Bible Conference At Cedar Falls Opens July Thirty First
Cedar Falls Iowa July 2 The Cedar Falls Bible conference opens Sunday July 31 with Rev Wilford Ernst Mann rector of Council Bluffs Episcopal Church delivering the opening sermon The conference features daily sessions by Rev Henry Hepburn and Dr John E Henderson with missions talks and a new song leaders conference led by Homer Rodeheaver The conference secretary will be Dr Parley E Zartman and ten thousand program copies will be mailed to clergy and church members in the middle west
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Cedar Falls
Bible Conference
Wilford Ernst Mann
Episcopal Church
Council Bluffs
Parley E. Zartman
Longley
Henry Hepburn
Chicago
John &E. Henderson
Ogada
East Africa
Jesus
Henerson
A. K. Harper
Fairfield
Waverly
G. Campbell. Morgan
Morgan
England
Homer Rodeheaver
Rodeheaver
Walter Jenkins
Memphis
Tenn
Vivian Tripp
Winona Lake
Indiana’ Institute
Jenkins
Rotary International
Middlewest
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Louisiana Purchase
Ida M. Tarbell recounts 1863 events as Amiens breaks, Napoleon plans invasion of England with a northern army and coast batteries from Antwerp to the Seine. Facing a British threat, he sells Louisiana to the United States, violating earlier treaty terms with Spain, to avoid English seizure.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Louisiana Purchase
Amiens
France
England
Napoleon
Antwerp
Seine
Louisiana
United States
Spain
Bonaparte
Three Tama Towns Plan Fourth of July Celebrations
Dysart Chelsea and Dinsdale will celebrate the Fourth with local groups directing events. The Dysart American Legion post handles the Dysart program, Chelsea’s Modern Woodmen unit directs Chelsea, and Dinsdale will feature an address by E. H. Eriksson of Coe College Cedar Rapids as part of its morning program.
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Courier
Traer
Tama County
Dysart
Chelsea
Dinsdale
Myers-Gordy-Pirpert Post
American Legion
Chelsea Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
E. H. Eriksson
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Geneseo Township Prepares July Fourth Picnic
Geneseo township residents will hold the usual community picnic on the consolidated school grounds on July 4. Dr Earl Roadman pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Waterloo will be the speaker at the event.
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Geneseo, In
Geneseo Township
Earl Roadman
Grace Methodist Episcopal
Waterloo
Elevator at Irving Burns in Fire Loss Eight Thousand
In July the Irving elevator, insured by Blaha Brothers for 4500, burned early Sunday night. The village has no other elevator and little grain was stored. A nearby feed warehouse and corncrib escaped damage while the Belle Plaine fire company could offer limited aid due to lack of a water system. The loss is estimated between 8000 and 10000 dollars. Hundreds of motorists gathered at the scene as the blaze lit the sky for miles.
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Courier Special Service
Blaha Brothers
Irving
Ang & Corncrib
Belle Plaine
Coon Steals Chickens Near Traer Iowa
Mr and Mrs Earl Meggers on their farm south of Traer Iowa observed an intruder taking chickens and trailed him to a nighttime hoot and captured a large raccoon in the raid, reporting the incident as a farm theft by a raccoon.
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Traer
Smd
Earl Meggers
Yaer
Hudson State Bank Opens With Reception
Hudson Is July 2 opening of Hudson State Bank featured an informal reception for residents. Offices were festively decorated and refreshments served. Within minutes of opening at 9 o'clock deposits reached 33000, with officers forecasting steady daylong business. Officers greeting patrons were H A Gaede cashier Henry LaFrenz president B S Strayer vice president Henry Mathias treasurer George Bruns assistant cashier.
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Courier
Hudson, Is
Hudson State Bank
H. A. Gaede
Henry LaFrenz
B. S. Strayer
Henry Mathias
George Bruns
New Plane Crash in Freak Gust at Marble Rock Field
A plane piloted by Clifford Boom and Ronald Short crashed after a sudden gust at Marble Rock Field while taking off, wings badly damaged and occupants injured. The incident, attributed to ground proximity when a strong wind would have aided lift, is reported alongside local transfers, road dust-cost claims, a crude-oil weed-burner on the Rock Island division, a marriage in Oelwein, a new community club secretary, July park meetings, a missionary speaker, Arthaud residence work, and a diphtheria quarantine on the McSweeney home.
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Courier Special Service
Oelwein
Clifford Boom
Ronald Short
Marble Rock
B. B. Little
Harry Wilson
Fourth Avenue
S. J. Stegens
Alvin Connor
Oelwein Park
Earl Rhine
W. E. Powers
L. ©. McGill
Independence
C. D. Shippy
Lake Oelwein
Rock Island Railroad
Bertha H. Lenz
Raymond Zummack
Fairbank
Lutheran Church
Minnesota
D. O. Caldwell
Hazleton Lodge Sees Initiation Ceremony Reported
Members of Hazleton Lodge welcomed 18 initiates as part of a lodge event. The report notes the work of Royal Neighbors was demonstrated during the evening, highlighting community service and fraternal activities.
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Fhauriey
Waterloo lodge initiates 18 candidates in Memorial Day program
Officers of Waterloo camp initiated 18 candidates into the local lodge with Mrs. Rose Baker as installing officer and Mrs. Ellen Moothart as marshal. Mrs. Irene Bentley state deputy spoke briefly from Oelwein. The Nelson corps and Women's Relief corps held a program at the hall before decorating graves for the order’s memorial day. Elfreda Freeman read the roster of deceased members as Glen Munger sounded the bugle call.
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Waterloo
Rose Baker
Ellen Moothart
Irene Bentley
Oelwein
W. BR. C. Memorial
Nelson Corps
Women's Relief Corps
Elfreda Freeman
Glen Munger
Injured Boy in La Porte Car Crash Near Home
Leslie Newton, boy of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Newton, was cut on the forehead by a broken windshield when the Newton car collided with a Haynes automobile carrying four road men near La Porte Iowa. Both cars damaged, Newton drove to a physician. four stitches applied. The boy recovered enough to be up the next day.
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la Porte City
Leslie Newton
Albert Newton
Newton
Leslie
William Wilson
Arthur Wilson
Charlies Wilson
Atwood
Waterloo
Willard Hall
Rockford
Patten B. Atwood
Wallace
Waldo
Weldon Wilson
Clifford Wilson
Mt. Auburn
George Atwood
Ill
Funeral of Pross Child at Rudd Methodist Church
Funeral services for the 32-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Pross of near Rudd will be held Sunday morning in the Methodist church with Rev. Mr. Cramer officiating. Interment in Rudd cemetery. The child died while an anesthetic was being administered prior to an operation.
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Presbyterian Church
H. Vandersall
The
Evangelical Church
A. C. Newton
Methodist Sundey School
Newton
A. C. Hager
J. R. Froelich
Verne Clark
Courier
Charles City
William F. Pross
Near Rudd
Methodist
Mr. Cramer
Rudd Cemetery
Marvin Smith
Florence Bonewitz
Rudd
Episcopal Parsonage
Osage
R. F. Miller
Richard Bohlens
Black Hills
Smith
Howardville
Newton Grove
Mr. Artz
J. J. Gough
Bristow
BE. T. Gough
M. E
Alphas
Beardmore and
Zastrow
Hungerford
Josephine Steele
Mason City
Cupid's Score at Church in Yale Down for June
Wedding registrations at Little Brown church near Nashua New Hampshire fell short of last year's rate by 22 of 109 weddings in June. Church visitors since January 1, 1927 total 5,468 with 3,500 in June and 124 in January. Heaviest visitation occurs between June and autumn. last year total visitors reached 26,000.
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Nashua
Little Brown Church
Vinton Man Dies After Brief Illness
L. H. Greaser of Vinton died at his home after a spring illness that grew serious recently. He was raised on a Shellsburg area farm and married Emma Mackie about 35 years ago, living on a northwest Vinton farm until shortly before his death.
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Vinton
L. H. Greaser
Mr. Greaser
Shellsburg
Emma Mackie
Accident Victim to Be Buried at Waverly Sunday
Waverly Indiana July 2 The funeral of Ed Swenson who was killed in a 14 foot fall while installing plumbing at Marshall Canning plant will be Sunday at 2 30 p m at Evangelical Peace church conducted by Rev Jay Fisher Swenson was on a ladder when pipes rolled causing him to fall He died instantly leaving a widow and two daughters survivors listed
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Courier Special Service
Waverly
Ed Swenson
Marshall Canning Plant
Evangelical Peace Church
Jay Fisher
Swenson
Farm Bureau Hosts Cedar Falls Commercial Club Picnic
About 150 members attended a Farm Bureau arranged picnic at the A. L. Kreger place near Cedar Falls. Peder Pedersen spoke as guests from the Cedar Falls Commercial Club. The program included sports and a picnic supper served.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Farm Bureau
Aa. L. Kreger
Former Buchanan Resident Dies
Charles E. Gleason a former Buchanan county resident died in Omaha on June 23. Services were held June 25 with burial in a Catholic cemetery. Born June 1, 1867 in Syracuse New York, he moved to Iowa as a boy, grew up in Middlefield township, married Margaret Lillis in 1888, and leaves a widow three children two sisters several grandchildren and other relatives.
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Courier
Independence
Charles E. Gleason
Buchanan County
Omaha
Syracuse
N. Y
Charles
Delia
Ryan) Gleason
Iowa
Middlefield Township
Winthrop
Margaret Lillis
Monti. Ia
E. N. Johnson
Minneapolis
Agnes Gleason
Kankaker, Tl
War Veterans at Cedar Falls Take $150,000 Insurance
Cedar Falls July 2 Reinstate ments of war risk insurance policies written by Cedar Falls Red Cross workers reached 150000 last evening when the campaign closed. Policies ranged from 1000 to 16000 across several classes. Several tourists had policies written while in Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
Courier
Iowa Roads and Weather 10 A.M. Update
Des Moines through Fort Dodge report good conditions with clear skies across listed cities including Dubuque Burlington Keokuk Ottumwa Mason City Cedar Rapids Marshalltown Muscatine Clinton Creston Iowa City and Fort Dodge.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Dubuque
Burlington
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Clinton
Creston
Iowa City
Fort Dodge
Local Rail Route Descriptions Briefly Record Good Status
A terse report lists several line segments with compass directions and status good. No. 59 north and No. 218 southeast show good conditions with adjacent directions also marked good. No. 20 east and west directions likewise indicate favorable states.
New J. C. Agent On Duty At Raymond
Raymond July 2 Leo Kraft formerly telegrapher at Illinois Central Waterloo has become agent in Raymond. His family will move here soon. Prof Dan OConnell of University of Chicago on vacation visited Des Moines on business. Farmers Union delegation traveled to Des Moines this week. Two carloads of Raymond corn shipped to Chicago, one this week and one last week.
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Raymond
Leo Kraft
Illinois Central Station
Waterloo
Dan O'Connell
University of Chicago
Chicago
Farmers Union Organization
Des Moines
Seiner Fined For Illegal Fishing In Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls July 2 E D Cameron was fined ten dollars by Justice of the Peace R F Murray for illegal fishing with a seine.
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Cedar Falls
E. D. Cameron
R. FR. Murray
Local Man Named Trustee by Synod Meeting at Ames
Ames Iowa July 2 The Iowa synod of the Presbyterian church closed its forty sixth annual meeting without naming a successor to Rev S R Ferguson Cedar Rapids who resigned after 35 years as synod executive Delegates referred the matter to the Iowa board of national missions as no candidate or salary agreement was reached Trustees elected Rev J E F Hinkhouse Independence Ia F H Shedd W E Ruston Columbus Junction F W Jenks Waterloo and L N Haskins Oelwein to the synodical council Selection of next meeting place to be left to presbyteries at fall meeting Rev Joseph Bren Cedar Rapids and Byron Matison Rockwell City elected to council
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Ames
Iowa Synod of the Presbyterian Church
S. R. Ferguson
Cedar Rapids
Synod
Iowa Board of National Missions
Joseph Bren
Byron Matison
Rockwell City
Synodical Council
J. EF. Hinkhouse
Independence
F. H. Shedd
W. E. Ruston
Columbus
F. W. Jenks
Waterloo
L. N. Haskins
Oelwein
Fatal Crash Claims Foreman At Marshalltown Plant
Elmer Fisher twenty seven was killed when the car he rode in skidded and rolled several times near Marshalltown Indiana yesterday. Driver William Kitts and two women escaped with minor bruises. Fisher was foreman at the Marshalltown Manufacturing Company.
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Marshalltown
INS
Elmer Fisher
Here
Marshalltown Manufacturing Company
William Kitts
Bond issue to pave Buena Vista county defeated
Storm Lake Iowa July 2 1939 Pro posal to issue 900000 bonds to pave Buena Vista county was defeated in a special election yesterday. In 21 of 24 precincts the vote was 978 in favor and 1665 against the bonds.
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Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
Pirates Sign Groh to Player Contract
Pittsburgh Pirates announce the signing of Heinie Groh formerly with the Reds and Giants. Groh joins the Pirates on July 2 in a move expected to bolster infield experience.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Heinie Groh
Cincbnnati Reds
New York Giants
Pirates
Cedar Falls Bible Pupils to Be Honored at Churches
Cedar Falls July 2 Services honor pupils finishing summer bible schools. M E church hosts at 3 p m for union class graduates. A pageant Out of the Bible at Zeort Evangelical and a program at Calvary Baptist. manual training exhibits to precede services. Independence Day sermons focus on patriotism and faith amid science. Several families plan outings and travel to celebrations beyond Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian and Congregational
M. E
Ziort Evangelical Church
Calvary Baptist
United States
Thomas Anderson
George F. Barsalou
First Congregational Church
C. M. Parker
Anita
John F. Dempster
West Union
Eugene Smith
Clear Lake
Nels Petersen
Minnesota
Fred G. Ellsworth
Minneapolis
John Geertsen
Boone
Butler County Jail Under Construction
Work on the new Butler County jail has begun with progress described as excellent. The brick structure measures 22 by 42 feet, will include a full basement and one story above, and features variegated brick exterior with a cream colored pressed brick interior.
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Courier Special Service
Allison
Hudson Bride-Elect Honored At Party
Hudson Iowa July 2 Miss June Fearer whose marriage to Fred Schoenfeld Nashua will take place next month was complimented Friday afternoon with a party given by Mrs George Sergeant Berthold North Dakota and Mrs Charles Sergeant of this place at the residence of their father in law J C Sergeant Miscellaneous gifts were presented Miss Fearer
Harvey Smalley Loses Right Eye in Rochester Accident
Osage Ta July 2 Special reports Harvey Smalley had his right eye removed in a Rochester hospital after surgeons failed to avoid the operation for six months. The eye was pierced by a fork in an accident.
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Osage
Harvey Smalley
Rochester
Independence Scout Camp Dates Announced
Independence scouts set the annual camp from August 24 to September 1, a ten day event. Scout executive C G Morrison notes the camp location is yet to be decided.
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Independence
C. G. Morrison
Celebrate Independence Day at Nashua Fairgrounds
July 2. Special celebration planned by local firemen at Nashua fairgrounds includes sports fencing and reworks as part of the Independence Day events in the vicinity.
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Nashua
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la Porte
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Fred Garton
Oak Hill
A. D. Polk
Washington Township
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Cornell
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Waterville
Einer Mortensen
Rochester, Minn
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