Knox funeral held for Robert Knox at late home
Funeral services for Robert Knox of Alto Vista Avenue were held at 2 30 p m at his late home following his death Friday evening when struck by a car while leaving a street car at Independence Avenue and Highland Boulevard. Interment was in Elmwood Cemetery with Rev. Thomas R Niven officiating. Pallbearers included Fred Northey James Parrott Edmund Miller A B Rumsey Ben Schuneman and Dr T R McCoy. Mrs Albert Greeley sang Lord Is My Shepherd with piano accompaniment by Mrs Robert Parrott. Dr and Mrs Winchell Craig of Rochester Minn arrived for the funeral. Mrs Knox and daughter Janet were returning from Hollywood and arranged today’s services.
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Robert Knox
Alto
Vista Avenue
Independence Avenue
Highland Boulevard
Elmwood Cemetery
Thomas R. Niven
First Presbyterian Church
Fred Northey
James Parrott
Edmund Miller
A. B. Rumsey
Ben Schuneman
T. RB. McCoy
Probing of Utility Concerns Will Be Resumed Thursday
The federal trade commission will resume its probe into utility propaganda activity, aiming to finish the first phase within a month. Witnesses from California will be called as the hearings continue, with no interruptions planned.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Edgar A. McCulloch
Commission
Senate
United Press Today
California
McCulloch
Electric Bond Ss Share Co
New York
Cate
Harmonica Bands Organized in West Schools
Miss Mildred Luce of West High leads new harmonica bands in Emerson school with 60 boys, aiming to merge local groups into a 300 plus piece band. Luce notes Chicago’s 150 harmonica bands and cites a Nixon school performance of 650 players to illustrate untapped musical potential for children.
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West Schools
Emerson School
Mildred Luce
West High
Bush Conservatory of Music
Chicago
Luce
Nixon School
Lyon & Healy Conservatory
Heart Attack Fatal to Hansell Bank Cashier
E. G. Martin, cashier of Hansell Savings Bank, died of heart disease at his Hansell home about 6:30 a.m. today. He leaves a widow and three children named Dorothy Kenneth and Genevieve.
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Hansell Bank
Peculier Apeciet
Hampton
E. G. Martin
Hansell Savings Bank
Hansell
Dorothy
Kenneth
Genevieve
Good Policeman Even in Nightdress
In Clinton Iowa on January 9 a night patrolman Carl Johnson arrested James O Day a 37 year old steamfitter from Metropolitan Michigan and William Sherry aged 30 with unknown address after they robbed a local store of groceries and $40. Johnson chased them in night clothes and carried no weapon.
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Clinton
Carl Johnson
James O'Day
Metropolitan
Mich
William Sherry
Johnson
O'Day
Sherry
Independence S S Classes Contest Sunday
Annual attendance contest between Wesleyan Men's class of the M E church and Men's Main Street class of the Presbyterian church will be observed Sunday at the Presbyterian church. Two years ago the combined attendance was in excess of 500. The harvest of ice at the mill pond will be started soon if weather favors, according to I C Plane of Independence Ice company. Two brothers and a niece of Dr A G Shellito have died within the last five weeks. Dr and Mrs J G Shellito went to Minto mazoo Michigan to attend the funeral of Dr Frederick Shellito who died Monday. Dr G Shellito, because of illness from flu, was unable to go.
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Courter
Independence
Wesleyan
Presbyterian Church
Mill Pond
I. C. Plane
Independence Ice Company
A. G. Shellilo
J. GC. Shellite
Mintomazoo
Mich
Frederick Shellito
G. Shellito
Mastodon Bones Shown in Window of Electric Shop
Two nearly perfect mastodon bones form a window display at the Walker & Riglers electric shop, 515 Jefferson Street. Each bone runs seven feet and weighs 35 pounds, owned by C. H. E. Walker of 312 Conger Street, brother of W. R. Walker in the electrical business. The bones were unearthed during aqueduct excavation for San Francisco water several years ago.
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Walker & Rlgers Electric Shop
Jefferson Street
C. H E. Walker
Conger Street
W. R. Walker
San Francisco
Voorhies Heads Cedar Falls Scout Area Committee
W. K. Voorhies named permanent chairman of the Cedar Falls District Boy Scout committee at a Cedar Falls Commercial club gathering. Arthur F. Jury outlined the area work plan and duties for the district, with members named for vice chairman treasurer court of honor camping leadership training troop organization civic service reading publicity health and safety and more. A similar committee meeting was set for Waverly.
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W. K. Voorhies
Cedar Falls
A. E. Meswarth
E. D. Jack
G. M. Parker
Mayer J. Foy Cross
Reading
G. R. Latham
J. Bruce Gilen
GC. Co. Grant
Simiar
Waverly
Royal Arch Masons to Honor L S Furry at Dinner Thursday
L S Furry who served as high priest of Tabernacle chapter No 52 Royal Arch Masons will be guest of honor at a dinner in Blacks tearoom Thursday evening. Afterward 1929 officers will be installed at a Masonic temple ceremony with Frank H Sherwood succeeding Furry as high priest and CG PL Stone as king A G Snackenberg as scribe H R Plowman as secretary and Hope Martin as representative on the temple board.
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L. S. Furry
Tabernacle
Royal Arch Masons
Black
Masonic Temple
Frank H. Sherwood
Furry
PL Stone
King
A. G. Snackenberg
H. R. Plowman
Hope ©. Martin
Masonic Temple Board
Ku Klux Klan silent on Hoover inauguration in Washington
The Ku Klux Klan announced it will stage no demonstration in Washington during President elect Hoover's inauguration on March 4. Imperial Wizard Hiram W. Evans said the klan plans no demonstration, easing political tension as Hoover’s plans and timetable draw attention.
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Washington
INS
Ku Klux Klan
Hoover
Hiram W. Evans
Klan
Evans
Central
U. S. Grant HI
Coolidge
State Board of Conservation Sets Feb Fifth Meeting
Des Moines dispatch reports the Iowa State Board of Conservation in its first 1939 session set Feb five as the organization meeting. W E G Saunders and Mrs Mabel Volland joined the board, with Saunders reappointed for three years and Volland succeeding Mary Armstrong. A committee to seek appropriations will be named at the meeting.
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Des Moines
U.P
State Board of Consavation
W. O. Merckens
Emmetsburg
Mabel Wolland
Iowa City
Hammill
Byron Neewbury
Strawberry Point
Henry Frankel
J. Wy. Wryth
Cedar Falls
Baunders
Volland
Mary F. Armstrong
Fort Dodge
Fairbank P.T.A. Session Deferred to Jan 16
Fairbank Iowa Parent-Teacher Association meeting scheduled for today is postponed one week to January 16. Mr and Mrs Irvine Corcoran are parents of a daughter born January 7. Rev and Mrs Sandbach of Conrad are parents of a son born December 28.
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Courier
Fairbank
Parent- Teacher Association
Irvine Corcoran
Sandbach
Conrad
Germany names experts on reparations inquiry
Official announcement lists Dr Hjalmar Schacht president of the Reichsbank and Dr Albert Woegler of Vereinigte Stahlwerke to represent Germany on the reparations committees of experts. Substitute delegates named are Dr Melchior Hemburg banker and Ludwig Kastl of the League of German Industrialists.
IOWA GIRL 18 FREED AFTER LOVE AFFAIR ENDS
Lillian Mas Ellstworth 18 Scranton was released after telling a Missouri court that J. W. Moore 31 New York promised to marry her. Moore faced statutory charges and was jailed six months while the girl was discharged. A separate note reports Tennessee elects a blind trustee and Braille transcription of tax records.
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Ames
Lillian Mas Ellstworth
Scranton
J. W. Moore
New York
St. Joseph
Moore
What Doctors Think of the Laxative Habit
An advertising piece extols Cascarets cascara candy as the ideal laxative. It claims cascara strengthens bowels, promotes natural function, and forms only a habit of regularity. Doctors and parents are cited affirming its gentle, non reactionary action and ease of use.
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Cascera
Guie
Thera
Cambridge Robbery Trio Sentenced in Indeterminate Terms
Three men, Charles Kelly Hall alias Robert Crawford from Chicago Roy Passmore alias Tom Joney of Ohio and Louis Guthriel of Kewanea were sentenced to indeterminate terms of one year for robbery. The sentencing occurred in Cambridge Alabama with details noting aliases and origins.
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Cambridge
Charles Kelly Hall
Robert Crawford
Chicago
Roy Passmore
Tom
Joney
Ohio
Louis Guthriel
Kewanea
Robbery plea linked to Joliet stove theft case
In Joliet yesterday a guilty plea was entered for robbing a stove in Galva. The report notes the assailants clashed with Sheriff Nuss after arrest, escaped jail briefly, then were recaptured within hours.
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Ufo
Joliet
Galva
Nuss
Sant
Advertised products stand as value guarantees to consumers
Advertising brings protection to the consumer by promising honest value and quality. The ad endorses manufacturers who advertise, noting they build greater sales and offer reliable quality. Seek out advertised products, favor dealers who stock them, and watch for them in windows and shelves as hallmarks of trustworthy business.
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OWA State Board OF Conservation
Germany
Iowa
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Becausa
Commercial Bank
E. M. O’donnell
D.C
Tawa
O'Donnell
Science
Nte
Ita
Kistner
Kastner
Tome of Distinctive Service
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Buehler Bros
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