch
Nashua High
Nashua
Charge Three Mexicans with Murder of One
West Union Iowa December 21 Three Mexicans Luz Valle Manuel Lopez and Pedro Ramos waived preliminary hearing and are held without bail on first degree murder charges in the Dec 9 stabbing death of Matilla Renada near Oelwe. Defense by E BR O Gonnor of Oelwein. Ramon Ramos held as material witness.
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West Union
Luz Valle
Manuel Lopez
Pedro Ramos
J. J. Berkey
Fayette County
Matilla Renada
Oelwe
Valle
E. BR. O’gonnor
Oelwein
Ramon Ramos
Nashua Basketball Team on Vacation
Nashua high school basketball practice halted for a week due to influenza. Five of fourteen players ill. tonight’s game with Charles City canceled for both teams. Also reported ill: Ray Hildeman of Sonia with bronchial pneumonia. his nurse sister aiding at home. Paul Betz and C R Dexter also ill with influenza and sciatic rheumatism respectively.
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Gourier
Nashua
Nashua High School
Charles’ City
Ray Hildeman
Sonia
Bullen Motor
A. D. Seaman
St. Francis Hospital
Paul Betz
Nashua State Bank
C. R. Dexter
Mitchell Bank Declares Final 5 Percent Dividend
Dec 21 Usage Ia J M Slosson Northwood receiver for the defunct Mitchell County Savings bank announces a final dividend of 5 percent will be paid soon to all depositors. This makes a total of 95 percent dividends.
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J. M. Slosson
Northwood
Mitchell County Savings Bank
National Iowa Night set for February 23 at UI
National Iowa Night marks the University of Iowa eighty second anniversary with a WSUI radio program and alumni meetings across more than 100 groups in 16 states. The formal state university founding date is February 25, 1847, with the observance adjusted to a Friday eve.
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Courier
Towa City
National Iowa
University of Iowa
Frederic G. Higbee
Alumni Association
WSUI
United States
Hawkeye
Althe
Walter A. Jessup
Charles Bundy Wilson
State University of Iowa
Guests at Independence visiting Sachtschale family
Independence Iowa December 21 Special Mr and Mrs John Sachtschale of Chicago are visiting in Independence at the homes of Mrs Mary Sachtschale and Mrs C Seeland. They are accompanied by Bert Sachtschale the young man’s father.
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Independence
John Sachtschale
Chicago
Mary Sachtschale
C. Seeland
Bert Sachtschale
Floyd Bureaus Annual Meeting Set For Dec 28
Charles City Iowa December 21 The annual Farm Bureau meeting will be held at the Baptist church on December 28 with Charles E Hearst Iowa Farm Bureau president to speak Business sessions begin 1030 am followed by a church dinner Reports will be given and officer elections held Also noted are Legion activities Starr Home trustees meeting And a jail sentence for Cecil Thomas for motor vehicle taking without consent
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Courier
Charles City
Farm Bureau
Baptist
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau
Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Starr Home
Cecil Thomas
Floyd County
M. H. Keplar
Thomas
Keplar
Iowa Industrial Commission
Hart-Parr Company
George F. Schueler
Hart-Parr
Elsie Schueler
Orin Sorenson
Wisconsin Street
EB. A. Ernsberger
Charles City Western
Southwestern Lights& Power Co
Oklahoma
Ernsberger
Texas
C. E. Wright
Masonic Temple
John.t. Adams
Board of Custodians
Helen Griffin
Jean Lackey
Arlene Lobrke
Carleton
Russell Nies
Howard
Keith Fellogg
Burr Galt
Dana Spear
Florence Kreuger
Iowa University
Darwin Korinke
Wm. Hamilton
Wallace Smith
Wisconsin University
Marion Brouillard
St. Catherine's School For Girls
St. Paul
Hospitals Bar Visitors In University Of Iowa
Visitors will be barred from the University of Iowa three hospitals during the influenza prevalence, announced in Iowa City on December 21.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Thursday Club Christmas Party in La Porte City
Christmas party for Thursday club families was held at the J. F. Gay home with games a grabbag and a program featuring Helen Fleming Lavonne Palmer Mrs C C Hager and several Palmer children. Refreshments were served by hostesses Miss Helen Fleming Miriam Pauls and others. Tourist club held its Christmas party with a story reading or song a gift exchange and a covered dish luncheon. Bert Betts was hospitalized for evaluation at university hospital with his sons Milo and Weldon accompanying him. Local families attended funeral of Rev W F Brecher in Elgin and the pastor visited in LeMars where his granddaughter Dorothy Louise was born.
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la Porte City
J. F. Gay
Helen Fleming
Lavonne Palmer
J. H. Goon
A. E. Osborne
J. W. Lehman
Bert Betts
Town City
University Hospital
Milo
Weldon
F. E. Lehman
Frederick
George Klock
Elgin
W. F. Brecher
LeMars
Woodke
Dorothy Louise
Dunkerton Man Goes to Greeley to Work in Bank
Dunkerton Iowa December 21 W J Parks formerly cashier of Merchants & Savings bank now merged with First National bank has gone to Greeley Iowa to take charge of the bank there during the absence of Mr Cole a member of the Iowa legislature influenza has caused cancellation of the pageant The Other Wise Man planned by Mrs S Knoirs M E Sunday school class for Sunday evening.
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Courier Special Services
Dunkerton
W. J. Parks
Merchants & Savings Bank
First National Bank
Greeley
Cole
Iowa
Holiday greetings phoned from New York by former C F teacher
Cedar Falls Dec 21 Christmas greetings came by telephone last evening to several local friends of J Q Perrine former member of the faculties of the city high school and Teachers college who now is associated with American Telephone & Telegraph Co in New York City Mr Perrine has called his friends here a few days before Christmas annually since leaving Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
J. Q. Perrine
City High School
Teachers College
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
New York City
Perrine
Ordination of Universalist minister completed in Waterloo
Osage Iowa December 21 special report Rev. F W Miller pastor of the Universalist church and Rev Mrs Jennie Hitchcock former pastor returned home from Waterloo where they attended the ordination of Rev Conrad Rheiner and his installation as pastor of the Universalist church in that city.
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Osage
F. W. Miller
The
Universalist Church
Jennie Hitchcock
Waterloo
Conrad Rheiner
Fayette 10 Have Artists Course With Numbers
Fayette Ia Dec 21 By securing artists of extraordinary ability and fame Fayet te town surpasses similar undertakings. Tenor Cappelli, Edwin Markham the Lincoln poet and Ilza Niemack violinist will appear. Cappelli Jan 17, Markham March 5, Niemack Jan 31 in Fayette through local clubs and university partners.
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Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Iowa
Longtime Grundy resident Mrs Finlayson dies at 73
Grundy Center Iowa December 21 Funeral planned for Sunday at 2 p.m. at the family home for Mrs. Janetta Finlayson DuBois Finlayson 73 a lifelong resident born in Jones County She died after six weeks illness Surviving are husband Robert two sons Willis Grundy Center Harold Piedmont Cal a daughter Mrs Horace Vasby Evanston Illinois a sister Mrs Arthur Merritt nearby and a brother Harry DuBois Wyoming Funeral officiants are Rev Daniel Kerr and Rev Fred Winslow both local ministers.
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Courier
Grundy Center
Robert Finlayson
Flness
Daniel Kerr
Fred Winslow
M. E. Church
Finlayson
Jones County
Iowa
Janetta DuBois
Willis
Harold
Piedmont
Cal
Horace Vasby
Evanston
Ill
Arthur Merritt
Here
Harry DuBois
Wyoming
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Ole. Grave
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Mitchell Co
Mitchell Bank
OWA
OF State University
Floyd Bureaus
Hearst
Schueler
N. Y
C. F
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Northfield Coxwell
Nichols & Gate Good Furniture
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Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Incorporated
W. 43Rd St
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J.J. McLaughlin Limited
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