East District Board Approves 1927 28 Budget
East district public school board approves a 350 000 budget for the 1927 28 year with no citizen objections. The adopted budget is 30 000 less than 1926 27 and 40 000 less than 1925 26 despite enrollment gains and more teachers needed. Hawthorne school electrical wiring awarded to Cole Electric for 1 456. W H Brown re elected secretary for 26 years.
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East District Public School Board of Education
East Schools
Hawthorne School
Franklin Street
Seventh
Eighth Streets
Cole Electric Company
W. H. Bruwn
Whitthoft Funeral Held at Hampton
George Whitthoft 63 died from a stroke at his Sheffield home. Funeral services led by Rev H F Buettner were conducted at his home and at Trinity Lutheran church in Hampton. Born in Bentzendorf Germany he came to the U S at age two and lived in Iowa most of his life. Survived by two daughters Mrs William Schroeder and Mrs Julius Tabat and two sons William of Franklin county and Philip of St Louis.
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Courier
Hampton
George Whitthoft
Sheffield
H. F. Buettner
Trinity Lutheran Church
Whitthoft
Bentzendorf
Germany
United States
Minnesota
Iowa
William Schroeder
Julius Tabat
William Whitthoft
Franklin County
Philip Whitthoft
St. Louis
Tripoli Congregational Picnic and Local Church News
In Tripoli Iowa on July 20 the Congregational Sunday school annual picnic occurred at Chapin's Grove. Christian Endeavor and the Evangelical Young People's league hosted a party in the church basement. Rev William Kent preached at the Congregational church Sunday. Fredericksburg beat Tripoli 7 to 6 in a local baseball game Sunday. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Ervin Boeckman was baptized at home, named Francis Gustaf Louis, by Rev Karl Joehler.
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Courier
Tripoli
Congregational Sunday
Chapin's Grove
Christian Endeavor
Congregational Church
Evangelical Young People’s League
William Kent
Fredericksburg
Littl
Ervin Boeckman
Karl Joehler
Francis Gustaf Louis
Accident Damage Suit Files for $10,000 in Divorce Case
Susie Appleby sues Eugene Appleby for divorce alleging cruelty after a 1926 marriage at Independence. The same day Appleby sues Zathoe Burk for $10,000 over a May 7, 1927 auto crash at Eleventh and Commercial streets, claiming skull fracture and medical costs, with earnings pre accident at $20 weekly. he was employed by Rath Packing.
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Eugene Appleby
Eighth Street West
Susie Appleby
Independence
Appleby
Zathoe Burk
Alta Vista Avenue
Burk
Rath Packing Company
Vigilantes to Hold County Shoot for State Team Pick
Bankers, clerks, and vigilantes of Black Hawk county meet at the national guard rifle range east of Waterloo for an annual shoot to select the county representatives for the Des Moines state event July 28 to 30. Sheriff H T Wagner, who set the date, expects 50 plus participants. Shooting begins at 12 30 p m with Charles Jeppeson leading scoring for revolver and high power rifle targets.
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Black Hawk County
National Guard
Waterloo
Des Moines
H. T. Wagner
Charles Jeppeson
Water proves harmless to riverboat motor in local tale
Local boat clubs report a motor fell into the river last Sunday. Monday grapplers retrieved the motor and after a sun drying it started right off, illustrating the stubborn belief that water cannot hurt an outboard motor.
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Brunn
S. S
Thelma Christler
Saginaw, Mich
Saginaw Peoples’ Bank
INS
Dave’s Tire Shop
Paul
Adolph Bratke
So. 13Th St. S
Omaha, Nebr
Lydia E. Pinkham
South Omaha
Nebraska
South 13Th St
Omaha
West
Hoboken
N.J
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Jennie Bollerman
Eleventh St
Union City
New Jersey
AE Pinkham Medicine CO
Edelson S
Cash Department Store
Carl Bickley
Pioneer Bank
Wilson & Sweitzer’s Shoe Sale
West Side
Wilson & Sweitzer
West 4Th St
Learance Sales
Mien
A.,me
Mit
Batiste
Bovbto
Cretonnes
Minneapolis Union
Kayser Knit Union
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