Ten Couples Wed Daily as June Begins at Little Brown Church
An average of ten marriage licenses per day was issued by the Chickasaw County clerk for the first five days of June, signaling a new record for weddings at the Little Brown Church in the Vale Bradford. The historic shrine draws many out of county couples and brings Chickasaw to seventh in state marriages in 1927. County Clerk Albright and Deputy Miss Hose B. Meyer keep busy processing licenses for nuptials at Bradford’s famed chapel.
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Courier Speciat
New Rampton
Clerk of Courts
Little Brown Church
the Vale
Old Bradford
Chickasaw County
Bradford
Albright
Hose B. Meyer
Oelwein Women's Club Announces Flower Exhibit Date
Oelwein Iowa June 9 event promotes iris and peony display at Community club rooms under the garden department of the Oelwein Women s club. A premium list with many prizes is issued and exhibitors from the region are expected. Court and local notices follow with political nominations and quarantines in the town.
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Spex
Bertine Oelwein
Oelwein Women's Club
Lee Ingersol
Republica
Justice of the Peace
L. A. Meow
P. L. Harnough
John
John Edwards
G. Ve Mobler
Elmer Kirkpatrick
Elizabeth Blecker
John Boylen
Bernice Whitlow
A. G. Miller
Fred Baumgartner
Fourth Avenue
Rey Dartes
Dave Lynch
Des Maines
Oelwein
Middlewest
Boy Scouts of
McGregor
Hal Goodspeed
Salt Lakeity
Former La Porte Woman Weds Dr. Benton W. Knight
Miss Dorothy Shimer wed Dr. Benton W. Knight on May 14 at Muscatine in a Presbyterian service. Shimer, daughter of Mrs. Ting Shimer, is a trained nurse, and Knight, a University of Iowa trained dentist, plans to set up practice in Manly after January 15.
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Couriar &Secial Servier
Porte City
Dorothy Shimer
Benton W. Knight
Muscatine
Ting. Shimer
University Hospital
Iowa City
Knight
Methodist’ Church
G. L. Haven
Nies
G.L. Haven
R. E. Ashley
W L. Gonder
DL .Hummel
Ira Richards
Lteraure
Glenn Teeter
Marion
Neva McChane
Incal
Mmes
C. A. Fultz
J. B. Walden
S. C. Smalling
Dd Hummel
New High Line to Give Osage Four Power Sources
Central States Power and Light Co plans a new high line between Albert Lea and Osage at 3 608 dollars per mile. It will carry up to 66 090 volts and connect Osage to the Albert Lea powerhouse and another source at Green River.
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Osage
Cauley Osage
Central States Power & Light Co
Albert Lea
Albert
Greenr
Turkeys Thrive on Black Hawk Farms in Dry Weather
The dry spell boosts turkey profits at Black Hawk Farms where local growers report strong birds and rising output. Mrs Harvey E Hess of Orange Township owns about 900 birds and notes market gains as conditions favor flock growth. Also remembered is the funeral of Ruth Blame Pint, eight months, in Garholie cemetery. service held at home and burial after a morning service.
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Black Hawk
Amon
Harvey E. Hess
Orange Township
Osage
Ruth Blame Pint
Air
Anton Pint
Garholie
John Martin
Hudson Vacation Bible School to Start Monday
Annual community vacation bible school begins Monday June 11 at United Brethren church and runs two weeks for four to eighth graders. Rev. W N Roush directs with staff including Mrs Frank Gutknecht and Helen Hardwin. Sessions run from 9:00 to noon.
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Courier Spreval
Roush
Jane McMillan
Glasses Stark
Waverly-Denver Walton Members to Picnic
The Waverly Denver chapter of the Izaak Walton league plans a picnic on Denver Gun Club grounds Monday afternoon June 1 with supper at 6 30 p m. The Lutheran church will have no services Sunday due to the pastor's absence and parishioners are invited to Readlyn for the fiftieth anniversary. Carl Buss fractured a finger while repairing a foundation and Dawayne Phelips suffered severe burns from a hot water container. Funeral services were held for Mrs H F L Meir after a stroke.
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Courier Special
Denver
Waverly- Denver
Izaak Walton League
Readlyn
Luther League
Carl Buss
New Hampton Firm Acquires Building Occupies Block
Local business records show a New Hampton firm purchasing a building and taking occupancy of a block in town. The transaction involves plans for motor supply and related services with Citizens Bank listed as financing source.
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New Hampton
Christian Endeavor Officers Named at N Hampton Meeting
At the Christian Endeavor convention officers for the coming year were elected. President Wale er Phillips Rudd vice president Goldie Ponta Charles City secretary Marian Wittenberg New Hampton treasurer Earl Kirss Colwell superintendent Mrs Spiker New Hampton junior superintendent Creelia Solkimann Nora Springs
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Kew Hampton
Dune
Christian Endeavor
Wale
Er Phillips
Rudd
Goldie Ponta
Charles City
Marian Wittenberg
New Hampstan
Earl Kirss
Colwell
rAussiansky
Mrs. Spiker
New Hampton
Jentoy Supers
Creelia Solkimann
Nora Springs
Enrollment Reaches 2125 On Summer Semester Start
Cedar Falls reports 2125 registrations closed on opening day of Iowa State Teachers College summer term. First day totals show 2013 students in 1927, with more expected as delayed enrollees arrive from other schools.
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Iowa City
Cedar Falls
F. L. McCreary
Charles E. Hearst
Kansas City
WL. K. Bladine
John W. Gemmill
College
Wh. Gemmill
W. H. Gemmill
Des Moines
George P. Boysen
Clinton
National Lutheran Church In America
Ottar Jorgensen
Bremer
Bremner County
Black Hawk
Bremer Counties
Jamesville
Bremer County
A. A. Rhonalt
New York City
Europe
Rhonalt
D. M. Kelly
J. J. Prance
Fort Des Moines
Rotary
Last Service for Mary Lehman Held at Brandon
Mary Lehman died at her Brandon area home age 26 after a Missouri birth on May 30 1915 and Iowa upbringing. She is survived by her parents George and wife and siblings Anna Cockerhan Elder sister Ethel and brothers Orville and Russell. Funeral services were held at home then at Johnsons Grove near Nevada for burial.
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Brendon
Mary Lehman
George Lehman
Brandon
Johnson's Grove
Nevada
Mary Margaret Lehman
St. Charles County
Missouri
Story County
Iowa
Anna Cockerhan
Eldera
Ethel
Orville
Russell
Wir. Senne Dies on Butler Co. Farm
The funeral for William Senne, who died Wednesday at his farm near Wilmar, will be held in the Lutheran church and burial set in a cemetery near Vilma. Born in Germany, he came to this country with his father at about 16, later settling on a Wilmar area farm. He married Magdalene Drogemuller in 1918, who died about a year and a half ago, and he leaves four children Hugo, Martin, Florence, and Lorene.
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Magdalene Drogemuller
Hugo
Martin
Florence
Lorene
Fire fighters convene in Dubuque for state meeting
Fire men from all parts of the state attend the annual convention of the Iowa Association of Fire Fighters in Dubuque. The gathering opened yesterday and will close tonight with speeches from leaders including Harry Corcoran of the Iowa Underwriters Association in Des Moines.
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Dubique
Tadune
U.F
Towa
Harry Corcoran
Towa Underwriters Association
Des Moines
Charles City Building Progress and Local Notices
Charles City builds a 180 foot smokestack for the Iowa Public Service electric plant with a base pit 21 feet square poured by Weber Chimney of Chicago. Hydro plant equipment contracts go to James Leffel & Co of Minneapolis. Two well crews drill to 1,400 feet. daily progress about 30 feet, with shale formations and bore adjustments. Concert in Central Park tonight features marches overtures and popular numbers. Real estate changes include Doore, Jaca, Lighthal, Reisnider purchases. Marriage announcements include Julia Gates and Ray Schneider plus Davos Schmoldt and Nachi Schmoeldt. A marriage license issued to Robert W. Ticker and Thelma L. Nims. Nora Sprit fined for disturbing the peace. Woman's Foreign Missionary society meets. summer vacation follows.
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Courier Special Service
Charlies City
Fame
Weber Chimney Company
Chicago
Iowa Public Service Company
James Leffel & Co
Minneapolis
Hydro
McCarthy Well Company
St. Pat
New City
Bard
Central Park
Harry Doore
Edson Brown
Qlingis Street
E. L. Jaca
North Jackson Street
E. Slick
Madison
Wis
Howard Lighthal
Kollman
Tenth Avenue
John Reisnider
John Monroe
Julia Gates
Marble Rock
Ray Schneider
Churchill Drug Company
Cedar Rapids
Davos Schmoldt
Nachi Schmoeldt
W. F. Schmoldt
John Davos
Marshalltown
Newton
Marriage Service for Rita McCloud and Parley Carr
The marriage ceremony was read at the home of Mr and Mrs Edgar McCloud east of Manchester Indiana for their daughter Rita and Parley Carr eldest son of Mr and Mrs Frank Carr of Coggan Rev Roy V Porter pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church officiated the service.
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Delaware
Manchester
Edgar McCloud
Rita
Parley Carr
Frank Carr
Coggan
Roy V. Porter
Methodist Episcopal Church
Two Clarksville Men Injured in Road Accidents
Two Clarksville men sustained injuries in separate gravel truck incidents. Fred Dickman escaped serious harm after his truck left the highway when a defective steering gear failed. He and other relatives were at Hampton Hospital for treatment. William Rambo also suffered bruises and back injuries when his Waugh & Tackman truck overturned in a ditch near Eldora on Tuesday evening.
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Epecial
Clarksville
Fred Dickman
Hampton
Dickman
Waughn Tackman
William Dickman
Hen
William Rambo
Waugh & ‘Tackman
Eldore
A. C. Rambo
Eldora
New York Chain Leases Space in New Hampton Building
iQourier Special Service New Hampton Ia June 7 The J C Penney company New York has rented the first floor of the O Connor building at Main and Locust from F A O Connor Dubuque The lease runs 10 years from Feb 1 1929 and may be terminated with 60 days notice The floor rent is 1500 a year The second floor is assigned to M F Condon H G Millenbaugh J H Howard and B A Brigadier with attorneys and an insurer involved in the occupancy
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iQourier Special Service
New Hampton
J. C. Penney Company
New York
O'Conner
Main Street
Locust Avenue
F. A. O'Connor
Dubuque
Gildner & Miles
Hoaglin's
M. F. Condon
H. G Millenbaugh
J. H. Howard
B. A. Brigadier
Farm horse dies after being hitched for trip
A horse in a team owned by Henry Drape Jr. collapsed and died Tuesday after being hitched for a planned trip. The animal had been in good health. Mr and Mrs Clifford Morgan took their nephews Harold and Eugene Morgan to Marshalltown for a train to Julesburg Colorado.
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Courier Special Servier
Fredericksburg
Henry Drape, Jr
Clfford Morgan
Harold
Eugene Morgan
Marshalltown
Jilesburg
Colo
Opera House at Mshats Sold in Washua Iowa
The Opera House in Washua, Iowa, has been purchased by A. D. Leaman from the Granger family, who owned the building for over 20 years. Mrs. Granger has moved to Fonda. No further arrangements are announced. A religious education school will open Monday in the grade school building for children from kindergarten to 15. Jefferson City highway bus plans to extend service to Waterloo. Mrs. Eugene Sprague has gone to Des Moines for hospital treatment. her invalid mother Mrs. Bond has moved to live with Eugene.
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Lotus
Lotus Club
Orra Brust
O. A
William Rolle
Fullerton
Cab
Kleist
Cedar Falls
Myrtle
Wingis
Hannah Boyle
Rochelle
Wisconsin
Ruth Lutes
Atint
Ladysmith
Wis
Nina. Casley
Volker
Washua
Granger Opera House
A. D. Leaman
Mary Granger
Fonda
Granger
Religion School
Jefferson City
Twin Cities
Charles City
Waterloo
Eugene Sprague
Des Moines
Bond
Eugene
Owen Muldown
Waseca Arrival Pneumonia Patient Returns Home
A patient who contracted pneumonia five weeks after arriving in Waseca Minnesota has recovered and returned home, ending a period of illness after arrival.
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Waseca, Minn
Sumner Women End Year Long Trip
Sumner Iowa residents Mrs. G. P. Hammer and Mrs. Emma Luthmer returned home after a year long trip marked by a near fatal accident in western Canada last summer. Both women suffered serious injuries. Mrs. Luthmer has largely recovered while Mrs. Hammer will need multiple operations to regain strength.
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Cuvier Spreial Servier
Sumner
G. P. Hammer
Emma Luthmer
Western Canada
New Westminster
B. C
Lathmer
Hammer
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