Expansion of Hag. City Phone Plant Planned
Charles City Jan 4 Western Electric Telephone plans a 1929 expansion costing about 350,000 for the local plant. Key work includes replacing 400 poles, laying 25,000 feet of aerial cable, extending underground cables, and adding central office equipment for 300 more subscribers with audible ringing and auto recall. N B Arenue manages local office.
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Charles City
Western Electric Telephone Company
N. B. Arenue
Northeast Iowa Lodge Elections Read Across Manchester
Manchester Iowa January 4 officers of several Masonic bodies for 1929 have been elected with installations planned. Manchester lodge No 165 A F and A M elected Walter Rossman as worshipful master with a slate of wardens and officers. Elam council No 9 Royal and Select Masters named R L Goslin as illustrious master. Olive Branch chapter No 48 Royal Arch elected B J Turmer high priest and others. Nazareth commandery No 33 Knights Templar chose A W Stearns as commander. Orient chapter No 18 OES named Gertrude Wilson as worthy matron and Wade Long as worthy patron. installations set for mid January and early January dates. Portable officers also listed for other chapters with installations scheduled through January 16.
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W. C. Blake
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T. C. May
Sentinel
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Hockaday
Robert Grant
Tyler
Alex Sefstrom
Elam Council No. 9
Royal
R. L. Goslin
B. F. Turner
PB. CO
Seth Brown
Burton Clark
C. J. Boardway
Thomas
H. Tracey
H. M. Bradley
Nazareth
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A. W. Stearns
Francis Pierce
Thomas H.tracey
C. J. Hoardway
Josephine Dunham
Kya Lyman
Mee Reick Adair
Dawn Uswman
Ruth
Hazel Arnold
Esther
Grace Bradley
Martha
Elizabeth Munson
Electa
Verite Hotheday
Edna Fletcher
Efffa Vermon
Marshal
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Margaret Fillenworth
Emma Stsecker
Ellen Forrester
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Gretchen Atherton
Maude Galt
Adah
Blanche Rebe
Mary Sergeant
Meta Buckler
Louise Donaldson
Emily Rober
Caroline Wood
Mary Norton
W. E. Voreck
Dysart Woman Dies at Waterloo
Dysart Iowa January 4 Funeral arrangements are made for Mrs J H Mark 44 of Dysart who died Wednesday night after a major operation at Adlen Memories hospital Ill for some time she leaves husband Howard Mark two sisters Mrs James Wilson and Miss Emma Belmer both of Dysart and two brothers Olie Cedar Rapids and Albert Canada A son Harrold preceded her in death years ago
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J. H. Mark
Mdysart
Adlen Memories Hospital
Howard Mark
James Wilson
Emma Belmer
Psgsart
Olie
Cedar Rapids
Littleton Woman Seriously Ill in Local Update
Mrs. Barah Hayes of Littleton is reported seriously ill at the C H Hoffman home. The funeral of Mrs Mary Hoffiman was conducted Thursday at 2 PM at the MF church with Rev J C Norton pastor in charge.
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C. H. Hoffman
Mary Hoffiman
J. C. Norton
Allisons Will Winter Hospital at Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs David Allison plan a Cedar Rapids trip for Mrs Allison who is ill. David Allison leads the Waterloo Grand Army post and has suffered rheumatism for weeks. A short service marked the infant son of Mr and Mrs Lyla Caldwell, with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Spring Creek township. Rev E E Clements Nashua visitors. he was formerly pastor here.
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David Allison
Cedar Rapids
Gt. Luke's Hospital
Allison
Waterloo Grand Amy
Republic Post
Lyla Caldwell
Man Who Helped Found Brethren School Dies
Orange Township Jat. 4. Former Bethany Bible school founder Fman el B Holt has died in Chicago after helping establish a Church of the Brethren seminary. He was a frequent visitor to the community. Local missionaries D G Lichty and family hosted a gathering at A K Glessner’s home before returning to Chicago for School. Several relatives and friends noted shifts in their duties and travels as others move between Boston Des Moines and Chicago.
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Chicago
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Judia
Iurrough
East Orange
Spencer Miller
Iowa City
Elgin
Helen Forney
Indiana
Burton Fomey
Montana
Vernon Messer
Moody Institute
Homer Miller
Teachers College
Bertha Martin
Florence Freeman
Billingsley
Albert M. Billingsley
Eleventh Street West
Gladbroot
Meinders Funeral Set for Grundy Center Leader
Herman Meinders age 74 died Thursday after a brief pneumonia illness in Grundy County. Funeral services will be Monday afternoon at the German Presbyterian church in Grundy Center. Survived by his widow and eight children: Richard Grundy Center Henry Albert Waterloo Theodore Helko Herman Cedar Falls Mrs C G Chapman Storm Lake and Mrs Jacob Hater Cedar Heights.
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Herman Meinders
German Presbyterian Church
Meinders
Grundy County
Richard
Grundy Genter
Henry
Albert
Waterloo
Theodore
Helko
Herman
Cedar Falls
C. G. Chapman
Storm Lake
Jacob Hater
Gedar Heights
Woman Injured by Fall On Stove in Greene County
Greene Iowa January 4 A fall against an oven door while preparing breakfast fractured Mrs Adoris Maxsons right leg Also reported near death Mrs Charles Bradley ill with pneumonia since December 30 Mrs C V McClure very ill with influenza At Allison Iowa January 4 specials Mya Bess Cheever seriously ill at her home with flu Her little daughter Doris also ill
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Adoris Maxson
Charles Bradley
C. V. McClure
Allison
Mya
Bess Cheever
Doris
Funeral for Mrs. Auril Stebbins at Congregational Church
Mrs Auril Stebbins 87 pioneer resident of the city died Wednesday night in Cedar Valley hospital from pneumonia. She lived here 40 years born in Vermont survived by daughter Mrs Bruce Whitaker Cal and a nephew in Albert Lea Minn. Service at Congregational Church Rev Thomas Anderson to preach with burial in Riverside.
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Ta Dan
Fhel
Auril Stebbins
Cedar Valley Hospital
Fhiprélmonia
Vermont
Bruce
Whitter
Cal
Albert Lea
Minn
Congregational Church
Thomas Anderson
Riverside
Nazareth Parish in Cedar Falls to Have Meeting
The Nazareth church congregation will hold its annual business session on Tuesday evening January 15 at the church. Trustees P O Petersen and L P Christiansen will have terms expiring and their successors will be chosen.
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Dysart Company Enlarges Office
Dysart Iowa January 4 The Duncan and Kineer Improvement Company office room enlarged from 20 by 24 feet to store larger stock of farm machinery parts A cash grocery and market to be opened soon in J D Power building J F Shetton Reinbeck will be proprietor The family will occupy second floor apartment Mrs B P Jepson seriously ill with pneumonia Zion Lutheran Tables Ald Society entertained Wednesday at Mrs Henry Jobena home Ladies Ald Society of West Evangelical church served supper to the public thereafter
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Henry Jobena
West Evangelical Church
Small Girl Dies from Pneumonia at Cedar Falls
Three year old Helen Shirk, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Shirk northwest of Cedar Falls, died Thursday at Sartorf Memorial hospital from pneumonia. Body taken today to Delmar Junction, Iowa.
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Gan
Helen Shirk
Joseph
Shirk
Sartorf Memorial’ Hospital
Delmar Junction
Butler County Auto License Receipts Grow in December
Allison Iowa January 4. Receipts from automobile registrations during December amounted to 49312 50. Receipts on Dec 31 were 4604 00. Several automobiles are not yet counted for, as 6200 were registered in Butler county last year.
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Butler County
Nashua Legion Honored for 1928 Efforts
A national community service citation was awarded to the Robert A. Thompson post of the American Legion in Nashua for 1928 work. The post, one of 160 honored in Iowa, enrolled 63 former servicemen in the annual drive, added bathing beach equipment, sponsored a free water carnival, aided the county educational building and public library, and helped paint a guide to aviators on Crystal Ice house roofs. It also aided needy children at Christmas from a Nashua hospital.
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Fred Harrison
Denver
Cola
Percy Fields
Commercial National Bank
Waterloo
Nashua State Bank
New Bridge Near Hazleton in Use
Oelwein Iowa January 4 The new bridge just this side of Hazleton is now open to traffic The town can be reached from the north by using the old road to within a half mile then taking the new grade and bridge. Other items note local residents moving and visiting including osteopathist Manford Klint at Bremerport Walter Overton and H A Mueller operating an oil station at Fort Dodge Miss Helen OBrien heading to Hollywood Cal via Des Moines Miss Darlene Reed back at Moody Bible Institute Chicago Mrs Earl Aston recovering after an operation at Mercy Hospital A roof fire damaged residence 204 Sixth Street Southwest owned by B B Little and occupied by L W Feterson
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Manford Klint
Bremertor
Wash
Walter Overton
B. B. Little
L. W. Feterson
Fifteen Marriage Licenses Issued in Butler in December
Butler records show clerk G. L. Schellenger issued fifteen marriage licenses in December 1928. Names include Leland Harrs with Lottie Drake of Allison, and Terence Elgin of Nashua with Adena Jackson, plus pairs from Parkersburg, Shell Rock, Allison, and other Iowa towns. A Nashua church party closed the period with Epworth Teamia hosting a social evening.
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G. L. Schellenger
Leland Louis Harrs
Allison
Lottie Drake
Abbe Adotmund
Emc Mehinen
Clarksville
William N. Hulsman
Wellsburg
Anna Ruth Lauterbach
Parkersburg
Fred DeBoer
Trene Kettwig
Unzel S
Seaton
Hurd
Legal
Myrtle Hellaws
Russell Boyd Girton
Margaret GC
Voogh Aplington
Terence Edwin Elgin
Nashua
Adena C. Jackson
Harm Prey
Aplington
Phyllis B. Wagner
Verne E. Ressler
Shell ‘Rock
Etta GC
Frerichs
Alison
Marokt Edward McAtee
Laurens
Mildred Florence Gibson
Fort Dodge
Henry Buss
Nadine Bettesworth
EH Uhtenhopp
Thelma DeVore
Dumont
Robert Lee Northcraft
Iowa Falls
Gladys Becker
Fred Arthur Strayer
Hudson, MI
L. Marie Mathes
Shell Rock
Ecko Reyanok
Grace Mehmen
Epworth
Method'st Episcopal Church
Buildig
Florence Carpenter
Gwendolyn Abcliter
Maxing
Paul Clements
Floyd Court to Begin New Term on January 7
Judge G H Kelley will open the January term on Monday January 7 with the grand jury called for the eighth and the triage jury for the following week. Forty four new civil cases are filed including three divorce actions Olive M Young vs David A Young Maria Calhoun vs Jean M Calhoun Maggie Kendrew vs George H Kendrick. County Board Organizer H Baughey of Nora Springs elected president of Floyd county board of supervisors at first meeting of the seat. Committee lists given and rebuilding work described for burned structures on Mrs Mabel Lindaman farm insured. Cemetery association meets January 7 at 2 oclock PM for trustee election and business. Chapter CY PEO meets tonight with program Charlotte Magdsick and music by Mrs M G Smith.
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G. H. Kelley
Olive M. Young
David A. Young
Maria Calhoun
Jean M. Calhoun
Maggie Kendrew
George H. Kenedrew
H. Baughey
Nora Springs
Floyd County Board of Supervisors
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Fred Slinger
Verne Maxson
Fred Uhe
J. H. Baughey
Verna Maxson
Fred Singer
E. B. Atherton
Mabel Lindaman
Ality
Wreelings
Charles City Cemetery Association
Charlotte Magdsick
M. G. Smith
Evangelical C E elects officers at Cedar Falls meeting
At Cedar Falls the Evangelical Christian Endeavor society held its annual meeting electing Viela Haehlen as president Paul Martin as vice president Alice Modust as secretary and Genevieve Hill as treasurer.
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Evangelical Christian Endeavor Society
Erey Viela Haehlen
Paul Martin
Alice Modust
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Father and Son Die In Cresco Farm Flu Attack
Cresco Iowa January report details two related deaths near Lourdes farm occupied by the Jinderlee family. Joseph Jinderlee aged 86 died Wednesday afternoon from the flu and pneumonia, his son Frank 43 died early Thursday from pneumonia. Double funeral planned at Our Lady of Lourdes in Paris township with Rev. Renier officiating. Also reported is the death of Perry G. White aged 80 at Fairhope Alabama on December 27, an early Howard county settler who came to the area in 1855. survived by his wife, one son, and Ransom C. White of Cresco.
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Archie Shannon
St. Louis
Sihere
Leo
James Shannon
Hazleton
Hazelton
Dan
Anthony Jamet
Bryant Fournier
F& Brother
Frank Huntington
James Huntington
Buchanan County
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Lourdes
Joseph Jinderlee
Frank
Jinderlee
Howard County
Or Lady of Lourdes Church
Paris Township
Pather Renier
Iowan
Alabama
Perry G. White
Fairhope
Ala
Ransom C. White
A Man of Rare Professional Attainment
The originator of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery was the late Ray V. Pierce M D. He practiced in Western Pennsylvania before moving to Buffalo New York where the World's Dispensary was established. His remedy's popularity grew yearly as it claimed to increase appetite aid digestion enrich blood clear skin and restore youthful vigor. It contains no harmful ingredients and is sold by druggists with a trial price offer and free medical advice from Dr Pierce's Clinic in Buffalo.
Former Cedar Fails Resident Mrs Dickson Dies in Seattle
Cedar Fails news reports Mrs. Ross Dickson a former local resident who moved with her family to Seattle in 1906 died there last evening. She is survived by son William of Kelso Washington and a brother Frank Hillings of Waterloo. The body will be cremated.
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Cedar Fails
Ross Dickson
Seattle
Waah
Roger Leavitt
Wadena School Resumes Work
Wadena Iowa January 4. School resumed Wednesday after a fortnight long vacation. Attendance at the opening was good. Mr and Mrs Adolph Weber are parents of a son born January 2. Mrs Hugh Lackerd is ill with measles.
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Wadena
Adolph Weber
Hugh Lackerd
Heart Attack Fatal At Timber Auction Near Dysart
L. Knapp, a longtime resident, died after a heart attack while attending a timberland sale at Charles Hill farm north of Dysart Iowa. Exertion from walking the hilly tract is thought to have contributed. Survived by his widow and five sons Vernon Basart and Floyd of Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls Fire Dept Responded to Fifty Alarms in 1928
Cedar Falls officials released the 1928 annual report showing the Cedar Falls Fire Department answered fifty fire alarms that year. Forty four occurred within the city with only minor losses in all cases. previous yearly totals ranged around 60 to 70.
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Courier Special Service
Cedar Falls
Buchanan Man Appeals Denied Sent to Reform School
Independence Iowa January 4 Gilbert Massingham whose appeal from a district court conviction for complicity in calf theft was denied by the supreme court last week has been sent to the state reformatory in Anamosa to serve a five year term His car was used to transport a car stolen from Sloan Stockyards near the Illinois Central station over a year ago Massingham testified he was not in the...
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Supreme Court
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Sloan Stockyards
Illinois Central Station
Barn Fire Claims 120 Head Livestock in Howard County
Cresco Ja Jan 3 Fire of mysterious cause destroyed a large barn on the O Connor farm five miles southwest of Cresco. Occupied by Alfred Bouska and family for about two years, the loss included 14 cattle four horses hogs hay corn fodder and farm machinery.
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Crescco Thurday
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