Cyclone and hail damage hit four Iowa counties
Farmers in Delaware Grundy Bremer and Butler counties report crop losses from a Tuesday storm that brought wind hail and rain. A cyclone near Oneida and Greeley uprooted trees damaged barns and killed poultry while hail near Dike ruined grain. Orchard and shade trees suffered in Clarksville and a silo fell near Tripoli. Cedar Falls recorded 1.53 inches of rain.
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Delaware
Grundy
Bremer
Butler
Manchester
Oneida
Greeley
George Baskerville
Charles Tillibridge
Arthur Moser
Bernard Fitzpatrick
Harvey Culbertson
Dike
Clarksville
Hammill Furniture
Tripoli
William Eichman
Here
Tripolis
Best Sells House at Shell Rock to R I Agent
Fred Best sold his residence at Shell Rock to Ed Latham who moved from Clarksville and becomes the new Rock Island agent. Latham will take possession August 10. The W C TV will meet Thursday at Mrs Levi Moore’s home with Mrs Fanny Paley leading. meeting place moved from Mrs Charles Hickle’s house due to illness.
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Shell Rock
Fred Best
Ed Latham
Clarksville
Latham
Bristow Comm's Club Plans Homecoming Event
Bristow Commercial club completed plans for the annual homecoming and appointed committees. The gala day is set for August 5. Mrs Blanche Jungkunz and Mrs Laura Searle represent Bristow at Decorah for the Womans National picnic and convention. Women of the Church of Christ will serve meals in the Arnold building Aug 5. Cecil Truex leased the Morford farm north of town with moves planned March 1 192y. Mayor and Mrs Fahr undergo Rochester clinical exams. no report yet. Mr Fahr has been ill. Charles Deeming and wife welcomed a daughter born at Waverly hospital July 11. Frank Crotty's home to host Oak Hill Cemetery Association auxiliary meeting Friday July 15.
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Bristow
Bristow Commercial Club
Blanche Jungkunz
Laura Searle
R. WN. A
Decorah
B. H. Corey
Harriet Hines
Chicago
Elsie B. Cior
Jerusalem
Palestine
Corey
The
Reformed Church
Cior
Church of Christ
Arnold Building
Cecil Truex
Morford
Fahr
Rochester
Charles Deeming
Waverly Hospital
Washburn Ships Two Cars Stock Washburn Stock
Washburn Iowa July 13 The Shipping association of this center shipped a carload of cattle and one of hogs to Chicago Saturday Dirkes is in charge. Mr and Mrs Charles Bernhart Mr and Mrs Almer Bernhart Miss Engy Cales and Nick Gales Racine Wisconsin spent a week in this vicinity as guests of Mr and Mrs Louis Golinvaux Mr and Mrs Joe Kemp and family Tacoma Washington are visiting the former's mother Mrs Anna Kemp
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Washburn
Shipping Association of
Chicago
Dirkes
Charles Bernhart
Almer Bernhart
Engy Cales
Nick Gales
Racine
Wig
Louis Golinvaux
Joe Kemp
Tacoma
Wash
Anna Kemp
Medical society ends convention at Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls July 13 The semi annual meeting of the Austin Cedar Valley Medical association ends this afternoon. Dr C H Cretzmeyer retiring president will give his address and officers for next year will be chosen. Fractures of the hip discussed by Dr Hancock and Dr Shellito. Dr Steindler of Iowa City discussed arthritic knee and will conduct clinic this afternoon. One hundred seventy five attended banquet at Bartlett hall last evening. music faculty provided a program. Concerts planned at Island park and the college library steps. Presbyterian young people conference closes tonight with 125 delegates leaving tomorrow. Good Luck clubs plan two events at Island park Friday. Choir dinner at the Knoche home tonight. County W C T U to attend county picnic at Mt Vernon township Thursday. Mr and Mrs Jacob Mayer visited from Detroit for two weeks. Ida M Ladiges visiting Cedar Falls friends.
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Cedar Falls
Austin Flat- Ceder Valley
Medical Association
C. H. Cretzmeyer
Algona
J. C. Hancock
Dubuque
J. C. Shellito
Independence
Arthur Steindler
The
State University Medical School
Iowa City
Bartlett Hall
State Teachers College
Teachers College
Double Reed
Welch
Clifton W. Ahrens
Otto Nielsen
Charles Seltenrich
Gail McKinstry
Joseph McConnell
Island Park
Teachers College Library
Presbyterian
Riverview Park
Oelwein Rotarians Picnic at Lake July 20
Oelwein Rotarians plan a Lake Oelwein picnic on Wednesday July 20 with delegations from Waterloo Waverly Cedar Falls Independence and Manchester expected. Supper will be followed by dancing at Wildwood. Other local items note city paving plans and various visits and births in the community.
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Oelwein
Lake Oelwein
Waterloo
Waverly
Cedar Falls
Independence
Manchester
Wildwood
Charles Street
Second Avenue
New County Bridge
Mercy Hospital
Second Street
Johnny McAuley
Dubuque
W. F. Hunt
Long Beach
Cal
B. L. Bell
South Frederick Avenue
Pattison Building
William Lingelbach
Hollywood
E. C. Belt
First Avenue
Martha Valentine
Agnes Mealey
James Mealey
Robert Galvin
St. Louis
J. J. Galvin
Harold Shippy
Bonnie Clarice
Funeral Held For Mrs Pervis Mason At Elberon
Mrs Pervis Mason 27 committed suicide by poison at her Garwin farm home. Funeral held Tuesday at Elberon Methodist church. She died at 4 pm Sunday after drinking poison earlier that morning. Coroner declared death self inflicted. no inquest. Survived by husband five year old daughter and her parents. Burial in Elberon area.
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Toledo
Pervis Mason
Garwin
Elberon Methodist Church
Mason
L. G. Overturf
Elberon
Toledo High School
Barclay Township Girl Birthday Party
Barclay Township July 13 Rosemary das Schmitt celebrated her seventh birthday with a party for many schoolmates. Ed Schmitt is on the sick list. Thed Slaughter and the Jim Batsh family vacation camp on the Wapsie river banks. Regina Kies suffers rheumatism. John Lillg, while working on a southern Iowa telephone line, visited home for the weekend.
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Barclay Township
Rosemary
Das Schmitt
Ed Schmitt
Thed. Slaughter
Jim Batsh
Wapste
Regina Kies
John Lillg
Lne
Iowa
Independence to Have Two Mills From Tax Levy
Independence Iowa council proposes cutting city taxes from 29 mills to 24 1/2 mills pending approval by the state budget director. If approved, final hearing on August 8. Band fund gains to cover a 2 mill levy cut with 2084.81 available. City treasury shows 54,456.49 balance. fire truck purchased for 3,345 is paid.
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Independence
Miss Lois Mann Dies at Fort Dodge
Miss Lois F. Mann age 34 daughter of Amos Mann of Janesville died in a Fort Dodge hospital after an operation a week earlier She had lived in Cedar Falls and graduated from the high school there and from State Teachers College She was a high school teacher and spent vacations at her father’s home Funeral and burial were at Manson Iowa on July 9 Father unable to attend due to illness.
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Janesville
Lois F. Mann
Amos Mann
Fort Dodge
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Road Through Plainfield Opens After Construction
Plainfield Indiana July 13 Highway No 218 on either side of Plainfield is open for traffic after several miles of construction in each direction. The Plainfield Savings Bank building is being remodeled and repaired.
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Plainfield
Plainfield Savings Bank
Birthday Party Honors Walter Warnke in Readlyn
Readlyn Iowa on July 13 reports a youth crowd gathered at L C Warnke home to celebrate Walter Warnke birthday anniversary with entertainment and songs.
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Readlyn
L. C. Warneke
Walter Warneke
Amputate Finger of Child in Hay Pulley Incident
A four year old boy James Mc Carther of Nashua had his right hand crushed in a hay loading pulley. Amputation of one finger was necessary after a sister released him. Also noted are oblique items: Lent Scales died in St. Cloud and was buried in Nashua, Mrs. Bessie Wallis honored at a Ken dall Christian home picnic, ivy poisoning case for E. P. Foster, county elimination contest to pick Floyd county rep for North Iowa fair, Rep. Lafe Hill favoring legislative talk, banks closed for Floyd county bankers picnic with vigilantes shoot planned.
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Nashua
James McCarther
Lent Scales
St. Cloud
Minn
Bessie Wallis
Vernon
Kendall Christian Home
E. P. Foster
Fred Kerstetter
West Charles Township
Floyd County
Mason City
Lafe Hill
Nora Springs
Banks
Floyd County Bankers
Charles City Family Tours Europe in Car
Charles City Iowa July 13 Mr and Mrs A L Olds and son Horace completed a 7000 mile motor trip through Europe and shipped their car to Ireland to tour the British Isles They filmed 3000 feet of motion pictures and sent home 30 packages of souvenirs They expect to sail home at month end Township Bureau Meeting Rudd township held a successful meeting at the home of Martin Apal on July 8 after which the Rudd 4 H girls club presented a house furnishing demonstration focusing on windows draperies and window curtains
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A. L. Olds
Horace
Europe
Ireland
British Isles
Township Bureau
Rudd Township
Martin Apal
Rudd 4-H
Danish Ly Ten Society elects officers at Cedar Falls meeting
In Cedar Falls at the Danish Ly Ten society semiannual gathering officers were chosen. Martin Mortensen was named president Alfred Anderson became vice president Walter Markussen was secretary James Romme is cashier John Kyhl serves as supreme treasurer C T Iversen and Anders Iversen plus Walter Oleson are trustees George Thorsen is guard.
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Cedar Falls
Danish Ly Ten Society
Martin Mortensen
Alfred Anderson
Walter Markussen
James Romme
John Kyhl
C. T
Anders Iversen
Walter
Oleson
George Thorsen
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Waterloo and Hudson
A series of property transfers are listed including Robert Smith to William Smith lot 10 Schrader's Addition Hudson. Geo L Hazen to Wm Bortemeyer 20 ft lot 15 and 16 block 12 Home Park 2nd Add. Velme Burns to Charles Burch 16 ft lot 4 and 20 ft lot 5 block 6 Hammonds Hopkins Add. Geo B McWilliams to J W Daggett lot 1 block 4 Howrey McWilliams replat Waterloo. Grace Cascadon widow to Nick Pilipchuk lot 11 block 17 Leavitt Johnson Miller's Add. Elizabeth Alford to H W Paine et ux part section 11 89 13. Frank William Beck to Mabel Lanphere Beck pt lot 8 and street adj. Beck to Lanphere Beck lots 19-20 and pt lot 21 36 Mill Sq west side. Beck lot 10-11 block 1 West Park Add Waterloo. Willard to Mildred Erdman lot 12-13 block 1 Riverview Add. Ida Bratnober to Wells Fossler sell 60 ft along nely 140 ft lot 6-7-8 Bagg's Addition Waterloo.
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Robert £. Smith
Wm. J. Smith
Schrader's
Hudson
Tows
Hammonds& Hopkins
Geo. B. McWilliams
J.W. Daggett
Howrey & McWilliams Replat
Waterloo
Grace L. Cascadon
Nick Fpilipchuk
Leavitt, Johnson & Miller’s
Eliz
W. Alford
H. W. Paine
Mabel Lanphere Beck
West Park
Willard
Mildred “Erdman
Riverview
Ida C. Bratnober
Wells K. Fossler
Nely
Bagg
Million Dollar Rain Aids Crops and Lawns Across Region
Farmers and city residents valued the recent rain at a million dollars as corn crops needed moisture. General rainfall reported with 0.60 inches last night and 0.05 inches yesterday afternoon. A police report noted Frances Walker, 55, was injured in a fall, suffering a compound fracture to her right ankle and later listed in favorable condition at Allen Memorial Hospital.
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Frances Walker
Fourth Street West
Allen Memorial Hospital
Liquor Gaghe on Country Road Vantches
A farmer found five gallon jugs filled with squid dynamite and liquor on Falls avenue road. Police traced the disturbance to a cardboard carton and a muddy byroad with tire tracks showing turns and returns. The jugs disappeared while officers were alerted.
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Falls Avenue Road
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John Colins
Lee Smith
W. F. Dilworth
Hampton Residents Escape Injury In Canby Crash
An auto accident south of Canby Minnesota burned a Buick beyond repair. Three Hampton residents Mr Emory Fellows and Mrs Emory Fellows plus Miss Elizabeth Meier and Miss Leona Fellows of Canby were in the car. They escaped serious injury though bruised and Mrs Fellows had a minor knee cut.
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Hampton
Canby
Minn
Altho
Emory Fellows
Hampton Mercantile Company
Elizabeth Meier
Leona Fellows
Descendants Meet at Horton Home Reunion in Horton Ia
A Horton Iowa gathering at Jobe Westervelt's home drew 28 descendants including five children, 11 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren. Two group photos captured three generations. one shows Alfred Westervelt, Seth Westervelt, and Paul Westervelt. the other features Belle Smith, Arlie Smith, and Mark Smith. Mr. Westervelt is 84 years old.
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Horton
Jobe Westervelt
Mr. Westervelt
Alfred
Seth
Paul
Belle Smith
Arlie Smith
Mark Smith
Westervelt
Hampton Parish Replaces Church Burned In March
Construction began today on a $20,000 home for St Patrick s Catholic church of Hampton to replace the building burned in March. F White of Eldora is the contractor in charge. The dark red brick structure features Romanesque architecture and a 200 person capacity with a daylight basement. Funds came partly through popular subscriptions.
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Hampton
St. Patrick’s Catholic
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
F. White
Eldora
Eure
Hansen Families Annual Reunion at Vinton Cedar River Park
The Hansen families held their annual reunion and picnic at Cedar River park in Vinton Ia on Sunday with about 60 attendees. Locals included Henry Hansen and the Hansen and Haack families, Untiedt and Holst clans, and Miss Mabel Holst among others. A second group picnicked in Iowa City with Perry Fairbanks Kerr and Zika relatives, and Frances Fairbanks was visited.
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Dysart
Hansen
Cedar River Park
Vinton
Henry Hansen
George Hansen
John Haack
Peter Untiedt
Henry Holst
Mabel Holst
Walter Untiedt
James Wilson
Harry Haack
Herman Haack
Ingwer Haack
Bruce Pippett
Iowa City
Perry Fairbanks
Rogerville
S. J. Kerr
F. H. Schmidt
Bessie Kerr
Lena Kerr
Addie Zika
Denver Man Recovers After Auto Accident
August Dett rich of Denver is recovering from injuries suffered in a recent automobile crash. He sustained two broken ribs and extensive bruising. A son was born to Mrs. Willard Herzberg, formerly Dorothy Tippy, at Independence last week. The funeral of Dorothy May Coontz, three months old, was held Saturday after pneumonia. A Waterloo colored team is expected to oppose the local squad Sunday after Denver defeated the Black Hawk Demons of Cedar Falls last Sunday.
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Denver
Dettrich
C. A. Brause
Thimble Club
Luther League
City Park
Willard Herzberg
Dorothy Tippy
Independence
Dorothy May
George Coontz
Waterloo
Black Hawk Demons
Cedar Falls
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