Lightning Strike Injures Six In Cottage Near Klinger
A lightning bolt struck a cottage on the Wapsipini river three miles east of Klinger at 12 30 a m Sunday. I R B McCarty and his son Merle were severely burned while other family members were shocked but unharmed. The bolt traveled from a tree to a radio aerial then along wires, crashing through the roof and igniting curtains. Two shotguns splintered. Curtains burned and flames were extinguished by others before further damage.
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McCarty
Tribe of
Ben Hur
William A Gook
Rebel Avenue
Wapsipini
Con River
Klinger
McGarty
Merle
I. H. McCarty
Cropper retires from Black Hawk Coffee Company
H B Cropper age 70 of 1481 Newell street retires after 26 years with Black Hawk Coffee and Spice Co and 24 years as manager and two years as secretary treasurer. Robert J Lichty vice president and manager says officers unchanged until July 17 annual meeting. Cropper also chaired Waterloo chapter American Red Cross for a decade. In 1894 he joined Smith Lichty Hillman Co before joining Black Hawk Coffee.
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Black Hawk Coffee & Spice Co
H. B. Cropper
Newell
Rstreet
Robert J
Lichty
Cropper
Sunnyside Country Club
Smith, Lichty & Hillman Co
Black Hawk Coffee & Eplee Co
Waterloo
Red Grass
Greene golfers set new course record at Clarksville match
Greene team, led by Berti Ramsdell of Ponca Oklahoma, set a new course record with a 70, while Frank Sands of Clarksville carded a 71 in a Cedar Valley association match that Clarksville lost 2 to 1 to 44 2. Par for the local course is 64.
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Fourier
Clarksville-Ia
Greene Golfers
Clarksville
Cedar Valley ‘Association
Berti Ramsdell
Ponca
Ae Okla
Greene
Frank Sands
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Coffee CO
Des Moines
Aeronautical Division
Charles Gatschet
Ross Arnold
Kaynee
L’ Aiglon
Vicinity
Cligion Gils
L’aiglon
Jersey
Gillet
First National Bank
Grace
Mica Shades
Gelzer
Furniture
MART
Commercial Street
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