Girl Seeks Annulment of Illegitimate Marriage
A 13 year old girl seeks a court annulment of her marriage to Joseph A. Soper, filed by county attorney John W. Gwynne. The suit argues the union violated age laws. the girl would regain single status and school rights if nullified. Soper, 32, has prior marriages and may face questions of criminal responsibility tied to the underage marriage.
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Margarette Cale
Joseph A. Soper
John W. Gwynne
Lcense i
Black Hawk County
Fred Cote
Gwynne
Margarette
Soper
Coupile
Gewynne
Tramp Buried After Freight Train Death Near Ackley
A unidentified tramp killed when boarding a freight train near Ackley on February 22 was buried that afternoon in Oakwood cemetery. No clues to his identity were found on his possessions. Translucent white materials and a yellowed medical log were examined but failed to reveal more details.
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Ackley
Oakwood
Year 1928 remembered as turning point in politics
The author recalls 1928 as a nation healing from bitter divides after Hoover's election. Democrats and Republicans mingle in cautious optimism, parties face fewer moral issues, and the public returns to work as veterans in wheelchairs note their civic duty. A calm, hopeful tone dominates despite lingering partisan fatigue.
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Hoover
Smith
Everbuddy
Nobuddy
Orient
Nassau
Damages Sought in Multiple Iowa Auto Collision Suits
Henry F. Hagemann sues Ames H. Hartington A. L. Bradley Forum Yellow Cab and Bradley Transfer for 10000 damages claiming he was struck by a transfer truck on Sept 10 1928 at Fourth and Sycamore streets causing a broken left leg permanent shortening and other injuries. Roy Melick seeks 5000 against C B Huston for injuries from a car collision on highway No 20 Aug 26 1928 while repairing a tire resulting in finger loss severe bruises and a permanently bent left leg. Mrs Arthur Avenarius files for divorce alleging her husband deliberately ran over her with his automobile.
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Henry F. Hagemann
Ames H. Hartington
A. L. Bradley
Forum Yellow Cab Company
Bradley Transfer Company
Aros Harrington
Fourth
Sycamora
Hagemann
Edwards Street
Fourth’ Street
Hagemann & Hagemann
Waverly
Attorneya
Roy Melick
C. B. Huston
Melick
McCoy & Beecher
AUTO
Dubuaque
Arthur Avenarius
Peters Funeral Held at Dysart
Obituary item recounts Henry Peters a 61 year old farmer and landowner from Geneseo township Tama county Iowa died in Rochester Minnesota. Funeral held at his Dysart home and Zion Lutheran Church with Rev Henry Mueller and burial in Dysart cemetery. Survived by wife Rosa KirK and 20 children, 13 grandchildren, five brothers and two sisters. A Mason and Shriner with ties to Waterloo and La Porte City. Born in Germany emigrated to Iowa in 1888, moved to Geneseo in 1900.
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Courier
Dysart
Henry Peters
Geneseo Township
Rochester
Minn
Zion
Henry Mueller
First Lutheran Church of
Waterloo
E. Grosz
Patera
Ce Wation
Germany
Petera
Benton County
Iowa
Rosa Kirk
Keystona
Geneseo’ Township
Tama County
M. Peters
Anna Jurgens
Mra
Mary’ Fry
la Porte -City
Henry A
William
Ed Ward
Albert
Peters
Geneseo
Lulu Hark
Amanda
Rose
Esther Peters
la Porte City
Royal’ Arch Masons and
Ascalon Commandery
Pag el. Kahir Shrine
Cedar Rap 3
Wardell Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Observed
Independence area residents mark the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Wardell with a family reunion. An informal reception followed, with relatives from Claude and Floyd Wardell families in Glen Dale and El Segundo California, the Baunnders of Edgerton Wisconsin, and the Wardell families from Oelwein and Mayard attending.
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É Wardell
Claude
Floyd Wardell
Glendale
el Segundo
Cal
Perry
Baunders
Edgerton
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National Warm Air Heating Association
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