Grand jury records 87 indictments set county history
The September impaneled grand jury finished with 87 indictments, a county record. Fifteen indictments were returned yesterday as Judge G W Wood discharged the term. Foreman E W Magee and members A H Arter, J P Biller, J A Christian, O W Bason, Maurice Gill and W S Thompson served. All remaining indictments were liquor law related except one for larceny in the night dime. Some defendants are jailed or on bond. others not arrested. The panel meets monthly. County Attorney W A Cook and F W Edwards pushed the plan for efficiency. The 1926 grand jury, called for Jan 28, will meet monthly through spring and summer if needed. Forty-six indictments were returned by the March 1925 jury for a yearly total of 133.
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G. W. Wood
E. W. Magee
A. H. Arter
J. P. Biller
J. A. Christian
O. W. Bason
Maurice Gill
Thompson
Joe Heyberger
Aloosehall
F. W. Edwards
Erand
Maren
Death of Father Powers Mourned in Anamosa Parish
The Anamosa community honors Rev. Father Robert Powers who served 40 years as priest and longtime reformatory chaplain. Funeral at 10 oclock. city businesses closed. Archbishop Keane and Knights of Columbus attend. Burial in Holy Cemetery. Powers linked Catholic and Protestant outreach and was the town’s first Catholic chaplain at the reformatory.
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Knights of Columbus
Réformatory
Scarlet fever cases rise in Waterloo quarantine
The Waterloo quarantine of scarlet fever cases increases to 16 with Ruth Allen aged 1 and Harry Allen aged 4 added to the list. The total under quarantine since April 3, 1925 has risen to 48 yesterday.
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Waterloo
Ruth
Harry Allen
Capsule of Useful Information Clip It Public Schools East West
Waterloo has two separate public school districts, designated as east and west, each with its own tax levy rate and board of education. The superintendent oversees the Bach district muthering lits gwa high school.
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Witerloo
of Education
Bach District
Muthering Lits Gwa
New Day Cars Faced With Space Saving Demands
Automobile makers confront urban space limits as cities saturate with new cars. C S Anderson Paige Jewelry dealer argues for a new type of car designed for compact cities, with brakes, acceleration, steering, and turning suited to crowded streets. Des Moines reports city expenditures totaling 4.4 million dollars for the year ending March 34, 1924, $37.03 per capita.
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C. 5
Anderson
Paige-Jewetl
Fone
OCLTY
Des Moines
Deg
High Prices to Stay in Rubber Industry Says Report
Akron Ohio December 30 High costs of crude rubber remain the factor in tire production despite efforts to conserve stocks and lower prices. Manufacturers plan to operate plants at capacity to meet demand and spend nearly 6 million dollars on expansion in 1926, while post office holds over a thousand undelivered Christmas cards after the holidays.
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Akron
Dee
Cire Industr
British Colonial Office
Insurance firm will meet January 8 Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls notes announce an annual morning meeting of the Danish Mutual Insurance Society including Black Hawk and Grundy counties. Officers and directors to be elected. Peter J. Falken sburg’s report is being prepared. The article also covers 23 years of service milestones for Cedar Falls postal workers and local church elections, arrests, and other civic notices.
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Cedar Falls
Ice Society
Black Hawk
Grundy
Minke
Peter J. Falkensburg
Veterans of Postal Service
Cedar Frills Jost
J. D. Corning
William A. Sheerer
Federal Postal Department
Charles P. Bley
Teachers College
Corning
Sheerer
Cedar Malls
Bley
College Hill
Canning
Frank M. Stevens
Stevens
Nazareth Parish Assembly Convenes with Reports Due
The Nazareth church annual congregational gathering will be at the church this evening. Officers will submit reports and trustees will have chosen to manage affairs for the coming year. Picked Up In Passing Miss Margaret Santen chosen as first grade teacher in the Tover Rouge school Detroit.
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Clay County
Nazareth Parish
Nazareth Church
Margaret Santen
Tover Rouge
Detroit
W. D. Ceperly
Lehigh
Arthur du Bois
Lorenzo Clark
Lois Bronson
Spencer
Frank Grenson
Cedar Falls
M. E. Church
Algona
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Father Powers
Anamosa
Tr N Parish
Baily
Postoffice Asian Rftermath
Valetide
Insurance Firma Willmieet
First Christian Church
R. L. Chapman
A., W. Fenner
G. GC. Campbell
A. E. Burnell
A. A. Ballentine
Albert Jensen
Campbell
Carrie Simonsen
Lorene Evenson
Grover
Bernice Grover
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Eldora
Floyd County
Paul Anderson
Roy Jacobs
Charles City
Nora Springs
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Church
Dorothy Scott
Thomas B. Keene
Twelfth Street West
Y . Sorensen
Edward Sorensen
Emmet County
The New Day_Jewett
Jewett
Paige
F. O. B. Detroit
Russell-Lamson Garage
Commercial
AL Indigestion
Buick
Buick Motor Comp Division
Genera
Pestisoy
Beezer
Flint
Michigan Motors Corporation
Black Hawk Buick CO
A. R. Cash
West Fourth St
Davis
TSN
SS Sas
TSP
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