Several Tentative Candidacies as Carter Retires from House
Jaws Fails, Ja, Dec. 28. L. V. Carter will not seek re election to the Iowa house of representatives leaving the seat open in this county. Several likely entries are being groomed. The Citizen named C. A. Bryson as a strong contender. H. E. Moffat of Eldora Herald and Sherm Needham of Eldora Ledger are also mentioned. Fred E. Trainer of Ackley and Mr Middiestadt of Radcliffe are floated as possible entrants.
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Cannice
Jaws
L. V. Carter
Iowa House of Representatives
Befeld
C. A. Bryson
H. E. Moffat
Eldora Herald
Sherm Needham
Eldora Ledger
Fred E. Trainer
Ackley
Middiestadt
Radcliffe
Oelwein Family Reunites After Seventeen Years At Christmas
Oelwein Ia December 28 for the first time in 17 years three Richer children joined the family for Christmas dinner. Relatives visiting included Rush Ridler and daughter Marysville Kan Frank Ridler and daughter Chicago 7 P Von Lackum and sons Waterup Dr Willard Cook Afton visiting his parents Judge and Mrs day Cook. Albert Massey and wife died within eight days in Victorville Cal. The new bell of the Christian church weighing 1500 pounds was rung for the first time Christmas evening, a gift from Dr K W Cousins. No arrests or fires in town over Christmas. Annapolis sailor Russell Grannis visiting home for holidays. Several boys have been risking trouble with gun play on the streets since Christmas.
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Oelwein
John Richer
Rush Ridier
Marysville
Kan
Frank Ridler
Chicago
P. von Lackum
Willard Cook
Afton
Day Cook
Malta
Epworth
W. F. Gremmell
W. H. Melhe
Albert Massey
Victorville
Cal
Rota Annapolis
Russell Grannis
Annapolis Naval Academy
Jack Arthur
Butte
Mont
Dave Arthur
Mental Conflict Held Heritage of Those Part White
Edward B. Reuter, sociology professor at the University of Iowa, says mixed-bloods face unhappy lives unless they relinquish hopes for white classification. He argues their personality is disorganized and crime and radicalism stem from mental conflict, urging acceptance of a lower racial status for a stable life.
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Reuter
Hudson High Class of 1917 Guests at Dinner
Mr and Mrs Frank Gutknecht entertained Hudson high school class of 1917 members and spouses at a three course dinner last evening. The informal gathering included ten students five girls and five boys with Miss Helen Gutknecht assisting. The class roster lists Ralph Bowen Ralph Johnson Fred Strayer Arthur Knudsen Frank Guikareht and others. One guest. Mrs Amer, unable to attend due to travel.
Ice storage begins in La Porte City for season
Don Quackelbush and workers started Tuesday to store ice for the coming season. The ice is good quality and about 4 1/2 inches thick. Last year the ice was poor and none was stored, forcing reliance on Waterloo suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Porte City
General store destroyed by fire in Powersville
A warehouse fire in Powersville on December 28 leveled the general store. Officials cite an overheated chimney fed by 260 gallons of lubricating oil and other oils. Shells exploded, salvage limited to a lone truck. Owner Fred Seton lost $50 to $80 in a purse. wind kept flames from neighboring homes. insurance unlikely to cover all losses. The building, owned by the Fowers estate, is believed insured.
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Courier &Oeela! Service
Powersville
Fred Seton
Seton
Fowers
Clarksville Groups Send Gifts to Orphans Home
Presbyterian guild missionary and Christian Endeavor societies in Clarksville sent a 60 pound Christmas box to the Christian Orphans home in Council Bluffs. Local residents share Christmas visits and family gatherings over the holiday period with various relatives and parties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Sunday School Promotion in Hazleton Church Program
Hazleton church Sunday school promotes at a Christmas program featuring students and staff. Names include George, Carl Wilson, Yemen Wallace, Lavelle, and Gustmas. The report notes a patient in Watertown and a local resident formerly of this place now at St Luke's Hospital with various births and marriages referenced.
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Hazleton
Romation
Pxorelans
Eriday
Urdar Regids
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Falls Banks Schedule Annual Business Sessions
Banks in Cedar Falls announce dates for their annual business sessions amid community financial events. Cedar Falls National Bank Security Trust and Savings Bank Cedar Valley Building and Loan association and related lenders set meetings in January at local venues to review year results and plan activities.
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Cedar Falls
Wegen
Cedar Tall” Dee
Toliow
Cedar Valley Building &, Loan Association
Dan
Cedar Falls National Bank
Security Trust & Savings Bank
Cedar Falls Building & Loan Association
Cgivmania Building & Loan Association
Emma F Chase 15 Married in New York City
Cards announce the marriage of Miss Emma Frances Chase formerly of Cedar Falls to Gordon Kern in the Little Church Around the Corner New York City December 29 witnessed by twenty guests including Lara and John Kingman and Mr and Mrs Glenn Moon. They will reside at 300 West 109th Street New York City. Mrs Kern taught French and dramatic art in Huntington NY and is a Columbia graduate.
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Sereter
Cedar Falls
Emma_ Frances Chase
Gordon Kern
New York City
Lara Kingman
John Kingman
York City
Glenn Moon
Stamford
Kern
International Telephone Company
Marshalltown
O'Neall
Teachers College
Messrs
Mynes
Lute Corwin
Fred Crane
Leonard Corwin
A. F. Corwin
Tremont sLrest
College Hill
H. H. Dorrell
Olive Street
Iver Christofferson
Chicago
R. L. Laird
Des Moines
M. W. Beebe
Hampton
T. F. Wise
A. G. Berry
Council Bluffs
J. C. Rainbow
Rainbow
William H. Bedford
Alhambra
Cal
Margaret Simpson
Lee Simpson
Waterloo
Janesville
Charles City W C T U meets with program and reports
Charles City unit of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union met at the Community house this afternoon. The program included devotionals, greetings, a reading titled Domestic Science vs Aunt Mathilda, and a Golden Rule Sunday note. Aged Woman broke her shoulder. Mrs. William Cummings, elder, fell from bed near Colwell. Other items include a Farm Bureau meeting with State Agents association leader Olson, a follow‑up on Jump Shades, Legion Auxiliary party with cards, dancing and lunch, and a Kennedy family reunion at Mrs. AL Kimball’s home with 33 relatives. Funeral rites for Flora Acker, 75, were held at Lindaman Brow with Rev. Swann officiating. Floods, pavement work, and local theatre activity at Cedar River and Osage are noted among regional updates.
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Courier
Charles City
Mary Rudolph
Rolleall
Mary Wellemeyer
George Buckman
Mathilda
Helen Blunt
C. Hauser
Mary Yon
Guy Martin
Fred Ponto
Legion Auxiliy
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Legion
Lam
Younan
Kennard
AL Kimball
Floyd Road
Tessunse
Cedar
We State
Waltat
AP Orage
Oretvira
Independence Man Near Death From Stroke in Ta.
Independence Iowa report on W Hildebrand at Fifth Avenue home after a series of strokes. His daughter Mrs O D Hitmer from Cod ling Wis helps care. Sousa Potters Jr, former resident and new Navy member, writes from New York of being aboard a ship chosen for President Coolidge’s Havana trip. Potter’s family roots traced to Wintrop. Kenneally of Chapman Lumber yard moved to Thames Hospital after minor operation, awaiting further surgery if needed.
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Samuel Potters, Jr
New
United States Navy
Freinds
New York City
Cuban
Mr. Potter
President Coolidge
Havana
Mr. Totter
Uncle Sam
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Panama
5. Potter
Wintrop
Call Trial Jurors for Bremer Court to Report Jan 17
Waverly Iowa December 28 trial jurors drawn for the January term of district court will report for duty at the courthouse on January 17. Local notes include St Andrew's church school Christmas festival, Women's Relief corps gifts, a firemen's masquerade ball at the opera house, and a window display prize winner. Births reported include four new arrivals. Beevers recovering from a work accident and a hospital operation for H F Buham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gourier Snevial Servier
Waverly
St. Andrew's Church
Guild Hall
Women's Relief Corps
Opera House
Carpenter's Orchestra
New Hampton
Treasury
A. H. Niewehner
Remington Arms
Phyllis High
East Section
West Side
Home Missionary Society
M. EB
Lulu
Sheldon
H. F. Buham
Mercy Hospital
Fred Krumweide
Art Roloff
B. Leavens
Dave Whitsell
A Beevers
Pipho
Delaware County Couple Wed 50 Yrs
A Delaware County couple, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Brayton, celebrate their golden anniversary after a Christmas Day 1877 marriage at the Barry home near Barryville. They have several children and grandchildren, with a life story spanning Spring Branch creamery work, Brayton and Castle store in Manchester, and later farming near Ryan, Hess place, now run by tenants.
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Courier
Manchester
Henry W. Brayton
Hyan
Barry
Barryville
Williams
Grant Brayton
Spring Branch
Seaval Clark
Laura Foell
Elroy Clark
Iva Brayton
Anna
Helen Brayton
Des Moines
Brayton
Erie County
N.Y
Tripoli Churches Mark Christmas in Community Programs
Christmas programs were held Saturday evening at St. Peter's Evangelical St. John's Lutheran and the Congregational churches in Tripoli. Augusta Meier and her son William traveled to Neenah Wisconsin Friday to visit Augusta's daughter Mrs Clarence Annemann and family. Fred Stuckenburg and children from Chicago arrived Friday to visit his parents Mr and Mrs W H Notdorf for a few weeks. Robert Horsley studying electrical engineering in Chicago visits his parents. Miss Erna Rouss and Miss Gladys Ambrose from Grinnell College are home for the holiday vacation.
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Reine Spreeval Berrie
Tripol
Christ
St. Peter's
W. H. Notdorf
Robert Horsley
Chicago
R. ©. Horsley
Erna Rouss
Gladys Ambrose
Grinnell College
Missouri teacher defied kidnapper in cross state chase
Pauline Thompson a 20 year old Missouri schoolteacher from Unionville was forced to ride with her kidnapper Joy Rennells 22 after he abducted her at her Unionville schoolhouse. Police traced the pair across Iowa and Minnesota ending with Rennells arrested at Manly Iowa while Thompson prepared to return home and resume her teaching duties.
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Des Moines
Pauline Thompson
Missouri
Unionville
Joy Rennells
Northwood
Miss Thompson
Rennells
Wim Hesse Funeral Rites In Readlyn Set For Thursday
Readlyn Iowa December 28 the funeral of William Hesse who died Monday will be conducted at 10 p m Rev Mr Frese motored to Hampton Friday to bring his daughter Clara here for a visit She was called back the next day to care for A Case Miss Hulda Niemeier Center Point and Miss Esther Meyer Waterloo came Saturday to spend the holidays at their parents homes Paul Meter and Elmer Spier students at college arrived Wednesday to attend the Meyer Rathe wedding and to spend the holidays with their Miss Leila Niemeyer employed at the Mrs Christ Meyerhoff home
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Readlyn
William Hesse
Frese
Hampton
Clara
Rare
Hulda Niemeier
Center Point
Esther Meyer
Waterloo
Paul Meter
Elmer Spier
Leila Niemeyer
Dunkerton Man Buys Businesses in Denver Move
Albert Matthias of Dunkerton has taken possession of a jewelry repair shop and funeral home business from Arthur Diekmann in Denver. Diekmann retains the radio equipment business and leases the former Diekmann building. Matthias plans to add furniture stock and move his family to the area. He and his brother have leased the former Meyer meat market, to be managed by Albert Matthias. The funeral of Mrs. Guenther, who died Saturday at Presbyterian hospital Waterloo, was held here. burial was in the rural Lutheran cemetery. Mrs. Guenther is survived by her husband, eight sons and four daughters. Leases Garten Farm. D A Friedley, Bennington township, will possess March 1. Will Becker, current tenant, buys a farm near New Hartford. Children of Mrs Will Milius Jr celebrate her birthday. Herman Kussatz sold 25 acres to Emil Matthias.
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Gourier
Denver
Albert Matthias
Dunkerton
Arthur Diekmann
Diekmann
Charles Diekmann
Matthias
Albert
Meyer Meat Market
Herman Kussatz
Emil Matthias
Manchester Florist Charles Adams Dies After Paralytic Stroke
Charles Adams a lifelong Manchester resident died at his North Franklin street home after a paralytic stroke suffered a day earlier. He was 61, born Aug 18 1866 in Delaware township. Survived by widow and three children, funeral Thursday at the Methodist church with burial in Oakland cemetery.
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Courier Special
Manchester
Charles &. Adams
Sprist
North Franklin Street
EB. D. Wells
Dubuque
Oakland Cemetery
R. V. Porter
Delaware Township
Mr. Adams
Asahel Adams
Ohio
New York
Clarence Stevenson
Graettinger
Margaret
Harold L
Etty
Funeral Service for Mrs Sprole Held in Traer
Traer Iowa December 28 The United Presbyterian church was crowded for the funeral of Mrs Marvin Sprole age 23 who died Sunday night at St Francis hospital Waterloo after three weeks of medical treatment. She was born in Tama county and educated at Tracy high school and Iowa State Teachers College. Survived by her parents J Roger and Margaret Thompson and siblings Vallce, Robert James and Helen. Relatives and friends attended from Waterloo Hudson Geneseo Buckingham and nearby areas.
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Gourier
Traer
United Presbyterian Church
Marvin Sprole
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
A. R. Grant
Geneseo
Margaret Thompson
J. Roger Thompson
Buckingham
Tama County
Tracy High School
Towa State Teachers College
Arlington
Vallce Thompson
Robert
James
Helen
Hudson
Freer
Vicinity
Hold Funeral of Griffin Baby at Parkersburg Home
Services were held today at the Griffin home for their six week old son Bobbie Lee Griffin who died Monday from pneumonia. Burial followed at Oak Hill cemetery. Surviving are the parents and a four year old sister Brocka.
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Courier
Parkersburg
Clifford Griffin
Bobbie Lee
Oak Hil
Brocka
Marlys Fay
Harvey Brocka
Butler Center
Frey
Will Freys
Geneseo School Given Vacation
Geneseo Iowa December 28 10 day vacation granted to Geneseo school pupils with dismissal of classes Friday A horse owned by Lee Merritt was injured in a fall and died from the injuries A J Meeker hosted a large Christmas dinner with many attendees Victor Kenneth Strohecker and others attended The Holstein cow sold at Waterloo sale was bought by T Mitchell Ed and Mrs Strohecker visited Illinois over Christmas R M Gunn entertained a large group at Christmas dinner Saturday
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Jourier
Geneseo
Lee Merritt
A. J. Meeker
Emma Armstrong
Dorchester
Neb
J. F. Meeker
Cedar Falls
C. R
BR. J. Meeker
Waterloo
W. A. Speer
C. W. Stauffer
Grover Thomas
Lewis Meyers
Dysart
Harold Brandt
Victor
Kenneth Strohecker
Oo. T. Mitchell
Ed Strohecker
Illinois
R. M. Gunn
Hudson's Alumni to Have Annual Dinner Thursday
Hudson Iowa December 26 annual banquet of Hudson High Alumni Association will be held Thursday evening at the Baptist church with a three course dinner served at 6 30 toastmaster George Johnson and each class will have a representative on the program the evening will be informal. The Woman's Auxiliary to the American Legion will install officers at their meeting at Mrs Margaret Shepherd's home Thursday evening. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Hudson
Hudson High Alumni Association
Baptist Church
George Johnson
Legion Auxiliary
Otcers
Woman's Auxiliary
American Legion
Margaret Shepherd
J. C. Barfa
J. C. Gutknecht
A. T. Joder
S. J. Strayer
H. A. Gaede
RB. H. Mueller
Dani Holmes
Catherine
Helen Beeber
Reinbeck
Pearl Frank
Marshalltows
Neilsen
Lars Neilsen
Lincoln Township
John Holmes
Mark Humphrey
Eagle Center
J. Lawrence Copley
Copley
Ida Copley
South Street
Waterloo
Subcay
Dike
Cedar Rapids
Guttenberg
Manchester Man Dies at Oakdale
Manchester Iowa death notice for Hiram Harrington aged 77 after tuberculosis illness at Oakdale where he had been 12 years. Funeral at Brown parlors conducted by Rev Moore. Born November 10 1850 in Chautauqua County New York. Survived by wife Bertha and three children Howard Pertil and Hazel with Howard in Sacramento and Hazel in Minneapolis. Burial planned in Oakland cemetery.
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Manchester
Hiram
Strawberry Point
Edgewood
Clara Huene
Cleveland
Harrington
Bertha Huene
E. L. Simpson
Youthful Mutter Shot On Hunting Trip Near Port Dodge
Port Dodge Iowa December 28 report says a 12 year old boy companion Donald Ringer fatally shot a youth on a hunting trip. The injured boy died hours later at Jocel Hospital. The incident involves Amy Culbertson of Edgewood Indiana and J O Manchester as relatives mentioned in the fragment.
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Port Dodce
J—acci
Boy Companion
Donald Ringer
Jocel Roepital Mirere
City Patrolman Endorses Plant Juice After Indigestion
A Waterloo patrolman, living at 627 N Barclay, testifies that Plant Juice relieved chronic indigestion headaches and back pains. He claims the medicine cures belching, improves digestion, liver and kidney function, and boosts energy. The Plant Juice Man operates daily from Wangler's Drug Store at 229 East Fourth Street, offering free samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lines
Barclay Street
Waterloo
Wangler's
East Fourth Street
Mr. Lines
Wanpler
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Frances Banger
George Banger
Town City
George Crum
Dorothy Shimer
H. M. Ashley
Zach Gillespie
Washington, Ill
Lucille Krueger
Minneapolis
Dallas Husmann
Dan Baisth
Bruce Township
Albert Williams
George Williams
Wiliam Bagenstes
S Bagenstes
Ja. Des
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Christian Orphans Home
James Wells
Clark Wells
Junior Wells
Harry Wilson
George Smith
Mason City
W. D. Connelly
Kenneth Prankenhoffer
Fennimore
Wis
W. L. Boisal
F. H. Brockman
Hazleton Church
Emma F. Chase
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Minn
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St Francis Hospital
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Guernsey
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MR. Lewis
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