Independence Man Dies in Fire and Other Local Tragedies
A 70 year old Independence resident William Moler died when a fire destroyed his north Clarksville home after he refused to leave. In Jefferson county John Long, 17, was killed near Clarksville after being struck by a freight train near Waverly Junction. A third item reports Hugh Acord, Civil War veteran, injured while being carried from his burning Manchester home as fire destroyed the building and contents.
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Jenniier Special Screnge
Independence
William Moler
Moler
Hickey Mortuary
Cedar Falls
John Long
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Clarksville
Long
Ralph Davis
Davis
Waverly Junction
Sidney Smith
Yrouth
M. ‘I. Long
Lmits
Fay Stroup
Rock Island
Rogers
Manchester
Hugh Acord
Acord
George
William
City Water District
Farmers Company at Traer Acquires Opposition Yard
The Farmers Lumber Company of Traer acquires the L A Page Company's holdings in Mason City including the burned yard and Buckingham lumber yard. They will operate the Buckingham yard and take immediate possession after the sale, with Page to clear the site and settle remaining details.
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Courier Special Seputen
Tracer
Farmers Lumber Company
Traer
Ints
L. A. Page Company
Mason City
Page Company
Farmers Company
Buckingham
Page Yard
Influenza Tied Rise in Appendicitis Cases
Doctors at Waverly hospital report more appendicitis patients over the past weeks, attributing the surge to influenza. Tom Waters and his young daughter are recovering after surgeries, with other local patients treated in recent operations. A Cedar Rapids wedding is noted, and a child in Waverly underwent an abscess operation as well.
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Tracker Aprenal Seoveres Nasher II
Waverly Hospital
Tom Waters
Vaile
Westi B. Sehley
Homer B. Wendling
Cedar Rapids
Little Brown Church
the Vale
J.T. McComson
Robert
Byron Brown
Waverly
Three Jones Brothers Ride Rails for 144 Years on Milwaukee Road
Fayette County engineers C M Jones Forrest Jones and Sam Jones spent their lives on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line totaling 144 years of service. C M began in 1865 as fireman near North McGregor later becoming engineer with long runs including Lacrosse. Forrest died after 30 years on engines. Sam died after 52 years on engines.
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Jones Brothers
Fayette County
Milwaukee
Father
C. M
Forrest
Sam
West Union
North McGregor
FL & DR
Minneapolis
Lacrosse
Wis
M. Jones
Broiler
Casey Jones
Charles City plans large new plant and local meetings
In Charles City Iowa the Iowa Public Service Company plans a major new plant here. Lions club opposes proposed highway route changes on No 18 and 218 citing impact on Lion Field. Morphew charged with intoxicated driving after backing into Rush car. Fourth of July celebration discussed at city business meeting. American Legion and mayor donate to stop and go street signs with a total goal of 2500 dollars. Local events include a play reading by Mrs Danforth and a German history talk by Miss Merckel. A senior class play cast list is announced for The Lucky Break with teacher directing.
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Courier Special Service
Charles City
Iowa Public Service Company
Lions Club
Court Street
Gilbert Street
Club
Lion Field
Bay Street
American Legion
Main Street
Gray
Arthur Danforth
Yankton
5. D
Woman's Club
Franz Mahen
Danforth
Ladies’ Aid
Congregational Church
Margaret Merckel
Rhine
Germany
Vlasy
Martha Mullett
Dorothy Doerner
Morma Mullett
Audrey Bunyard
Elmine
Liza VanTassell
Benoy
Clermont Leper
Uncle Abnes
Day Finch
Mrs Barrett
Jean Lack Claudia
Leone Ames
Var
LeRoy Brooks
Bella
Pearl Quade
Alenibe
Marian Frederichson
Spivine
Alfred Freeburg
Alphecea
Dorothy Weigel
Rachael
Whitfield
Marble Rock Man Sells Hardware Store
Marble Rock March 24 Guy Kepple sold his hardware store to Dahlen of Buffalo Center who has taken possession. The Democratic caucus elected delegates to the county convention: Peter Ewen M T J Ackley Nick Staudt Sr and William Rosiake. Winifred Ackley is the trammion speller for Marble Rock schools and was to compete in Floyd county spelling contest at Charles City.
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Courier Special Service
Marble Rock
Guy Kepple
Dahlen
Buffalo Center
Peter Ewen
M. T. J. Ackley
Nick Staudt
William Rosiake
Winifred Ackley
Floyd County
Charles City
Thursday Club of Le Porte Meets in Mrs Palmer Home
Thursday club hosts 14 members and guests at Mrs Will Palmers home with social hour and a served lunch. Adjourns to meet April 5 with plans for humorous Tolcall responses and a March 24 note from La Porte City Indiana.
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le Porte
Oyrer
Servier
la Porte City
Will Palmer
Walter Brandt
I Dysart
Mmes
Edward ‘Wilhworth
Matt Willworth
Robert Kerr
Roy Pauls
Andrew Gonnerman
Alice Kerr
Mae Palmer
Neva Pauls
Hustess
Ralph Runyan
Tolcall
Oelwein P T A to Meet Monday at High Auditorium
Northridge Herlan parent teacher association will hold a meeting at the senior high auditorium Monday evening at 7 30. Music by the high school band and boys glee club. Superintendent Ferrell Mr Elliot and others on the program for discussions.
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Conny
Oelwein
Northridge-Herlan Parent-Teacher Association
West Union
Ziba Mller
Warren Ladd
CG. A. Thorman
Mary Shirk
J. W. Klieman
G. S. Archer
J. H. Shaw
T. R. Rankins
Mary EB. Woods
Ed. Farney
Ford
Rey
B. Wace
Rockland Railroad
Delweth
Maynard
Oelee
Leah Webb
Christian Anderson
James Richards
Kenneth Strang
Dorothy Walker
Edith Fleming
Delpha Smith
Cate Borland
Warren Duke
Tw Cranks
Ray Whaley
Jack Kine
Frederick Clark
Arthur Russell
Charles Pockwoot
Riael Butler
Bristow Man Improves After Waverly Hospital Surgery
Bristow with Ralph Miller recovering from pneumonia after an operation for appendicitis March 1 at Waverly hospital shows improvement and is expected to fully recover. Also noted: Floyd Walsh convalescing after minor Hampton operation. Lyle Morford elected to head Ireton Schools. teachers reappointed. school instruction session led by Mrs. Priscalt and Mrs. Radette on March 2.
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Pierre Sprint Fern
Cedar Falls Lutheran confirmations mark Palm Sunday services
Cedar Falls churches hold multiple confirmation services Sunday. Danish Bethlehem Lutheran and St. John’s Lutheran announce adult and youth confirmants across English and Danish services. Nazareth Lutheran and First Evangelical plan Palm Sunday confirmations and membership candidates. Other churches feature special meetings and sermon themes for Sunday worship.
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Cedar Falls
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Oliar Jorgensen
Ludharid Mickelsen
Irving Jorumsen
Henry Petersen
Herluf Olssen
Arnold Dixon
Viola Kjar
Marie K
Dagny Jensen
St. John’s
St. John’s Lutheran Church
H. W. Slefkes
Clara Otto
Betha Randall
Gale Heskett
William Strien
Max Westphal
Johanne Soll
Herman Meixdorf
Slefkes
Verna Kroemer
Ardell Ostergaard
Marcella Ostergaard
Esther Stein
Johanna Breckenfelder
Jaenette Behrens
Virgil Behrens
Louise Jensen
Glen Behrens
Kathleen Reisinger
Alice Sheffield
Charles Paduska
Nazareth
Otto Nielsen
Nazareth Lutheran Church
Wil
G. P. Barsajou
School of Missions
Methodist W F M S at Dumont to honor founders day
The W F M S of the Methodist church in Dumont will observe Mounder’s day with a birthday party in the church parlor Monday evening. Mrs. D G Perry leads a program featuring music by an orchestra and a 71 voice chorus.
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M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Aid Society
W. A. Franklin
W. F. Sehneider
G. V. Barnhart
Scott
T. M. Nielsen
L. M. Ashley
W. G. Ballheim
Bessie Sawyer
Mrs. Ashley
Ruth Sawyer
Gladys Map Hartz
Lucille Rauhauser
Edna Habertchter
Epworth League
Bey
Frances
Hattie Wenrda
Leland Surfus
First Street
L. Southwick
Sella
Everett Hutchison
Dumont
Rush Westerland
Harold Anderson
Barn Fire Destroys Property at St Ansgar Iowa
A barn burned at St Ansgar Iowa with cause unknown. Mgr Sorensen saved a truck. several from the area plan to attend the county W C T U meeting in Orchard. Also noted is a March 24 Osage spelling contest winner Mary Louise Havig and Hubert Wallingford.
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St. Ansgar
Marcel
Pire
Tans Sorensen
Mgr. Sorensen
W. CO
Orchard
H. Monre
Osnac
Mary Louise Havig
Alfred Hevig
Hubert Wallingford
Otis Wallingford
Washington Building
May
Morse
Osage
Alletta Burwell and Clinton Benning Wed in Shell Rock
Alletta Bernice Burwell and Clinton Benning wed at home of Mrs. J. G. Whitehead in Shell Rock Ja. The bride, oldest daughter of Mrs. Whitehead, wore white jade ta ffa taffeta with silver trim and has teaching credentials from Iowa State Teachers College. The groom, son of Henry Benning, is a Gates College graduate who will farm with his father. she will continue teaching through the school year.
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Courier Special Service
Shell Rock
Ebb
The
Baptist Church
Here
Banana Rated High as Nutritious Food by Iowa Botanist
Professor Robert B. Wylie of the University of Iowa states bananas provide 450 calories per pound, outranking oranges and apples and exceeding figs by 40 percent. He notes bananas’ alkaline effect helps counter the acidity of heavy foods. The first shipment arrived in 1871, with annual U.S. consumption about 50 million bunches.
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Carrier Special
Towa City
Robert B. Wylie
University of Iowa Department of Botany
Towa
United States
Waverly Education Board Re-Elects T. M. Clevenger
Waverly March 24 The board of education has re elected T. M. Clevenger as superintendent for a two year term. He is finishing his ninth year in the role with Waverly schools.
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Waverly Education Board
T. M. Clevenger
Waverly, Ja
Board of Education
Clevenger
Waverly Schools
Shell Rock Couple Married at Waverly
Zelda Abell and Max Jaques were married on March 21 at the M. E. parsonage in Waverly with Rev. C. C. Bacon officiating. Gladys Abell served as bridesmaid. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mrs. T. D. Abell, a Shell Rock graduate and former rural school teacher. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jaques of Hinkley Minnesota, will reside on the Mrs. Rothe farm nine miles from Shell Rock.
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Courier Special Servier
Shell Rock
Zelda Abell
Max Jaques
M. E. Parsonage
Waverly
C. C. Bacon
Gladys Abell
Jaques
T. D. Abell
Iowa State Teachers College
William Jaques
Hinkley
Minn
State College Glee Club Concert at Greene Theatre
Iowa State College Glee Club from Ames performed last evening at the opera house Here. The program featured fifteenth century music, Russian folk tunes, semiclassical pieces, and popular ballads with solos and group numbers by the orchestra and AMES quartet. Miss Maris Williamson and her uncle Frank Smith of Sioux Falls visited Mrs. Jennie Jensen.
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Jauvier Sperial Serine Greene
Iowa State College Glee Club
Ames
Russia
Lutheran Church
Frank Smith
Sioux Falls
Jennie Jensen
Valeda Squires and Ralph Anner Wed in Janesville Service
Miss Valeda Squires wed Ralph Anner at the bride’s parents home in Janesville on Friday. She is a Janesville High and Gatewx College graduate and works as a cookkeeper in Waverly, where the groom is employed by an oil company. After a brief motor tour to Wine they will live in Waverly.
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Courier Special Servicr
Janesville
Valedda Squires
Ralph Anner
Janesville High School
Gatewx College
Waterloo
Carnation Milk Company
Waverly
In Nick of Time Play Staged by Wan P T A
Wan, Ne March 28 at Wan high school auditorium the Parent Teacher Association will stage a play titled In Nick of Time to raise funds for a school picnic. The event is announced in Wanville P T A notes along with word that crews have completed a local power system rebuild in Quanqueton and moved on to Central City.
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Wanesville P
T. A
Parent-Teacher Association
Quanqueton
Central City
Steck to keynote at Iowa Democratic convention
Des Moines reports Senator Dan W. Steck of Iowa accepted an invitation to be temporary chairman and keynote speaker for the April 30 state convention. He urged Democrats to unite behind Gov. Al Smith for president, stirring reaction from Meredith supporters. Mrs. Maulsby announced George Kinderdine replaces Potts as attorney general candidate.
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Des Moines
Dan W. Steck
Iowa
al Smith
New York
E. T. Meredith
Steck
W. E. Maulsby
State Committee
Kinderdine
George W W. Potts
Fort Madison
Iowa House of Representatives
U. U. Student Elections Held at University
Three campus elections elected officers for the Y M C A Y W C A and the Peacock year book. Leonard Davies of Arlington became Y M C A president, with Dwight Anderson and Ronald Prescott of Plymouth as vice president and secretary. Robert Evans Maynard as treasurer. Esther Paine Eldora became YWCA president with Uetha Rizer Manchester as vice president Fern Follen Volga City as secretary Fay ette Knight as treasurer and editor in chief of the Peacock. Clyde Cushion Arlington was named business manager to assist Miss Knight on the 1929 year book.
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Cowder
Payette
Y. M
Leonard Davies
Arlington
Dwight Anderson
Ronald Prescott
Plymouth
Robert Evans
Maynard
W.C. A
Esther Paine
Eldora
Uetha Rizer
Manchester
Fern Follen
Volga City
Azalik Knight
Fayette
Miss Knight
The
Clyde Cushion
Knight
Tama Farmer Takes Life by Hanging on Farm
Peter Rohweder aged about 64 hanged himself from rafters of a machine shed on a northwest farm Friday. Financial reverses said to be responsible. Survived by several children. Burial in Amity Cemetery after services at Mrs. Samuel Young’s home. Rohweder had lived in Traer and Relinbeck areas as a tenant on Elmer Early farm. In Clinton, transfer of Tri-City Telephone to Bell Telephone was approved by the ICC.
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Courier
Trier
Samuel Young
Peter Rohweder
Rohweder
Elmer
Traer
Relinbeck
Amity Cemetery
Kell Gets 'Thone Company
Clinton, Sun
Tri-City Telephone Company
Clinton
Bell Telephone Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Apartment Buildings For Sale In Minneapolis Area
Buyers Market offers several properties from B Flats to 36 family apartments in good Lake district locations. Some exchanges may be considered or clear farms. Most buildings will take care of themselves and provide a living for anyone. M. Tapper 308 Walker Bldg Minneapolis Minnesota.
New Independence Bank Named City Fund Depository
The city council in special session adopted a resolution making Buchanan County National Bank a city fund depository. Up to 26 000 may be deposited as time deposits at 4 percent, matching existing banks. The council also moved 2 500 from the power and light fund to the grading fund and approved placing 12 000 in each bank at 4 percent to guarantee public funds.
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Independence, In
Buchanan County National Bank
Shetlito
Spener
Leytze
McClernon
Farrell
Clark
Gray
New bank transfers city account to Erik after People's National switch
The city treasury reports that the nity collector account has moved from People's National Bank to a new bank, Erik, as part of the recent banking transition. The change affects public funds handling and requires updated account details for deposits and disbursements.
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New Bank
Nity
The
People's National Bank
New Erik
Accidental Gun Discharge Injures Dunkerton Worker
Clyde Harlow suffered a severe flesh wound in the foot when a new gun discharged while he was fitting shells in Dunkerton Iowa. The charge did not strike bone, but his injury will likely incapacitate him for several weeks.
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Courier Sportal Service
Dunkerton
Clyde Harlow
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Marble Rock Man Sells Business
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E. R. Ashley
W. E. P. Mahood
Hans Miller
Louis Ohrt
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Kensington
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Baptist
Thomas Anderson
First Presbyterian
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L. S. Alexander
Wolnah Hopkins
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Methodist
W.F. M.S
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Clinton Benning
State College Glee Club
Greene Theatre
Valeda, Squires
Fredericksburg
Annin Matkee
Evangelical Church
W. A. Koch
Rose Hill
Carlotta Zoller
Palmer
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U. U
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Walker Bldg
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A. A. Sohner
Ruseetl-Lamsen Hotel
New Independence Bank
Red Cross
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Chamberlin-Seger Co
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Seger’s Insurance & Real Estate Agency
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Fred H. Seger
Dave E. Seger
Entz Cafe
First National Bank Bldg
John FP. Heath
Oak Ave
Matt Gruben & Sons
J.C. Beem
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