Butler Approves 1.2 Million Bond for Highways
Allison Iowa June 23 Approval of a 1.2 million bond issue for permanent highway improvements in Butler County carried by a 1,220 to 852 majority in a special election with six precincts voting against it. Parkersburg Shell Rock Allison and Clarksville supported while Greene opposed. Nearby counties Blick at similar road bond votes with Keokuk and Van Buren planning further measures and Fremont weighing a 600 thousand bond.
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Allison
Butler County
North Tier
Greene
Parkersburg
Shell Rock
Clarksville
Rundy
Hardin
Buchanan
Bremer
Chickasaw County
Keokuk and
van Buren
Des Moines
Keokuk County
County Board of Supervisors
Good ‘Roads
Fremont
Orange Woman's Birthday Surprise Party Reported
Neighbors surprised Mrs. Charles Meeker at her Orange Township home Monday evening to celebrate her birthday. The note mentions a birthday anniversary, a school opening with 125 enrolled, alumni banquet, and a community round of visits, with multiple locals and visiting speakers listed.
Picnic Attended by 150 at Greene S. 8 Sunday school event
Approximately 150 people attended the annual Presbyterian Sunday school picnic in the Amos Kingery grove south of town. Dinner followed a horseshoe tournament as townspeople played baseball and tug of war, won by Roy Pooley's class. Halls Grove Ladies' Aid met at the Wilson home nearby Tuesday evening. Seven men and women presented a playlet on a porch stage, well lit and decorated, with tray supper for about 100 attendees.
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Courier
Greene
Presbyterian Sunday School
Amos Kingery Grove
Here
Roy Pooley
Halls Grove
Clarksville Women Honored at Parties
Clarksville Ja June 23 Mrs Ed Walrath hosted a 12 person dinner Sunday to honor her mother Mrs Lilly Smith whose eighty eighth birthday was observed. The Frank Ray family and others from Waterloo attended as a surprise to Mrs Ruben Ray on her sixty ninth birthday anniversary.
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Clarksville
Ed Walrath
Lilly Smith
Smith
Butler County
Frank Ray
George Ray
Oakley Ray
Robert Overton
Waterloo
Ruben Ray
Mrs H D Kline Hosts Party at La Porte City
Mrs H D Kline entertained a group of women yesterday afternoon at her La Porte City home as a courtesy to her niece Mrs Walter Butschy. Baskets of garden flowers decorated the rooms. The What Next club held a picnic at the golf grounds Tuesday evening with entertainment by 500 at the Foss home.
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Courier
la Porte City
H. D. Kline
Walter Butschy
Shelby Foss
Foss
Ogden Fosse
Ollie Billingsley
Three Charles City Men Sentenced for Intoxication
In Charles City Iowa at a June 23 hearing before Mayor Gray C Hoeft Bunny Purrington and Red Dorland were fined $100 and costs plus 30 days in jail for intoxication and disorderly conduct. Purrington pleaded guilty and chose jail. the others appealed. W G Henke appeared for them as business matters were noted. M W Ellis, Hart Parr president, sails to London from Montreal for a company trip with Australian colleagues. Parr White Nuptials. Russell C Parr and Esther King White wed in Minneapolis on June 21 214. The bride teaches in St Paul and is Grinnell alumna. The couple will live in Chicago where the groom works in publishing. Married at Parsonage. Lois Irene Unger and Glen Marrs wed at the Congregational parsonage in Rockford with Rev. Walter Swann officiating. they plan to reside in Rockford.
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Charles City
C. Hoeft
Bunny Purrington
Red Dorland
Gray
Bunny
Soboriey
W. G. Henke
M. W. Ellis
Hart- Parr Company
Montreal
Dork
London
Australia
Parr-White
Russell C. Parr
William Parr
Esther King White
G. E. White
Anatolia College
Salonika
Greece
Minneapolis
San Island
Lake Superior
Chicago
Grinnell
St. Paul
Lois Irene Unger
Glen &. Marrs
Rockford
Walter Swann
Fairbank W C T U Collects Clothing for Flood Relief
Fairbank Iowa June 23 The Womens Christian Temperance Union collects infants clothing garments for children and adults to be packed and sent to flood areas. Mrs Wright Bradley accepts contributions. E E Everett begins razing the old Episcopal church site to erect a modern residence. Fifty two attended MBE Missionary society meeting with Mrs G F Monroe Friday. Beethoven Concert trio to entertain at Baptist church June 23. Epworth league social at country home of Mr and Mrs Wright Jolley. Fourteen Standard Bearers of the M E church with Miss Bessie Aderman attend a Manchester convention.
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Courier
Fairbank
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Wright Bradley
E. E. Everett
Episcopal Church
M. BE. Missionary Society
G. F. Monroe
Baptist
Epworth League
Wright Jolley
M. E. Church
Bessie Aderman
Manchester
Littleton Reunion and Local Obituary Notes
A June 23 reunion of the Fiddler family and relatives of Fred Deuler and Fred Strempke drew over 100 attendees at the F. S. Crowell residence in Littleton Ia. William Robert died after a year of poor health. funeral held at the Presbyterian church with burial in Littleton cemetery. He was 69 and survived by a sister and two brothers. The Kitchen Cabinet orchestra of Hazleton will present a musical play at the Methodist church on Wednesday evening June 9. D T Corlis, in frail health for more than a year, suffered a stroke June 4 and remains in serious condition.
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Littleton
Fiddler
Fred Deuler
Fred Strempke
F. S. Crowell
William Robert
Presbyterian Church
A. G. Martyn
Independence
Littleton Cemetery
Robert
T. B. Durham
Peter
Salem
Dre
David
Jesup
Kitchen Cabinet Orchestra
Hazleton
Methodist
D. T. Corlis
Brandon Woman Injured Building Coop
Brandon Iowa June 23 Mrs Frank Towne is recovering from a knee injury as a nail she drove penetrated the kneecap while she built a shelter for baby chicks. Also, Mr and Mrs George Wright report their daughter Genevieve in Sioux Falls S D recovering after an appendicitis operation performed Thursday.
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Courien
Brandon
Frank Towne
Towne
George Wright
Genevieve
Sioux Fells
S. D
Cedar Falls Man Ended Lost Money At Home
Cedar Falls June 23 Charles A Parrish found 700 dollars in banknotes on a clock shelf at his residence after searches here and at Vinton He had just married Wednesday at Vinton to Mrs Ida Johnson Shellsburg and they had returned to Cedar Falls when the discovery was made Jensen Funeral services for Mrs Christine Anne Jensen of Chicago were held at the J J Theusen home near Dike with Rev Christian Stockholm officiating Interment at Fredsville cemetery Mrs Jensen had come here for a visit and contracted pneumonia before her death Approximately 400 are taking county uniform certificate examinations at Teachers college with exams ending Friday and papers to be sent to Des Moines for grading by state officials. about 400 participants include Cedar Falls residents Other notes report farm improvements and local social events with lists of visitors and travelers noting a Cedar Falls traveling men's picnic at Island Park and a stag dinner hosted by Roy Thompson.
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Orange Township
Charles Meeker
Anniver- Sarye
Acation Bible
Orange High School
Glade “Miller
Church of the Brethren
Hershey
Josiah ‘Shaulis
California
Ruth” Fike
Marian ‘Purdy
Alice Elingaman
Marl Persinger
Wilbert Miller
Ira Fike
Low
Cunningham
Wil Bridge
Greene
Russell Kline
Grundy County
Starvey Moberly
D. Moberly
Fredericksburg
Effie Stewart
la Crosse
Ind
Michigan
Wisconsin
L. Clough
Traer
B. Miller
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Charles A. Parrish
Vinton
Parish
Ida. Johnson
Shellsburg
Teachers College
Des Moines
Jesse E. Cundy
Orient
Cundy
Traveling Men's Association
Island Park
J. B. Newman
John S. Tuthill
Waterloo
Roy Thompson
Twelfth Street West
Frank&. Green
Story City
Green
Jennie Wilson
Spokane
Wash
Jennie Carter
Fourth and
Tremont Streets
George T. Haehr
Fam Hy
Pacific Coast
Santa Barbara
Cal
Fayette Co Masons Picnic Held at West Union
Fayette county Masonic lodges held their annual picnic at the West Union county fair grounds on the longest day of the year. Prof John W Gannaway Grinnell College gave the main address. Additional program elements included piano solo by Anton Weir vocal by John Ocker with Mrs Sowden and Archibald Sowden accompaniment and Julette Johnson singing.
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West Union
Fayette County
County Fair
John W. Gannaway
Grinnell College
Anton Weir
Hawkeye
John Ocker
Sowden
Archibald Sowden
Julette Johnson
Maynard
Pioneer of Hudson Neighborhood Dies Funeral Saturday
Mrs. Fred Gutknecht of Hudson In dies after a six week illness. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 1 30 p m with Rev F Brauer officiating at Zion Lutheran cemetery. Born Justine Miller August 13 1839 in Brovadel Prussia she married Frederick Gutknecht in 1859 and emigrated to the United States. They settled near Niles Illinois then moved to Black Hawk county in 1866 where they farmed until retirement in 1900. Surviving children include Charles H John C Theodore H Henry P Louis C Gust H Mrs Bertha Bast Mrs Anna Bast Cedar Falls Hudson Mrs Carrie Schiefelbein Milroy Minn and Mrs Justine Gill Milroy plus 29 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren.
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Justine Miller
Brovadel
Prussia
Frederick Gutknecht
United States
Niles
Illinois
Black Hawk County
Here
Charles H
John C
Theodore H
Henry P
Louis C
Gust H
Otto
Bertha Bast
Anna Bast
Cedar Falls
Carrie Schiefelbein
Hudson
Justine Gill
Milroy
Minn
Gutknecht
St Ansgar Osage Delegations Attend Epworth League Meet
St Ansgar and Osage delegations from Iowa traveled to Hampton on Wednesday to attend an Epworth league convention. Rev O H Moore and several local ladies joined the group, while Rev and Mrs Paul Brammer went earlier in the week with the husband remaining for hospital treatments after a period of ill health.
Parmelee 90 Dies in Osage Home
Mrs. E. S. Parmelee aged 90 died Wednesday at the home of her daughter Mrs A J Shears in Osage Ia She was born June 4 1837 in Massachusetts Survivors include another daughter Mrs Charles H Horton of Portland Oregon and Bert Parmelee of New York state Separately the Illinois Central team defeated by Great Western s in a Brotherhood class attendance contest at Spring Park picnic Andrew Huesselmann presides and G H Sawyer teaches
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Osage
E. S. Parmelee
A. J. Shears
Massachusetts
Charles H. Horton
Portland
Ore
Bert Parmelee
New York State
Illinois Central
Great Westerns
Brotherhood Class of the Baptist Sunday School
Spring Park
Andrew Huesselmann
G. H. Sawyer
Blemished Skin Clears Up Quickly
Sunshine and wind roughen skin causing freckles tan and discoloration. A minute's care restores whiteness by using two lemons juice in a three ounce bottle of Orchard White massaged into the face and hands to revive youthful charm.
1000 Gallons of Leggers Alcohol Bien Hospitals
A truck load delivering 613 gallons of liquor to Iowa State hospital adds to over 1000 gallons given to hospitals in and near Independence in two weeks. Seized cargoes remain as evidence, with sales and hearings planned for July. Also reports a Waterloo marriage of Nesida Abbott and Raymond Gates with local family attendees.
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Independence
H. R. Willey
Iowa State Hospital
Peoples Hospital
Sheriff's Office
Oakland
Waterloo
Nesida Abbott
Raymond
Gates
Mary Abbott
Glen Kirkendall
Daugther
George Abbott
Independence High School
C. M. Gates
Michigan
Allenrhum Special Formula No 2 for Neuritis Relief
Recounts torture of neuritis and promises rapid relief from persistent nerve pains with Allenrhum Special Formula No 2 capsule. Claims 24 hours to notice reduction, advise continued use two to three days, mentions Robert Drug Co and J. Miller as suppliers.
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Robert Drug Co
J. Miller
Tucker Funeral Held for John H. Tucker in Spring Creek Area
Funeral services for John H. Tucker of Chicago were conducted Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. McKenzie by Rev. R. L. Smith. Burial followed at Oak Grove cemetery. Tucker, who lived on a farm near Spring Creek, died June 21 from heart trouble after a short illness. His wife Lizzie McKenzie died about a year earlier.
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John H. Tucker
Chicago
J. G. McKenzie
R. L. Smith
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oak Grove
Mr. Tucker
Spring Creek
Lizzie McKenzie
George Van Eschen Dies at Ackley From Paralysis
George Van Eschen 74 died Wednesday after a paralysis stroke Sunday at his daughter’s home four miles west of Ackley Ia He was born in Germany Oct 6 1852 came to America 41 years ago and farmed near Ackley He is survived by two sons George John three daughters Milliken Welke Luke 14 grandchildren one brother and one sister Funeral Friday at 2 pm at the home with Rev W B Fisher and M W A at the grave Interment Oakwood
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Ackley
George van Eschen
Margaret Milliken
van Eschen
Germany
Marie Stuve
America
George
John
Johanna Welke
Arvada
Colo
Emma Luke
Geneva
Henry
Johanna
W. B. Fisher
Presbyterian Church
Marion
Oakwood
Bristow Man Ill in Omaha and Local Notices
Bristow Iowa June 23 William Weights Jr electrician working in Omaha fell ill with pneumonia and his mother was summoned June 17. His father joined him at the Omaha hospital. Victoria Britt Iowa won the contract to build a new Walnut Grove school this summer. Reuben McDowell sold his home and 10 acres to Philip Reinghans with the Reinghans home in payment. Funeral services for Alva Ames Mathews 52 died of a heart attack June 17 were held at the city park with about 1000 attendees. He was born Jan 8 1874 in Monticello and survived by wife Dora Belkema and four children. Relatives attended from Des Moines Drayton SD and Bell CA. Interment at Oak Hill Bristow.
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Bristow
William Weights
Omaha
Omaha Hospital
Victoria
Britt
Walnut Grove
Reuben McDowell
Philip Reinghans
Reinghans
Mathews
Alva Ames Mathews
Daniel and
Phebe Mathews
Monticello
Frank
Des Moines
Bert
California
Dora Belkema
Tripoli
Delbert Hopkins
Loyd
Lush
Lavern
Herman Belkema
Drayton
Anna Fox
Bell
Cal
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Genung
Baldwin, Wis
Katherine
St. John’s Hospital
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John Bader
Harold Bruce
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Eveline Boardman
Tacoma
George Banger
O. W. Hemsworth
Nail
Endo
Mnobele
Dike
Dr Scholl
Hudson, In
Fred Gutknecht
F. Brauer
Intercek
Zion Lutheran Cemedry
St. Ansgar
E. L
Bradfield Regulator Co
Dept
BA 7
Atlanta
Lake of the Woods
Wittick’s Food Shop
W. 4Th St
Tucker
Blackstone
Black Hawk Coffee & Spice Company
Paul Davis
Black Hawk Coffee and Spice Company
C. 5S. Gowin
Oak Bn, Bristow
Iowa Public Service CO
Waterloo, Iowa
Bovee Furnace Works
Edelson
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