North Iowa meet backs bank guarantees and road bond opposition
Emmetsburg Iowa January 5 resolutions by INSt Resolutions demand a bank guarantee law for towns and oppose the proposed 100 million dollar road bond issue. The measure, backed by 600 Northern Iowa residents, calls for deposits to be guaranteed by bankers and modeled after Nebraska law. The group also backs Gov Hammill’s pay-as-you-go plan and a farm relief bill. M L Bowman tensions disrupted program but gained a brief slot.
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Emmetsburg
Wns
Toas
Iowa
D. E. Kelp
Emmersburg
L. Bowman
Waterloo
L. C. White
Spencer
Nebraska
Bowman
Farmers’ Union
Towa
Ures Farm
Fred White
Hammills
Curious Yearns for Fame in a World of Coughs and Cash
News Spice notes a string of curious mentions from New York and beyond. Doris Duke, age sixteen, is valued at over fifty three million dollars in her father’s tobacco estate, while Rosa Lewis praises negro cookery in London. The piece also touches on dancing bans, Toscanini’s arrival diet, and a Philadelphia opera mishap with a cough.
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Associated Press
New York
Birl
John Phil
Sousa
Philadelphia
Somerville
N.Y Floresti
Doris Duke
Quesn
U.S. A
Rosa ‘Lewis
London
Rome
Arturo Toscanini
Former Mayor of West Union Dies
Frank Morrison longtime West Union mayor from 1920 until retirement died Tuesday at his West Union home. Born December 25, 1870 in Burr Oak Iowa he moved to Decorah twenty years ago and later became district commercial manager for Northwestern Bell Telephone in West Union.
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Courier
West Union
Frank Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Burr Oak
Decorah
West Union Ia
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Fayette Barbers Farm Society forms in West Union
Fifty eight Fayette county barbers attended a sectional meeting in West Union on January 5 and organized Fayette Barbers Farm Society with officers J. W. Shadle Ochvein president Charles Sneffin Wadena vice president Paul Engelke Hawkeye secretary J. W. Berndt Elgin treasurer M. L. Messerman West Union Hal Vaul and Fred Benning Jet te as directors.
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Courier Special Service
West Union
Fayette County
J. W. Shadle
Ochvein
Charles Sneffin
Wadena
Paul Engelke
Hawkeye
J. W. Berndt
Elgin
M. L. Messerman
Hal Vaul
Fred Benning
Jette
Manchester Teacher Ill With Mumps at Cedar Falls Home
Miss Frances Meeker, fifth grade teacher at Manchester Public High School, fell ill with mumps upon returning to her Cedar Falls home after a holiday trip. Doctors expect a two week quarantine, delaying her return to classes.
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Manchester
Cedar Falls
Courier Special Service
Jan
Frances Meeker
Tiia
Cornstalks to Be Converted to Use in Economic Way
Washington reports Ames engineering group seeks federal aid to develop semicommercial paper from cornstalks and other farm wastes. Representative Cole and colleagues urge $60,000 initial appropriation matched by Iowa funds as Hoover and Burgess back the effort, aiming to turn cornstalks peanut hulls and cotton waste into commercial products.
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Courtar
Washington, D. C
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Cole
Dicktindon
Dean A. Amarston
Ames
House Committee of Appropriations
Iowa
Hoover
Burgess
Bureau of Standards
Marston
House Appropriations Committee
Dickinson
General Lord
Department of Commerce
Author Sticks Up for Women's Brains
Chicago January 5. Dr George A Dorsey author of Why We Behave Like Human Beings says the idea that women are inferior is as false as it is fashionable. He is in Chicago on a lecture tour. Dorsey claims women who revile Mencken and Schopenhauer are on the wrong track.
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Chicago
INS
George A. Dorsey
Dorsey
H. Li Mencken
Schopenhayer
Coykendalls Leave for South and West
Mir and Mrs Gorda M Corken dall leave for Dunedin Florida to visit sister Deva Coykendall and niece Mrs Jay Upton for three weeks They will tour the east coast by car and then Feb I head to Lynnwood California to visit Mr and Mrs Mark J Bumgardner They shipped their automobile to California and lived at 728 Park Avenue West since the 1890s They reside in Waterloo Iowa and are drawn to investments from Waterloo Mars Plan Co 22 Bridge St Waterloo la
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Mir
Gorda M. Corkendall
Dunedin
Fla
Iss Deva Coykendall
Jay Upton
Lynnwood
Cal
Mark J. Bumgardner
Waterloo
Coykendall
California
Cedar County Paving Bid Award for Lincoln Highway
Cedar county awards paving of 26.65 miles of the Lincoln highway for about 700000 dollars with National Construction of Omaha chosen at 664347.64 dollars per mile, plus a six mile grading contract to J H Miller & Son of Kellogg Iowa. Plan to route parallel with Northwestern railroad tracks awaits railroad approval and possible realignments to meet Mechanicsville crossing needs. Work to start April 1 with finish by November 15 1927 and some fills left unpaved until 1928.
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Tipton, Ja
Cedar County
State Highway Commission
Mational Construction Company
Omaha
Neb
Ross Construction Company
Des Moines
National Construction Company
J. H. Miler & Son
Kellogg
Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Mechanicsville
Bristow Bride Elect Honored At Sunday School Shower
Bristow Ta Jun The C I C class of the United Brethren Sunday School hosted a miscellaneous shower Tuesday night for Wavy Parks and her upcoming marriage to van Vost of Clarkeville Avill. About 25 attended. C E S initiates two at O S S chapter meeting Misses Neva Morford and Frances Richards joined the order. A banquet January 7 at two o’clock will precede officer installation. Alison chapter invited. at least 124 expected. School reopens after 10 days vacation. flu keeps many at home. new pupils enrolled. C M Arnold home ill. children affected by flu. John Walsh leaves the gracy business. Morris Roberts to operate remaining equipment. Frances Richards hosted a party for Bristow High class of 1926. Lingland child expected to live 12 years longer than grandfather per Sir George Newnan.
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Bristow
United Brethren Sunday School
van Vost
Clarkevile
Avill
O. 38. S
Neva Morford
Frances Richards
Alison
Alnesssdn
Arnold Familiy
C. M. Arnold
Arnold
Walsh
John Walsh
Morris Roberts
Iag
Bristow High School
Ames
Cedar Fallx Tudsay
Special Meetings Open At Salvation Hall Tonight
Livangelistic meetings began last evening at the Salvation Army hall 613 Winter street with different ministers each evening. Tonight the Black Hawk County Holiness association directs the service with Rev J W Whiteside of the Prea Methodist church as speaker. Services start at 7 30 p m.
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Salvation Army Hall
Winter Street
Black Hawk County
Queen Mary to Care For Baby Granddaughter During Tour
Queen Mary will look after her baby granddaughter Princess Elizabeth during the six month tour of the Duke and Duchess of York to Australia. The late birth of Elizabeth’s mother makes the Queen the happiest woman in England as she takes on this duty.
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London
Mary
England
Elizabeth
Duke and Duchess of York
Australia
Waterloo Postal Employes Welfare Party Planned for Feb 22
The Waterloo Postal Employes Welfare Association announces a Washington's birthday party for members and families as a New Year activity. John Mangin, elected president, succeeds J J Wyeth. New officers include Thomas McNally vice president Burt Guyer secretary treasurer and directors George L Carson Herman Renz Kenneth Barron Kenneth Meyers Frank Wisner Myron Whitney. A separate note reports Southern Utilities of Delaware gaining permission to raise capital stock from 100000 to 350000 shares of no par value in Iowa.
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Waterloo Postal Employes Welfare Association
Washington
John Mangin
Mangin
J. J. Wyeth
Thomas McNally
Burt Guyer
George L. Carson
Herman Renz
Kenneth Barron
Kenneth Meyers
Frank Wisner
Myron Whitney
Centerville
Lows Southern Utilities Company
Delaware
Iowa
Toward a Breathless New York Auto Show Hints
The world's biggest auto show opens Saturday in New York with new models not fully revealed until now. Dealers are quiet this week as mystery cars, including the Erskine from Studebaker, are prepared for display and speculation grows about 1927 sales volumes.
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New York
Erskine
Studebaker Corporation of America
Baldwin Grand in Your Home Promises New Life and Style
A Baldwin Grand piano offers a chance to elevate home music. Klack Music House at 611 Commercial invites readers to call now to realize musical dreams and stay up to date with the times.
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Baldwin
Klack Music
Motor Vehicle Trade Seen Strong as 1927 Forecasts Rise
The year just closed shows gains in manufacturers and sales of motor vehicles with every state reporting higher car numbers. Dealers note 1326 was strong and wonder if 1927 will equal or exceed it as inquiries and prospects rise.
Farmer Suffers Arm Break in Town Yard Fall
Grundy Center Jan 6 Special Tom Dreesiman, a farmer west of town, broke both bones in his left arm in a fall in his yard Monday.
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Grundy Center
Jai
Tom Dreesiman
Sioux City theft targets school savings program
In Sioux City two individuals stole about $2,000 from a school savings collection. The thieves drove away in a car used by the collectors, leaving the money unguarded while the students were away from school. Authorities investigate the incident and review security of future deposits.
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Sioux’ City
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