Farmers' Co Operative holds 1928 session in Cedar Falls
Courier Special Service reports the ninth annual Farmers' Co Operative business session in Cedar Falls with over 90,000 dollars in 1927 business. M L Bowman, ex state senator, to address after dinner at Commercial Club. 150 members expected. Also notes 58th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Igen with 85 guests honored at I O O F hall.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Farmers’ Co~ Operative Company
Commercial Club
M. L. Bowman
Bethlehem Lutheru
Church
Rebekah
I. 0. O. F. Hall
Yoncor
John Igen
Tigen
Neighbors Celebrate Mrs Fry On 73rd Birthday
In La Porte on February 12 a group of 16 neighbors surprised Mrs Matte Fry with a birthday gathering at her home. They presented cards and shared a covered dish lunch. Separately, Mrs H H Scott hosted the Methodist Aid division II with Valentine decor piano and vocal pieces. Other events included Mrs John Hager chairing a division meeting at the Allison home and a talk by Chinese educator No Yong Park in the high school auditorium.
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Cauner
la Poste Guy
Matte Fry
No Yong Park
Mark Twain
Extension Division
University of Minnesota
Funeral Rites for Mrs DeBuhr Held in Allison Church
Funeral services were held Friday Feb 10 at St Jacobus Lutheran church Allison for Mrs Dierk Senken DeBuhr who died Tuesday Rev W C Nassen assisted by Rev W A Siefkes. Interment was in the Butler Center cemetery Surviving children include Theodore Chicago Otto Allison Mina Hewitt and Mrs Der Paetz Algona with the eldest child dying in infancy.
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Allison
St. Jacobus Lutheran Church
Dierk Senken DeBuhr
W. C. Nassen
W. A Siefkes
Clarksville
Butler Center Cemetery
Eliza Caroline Sophie Froh
Wuessenmerk
Mehlenburg-Schwerin
Germany
Jacob Find Sophie Roepcke Froh
United States
Dane
Dane County
Wis
Butler County
Theodore
Chicago
Otto
Henry Buchholz
Hewitt
Mina
der Paetz
Algona
Principal of Iowa U Nurses School to Talk on Radio
Des Moines Feb 11 description of the University of Iowa school of nursing will be aired as the feature of the weekly talking hour Sunday evening by Franche Corder principal. The school now in its thirtieth year is recognized maintaining the same high standard as the college of medicine. Two hundred ninety eight women are now registered in its courses with Forest C Ensign professor of education in charge. The program will continue with campus and alumni news and music with three numbers played by the Iowa studio band under Dr Orie Vari Doren.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
School of Nursing
Fianche
Corder
College of Medicine
Forest. C. Ensign
Rare Disease Fatal to Woman in Fredericksburg
Mrs. A. W. Linderman died at her Fredericksburg home Friday afternoon from encephalitis after a nine year illness linked to a rare brain disease. Funeral at Baptist church Sunday 2:90 p.m. burial Rosehill Cemetery. Survived by husband and daughter. Also notes on Miss Mildred Tompkins entering Finley Hospital nurses training and Ruth Wesp taking a job in Iowa City.
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Courter
Fredericksburg
A. W. Linderman
Baptist Church
Rosehill Cemetery
Mildred Tompkins
Dubuque
Finley Hospital
Ruth Wesp
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Franklin County School Declam Set for Feb 18
Hampton Iowa February 11 The Franklin County declamatory contest will be held at Alexander next Wednesday afternoon and evening February 15 with eight county high schools represented. Three contestants from five schools include Alexander Sheffield Chapin Hansell Hampton and others.
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Courier
Bernadine Kilnefel Ler
Sheffield
Vernon Dowell
Edna Geissler
Genevieve Merritt
Chapin
Nina Pritchard
Gladys Lohmann
Clarence Rhumsel
Hansell
J. 5
van Wert
Beryle Switzer
Alice Belt
Hampton
James Pink
Marguerite Uhlenhopp
Francis Rice
Opening Round of Hi School Debates Survived by 37
Thirty seven Iowa high schools advanced from the first round of the state debating league and will enter second trials next week. Survivors include districts Northeast Ames Belmond Clarion Waverly Hampton Osage Tama Independence Waukon Southeast Chariton Washington Newton Fifield Davenport Mystic Brighton Louisa Montezuma Keswick Brooklyn Northwest LeMars Hawarden Rock Valley Dodge Algona Estherville Spencer Southwest Jefferson Minburn St Marys Valley Junction Dexter Peru Bedford Abraham Lincoln of Council Bluffs.
Mounted Moose Exhibit Set for Iowa Museum
Mounted trio of moose ready for exhibition at the University of Iowa museum. The display shows a bull cow and calf on a sandy fore arc with a pine hills landscape. Homer R. Dill directs exhibits and Aden F Arnold painted the scene.
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Town City
University of Towa
Homer R. Dill
Guley
Aden F. Arnold
Department of Graphics and Plastic Arts
Dill
Arm Bureau Meets at Francis Home in Buchanan County
About 40 attended the Party Bureau meeting held Friday evening January 9 at the L. Vot Francis home in Ames. County agent Mr Waiters presided. Readings were given by Maren and Donald Master, a six reel motion picture shown by Mr Walters. The Bert Ohl family quarantined for scarlet fever seven children affected, mostly in West form. The Ladies Aid society met in the A C Manross home, well attended with Mrs Rachel Van Eman, Mrs George McGowan and Mrs Myrtle Gass as guests.
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Littleton
Parny Bureau
L. Vot. Francis
Waiters
Maren
Donald Master
Mr. Walters
John Gellaway
Ames
Bert Ohl
Tee
Ladies’ Aid Society Moettia
A.C. Manross
Rachel van Eman
George McGowan
Myrtle Gass
Osage Minister to Speak at Mitchell
Pere Sper aal Meee Mitchell, la. Feb. J Rey, i. i. Frye, pastor af the M. EB. church at rare. Will sneak out the parent racher meeting Tuesday evening, Feb 14. Leo J. Hanlon is in Minneapalis to attend the auto show and trans act other business. Robert Meyer, Pine Island. Minn., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Meyer, who are in poor health. Mr. and Mra. Jy, EB. Ross and Mrs. Clayton Tibbs, Osage, came here for the farewell party for the Spauld ing family Thursday evening. Frank Meechstein is visiting his sisldr at Elk River, Mitn.
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Pere Sper Aal
Clayton Tibbs
Osage
Spaulding
Frank Meechstein
Elk River
Mitn
Endeavor Week to be Observed in Cedar Falls Churches
The First Christian church hosts National Christian Endeavor week events led by Rev. R W Fillmore with four society members presenting talks on Crusading for Christ through home school Christian Endeavor and the nation The morning service continues the theme The Church That Christ Built and features Miss Geolhu Garrison singing Somebody Needs Us Other churches in Cedar Falls discuss religious topics including Dr Albert W Palmer J Arthur Young and Rev W Glenn Rowley Lincoln themes and talks on China the Bible and the future of the Negro in America plus parish fellowship activities and a dinner party itinerary
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Courter
Cedar Falls
First Christian Church
R. W. Fillmore
Christian Endeavor Society
Weston Fenner
Helen Hasler
Misa Elsie Savage
Paul Garrison
Geolhu Garrison
First M. E
W. Glenn Rowley
Abraham Lincoln
Christian Citizen
No Yong Park
University of Minnesota
China
First Congregational
G. F. Barsalou
Richard Purdyeh
Christian Endeavor
First Presbyterian
J. F. Cross
Presbyterian School of Missions
Luella M. Beck
Roy van Deest
Bruce Giffin
America
First Baptist
Thomas Anderson
Russell Wyth
Oxford
Wyth
Franklin Street
The
Riviera
Marble Rock Man Sick in Illinois and Other Notices
Robert Ramsey, from Marble Rock, is critically ill in Rockford Indiana after wintering there with Ates. An attempted entry at Prangley Ol station occurred Thursday night. Mrs. B. W. McNinch traveled to Long Beach California to visit her father Warren Harrigan.
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Coutrer
Marble Rock
Robert Ramsey
Rockford
Ates
Ramsey
Prangley
W. McNinch
Long Beach
Cal
Warren Harrigan
Past Matrons Club Officers Elected at Dysart Iowa
Dysart Feb 11 Officers were chosen for the Past Matrons club of the Order of Eastern Star with Effie Duncan as president, Margaret Strakes as vice president, Alma Schmidt as secretary and treasurer. Evangelical Ladies Aid met for a business session then social time with about 20 couples attending a dancing party at the opera house. The M O R Ladies Aid met in the church basement for a session followed by a public social. Mr and Mrs Charles Bourne of Denver are visiting their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Carl Degner. Mrs John Haack hosted the L A club yesterday. Leon Skiles and wife, previously farming near town, bought the Fred Hoffman property north of the tracks and will move March 1.
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LOC Rice Speriag
Dysart
Matrons Club
Order of Fastern Star
Effie Duncan
Margaret Strakes
Vireo Press
Denk
Alma Schmidt
Evangelical Ladies’ Aid Society
Marty
M. Or. Ladies’ Aid Society
Adora
Charles Bourne
Denver
Cola
Carl Degner
John Haack
L. A
Leon Skiles
Herman Schroader
Fred Hoffman
Waterloo Men Recall Railsplitter Era and the Axe
In Waterloo many men recall wood chopping as daily work in youth, likening their early lives to Lincoln’s railsplitting. Civil War veterans, businessmen, and professionals describe using axes for fuel, fence repair, and timber, with tales of bakery ovens, sawmills, and river timber tracts.
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Abraham Lincoln
Waterloo
Lincoln
John T. Moyer
Locust Street
Abe
Stevenson County
Mads
Cocy. Mitchell
South Street
Pennsylvania
Frank A. Robinson
DeKalb County
Tadiana
Robinson
Jasper W. Tyunnell
Great Western
Polk County
Trunnell
E. J. Wenner
Benton County
Oelwein Judge Tries Severity in Bad Check Cases
Oelwein Iowa February reports Judge Cook imposes fines and costs in bad check cases after repeated warnings. A man from a nearby town faces another fine plus $17.50 costs for a fourth offense. The item also notes local social events and various community notices including marriages, injuries, church matters, and a quarantine at the Frank Muazziott home for scarlet fever.
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Oelwein
Courier Special Service
Cook
Dorothy Daily
Kansas City
Adniah Ernst
Chicago
Sacred Heart Church
Peter Daily
Third Avenue
Ernst
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Harald Shinny
Newton
Shippy
Oplwein
Maytag
Floyd Postoffice Moves to Fireproof Bank Building
Floyd Iowa February 11 Postmaster J A Martin has bought Parmec s bank building and will move the post office there March 1 The fireproof structure with a vault is ideal for the office The current post office space is rented to Robert Brown who will open a meal market
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Courier
Floyd
J. A. Martin
Parmec’'s Bank
Same
Robert Brown
Winthrop High Juniors Prepare Class Play The New Co Ed
Winthrop High School juniors plan to present their class play The New Co Ed later this month under the direction of Miss Ivadelle Cobb. Parts are assigned, rehearsals set, with student actors including Hazel Hickman and Vernice Peck receiving awards for shorthand and typing respectively. William Peterson of Hallendale, Minnesota, reports potatoes grown on his farm were shipped in a railway car to local residents.
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iCerrier Special Services
Winthrop
Winthrop High School
Ivadelle Cobb
William Peterson
Hallendale
Minn
Hazel Hickman
Gregg Publishing Company
Vernice Peck
L. C. Smith Typewriter Company
Algona Woman Ill at Shell Rock and Local Notices
Algona residents report illness at Shell Rock and nearby area. Mrs Carl Newman of Algona ill at her sister Mrs D P Best’s home in Shell Rock. Libbie Ressler aids in care. John Dole in charge of People's Oil station ill. Mr and Mrs J E Allen moving March 1 from farm to town into Lizzie Wilson’s recently purchased house. Mr and Mrs George Loamer welcome daughter born Feb 5. Attendees from here at Izaak Walton elk dinner in Waterloo include multiple locals. Mr and Mrs Cummings of Independence to move here Wednesday to farm FE Miller’s South Seventh Street property. Miller family relocating to town near meat shop. Cummings shifts from jewelry clerk to farming.
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Shell Rock
Carl Newman
Algona
D. PB. Best
Shell
Lizzie Wilson
George Loamer
Izaak Walton League
Waterloo
F. ©. Best
R. S. Stoddard
FR. Thompson
Dan Jerolaman
Dan
W. W. Richards
Paul
A. R. Johnson
A. D. Scougal
Frank McGregor
Byron Sherwood
W. H. Conrad
Pat Tharp
Charles Hickie
Cummings
Independence
GC. Miller
South Seventh Street
Civic Society at Charles City names executive staff
Charles City Iowa February 11 The City Improvement Association elected a new board for 1928 with Mrs M G Smith as president and Miss Pamella Fluent as secretary Other officers include Mrs B M Hudson vice president Mrs Harold Frudden second vice president Mrs M W Ellis treasurer Mrs R W Stober corresponding secretary and Mrs Lillian Stober membership chairwoman The report mentions related civic events and local notices including a Legion event and school program updates.
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Courier
Charles City
City Improvement Association
M. G. Smith
B. M. Hudson
Segond
Harold Frudden
Pamella Fluent
M. W. Ellis
R. W. Stober
C. D. Elis
Lillian Stober
I. A
Girl's Community Club
W. L. Almquist
Eighth Graders Prove Able to Think. Exam Shows
County Superintendent A. E. Jewett reports that 134 eighth graders completed a partially offered county exam. He notes many questions demanded original thinking and that grading was finished in the superintendent's office. The remaining subjects will be offered in May.
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A. E. Jewett
Jewett
Buffalo Creek Floods Detour Road Near Winthrop
Buffalo Creek overflow from several days of rain clogged the detour road east of Winthrop. Cars sank in deep mud requiring teams to pull them free. Farewell events held for Horgen family in Osage and nearby celebrations for Irene Hargen at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Hampton and at a party for Miss Irene Hargen.
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Courier Sperint
Winthrop
Buffalo Creek
Horgans
Osage
H. G. Horgen
New Hampton
Loretta Hutton
Beatrice Nalg
Irene Hargen
Gagies
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Lincoln Birth to Death Marked By Civil War Era
Abraham Lincoln, born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County Kentucky, grew up in Indiana and Illinois. He rose from frontier farmer to lawyer and Whig legislator before serving in Congress, then became president in 1860 guiding the Union through the Civil War and issuing emancipation. He was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, with his tomb later in Springfield Illinois.
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Abraham Lincoln
United States
Hardin County
Indiana
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Lincolns
Ilnois
Abraham
Ohio River
New Salem
Ill
Thellinois
Springfield
House of Representatives
Stephen A. Douglas
Republican Party
Lincoln
Fort Sumter
Ford
Washington
John Wilkes Booth
Sprinefield
Lincoln G O P Club to Mark Emancipator Birthday
Lincoln G O P Political club for colored voters will observe Lincoln's birthday with a mass meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in the African Methodist Episcopal church Mobile and Albany streets. Harry M Reed former city attorney will give the principal address on Lincoln the Great Emancipator Short addresses will follow. Public invited. Auto Hit by Train in Iowa Incident Near Goldfield reports say the auto of L B Smith Maquoketa wife and two children was struck by a Northwestern train at Primary No 10 crossing south of Goldfield The occupants escaped with minor bruises though the car wrecked.
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Lincoln G. O. P. Political Club
Colored Voters
Lincoln
P.m
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Mobile
Albany
Harry M. Reed
Glarion
L. BE. Smith
Maquoketa
Primary No. 10
Goldfield
Altho
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la Porte
Ralph Runyan
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W. L. Condor
Double Six
Schneider
W. F. Schneider
Iowa
U’ Nurses’ School
ITI
Allann
Mig Lottie Jakel
Conrad Jakel
Memonta
Franklin County
ARM Bureau
Buchanan County
Mitchell
C.F
Disciples of Christ
College Town
the Giffen
First Presbyterian Church of
Illinois
Honest Abe
Hope C. Marlin
Martin Bros.’ ‘Cigar Company
Walter B. Howell
Howell Printing Company
Sac City Sun Printing Offler
Mr. Pleasant
Missouri
Frank A. Kiessling
Division Electric
Ilinois Central Railroad
Edward Alford
Alford
R. N. Cowin
Cedar Bend
K. PL
Chinatown
Knights of Pythias
Chemical Co
Oelwein Chemical Company
Northwestern Hotel
Des Moines
Enr
Rhine
Oolweln
E. FL Austin
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Gospel Baptist Church
Norris
WV. Norris
S Henderson
North Prederick Arene
Henderson
Toney
Fortilp Heath
Rox
Ft. Madican
Thomas Fess
Mareh Oy
Madison
Trank Walton League
Waterlon
Learie
Frank
Ann
Rohday
Hester
Winthrop High
Algona Woman
Civic Society
Chas
Town News
Fieyd Gratory
Mars
Shall Crangle
Alice Lawn
Vanita
Schmidt
GC. H. Ream
Miss Michelson
Legion Party
Mason City
Legion Post
Clausen-Warden
Adalin Wright McCauley
Menomonie
American Legion Auxiliary
Frank J. Schneller
Wisconsin Legion
Austria
A. Peterson
Milwaukee
Virginia Bedell
Spirth Lake
R. J. Laird
Lapham
City Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Anamosa
Saddler
Ahamossa
Leonard Welchance
Welchance
Kelley
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Lincoln G. O. P. Club
Entz Cafe
First National Bank
Division and
Bath Sts
Quest & Smith
John P. Heath
Oak Ave
Waverly
Matt Gruben & Sons
ST. Valentine’s
Black
Maisie
St. Valentine's
Hita
Eeelen
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