Iowa Exhibition Booths Open To In-State Applicants
Iowa exhibitors gain first chance to reserve booths at Cedar Valley fair set for August 23 to 27. Demand runs high with many outside entries turned away to favor Iowa participants in pantry textile and other divisions. The Cedar Falls contractor Walter Anderson won a schoolhouse contract in district No. 9 at a cost of 3475 dollars. Summer enrollment in Teachers College extension schools totaled 3574 with Cedar Falls at 2365 and other towns listed. Objections to Cedar Falls independent school district budget of about 99000 will be heard Monday evening August 1 at the high school.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Cedar Valley Fair
Iowa
Walter Anderson
Teachers College
Ames
Albia
Burlington
Creston
Hansell
Ida Grove
Cedar Falls Independent School District
Indian mission workers visit Orange on furlough
Sadie J. Miller, on furlough after three terms in India with the Church of the Brethren, arrived at relatives in Orange. She joins brothers and sisters from India now in the area, including Arthur Miller and Chalmer Shuil families. Miller left Bombay April 9 and traveled via London to the United States, visiting Hershey Pennsylvania and Decatur Illinois before completing her January 1920 departure.
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Courier
Orange Township
Sadie J. Miller
United States
Church of the Brethren In
India
Miss Miller
Orange
Arthur Miller
Chalmer Shuil
Reception Honors Bridal Couple at Home of Parents
In July 16, Mr. and Mrs. John Guiknecht hosted a 4 to 5 pm reception at the parents’ home honoring their son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Harold Guiknecht who had just returned from a honeymoon in northern Minnesota. The couple wed in Webster City with June Weidlein as the bride. Also, Miss Annette McMillan, soon to wed Fred Schoenfeld of Nashua, received an apron shower from Miss McMillan, closing a series of engagement celebrations. Lt. O. F. Dance hosted the monthly dancing party of the Lt C. O. F. lodge with a large turnout.
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Courier
Hudson
John Guiknecht
Harald Guiknecht
Minnesota
Webster City
June Weidlein
Annette McMillan
Fred Schoenfeld
Nashua
No Vacation for Law Benton Deputy Sheriff Learns
In Vinton Iowa deputy Nile Morena proves the law never sleeps as he joins a Belle Plaine arrest spree during a two week family vacation. He made four arrests over four days before returning to duty and planning a new de tour when possible.
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Law
Benton
Vinton
UNS
Nile Morena
Belle Plaine
Plainfield Child Recovering After Horseshoe Injury
Walter Gritzner, a Q year old son of Mr and Mrs C W Gritzner, is recovering from a deep head wound after a playmate accidentally struck him with a horseshoe. The Baptist Vacation Bible School closed a successful two week term with 40 enrollment and 38 average attendance. A Thursday picnic showcased work across classes.
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Courier Special Service
Plainfield
Walter
C. W. Gritzner
Baptist Vacations Bible School
Dewar Aid Holds Silver Tea at M. E. Church
In Dewar Iowa on July 16 the Ladies Aid of the M. E. church hosted a silver tea at Mrs T Chorpenning’s home. About 30 adults and 20 children attended a guessing contest won jointly by Mrs Fred Padget and Mrs D S Heilple. The gathering moved to the church for a music and reading program followed by luncheon served by Mrs Chorpenning and Mrs Anson.
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Dewar Aid
Dewar
Ladies’ Aid
M. E. Church
T. Chorpenning
Fred Padget
D. S. Heilple
Chorpenning
Anson
La Porte Club Honors Member Soon to Wed
The Jolly Seven honored Clementine Goon at the home of Mrs. Ralph Foss. Goon, to marry next month, will move to Douglas Wyoming. Club members include Mrs. Foss, Mrs. Leland Ashley, Mrs. Ralph Runyon, Mrs. Harold Bruce, Mrs. Theodore Richards, and Misses Goon and Genung. A gift was presented and the Presbyterian church renovations noted.
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Courier
la Porte City
Jolly Seven
Clementine Goon
Ralph Foss
Goon
Douglas
Wyo
Foss
Leland Ashley
Ralph Runyon
Harold Bruce
Theodore Richards
Mary Genung
Baldwin
Traer Public Schools Cost 40539 in '26
Traer Indiana July 16 Revenue and expenses show Traer public schools cost 40539 to operate last year with 6775 paid for bonds and interest. Operating expenses exceed 237 per day while total outlay including bonds surpasses 275 daily. The district began with 16080.90 and received 24099.24 of 40500 needed from levy. State aid and tuition filled rest with 1564 semiannual state apportionment and 8691.16 aid for normal training. Non resident pupils paid 6582.37 in tuition. As of July 1 this year the general fund balance stood at 8517.41 to cover bond and interest payments.
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Courier Special Service
Traer
Traer Public Schools
Tracr
Attempted Robbery at Gilbertville Grain & Lumber Office
Gilbertville Ia July 16 an attempted robbery at Gilbertville Grain and Lumber Co office ended with no clues. Intruder gained access by breaking a window pane and knocked off the safe knob with an ax found in the office. the door remained locked and nothing was taken. The ax likely came from a nearby warehouse.
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Courier
Gilbertville
Gilbertville Grain & Lumber Co
Mrs Geo Kernahan Dies at Oelwein
Mrs George Kernahan died Thursday night at her home on Fourth Avenue Southeast after a long illness. Funeral set for Sunday at 3 PM at the Presbyterian church. Several local residents, including Ray McGuire and family, were in town recently en route to visits with relatives.
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Oelwein
George Kernahan
Fourth Avenue Southeast
Presbyterian Church
Ray McGuire
Boone
Postville
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Oelwein High School
Peter Pirella
Third Avenue
F. S. Greathead
Fourth Street
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Qelwein Park
G. L. Miller
Albuquerque
N. M
Hazleton
Harold Floyd
Tacoma
Wash
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Horta
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Koehler
Sterling
Colo
Traer Merchant Hit By Forged Check
Traer clothier Mason J. Stoakes was defrauded by a forger who bought goods and passed a $23 check made out to Henry Peterson bearing the signature of Bert Axon near Traer. The recipient posed as Peterson and claimed to work for Axon but Axon says he never employed such a man. the signer vanished before the check cleared.
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Mason J. Stoakes
Traer Clothier
Henry Peterson
Bert Axon
Axon
Mr. Axon
Picnic for visitor among Dewey Cable relatives in Spadra
Former schoolmates and friends of Mrs. Dewey Cable of Spadra California gathered for a lawn picnic at the Thomas Lazemby residence on Wednesday. Mrs. Cable, her husband and three sons were guests of relatives.
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Dewey Cable
Spadra
Cal
Thomas Lazemby
French Violinist to Play Friday at Teachers College
Alfredo San Malo the French violinist will perform Friday evening as part of the Teachers College summer lecture and entertainment series. He has built a European and American recital career and is regarded as a leading concert violinist.
Leisurely Thief Steals Clothes From Tama Drayman
Traer Courier reports H. B. Ray of Tama found his best suit missing after a burglary at his home. A screen was removed from a bathroom window for entry. The thief took a $40 gray suit and all the milk, and enjoyed a midnight lunch.
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Traer
H. B. Ray
Tama
Drayman
Tucker
Strangers Try Abduction Of Vinton Girl
Vinton Iowa July 16 two strange men attempted to abduct Hazel Batchelor 17 while she picked raspberries near her home five miles north of town Thursday afternoon She reported to officers the men stopped a car and demanded she enter the vehicle when she refused they tried to force her.
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Vinton, Ja
Hazel Batchelor
Major Sage Returns from Sparta Camp
Major Fred C. Sage M D returned today from Camp McCoy Sparta Wisconsin where he led eye ear nose and throat duties for the officers reserve training group. He was accompanied by Capt Frank L Crofoot and Capt Howard Kirk both reserve officers in the camp now home. 204 young men and 6 university artillery students trained for commissions also attended.
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Fred C. Sage
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
United States Officers Reserve Training Reservation
Citizens Military Training Camp
Officers Reserve
Dr. Sage
Frank L. Crofoot
Howard ©. Kirk
Annual Pigrig at Famous Ghotse to Be Neat Week
West Bend Iowa hosts the eleventh annual community celebration July 19 and 20 at Sts Peter and Paul park near the Grotto of the Redemption. Col John Tinley will speak. The grotto, built by Father P M Dobberstein over ten years, features stone fragments from across the U S with a limestone base and quartz, stalactite, and fool's gold contrasts. A dome addition aims to complete a miniature chapel. The grotto houses a Virgin Mary statue, illuminated by electric lights, with a lakeside picnic ground nearby.
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West Bend
Emmetsburg
Algona Road
Palo Alto County
United States
Father Dobberstein
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Tama County Man Sees Gas Tank Leak After Lighting Match
Alvin Kent of Traer, while examining a fuel leak in his car near Traer on primary No. 59, struck a match and quickly detected the leak causing the automobile to become a total loss. The June incident underscored fuel dangers in roadside inspections.
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Tama County
Courtey Special Service
Traer
Alvin Kent
St Ansgar Chautauqua Sets 1927 Record
St Ansgar Ta July 16 promoters report the 1927 chautauqua was the most successful ever held in the community. Rev G Q Moore rallied after a severe illness Thursday afternoon.
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R Conviet
St. Ansgar
H. Moore
Mildred McComas Heads to California Hospital Staff
Traer Iowa July 16 Special Miss Mildred McComas who has been visiting her parents since returning from a year in government service in the Panama Canal zone has gone to Los Angeles California where she has accepted a supervising nurse position on the staff of a Methodist hospital She plans to stay in California eight months or longer and is joined by four former Des Moines Methodist hospital nurses now on the California staff
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Traer
Mildred McComas
Panama Canal Zone
Los Angeles
Cal
Methodist
Des Moints Methodist Hospital
New Church Site Planned for Falls Avenue
Worthminster Presbyterian trustees authorize purchasing two 100 by 130 foot lots on Falls Avenue two blocks west of Thomas A Edison school to build a church in the future. The site, farther from Ballou Street Northminster, lies near a rapidly growing district with no other worship facilities. Rev. Russell McCormec leads a growing church and Sunday school.
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Falls Avenue
Thomas A. Edison
Iowa Warehouse Company
Cedar Rapids
Falls
Northminster Church
Ballou Street
Russell McCormec
Stolen Packard Traced to Denver. Waterloo Man Arrested
The Packard touring car of Carl Unger from 1316 Jefferson Street was traced to Denver Colorado. Jacek Du Boise of Waterloo is under arrest, charged with shooting at his brother Robert. Robert and the car are missing. Police wired Denver to apprehend them or face further action.
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Jefferson Street
Denver
Colo
Charles Mohlis
Jacek du
First Lt Barker Honored in Special Military Order
A military order signed by J. E. Nelson honors First Lieutenant Junior F. Barker and Major Oscar L. Hemstad of the Minnesota National Guard. Barker, 24, died in a car crash June 30 with Hemstad while en route between camps. Barker, buried at Mitchell, was survived by his mother in St. Paul.
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Oscar L. Hemstad
U.S
Minnesota National Guard
J. E. Nelson
Lieut. Barker
Airs
Third Street
Waterloo
Hopkinton
Minnesota Guard
Hemstad
Camp Lakeview
Camp McCoy
Winona
Lieut
Barker
Mitchell
St. Paul
Ben Hur Picnic Speakers Set for Vinton Event
J C Murtagh of Waterloo will headline the annual joint Waterloo and Cedar Rapids Ben Hur picnic at Vinton on Sunday July 24 about 400 members are expected. Archie Dennings of Cedar Rapids also speaks. Mayor E H Busten gives Welcome, McCarty responds. Afternoon baseball between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids teams and various games are planned at Riversid e Park.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
I H. McCarty
MW O
Archie Dennings
E. H. Busten
McCarty
Riverside Park
Waterloo Reads Books Ahead of Boston Folk
Waterloo readers sample national titles as Bookman notes simultaneous nationwide releases. New fiction includes Kath leen Norris and Elmer Gantry tops a list of contemporary works while non fiction spans philosophy, travel, and war era studies.
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Waterloo
Boston
Cell Diver Taken to State Hospital
Thomas Dyer who Thursday night attempted to kill himself by plunging head first from an upper bunk to the floor of the city jail was taken from Allen Memorial hospital early today to the state hospital for the insane of Independence by order to the sheriff by Judge George W Wood The habeas corpus suit under which Dyer sought to obtain his permanent release from the state hospital was dismissed without prejudice at the request of Dyer s attorney His injuries were reported as not of a serious nature.
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Allen Memorial Hospital
State Hospital For the Insane of Independence
George W. Wood
Dyer
State Hospital
Rotarians Invited to Oelwein Picnic
Waterloo Rotarians are invited by the Oelwein clubs to participate in a picnic there on Wednesday. Cedar Falls Waverly Independence and Manchester clubs join the invitation. Frank Collord Jr named chairman of the On to Oelwein committee. The local club will hold its annual picnic Thursday July 28 at Rotary reserve. Neil Jackson chairs the meal committee and the sports committee plans a full afternoon program. Gwynne Weston Waterloo Engraving and Service Co president will speak at the Monday noon meeting at Hotel Russell Lambert.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Waverly
Independence
Manchester
Frank Collord, Jr
Rotary Reserve
Neil Jackson
Gwynne Weston
Waterloo Engraving& Service Co
Waterloo Rotary Club
Russell-Lamson
Weston
Musicians Wanted by Army to Join Post Bands
Army recruiting officer L G C Greenup announced urgent needs for musicians on the west coast. The Army will enlist any musician who can blend harmoniously in a post band, with standard physical tests and no formal music test. The director of the chosen band will judge ability to toot a horn.
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L. GC. Greenup
Army
West Coast
Washington
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