February Delivers Record Coldest Month Yet
February brought the coldest period of this winter with eight subzero days on Ralph Slippy’s thermometer. The coldest reading hit 16 below zero on Feb 3, with several other days below zero. The warmest day reached 65 above on Feb 25, while no significant snow remained on the ground and rainfall totaled about 0.25 inches. Weather across Iowa forecast fair tonight then cooler, with overcast skies and expected precipitation before day’s end.
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Ralph
Iowa
Iowa University to Have Summer Course for Graduate Nurses
The University of Iowa will offer a first Midwest summer course for graduate nurses in executive institutional positions from June 7 to July 20. Miss Mary C Wheeler directs aided by Miss Beulah Crawford and Miss Lola Lindsey. Lectures include nursing administration teaching principles organization of nursing subjects and demonstrations using university hospital facilities.
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Towa Cuty
Middlewest
University of Iowa
Jane Creal ™Man
Mary C. Wheeler
Ilnois Training School
Chicago
Wheeler
Beulah Crawford
Lola Lindsey
Univeritty School of Nursing
College of Medicine
University Hospital
Waterloo Doctor Now Runs Three Canadian Hospitals
Dr. Scroggy formerly practiced in this city and now operates three hospitals in Canada at Kerrobert Dodsland and Macklin. His wife Gertrude Hallock, daughter of a Waterloo pioneer, will be honored across Des Moines social events this week as he visits from Des Moines.
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Canada
Kerrobert
Dodsland
Macklin
Scroggy
Gertrude Hallock
Waterloo
Des Moines
Insurance and Realty Company Incorporates
Articles of incorporation filed in Dunn County for Insurance and Realty Company Incorporated. Capital stock set at 25000 shares of 19 each. Object to conduct general insurance agency and realty investment business. Officers: Oscar L. Powell president, Thomas P. OConnor vice president, Thomas Dunn treasurer.
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Dunn, O'Connor
Powell
Oscar L. Powell
Thomas P. O'Connor
Thomas Dunn
Urer
Roof Fire Incidents Prompt City Firecrews
Sparks on the roof of a house occupied by C L Martin drew Station No 2 firefighters to 423 Baltimore Street at 1 pm yesterday with slight damage. Earlier, Station No 1 extinguished a small roof fire at B D W Pitts home 512 Lane Street at 6:46 am today. Damaged wiring limited to a few burned shingles.
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C. L. Martin
Baltimore Street
BD. W. Pitts
Lane Street
City in Brief: Local Notes and Visits
A collage of short notices lists residents visiting relatives in Eldora and Allen, Iowa, a hospital recovery, a bed confinement, and local errands. It notes millinery purchases in Chicago, a jury list for March, and names of residents affected by illness, travel, or work.
Program of Bachaus Promises Pleasure to Ross Patrons
William Bachaus the pianist will perform at East High Auditorium this evening as the Ross Conservatory series presents its third artist of the Waterton season. The program includes Beethoven, Schubert Wanderer, Chopin selections, Liszt study in E flat, and the Second Hungarian Rhapsody. The concert is hailed as a peak event of the year by local music lovers and promises to test the pianist’s high standing.
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William Bachaus
East High Auditorium
Waterton
Ross Conservatory
Thomes Chalmers
Bachmus
Tony
Waterloo
Schubert
Chopin
Liszt
Corn Products Refining reports 1922 net profits
Chicago February 28 Net profits of the Corn Products Refining Company Argo Illinois near Chicago were 104516,572 for 1922, compared with 80526,358 in 1921. The average man in tree vines enough FAS to produce five to ten pounds of sugar.
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Chicago
Corn Products Refining Company
Argo
Here
Papes Diapepsin Ad Promises Quick Stomach Relief
Advertisement claims Papes Diapepsin provides quickest relief for indigestion and related symptoms. It states a few tablets offer immediate stomach relief and digestion correction for a few cents, with druggists selling millions of packages.
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Dragegists
High Water Threat Still Delays Dam Repairs
After months of reconstruction the dam shows progress but high water endangers pumps and sandbag barriers. Water rose overnight to near dam level with a roaring torrent through the narrow opening. Workers remove the last pump to protect it as authorities expect a rapid recession once winter conditions ease and repairs resume. The final task is installing the outlet on the river’s fast bank.
Knights of Columbus Plan Mason City Meeting Schedule
Mason City Iowa February 28 Ten tentative plans for the twenty second annual Iowa Knights of Columbus convention to be held May 28 and 29 were outlined at a Sunday meeting at the local K of C club. A fourth degree ceremonial will be held May 27 with about 200 elevated. the event directed by L J Dougherty and Jon McCormick. Headquarters at Hanford hotel. attendance expected near 600. Delegates to the supreme convention in Montreal to be chosen.
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Mason City
Iowa Fe Ane Knights of Columbus
Niae
K. C
L. J. Dougherty
Davenport
Iowa
Jon McCornick
Cedar Rapids
Kk. CG
Hanford Hotel
Knights
Baldric
Dougherty
Majson City
Montreal
Former Independence Man Dies in Chicago
Arthur J. Morgan born September 6, 1867 in Independence died in Chicago on Monday after moving there about 20 years ago to run a commission business. Survived by widow two children Arthur Jr and Marcella brother Edwin in Chicago and relatives here. Also notes a service for Mrs Frost and a funeral in Oak Grove Cemetery with Rev J K Hawkins officiating. Castle Hill Sociable box sale planned at Castle Hill schoolhouse Friday evening. One third of the great area of India is a desert.
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Independence
Arthur J. Morgan
Chicago
Arthur, Jr
Marcella
Edwin
Frost
Inez Wilson Frost
Ouba
Oak Grove Cemetery
Judge Wade Sees Free Government on This Last Trial
Council Bluffs Iowa edition reports Federal Judge Martin J. Wade addressing a grand jury after the opening of the U S district court. He warned of growing malice against the government since the Civil War and urged vigilance against drug trafficking and postal thefts. He noted low voter turnout and urged citizens to support the nation and the constitution.
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Council Bluffs
Martin J. Wade
Afthar
United States District Court
France
TV Am
Wade
Towa Pene
Jurge Wade
Mortuary Notices From Hudson
Obituary notices record Priscilla Grimm death February 25 at her Hudson home with services at Hudson United Brethren church. Born May 9, 1857 in Juda Wisconsin, she married Joseph Grimm in 1881 and left eight children and three stepchildren. Survivors include siblings and twelve grandchildren. Also noted are Alexander Snively, Harold Lellig, and Barry Turner death notices with funeral plans, birthdates, and survivor details.
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Priscilla Grim
Prigicia Grimm
Hudson
Hudson United Brethren Church
George van Dran
William P. Thompson
Decedent
Juda
Wis
John
Mary Costello
Joseph Grimm
F.C. May
Parkersburg
P. N. Aldrich
Chicago
F. R. Blakely
Boston
Grimm
The
Baptist Church
U. B Church
Funeral services for John W Wilson announced
Burial will be in Poyner township cemetery Friday. John W Wilson's funeral is set for 2 pm Thursday at O'Keefe and Towne funeral home with burial in Fairview. Mrs FE Wilson and Mrs T P Wilson to be interred in Poyner township cemetery with services at 10 am Friday officiated by Rev A B Curran.
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Poyner Township
John W. Wilson
O'Keefe & Towne Funeral Home
Fairview
FE. P. Wilson
T. P. Wilson
O’keefe & Towne
A. B. Curran
Amusing Eighth Grade Exam Answers From Black Elayi County
Readable excerpts show 12 to 14 year olds misinterpreting questions. A pupil incorrectly named Henry Ford as inventing an engine in a wagon and driving Ford ens, while others confused poetry with farm life. Sheriff N T Wagner’s anticipated hanging trip prompts a student to misstate his duties.
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Black Elayi County
H.C. Moeller
Henry Ford
Ford
Towa
N. T. Wagner
Fort Madison Penitentiary
H. T. Wagner
Flu Strikes Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs
The Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs Iowa reports a flu outbreak with over 100 sick, threatening its 40th anniversary plans. The facility serves 200 daily, runs a hospital, elderly and crippled departments, and asks public contributions to cover mounting costs and prevent debt.
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Christian Home
Council Bluffs, IA
Council Bluffs
Christian Home Orphanage
Caldwell Retires From Police After 27 Years of Service
Charles W. Caldwell ends his police career at 3 p m after 27 years on the force born June 1845 he leaves with a pension of 70 monthly and a home at 1968 Franklin Street Chief Walker lauds his faithful service and announces new assignments Burk Douglass fills Caldwells vacancy and shifts positions are rearranged among Beckwith Reichert Venable and others
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Charles W. Caldwell
Billy
Franklintreet
Altho
Charley” Caldwell
Caldwell
W. T. Deneen
John R. Hector
P. B. Walker
Folice
Forre P
Charley
Chhief
Walker
Burk Douglass
Edward L. Douglass
Department
Russell-Lamson
Frank Reichert
L. W. Venable
Illinois Central Section
Bridge Noted Swamp Supplying Safe Turnpike Road
Norwalk Connecticut February 28 The swamp road once believed to swallow a peddler and his horse and wagon in the 1830s is now regarded as having a solid foundation. Under state guidance contractors filled the area to about 50 feet, ending eruptions and yielding a firm base for thousands of motorcars on the Boston turnpike. Early plank foundations failed when results disappeared into mud.
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Norwalk
Conn
Boston Turnpike
Fire at Buckeye Lake Resort Destroys Apartment House
Fire at Buckeye Lake resort today destroyed a 60 room apartment house and five cottages. None were injured according to reports. The blaze occurred at the fashionable Buckeye Lake summer resort near Newark on February 28. Local residents reported damage to several structures while firefighters battled the flames.
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Ewark
Buckeye Lake
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Iowa University
ORMER
Waterloo Man
Bronson Ta
Lance Agency
Fhone
Buchanan
P. J. Martin
Eldora
E. J. Wenner
W. A. Slippy
Fourth Street West
Patrick Townsend
St. Francis Hospital
William Gerke
Western Military Academy
Allen, Til
Charles C. MacKay
Harry St. Clair
Second Street West
Ul.c. Muisner
Attia Luelin Hartley
Massner
Sherman Webher
Lafayette Birect
J. J. Rainbow
Misa Wilma Schultz
Marry W. Schultz
Logan Avenue
East High School
Pres Rater Hospital
M. Hi. Kepler
Northwood
Twelfth
Mendall
W. BD. Kepler
Vermont Street
Betty Louise
Harold F. Cole
E. P. Smith
Minneapolis
W. R. Cole
Dustoess
Ethel Resor
WO. A. Employment Bureau
Sauer C. Hell
Waterloo Canning Company
Bell Canning Company
Grundy Center
L. B. Enyart
Mattie
Enyart
Beech Street
Bachaus
Ross
Knights of Columbus
Mason City Meeting
Castle Hill
India
A. H. Snively
Alexander Hamilton Snively
Construction Machinery Company
Ncuta
J. E. Shively
O'Keefa & Towne’s
G. D. Serrill
Sioux City
Central Christian Church
Snively
Anna May Harvey
New Haven
Joseph 4. Snively
Margaret EH. Snively
Harold W. Tlgig
Harold William Cellig
Joseph Lellig
Hudson, Ta
Trin
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Barry Turner
Mark Lincoln
C. W. Turner
Cedar Township
SON Black Hawk Bank
Japan
China
Siberia
C. W. Caldwell
Gude
Pocahontas
Barron-Moore Coal Co
Wanglers Drug Store
Georgia
Billy Jones
Quartette
Brunswick
Blue-jay
CBS BI
K. P. Hall
K. P. and Friends
Wells Novelty Orchestra
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Frank Brothers
Commerctsi Street
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